CH683664B5 - Colors watch. - Google Patents

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The color clock is composed of 4 main elements: orientation ring (1), space for hours (2), space for minutes (3a, b, c, d, e), first minute (3a), second minute (3b), third minute ( 3c), fourth minute (3d), fifth minute (3e) and space for the seconds (4).

The orientation ring has a double meaning for the time determination, it serves both the hour and the minute (Fig. 2).

The orientation ring (1) is divided into 12 equal-sized sections, each section of which has a different color, e.g. gold, violet ... (Fig. 12). Each of the 12 colors represents one hour. The order of the 12 hours is clockwise. The golden color represents the hour from 00h 00 '00 "to 01 h 00' 00". The purple color represents the hour from 01h 00 '00 "to 02h 00' 00" etc. (Fig. 2).

The same colors on the orientation ring (1) that indicate the hours are also used to indicate the minutes. For the minutes, each of the 12 colors on the orientation ring (1) represents 5 minutes. The golden color represents the minutes from 00h 00 '00 "to 00h 05' 00". The purple color represents the minutes from 00h 05 '00 "to 00h 10' 00" etc. (Fig. 3).

In the space for the hour (2), 12 different colors change over a period of one hour each. The colors change in the same order as they can be seen on the orientation ring (1). The number of hours can be determined by looking for the appropriate color on the orientation ring (1) for the color in the room for the hour (2). If the golden color appears in the space for the hour (2), it means that the first hour is from 00h 00 '00 "to 01h 00' 00" because the golden color on the orientation ring (1) is the first hour represents (Fig. 4).

The space for the minutes (3a, b, c, d, e) is divided into 5 sections of equal size, each section representing one minute. The exact number of minutes can be determined by associating the number of sections of the same color with the same color on the orientation ring (1) in the space for the minutes (Fig. 5). When the first minute has expired, the golden color appears in the first section in the room for the minutes (3a) from 00h 00 '00 "to 00h 01' 00" (Fig. 6). After the second minute (from 00h 01 '00 "to 00h 02' 00") the golden color also appears in the second section in the room for the minute (3b) etc.

Instead of hands or digital numbers, 60 lights arranged evenly in a circle of 360 ° indicate the number of hours by lighting up one after the other clockwise. Instead of the lights, a colored line can increase in circles every second until a colored ring has formed after one minute. The seconds can take on any color, as there is no logical connection between the color of the seconds and the colors of the hours and minutes (Fig.7).

The time can be determined by the 4 main elements of the clock, orientation ring (1), space for the hour (2), space for the minute (3a, b, c, d, e) and space for the second (4), can be combined in a given system. This is what the clock looks like at 11h 28'40 ": (Fig. 8). As with clocks with hands, we first determine the hours, then the minutes and finally the seconds.

If we want to determine an hour, we first have to find the color on the orientation ring (1) for the color in the space for the hour (2). The location of this color on the orientation ring (1) shows us the number of hours. If we only look at the orientation ring (1) and the space for the hour in Fig. 8, we can easily see in what logical way we can determine the hours (Fig. 9). The space for the hour is red in this case, the same red color is on the orientation ring (1) at the eleventh hour, i.e. the eleventh hour has begun. This way we can determine each of the 12 hours.

We determine the minutes in a similar way to the hours. If we only look at the space for the minutes (3a, b, c, d, e) and the orientation ring (1) in Fig. 8, we can see how logically we can determine the minutes (Fig. 10). In Fig. 10, the light green color appears in the space for the minutes (3a, b, c, d, e). Of the 5 rectangles, which each represent a minute, 3 appear in light green color (3a, b, c), i.e. that 3 minutes have passed. If the light green color on the orientation ring (1) represents the period from 25 to 30 minutes and if 3 minutes have passed in the space for the minutes (3a, b, c), this means that a total of 28 minutes have passed from the current hour are (25 min + 3 min = 28 min).

Let's bring together the orientation ring (1), the space for the hour (2), the space for the minute (3a, b, c, d, e) and the space for the second (4) in one picture (Fig. 11). It is now 11h 28 min and ... The seconds are read in the same way as with the hand watches (Fig. 8). In this picture the clock shows 11h 28 '46 ".

