EP1307789B1 - Dispositif d'introduction de donnees dans un objet portable - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a device for entering data into an object portable, including a watch, said device comprising a button control inside which is housed a permanent magnet and a sensor magnetic device disposed within the object, said sensor being capable of providing electrical signals representing displacements of the magnet in at least a direction for the introduction of data.
- the data to be included in this subject concern both time setting commands in the case of an analog or digital watch where the magnet displacements are measured by the analog magnetic sensor for that it provides representative analog electrical signals for example from the desired delivery time, whether the reading command or the introduction messages or calculations or game controls or programming of various functions.
- the organ is in the form of a ball rotative mounting in a housing of complementary shape of the housing of the telephone.
- the rotations of the ball are detected for the advance of a cursor on one of the two screens in one position of a function to be selected.
- a pressure on the ball validates the selection.
- wear is inevitable.
- this arrangement of the ball in its housing does not guarantee a waterproof protection electrical elements in cooperation with said ball.
- control lever After removing the control lever from a storage slot in the bracelet, its end is fixed in a removable manner in an elastic mass whose lower edges are held on a surface of a support creating a cavity between the support and a lower wall of the elastic mass.
- a piece metal is fixed on said lower wall to make a metal bridge (short circuit) between metal pads arranged on a printed circuit for detect movements in two directions (X, Y) when the lever is actuated.
- the device comprises an elastic button whose lower surface is fixed on a wall, external of a portable object, such as a wristwatch.
- a portable object such as a wristwatch.
- Four pressure sensors are distributed on the bottom surface of the button in order to come into contact of the outer wall of the portable object.
- These four sensors are connected electrically through the outer wall of the portable object to means electronic data processing arranged in the portable object. Signals electrical devices are transmitted by each sensor to the said electronic means in function of the force applied by a user's finger on the button and of the inclination of said button.
- a disadvantage of such a pointing device is that it is difficult to achieve and to place in particular on the housing of a watch-bracetet, since the sensors external devices must be connected to the electronic means housed in the housing of the watch. In addition, it is necessary to provide the button with four sensors for ability to calculate all movements of said button for operations to be performed this which is also a disadvantage.
- JP 8-152961 A discloses an example of such a data input device using a control button on a computer keyboard.
- a single magnet is housed in the inside of the button in two parts fitting one into the other.
- the part lower button includes a cavity resting on a complementary shape of a structure carrying a magnetic analog sensor Hall effect to measure the displacements of the magnet in two directions (X, Y).
- a second magnet is placed under the sensor structure to ensure better detection of variations of the magnetic field to the measuring ranges of the sensor.
- command button for the introduction of data
- the assembly constituting the command button includes several magnets on one side of a control button disk next to a equivalent number of measuring ranges of an analog magnetic effect sensor Hall arranged on a bottom of a carcass to measure the movements of the magnets in two directions (X, Y).
- Elastic elements connect the disc of the button to the upper part of the carcass to hold the button in a centered position resting.
- the control knob includes Hall effect sensor elements on a support and a remote magnet and facing the elements.
- the magnet is inserted into a spring in support on a surface of said support without allowing to protect the elements sensors.
- a goal to be solved by the object of the invention consists of a data input device using the combination of a magnet and a magnetic sensor, for example Hall effect, for the detection of displacements said magnet to overcome the disadvantages of the devices of the prior art cited above.
- An advantage of the data entry device of a portable object consists of the combination of a permanent magnet with a magnetic sensor, by example Hall effect separated from a wall preserving the tightness of the portable object without intrusion of harmful elements of the environment, where is placed said object, through said wall.
- the change of orientation of the magnetic field by moving the button that includes the magnet can be picked up by said sensor easily through the nonmagnetic wall of the object.
- Another advantage of the device is the use of a sensor monolithic magnetic, for example Hall effect, located opposite and distant from the permanent magnet which is entirely enclosed in an elastic mass.
- the sensor may be non-contact or in contact with the non-magnetic wall.
- the sensor is fixed on a circuit board also receiving the blocks or means electronic processing of electrical signals delivered by the sensor. As the measurement of the movements of the control button is done by magnetic field passing through the non-magnetic wall, the printed circuit carrying the sensor no need to be in direct contact with the wall supporting the control button.
- Another advantage of the device is to provide a housing on the wall not magnetic, which may be a metal wall, to accommodate the elastic mass enclosing the permanent magnet to facilitate mounting of said control button during the manufacture of the object. This accommodation also serves to ensure a better lateral holding of the control button which can be moved in particular in two directions.
