EP0488124B1 - Watch, in particular wrist- or pocketwatch - Google Patents

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EP0488124B1
EP0488124B1 EP91120081A EP91120081A EP0488124B1 EP 0488124 B1 EP0488124 B1 EP 0488124B1 EP 91120081 A EP91120081 A EP 91120081A EP 91120081 A EP91120081 A EP 91120081A EP 0488124 B1 EP0488124 B1 EP 0488124B1
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  • the invention relates to a watch, in particular a wristwatch or pocket watch, which, in addition to an hour and minute display associated with the current day, has an indication of the months and days from a freely selectable point in time common to these months and days.
  • a clock is known from DE 38 16 605 A1. This watch allows you to view the lifetime spent in years, months and days.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a clock of this type which also displays further data which may be of interest to the user of the clock.
  • the clock is characterized in that it also has an indication of the weeks and hours from the common, freely selectable time.
  • the watch is preferably characterized in that the hour display assigned to the current day increases within a period from 0 h to 12 h and from 12 h to 24 h from the apex falling band. It is particularly visually and graphically impressive if the band is bell-shaped and / or if the display is digitally done by changing the color of 24 fields in succession in the band.
  • the clock according to the exemplary embodiment has an hour display 2 and minute display 4 assigned to the current day on.
  • the hour display 2 assigned to the current day takes place within a bell-shaped band 8 rising from 0 h to 12 h to a vertex 6 and falling from the vertex 6 from 12 h to 24 h by changing the color of 24 successive fields 10 in the band 8 Color change can be made by switching on or off LEDs or liquid crystals.
  • the band 8 encloses a date display 12 within its bell shape.
  • the minutes within the hours identified by the fields 10 are displayed in 60 fields 14 of a ring 16 which encloses the band 8 assigned to the hours.
  • the display in the fields 14 can take place in the same way as the display in the fields 10.
  • a digital display field for the days that have elapsed from a predetermined time.
  • a display field 22 for the weeks that have elapsed from the specified time.
  • a display field 26 for the months that have elapsed since the predetermined time.
  • a display field 28 for the hours and minutes that have elapsed from the specified time.
  • the display fields 18, 22, 26 and 28, the display field 12 and the hour display 2 and the minute display 4 with upstream decoders 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 are indicated.
  • the decoders 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 are located at the output of a reprogrammable readout memory 42 (EPROM).
  • EPROM reprogrammable readout memory
  • the reprogramming is carried out using input keys in a keypad 44.
  • the memory 42 is read by means of a processor 46 which issues a command from the keypad 44 to simultaneously activate the displays in the display fields 18, 22, 26 and 28.
  • the date in the display field 12 and the hour display 2 and the minute display 4 can also be set using the input keys in the keypad 44.
  • Decoders 38 and 40 are connected to each other for synchronization.
  • the clock is generated via a real-time and clock generator 48, which can be radio-controlled by a receiver 50.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Uhr, insbesondere Armband- oder Taschenuhr, die außer einer dem laufenden Tag zugeordneten Stundenanzeige und Minutenanzeige eine Anzeige der Monate und der Tage ab einem diesen Monaten und Tagen gemeinsamen, frei wählbaren Zeitpunkt aufweist. Eine solche Uhr ist nach der DE 38 16 605 A1 bekannt. Diese Uhr gestattet eine Anzeige der verbrachten Lebenszeit in Jahren, Monaten und Tagen.The invention relates to a watch, in particular a wristwatch or pocket watch, which, in addition to an hour and minute display associated with the current day, has an indication of the months and days from a freely selectable point in time common to these months and days. Such a clock is known from DE 38 16 605 A1. This watch allows you to view the lifetime spent in years, months and days.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, eine Uhr dieser Art anzugeben, die noch weitere Daten, die für den Benutzer der Uhr von Interesse sein können, anzeigt.The object of the invention is to provide a clock of this type which also displays further data which may be of interest to the user of the clock.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe ist die Uhr dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie überdies eine Anzeige der Wochen und der Stunden ab dem gemeinsamen, frei wählbaren Zeitpunkt aufweist.To solve this problem, the clock is characterized in that it also has an indication of the weeks and hours from the common, freely selectable time.

Um auch dem Träger der Uhr den Ablauf der Stunden eines Tages psychologisch wirksam anzuzeigen, ist die Uhr bevorzugt dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die dem laufenden Tag zugeordnete Stundenanzeige innerhalb eines von 0h bis 12h zu einem Scheitel ansteigenden und von 12h bis 24h von dem Scheitel abfallenden Bandes erfolgt. Optisch und grafisch besonders eindrucksvoll ist es dabei, wenn das Band glockenförmig ist und/oder wenn die Anzeige digital durch Farbänderung von 24 in dem Band aufeinanderfolgenden Feldern erfolgt.In order to indicate to the wearer of the watch the course of the hours of a day in a psychologically effective manner, the watch is preferably characterized in that the hour display assigned to the current day increases within a period from 0 h to 12 h and from 12 h to 24 h from the apex falling band. It is particularly visually and graphically impressive if the band is bell-shaped and / or if the display is digitally done by changing the color of 24 fields in succession in the band.

Die Erfindung wird im folgenden an einem Ausführungsbeispiel unter Hinweis auf die beigefügten Zeichnungen beschrieben.

Fig. 1
zeigt in Aufsicht ein Ziffernblatt einer Uhr.
Fig. 2
zeigt schematisch ein Blockschaltbild der Uhr.
The invention is described below using an exemplary embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1
shows a clock face in supervision.
Fig. 2
shows schematically a block diagram of the clock.

