EP0171365A2 - Automatischer elektronischer Anzeiger für die abgelaufene Betriebszeit - Google Patents

Automatischer elektronischer Anzeiger für die abgelaufene Betriebszeit Download PDF

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EP0171365A2
EP0171365A2 EP19850830147 EP85830147A EP0171365A2 EP 0171365 A2 EP0171365 A2 EP 0171365A2 EP 19850830147 EP19850830147 EP 19850830147 EP 85830147 A EP85830147 A EP 85830147A EP 0171365 A2 EP0171365 A2 EP 0171365A2
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Girolamo Buonavoglia
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means
    • G04G9/08—Visual time or date indication means by building-up characters using a combination of indicating elements, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques
    • G04G9/087—Visual time or date indication means by building-up characters using a combination of indicating elements, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques provided with means for displaying at will a time indication or a date or a part thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C1/00—Registering, indicating or recording the time of events or elapsed time, e.g. time-recorders for work people
    • G07C1/30—Parking meters
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
    • G07C5/02—Registering or indicating driving, working, idle, or waiting time only
    • G07C5/04—Registering or indicating driving, working, idle, or waiting time only using counting means or digital clocks

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  • the present invention relates to an automatic. electronic elapsed time indicator.
  • time disc which in practice is constituted by a support on which are indicated the various hours of the day with an index or reference element which is positioned by the user in correspondence with the time (in hours and minutes) at which the vehicle was stopped and from which time, in practice, the time allowed for parking is calculated.
  • Such a time disc whilst being widely utilised has a plurality of significant disadvantages, the first of which is constituted by the fact that often the user forgets to set the starting time when the vehicle is first parked, leaving the vehicle without setting the time disc and thus being liable to a penalty for contravention of the law where such time discs are a legal requirement.
  • Another disadvantage is constituted by the fact that the known time disc can allow the unscrupulous to attempt at fraud by deliberately setting the indicator of the time disc to show a starting time after that when the vehicle was actually parked in order wrongly to prolong the duration of the time for which parking is permitted.
  • the present invention seeks therefore to eliminate the above indicated disadvantages by providing a new type of time indicator which has electronic timing means which by automatically commencing a display of elapsed time when the vehicle is stopped gives the user the certainty of having a precise indication of the time at which parking commences without the necessity of having to set a time disc indicator manually.
  • a feature of the present invention is that by providing an automatic electronic time indicator there is no possibility of inadvertent or fraudulent mis- setting of the time of commencement of the parking period because the device is fully automatic and not subject to manual intervention.
  • an automatic electronic elapsed time indicator device characterised by the fact that it comprises a digital display which can be fitted to the interior of a motor vehicle and by the fact that it includes first counter means for producing signals representing chronological time,second counter means for producing signals representing elapsed time, and means for connecting the display device and the two counters to the engine of a motor vehicle such that the first counter is connected to the display when the engine is switched on so that the device displays chronological time and the second counter is connected to the display when the engine is switched off so that the device displays the time elapsed since the engine was last turned off.
  • Embodiments of the present invention thus allow the user always to have a reliable indication of the residual time of a permitted parking period.
  • Embodiments may also be provided with means for "warning" the user that the whole of a permitted parking period has elapsed.
  • An advantage of the present invention is that because of its particular constructional characteristics the device is able to offer a certain and reliable timing device for indicating elapsed time for measuring the length of time for which a vehicle has been parked, which has the additional value of serving as a chronometer during use of the vehicle.
  • Another advantage of the present invention is that it provides an automatic electronic time indicator which is easily produced from components which are commonly available on the market and which, moreover, is competitive from an economic point of view.
  • the automatic electronic elapsed time indicator of the invention comprises a digital display device, generally indicated with the reference numeral 1, which advantageously is so shaped that it can be fitted to the dashboard 2 of a motor vehicle in such a way as to be easily visible both from the interior and exterior of the motor vehicle.
  • the digital display device 1 incorporates first counter for producing signals representing chronological time which, in operation, behaves as a normal chronometer to cause the device 1 to indicate the time of day in hours and minutes, and a second counter for producing signals representative of elapsed time, which automatically starts operating as soon as the engine of the motor vehicle is switched off.
  • first counter for producing signals representing chronological time which, in operation, behaves as a normal chronometer to cause the device 1 to indicate the time of day in hours and minutes
  • a second counter for producing signals representative of elapsed time, which automatically starts operating as soon as the engine of the motor vehicle is switched off.
  • a switching circuit for the second counter is connected to the distributor 3 of the motor vehicle, or alternatively to another electric component of the vehicle such as the ignition coil or the ignition switch, which is activated during operation of the engine and is inactive whenever the engine is switched off.
  • the second counter is automatically activated. This counter is automatically zeroed as soon as the engine is started so that when it is turned off the device is able immediately to start to indicate on the display the passage of time since stopping the engine, therefore providing on the display screen an indication of the elapsed time since stopping which is always precise and accurate. In this way there is no possibility that the user, either by forgetting or deliberately, may fail to set the indicator.
  • the display device Whenever the engine is started the display device immediately reverts to its chronometer function displaying chronological time and the second, or elapsed time counter is automatically zeroed.
  • the electronic display device of the invention may also be complemented by a portable acoustic indicator made, for example, in the form of a key case or the like, which can be actuated by a push-button by the motorist at the time of commencement of parking, or may be mounted on the display device 1 and triggered by the same signal as initiates the operation of the second counter when the engine is switched off, and which indicates the elapse of time with an acoustic signal at regular intervals, or at other intervals in such a way as to give the motorist always an indication relating to the elapse of time, thereby serving in practice as a portable warning for the user that the permitted parking time has expired or is about to expire.
  • a portable acoustic indicator made, for example, in the form of a key case or the like, which can be actuated by a push-button by the motorist at the time of commencement of parking, or may be mounted on the display device 1 and triggered by the same signal as initiates the operation of the second counter when the engine
  • an electronic timing device which is able to perform several functions, which are those of a traditional chronometer, as well as an elapsed time indicator for indicating the time for which a vehicle has been stopped.
  • an elapsed time indicator for indicating the time for which a vehicle has been stopped.

