EP3607404A1 - Montre universelle - Google Patents

Montre universelle

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EP3607404A1
EP3607404A1 EP17724735.0A EP17724735A EP3607404A1 EP 3607404 A1 EP3607404 A1 EP 3607404A1 EP 17724735 A EP17724735 A EP 17724735A EP 3607404 A1 EP3607404 A1 EP 3607404A1
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dial
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Hussam HEBBO
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    • 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
    • G04B19/16—Shiftable dials, e.g. indicating alternately from 1 to 12 and from 13 to 24
    • G04B19/166—Shiftable dials, e.g. indicating alternately from 1 to 12 and from 13 to 24 with rotating scales
    • 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
    • G04B19/22—Arrangements for indicating different local apparent times; Universal time pieces
    • G04B19/223—Arrangements for indicating different local apparent times; Universal time pieces with rotary disc, rotary bezel, or rotary dial
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means
    • G04G9/0076—Visual time or date indication means in which the time in another time-zone or in another city can be displayed at will

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  • the invention relates to a universal world time watch, comprising a movement with hands, a stationary 24-hour clock face, a clock face rotatable with respect to the 24-hour clock face with a symbol for each time zone (time zone dial) and a corresponding digital clock.
  • a time zone describes an area oriented approximately on the geographical longitude on the earth, whereas the zone time designates the local time agreed in the respective time zone.
  • Local time, world time, plus summer time introduced in different countries at different times of the year, and again at other times of the year, are causing great confusion when it comes to scheduling deadlines across time zones. Even very experienced people, such as airline pilots or frequent travelers, are often mistaken in the actual time.
  • a particular problem is coded appointment files that are exchanged for agreeing telephone conferences with computers.
  • the UTC, calendar dates are still being agreed in the local time of San Francisco.
  • Corresponding computers convert the time from San Francisco into a local time.
  • a user of the clock adjusts the time 0 o'clock to correspond to a letter assigned to the time zone, there "L". Is moving the user of the clock in a different time zone, so the user twists the hands according to the local time zone, but takes the disc with the letters for each time zone with.
  • the ratio of the local time on the stationary dial changes with respect to the movable dial.
  • the absolute time in the sense of a world time that is the same for all time zones, is retained.
  • the example chosen in the Swiss patent CH 267439 assumed that the time M-clock corresponds to the world time noon and Z clock corresponds to the world time midnight.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a universal world time clock that provides a convenient and intuitive time display of world time.
  • the object of the invention is achieved by the fact that in or on the world clock a device for determining geographic coordinates is connected to a device for automated rotation of the 24-hour dial, and the device for automated rotation, the 24-hour dial when changing the geographic coordinates twisted corresponding to the time zone. Further advantageous embodiments are specified in the subclaims to claim 1.
  • a device for determining the geographic coordinates is connected to a table which defines the geographical boundaries of the time zones. tains. If the device for determining the geocoordinates has determined a coordinate, it is determined via known algorithms for determining whether a two-dimensional point lies within a predetermined area in which time zone the world time clock is located. Accordingly, the 24-hour dial is adjusted so that the ratio of 0 o'clock on the stationary dial corresponding to the local time is set to the world time corresponding to the time zone.
  • the 24-hour dial each have one letter of the Latin alphabet for each hour of the 24-hour Tags, preferably the hours 01: 00 to 0:00 of the next day have the continuous and gapless letter from A to X in alphabetical order. It is therefore intended that the times in the 24-hour format of the time zone "Z" (Zulu) of the UTC time have the following designations:
  • This designation with A for 01: 00 has the advantage that the usual, starting at 1 counting is mapped to the familiar letters of the alphabet.
  • X: 00 is the time on which the world day starts.
  • the syntax of the clock notation of X: 00 over A: 00 to W: 00 is already recognizable by the syntax of the time notation even for computerized applications.
  • the notation of other time spellings such as 00: 00UTC + 2 for 0:00 is medium European time, or 00:00 L for 00:00 for the local time, 00:00 W or 00:00 Z for the time 00:00 in the Zulu time zone of NATO well distinguishable.
  • L: 00 is therefore the time 12:00 in the arbitrarily set UTC time and not about 00:00 L of the local time.
  • a time zone list can be present on the clock, which is not changeable in relation to the world time.
