EP0754989A1 - Elektronische Uhr, insbesondere Armbanduhr - Google Patents

Elektronische Uhr, insbesondere Armbanduhr Download PDF

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EP0754989A1
EP0754989A1 EP96111329A EP96111329A EP0754989A1 EP 0754989 A1 EP0754989 A1 EP 0754989A1 EP 96111329 A EP96111329 A EP 96111329A EP 96111329 A EP96111329 A EP 96111329A EP 0754989 A1 EP0754989 A1 EP 0754989A1
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Claude Ray
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    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means
    • G04G9/0076—Visual time or date indication means in which the time in another time-zone or in another city can be displayed at will
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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
    • G04C3/007—Electromechanical contact-making and breaking devices acting as pulse generators for setting

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  • the present invention relates to an electronic watch, in particular a wristwatch, comprising at least one data display device and at least one microprocessor controlling said display device and capable of receiving information from outside in order to modify the orders it provides to the display device.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a watch of the aforementioned type in which the introduction of information to the control microprocessor of the data display device is easy and the means used for this purpose are both simple, robust and reliable.
  • the watch according to the invention comprises a rotating bezel actuating at least two contactors intended to send pulses to the microprocessor and having an alternation of bosses and recesses which, during its rotation, pass opposite said contactors and the operate, the relative position in the latter being such that, when the telescope is at rest, said contactors are located on either side of at least one boss, in such a way that they ensure, like jumpers, the stability of the stop positions of the telescope and that the information sent to the microprocessor is different according to the direction in which is operated the telescope.
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of a multifunctional wristwatch according to the invention.
  • Fig.2 is a plan view, from below, bridge side, of the movement of this watch, the bridges located to the left of the broken line have been removed.
  • Fig. 3 is a section along line III-III of fig. 2, on a larger scale than that of fig. 1 and 2.
  • Fig.4 is a section along line IV-IV of Fig.2, on the same scale as that of Fig.3.
  • Fig.4a is a fraction completing the section of fig.4, on the same scale as this, along the line IVa-IVa of fig.2.
  • Fig. 5 is a section of a detail, along the line V-V of FIG. 1, on a scale intermediate between those of FIG. 2 on the one hand and figs. 3 and 4 on the other hand.
  • Fig. 6 is a partial view in elevation of a detail of a circular part of the watch of FIG. 1 shown in the developed state.
  • Figs. 7 to 10 represent this same detail, on an enlarged scale, in four different operating positions, and
  • Fig. It is a functional diagram of the watch of FIG. 1.
  • the watch shown in fig. 1, generally designated by 1, is provided with an analog display device comprising a 12-hour hand 2, operating in synchronism with a minute hand 3, a 24-hour hand 4, and a seconds 5.
  • Its dial, designated by 6, includes a 12 hour lap 7, with which the hand 2 cooperates, and a 24-hour turn 8, with which the hand 4 cooperates.
  • the time is set using a crown 9.
  • the watch 1 is further provided of a digital display device comprising a liquid crystal cell (LCD) 10 indicating, in the operating state in which the watch is shown in FIG. 1, the day of the week in 11, the date in 12 and the time of day, before or after noon, in 13.
  • LCD liquid crystal cell
  • the watch case 1 visible mainly in fig. 5, comprises a middle part-bezel 14 into which a base 15 is screwed, with the interposition of a seal 16, and which has a part 14a in the form of a cuff in which a sapphire or mineral crystal 17 is expelled, with interposition of a seal 18.
  • the cuff 14 has the middle part 14, externally, a rotating bezel 19 held in place by a shoulder ring 20 driven onto this cuff.
  • the movement of the watch is held in place in the middle-bezel 14 by flanges 22 fixed by screws 23.
  • This movement is electronic and includes an electric supply battery 24 (fig. 2), a microprocessor 25, a timepiece 26 constituted by a quartz oscillator and four electric motors 27, 28, 29 and 30 respectively actuating the hands. 12 hours 2, minutes 3, seconds 5 and 24 hours 4.
  • the connection between the rotor of each of these motors and each of these needles is ensured by gear trains visible in plan in FIG. 2. Only one of the two, that which connects the motor 27 to the needle 2, will be described here in detail, the others being identical or analogous.
  • the rotor of the motor 27, designated by 31 (fig. 3), carries a pinion 32 engaged with the wheel, designated by 33, of a first intermediate mobile whose pinion, designated by 34, is engaged with the wheel 35 of a second intermediate mobile whose pinion, designated by 36, is engaged with an hour barrel wheel, designated by 37, whose barrel 37a carries the 12 hour hand 2.
  • the rotor 31 and the first intermediate mobile are pivoted between a gear train bridge 38 and the movement plate, designated by 39.
  • the second intermediate mobile is pivoted between an intermediate bridge 40 and a center bridge 41.
  • the different motors form, with their stator, of which that of the motor 27 is visible at 42 in FIG. 3, with a lower bridge 43 (fig. 4), and with the plate (PCB), designated by 44, of an integrated circuit 45, an independent module assembled using four pairs of screws 46 taking in four pairs cannons 47, forming pillars, crimped in the lower bridge 43.
  • the screws 46 and pillars 47 of each pair are located at the two ends of each motor.
  • This module is fixed to the plate 39 by means of screws 48 taking in barrels 49, forming spacers, driven into the plate 39.
