EP1820070B1 - Elektronische vorrichtung mit einem lichtwellenleiter, der mit mindestens zwei gruppen von einander kreuzenden optischen ausziehern ausgerüstet ist - Google Patents

Elektronische vorrichtung mit einem lichtwellenleiter, der mit mindestens zwei gruppen von einander kreuzenden optischen ausziehern ausgerüstet ist Download PDF

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EP1820070B1
EP1820070B1 EP05811148A EP05811148A EP1820070B1 EP 1820070 B1 EP1820070 B1 EP 1820070B1 EP 05811148 A EP05811148 A EP 05811148A EP 05811148 A EP05811148 A EP 05811148A EP 1820070 B1 EP1820070 B1 EP 1820070B1
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    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to an electronic device such as a timepiece comprising a box closed by an ice and inside which is housed an optical device for forming a figurative image visible through said ice.
  • Timepieces of this type are known from the prior art.
  • the patent application EP 0 786 685 A1 filed January 16, 1997 in the name of SMH Management Services AG, describes a timepiece with a display device of a colored decorative pattern.
  • This document provides for the implementation of an optical valve located between a film on which is printed the decorative pattern and the ice of the timepiece. When the optical valve is not supplied with electrical energy, it appears black while when it is powered, it becomes transparent thus making visible the decorative pattern.
  • the optical valve is preferably made in the form of a liquid crystal cell carrying transparent electrodes on each of its main faces allowing the polarization of the liquid crystals.
  • the deposition of the electrodes on the faces of the cell uses a method whose costs are not negligible, particularly if the optical system is intended to be implemented on a device for the general public at low cost.
  • such an optical system has a significant complexity in terms of electrical connections as regards the power supply of the liquid crystal control electrodes.
  • the document EP 0 616 922 discloses an indicator system with optical guide.
  • the main object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art by providing a device, in particular for a timepiece, enabling the display of a decorative motif whose implementation can be carried out at a lower cost. .
  • the invention provides in particular an electronic device according to claim 1.
  • the optical extractors each comprise at least one refractive surface, as an extraction surface of the light, in place of the reflection surface.
  • the optical guide according to the present invention can be disposed on the dial of the timepiece, can perform the function of a dial, alternatively, or be made directly in the ice of the timepiece.
  • the light source is disposed at the periphery of the box so as not to be visible through the ice, for obvious aesthetic reasons.
  • the timepiece according to the invention has an attractive display for its wearer because the decorative pattern, or figurative image, thus obtained is light when the light source is powered, while the optical guide is almost invisible when the light source is not powered.
  • the formation of a multicolored figurative image can be provided by the implementation of a plurality of groups or networks of extractors in the optical guide, each group of extractors being associated with its own light source.
  • the different groups of extractors may be arranged in different regions of the optical guide or may be interwoven in the same region. It is possible to provide, alternatively or additionally, the superposition of two or more optical guides, each of the optical guides carrying at least one group of extractors.
  • FIGS 1 and 2 represent schematic views respectively in perspective and in section of an optical guide 1 according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a possible arrangement of the optical guide 1 in a timepiece, namely between the dial 2 and the hands of the hours 3 and minutes 4.
  • the dial 2 and the needles 3 and 4 are of conventional type, the dial 2 with indexes 5 to indicate the position of the hours.
  • the dial and the optical guide each comprise a central opening 6, respectively 7, to allow the passage of the drive means of the needles 3 and 4, that is to say the hour wheel and the roadway (not shown on the figure 1 for the sake of clarity).
  • the optical guide 1 operates in collaboration with three diodes 8, identical or possibly of different colors, in order to form a figurative image visible above the dial 2 of the timepiece.
  • a single diode 8 is sufficient to form, in association with a network of optical extractors as described below, a figurative image.
  • the optical coupling between the light beam emitted by each of the diodes 8 with the optical guide 1 is performed through an input surface 9.
  • the input surfaces 9 each have substantially the shape of a portion of the cylinder shell, so that the beams emitted by the diodes are refracted at the entrance into the optical guide.
  • the angular aperture of each of the Light beams are increased to cover most of the surface of the light guide.
  • the optical guide 1 has two main extended faces 10 and 11, represented on the figure 1 substantially in the form of discs by way of nonlimiting illustration, connected to one another by a lateral face 12 in the general shape of a ring.
  • the input surfaces 9 of the light are formed in the lateral surface 12.
