Ruler

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9612098-B2
Application number	US-201414422857-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2014
Priority date	Nov 19, 2013
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of measurement technology, and provides a ruler which can solve the problem that the existing ruler has few kinds of scales and monotonous display content. The ruler of the present invention comprises a strip-like body for performing measurement, the strip-like body is a display screen, and the ruler further comprises a circuit unit, which is connected to the display screen and is used for driving the display screen to display. The ruler provided by the present invention can display rich measurement information when measuring an object.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ruler, comprising a strip-like body for performing measurement, wherein, the strip-like body is a display screen, and the ruler further comprises a circuit unit, which is connected to the display screen and is used for driving the display screen to display.

2. The ruler according to claim 1 , wherein, the display screen is a flexible display screen.

3. The ruler according to claim 2 , wherein, the flexible display screen comprises an array substrate, on which a gate driving circuit is provided.

4. The ruler according to claim 2 , wherein, the flexible display screen is a flexible liquid crystal display screen, and a surface opposite to a display surface thereof is provided with a ferromagnetic metal foil, which is connected to a common electrode of the flexible liquid crystal display screen.

5. The ruler according to claim 2 , wherein, a surface opposite to a display surface of the flexible display screen is provided with a ferromagnetic metal foil, the ruler further comprises a housing for accommodating the strip-like body which coils, an opening for leading out the strip-like body is provided on the housing, and a magnetic block is provided at the opening on the housing.

6. The ruler according to claim 2 , wherein, the ruler further comprises a housing for accommodating the strip-like body which coils, an opening for leading out the strip-like body is provided on the housing, a magnetic block is provided at the opening on the housing, and metal wiring of the flexible display screen contains nickel or cobalt metal therein.

7. The ruler according to claim 2 , wherein, the ruler further comprises a housing, on which an opening for leading out the strip-like body is provided, and a mechanical rotation-stopping mechanism, which is used for stopping the strip-like body from rotating, is provided at the opening on the housing.

8. The ruler according to claim 2 , wherein, the circuit unit comprises a flexible printed circuit board, and a fixing jig is provided at a connecting part of the flexible display screen and the flexible printed circuit board.

9. The ruler according to claim 2 , wherein, a hook is provided at a tail end of the strip-like body.

10. The ruler according to claim 1 , wherein, the circuit unit comprises a flexible printed circuit board, a system circuit board and an input module,
one end of the flexible printed circuit board is connected to the strip-like body, and the other end thereof is connected to the system circuit board,
the input module is connected to the system circuit board and is used for inputting user instructions and providing the input user instructions to the system circuit board, and
the system circuit board is used for making the flexible printed circuit board drive the strip-like body to display measurement information according to the input user instructions.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhou Weifeng

Classifications

• G01B3/1061 Primary

  Means for displaying or assisting reading of length measurement · CPC title

• G01B3/1003

  characterised by structure or material; characterised by layout or indicia · CPC title

• G09F9/301

  flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED · CPC title

• G01B3/1069 Primary

  Electronic or mechanical display arrangements · CPC title

• G09F9/35

  being liquid crystals (G09F9/302 takes precedence; liquid crystal materials C09K19/00; {liquid crystal panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell per se G02F1/13}) · CPC title