US4577177A
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Display apparatus for elevator car
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1984-05-31
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Granted: 1986-03-18
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Expires: 2004-05-31
Abstract
Abstract A display apparatus has a light modulator with an electrooptical Pockels cell disposed in a machine room to modulate a laser beam with a modulating signal from a signal source as determined by a piece of image information to be displayed. After its passage through an optical fiber, the modulated laser beam enters an elevator car where it is focussed on a horizontal deflector by a diminishing lens and then reflected to be focussed on a vertical deflector by a collecting lens. The focussed laser beam is collected on an inner surface of an elevator door by an objective lens. Each deflector is a galvanometer mirror attached to a coil and horizontally or vertically deflecting the laser beam through an angle proportional to a saw tooth current flowing through the coil under the control of the signal source. This results in the display of the piece of image information on the inner surface of the elevator door.
Inventors
- 👤 Akira Marubashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-27 07:40
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/001; B; B66; B66B; B66B3/00; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/24; G02B6/42; G02B6/4201; G02B6/4204
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
An apparatus for displaying image information within an elevator car, comprising a projector disposed in an elevator car and formed of a light deflector, a diminishing lens disposed on an entrance side of said light deflector, and an objective lens disposed on an exit side thereof; a laser disposed on a stationary part for an elevator system including the elevator car to form a light source for generating a light beam, a signal source disposed on said stationary part to generate a modulating signal as determined by a piece of image information to be displayed, a light modulator disposed on said stationary part to modulate said light beam from said light source with said modulating signal from said signal source; an optical fiber for leading said modulated light beam from said light modulator to said diminishing lens included in said projector, and a set of electrical conductors for connecting said signal source to said light deflector; the arrangement being such that the light beam deflected by said light deflector is focussed on an inner surface of said elevator car by means of said objective lens.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
185 words
An apparatus for displaying image information within an elevator car, comprising a projector disposed in an elevator car and formed of a light deflector, a diminishing lens disposed on an entrance side of said light deflector, and an objective lens disposed on an exit side thereof; a laser disposed on a stationary part for an elevator system including the elevator car to form a light source for generating a light beam, a signal source disposed on said stationary part to generate a modulating signal as determined by a piece of image information to be displayed, a light modulator disposed on said stationary part to modulate said light beam from said light source with said modulating signal from said signal source; an optical fiber for leading said modulated light beam from said light modulator to said diminishing lens included in said projector, and a set of electrical conductors for connecting said signal source to said light deflector; the arrangement being such that the light beam deflected by said light deflector is focussed on an inner surface of said elevator car by means of said objective lens.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
An apparatus for displaying image information within an elevator car as claimed in claim 1 wherein there is provided a tail cord having portions of said optical fiber and said set of electrical conductors extending between said elevator car and said stationary part and formed into a unitary structure therewith.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
An apparatus for displaying image information within an elevator car as claimed in claim 1 wherein said light deflector deflects in a horizontal and a vertical direction said light beam focussed by said diminishing lens with a horizontal and a vertical scanning signal from said signal source supplied through said set of electrical conductors.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
An apparatus for displaying image information in an elevator car as claimed in claim 1 wherein said light modulator includes an electrooptical Pockets cell modulator utilizing the Pockels effect.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus for displaying image information within an elevator car as claimed in claim 1 wherein said light modulator includes a combination of a galvanometer mirror and a collecting lens.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
83 words
An apparatus for displaying image information within an elevator car as claimed in claim 5 wherein said galvanometer mirror is fixedly connected to a galvanometer coil and arranged along an axis through a spring to be rotatable about said axis so that said mirror deflects a light beam through a rotational angle proportional to a current flowing through said galvanometer coil so as to scan a projection field projected by said projector with said light beam in a direction predetermined by said axis.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
An apparatus for displaying image information within an elevator car as claimed in claim 1 wherein said projector is disposed on a wall surface opposing to a door of said elevator car to project said deflected light beam on the inner surface of said door.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus for displaying image information in an elevator car as claimed in claim 1 wherein said projector is disposed on one of lateral wall surfaces of said elevator car to project said deflected light beam on the other of lateral wall surfaces.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus for displaying image information in an elevator car as claimed in claim 1 wherein said signal source, said laser and said light modulator are disposed in a machine room.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus for displaying image information in an elevator car as claimed in claim 1 wherein said signal source, said laser and said light modulator are located on a supervision board disposed in a supervision room.
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