EP0123613B1 - Vorrichtung zur räumlichen Einstellung einer Ablenkeinheit bei einer Fernsehröhre, insbesondere bei einer Farbfernsehröhre - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur räumlichen Einstellung einer Ablenkeinheit bei einer Fernsehröhre, insbesondere bei einer Farbfernsehröhre Download PDF

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EP0123613B1
EP0123613B1 EP84400761A EP84400761A EP0123613B1 EP 0123613 B1 EP0123613 B1 EP 0123613B1 EP 84400761 A EP84400761 A EP 84400761A EP 84400761 A EP84400761 A EP 84400761A EP 0123613 B1 EP0123613 B1 EP 0123613B1
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    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
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  • the invention relates to an apparatus for adjusting the position of a deflector on a television tube, in particular in color of the mask type.
  • a television tube includes a screen on which are deposited phosphors which emit light when struck by an electron beam. The latter is generated by an electron gun inside the tube and the displacement of the electron beam, to move the light point, along lines is obtained by variation of magnetic fields produced by variable currents in coils called deflectors.
  • the positioning of the deflector relative to the tube must be particularly careful because any defect in this positioning results in a deterioration of the image reproduced on the screen.
  • Adjusting the position of the deflector relative to the tube is particularly delicate, especially for color television tubes, especially if you want to have an autoconvergent system, that is to say that does not require corrections performed by the circuits associated with the deflector-tube assembly.
  • the screen in a color television tube, the screen is covered with triplets of luminescent substances, each element of the triplet being of a fundamental red, green and blue color and three electron guns are provided, one gun having to excite a specific color; thus in a self-converging tube it is the deflector which ensures the convergence of the three electron beams over the entire surface of the screen; in addition, each electron beam must reach the phosphors of the corresponding color. Convergence is obtained by moving the deflector parallel to the screen while purity. colors (the beam intended for a color only reaches the phosphors of this color) is adjusted by moving the diverter perpendicular to the screen.
  • the means for controlling and moving the deflector support consist of a carriage and rocker mechanism which is relatively complex.
  • the adjustment operation is difficult since it involves several parameters at the same time; moreover, it is painful because the operator must constantly observe the bright screen.
  • the apparatus according to the invention does not have these drawbacks.
  • the support comprises a platform which is horizontal in its average position and is carried by n oblique arms regularly distributed around the deflector.
  • the automatic loading of the tube on the platform and the adjustments are easy.
  • a large space can be provided for the devices for feeding the tube between the arms, under the platform.
  • the forces being better distributed over the arms these can be dimensioned less consistently than in the known apparatus.
  • the apparatus according to the invention can be fully automated.
  • a calibration i.e.
  • each linear displacement element is connected to the support of the deflector by means of an arm, one end of which is connected by a ball joint to said element and the other end is connected by another ball joint to the support.
  • ball joints are for example simple flexible rods the ends of which are embedded in the parts which they connect: the first flexible rod forming a ball joint is embedded on the one hand in the element with linear displacement and on the other hand in the arm, while the second ball joint is embedded by one end in said arm and by the other end, in a connecting device fixed to the platform.
  • the number n of elements with linear displacement is preferably equal to six, which allows the support to be displaced in all directions.
  • the position of a solid in space is determined by six parameters (corresponding to the six degrees of freedom): three coordinates for the position of a point of this solid and three other coordinates for the orientation of the solid in space.
  • the apparatus for adjusting the position of a diverter 10 relative to the screen 10, of a tube 10 2 of color television comprises a horizontal platform 11 of generally circular shape having an opening central 12 forming receiving housing for the diverter 10.
  • This deflector 10 is fixed to the platform 11 by means of jaws 13, the displacement of each of which is controlled by a jack 14.
  • the end of each of the jaws 13 has a notch 15 cooperating with a projection 16 at the periphery of the carcass of the deflector.
  • the platform 11 is supported by six arms or legs 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 each of which is movable to vary the position of the platform 11, and therefore that of the diverter 10, by compared to the tube. Each arm ensures the mobility of the platform 11, and therefore also that of the diverter 10, according to a degree of freedom.
  • the arms 17 to 22 are identical to each other.
  • This arm comprises a rigid rod 25 at the ends of which sockets 26, 27 are fixed.
  • the sleeve 26 at the upper end of the rod 25 accommodates a certain length of a cylindrical rod 28 of small diameter which is both resistant and flexible, for example being of the piano string type.
  • the upper end of this small diameter rod 28 is also embedded in a socket 29 fixed under the platform 11.
