Illuminable Building block
An illuminable building block is disclosed. The illuminable building block has a cell body, at least one circuit board, at least one illuminating device, at least one photo sensing device, at least one circuit control module, and at least one assembly portion. The cell body has an accommodating space, and the circuit board is located therein. The at least one illuminating device is disposed at the inner surface of the circuit board, and each photo sensing device corresponds to at least one illuminating device. The at least one circuit control module is used for illuminating the illuminating device.
The present invention relates to an illuminable building block, especially to an illuminable building block having a photo sensing device.
BACKGROUNDCommon objects which can be assembled, such as building blocks, can only be assembled to construct different three-dimensional forms, and building blocks have no other additional functions, such as illuminating or sound-making; thus, the building block has less entertaining function. After a user becomes familiar with the assembling of the building blocks or all the forms that can be constructed or changed by assembling the building blocks, the building blocks will lose their attraction to the user.
In order to increase the entertaining function of the building block, the prior arts have already disclosed a technique of adding an illuminating device into a building block. However, the illuminating state of the illuminating device can be controlled only by turning on/off the power switch, and the illuminating states of the individual blocks cannot be controlled individually. Therefore, some improvements could increase the entertaining effect of the building block.
Therefore, a new building block needs to be provided to solve the problem that the illuminating devices in the building blocks cannot be controlled individually, and the entertaining function of the building blocks can thus be improved at the same time.
SUMMARYIt is an object of the present invention to provide an illuminable building block having a photo sensing device.
To achieve the above object, an illuminable building block of the present invention is disclosed, the illuminable building block comprising a cell body, at least one circuit board, at least one illuminating device, at least one photo sensing device, at least one circuit control module, and at least one assembly portion. The cell body has an accommodating space and includes a first surface and a second surface. The at least one illuminating device and the at least one photo sensing device are disposed on the at least one circuit board in the accommodating space. The at least one illuminating device is disposed on an internal surface of the circuit board. The at least one photo sensing device is disposed on an external surface of the circuit board, and each photo sensing device is corresponding to the at least one illuminating device. The at least one circuit control module is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected with the at least one illuminating device and the at least one photo sensing device. The at least one circuit control module controls the illuminating device corresponding to each photo sensing device to illuminate the illuminating device according to each photo sensing device. The assembly portion is disposed on the surface of the cell body, and it can be used to combine the pluralities of illuminable building blocks.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the assembly portion has a polarity and electrically connects to the circuit board, and a region other than the assembly portion has a reverse polarity relative to the polarity of the assembly portion and electrically connects to the circuit board.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, in a state that any one of the photo sensing devices receives light or receives no light, the at least one circuit control module turns on or turns off the illuminating device corresponding to the photo sensing device.
According to still another embodiment of the present invention, the cell body can be made of a transparent material.
According to a further embodiment of the present invention, the present invention could comprise a screen board disposed in an accommodating space and close to the second surface.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the present invention could further comprise a power portion electrically connected to the circuit board.
The exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be understood more fully from the detailed description given below and from the accompanying drawings of various embodiments of the invention, which, however, should not be taken to limit the invention to the specific embodiments, but are for explanation and understanding only.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following descriptions of the accompanying drawings, which disclose several embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the drawings are to be used for purposes of illustration only, and not as a definition of the invention.
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In the present embodiment, the assembly portion 20 includes at least one first magnetic device 21 and at least one second magnetic device 22, wherein the number of the first magnetic devices 21 is four, and the first magnetic devices 21 are disposed over the circuit board 30.
The at least one second magnetic device 22 is disposed on the second surface 12 of the cell body 10, and the second surface 12 is electrically connected to the circuit board 30. In the present embodiment, the number of the second magnetic devices 22 is four, and the second magnetic devices 22 are disposed under the screen board 90. It is noted that the first magnetic device 21 and the second magnetic device 22 are corresponding to each other, and the magnetic properties of the first magnetic device 21 and the second magnetic device 22 are opposite. When the first magnetic device 21 is N-pole, then the second magnetic device 22 is S-pole, and vice versa.
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In addition, the single circuit control module 60 can also control one or several photo sensing devices 50 corresponding to the illuminating device 40. When any one of the photo sensing devices 50 is in a state of receiving no light, the circuit control module 60 will turn on the illuminating device 40 corresponding to the photo sensing device 50 which receives no light. In contrast, when any one of the photo sensing devices 50 is in a state of receiving light, the at least one circuit control module 60 will turn off the illuminating device 40 corresponding to the photo sensing devices 50, and thus the illuminating device 40 will not illuminate.