- the housing for example of complementary shape to the mass is not made on said wall, it is necessary to provide a mark on the wall to be able to precisely fix said mass without difficulty or to use, during the manufacture of the object, a mounting tool of said button taking into account the position the sensor inside the object to place it precisely on the outer wall.
- control knob and the magnetic sensor With the arrangement of the control knob and the magnetic sensor, it can be considered to measure displacements according to one, two or three axes depending desired requirements for the realization of the portable object. However, a measure in two directions with a single sensor is preferable to be able to operate a moving a cursor on the display screen with the same button command or to switch from one function table to another function table.
- FIG. 1 part of an analog-type wristwatch 10 is represented.
- This watch includes a dial or display screen 11 made in the form of a liquid crystal display device for displaying including information or various menus 13 to select, needles 12 indication of time, electronic blocks housed inside the housing including for the management of electrical signals from the input device of data, a permanent magnet control button 1 disposed on a non-wall magnetic box 5 to transmit a magnetic field to a sensor magnetic, for example Hall effect, housed inside the housing, and buttons selection 9 or validation of entered data.
- a dial or display screen 11 made in the form of a liquid crystal display device for displaying including information or various menus 13 to select, needles 12 indication of time, electronic blocks housed inside the housing including for the management of electrical signals from the input device of data, a permanent magnet control button 1 disposed on a non-wall magnetic box 5 to transmit a magnetic field to a sensor magnetic, for example Hall effect, housed inside the housing, and buttons selection 9 or validation of entered data.
- the housing 5 of the watch encloses all the blocks or electronic means of sealed manner, including the magnetic sensor, for example Hall effect, to provide also time functions, as well as the various menus or messages to be made appear on the display screen 11.
- the entire housing, or at least one wall to proximity of the control knob 1 must be made of a material not magnetic so as to allow the magnetic field produced by the magnet permanent control button to pass without disturbance through the wall 5 for the sensor to detect the movements of the magnet.
- Said control button 1 with permanent magnet which constitutes the element main part of the data input device, can be manipulated by the finger of a user preferably in two directions X and Y for the magnetic sensor, for example Hall effect, not visible in Figure 1, housed hermetically in the housing of the watch measures the variations of the magnetic field due to the movements imposed on the magnet.
- Analogical information relating to the values of the field Magnetic X and Y detected by the sensor is transmitted via a analog / digital converter to a microcontroller that handles the signals received and sends the data to be displayed on the display screen 11.
- the data input device object of the invention, furthermore comprises the sensor, the converter and the microcontroller, but it is not represented on this Figure 1 only by the control knob 1 placed on a non-wall magnetic box 5 and the selection buttons 9.
- Buttons 9 can be used to validate selected data with the command button 1, to delete validated data or to return to back in a selection menu.
- said selection buttons 9 may be used to perform other operations to the knowledge of a man of the profession for the realization of a multifunction watch.
- buttons to provide for example a validation, return or erase command, they can be realized simply in the form of pressure switches using a passage rod waterproof, commonly used in watchmaking. However, a realization under the shape of the control knob in combination with another magnetic sensor remote and opposite the magnet of said button can be considered.
- buttons 9 are positioned on the housing on the side of the indication 12h to be able to be pressed for example by the index of the user, while the control knob 1 is positioned on the housing on the opposite side of the dial to be manipulated by the user's thumb for convenience. all other position of the buttons on the case is also possible compared to other ergonomic criteria.
- the selection buttons can be omitted.
- the magnetic sensor must be able to measure field variations magnet of the control button magnet along three X, Y and Z axes. values of the magnetic field along the X and Y axes allow to choose the data to introduce from one displayed menu or function table to another, while the value of the magnetic field along the Z axis makes it possible to validate and / or memorize the chosen data.
- the positioning of the data at introduce and record this data made with the same button control and the magnetic sensor measuring along the three axes pose some problems, especially when pressing the control button along the Z axis to validate the chosen data. That is why it may be preferable, depending on the mode of moving the slider, to use the magnetic sensor to measure in either two X and Y directions, in a single Z direction when you want to measure the pressing said button to provide magnetic field values dependent on said pressure.
- the possibility of using the magnetic sensor to measure the pressure exerted on said button along the axis Z allows for example during a time adjustment of a wristwatch to vary the speed of movement of the needles or scrolling figures by pressing more or less on said button.
- FIG 2a schematically shows a section along the line A-A of Figure 1 of the control button 1 and the magnetic sensor that is advantageously made in a semiconductor material (for example sensor to Hall effect).