  • the optical guide 1 comprises a plurality of optical extractors 19, only one of which is visible on the figure 2 , formed on the extended face 11 located on the side of the dial 2.
  • the optical extractors 19, each of which has at least one reflection surface 20, are distributed along a predefined network on the extended face 11, such a network being defined to correspond to a precise figurative image, as explained below.
  • the reflection surface 20 has a normal (n) oriented to face the corresponding diode 8, with a certain predefined angle. Thus, a certain proportion of the light beams emitted by the diode 8 falls on the reflection surface 20, either in direct incidence or after one or more prior reflections on at least one of the extended faces 10 and 11.
  • the proportion of the light beams that interact with the reflection surface 20 can be adjusted according to certain geometrical parameters of a given extractor, in particular as a function of the distance separating the diode 8 from the reflection surface 20 and the height of the reflection. the optical extractor 19 with respect to the thickness of the optical guide 1. The skilled person will not encounter any particular difficulty to adapt these parameters according to his needs.
  • all the optical extractors intended to form a predefined figurative image, have the same angle with respect to the extended face. 11.
  • Such a characteristic has the consequence that the light beams falling on the reflection surfaces 20 are all deflected in the same direction.
  • each reflection surface 20 of the grating gives rise to the formation of a reflected light beam.
  • the set of reflected light beams forms a network of light beams giving rise to a figurative image in a given direction.
  • the angle between the reflection surface 20 and the extended face 11 is substantially 45 degrees, resulting in the formation of a figurative image in a direction substantially perpendicular to the extended face.
  • the wearer of the timepiece according to the present invention can see a bright image when looking at the dial in a substantially normal direction, provided of course that the diodes 8 are supplied with electrical energy.
  • the invention is not limited to the formation of a figurative image in a direction perpendicular to the dial.
  • the direction of formation of the figurative image is adjusted by the angle that the reflection surface forms with respect to the incident light beams, the normal (n) of the reflection surface corresponding to the bisector of the diode directions.
  • the optical guide 1 can be made of any material having the required qualities, including in particular the transparency vis-à-vis the propagation of light, especially in the visible range.
  • the optical waveguide can be made of a plastic material of the PMMA type, by injection, by replication, or by any other suitable method, the advantages of these solutions residing mainly in the ease of the corresponding manufacturing processes and in the lower part. cost price of the product obtained.
  • the reflection surfaces 20 constitute a set of pixels for forming a figurative image. Therefore, the smaller the reflective surfaces, the better the resolution and therefore the image quality.
  • the reflection surface 20 may have various shapes, planar or curved to modulate the shape of the reflected beam and make it slightly divergent, for example.
  • the optical extractors belonging to the same network have at least one common geometrical characteristic, namely that the normal to the reflection surface is contained in a plane which is both perpendicular to the optical waveguide 1 and to the surface of the light. corresponding entry 9.
  • This characteristic schematized on the figure 1 ensures that the extraction of light is optimal, which is more advantageous from the point of view of the electrical energy consumption of the timepiece in which the luminous decoration of the present invention is implemented.
  • the structure represented on the figure 1 implementing an optical guide 1 illuminated by three light sources advantageously makes it possible to form a multicolored image.
  • the light sources emit light radiation of different respective colors, each of these sources being associated with its own network of optical extractors.
  • each of the three optical extractor networks can be arranged in a region of the optical guide 1 located near the diode 8 associated with it, as shown diagrammatically in FIG. figure 1 .
  • each of the three networks is extended over a large part of the total surface of the optical waveguide, the latter possibly being interlaced.
  • An example of a figurative image obtained with such a configuration is described below, in connection with the detailed description of the Figures 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d .
  • FIGS. 3a to 3c schematically represent the figurative image formed by each of three networks of optical extractors cooperating with a given light source.
  • the timepiece corresponding to the diagrams of the figure 3 comprises three diodes 8 arranged substantially opposite the 6 o'clock positions (reference 8a on the figure 3 ), 2 hours (reference 8b) and 10 hours (reference 8c).
  • Each of the diodes 8a, 8b and 8c is associated with a given optical extractor network.
  • the figure 3a represents the figurative image formed, as it appears to the wearer of the timepiece according to the present invention, when the diode 8a is powered to emit light towards the network associated therewith.
  • the Figures 3b and 3c represent the figurative images respectively formed during the operation of the diodes 8b and 8c.
  • the figure 3d represents the multicolored figurative image formed when the three diodes 8a, 8b and 8c are fed simultaneously.