  • Table 1 List of standard time zones
  • a device for determining geocoordinates is connected to the movement in or on the world time clock according to the invention, and that the movement rotates the hands when changing the geocoordinates corresponding to the time zone relative to the stationary 24-hour clock face.
  • a digital clock is claimed as world clock, comprising a digital display for a local time, a digital display for a world time, wherein in or at the world clock a device for determining the geo-coordinates with a digital Movement of the digital display is connected to a local time and adjusted when changing the geocoordinates the clock for a local time corresponding to the time zone.
  • the analog clock or the digital clock can also be implemented as a clock in a computer.
  • the display of a computer displays an analogue clock with dial and hands.
  • the computer there is a device for determining the geographic coordinates, which changes a counter or a variable within the algorithm for displaying the clock so that the 24-hour dial is rotated as the geographic coordinates change corresponding to the time zone.
  • Radio-controlled clocks or clocks that derive their time from a network such as with the NTP protocol (Network Time Protocol) or via the GSM network or the ISDN network, thereby recognize the local time using the usual convention for specifying the time , such as UTC-x, where x stands for a time shift, or XX: XXA, where A stands for the time zone, do not require a device for determining geographic coordinates.
  • the device for determining geo-coordinates is replaced by an algorithm for determining the time zone from the time of the remote-transmitted time.
  • 1 is a dial of an analog clock according to the invention, or simulated by a computer analog clock according to the invention,
  • FIG. 1.1 shows a clock face of an analog clock according to the invention, or an analog clock simulated by a computer and according to the invention, rotated by a time zone hour to the east, FIG.
  • FIG. 2 shows the display of a digital clock according to the invention, or a digital clock simulated by a computer and according to the invention
  • FIG. 4 shows a digital wristwatch according to the invention, or a digital clock based on a computer
  • FIG. 1 shows a dial 100 of an analog world time clock according to the invention or an analog clock simulated by a computer and according to the invention.
  • This dial 100 has a stationary 24-hour dial 101, which serves to display the local hourly time. Furthermore, the dial 100 has another second / minute dial 202 on which both the seconds and the minutes are readable.
  • it is in principle possible to divide the 24-hour dial 101 in 60 units and to use only a single dial for the local time display of the analog clock.
  • a regular subdivision of the 24-hour dial 101 into 60 parts for 60 minutes or seconds leads to an irregular structure of the graduations, because 60 is not disassembled by 24 into whole parts. For intuitive and easy reading, it is therefore intended to separate the dials for the 24 hours and for the minutes / seconds.
  • a world time dial 103 rotatable relative to the stationary 24-hour dial 101 is provided in the dial 100.
  • This world time dial 103 is rotated by the clock in parallel with the hands, depending on the geographical location and the time zone present there. For example, if the clock were at 00:00:00 local time in time zone Z (Greenwich, UK), all the hands on the top digit would be at 0. The world time dial 103 would be at the top with a rotational position X. If the watch were now fictitiously transported to Central Europe (UTC + 1 hour) without any real time, then all the hands would be on the 1 of the 24 hour dial 101.
  • the rotatable world-time dial 103 with the X would also coincide with the 1 of the 24-hour dial 101 because the world time has not changed in the spatial transportation.
  • the hands are for the local time reading on the 1 for 01: 00, but remain coincident with the X for X: 00 or 00:00 UTC, or 00:00 Z.
  • FIG. 2 shows a display of a digital clock according to the invention corresponding to the world clock according to the invention, or a digital clock 200 simulated by a computer and according to the invention. While the large display 201 always represents the local time (e.g., 21:09 Z), the small display 202 always represents the unchanging world time (U: 09).
  • the large display 201 always represents the local time (e.g., 21:09 Z)
  • the small display 202 always represents the unchanging world time (U: 09).
  • FIG. 3 shows a wristwatch according to the invention which has a dial 300 which is subdivided into a stationary 24-hour dial 301, a second / minute dial 302 and a world time rotatable relative to the stationary 24-hour dial 301 Dial 303.
  • the watch may have a GPS receiver as a means of determining geo-coordinates and internally look up in a table which time zone is associated with the particular geo-coordinate or have a GSM module with which the watch can display both a network Time receives as well as information about the local time zone.