  • This rod 28 between the sockets 26 and 29 forms a ball without play.
  • the socket 27 at the lower end of the rigid rod 25 houses the upper end of a rod 30 of the piano string type identical to the rod 28 and forming like it a ball joint without play.
  • the lower end of the latter rod 30 is embedded in a sleeve 31 movable in a linear movement, that is to say in a simple translation.
  • the sleeve 31 is integral with a cylinder 32 projecting from a piston 32a and the lower end of which has a thread cooperating with a screw 33 driven in rotation by a stepping motor 34.
  • the piston 32a is square section; it has at its periphery slides 32 b made of plastic to facilitate the sliding in a channel 35 of a frame 36 to which the support 37a of the motor 34 is fixed.
  • the square section of the piston 32a and therefore of the channel 35 prevents rotation of this piston; thus the latter only moves in translation.
  • a transducer 37 comprising, in the example, a rod 38 fixed to the sleeve 31 by means of an elbow arm 39 so that this rod 38 is parallel to the axis common to the socket 31 and to the screw 33.
  • This rod 38 actuates, for example, the cursor of a potentiometer, the electrical signal at the terminals of this potentiometer then representing the position of the piston 32a.
  • the body 40 of said transducer 37 is, like the support 37a of the motor 34, fixed to the frame 36.
  • FIG. 3 schematically represents the horizontal projections of the various arms 17 to 22 when the platform 11 is horizontal.
  • the end 17 1 of the arm 17 represents the axis of articulation of the ball joint 28 and the end 17 2 corresponds to the axis of articulation of the ball joint 30.
  • the ends of each of the other arms correspond, in this figure 3, to the axes of articulation of the upper and lower ball joints.
  • the axes of articulation of the upper ball joints are arranged on a circle 45-which, in the example, has a diameter of 470 mm-in groups of two near the vertices 46, 47 and 48 of an equilateral triangle inscribed in this circle 45.
  • the projections of these arms are perpendicular to the adjacent sides of the equilateral triangle. These projections are therefore two by two parallel; the projection of the arm 17 is thus parallel to that of the arm 19.
  • the arms form an angle of 45 ° with the vertical when the platform 11 is horizontal (this is its starting position).
  • the axis of the rod 25 is therefore coincident with the axis of the sleeve 31; it follows that the translation axes are also always inclined at 45 ° relative to the vertical.
  • the distance between the ball joints 28 and 30 is of the order of 160 mm while the free length of each of the rods 28 and 30 is 15 mm and have a diameter of 1.5 mm.
  • the articulation formed by these rods 28 and 30 behaves as if a perfect ball was located in the middle of the free parts of these rods 28 and 30.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the movement of the arm 17 with its articulations at the ends, on the one hand in a state of equilibrium for which the axis of translation of the sleeve 31 is aligned with the axis of the rod 25 and on the other hand, when the stepping motor 34 has been turned so as to move the bushing 31 downwards, that is to say the articulation of the rod 30.
  • the first state of the rod 25 is represented by the segment A o B o , A o and B o being the articulations of the rods 28 and 30. It corresponds to the horizontal position of the platform 11, position for which the rod A o B o is aligned with the axis of translation of the mechanism.
  • Detectors 50, 51, 52 (FIG. 2) determine the convergence and purity errors visible on the screen 10 i and a computer (not shown) makes it possible, from these measurements, to determine the displacements of the points B o qu 'It will be necessary for the deflector 10 to move so that in its new position, after displacement, the errors are corrected. So to get the correction you have to move point Bo to point B (figure 5).
  • the apparatus according to the invention allows only small amplitude displacements of the deflector, which is sufficient for adjusting the position of this deflector relative to the other elements of the color television tube. Compared to three orthonormal axes formed by the usual axes of symmetry of a tube, the device allows rotations of maximum ⁇ 3 ° around each axis and translations of maximum ⁇ 4 mm along each of these axes .
  • the various parts of the device have negligible play. This is particularly the case for the joints which are free of play.
  • the legs support the platform 11 very rigidly. In this way, the positioning of the platform 11, and therefore of the diverter 10, is always ensured very precisely.
  • the device easily adapts to various types of deflectors. It can also be used with a minimum of modifications for adjusting the position of deflectors on tubes of different sizes and / or geometries.
  • the adaptability of the device results from its six degrees of freedom which allow all movements around a reference position. To switch from one tube deflector configuration to another, the device does not have to undergo any structural modification; it suffices to modify the calculation parameters necessary to control the motors 34 which move the deflector to correct the errors measured on the screen of the tube.