  • the electronic circuits of the watch according to the present invention can be programmed in such a way that the three diodes 8a, 8b and 8c are powered simultaneously in response to the activation of a control member by the user.
  • the corresponding function has an interest beyond the simple aesthetic contribution, in that the formed figurative image is bright and can therefore allow the wearer of the watch to locate the position of the hands while he is in a dark environment.
  • the electronic circuits of the watch can be programmed so that the diodes 8a, 8b and 8c are fed sequentially in response to a different activation of the control member or in response to the activation of an additional control member. It is understood that the present invention is not limited to the nature and modes of operation of the or control members.
  • the three diodes are fed simultaneously in response to shock detected by an accelerometer arranged in the watch.
  • the wearer of the watch can view the fire of a fireworks followed by two sets of explosions.
  • two networks of optical extractors can be arranged on the same waveguide, for which the reflection directions of the light beams are different.
  • the two directions of reflection have an angle between them such that the two images formed constitute a stereogram when the observer places his eyes at a given distance above the optical guide.
  • FIG. 4 An example of a particular embodiment is shown on the figure 4 , schematically, in the form of a partial cross section of a timepiece incorporating a display device of a light pattern according to the present invention.
  • it is intended to drive an optical guide in a rotational movement about the drive axis of the hour and minute hands.
  • the timepiece 40 comprises at least a first and a second light source 8 arranged to emit light inside said optical guide according to different transmission directions, additional means 52, 54, 55 being provided for driving the optical guide 51 in rotation so that the plurality of optical extractors cooperates alternately with the first and the second light sources 8.
  • the timepiece 40 electromechanical comprises a bottom-middle 41, closed by a bezel 42 and a mirror 43.
  • a conventional type of electronic movement has been schematized by a block 44 to not clutter the figure.
  • the bottom-middle 41 can be made by plastic injection molding, a central pin 45 being formed integrally with the bottom-middle, the main function of the latter being to wear the roadway 46 and the hour wheel 47
  • the roadway and the hour wheel are conventionally connected by means of a timer wheel 48 formed of a timer gear 49 and a timer wheel 50.
  • a dial 2 is surmounted by an optical guide 51 similar to the optical guide 1 described in connection with the description of the figure 1 .
  • the dial and the optical guide may be centered by the central pin 45 and / or maintained in their respective axial positions by conventional means (not shown), for example by resting on shoulders adapted to the middle part.
  • an additional intermediate mobile 52 whose pinion 53 meshes with the timer wheel 50.
  • the optical guide 51 has a shoulder 54 annular and perpendicular to its extended faces, disposed on the periphery of the optical guide and extending towards the movement of the timepiece.
  • the shoulder 54 carries a toothing 55 arranged on its inner surface and intended to mesh with the wheel 56 of the intermediate mobile 52. Because of the kinematic chain implemented between the pavement and the optical guide, the latter can be rotated in the same direction of rotation as the indicator hands (not shown).
  • the diode 8 is intended to have at least one diode 8 in a suitable location of the middle facing the optical guide 51, electrical connection means being provided for connecting the electrical terminals of the diode to the power terminals of the stack (symbolized with reference 57 on the figure 4 ) used for the power supply of the timepiece.
  • the diode 8 is advantageously arranged in a region of the middle part covered by the bezel to prevent it being visible through the ice of the timepiece.
  • diodes 8 are arranged, respectively, between the 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock positions, between the 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock positions, between the 7 o'clock and 8 o'clock positions, and between the 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock positions.
  • One or more input surfaces 9 similar to those described in connection with the description of the figure 1 may be provided at particular locations of the lateral face of the optical guide 51. In the case where four diodes are arranged in the timepiece, provision is made between one and four input surfaces 9.
  • the characteristics of the kinematic chain responsible for driving the optical guide are such that the optical guide 51 is driven at the same speed as the minute hand.
  • an optical extractor network 20 inside a region corresponding to one quadrant of the total surface of the optical guide 51, this quadrant being for example arranged in such a way that the minute hand constitutes the bisector.
  • the four diodes 8 emit light beams in different colors.
  • the quadrant carrying the network of optical extractors called decorative quadrant
  • the diodes 8 When the quadrant carrying the network of optical extractors, called decorative quadrant, is centered opposite one of the diodes 8, the latter being powered to emit light, the formation of a decorative pattern of luminous intensity is obtained. Max. When the decorative quadrant is in a position different from its centered position, as just defined, the luminous intensity of the formed decorative pattern decreases as the quadrant moves away from the centered position.
