EP0985169A1 - Dispositif de commande de fonctions d'un instrument horaire et procede pour la mise en oeuvre de ce dispositif - Google Patents
Dispositif de commande de fonctions d'un instrument horaire et procede pour la mise en oeuvre de ce dispositifInfo
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- EP0985169A1 EP0985169A1 EP98920434A EP98920434A EP0985169A1 EP 0985169 A1 EP0985169 A1 EP 0985169A1 EP 98920434 A EP98920434 A EP 98920434A EP 98920434 A EP98920434 A EP 98920434A EP 0985169 A1 EP0985169 A1 EP 0985169A1
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- movable member
- magnetic induction
- time instrument
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- 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
- G04C3/004—Magnetically controlled
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- the present invention relates to a device for controlling the functions of a time instrument, such as in particular a wristwatch formed of a case, a bezel, a middle part and a back, comprising means for generating a variable magnetic induction flux, means for detecting the variable magnetic induction flux, means for processing signals from said detection means, and means for controlling functions of the time instrument, the controlled functions depending on the signals from said processing means.
- the control devices currently used on time instruments such as wristwatches are generally formed by winders and push buttons comprising a rod passing through the housing of the time instrument.
- the winding stem and push buttons must be able to be moved longitudinally to access different functions of the watch.
- the winding stem must also be able to rotate around its axis. This rod is in contact with mechanical and / or electronic components intended to control the functions of the instrument.
- This embodiment has a number of drawbacks.
- the seal at the winding stem is relatively difficult to achieve.
- a wristwatch in which water resistance is ensured is described in American patent US-A-5,572,489.
- This document describes a wristwatch having a manually movable telescope in which are placed permanent magnets. Inside the watch case, near the permanent magnets, are arranged movable contacts sensitive to magnetic fields which can be created by the permanent magnets.
- the contact closes, which establishes a connection between tracks of a printed circuit.
- the crown is made so that it can take positions corresponding to different time zones.
- British patent application GB-A-2 043 968 describes a clock, in particular for a kitchen oven, using signals to access certain programming functions of the oven.
- This clock has a winding stem driving a permanent magnet.
- Two REED relays are placed on either side of the permanent magnet, in the same plane. These relays are alternately closed and open, which gives an electrical signal which can be processed by a further processing circuit.
- the winding rod drives the rotation of a crenellated wheel.
- REED relays are replaced by induction coils formed of a conductive wire wound on a permanent magnet.
- the rotation of the castellated wheel generates signals in the induction coils. The frequency of these signals is representative of the speed of rotation, while the phase shift is representative of the direction of rotation.
- this device makes it possible to generate electrical signals representative of the speed and the direction of rotation, it cannot be integrated into a wristwatch. Indeed, the pivoting element and the elements sensitive to the pivoting element are arranged in the same plane. In the embodiment described, this is possible by adding a box containing these various elements to the kitchen oven. This housing is fixed so as to be sealed against grease splashes. Such an embodiment is of course not possible on a wristwatch.
- the present invention proposes to overcome these drawbacks by providing a device for controlling the functions of a time instrument, this control device being perfectly sealed and allowing simple and economical automated mounting.
- the movable member advantageously comprises at least one conductive part of magnetic induction flux.
- the movable member is pivotable about an axis of rotation.
- the movable member may comprise a pivot formed by at least one conductive part of magnetic induction flux, or a winder associated with a winding rod and a rotating element formed by at least one conductive part. magnetic induction flow, the movable member is formed by this rotating bezel.
- the rotating bezel has notches arranged towards the inside of the case of the time instrument, and spaced on the inner periphery of said rotating bezel.
- the movable member comprises an elastic blade movable radially towards the inside of the time instrument and having a rest position remote from the interior of the time instrument and a pressed position close to the inside this time instrument.
- the movable member comprises at least one non-conductive part of the magnetic induction flux.
- the movable member can also include at least one permanent magnet.
- the means for detecting the variable magnetic induction flow preferably comprise at least one induction coil composed of a core surrounded by an insulated conductive electric wire forming several turns.
- the means for detecting the variable magnetic induction comprise two coils each formed by a core surrounded by an insulated electric conductive wire forming several turns.
- the means for detecting the variable magnetic induction flux comprise a permanent magnet.
