Illuminating device

Abstract

An illumination device that is operable while being transported and that can be placed, or is placed, in an object that can be opened and closed again. The illumination device comprises a first light source, an electric energy storage device, and a switch device that comprises a control unit including a sensor unit with which a first switching unit is transferable from an open switching state into a closed switching state. The first light source is suppliable with electric power from the electric energy storage device when a first sensor is touched and/or when said first sensor detects a motion. The sensor unit comprises a second sensor that at least detects if the object is open or closed. A second switching unit is transferable from an open switching state into a closed switching state in which the first light source and/or a second light source is/are supplied with electric power.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising: an illumination device that is operable while being transported and is placed in an object that can be opened and closed again, wherein two dome-shaped parts form the object that can be opened and closed again, and wherein the two dome-shaped parts are formed of or comprise transparent or translucent or opaque material, the illumination device comprising: at least a first light source; an electric energy storage device; and a switch device that comprises a control unit including a sensor unit with which a first switching unit is transferable from an open switching state into a closed switching state; wherein the first light source is suppliable with electric power from the electric energy storage device when a first sensor for detecting motion of the sensor unit detects a motion, wherein the first sensor of the sensor unit includes a pyrosensor and/or a capacitive sensor, wherein the first light source is activated when a user approaches the object, wherein the first light source, the electric energy storage device, and the switch device are inside the object that can be opened and closed again and is formed by the two dome-shaped parts, wherein the first light source of the object that can be opened and closed again is arranged such that it shines outwards through the surface of each of the dome-shaped parts; and wherein the control unit is designed such that the first switching unit switches from the closed switching state back into the open switching state 5 to 60 seconds after the first sensor of the sensor unit has last detected a motion.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the illumination device comprises a display element for displaying at least one piece of information, and/or the first light source forms a display element for displaying at least one piece of information.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display element is connectable to the electric energy storage device via the first switching unit, and wherein the at least one piece of information includes a time of day, a date, and/or a signal.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display element comprises an acoustically, visually, and/or haptically perceivable display of the information.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a data storage device that is arrangeable in or on the object, and wherein at least one datum is transferable to and/or stored on said data storage device using an interface unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the object that can be opened and closed again forms a container for holding at least one physical element.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the illumination device further comprises a dimmer that is actuatable by the control unit and with which the power supplied to the first light source can be abruptly or steadily reduced down to zero.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is designed such that the first switching unit switches from the closed switching state back into the open switching state 5 to 30 seconds after the first sensor of the sensor unit has last detected a motion.

9. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the first light source includes a filament-type light bulb, an LED, and/or luminescent film.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) Other features, details, and advantages of the invention result from the attached claims and figures that accompany the description of two examples of the invention below, wherein:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a diagrammatic view of the illumination device according to the present disclosure; and

(3) FIG. 2 shows a diagrammatic view of a cosmetics accessory equipped with the illumination device according to the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(4) FIG. 1 shows a diagrammatic view of an illumination device designated in total with reference symbol 2. The illumination device 2 is placed in an object 4 that can be opened and closed again, and the example shown in FIG. 1 includes a first light source 6 and a second light source 8. The first light source 6 and the second light source 8 can be supplied with electric power by an electric energy storage device 10. A switch device 12 is functionally inserted between the first light source 6, and the second light source 8, and the electric energy storage device 12. The switch device 12 comprises a control unit 16 that includes a sensor unit 14 with which a first switching unit 20 can be transferred from an open switching state into a closed switching state in which the first light source 6 can be supplied with electric power from the electric energy storage device 10 when a first sensor 18 of the sensor unit 14 is touched and/or when the first sensor 18 of the sensor unit 14 detects a motion. In addition, the sensor unit 14 includes a second sensor 22 that at least detects if the object 4 that can be opened and closed again is open or closed. When the second sensor 22 detects that the object 4 that can be opened and closed again is open, the control unit 16 actuates the second switching unit 24 such that the first light source 6 or the second light source 8 is supplied with electric power from the energy storage device 10.

(5) An operating principle of the illumination device 2 according to the present disclosure is explained below.

(6) When a user approaches the object 4 that can be opened and closed again or touches it, the first sensor 18 of the sensor unit 14 will detect this. The control unit 16 will actuate the switching unit 20 such that it is transferred into a closed switching state, such that the first light source 6 is supplied with electric power and will light up.

(7) When the object 4 that can be opened and closed again is opened, the second sensor 22 of the sensor unit 14 will detect this. In this case, the first light source 6 and/or the second light source 8 is/are supplied with power.

(8) FIG. 2 shows an object 4 that can be opened and closed again designed as a cosmetics accessory in which an illumination device 2 is provided. The cosmetics accessory may be a fold-open make-up minor. In FIG. 2, it comprises a reflecting surface 26 in the upper image plane. A second light source 8 is arranged around this surface 26. FIG. 2 shows the object 4 that can be opened and closed again in an open position. The two dome-shaped parts 28 and 30 that form the object 4 that can be opened and closed again are at a right angle in the example shown. In this case, a second sensor 22 designed as a magnetic snap lock is separated and the second light source 8 is supplied with electric power and illuminates the contents of the object 4 that can be opened and closed again. The light emitted in this way helps a user to see his or her reflection in the reflecting surface 26.

(9) When the object 4 is closed again, the power supply to the light source 8 is disconnected again.

(10) The features of the invention disclosed in the complete description, the claims, and the figures can be relevant both individually and in combination for implementing the various examples of the invention.