  • an algorithm for extracting the local time zone now causes a rotation of the world time dial 303.
  • FIG. 4 shows a wristwatch based on a computer.
  • This wristwatch is basically a full-size computer as small as a wristwatch and simulates an analog watch having a dial 400 subdivided into a stationary 24 hour dial 401, a second / minute dial 402 and an opposite the stationary, 24-hour dial 301 rotatable world time dial 403.
  • the wristwatch may have a GPS receiver as a device for determining the geo coordinates and internally look up in a table which time zone is assigned to the specific geocordi- nates or have a GSM module with which the watch receives both a network time and information about the local time zone.
  • an algorithm for extracting the local time zone causes a rotation of the world time dial 403.
  • FIG. 5 shows a folding computer (laptop computer) as a computer which simulates a world time clock according to the invention twice, namely once as an analog clock 500 and once as a digital world time clock 600.
  • the computer simulates an analog clock 500 having a dial divided into a stationary 24 hour dial 501, a second / minute dial 502 and a stationary 24 hour clock Dial 501 rotatable world time dial 503.
  • the computer may have a GPS receiver as a device for determining the geographic coordinates and look up internally in a table, which time zone is assigned to the specific geographic coordinate or have a GSM module with which the computer both a Network time receives as well as information about the local time zone.
  • location determination by the local network infrastructure is also possible, such as information from a network router connected to the computer.
  • an algorithm for extracting the local time zone from the received information now causes a rotation of the world time dial 503.
  • FIG. 6 shows a world map in which the 40 standard time zones Z, A, B, C, C *, D, D *, E, E *, E + , F, F *, G, H, H * , I, I *, K, K *, L, L *, M, M ⁇ , M *, M ⁇ , N, O, P, P *, Q, Q *, R, S, T, U, V, V *, W, X, Y are shown.
  • These time zones after standardized naming are invariable compared to the world time, which are divided here into the 24 hours from A to X.
  • the similar nomenclature is the In the standard time zone Z (Greenwich, UK), the local time 00:00 Z will always be the time X: 00 and in the time zone H (Western Australia) the local time 00:00 H is always the world time H: 00.
  • the here emerging match is not accidental, but intentional.
  • the time of the daily change should correspond as far as possible to the local time zone, in order to support the intuition of the time measure.
  • the standard time zones do not include a time zone L to avoid confusion with a possible misinterpretation for a local time.
  • the world time L: 00 corresponds to the time in Central Europe (UTC + 1), time zone A, 13:00 A (see Fig. 1.1).
  • a standard time-zone 704 plot may also be provided on the world time dial 703, which is rotatable with respect to the 24-hour dial, as shown in Figure 7, such that the clock is also in the Nato range can be used in aviation where times are given in DTG (Date Time Group) or in standard time zones.
  • the universal world time clock presented here is based on the assumption of a time that is the same for all time zones. This means that a time arbitrarily chosen here as an example L: 00 o'clock in the whole world at the same time is also called L: 00. For a first person in a first location in the world, the time may be L: 00 o'clock in the morning, while the identical L: 00 o'clock for a second person in another place in the world may fall on the evening. For example, it would be possible to name the world time UTC in the 24-hour notation from 00: 00UTC + 00 (X: 00) to 01: 00UTC + 00 (A: 00) to 23:00 (W: 00). LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS
  • Dial 401 Stationary Dial Stationary Dial 402 Seconds / Minutes Dial

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une montre universelle comprenant un mouvement d'horlogerie doté d'aiguilles, un cadran de 24h. (101, 301, 401, 501) fixe, un cadran (103, 303, 403, 503) mobile en rotation relativement au cadran de 24h (101, 301, 401, 501) portant un symbole pour chacune des heures d'un jour de 24 heures (cadran de 24 heures). Selon l'invention, un dispositif de détermination des coordonnées géographiques est relié à un dispositif de rotation automatique du cadran de 24 heures dans ou sur la montre universelle, et le dispositif de rotation automatique du cadran de 24 heures (103, 303, 403, 503) pivote pour se régler sur le fuseau horaire correspondant lors d'un changement des coordonnées géographiques. Cet agencement permet une lecture très intuitive de l'heure dans le monde et permet de planifier des rendez-vous avec des partenaires correspondants dans différents fuseaux horaires sans se tromper.
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