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EP19850830147 1984-07-06 1985-06-13 Automatischer elektronischer Anzeiger für die abgelaufene Betriebszeit Withdrawn EP0171365A2 (de)

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Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1988008173A1 (en) * 1987-04-08 1988-10-20 Sergio Perotto Titalin Automatic parking time indicator for motor vehicles
EP0681272A2 (de) * 1994-05-02 1995-11-08 Motorola, Inc. Apparat und Verfahren zum Bestimmen einer Zeitspanne während der die Hauptspannungsversorgung eines Systemes inaktiv war
EP0703525A1 (de) * 1994-09-22 1996-03-27 Aisin Aw Co., Ltd. Berührungsanzeige für ein Informationseingabesystem
FR2749422A1 (fr) * 1996-05-31 1997-12-05 Bosch Gmbh Robert Procede pour determiner le temps compris entre l'arret du moteur d'un vehicule automobile et son redemarrage
US9228554B2 (en) 2012-08-09 2016-01-05 GM Global Technology Operations LLC Supporting a driver of a motor vehicle in utilizing an automatic start-stop system
US9404438B2 (en) 2012-08-09 2016-08-02 GM Global Technology Operations LLC Supporting a driver of a motor vehicle in utilizing an automatic start-stop system
CN110966104A (zh) * 2019-11-26 2020-04-07 奇瑞汽车股份有限公司 一种发动机系统停机时间的计算系统及方法

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1988008173A1 (en) * 1987-04-08 1988-10-20 Sergio Perotto Titalin Automatic parking time indicator for motor vehicles
EP0681272A2 (de) * 1994-05-02 1995-11-08 Motorola, Inc. Apparat und Verfahren zum Bestimmen einer Zeitspanne während der die Hauptspannungsversorgung eines Systemes inaktiv war
EP0681272A3 (de) * 1994-05-02 1997-07-09 Motorola Inc Apparat und Verfahren zum Bestimmen einer Zeitspanne während der die Hauptspannungsversorgung eines Systemes inaktiv war.
EP0703525A1 (de) * 1994-09-22 1996-03-27 Aisin Aw Co., Ltd. Berührungsanzeige für ein Informationseingabesystem
US5877751A (en) * 1994-09-22 1999-03-02 Aisin Aw Co., Ltd. Touch display type information input system
FR2749422A1 (fr) * 1996-05-31 1997-12-05 Bosch Gmbh Robert Procede pour determiner le temps compris entre l'arret du moteur d'un vehicule automobile et son redemarrage
US9228554B2 (en) 2012-08-09 2016-01-05 GM Global Technology Operations LLC Supporting a driver of a motor vehicle in utilizing an automatic start-stop system
US9404438B2 (en) 2012-08-09 2016-08-02 GM Global Technology Operations LLC Supporting a driver of a motor vehicle in utilizing an automatic start-stop system
CN110966104A (zh) * 2019-11-26 2020-04-07 奇瑞汽车股份有限公司 一种发动机系统停机时间的计算系统及方法

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