Die Uhr nach dem Ausführungsbeispiel weist eine dem laufenden Tag zugeordnete Stundenanzeige 2 und Minutenanzeige 4 auf. Die dem laufenden Tag zugeordnete Stundenanzeige 2 erfolgt innerhalb eines von 0h bis 12h zu einem Scheitel 6 ansteigenden und von 12h bis 24h von dem Scheitel 6 abfallenden, glockenförmigen Bandes 8 durch Farbänderung von 24 in dem Band 8 aufeinanderfolgenden Feldern 10. Die Farbänderung kann dabei durch Anschalten bzw. Abschalten von Leuchtdioden oder Flüssigkristallen erfolgen. Das Band 8 umschließt innerhalb seiner Glockenform eine Datumsanzeige 12. Die Anzeige der Minuten innerhalb der durch die Felder 10 gekennzeichneten Stunden erfolgt in 60 Feldern 14 eines Rings 16, der das den Stunden zugeordnete Band 8 umschließt. Dabei kann die Anzeige in den Feldern 14 ebenso erfolgen wie die Anzeige in den Feldern 10. Zwischen dem Ring 16 und dem Scheitel 6 des Bandes 8 befindet sich ein digitales Anzeigefeld für die ab einem vorgegebenen Zeitpunkt verstrichenen Tage. Zwischen dem Ring 16 und dem oberen Bereich des in Fig. 1 linken Schenkels 20 des glockenförmigen Bandes 8 befindet sich ein Anzeigefeld 22 für die ab dem vorgegebenen Zeitpunkt verstrichenen Wochen. Zwischen dem oberen Bereich des in Fig. 1 rechten Schenkels 24 des glockenförmigen Bandes 8 und dem Ring 16 befindet sich ein Anzeigefeld 26 für die seit dem vorgegebenen Zeitpunkt verstrichenen Monate. Unterhalb der Datumsanzeige 12 befindet sich ein Anzeigefeld 28 für die ab dem vorgegebenen Zeitpunkt verstrichenen Stunden und Minuten.The clock according to the exemplary embodiment has an hour display 2 and minute display 4 assigned to the current day on. The hour display 2 assigned to the current day takes place within a bell-shaped band 8 rising from 0 h to 12 h to a vertex 6 and falling from the vertex 6 from 12 h to 24 h by changing the color of 24 successive fields 10 in the band 8 Color change can be made by switching on or off LEDs or liquid crystals. The band 8 encloses a date display 12 within its bell shape. The minutes within the hours identified by the fields 10 are displayed in 60 fields 14 of a ring 16 which encloses the band 8 assigned to the hours. The display in the fields 14 can take place in the same way as the display in the fields 10. Between the ring 16 and the apex 6 of the band 8 there is a digital display field for the days that have elapsed from a predetermined time. Between the ring 16 and the upper region of the left leg 20 of the bell-shaped band 8 in FIG. 1, there is a display field 22 for the weeks that have elapsed from the specified time. Between the upper area of the right leg 24 of the bell-shaped band 8 in FIG. 1 and the ring 16 there is a display field 26 for the months that have elapsed since the predetermined time. Below the date display 12 is a display field 28 for the hours and minutes that have elapsed from the specified time.

In dem Blockschaltbild sind die Anzeigefelder 18, 22, 26 und 28, das Anzeigefeld 12 und die Stundenanzeige 2 sowie die Minutenanzeige 4 mit vorgeschalteten Decodern 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 angedeutet. Die Decoder 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 liegen am Ausgang eines umprogrammierbaren Ablesespeichers 42 (EPROM). Die Umprogrammierung erfolgt durch Eingabetasten in einem Tastenfeld 44. Das Ablesen des Speichers 42 erfolgt mittels eines Prozessors 46, der von dem Tastenfeld 44 einen Befehl zum simultanen Ingangsetzen der Anzeigen in den Anzeigefeldern 18, 22, 26 und 28 erhalten kann. Mit den Eingabetasten in dem Tastenfeld 44 ist auch das Datum in dem Anzeigefeld 12 und die Stundenanzeige 2 sowie die Minutenanzeige 4 einzustellen. Zur Synchronisierung sind die Decoder 38 und 40 miteinander verbunden.In the block diagram, the display fields 18, 22, 26 and 28, the display field 12 and the hour display 2 and the minute display 4 with upstream decoders 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 are indicated. The decoders 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 are located at the output of a reprogrammable readout memory 42 (EPROM). The reprogramming is carried out using input keys in a keypad 44. The memory 42 is read by means of a processor 46 which issues a command from the keypad 44 to simultaneously activate the displays in the display fields 18, 22, 26 and 28. The date in the display field 12 and the hour display 2 and the minute display 4 can also be set using the input keys in the keypad 44. Decoders 38 and 40 are connected to each other for synchronization.

Die Taktgabe erfolgt über einen Echtzeit- und Taktgeber 48, der von einem Empfänger 50 funkgesteuert sein kann.The clock is generated via a real-time and clock generator 48, which can be radio-controlled by a receiver 50.

Claims (4)

  1. A watch, particularly a wristwatch or pocket watch, which, in addition to an hour display (2) and minute display (4) pertaining to the current day, has a display of both the months (26) and days (18) which have elapsed since a freely selectable moment in time common to said months (26) and days (18), characterised in that it also has a display of the weeks (22) and hours (28) since the freely selectable, common moment in time.
  2. A watch, particularly according to claim 1, characterized in that the hour display (2) pertaining to the current day is effected within a band (8) rising to a peak (6) from 0 hours to 12 hours and falling from the peak (6) from 12 hours to 24 hours.
  3. The watch according to claim 2, characterized in that the band (8) is bell-shaped.
  4. The watch according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the display (2) is made digitally by colour variation of 24 successive panels (10) in the band (8).
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