  • the wearer can activate the display of the decorative pattern, for example by the activation of a control member, the pattern having a color and a light intensity depending on the position of the minute hand with respect to the dial. the timepiece.
  • the decorative quadrant approaches the next diode.
  • the decorative pattern is formed with increasing light intensity as the bisector of the quadrant approaches the diode.
  • the decorative pattern covers a larger area than a quadrant of the optical guide.
  • the optical guide 51 comprises a plurality of optical extractor networks without departing from the scope of the present invention, such as, for example, a quadrant network making it possible to simultaneously form four decorative patterns, the color of each pattern being different from those of the other reasons.
  • an optical guide (not shown) superimposed on the optical guide 51 and slaved to the rotation of the hour hand.
  • an optical guide of this type by driving it directly on the barrel of the hour wheel before putting the hour hand in place.
  • an additional set of diodes can be arranged in the middle, facing the additional optical guide.
  • the implementation of the present invention consists in producing the hour and minute indication discs in the form of two optical guides.
  • a first of the two optical guides then comprises a network of optical extractors which, when illuminated, form a light pattern having the shape of an hour hand.
  • the second optical guide includes an array of optical extractors which, when illuminated, form a light pattern in the form of a minute hand.
  • a diode 8 which is oriented orthogonally to an extended face 11 of the optical guide 1, that is to say that it emits light rays directed vertically vertically upward, while in the mode embodiment shown on the figure 2 , the diode 8 emits light rays directed globally orthogonally to the lateral face 12.
  • the diode 8 is here arranged under the optical guide 1, always in the vicinity of the side face 12.
  • the input surface 9 is here parallel to the extended faces 10, 11.
  • the peripheral portion 60 of the upper extended face 10 of the optical guide 1 is curved towards the lower extended face 11 so that the light rays, which are emitted by the diode 8 in the direction of the periphery of the optical guide 1, can be totally reflected on the peripheral portion 60 and move towards the reflection surfaces 20 associated with the diode 8.
  • This variant embodiment makes it possible to use diodes 8 called upward emission diodes, or “top emitting diodes”, relative to the face of the printed circuit board on which they are mounted, as opposed to so-called side emission diodes, or “side emitting diode”.
  • the diodes are not permanently powered for reasons of energy saving.
  • the display of light patterns respectively having the shape of the hour hand and the minute hand can be controlled by the electronic circuits of the watch in response to the activation of a control member, for example .
  • the timepiece then has an original and discreet appearance while providing excellent readability when the diodes are powered to implement the time display.
  • each of the optical extractors can be made in the form of a boss having at least one light extraction surface through which the light is refracted when it leaves the optical guide.
  • the optical guide is directly formed by the ice of the watch.
  • the ice includes optical extractors formed in its inner face, one or more light sources being arranged in the region of the telescope so as to emit light beams in the direction of the edge of the ice.

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  1. Elektronische Vorrichtung umfassend ein Gehäuse (41), in dessen Inneren eine optische Vorrichtung untergebracht ist, die dazu bestimmt ist, wenigstens eine gegenständliche Abbildung in einer ersten in Bezug auf das Gehäuse vorbestimmten Richtung zu bilden, wobei die optische Vorrichtung einerseits wenigstens einen optischen Leiter (1, 51) mit wenigstens zwei ausgedehnten Flächen (10, 11) und wenigstens einer Seitenfläche (12), und andererseits wenigstens eine erste und eine zweite Lichtquelle (8, 8a, 8b, 8c) aufweist, wobei jede Lichtquelle in der Nachbarschaft der seitlichen Fläche des optischen Leiters angeordnet ist, und die Lichtquellen so angeordnet sind, dass sie Licht in das Innere des optischen Leiters aussenden, wobei das von der Lichtquelle ausgesendete Licht mit optischem Extraktionsvorrichtungen zusammenwirkt, die in einer der ausgedehnten Flächen angeordnet sind, um die gegenständliche Abbildung zu bilden, wobei die optische Vorrichtung ferner wenigstens zwei Netze von optischen Extraktionsvorrichtungen umfasst, ein erstes Netz von optischen Extraktionsvorrichtungen (19), welches einer ersten gegenständlichen Abbildung entspricht, und