EP1580711A1 - Porteur d'information mobile - Google Patents

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EP1580711A1
EP1580711A1 EP04017597A EP04017597A EP1580711A1 EP 1580711 A1 EP1580711 A1 EP 1580711A1 EP 04017597 A EP04017597 A EP 04017597A EP 04017597 A EP04017597 A EP 04017597A EP 1580711 A1 EP1580711 A1 EP 1580711A1
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Marc-Michael Städtler
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G21/00—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
    • G04G21/04—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces using radio waves
    • 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
    • G04B19/06—Dials
    • G04B19/10—Ornamental shape of the graduations or the surface of the dial; Attachment of the graduations to the dial
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F21/00—Mobile visual advertising
    • G09F21/02—Mobile visual advertising by a carrier person or animal
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F23/00—Advertising on or in specific articles, e.g. ashtrays, letter-boxes
    • G09F23/16—Advertising on or in specific articles, e.g. ashtrays, letter-boxes on clocks, e.g. controlled by the clock mechanism

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  • the invention relates to a mobile information carrier according to the preamble of the claim 1.
  • Mobile information carriers of the type mentioned are usually by means of separate components, connected as a fastener with the information carrier itself firmly or detachably are and generally made of flexible, rigid or segmented materials or a combination made of it, releasably connected to a carrier unit.
  • the used for this purpose Fasteners are characterized in that they neither to the actual function of the information carrier still contribute to its housing causally, but by their spatially effective expression are able to mobile information carrier to the respective Carrier unit by non-positive or frictional enclosing releasably secure.
  • Body worn information carriers such as wristwatches
  • Uhrarmband fasteners connected to the carrier unit "arm”
  • the carrier unit "finger” connected by the fact that the information carrier "clock” placed on known finger rings or is enclosed in this, which then as a fastening means the composite with the carrier unit "Finger” non-positively or not frictionally, produces.
  • analog clocks display the time on a 12 hour dial, with the, the displayed time corresponding half of the day is not explicitly displayed, but these, on the basis of separately perceived information from the natural environment assigned independently by the user. Watches beyond that are able to are clearly to indicate which half of the day the displayed hour, minute and second assigned, have a so-called 24-hour dial on which the total 24 hours a day through a complete hand turn within 24 hours are displayed.
  • Other analog clocks use the much more common 12-hour display, where a complete hand turn occurs within 12 hours, and additionally have a separate clock display, which is usually reduced in size 12-hour dial is integrated and indicates which of the halves of the day the current Time indication refers to the 12-hour dial.
  • German Offenlegungsschrift DE 101 63 752 A 1 discloses in particular watches, which are fastened by means of the usual bracelets on the arm and an enclosed on all sides, central passage opening through the housing, the ventilation of the underlying Skin surfaces by means of specially provided ventilation ducts on the underside of the Serve housing.
  • U.S. Patents 4,374,304 and 4,525,077 disclose toroidal timepieces known, which have a housing with two opposite surfaces, a through hole through the housing and a display unit on one of the two opposite Areas as well as facilities within the enclosure through which the display unit related data delivers on the time of day.
  • These timepieces usually by means of spatially effective Fasteners may be worn on the arm, can be as closed on the other side, rigid bangle be educated.
  • According to the invention located in its housing passage opening for free viewing, for recording additional functions of the clock or for recording of decorative objects, which are thus integrated into the timepiece.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide mobile information carrier with a To develop as large an area as possible to display information that can be used for a variety of purposes Applications in various geometric forms, as a closed, or not closed, dimensionally stable or not dimensionally stable structure can be made and with carrier units of all kinds, force or friction, but in any case without use the known spatial effective fastening means can be releasably connected.
  • the universally applicable, mobile information carrier in its function as analog time-indicating clock can also be equipped with a 24-hour display, which is the distinction the day halves by only one perceptual time-indicating information accordingly which offers a 12 hour display.
  • the information carrier is spatially shaped, or can take such a form that he is the respective Carrier unit encloses at least over 180 ° in such a way that a detachable composite with the respective carrier unit solely due to the spatial expression without use the usual additional space-effective fastener is created and that at least one, the at least 180 ° surrounding the carrier unit surfaces at least along one of the imaginary cross-sectional planes of the passage opening formed largely full-surface display possibility for the information to be communicated having.
