EP0428981A1 - Dispositif d'affichage de l'heure - Google Patents

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EP0428981A1
EP0428981A1 EP90121687A EP90121687A EP0428981A1 EP 0428981 A1 EP0428981 A1 EP 0428981A1 EP 90121687 A EP90121687 A EP 90121687A EP 90121687 A EP90121687 A EP 90121687A EP 0428981 A1 EP0428981 A1 EP 0428981A1
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Manouk Der Stepanian
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    • 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
    • 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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  • the present invention relates to time displays, in particular those allowing the indication of the hours and minutes which include as display elements binary elements, that is to say that can occupy two distinct states 1 or 0.
  • Such displays are known which include display members in the form of rods arranged so as to form two squares juxtaposed one under the other. By judiciously controlling the state of each of these sticks, 1 or 0, it is then possible to display representations of the Arabic numerals from 0 to 9. By controlling this command of these display elements or sticks from a electronic or electromechanical timekeeper it is possible to produce a digital time display by providing two groups of sticks for the display of the hours and two groups for the display of the minutes. Two additional groups can be provided for displaying the seconds. These time displays are often performed using liquid crystal displays.
  • the present invention aims to achieve an original time display and new in its design which is neither digital nor analog using binary display devices.
  • this display must allow a completely new presentation and aesthetic as well as a fundamentally new way of reading although appealing to a concept learned from childhood.
  • the time display device according to the present invention is distinguished by the characteristics listed in claim 1.
  • the first embodiment of the time display device illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 comprises two display areas occupying separate surfaces.
  • a first hour display area 1 and a second minute display area 2 which is located just below the first area 1.
  • Each of these display areas 1,2 comprises two groups 3,4 respectively 5,6 of point binary display elements 7,8 respectively 9,10.
  • These binary display members 7 to 10 may for example be constituted by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or any other element which may have distinct states visible and identifiable to the eye.
  • These punctual binary display elements 7 to 10 are arranged in each of groups 3 to 6 at some of the intersections of a matrix with three columns and three lines which can therefore have a maximum of nine display elements.
  • the two groups 3,4 of the first hour display area 1 each include seven display members 7 respectively 8. These display members of each group 3,4 are arranged so as to form the representation of the number seven as on the dice to play or on the dominoes.
  • the time is indicated by the sum of the display elements 7.8 of the two groups 3.4 which are activated (state l or 0). To obtain a reading or rather an immediate instinctive display of the time, the display members 7,8 are activated so as to always form the representation of a number as it appears on a dice to be played or on a domino .
  • the central display member 7 of the first group 3 will also be activated. To display four hours, the upper and lower display members 7 of the first and third columns are activated. To display five hours, the central display member 7 is also activated. To display six hours, these are the three display organs 7 of the pre first and third columns which are activated. To display seven hours, the central display member 7 is activated in addition, all the display members 7 of the first group 3 are then activated.
  • the first display area 1 represents a "six-three" domino of which the total of the numbers displayed gives nine.
  • the hour display area 1 displays eight hours in Figure 1, twelve hours in Figure 3 and zero hours in Figures 2 and 4.
  • the activation of the display members 7,8 of the groups 3,4 is controlled by a control circuit controlled by a timepiece. Each time an hour has elapsed, the configuration obtained by the activated display elements 7,8 corresponds to the following number, in the scale from 1 to 12, represented in the manner of a "domino ".
  • the display device also includes a second minute display zone 2 which also includes two groups 5,6 of display members 9, 10 respectively. These display members 9, 10 are also arranged at certain intersections at least of matrices comprising three rows and three columns.
  • the first group 5 of this second display area comprises five display members 9 arranged according to the representation of a five, either along two diagonals.
  • This first group 5 of display elements 9 displays the tens of minutes. Ten minutes when the central display member 9 is activated. Twenty minutes when the display elements 9 lower of the first column and upper of the third column are activated. Thirty minutes when the display elements 9 located in a diagonal rising from left to right are activated. Forty minutes when the display elements 9 from the four corners of group 5 are activated. Fifty minutes when the five display elements 9 are activated.
  • the display of tens of minutes is made for a number under its representation usually used for dice to play or dominoes.
  • the second group 6 of display members 10 of the second display area 2 makes it possible to display the minutes, from 0 to 9, and comprises nine display members 10 arranged in three columns and three rows.
  • the display of the number of minutes from 0 to 9 is obtained by the number of activated display elements 10, always distributed within the matrix of group 6 as is the representation of the corresponding number on a domino.
  • the second display zone 2 indicates zero minutes in Figure 1, three minutes in Figure 2, thirty-one minutes in Figure 3 and fifty minutes in Figure 4.
  • the display elements 9 and 10 are activated by the electronic or electro-mechanical timepiece via a control circuit producing the display in the "domino" form of the numbers 0 to 5 representing the tens of minutes and the numbers 0 to 9 representing the minutes.
  • the display members of the second minute display area 2 so that they represent a "nine-five" and not "five-nine" domino ".
  • the display units of the right group indicate the tens of minutes and those of the left group indicate the minutes.
  • FIGS. 5 to 8 differ from the embodiment described above in that the first hour display zone 1 has twelve display members, divided into two groups 3,4 as before.
  • group 3 has five display members 7 and group 4 has seven display members 8. These display members 7,8 are arranged so as to form a domino "five-seven ".
  • group 3 has three display members 7 and group 4 has nine display members 8 arranged so as to form a "three-nine" domino.
  • the arrangement of the display members 7,8 in the first hour display zone 1 represents a "seven-five" domino while in the variant illustrated in FIG. 8 it represents a domino. "nine-three".
  • the new time display has been represented diagrammatically as if it were worn by a watch strap. It is obvious that such a time display can be used not only for a wristwatch but also for a pocket watch, a pendant watch, a jewelry watch, a clock, a clock or any other device intended to display the hour.
  • a third display zone can be provided, at any point sem can be connected to the second display area 2 for displaying the seconds.
  • LEDs Light-emitting diodes of different colors can be provided for each of the display areas in order to differentiate at a glance the display of hours, minutes and seconds.
  • the light-emitting diodes can be replaced by liquid crystal displays.
  • the hour display zone can be designed like that of the minutes or seconds, namely that the hours are displayed for the tens of hours by the groups of display elements 3 and for the units of hours by the group of display units 4. It is then possible to display up to 24 hours.
  • the electronic part is described below allowing the display to operate in the case where it has three separate display zones for the hours, minutes and seconds, these three zones being identical, that is to say comprising a first group of nine display members for displaying the tens and a second group of nine display members for the units.
  • This embodiment is intended for a twenty-four hour display version.
  • This electronic part includes a conventional clock and time-setting circuit which can be the same as that provided on a conventional digital quartz watch which produces codes A, B, C and D.
  • This clock circuit ( Fig. 10) includes a time base 11 delivering a signal with a frequency of 1Hz which feeds the counting chain 12 and a signal with a frequency of 1Khz for controlling data selection or multiplexing.
  • the counting chain 12 has six counters, two second counters whose 60 second hold feeds two minute counters whose 60 minute hold feeds the two hour counters.
  • a coding circuit 13 delivers coded signals A, B, C, and D to a control logic 14.
  • a display 15 (FIGS. 9 and 11) is controlled from the clock circuit 11, 12, 13 and from control logic 14.
  • This logic control circuit 14 is illustrated in detail in FIG. 13 showing how the code signals A, B, C, D delivered by the clock circuit 11, 12, 13 are transformed into signals Dot 1.9; Pot 2.3; Dot 3.7; Dot 4.6 and Dot 5 for the control of each group of display elements.
  • a group of nine display elements is illustrated in figure 12 and it can be checked that the domino points can be obtained by activating the nine diodes D1 ... D9 of the display (Fig.