ein zweites Netz von optischen Extraktionsvorrichtungen, welches einer zweiten gegenständlichen Abbildung entspricht, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Lichtquelle ausgebildet ist, um mit dem ersten Netz von optischen Extraktionsvorrichtungen (19) zusammenzuwirken, und dass die zweite Lichtquelle ausgebildet ist, um mit dem zweiten Netz von optischen Extraktionsvorrichtungen (19) zusammenzuwirken, und dass jede der Extraktionsvorrichtungen bestimmte geometrische Merkmale besitzt, darunter wenigstens eine Reflexions- oder Brechungsfläche (20), die eine Normale (n) aufweist, die derart ausgerichtet ist, dass sie der entsprechenden Lichtquelle (8, 8a, 8b, 8c) mit einem bestimmten Winkel gegenüberliegt, und zwar derart, dass die Gesamtheit der von einer Lichtquelle ausgesendeten Lichtstrahlen, die von einem Netz von optischen Extraktionsvorrichtungen (19) reflektiert bzw. gebrochen werden, ein Netz von Lichtstrahlen bildet, welches die entsprechende gegenständliche Abbildung in Richtung eines Beobachters erzeugt, wobei jede Lichtquelle das Licht in eine bestimmte Richtung aussendet, damit es von den Reflexionsflächen (20) des entsprechenden Netzes von optischen Extraktionsvorrichtungen reflektiert bzw. von den Brechungsflächen gebrochen wird, und dass die ersten und die zweiten Netze von optischen Extraktionsvorrichtungen auf der ausgedehnten Fläche des optischen Leiters (1) ineinander verflochten sind.
  2. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach dem vorstehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede Lichtquelle (8, 8a, 8b, 8c) gegenüber der seitlichen Fläche (12) in eine bestimmte Richtung angeordnet ist, um Licht ins Innere des optischen Leiters (1) auszusenden und mit den Reflexionsflächen (20) oder Brechungsflächen zusammenzuwirken, um die entsprechende gegenständliche Abbildung zu bilden.
  3. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede Lichtquelle (8, 8a, 8b, 8c) in eine zu einer der ausgedehnten Flächen (10, 11) senkrechte Richtung ausgerichtet ist.
  4. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden Lichtquellen nacheinander gespeist werden.
  5. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden Lichtquellen (8, 8a, 8b, 8c) angeordnet sind, um Licht in das Innere des optischen Leiters (51) in Richtung unterschiedlicher Aussendungsrichtungen auszusenden, wobei zusätzliche Mittel (51, 54, 55) vorgesehen sind, um den optischen Leiter (51) derart in eine Drehung zu versetzen, dass die optischen Extraktionsvorrichtungen abwechselnd mit der ersten und der zweiten Lichtquelle zusammen wirken.
  6. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede Lichtquelle (8) geeignet ist, um Licht in mehreren Farbskalen auszusenden.
  7. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die jeweiligen Farben der ersten bzw. der zweiten Lichtquelle zu unterschiedlichen Farbskalen gehören.
  8. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die optische Vorrichtung wenigstens zwei Netze von optischen Extraktionsvorrichtungen umfasst, deren jeweilige geometrische Merkmale derart definiert sind, dass die zugehörigen gegenständlichen Abbildungen in unterschiedliche Richtungen ausgebildet werden.
  9. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach dem vorstehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die unterschiedlichen Richtungen zur Bildung von gegenständlichen Abbildungen derart festgelegt sind, dass sie ein Stereogramm bilden.
  10. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Uhr (40) bildet, bei der das Gehäuse (41) von einem Glas (43) verschlossen ist, wobei die optische Vorrichtung im Inneren des Gehäuses derart untergebracht ist, dass die gegenständlichen Abbildungen durch das Glas hindurch sichtbar sind.
  11. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach dem vorstehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie ein Zifferblatt (2) aufweist, unterhalb dessen der optische Leiter (1, 51) angeordnet ist.
  12. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der optische Leiter (1, 51) auch als Zifferblatt fungiert.
  13. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der optische Leiter auch als Glas fungiert.
  14. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 10 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Gehäuse einen Glasreif (42) aufweist, wobei jede Lichtquelle (8) wenigstens teilweise unter dem Glasreif angeordnet ist.
  15. Elektronische Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 10 dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass wenigstens ein Uhrwerk und eine analoge Anzeige vorgesehen sind, wobei der optische Leiter eine Öffnung (7) aufweist, um die Rohre der Zeiger (3, 4) durchzulassen, und dass der optische Leiter einstückig mit einem der Rohre ausgebildet ist.
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