- the signal processing means preferably comprise means for detecting the speed of movement of the movable member, and / or means for detecting the direction of rotation of the movable member.
- FIG. 1 and 2 illustrate two embodiments of the device of the invention comprising a movable member made in the form of a pivot;
- FIG. 3 and 4 illustrate two embodiments of the device of the invention comprising a movable member made in the form of an elastic blade
- FIG. 5 and 6 show two embodiments comprising a movable member made in the form of a movable shoe
- Figures 7A, 7B, 8A and 8B illustrate two embodiments of a device of the invention comprising a movable member having a conventional winding form, Figures 7A and 8A being plan views and Figures 7B and 8B being side views of the device;
- FIG. 9 is a schematic view of an embodiment comprising a movable member produced in the form of a rotating bezel;
- FIG. 10 is an electronic diagram of a signal processing circuit generated by two movable members;
- FIG. 11 represents signals generated by a movable member as illustrated in FIG. 10.
- the device 10 is intended to be mounted in a time instrument such as a wristwatch comprising a case formed by a bezel, a middle part 11 and a base. More particularly, this device is intended to be mounted in an electronic watch with analog and / or digital display. It provides access to the functions of the time instrument, these functions can be conventional such as the setting of hour, minute, second, date or day name indicators for example, or unconventional such as setting an altitude or a pressure in the case of an altimeter watch or a diving watch, or a change of time zone. All kinds of other functions can of course be controlled by this device.
- a time instrument such as a wristwatch comprising a case formed by a bezel, a middle part 11 and a base. More particularly, this device is intended to be mounted in an electronic watch with analog and / or digital display. It provides access to the functions of the time instrument, these functions can be conventional such as the setting of hour, minute, second, date or day name indicators for example, or unconventional such as setting an altitude or a pressure in the
- the time instrument comprises means 12 for generating a variable magnetic induction flow, means 13 for detecting the variable magnetic induction flow, means 14 for processing signals from said detection means, and means 15 for controlling functions of the time instrument.
- the means 12 for generating a variable magnetic induction flux comprise a movable member 27 consisting of a permanent magnet 16 produced in the form of a cylindrical pivot 17 movable around an axis of rotation 18
- This pivot has a diameter less than the thickness of the middle 11 and is disposed in a housing 19 formed in this middle.
- the axis of rotation 18 is vertical when the time instrument is placed in a horizontal plane and a part of the pivot projects from the middle so that it can be rotated manually from outside the watch case.
- This pivot comprises a North pole 20 and a South pole 21 arranged symmetrically on either side of the axis of rotation 18.
- the means 13 for detecting the variable magnetic induction flow comprise two coils 22, 23 arranged inside the case of the time instrument, in the immediate vicinity of the pivot 17. Each of these coils is formed by a core 24, 25 made of a conductive magnetic field material, such as for example soft iron. These cores are surrounded by an insulated electrical conductor wire 26, so as to form several turns. These coils are connected to the signal processing means.
- the pivot 17 is rotated around the axis 18, the magnetic induction in the coil 22 reaches a maximum when one of the poles, for example the North pole 20, is located near this coil.
- the pole generating a maximum signal depends on the direction of winding of the wire on the coil.
- the other coil 23 generates a maximum signal when the North Pole 20 is near this coil, provided that the direction of winding of wire 26 is the same as that of coil 22.
- FIG. 2 comprises, as before, a movable member 30 having the form of a cylindrical pivot 31 rotating around a vertical axis of rotation 32.
- This pivot consists of a part 33 made of a conductive material of magnetic induction flux and a part 34 made of a material non-conductive of magnetic induction flux. These materials may for example be soft iron and brass or a synthetic material respectively.
- the magnetic induction flux detection means 13 comprise an E-shaped core 35.
- the end branches 36 of the core each comprise an insulated electrical conductor wire 37, wound so as to form several turns, each branch surrounded by wire. forming a coil 38, 39.
- the central branch 40 of the core 35 consists of a permanent magnet 41 comprising a pole disposed near the movable member 30 and a pole remote from this movable member.
- This embodiment operates in the same way as that illustrated in FIG. 1.
- the movable member 30 does not have a permanently magnetized part, there is no risk of waste magnetic particles being attach to this organ.