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DE4111415A1 (de) * 1991-04-09 1992-10-15 Dietrich Von Dipl Ing Haebler Einrichtung zur optischen uhrzeit-darstellung durch zahlenwiedergabe im quintalsystem
EP0522644A1 (en) * 1991-07-09 1993-01-13 Touch Watch Llc Electromechanical wristwatch with reading by touch
USD341543S (en) 1991-07-09 1993-11-23 Eugenio Michelotti Wrist watch
CN109147304A (zh) * 2017-06-15 2019-01-04 中兴通讯股份有限公司 一种设备遥控方法以及遥控装置
CN110579958A (zh) * 2019-07-17 2019-12-17 上海应用技术大学 一种二进制时间显示体
DE202023100060U1 (de) 2023-01-08 2023-01-31 Taskarin Gmbh Zeitanzeigevorrichtung
DE102023100264B3 (de) 2023-01-08 2024-05-02 Taskarin Gmbh Zeitanzeigevorrichtung

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FR2117886A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1970-12-09 1972-07-28 Kratomi Shunsei
DE2525694A1 (de) * 1975-06-10 1976-12-16 Schickedanz Willi Zeitanzeigevorrichtung
DE8816123U1 (de) * 1988-12-28 1989-03-16 Hübner, Hartmut, 6000 Frankfurt Uhr

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FR2117886A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1970-12-09 1972-07-28 Kratomi Shunsei
DE2525694A1 (de) * 1975-06-10 1976-12-16 Schickedanz Willi Zeitanzeigevorrichtung
DE8816123U1 (de) * 1988-12-28 1989-03-16 Hübner, Hartmut, 6000 Frankfurt Uhr

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DE4111415A1 (de) * 1991-04-09 1992-10-15 Dietrich Von Dipl Ing Haebler Einrichtung zur optischen uhrzeit-darstellung durch zahlenwiedergabe im quintalsystem
EP0522644A1 (en) * 1991-07-09 1993-01-13 Touch Watch Llc Electromechanical wristwatch with reading by touch
USD341543S (en) 1991-07-09 1993-11-23 Eugenio Michelotti Wrist watch
US5311487A (en) * 1991-07-09 1994-05-10 Gianni Mininni Electromechanical wristwatch with reading by touch
CN109147304A (zh) * 2017-06-15 2019-01-04 中兴通讯股份有限公司 一种设备遥控方法以及遥控装置
CN110579958A (zh) * 2019-07-17 2019-12-17 上海应用技术大学 一种二进制时间显示体
DE202023100060U1 (de) 2023-01-08 2023-01-31 Taskarin Gmbh Zeitanzeigevorrichtung
DE102023100264B3 (de) 2023-01-08 2024-05-02 Taskarin Gmbh Zeitanzeigevorrichtung

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