  • the microprocessor 25 is also carried by the plate 44 of the integrated circuit 45 (fig. 4), as does the liquid crystal cell (LCD) 10. This is fixed to the plate 44 of the integrated circuit with the interposition of two contactors Zebra 50, forming spacers, by means of a retaining flange 51.
  • FIG. 4 a shows that the flange 51 is fixed to the plate 39 using screws 52.
  • the Zebra contactors consist of parallelepipedal blocks of insulating material having metallized annular strips constituting conductive tracks.
  • the Zebra contactors 50 are in contact with the internal face of the liquid crystal cell 10 and with the internal face of the integrated circuit plate 44, ensuring the electrical connection between these two elements.
  • the information is entered into the microprocessor 25 using the rotating bezel 19.
  • the latter carries, on its external face, a thin annular disc 53 (fig. 5) housed inside a outer flange 19a of the bezel, in which it is crimped, and having a peg 54, driven in said bezel, ensures the angular orientation.
  • This annular disc 53 is divided into two concentric zones 55, themselves divided into segments corresponding to time zones (fig. 1), which are provided with geographical indications 56 which make it possible to identify them
  • the rotating bezel 19 carries, on its internal face turned towards the middle part 14 of the case, a ring 57 whose internal face has bosses 57 a (figs. 5 and 6) alternating with recesses 58.
  • This ring 57 has studs 57 b engaged in corresponding housings of the telescope 19, which ensures its orientation.
  • the middle part 14 carries a sleeve 59 in which is housed a pusher 60, carrying a seal (O-ring) 61.
  • This pusher is movable in the sleeve 59 and moves perpendicular to the plane of movement.
  • a return spring 62 keeps the pusher 60 in contact with the ring 57.
  • This coil spring bears on a ring 63 crimped at the end of the sleeve 59.
  • the internal end of the pusher 60 carries a ring 64 on which is stuck a ring 65 of conductive rubber intended to cooperate, when the pusher 60 is moved by the bosses 57 a of the ring 57, with a pair of contact blades 66 (figs. 2 and 5) in connection with the microprocessor 25 (fig. 11).
  • the middle part 14 carries a second contactor device identical to that described above and shown in FIG. 5, diametrically opposite to the first, with a slight offset, the head of the pusher, designated by 67, is visible in Figs. 6 to 10.
  • the number of bosses 57 a of the ring 57 carried by the rotating bezel 19 is even so that, when this ring is in the rest position, one of the pushers 60 and 67 is disposed on one side of a boss 57 a and the other on the other side of the boss 57 a opposite.
  • This arrangement is schematically illustrated in FIG. 6 where the ring 57 is partially shown in the developed state.
  • the pushers 60 and 67 not only ensure the short-circuiting and the breaking of the short-circuiting of the pairs of contacts 66 and 69, respectively, but also play the role of jumpers ensuring the stability (indexing) of the stop positions. of the rotating bezel 19.
  • the two pushers are shown separated from each other by a distance corresponding to the width of a single boss 57a of the ring 57, while they are diametrically opposed with a slight shift, this for the clarity of the presentation.
  • the two pushers can be placed in any relative position, provided that they are separated by a distance which corresponds to a multiple of the pitch of the scalloped part of the ring 57 a , plus a slight offset corresponding to the width of two half-pushers, that is to say one pushbutton.
  • the arrangement will be such that it is only once the complete cycle of the operations illustrated in FIGS has been carried out. 7 to 10 that the microprocessor will be able to accomplish the function dictated to him. Thus, false manipulations interrupted during execution, for example, will have no effect.
  • Fig. 11 schematically illustrates the connections between the microprocessor 25 and the pairs of contact blades 66 and 69, between the microprocessor and the motors 27, 28, 29 and 30, between the microprocessor and the liquid crystal cell 10 by the via a multiple decoder 71 and, finally, between the time setting crown 9 and the microprocessor via a block of contactors 72.
  • the angular position of the bezel 19 determines, via the microprocessor 25 and the motor 27, the position of the 12-hour hand 4.
  • the arrangement is such that by turning the bezel 19 and its disc 53 so as to bring one of the 24 time zone indications 56 opposite the point corresponding to 12 o'clock in the hour circle 7, the hand 4 is automatically brought to the position which designates the time in said time zone .
  • the ring 57 has 24 protrusions 57a corresponding to the 24 time zones.
  • the rotation of the telescope in the direction of the arrows 70 causes the sending of control pulses corresponding to the sequence below to the microprocessor 25: contacts 66 contacts 69 resting state 0 0 state 1 0 1 state 2 1 1 state 3 1 0 resting state 0 0
  • the microprocessor 25 is programmed so that each such sequence causes pulses to be sent to the motor 27 which advance the hand 4 by one hour.
  • the microprocessor 25 is programmed so that each such sequence causes pulses to be sent to the motor 27 which cause the needle 4 to go back one hour.
  • the new date will be displayed by the digital display device 10.
  • the bezel 19 carries on its disc 53, in addition to the indication corresponding to the watch mode (for example, LOCAL TIME), several indications corresponding to the different operating modes in chronograph (for example, SPLIT, LAP, RESTART , DOWN, DELTA, REGATE, RALLY).
  • the number of bosses 57a is then equal to the total number of operating modes of the part (ie 8 in the example given).
  • the mode is selected by rotating the bezel.
  • Each pulse sequence thus produced to bring an indication of the disc 53 opposite the point corresponding to 12 hours of the hour turn 7 switches the watch to the operating mode corresponding to the adjacent indication of the disc 53, either on the left, either to the right, depending on the direction of rotation.