There are already wall clocks which show the time by rotating plates with numbers for hours and minutes. If we add a space for orientation (1) to such a clock and replace the numbers 1 to 12 in the space for hours with 12 different colors that follow each other in the same order as in space for orientation (1), then we can already do that Determine hours according to the principle of the color clock. For the minute indication, however, it is necessary to adapt the mechanical system of this watch to the principle of the color watch. In this way, instead of 2 elements for the minutes (one and ten), we have 5 elements that show a block of 5 minutes. Space for minutes (3a, b, c, d, e), 1st section (3a). This room

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which shows the first of a block of 5 minutes contains 12 different colored tiles, which are arranged in the same order as in the space for orientation (1). This color sequence applies to all other sections of the watch. In this 1st section (3a) each color lasts 5 minutes. Room for minutes (3a, b, c, d, e), 2nd section (3b). This room, which displays the second of a block of 5 minutes, contains 24 tiles, every second of which is black. The same applies to the rooms that show the 3rd, 4th and 5th minute. The black color is neutral, i.e. it does not stand for a number. In a period of 5 minutes, the second section (3b) first has the black color for one minute, then the same color as in section 3a and continues for 4 more minutes. This cycle repeats every 5 minutes with the next color in the room for orientation (1). Space for minutes (3a, b, c, d, e), 3rd section (3c), 4th section (3d) and 5th section (3e).

The 3rd, 4th and 5th section work on the same principle as the 2nd section (3b). However, the duration of the black color and the duration of the colors corresponding to the space for orientation (1) is different for each section.

3rd section (3c), the black color lasts 2 minutes and the colors that correspond to the space for orientation (1) last 3 minutes.

4. Section (3d), the black color lasts 3 minutes and the colors that correspond to the space for orientation (1) last 2 minutes.

5. Section (3e), the black color lasts 4 minutes, the colors that correspond to the space for orientation (1) last 1 minute.

Standard wristwatches with hands can be converted to color watches. The pointers usually start from a central axis. The hour hand is at the bottom, the minute hand is at the top and the second hand is at the top. First, this watch needs a space for orientation (1), then the mechanism of the watch must be changed so that the second hand is at the bottom, the minute hand is above and the hour hand is at the top. Now the hands can be replaced by disks (except the second hand), one disk replaces the minute hand, a smaller disk replaces the hour hand.

Disc for minutes:

This disc is divided into 12 equal-sized sectors, each of which has a different color and represents 5 minutes. The individual minutes within a 5-minute sector are of a uniform color. The colors on the minute disc are arranged in the reverse order to that in the orientation room (1).

Important: when a minute has passed, the minute disc suddenly moves clockwise by one minute.

Disc for hour indication:

So that the minute disc is not covered by the hour disc, the hour disc must be slightly smaller. The hour disc is also divided into 12 equal-sized sectors, the order of the colors corresponds to the minute disc.

The difference is that the hourly sectors are not divided into other sectors. Important: when an hour has passed, the hour disc suddenly moves clockwise by one hour.

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The seconds are not shown with a disc, but with a pointer. The color of the end of the pointer can be any, since the color of the seconds has no influence on the determination of the time. The second hand moves clockwise at a rate of one second each. Only the colored end of the second hand is visible because the rest of the hand is covered by the disks for minutes and hours. Both disks are covered by a third, fixed disk with eleven twelfths of their surface, only one twelfth remains free, corresponding to the size of a sector for one hour on the hourly disk. Time can be determined in this free sector. It looks like an inverted capital A. In the lower, smaller part we read the hours, in the upper, larger part the minutes.

The color clock can also be implemented as a laser clock. An “image” of time can be projected onto a surface.

The color clock can be used as a TV test clock. It can be used both for the color test and for time determination.

It is possible to program the color clock using a computer.

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Claims 1. Color clock which shows the time, based on the principle of different changing colors, which are combined in a given system, characterized in that it has 4 elements for the time display, namely the first in the form of a circular ring, divided into 12 equal sections of each with a different color, the second in the form of a bar inside the first and approximately across the center, its color changing every hour and the third also in the form of a bar inside the first and approximately across the center, divided into 5 sections which progressively, showing the minutes, discolour, the fourth is a circular zone of 360 ° to show the seconds. 2. Color clock according to PA 1, characterized in that it is designed as a table clock. 3. Color clock according to PA 1, characterized in that it is designed as a wall clock. 4. Color clock according to PA 1, characterized in that it is designed as a pocket or wristwatch. 5. Color clock according to PA 1, characterized in that it is designed as a laser clock and the time is projected onto a surface. 6. Color clock according to PA 1, characterized in that it is designed as a TV test clock that can be used for time indication and color test. 7. Color clock according to one of PAe 1-6, characterized in that it is programmable by a computer. 5 10th 15 20th 25th 30th 35 40 45 50 55 60 65