  • the transducers 37 make it possible on the one hand to know the position of each socket 31 and on the other hand, to verify that a controlled movement has indeed been carried out.
  • Fixing the diverter on the tube once the adjustments have been made can, like the latter, be carried out without manual intervention, for example using automatic screwdrivers.
  • the motor control program 34 For the development of the motor control program 34 from the errors measured on the screen, a preliminary calibration of the apparatus is carried out according to the type of tube and deflector. Thus, as indicated above, the displacements of the deflector necessary to compensate for the measured errors are calculated by defining six vectors B o B then six translations A o A controlled by the motors 34.

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1. Vorrichtung zur Einstellung der Lage einer Ablenkeinheit (10) in Bezug auf eine Fernsehröhre (102), insbesondere einer Farbfernsehröhre, insbesondere für die Autokonvergenz der Gesamtheit aus Röhre-Ablenkeinheit, mit einem gemäß höchstens sechs Freiheitsgraden beweglichen Träger (11) und mit n denselben Aufbau aufweisenden Armen (17 bis 22), deren Verschiebung für jeden Arm über eine an einem Ende angeordnete Steuervorrichtung (32, 33, 34) und gemäß einem einzigen Freiheitsgrad, z.B. eine einfache Translation, gesteuert wird, um die Beweglichkeit des Trägers (11) gemäß höchstens den sechs Freiheitsgraden zu gewährleisten, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Träger eine Plattform (11) umfaßt, die in ihrer Mittellage waagerecht ist und von n schrägen Armen (17 bis 22) getragen wird, die um die Ablenkheit herum gleichmäßig verteilt sind.
2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Zahl n der Arme gleich sechs ist.
3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeder Arm eine starre Stange (25) umfaßt, wovon ein Ende (28) an der Plattform (11) gelenkig angeschlossen ist, und wovon das andere Ende an einer Vorrichtung (31, 32, 33), welche einfache Translationen ausführt, gelenkig angeschlossen ist.
4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jedes Gelenk (28, 30) aus einer festen und biegsamen Stange besteht, die derart eingelassen ist, daß sie ein spielfreies Kugelgelenk bildet.
5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jede Stange (28, 30) vom Typ einer Klaviersaite ist.
6. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet daß für die Zahl n gleich sechs, die Gelenke (28) der sechs Arme mit Plattform (11) auf einem Umfang (45) in der Nähe der Scheitel (46, 47, 48) eines in diesen Umfang eingeschriebenen gleichseitigen Dreiecks angeordnet sind, wobei die waagerechte Projektion jedes Arms zu der Seite des gleichseitigen Dreiecks, dem dieser Arm benachbart ist, senkrecht steht.
7. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeder Arm einen Winkel von 45° mit der Senkrechten bildet, wenn die Plattform (11) in ihrerwaagerechten Mittellage steht, wobei die Translationsrichtungen ebenfalls dieser Richtung folgen.
8. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Steuerung der Verschiebung gemäß einem einzigen Freiheitsgrad jedes der obengenannten Arme (17 bis 22) durch einen elektrischen Motor (34), insbesondere des Typs Schrittmotor, der eine Schraube (33) antreibt, die wiederum einen ein Gewinde aufweisenden Kolben (32) antreibt, der derart geführt ist, daß er nur translationsverschiebbar ist.
9. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie eine Vorrichtung zur Messung (50, 51, 52) der Ablenkfehler auf dem Bildschirm der Röhre umfaßt, insbesondere der Konvergenzund Reinheitsfehler für eine Farbfernsehröhre, wobei diese Vorrichtung Fehlersignale an einen die Steuermittel gemäß einem Freiheitsgrad betätigenden Rechner abgibt, um die Korrektur der Fehler durchzuführen.
10. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schrägrichtung der Arme derart ist, daß sie sich ausgehend von der Plattform von ihr entfernen.
11. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die waagerechte Plattform eine Zentralöffnung (12) aufweist, die eine Aufnahme für die Ablenkeinheit (10) bildet.
12. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ablenkeinheit (10) über Backen (13), die mit dem Umfang des Körpers der Ablenkeinheit zusammenarbeiten, an der Plattform befestigt ist.
EP84400761A 1983-04-26 1984-04-17 Vorrichtung zur räumlichen Einstellung einer Ablenkeinheit bei einer Fernsehröhre, insbesondere bei einer Farbfernsehröhre Expired EP0123613B1 (de)

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FR8306834A FR2545266B1 (fr) 1983-04-26 1983-04-26 Appareil pour le reglage de la position d'un deviateur sur un tube de television, notamment en couleurs

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