  • the mobile Information carrier is spatially shaped so that a closed at least over 180 ° through hole with a functionally determined by the carrier unit to be surrounded has clear width, with which he the respective carrier unit without the use of the known additional fastening means by force or frictionally enclosing and on one or more Surfaces one, the geometric shape largely completely spanning display unit for information.
  • the 24-hour display according to the invention orders the displayed time of the respective half-day on one of the viewing habits of the user corresponding 12 hour dial without assistance the usual additional ads clearly by the fact that the known display means an analog 12-hour display regularly in the 12-hour rhythm so changed be that the distinction of the halves of the day is unique, thereby offering the inventive Information carrier in its form as an analogue time-indicating instrument, especially in conjunction with other functions, an advantageous use in particular in unusual applications where the respective time of day is not from the natural environment.
  • the information carrier according to the invention can be desired as in itself dimensionally stable but also not dimensionally stable, undivided or segmented structure in different free or geometric shapes, such as ring, ellipse, triangular, quadrilateral or combinations from it, stamp out and make wide, narrow or high, in any case however so, that to be mounted on its outer, inner, side surface, or a combination thereof Communication signals such as digits, letters or symbols sufficient Find room to be recognized by the human eye.
  • the information carrier according to the invention allows mobile information carriers of all kinds to be used on carrier units of all kinds, such as or clothing parts, but also objects in the immediate access of the user without the use of the usual additional space-saving fasteners attached can be.
  • the monolith-like expression of the information carrier according to the invention without the use the usual additional space-effective fasteners contributes significantly Increase the security of attachment of the information carrier with the respective carrier unit in, since in the known information carriers in particular the seams between the information carrier itself and the space-effective fasteners a weak point in the Represent overall structure.
  • the information carrier according to the invention can also be produced depending on the application so that the individual functions are distributed to more than one structural information carrier. Out For technical reasons, there may be a distribution of functions over several units For example, therefore, to provide the predictable needed for changing purposes To provide functions accurately and as compact as possible. Also, this may turn out For example, in the application as a clock offer design reasons, by the one Information carrier the hour, one the minutes and one the seconds indicates, whereby the interdependent information exchanged by means of modern transmission techniques As in the case of the watch, there are over-the-market providers of time signals by radio transmission can be done.
  • the information carrier may be advantageous to display to arrange the information only on a surface of the information carrier, alike but also on several surfaces up to an all-around display.
  • the carrier unit as for example in bangles or necklaces, it also lends itself to the display on the, the passage opening facing inside, thereby providing a discrete Informationsübermitflung to ensure.
  • the technical functions of the information carrier as well as the information carrier itself can also be in the form of a jewelry body in a variety of spatial Forms are characterized, which are characterized in particular by the fact that they are based on their monolithic structure need no additional fasteners.
  • the information-indicating elements in the design of the invention Integrate information carrier so that by using, from the jewelry industry known materials, the information display discreet and possibly only on demand by the changing backlighting of transparent materials, such as rhinestones or diamonds done.
  • a symbol change can for example take place in that the numbers or symbols for the hours 1 - 12 by the corresponding numbers or symbols for the hours 13 - 24 be replaced. But this symbol change can also be easily understood by the owner encoded form done by, for example, the dial the color, or color intensity or shape changes or the symbols used the color, or color intensity or Change shape or change the pointer's color or color intensity or shape or example the direction of the pointer movement reverses or the writing direction of the time-indicating Symbols inverted or a combination of these options chosen becomes.
  • the display of 24 hours a day within a 12 hour analogue display facilitates getting used to the excess and, in particular, avoiding the time-related usual mistakes when exceeding time zones. It enables fast and clear Recording time information from various places on the globe using the well-known analogue 12-hour display, usually by appropriate pre-programming on Request can be retrieved.