- the direction of rotation of the movable member can be determined in the same way as in the embodiment of Figure 1, that is to say by determining which is the coil which generates a signal in advance with respect to the another signal.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment comprising a movable member 50 produced in the form of an elastic blade 51.
- This blade can assume a rest position in which it is distant from the interior of the case of the time instrument and a pressed position in which the blade is close to the inside of the time instrument case. The pressed position of the blade is not a stable position so that once released, it returns to its rest position.
- the elastic blade is associated with a permanent magnet 52 having one pole directed towards the interior of the housing and the other pole remote from this housing.
- This device comprises detection means 13 formed from a single coil 53 consisting of a core 54 and a wire 55 forming several turns.
- the movable member can be made of a metal or a synthetic material for example.
- the movable member 60 consists of an elastic blade 61 formed of a material conducting the magnetic induction flux.
- the flow detection means 13 comprise a U-shaped core 62.
- One of the branches of the U is formed of a permanent magnet 63 and the other branch receives a wire 64 wound so as to form several turns and constituting a coil 65.
- FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment comprising a movable member 70 produced in the form of a sliding shoe 71.
- This sliding shoe moves linearly, substantially tangentially at the edge of the case of the time instrument, in a slide 72 produced in case 11 of this instrument.
- the movable member is formed of a permanent magnet 73, the poles of which are arranged in the direction of each of the ends of the slide.
- the means 13 for detecting the variation in the magnetic induction flux comprise a coil 74 consisting of a core 75 and a wire 76 forming several turns.
- the embodiment of Figure 6 is similar to that of Figure 5.
- the movable member 80 is made of a conductive material of the magnetic induction flux and moves so as to close and open alternately a magnetic circuit.
- the flow detection means 13 comprise a U-shaped core 83, one of the branches of which forms a coil 84 and the other branch of which forms a permanent magnet 85.
- FIGS. 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B illustrate two embodiments making it possible to use a movable member having the appearance of a conventional winder.
- the movable member 90 is formed of a winder 91, of a rotating element 92 having a part 93 made of a material conducting the magnetic induction flux and a part 94 made of a material non-conductive of the magnetic induction flux.
- the winder and the rotating element are fixed by means of a rod 95 similar to a winding rod, but however not passing through the case of the time instrument.
- the detection means 13 comprise an E-shaped core 96 similar to the core 35 in FIG. 2. As illustrated in FIG. 7B, the three branches of the E-shaped core 96 are arranged in a plane P1 which does not pass by the center of the rotating element 92.
- the offset between the plane P1 and the center of the element 92 makes it possible to determine the direction of rotation of this rotating element.
- the rotation of the winder clockwise and counterclockwise gives identical signals which can be used for controlling the functions of the time instrument, but which do not allow the direction to be determined. of rotation of the watch winder.
- FIGs 8A and 8B illustrate an embodiment similar to that of Figures 7A and 7B.
- the movable member 100 however comprises a rotating element 106 consisting of a permanent magnet 101 having poles arranged on either side of the axis of rotation of this rotating element.
- the detection means 13 comprise an E-shaped core 102, the two end branches of which mites are provided with an electric wire 103 insulated so as to constitute two coils 104, 105.
- the branches of the core are arranged in a plane P2 not passing through the middle of the movable member, which makes it possible to determine its direction of rotation.
- FIG. 9 Another particular embodiment of the device according to the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 9.
- the time instrument 110 comprises a movable member 130 formed by a rotating bezel 111 inside which notches 112 are regularly spaced.
- This bezel rotates around an axis of rotation 109 disposed substantially in the center of the instrument. It is made of a conductive material of magnetic induction flux, such as certain stainless steels.
- the detection means 13 of this embodiment comprise an E-shaped core 113 the intermediate branch of which is formed by a permanent magnet 114 and the end branches of which constitute two coils 115, 116 each comprising an insulated conducting electric wire 117 forming several turns.
- the spacing between two consecutive notches is such that it is possible to determine the direction of rotation of the rotating bezel.
- the telescope has enough notches so that it is not necessary to rotate it by a very large angle.
- the signals coming from the two coils 115, 116 are not phase-shifted by 180 °.
- a 180 ° phase shift occurs when the width of a notch is substantially the same as the distance between two adjacent branches of the E-shaped core and that the distance between two consecutive notches is substantially the same as the distance between two consecutive branches of this core.