- Said control button 1 is composed of an elastic mass 2, by example in rubbery material, completely enclosing a permanent magnet 3, which can be made of samarium-cobalt (Sm-Co) or iron-neodymium-boron (Fe-Nd-Bo).
- the lower part of this button 1 of cylindrical shape is placed preferably in a blind housing 7, of complementary shape, made in a non-wall Magnetic 5 of the housing of the watch on the outside.
- the upper part of dome-shaped knob opens out of housing for handling easily by a finger of a user.
- the elastic mass 2 of the control button 1 has a shape of a hemisphere or spherical cap whose the lower part is pressed into the assembly in a housing having a shape frustoconical whose diameter of the opening is smaller than the base of the part bottom of the mass or a shape complementary to the said lower part of the mass, not shown in Figure 2b.
- a housing having a shape frustoconical whose diameter of the opening is smaller than the base of the part bottom of the mass or a shape complementary to the said lower part of the mass, not shown in Figure 2b.
- the command button may have a pyramidal or frustoconical shape placed in a form housing complementary.
- the upper part of said button can also be level of the outer surface of the wall while leaving the possibility of being easily manipulated by a user's finger.
- the permanent magnet has a magnetization axis perpendicular to the non-wall magnetic and magnetic sensor.
- the orientation and value of the field magnetic in the plane of the sensor are parallel and approximately linearly proportional to the radial displacement of the magnet in a zone dependent on the size of the magnet and its distance d separating it from the sensor.
- the relationship between the magnetic field and the distance separating the the magnet is not linear around a given starting distance d as one can note it in the graphs in Figure 4. showing the variations of the field magnetic in the three directions X, Y and Z.
- Such a sensor measuring the magnetic field for example in three directions has been described in particular in EP 0 947 846 and is provided on the market under the name 3D-H-10 or 3D-H-30 of the Sentron house in Switzerland.
- This sensor is based on the vertical Hall effect for in-plane detection and lateral Hall effect for perpendicular detection. It comprises contact pads for receiving the supply current and contact pads conveying the electrical voltages depending on the applied magnetic field to the outside. These voltages make it possible to draw the values of the components B X , B Y and B Z of the magnetic field along the three measurement axes X, Y and Z.
- the magnetic sensor 4 is placed on a circuit board 6 carrying metal tracks to connect electrically the various electronic elements of the device for introducing data, such as the converter and the microcontroller not visible in FIGS. 2a and 2b.
- Metal wires 8 connect sensor output ranges to ranges contact of metal tracks of the printed circuit in the case where the sensor is not encapsulated in a plastic material.
- the sensor placed on the circuit board is mechanically decoupled from the control knob 1.
- the use of the non-magnetic wall 5 of the housing which is not in contact, preferably, with the sensor guarantees total protection of the sensor and associated systems against moisture or other external elements likely to harm.
- the watch with its protected data input device can therefore be used safely in any environment without any special precautions. he can be considered to design for example a watch for diver in which data can be entered using the command buttons of selection.
- FIG. 3 are represented the electronic circuits of the device, linked by example to a Hall effect sensor, which processes the electrical control signals of information to be introduced or read. These circuits form part of the blocks electronic watch.
- the Hall effect sensor 4 receives, from an analog / digital converter 14, a current I B which passes through the resistive zones of the doped semiconductor substrate, as shown for example in the document EP 0 947 846.
- the voltages V X , V Y and V Z are amplified and digitized in the block 14 (monolithic CMOS circuit).
- the sensor may output only the voltages V X and V Y.
- the analog / digital converter communicates via a data bus 15 digital values to a microcontroller 16 so that it can process said values to provide commands by a bus 17 to the LCD of the watch or to the motors of the needles.
- the data to be displayed transmitted by the microcontroller, according to the digital values of voltage received, on the screen of visualization of the watch are for example selection menus, tables of values, alphanumeric characters or calculation operations.
- Two signals S1 and S2 from the selection buttons are also provided at microcontroller for the deletion of information or for recording or validation of introduced data.
- the microcontroller notably comprises an oscillator circuit which generates by example a frequency of 32 KHz to provide clock signals to logic circuit stages, a frequency division chain for data time to be displayed, storage means distributed in a read-only memory with a dedicated treatment and information provision program, and in one direct access memory for storing provisional information.
- oscillator circuit which generates by example a frequency of 32 KHz to provide clock signals to logic circuit stages, a frequency division chain for data time to be displayed, storage means distributed in a read-only memory with a dedicated treatment and information provision program, and in one direct access memory for storing provisional information.
- the first mode consists in transforming the bending (by pressure) of the button absolute position of the cursor on the display. It's sort of like a motion amplifier. This mode has the advantage of being fast and intuitive, but imposes the maintenance of position during the validation which can be problematic.