  • FIGS. 1 to 9d show an information carrier 1 to 23, which is spatially shaped, that it encloses the respective carrier unit 24 - 25 at least over 180 ° in such a way that a releasable bond with the respective carrier unit solely due to the spatial characteristics, arises without the use of additional fasteners, and that at least one of the Support unit 24 - 25 at least over 180 ° enclosing surfaces a through hole 26 - 48 forms on an end face of the surrounding wall an indication of the zu having communicating information.
  • 1 a shows a perspective view of the information carrier 1 as an open-cylindrical structure with a through-opening 26, which is manufactured in one piece from flexible or solid materials.
  • 1 b shows an information carrier 2 similar to FIG. 1 a with a horizontal axis designated as A, by means of which it is shown that the passage opening 27 of the information carrier encloses the carrier unit, not shown, at least over 180 °.
  • Fig. 2 with 3 open-cylindrical information carrier with a through hole 28 is made of segments, which are made of flexible, or solid materials or a combination thereof.
  • the open cylindrical and annular information carrier 4 of FIG. 3 with a through hole 29 is a dimensionally stable, annular structure with a round cross section and provided with a, the display surfaces of the information carrier dividing hinge 49, by means of which the passage opening of the information carrier can be increased, whereby the Information carrier also on rigid carrier units, which were not shown here, can be attached by slipping over.
  • Fig. 4 with 5 open-ring-shaped information carrier is shown with a through hole 30 and a tension-resistant connection mechanism 50, the latter only the inside diameter of the formed as an open annular body information carrier narrowed by contraction of the open ends, thereby frictionally connected to the not to effect, without the connecting mechanism itself contributes as a spatially effective fastening means for bonding with the carrier unit.
  • the information carrier shown in Fig. 5 may also be formed as a closed-ring-shaped body 6, so that it has a self-contained through hole 31.
  • Fig. 6 shows the example of a closed-ring-shaped body according to FIG. 5, an information carrier 7 with a through hole 32 through which a support unit 24 with almost the same outer diameter as the through hole can be frictionally secured by attaching to, for example, the finger of the hand, or by the one Supporting unit 25 of smaller diameter can be attached non-positively by inserting, for example, the human forearm.
  • FIG. 7 A view similar to FIG. 1b of a part-annular information carrier 8 can be seen in FIG. 7 , wherein the inner wall of the partial annular body 51 delimiting the passage opening 33 is occupied by successively spaced-apart radial segments 52 which correspond to the inside diameter of the passage opening reduce known spacers.
  • the spacers 53 formed as radial segments are formed on the inner wall 54 of the semi-annular information carrier 9 delimiting the passage openings 34 in such a way that, in addition to the function of spacing, they also require components which are necessary for the function of the information carrier, such as batteries. may include.
  • FIGS. 9a, 9b, 9c and 9d respectively show plan views of annular information carriers 10, 11, 12 and 13 of different cross-sections provided with passage openings 35, 36, 37 and 38, respectively, in order to indicate the multiplicity of possible configurations of the information carrier.
  • the information carrier 14 shown in FIG. 10 shows as a dividing body having a plurality of surfaces that the display areas indicated by B can be provided for the information to be transmitted on one or more surfaces, the display areas in the cross-sectional plane of the through-hole 39 denoted C being that surface of the information carrier 14 largely completely encompass, while in the longitudinal section plane designated by D of the passage opening, the areas designated E can remain free of the displays A.
  • Fig. 11 illustrates that the information carrier 15 may be formed as a stepped closed-ring-shaped body whose surfaces can be provided both on the ring circumference sides and on the ring faces with information to be given, so for example, digits for hour, second and minute wear, which is not shown carrier unit is guided in this case through the passage opening 40.
  • Fig. 12 illustrates a perspective view of an information carrier 16 consisting of three physically independent, closed rings, each with an equally large passage opening 41, on which the individual functions are distributed, as shown by way of example by the application as time-indicating clock is by one information carrier displays the hour, the minutes and the seconds, the interdependent information is exchanged by means of known, not shown here transmission techniques.
  • Figures 13a and 13b show a square or square, annular information carrier 17 and 18 in the expression of a time-indicating clock with 24-hour display, each with a through hole 42, and 43, on the front side of the time by moving pointers F and I and fixed dial G or J is displayed and the respective valid time of day by the change of the symbols H and K, here exemplified as numbers 1 - 12 to 13 - 24, is indicated.