- the time instrument comprises a removable lug 118 which can be brought into contact with the rotating bezel to prevent its rotation, and which can be moved to allow rotation.
- the rotating bezel 111 can be moved longitudinally relative to the axis of rotation 109.
- the middle part has an index 119 arranged to receive one of the notches in the bezel mobile.
- the index is no longer engaged with one of the notches.
- the telescope is pushed downwards, possibly pivoting it slightly until the index finger is inserted into a notch.
- FIG. 10 illustrates the means 14 for processing signals from the detection means 13 described above. More particularly, part of these processing means 14 ′ is used when the detection means
- the detection means 13 ′ have two coils 120, 121 which corresponds for example to the embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9, and the other part of the processing means 14 "is used with detection means 13 "comprising a coil 122, which corresponds, for example to the embodiments of FIGS. 3 to 6.
- the detection means 13 comprises a coil 122, which corresponds, for example to the embodiments of FIGS. 3 to 6.
- the part of the processing means 14 ′′ associated with the detection means 13 ′′ include an amplifier 123 into which is introduced a signal from the coil 122. The signal leaving this amplifier 123 is introduced into a monostable flip-flop 124 which puts into operation a supply of the processing means 14 'if a signal has been detected.
- Amplifier 123 is supplied intermittently, for example for 10 ms every 100 ms. Thus, if the elastic blade 61 is actuated while the amplifier 123 is supplied, the supply to the processing means 14 ′ is engaged continuously. If the control means 15 are not actuated for a predetermined time, the supply of the processing means 14 'is again interrupted. This minimizes the amount of energy consumed.
- the part of the processing means 14 ′ associated with the detection means 13 ′ comprises two low consumption amplifiers 125, 126, each of these amplifiers receiving the signals from one of the coils 120, 121.
- the signals leaving the amplifiers are introduced into a phase discriminator circuit 127.
- This circuit generates an "advance" signal, having for example a high logic level when the signal from the coil 120 is in phase advance with respect to the signal from the coil 121, and as a "reverse” signal by logic level low otherwise.
- This phase discriminator 127 thus makes it possible to determine the direction of rotation of the movable member 30.
- the processing means 14 ′ also include a frequency discriminator circuit 128. This circuit receives on the one hand a signal coming directly from one of the two amplifiers, and on the other hand the signal "advance" or "retreat" of the discriminator phase 127.
- This frequency discriminator is for example arranged to determine two ranges of rotational speeds of the movable member 30 corresponding to two ranges of frequencies of the signals leaving the amplifiers 125, 126.
- One of the speeds can be called “slow speed” and corresponds to a non-zero frequency below a given threshold, and the other speed can be called “fast speed” and corresponds to a frequency greater than said threshold.
- the device according to the present invention delivering a logic signal, it is easy to use this signal to access all kinds of functions of the time instrument. For example, it is possible to make the movable member operating only after a particular manipulation has been carried out, such as for example a fast speed turn in one direction, followed by a fast speed turn in the other direction. This gives access to different functions of the time instrument using only the four signals from the combination of speed signals and direction of rotation signals. In this case, each particular manipulation corresponds to four functions.
- FIG. 11 illustrates two signals generated by two coils 120, 121 as illustrated in FIG. 10.
- the signal at the bottom is ahead of the signal shown at the top in the figure, which corresponds to a specific direction of rotation, for example the clockwise the movable member 30.
- the offset depends on the distance between two consecutive branches of the core and the offset between the plane containing the core and the center of the movable member and can thus be modified by changing the size of the core and its position.
- the processing means only comprise a frequency discriminator as defined above without a phase discriminator being necessary.
- the operating principle is however similar to the other embodiments.
- the present invention makes it possible to produce a perfectly watertight time instrument case since there is no drilling for the passage of a winding stem.
- the automated assembly of such a time instrument is simple since all the elements are moved vertically during assembly, which is not the case when the time instrument includes a winding stem which must be assembled by movement. in a horizontal plane.
- the functions which it is possible to control by means of the device according to the present invention are all those which can be controlled by means of a conventional winding stem or push buttons and, in particular, the setting of the time of day. 'instrument, the change of time beam, the modification of the date, the modification of the name of the day. Any other function which can be managed by a logic signal can also be controlled by this device.
- the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described, but extends to any modification or variant obvious to a person skilled in the art.
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