WO2000072095A9 - Uhr - Google Patents
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- WO2000072095A9 WO2000072095A9 PCT/EP2000/004548 EP0004548W WO0072095A9 WO 2000072095 A9 WO2000072095 A9 WO 2000072095A9 EP 0004548 W EP0004548 W EP 0004548W WO 0072095 A9 WO0072095 A9 WO 0072095A9
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- display means
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
- G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
- G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means
- G04G9/02—Visual time or date indication means by selecting desired characters out of a number of characters or by selecting indicating elements the position of which represent the time, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques
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- the invention relates to a clock with a plurality of individually activated or deactivated display means (segments) for displaying a time.
- Reading or recognizing the time is associated, in particular with the arrangements described in the documents (3) and (9), with complicated calculations which require extensive prior knowledge, since the different display means represent different time units.
- the display described in the document (4) only one display field is provided for the display of the hours, minutes or seconds.
- the main disadvantages of this display are that the hours are only counted from 1 to 12, so that it is not possible to distinguish between morning and afternoon without further additions.
- the exact number of minutes can only be determined by calculation, and the accuracy of the number of seconds is limited to ten-second intervals.
- the invention is therefore based on the object to provide a clock with a plurality of individually activated or deactivated display means (segments) for displaying a time that can be detected and read much faster than in the known arrangements of the type described above is possible.
- Another advantage of this solution is that the activation of the display means for activation is relatively simple since the display means of a group are activated one after the other and progressively as time progresses.
- the display means only have to have two optically distinguishable states, which are assumed by activation or deactivation, there is also the possibility of realizing a clock with an all-round display which can be read from all sides at the same time.
- each group By dividing each group into at least two sub-groups according to claim 2, the number of display means activated in each group can be detected even faster.
- the embodiment according to claim 4 has the advantage that, on the one hand, the first group for the hourly number only needs to have twelve display means, but, on the other hand, it is nevertheless possible to distinguish between a time in the morning and a numerically identical time in the afternoon.
- the display can be detected even faster and more reliably.
- a clock that can be read from all directions at the same time can be created in a simple manner.
- a subgroup according to claim 11 should comprise a maximum of three display means.
- La, b are schematic representations of a first embodiment of such
- FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a second embodiment of the watch; 3a-j different times that are displayed with the first embodiment; 4 shows the different types of hourly display for mornings and afternoons; 5a, b an example of a complete time in the morning or
- FIG. 8 shows a fourth embodiment for displaying an elapsed time.
- Figure la shows an example of the first embodiment of a wrist watch with a bracelet 1 to which the watch 2 is attached.
- the dial 3 of the watch has a plurality of display means 4, which are combined in three groups and are arranged separately within a group in several sub-groups.
- these are a first group 31 of display means for a number of hours, a second group 32 of display means for a first digit of a minute number and a third group 33 of display means for a second digit of a minute number.
- the individual groups are again divided into subgroups.
- twelve display means are provided, which are arranged in the first group 31 in four subgroups 311, 312, 313, 314, each with three display means.
- five display means are provided, which are arranged in the second group 32 in three subgroups 321, 322, 323, each with two or one display means.
- nine display means are provided for displaying the second digit of the number of minutes between 0 and 9, which are arranged in the third group 33 in three subgroups 331, 332, 333, each with three display means.
- the number of displays in each subgroup should not be more than three in order not to impair the rapid detection of the number of activated displays in a group.
- FIG. 1b seven display means of the first group 31, two display means of the second group 32 and three display means of the third group 33 are activated, so that the time 7:23 is displayed.
- the display means of a group are activated continuously from the bottom upwards, so that the number of display means activated in a group corresponds to the number of digits assigned to the group of the time.
- FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of a watch according to the invention, in which the groups 31, 32 and 33 of the display means are arranged alongside one another along a rod 5.
- Each group in turn comprises the subgroups 311, 312, 313, 314 described in connection with FIG. 1b; 321, 322, 323; 331, 332, 333 each of one, two or three individual display means 4. Since the display means run in the form of closed rings around the rod 5, in this embodiment the time can be read from all directions around the rod axis.
- the rod 5 can also be designed in the form of a cylindrical liquid crystal display, along which the display means by appropriate control of the liquid crystal l display can be activated or deactivated.
- FIG. 3 shows the continuous change of the display every minute for a time between 7:21 a.m. (FIG. 3 a) and 7:30 a.m. (FIG. 3j).
- the first seven display means are always activated in the first group 31 and the first two display means are always activated for the times between 7:21 and 7:29 in the second group 32.
- the third group 33 one, two, three, .... or nine display means (FIGS. 3a to 3i) are activated in accordance with the continuous minute position between the hours 7:21 and 7:29. 3j, three display means are activated in the second group 32 and all display means in the third group 33 are deactivated in accordance with FIG. 3j.
