Hanging-strap information display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9898942-B2
Application number	US-201515123574-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2015
Priority date	Mar 13, 2014
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A hanging-strap information display device is a device provided in a hanging strap ( 10 ) including a hanging band part ( 11 ) hung in a movable body in a swingable manner and a hold part ( 12 ) provided on the hanging band part, and includes a display unit ( 14 ) disposed at a position that squarely faces a passenger that grips the hold part ( 12 ), a support shaft part ( 13 ) that supports the display unit ( 14 ) on the hanging band part ( 11 ) in a rotatable manner about a rotation center line, a weight ( 15 ) provided on a lower side in a vertical direction than the rotation center line of the display unit ( 14 ), and resonance reduction members ( 16, 17 ) that is connected between the hanging band part ( 11 ) and a position away from the rotation center line of the display unit ( 14 ) and reduces resonance of the display unit ( 14 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hanging-strap information display device provided in a hanging strap including a hanging band part hung in a movable body in a swingable manner and a hold part provided on the hanging band part, the hanging-strap information display device comprising:
a display unit including an information display surface;
a support shaft part that supports the display unit on the hanging band part in a rotatable manner about a rotation center line;
a weight provided on a lower side in a vertical direction than the rotation center line of the display unit; and
a resonance reduction member that is connected between the hanging band part and a position away from the rotation center line of the display unit, and reduces resonance of the display unit.

2. The hanging-strap information display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the resonance reduction member includes at least one of a damper connected between the hanging band part and an edge in the vertical direction of the display unit and a spring connected between the hanging band part and a lower end edge of the display unit.

3. A hanging-strap information display device provided in the hanging strap including a hanging band part hung in a movable body in a swingable manner and a hold part provided on the hanging band part, the hanging-strap information display device comprising:
a display unit including an information display surface;
a support shaft part that supports the display unit on the hanging band part in a tiltable manner about a rotation center line;
a tilt drive unit that tilts the display unit about the rotation center line;
an inclination degree sensor that detects an inclination degree of the hanging band part, the inclination degree being generated by swing motion in a depth direction that is orthogonal to both of a vertical direction and a longitudinal direction of the rotation center line; and
a tilt control unit that decides an angle of the tilt of the display unit by the tilt drive unit on a basis of the inclination degree detected by the inclination degree sensor, and supply an instruction signal indicating the decided angle of the tilt to the tilt drive unit.

4. The hanging-strap information display device according to claim 3 , wherein
the decision of the angle of the tilt by the tilt control unit is performed on a basis of a plurality of inclination degrees obtained by a plurality of times of detection by the inclination degree sensor.

5. The hanging-strap information display device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a time information supply unit that supplies time information indicating a current time; and
an inclination degree recognition unit that calculates an average value of a plurality of inclination degrees within a predetermined time, from the plurality of inclination degrees obtained by a plurality of times of detection by the inclination degree sensor and detection times of the plurality of inclination degrees supplied from the time information supply unit,
wherein the decision of the angle of the tilt by the tilt control unit is performed on a basis of the average value calculated by the inclination degree recognition unit.

6. The hanging-strap information display device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a time information supply unit that supplies time information indicating a current time; and
an inclination degree recognition unit that calculates a median value of a plurality of inclination degrees within a predetermined time, from the plurality of inclination degrees obtained by a plurality of times of detection by the inclination degree sensor and detection times of the plurality of inclination degrees supplied from the time information supply unit,
wherein the decision of the angle of the tilt by the tilt control unit is performed on a basis of the median value calculated by the inclination degree recognition unit.

7. The hanging-strap information display device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a traveling-position information acquisition unit that acquires traveling position information indicating a traveling position of the movable body; and
an inclination information storage unit that stores inclination information indicating an inclination of the movable body that is generated at each spot of the traveling position acquired by the traveling-position information acquisition unit,
wherein the decision of the angle of the tilt by the tilt control unit is performed on a basis of the inclination degree detected by the inclination degree sensor and the inclination information of the movable body that is generated at each spot of the traveling position and stored in the inclination information storage unit.

8. The hanging-strap information display device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a traveling-position information acquisition unit that acquires traveling position information indicating a traveling position of the movable body; and
an inclination information storage unit that stores inclination information indicating an inclination of the movable body that is generated at each spot of the traveling position acquired by the traveling-position information acquisition unit,
wherein the decision of the angle of the tilt by the tilt control unit is performed on a basis of the average inclination degree calculated by the inclination degree recognition unit and the inclination information of the movable body that is stored in the inclination information storage unit.

9. The hanging-strap information display device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a traveling-position information acquisition unit that acquires traveling position information indicating a traveling position of the movable body; and
an inclination information storage unit that stores inclination information indicating an inclination of the movable body that is generated at each spot of the traveling position acquired by the traveling-position information acquisition unit,
wherein the decision of the angle of the tilt by the tilt control unit is performed on a basis of the median value calculated by the inclination degree recognition unit and the inclination information of the movable body that is stored in the inclination information storage unit.

10. The hanging-strap information display device according to claim 5 , wherein
the inclination degree recognition unit supplies, a notification signal indicating that a change of the inclination degree is cyclically repeated, to the tilt control unit, in a case where the change of the inclination degree detected by the inclination degree sensor is cyclically repeated, and
the tilt control unit causes the tilt drive unit to stop the tilt of the display unit, when receiving the notification signal.

11. The hanging-strap information display device according to claim 3 , further comprising
a passenger detection unit that detects presence or absence of a passenger that squarely faces the information display surface of the display unit, and supplies a notification signal indicating a result of the detection to the tilt control unit,
wherein the tilt control unit causes the tilt drive unit to stop the tilt of the display unit, when receiving the notification signal of absence of the passenger.

12. The hanging-strap information display device according to claim 11 , wherein
the passenger detection unit includes a contact sensor that detects whether or not the passenger touches the hold part of the hanging strap.

13. The hanging-strap information display device according to claim 12 , wherein
the contact sensor includes an electrostatic sensor disposed on a part or all of a

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Kaizu Aki
• Matsuo Eiji
• Kamiya Masashi

Classifications

• 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

• G09F2007/005

  Signs associated with a sensor · CPC title

• G09G3/001

  using specific devices not provided for in groups G09G3/02 - G09G3/36, e.g. using an intermediate record carrier such as a film slide; Projection systems; Display of non-alphanumerical information, solely or in combination with alphanumerical information, e.g. digital display on projected diapositive as background (slide projectors per se G03B23/00 = 42 HP) · CPC title

• G06F1/16

  Constructional details or arrangements · CPC title

• G09G5/003

  Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092) · CPC title