  • FIG. 14 The schematic representation of a part-ring-shaped information carrier 21 of Fig. 14 is shown as anlog clock indicating their designated R pointer rotate around the rotation axis marked S in the transverse plane of the passage opening and thus the, designated T level of the dial, the order the rotation axis of the passage opening 46 marked U is curved, so that the respective time is displayed on the basis of the symbols marked V.
  • the information carrier 22 in turn has a closed-ring-shaped configuration with a through hole 47, wherein both the pointer marked with W move around the X axis of rotation of the through hole 47 of this ring body, as well as the designated Y dial this rotation axis X is mounted on the end face of the information carrier labeled Z, which lies in the cross-sectional plane of the axis of rotation X and displays the information on the narrow end face of the annular carrier.
  • the embodiment of the mobile information carrier according to FIG. 16 is a closed-ring-shaped embodiment of the information carrier 23 with a through-bore 48 and end-side information of the information to be transmitted or read on a display unit labeled AA corresponding to a pager.
  • the inventive mobile Information carrier as dimensionally stable but not dimensionally stable, undivided or segmented Structures in different free or geometric shapes, such as ring, ellipse triangular, quadrangular, polygonal or combinations thereof, emboss and broad, narrow or high, but in any case so that the information carrier spatially shaped is, or may take such a form that it is the respective carrier unit at least encompasses over 180 ° in such a way that a detachable bond with the respective carrier unit solely due to the spatial characteristics without the use of usual additional fasteners is created and that at least one of the carrier unit at least over 180 ° enclosing surfaces at least along one of the imaginary cross-sectional planes the formed passage opening a largely full-surface display possibility for the to communicate information.

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US4130987A (en) * 1975-06-10 1978-12-26 Willi Schickedanz Timepiece
FR2576430A1 (fr) * 1985-01-21 1986-07-25 Bequet Claude Montre lineaire analogique
DE3727071A1 (de) * 1987-04-10 1988-10-20 Kraut Helmut Dipl Rer Pol Weltkugel-uhr
US5012229A (en) * 1987-04-29 1991-04-30 Charles A. Lennon User wearable personal/medical information device
US5261256A (en) * 1991-03-25 1993-11-16 Ellenbecker Dale N Instant flex ring guard
US5331609A (en) * 1993-10-04 1994-07-19 Gubin Alexander N Clock apparatus
DE9422340U1 (de) * 1994-02-03 2000-04-13 Muno Bettina Uhr
WO2000065531A2 (fr) * 1999-04-22 2000-11-02 METRA inženiring d.o.o. Bracelet d'identification et dispositif servant au transfert de celui-ci sur une unite de lecture
GB2384063A (en) * 2001-11-30 2003-07-16 Michael Zinaburg Revolving watches

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DE1115192B (de) * 1957-02-04 1961-10-12 Guillaume Nussle Armbanduhr mit endlosem Zeitanzeigeband
US4130987A (en) * 1975-06-10 1978-12-26 Willi Schickedanz Timepiece
FR2576430A1 (fr) * 1985-01-21 1986-07-25 Bequet Claude Montre lineaire analogique
DE3727071A1 (de) * 1987-04-10 1988-10-20 Kraut Helmut Dipl Rer Pol Weltkugel-uhr
US5012229A (en) * 1987-04-29 1991-04-30 Charles A. Lennon User wearable personal/medical information device
US5261256A (en) * 1991-03-25 1993-11-16 Ellenbecker Dale N Instant flex ring guard
US5331609A (en) * 1993-10-04 1994-07-19 Gubin Alexander N Clock apparatus
DE9422340U1 (de) * 1994-02-03 2000-04-13 Muno Bettina Uhr
WO2000065531A2 (fr) * 1999-04-22 2000-11-02 METRA inženiring d.o.o. Bracelet d'identification et dispositif servant au transfert de celui-ci sur une unite de lecture
GB2384063A (en) * 2001-11-30 2003-07-16 Michael Zinaburg Revolving watches

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