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In the present embodiment, the illuminable building blocks 1, 1a and 1b are assembled to form a shape like a podium in the way shown in
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When the illuminable building block 1 contacts the illuminable building blocks 1a and 1b, the second surface 12 of the illuminable building block 1 will respectively contact the first surfaces 11 of the illuminable building blocks 1a and 1b. At this time, the first electric-conductive region 71 disposed at the periphery of the first external surface 111 will electrically communicate with the second electric-conductive regions 72 of the illuminable building blocks 1a and 1b. At the same time, the third electric-conductive regions 73 of the first magnetic devices 21 of the illuminable building blocks 1a and 1b will electrically communicate with the third electric-conductive regions 73 of the second magnetic devices 22 of the uppermost illuminable building block 1. By this way, a parallel circuit is formed between the illuminable building blocks 1, 1a and 1b. Therefore, only one power portion 80 is needed to provide power. In the present embodiment, as shown in
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In the present embodiment, the second surface 12 of the cell body 10a of the illuminable building block 1d in accordance with the present invention is made of an opaque material, thereby replacing the screen board 90 disclosed in the aforementioned embodiments. The second surface 12 of the illuminable building blocks 1, 1a, 1b, 1c or 1d is used to screen the photo sensing device 50 of the illuminable building blocks 11, 1a, 1b or 1c when assembled.
It is noted that the number of the circuit control modules 60 could be more than one and the number of the circuit control modules 60 will be the same as the number of the illuminating devices 40 or the photo sensing devices 50. For convenient description, please now refer to
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It is noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are only for illustration. It is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents. Therefore, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention.
Claims
1. An illuminable building block comprising:
- a cell body, having an accommodating space, and including a first surface and a second surface;
- at least one circuit board, disposed in the accommodating space and close to the first surface, the circuit board including an internal surface and an external surface, the external surface being closer to the first surface than to the internal surface;
- at least one illuminating device, disposed on the internal surface of the circuit board;
- at least one photo sensing device, disposed on the external surface of the circuit board, the at least one photo sensing device corresponding to the at least one illuminating device;
- at least one circuit control module, disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected with the at least one illuminating device and the at least one photo sensing device, for controlling the on/off status of the illuminating device corresponding to each photo sensing device; and
- at least one assembly portion, disposed on the surface of the cell body.
2. The illuminable building block as claimed in claim 1, wherein the assembly portion has a polarity and electrically connects to the circuit board, and a region other than the assembly portion has a reverse polarity relative to the polarity of the assembly portion and electrically connects to the circuit board.
3. The illuminable building block as claimed in claim 1, wherein the assembly portion is a magnetic device electrically connected to the circuit board, or a device having a reverse polarity relative to the polarity of the magnetic device, or a conducting material which can be attracted by the polarity of the magnetic device.
4. The illuminable building block as claimed in claim 3, wherein the assembly portion includes at least one first magnetic device and at least one second magnetic device, and the at least one first magnetic device is disposed on the first surface and is electrically connected to the circuit board; the at least one second magnetic device is disposed on the second surface and is electrically connected to the circuit board, and the at least one first magnetic device has a reverse magnetic property relative to the at least one second magnetic device.
5. The illuminable building block as claimed in claim 1, wherein in a state that any one of the photo sensing device receives light or receives no light, the at least one circuit control module turns on or turns off the illuminating device corresponding to the photo sensing device.
6. The illuminable building block as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cell body is a transparent material, such as polyacrylate, glass, or PDMS.
7. The illuminable building block as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cell body can be made of polymer or organic-silicon.
8. The illuminable building block as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a screen board disposed in the accommodating space and close to the second surface.
9. The illuminable building block as claimed in claim 1, wherein the assembly portion can combine the pluralities of illuminable building blocks, and any one of the illuminable building blocks can include a power portion connected to the circuit board for providing power to the plurality of combined illuminable building blocks, thereby making the illuminable building blocks illuminate.
Type: Application
Filed: May 27, 2013
Publication Date: Nov 27, 2014
Inventors: Ta-Yi CHIEN (Taipei City), Chien-Hsun KAO (Taipei City), Shih-Han TSENG (Taipei City), Hai-Yin HSU (Taipei City), Kuan-Yu CHEN (Taipei City), Fen-Ling HU (Taipei City), Wei-Yu LEE (Taipei City), Kun-Yi LEE (Taipei City), Yen-Juei LIN (Taipei City), Chien-Chun CHEN (Taipei City), Min-Han LIN (Taipei City), Chia-Yu GUO (Taipei City), Chun-Han CHOU (Taipei City), Shang-Ching LIN (Taipei City), Chin-Yu CHANG (Taipei City), Han-Shun LIANG (Taipei City)
Application Number: 13/902,898
International Classification: A63H 33/04 (20060101);