- the second mode consists in transforming the bending (by pressing) of the button speed of movement of the cursor ( Figure 5), with the advantage of allowing immobilizing the cursor at a chosen position by releasing the button towards its rest position.
- FIG. 6 various menus drawn from the storage means of the microcontroller are displayed on the viewing screen.
- a change of menus or functions is made for example by flashing the menu or function position to be selected or by placing a cursor which appears on the display screen of a position indicating "Time” at a position indicating "alpha” (alphanumeric).
- the validation of the chosen letter can be carried out without the help of a selection button, but under these conditions, it is a question of delaying the choice of the letter by validating the chosen letter after a certain period of time without action of the control button.
- FIG. 7 which is a variant of that represented in FIG. be considered to move from one array of functions to another array by moving the button along the Y axis and move from one function to another of the same table in moving the button along the X axis as can easily be seen in Figure 6.
- moving along the X axis positions a cursor to a desired function or flash the desired function.
- the movement of the control knob along the Y axis operates a change of board. Under each function of an upper table, another array of subfunctions appears by the displacement along the Y axis.
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- la figure 1 représente une vue de dessus de l'objet sous forme d'une montre-bracelet avec un bouton de commande et deux boutons de validation du dispositif d'introduction de données selon l'invention,
- les figures 2a et 2b représentent une coupe verticale partielle suivant la ligne A-A de la figure 1 de deux formes d'exécution du bouton de commande et du capteur magnétique du dispositif d'introduction de données,
- la figure 3 représente un schéma synoptique des blocs électroniques de traitement des signaux délivrés par le capteur du dispositif selon l'invention,
- la figure 4 représente deux graphiques du champ magnétique généré par l'aimant et mesuré par le capteur selon les directions X, Y et Z de déplacement de l'aimant,
- la figure 5 représente deux graphiques de la vitesse du curseur sur l'écran de visualisation en fonction de la position du bouton de commande selon X et Y,
- la figure 6 représente la façon de sélectionner les menus et les éléments de chaque menu apparaissant sur l'écran de visualisation de l'objet en prenant en compte les déplacements selon l'axe X et selon l'axe Y du bouton de commande, et
- la figure 7 représente une variante de sélection de la figure 5 ou des tableaux de menus sont choisis en prenant en compte les déplacements selon l'axe X et selon l'axe Y du bouton de commande.
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- Dispositif d'introduction de données dans un objet portable ayant un écran de visualisation de données (11), notamment dans une montre (10), ledit dispositif comprenant un bouton de commande (1) disposé sur une paroi non magnétique (5) externe de l'objet, ledit bouton comportant une masse élastique enfermant un aimant permanent (3), et un capteur magnétique (4) disposé à l'intérieur de l'objet de l'autre côté de la paroi et en regard dudit bouton de commande, ledit capteur étant susceptible de fournir des signaux électriques représentant des déplacements de l'aimant à des moyens électroniques de traitement des données (14, 16), caractérisé en ce qu'une surface inférieure du bouton de commande analogique mécaniquement découplé du capteur est maintenue sensiblement fixe afin que l'aimant (3) dans la masse élastique puisse s'incliner lors des déplacements dudit bouton de commande, en ce que l'unique capteur magnétique analogique est agencé pour mesurer une variation de champ magnétique provoqué par le déplacement du bouton dans au moins une composante de direction parallèle à ladite paroi, ladite paroi servant de protection étanche au capteur et aux moyens électroniques logés à l'intérieur de l'objet pour la gestion des signaux électriques du dispositif, et en ce que les moyens électroniques de traitement des données sont adaptés pour déterminer une vitesse de défilement linéaire ou non linéaire d'un curseur ou de fonctions ou de menus ou de tableaux ou de caractères à sélectionner sur l'écran, sur la base des signaux électriques du capteur qui dépendent de la variation du champ magnétique provoqué par le déplacement du bouton de commande selon au moins une composante de direction parallèle à ladite paroi.
