EP0058642B1 - Pièce d'horlogerie électronique - Google Patents

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EP0058642B1
EP0058642B1 EP82810062A EP82810062A EP0058642B1 EP 0058642 B1 EP0058642 B1 EP 0058642B1 EP 82810062 A EP82810062 A EP 82810062A EP 82810062 A EP82810062 A EP 82810062A EP 0058642 B1 EP0058642 B1 EP 0058642B1
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Jean-Georges Michel
Jean-Claude Robert-Grandpierre
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G21/00—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
    • G04G21/08—Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
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    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C3/00—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means
    • G04C3/001—Electromechanical switches for setting or display
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  • the present invention relates to an electronic timepiece having several functions and modes of correction, comprising a module mounted in a box, a first control member comprising a crown secured to a rod mounted in a passage of the box having at least two determined axial positions and movable in rotation in each of the axial positions to control a determined function or correction mode, and a second control member.
  • US Pat. No. 4,020,627 describes a watch of this type, with digital display, in which the crown can occupy four distinct axial positions, namely a rest position, a pushed position with automatic return, and two positions. drawn stable.
  • One of the watch functions is controlled by putting the crown in its pushed position and other functions or correction modes are controlled by turning the crown in one direction or the other when it is in one of its positions. drawn.
  • a particular correction mode is controlled by pressing a push button independent of the crown.
  • a rotation of the crown in its rest position causes the display to be erased.
  • European patent application EP-A-0 027 288, published on April 22, 1981 describes another watch of the type mentioned above, with analog display, in which the crown can occupy a rest position where it is inactive and a pulled position in which its rotation causes the needles to rotate.
  • the watch also includes a push button, the actuation of which when the crown is in its rest position causes the hands to move to a position indicating a wake-up time stored in the watch control circuit.
  • actuation of the push button causes the time indicated by the hands to be memorized as the new wake-up time, as well as the rotation of an indicator of the circuit engagement state wake up call.
  • this watch also comprises two pushbuttons independent of the crown, one of which allows the start and stop of a chronograph circuit and the other allows the reset of this chronograph circuit.
  • One of the objects of the invention is therefore to provide means for enabling the control of a greater number of functions and modes of correction of a watch using a crown capable of occupying only '' a reduced number of axial positions.
  • the neutral axial position of the crown that is to say its usual position, corresponding to the normal operation of the watch, does not allow the call no other operating or correction mode other than clearing the display when it is digital. Otherwise, any accidental rotation of the crown in this position would result in a disruption of the watch, or the initiation of an operating mode not desired by the wearer.
  • any mode of operation other than its usual operation can only be obtained at the cost of an axial displacement of the crown. In addition to the disadvantages already indicated, too frequent axial displacements precipitate the wear of the seals at the level of the crown tube.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose means for controlling a timepiece which allow the calling of a particular operating or correction mode even when the crown occupies its neutral position.
  • a very important advantage of this solution, in particular for the simplicity of use of the watch, is that the second control member is not used directly to carry out a correction. All corrections, such as setting the time and day, changing the time zone and synchronizing the second, are carried out by simple manipulation of the crown, the second control member having only one function. selection of the correction mode activated during this manipulation of the crown.
  • the manipulation of the second control member is also very simple, since it can be either actuated or not actuated, and it does not require the user to learn a complicated code.
  • the watch shown is provided with a time zone change device which makes it possible to advance or delay the indication of the hours by a determined number of units.
  • This operation can be carried out for example by electronic means capable of controlling a rapid and bi-directional drive of the first motor.
  • the time setting of the minutes and hours display as well as the correction of the date indication is carried out mechanically.
  • the display of the second on call can be permanent, that is to say continue until a stop instruction given by the user of the watch and which produces the return of the second hand on a determined position (for example over 12 hours) and its immobilization in this position.
  • This display can also be temporary and therefore stop automatically after a fixed period of time.
  • the watch described also includes means for fine adjustment of the display of the seconds allowing the time base of the watch to be synchronized with a time signal, in a manner known per se.
  • the crown 7 is capable of occupying, in addition to the neutral position represented in solid lines, a pulled position represented in dotted lines in 9 and a pushed position represented in dotted lines in 10. It retains this pushed position only as long as 'it is held there by the watch user.
  • Such a crown provided with a pusher mechanism is known per se, and described for example in Swiss patent CH-B-581,340.
  • the second control member 8 is preferably of the scraper or file type, which does not involve any material communication between the outside and the inside of the watch case.
  • a perfectly watertight control member which also has the advantage of being barely visible on the watch case, has a striated zone over which the user places his fingernail, thereby generating a train of characteristic vibrations capable of '' be transformed into electrical signals by a transducer mounted in the box, and used to control the operation of the watch.
  • Such control devices have been described in Swiss patent CH-B-636,494, published on 15. 12. 83.
  • any type of control device could be suitable, but those which include a sealed transducer zone provided on the outside surface of the box (capacitive, piezoelectric transducers, etc.) are particularly suitable for making a watch. perfectly waterproof.
  • a watch comprising capacitive transducers is described, for example, in the British patent application GB-A-2 022 878. In this watch, only one of the transducers is normally active. This transducer must be activated so that the others also become active.
  • the object of the invention is to provide for the coordination of the actuation of the crown 7 and of the second control member 8 so that in a determined axial position of the crown 7, the activated function or correction mode differs depending on whether the control member 8 has been previously actuated or not.
  • the crown can be used in its neutral position to carry out the time zone change, after actuation of the member 8. In a watch of great precision and provided with a long-life battery, it this will be the operation most often performed by the user, and it can therefore be seen that it does not require axial displacement of the crown.
  • the crown After actuation of the member 8, the crown allows the time zone to be changed to the neutral position or the synchronization of the second to the pushed position.
  • the crown After actuation of the member 8, the crown allows the time zone to be changed to the neutral position or the synchronization of the second to the pushed position.
  • the object of this characteristic is to associate with the actuation of the second control member the triggering of a time delay of a determined duration.
  • the function performed by means of the crown different from that which would be performed in the absence of actuation of the second control member, will then be validated only if the manipulation of the crown actually occurs within this period. time delay.
  • the false manipulations consecutive to an involuntary actuation of the second control member will be largely avoided.
  • FIG. 2 represents a block diagram of a variant of a logic circuit making it possible to carry out the operation described above.
  • This circuit is only intended for calling the electronic time zone change mode, in the neutral position of the crown, but it could easily be extended to the call of other functions or correction modes.
  • the motor 11, associated with the display of the minutes and hours of the watch in FIG. 1, is controlled by the control circuit 12, itself piloted by the time base 13.
  • the control circuit 12 can receive 1 hour fast forward, or 1 hour fast backward instructions developed by time zone correction circuits 14 and 15 respectively.
  • the correction circuits 14 and 15 are themselves controlled by the contacts 16 and 17, arranged in the electronic module in such a way that the rotation of the crown in its neutral position causes the contact 16 to close when this rotation occurs in the clockwise, and the closure of contact 17 when it occurs counterclockwise.
  • the second input of each door 19 and 20 is connected to the output of a retriggerable monostable circuit 21, capable of being triggered by the second control member 18.
  • the contacts 16 and 17 are also connected to the monostable 21 to cause its re-triggering at each manipulation of the crown, when the latter occurs within the time delay triggered by the second control member 18.

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EP82810062A 1981-02-17 1982-02-12 Pièce d'horlogerie électronique Expired EP0058642B1 (fr)

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CH102481A CH640998B (fr) 1981-02-17 1981-02-17 Piece d'horlogerie electronique.
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