ELECTRONIC LUMINOUS DEVICE

• US 3,737,647 A
• Filed: 09/01/1971
• Issued: 06/05/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yoshiyuki Gomi
• Original Assignee: Yoshiyuki Gomi
• Inventors: Gomi, Yoshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Matthews, Samuel S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wintercorn, Richard A.
• Application Number:
  US05/176,994
• Time in Patent Office: 643 Days
• Field of Search: 240/6.4W,59,60
• US Class Current: 362/104
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 15/0015 Illuminated or sound-producing jewellery
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 2/00 Systems of electric lighting devices systems employing both electric and non-electric light sources or exchangeable light sources F21L27/00
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/187 in integrated circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 21/08 Output circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode

Abstract

An electronic luminous device for use with costumes and personal ornaments, in which one or more light emission diodes are turned to ON continuously or turned to ON and OFF periodically for light emission to increase ornamental effect.

Claims

1. An electronic luminous ornamental device comprising the combination of an array of light-emission diodes for illuminating selected portions of at least one decorative member, a power source for energizing said light-emission diodes, means for generating a plurality of electrical control signals representing a desired order for energizing different portions of said array of light-emission diodes, a plurality of switching means for connecting different ones of said light-emission diodes to said power source in response to different ones of said electrical control signals whereby said different portions of said array are energized in accordance with the desired order represented by said control signals.

2. An electronic luminous ornamental device as set forth in claim 1 which inlcudes electronic gating means responsive to different combinations of said control signals for energizing combinations of said different portions of said array in accordance with the order of said control signals.

3. An electronic luminous ornamental device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means for generating said control signals includes transducer means responsive to an acoustic input for generating an electrical output signal having an electrical frequency spectrum corresponding to the acoustic frequency spectrum of said input, and electrical filtering means responsive to said output signal for producing a plurality of electrical control signals representing different bands of said frequency spectrum whereby varying portions of said array of light-emission diodes are energized in accordance with variations in the frequency spectrum of said acoustic input.

4. An electronic luminous ornamental device as set forth in claim 3, which includes electronic gating means responsive to different combinations of said control signals for energizing different portions of said array of light-emission diodes in response to various combinations of the different bands of said frequency spectrum.