Anti-peeping device and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016011412-A1
Application number	US-201414551835-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 24, 2014
Priority date	Jul 11, 2014
Publication date	Jan 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention provides an anti-peeping device comprising: a plate-shaped substrate; a magnetic field generating device disposed on the plate-shaped substrate for generating a magnetic field; a plurality of light blocking walls deflectably connected to the plate-shaped substrate and configured to be changeable in its deflecting direction and/or deflecting angle in response to a change in a direction and/or an intensity of the magnetic field; a magnetic field control device; and a user input device for receiving an instruction from a user. The magnetic field control device is configured to control the magnetic field generating device to adjust the direction and/or the intensity of the magnetic field based on an instruction received from the user input device, so as to change the deflecting direction and/or the deflecting angle of the light blocking walls. The present invention further comprises a control method for an anti-peeping device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An anti-peeping device, comprising:
a plate-shaped substrate; a magnetic field generating device disposed on the plate-shaped substrate for generating a magnetic field; a plurality of light blocking walls disposed on the plate-shaped substrate to be within the magnetic field, the plurality of light blocking walls being disposed in parallel with and spaced apart from one another, a first end of each light blocking wall being deflectably connected to the plate-shaped substrate, and each light blocking wall being configured to be changeable in its deflecting direction and/or deflecting angle in response to a change in a direction and/or an intensity of the magnetic field; a magnetic field control device for controlling the direction and intensity of the magnetic field; and a user input device for receiving an instruction from a user, wherein the magnetic field control device is configured to control the magnetic field generating device to adjust the direction and/or the intensity of the magnetic field based on an instruction received from the user input device, so as to change the deflecting direction and/or the deflecting angle of the light blocking walls.

2 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 1 , wherein each light blocking wall comprises a plurality of magnetic particles therein, and the plurality of magnetic particles are configured to be moveable under the effect of the magnetic field, so as to cause the light blocking wall to deflect.

3 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field generating device comprises a pair of electromagnetic components disposed at two opposite sides of the anti-peeping device respectively.

4 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 1 , wherein magnetic field generating device comprises a plurality of pairs of electromagnetic components, and each pair of electromagnetic components are disposed on two opposite sides of a corresponding light blocking wall, so that each light blocking wall is disposed in a magnetic field generated by a corresponding pair of electromagnetic components.

5 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 1 , wherein each light blocking wall is a rigid light blocking wall connected to the plate-shaped substrate with a flexible connection or, each light blocking wall is a flexible light blocking wall.

6 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 1 , wherein each light blocking wall has a free end opposite to the first end, and a cross-section of each light blocking wall is in a shape of a triangle or a trapezoid, the width of which is gradually increased from the first end to the free end of each light blocking wall; and wherein a distribution density of the magnetic particles is uniform within each light blocking wall or increased from the first end to the free end of each light blocking wall.

7 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 6 , wherein the intensity of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating device is uniform or gradually increased in a direction away from the plated-shaped substrate.

8 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 1 , wherein each light blocking wall has a free end opposite to the first end, and a cross-section of each light blocking wall is in a shape of a rectangle.

9 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 8 , wherein the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating device is an uniform magnetic field, and wherein a distribution density of the magnetic particles within each light blocking wall is increased from the first end to the free end of the light blocking wall.

10 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 8 , wherein the intensity of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating device is increased in a direction away from the plated-shaped substrate, and wherein the distribution density of the magnetic particles within each light blocking wall is uniform or increased from the first end to the free end of the light blocking wall.

11 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 1 , wherein the user input device comprises a first knob and a second knob, the first knob is configured to select a deflecting direction for the light blocking walls, and the second knob is configured to select a deflecting angle for the light blocking walls.

12 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 1 , wherein the user input device comprises a gesture recognizing sensor for recognize a gesture of a user, the magnetic field control device has information on predetermined gestures stored therein, and the predetermined gestures are associated with predetermined deflecting directions and/or deflecting angles of the light blocking walls,
and wherein the magnetic field control device is configured to adjust the direction and/or the intensity of the magnetic field based on the recognized gesture and the predetermined gestures.

13 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 1 , wherein the user input device comprises two groups of light sensors located respectively on two opposite sides of the plate-shaped substrate, and each group comprises a plurality of light sensors;
and wherein the magnetic field control device is configured to adjust the direction and/or intensity of the magnetic field based on shielded light sensors.

14 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 1 , further comprising a transparent cover plate, wherein a closed space is formed between the transparent cover plate and the plate-shaped substrate, and the light blocking walls are disposed in the closed space.

15 . The anti-peeping device according to claim 14 , the closed space is a vacuum space.

16 . A control method for the anti-peeping device of claim 1 , the control method comprises steps of:
inputting an instruction through the user input device; and adjusting the direction and/or intensity of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating device through the magnetic field control device.

17 . The control method according to claim 16 ,
wherein the user input device comprises a first knob and a second knob, the first knob is configured to select a deflecting direction for the light blocking walls, and the second knob is configured to select a deflecting angle for the light blocking walls, and wherein the step of inputting an instruction through the user input device comprises:
selecting a deflecting direction for the light blocking walls by the first knob; and/or
selecting a deflecting angle for the light blocking walls by the second knob.

18 . The control method according to claim 16 ,
wherein the user input device comprises a gesture recognizing sensor for recognizing a gesture of a user, the magnetic field control device has information on predetermined gestures stored therein, the predetermined gestures are associated with predetermined deflecting directions and/or deflecting angles of the light blocking walls, and the magnetic field control device is configured to adjust the direction and/or the intensity of the magnetic field based on the recognized gesture and the predetermined gestures; and wherein the control method comprises steps of:
acquiring a gesture of a user through the gesture recognizing sensor;
retrieving a predetermined gesture corresponding to the acquired gesture; and
adjusting the direction and/or the intensity of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating device based on the predetermined deflecting direction and/or deflecting angle of the light blocking wall associated with the ret

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Xinan
• Li Wenbo

Classifications

• G02B27/0093

  with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking · CPC title

• G06F3/011

  Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00) · CPC title

• G02B26/08 Primary

  for controlling the direction of light (in light guides G02B6/35) · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G02F1/133524

  Light-guides, e.g. fibre-optic bundles, louvered or jalousie light-guides · CPC title