- FIG. 4 shows the principle with which the hours in the first group 31 are differentiated between the same number of hours in the morning and in the afternoon.
- the hours between 1 and 12 o'clock, that is to say in the morning are changed in the manner customary for the minute digits, that is to say with an increasing number of hours (from left to right in FIG. 4a) by a correspondingly increasing number of display elements activated from bottom to top shown.
- the display elements in the illustration according to FIG. 4b are activated one after the other with a number increasing in accordance with the hour, starting from the top and going down.
- FIG. 5 shows this principle again for the time 7:41 am (FIG. 5a) or 7:41 pm (FIG. 5b), but in this illustration in the opposite direction to FIG. 4.
- the first seven display elements of the first group 31 counted from above are activated for the number of hours in the morning, while the first seven display elements of this group 31 counted down from the bottom are activated for the same number of hours in the afternoon.
- the display of the first and second minute digits with the second and third groups 32, 33 is unchanged.
- FIG. 6 shows a dial 3 with the three groups 31, 32, 33 of display elements as well as an indicator 34. If the watch is provided with a switching device with which between the display of the time, the display of seconds and tenths of a second which, or the display of the date can be switched over, the indicator 34 signals which of these displays is currently switched.
- each display means is formed by an opening 8 in the dial 3 and an underlying panel 81, which can be mechanically moved or moved so that it is visible when the display means is activated and not visible when the display means is deactivated.
- the aperture elements can be switched, for example, by a mechanical clockwork, i.e. be activated and deactivated. Furthermore, the activation or deactivation of the display means can take place in that under each of the groups 31, 32, 33 there is a roller (not shown), which in each case extends along the row of openings 8 and has markings or color areas in the manner that the respective display means are activated one after the other when the roller is rotated.
- FIG. 7 shows a third embodiment of the clock 2, in which three groups of display means 61, 62, 63 each with nine display means are provided, each of which has three subgroups 611, 612, 613; 621, 622, 623; 631, 632, 633 are summarized.
- This embodiment serves to display the known Internet time, in which 24 hours are divided into 1000 "swatch beats".
- FIG. 8 finally shows a fourth embodiment of the invention, which has two groups 71, 72 of display means, the first group 71 comprising four display means in two subgroups 711, 712 and the second group 72 comprising five display means in three subgroups 721, 722, 723.
- the two groups are used to display the first or second digit of a minute number, so that a maximum of 45 minutes can be displayed and the clock can be used, for example, at a sporting event to display a remaining playing time.
- the principles of the number display by the corresponding number of activated display means correspond in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 to those that were described in connection with FIGS. 1 to 5.
- the control of the display means for displaying the time in the manner described is preferably carried out by an integrated circuit with a correspondingly programmed microprocessor.
- any elements can be used as the display means, which change an optically perceptible state by activation, so that the time shown can be seen in the manner described.
- states can also be a color, a pattern, a surface or the like.
- the shape of the individual display means is also arbitrary and is only determined by the legibility of the generated display.
- the representation can also be sent or generated, for example, by a projector, on a monitor or via other media.
- optically separated perceptibility of the groups and / or subgroups can be generated or emphasized on the one hand by a distance between these groups and / or subgroups and additionally or alternatively by optically perceptible means such as lines, borders, elevations, color and / or brightness contrasts and the like become.
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| JP2000620425A JP2003500661A (ja) | 1999-05-19 | 2000-05-19 | 時 計 |
| EP00938654A EP1185906B1 (de) | 1999-05-19 | 2000-05-19 | Uhr |
| HK02106745.3A HK1048368B (zh) | 1999-05-19 | 2000-05-19 | 手表 |
| DE50006340T DE50006340D1 (de) | 1999-05-19 | 2000-05-19 | Uhr |
| AU53953/00A AU5395300A (en) | 1999-05-19 | 2000-05-19 | Watch |
| AT00938654T ATE266219T1 (de) | 1999-05-19 | 2000-05-19 | Uhr |
| US09/992,176 US6628571B2 (en) | 1999-05-19 | 2001-11-19 | Watch |
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| DE19923808A DE19923808A1 (de) | 1999-05-19 | 1999-05-19 | Uhr |
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| ATE266219T1 (de) | 2004-05-15 |
| DE50006340D1 (de) | 2004-06-09 |
| ES2222211T3 (es) | 2005-02-01 |
| US6628571B2 (en) | 2003-09-30 |
| JP2003500661A (ja) | 2003-01-07 |
| EP1185906A2 (de) | 2002-03-13 |
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| DE19923808A1 (de) | 2000-11-23 |
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