- Dispositif d'introduction de données dans un objet portable ayant un écran de visualisation de données (11), notamment dans une montre (10), ledit dispositif comprenant un bouton de commande (1) disposé sur une paroi non magnétique (5) externe de l'objet, ledit bouton comportant une masse élastique enfermant un aimant permanent (3), et un capteur magnétique (4) disposé à l'intérieur de l'objet de l'autre côté de la paroi et en regard dudit bouton de commande, ledit capteur étant susceptible de fournir des signaux électriques représentant des déplacements de l'aimant à des moyens électroniques de traitement des données (14, 16), caractérisé en ce qu'une surface inférieure du bouton de commande analogique mécaniquement découplé du capteur est maintenue sensiblement fixe afin que l'aimant (3) dans la masse élastique puisse s'incliner lors des déplacements dudit bouton de commande, en ce que l'unique capteur magnétique analogique est agencé pour mesurer une variation de champ magnétique provoqué par le déplacement du bouton dans au moins une composante de direction perpendiculaire à ladite paroi, ladite paroi servant de protection étanche au capteur et aux moyens électroniques logés à l'intérieur de l'objet pour la gestion des signaux électriques du dispositif, et en ce que les moyens électroniques de traitement des données sont adaptés pour déterminer une vitesse de défilement linéaire ou non linéaire d'un curseur ou de fonctions ou de menus ou de tableaux ou de caractères à sélectionner sur l'écran, sur la base des signaux électriques du capteur qui dépendent de la variation du champ magnétique provoqué par le déplacement du bouton de commande selon au moins la composante de direction perpendiculaire à ladite paroi.
- Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce qu'une partie inférieure de la masse élastique (2) du bouton de commande (1) est fixée dans un logement borgne (7) de la paroi non magnétique (5).
- Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la partie inférieure de la masse élastique (2) de forme cylindrique est fixée dans le logement de forme complémentaire.
- Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la masse élastique (2) a une forme de demi-sphère ou de calotte sphérique ou tronconique ou pyramidale, et en ce que le logement a une forme complémentaire à la partie inférieure de la masse ou une forme tronconique, le logement ayant une ouverture dont le diamètre est plus petit que le diamètre maximal de la partie inférieure de ladite masse.
- Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que l'axe de magnétisation de l'aimant (3) en position de repos du bouton de commande est disposé perpendiculairement à la paroi non magnétique (5), et en ce que la capteur en regard du bouton de commande est distant de la paroi non magnétique.
- Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans un objet doté d'un écran de visualisation de données (11), caractérisé en ce que les moyens électroniques comprennent un convertisseur analogique/digital (14) recevant du capteur des valeurs de tension pour chaque direction de mesure du capteur, et un microcontrôleur (16) relié au convertisseur et pourvu de moyens de mémorisation dans lesquels des données sont préenregistrées afin de pouvoir les visualiser sur l'écran par l'action du bouton de commande (1).
- Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'unique capteur réalisé dans un matériau semi-conducteur est agencé pour fournir des signaux électriques représentant les déplacements de l'aimant du bouton de commande selon deux directions (X, Y).
- Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que l'unique capteur réalisé dans un matériau semi-conducteur est agencé pour fournir des signaux électriques représentant les déplacements de l'aimant du bouton de commande selon deux directions horizontales (X, Y) et une direction verticale (Z) perpendiculaire à la paroi non magnétique.
- Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans un objet doté d'un écran de visualisation de données (11), caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend au moins un bouton de sélection (9) permettant notamment de valider ou effacer la donnée choisie apparaissant sur l'écran de visualisation (11) par le bouton de commande (1).
- Dispositif selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que le bouton de sélection (9) comprend une autre masse élastique enfermant un autre aimant permanent, ladite masse étant placée sur la paroi non magnétique, et en ce qu'un autre capteur magnétique est placé à l'intérieur de la structure de l'objet en regard du bouton de sélection.
- Dispositif selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce qu'un déplacement du bouton de commande (1) dans une direction fait défiler sur l'écran des fonctions ou des menus ou des tableaux à sélectionner tirés des moyens de mémorisation, alors que le déplacement du bouton de commande (1) dans une autre direction fait défiler des sous-fonctions ou des sous-menus ou des caractères à sélectionner.
- Dispositif selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce qu'un déplacement selon deux directions (X, Y) du bouton de commande (1) permet de parcourir un tableau de fonctions sélectionné sur l'écran de visualisation dans un mode de déplacement linéaire ou matriciel.
- Dispositif selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le déplacement du bouton de commande selon l'une des deux directions horizontales (X, Y) permet de faire défiler sur l'écran des fonctions ou des menus ou des tableaux à sélectionner tirés des moyens de mémorisation, alors que le déplacement du bouton de commande (1) dans l'autre des directions horizontales (X, Y) permet de faire défiler des sous-fonctions ou sous-menus ou des caractères à sélectionner, et en ce que le déplacement du bouton dans la direction verticale (Z) permet de valider la sélection d'une fonction ou d'un menu ou de caractères.
- Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que le capteur est un capteur magnétique à effet Hall ou un capteur magnétorésistif ou un capteur à porte de flux.
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