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EP0974879A1 (de) * 1997-11-19 2000-01-26 Seiko Epson Corporation Datenverarbeitungsvorrichtung
GB2379286A (en) * 2001-08-29 2003-03-05 Innomind Internat Ltd Electronic multi-function watch
FR2879768A1 (fr) * 2004-12-22 2006-06-23 Isa Swiss Ag Sa Montre analogique multifuseau horaire
EP3032360A1 (de) * 2014-12-12 2016-06-15 The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd. Uhr mit manipulierbarer lunette

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JPS57146186A (en) * 1981-03-05 1982-09-09 Seiko Instr & Electronics Ltd Electronic wrist watch with ring switch
FR2501389A1 (fr) * 1981-03-06 1982-09-10 Seiko Instr & Electronics Dispositif de commutation de mode pour une montre electronique

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JPS57146186A (en) * 1981-03-05 1982-09-09 Seiko Instr & Electronics Ltd Electronic wrist watch with ring switch
FR2501389A1 (fr) * 1981-03-06 1982-09-10 Seiko Instr & Electronics Dispositif de commutation de mode pour une montre electronique

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EP0974879A1 (de) * 1997-11-19 2000-01-26 Seiko Epson Corporation Datenverarbeitungsvorrichtung
EP0974879A4 (de) * 1997-11-19 2003-06-18 Seiko Epson Corp Datenverarbeitungsvorrichtung
GB2379286A (en) * 2001-08-29 2003-03-05 Innomind Internat Ltd Electronic multi-function watch
FR2879768A1 (fr) * 2004-12-22 2006-06-23 Isa Swiss Ag Sa Montre analogique multifuseau horaire
EP3032360A1 (de) * 2014-12-12 2016-06-15 The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd. Uhr mit manipulierbarer lunette
WO2016092027A1 (fr) * 2014-12-12 2016-06-16 The Swatch Group Research And Development Ltd Objet portable avec lunette manipulable

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