EP3769163A1 - Strap object and/or movement comprising a photovoltaic cell - Google Patents
Strap object and/or movement comprising a photovoltaic cellInfo
- Publication number
- EP3769163A1 EP3769163A1 EP19721734.2A EP19721734A EP3769163A1 EP 3769163 A1 EP3769163 A1 EP 3769163A1 EP 19721734 A EP19721734 A EP 19721734A EP 3769163 A1 EP3769163 A1 EP 3769163A1
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- Prior art keywords
- control center
- cell
- light
- projecting element
- wrist
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Classifications
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a bracelet object and / or a control center for a bracelet object comprising at least one photovoltaic cell.
- the invention also relates to a bracelet object and / or a control center capable of being arranged at a rod comprising an electric cable and / or a passage for the light.
- Timepieces such as wristwatches comprising photovoltaic cells are known per se.
- the photovoltaic cell is arranged on the dial of the watch.
- Another possibility is to arrange the photovoltaic cell on the housing or on part of the bracelet.
- the photovoltaic cells of the state of the art are highly disturbed or stubborn. It is an object of the invention to provide an integration location of the cell for increasing the exposure to light radiation.
- photovoltaic cells on the housing or dial may impact the aesthetics of the watch. It is an objective of the invention to provide a source of photovoltaic energy that has no impact on the design of the case and / or the dial of the watch.
- P052IWO; 03/19/2019 because they are not part of the movement.
- a manufacturer who only manufactures movements to supply them to watch producers can not provide a watch with a photo voltaic cell, because in this case it is necessary to provide for the design of the final watch, that is to say the unit secular photo cell (on the dial or case) and the transport of the current towards the inside of the watch, to the movement, where are both the batteries as well as the consumers of the electrical energy.
- connected watches generally have a tactile display on the entire upper surface of the watch which makes it difficult to integrate a photo voltaic cell. It is one of the objectives to enable the implementation of a photovoltaic cell without reducing the size of the display.
- the invention relates to a wrist object having a projecting element comprising a solar cell, a lens and / or a mirror.
- the invention relates to a movement comprising a photovoltaic cell connected to a control center, inside the control center and / or on the surface of the control center.
- the invention relates to a wrist object having a housing, a secular photo cell being arranged inside the housing.
- the invention relates to a wrist object having at least one projecting element connected by a rod to the control center, said rod being provided with an electric cable and / or a passage for the light.
- the invention relates to a wrist article having a projecting element provided with a lens.
- the invention relates to a wristwatch having a housing having a light passage, for example having a casing an opening allowing the light to reach the inside of the casing.
- the invention relates to a wrist article having at least one projecting element provided with a mirror.
- the invention relates to a bracelet object comprising at least one projecting element, said bracelet object comprising at least one photovoltaic cell, characterized in that said at least one photovoltaic cell is arranged on said projecting element and / or on or within a control center and / or inside the case of said wristwatch.
- the invention relates to a wrist object having a projecting element, for example a crown and / or at least one button, emerging from the case of the wrist object and connected by a rod to the control center of the wrist object, characterized in that said rod comprises an electric cable and / or a passage for light.
- a projecting element for example a crown and / or at least one button
- the invention relates to a bracelet object and / or a control center capable of being arranged at a rod comprising an electric cable and / or a passage for the light.
- the invention relates to a control center for a wrist object, the control center being arranged to be housed in a case of a wrist object, said control center comprising a photovoltaic cell.
- the invention relates to a control center for a wrist object comprising a rod arranged to connect the control center to a projecting element said projecting element being arranged to be actuated by a user wearing the wrist object comprising the
- P052IWO; 03/19/2019 control center characterized in that said rod comprises an electric cable and / or a passage for light.
- the invention relates to a control center for a wrist object comprising a rod arranged to connect the control center to a projecting element, said rod being arranged to be connected to a projecting element comprising at least one photovoltaic cell.
- a control center for a bracelet object comprising a rod arranged to connect the control center to a projecting element, said rod being arranged to be provided with an electric cable and / or a passage for the light.
- FIGS. 1A-1C are top views of wristwatches (without the bracelet) comprising photovoltaic cells arranged on the lateral surface of the crown (FIGS. 1A and 1B) and / or on the lateral surface of at least one button ( Figures IB and IC) of the wristwatch, according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 2A to 2C are side views of wristwatches (without the bracelet) comprising photovoltaic cells arranged on the head of the crown (FIGS. 2A and 2B) and / or on the head of at least one button (FIGS. 2B and 2C) of the wristwatch according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 3A to 3C are perspective views of wristwatch watches (without the bracelet) comprising photo voltaic cells arranged on the head of the crown (FIGS. 3A and 3C) and / or on the head of at least one button (FIGS. 3A and 3C) of the wristwatch according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 4A to 4C are perspective views of wristwatches (without the bracelet) comprising lenses arranged on the head of the crown (FIGS. 4A and 4C) and / or on the head of at least one button (FIGS. 4C) of the wristwatch according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 5A and 5B are top views of wristwatches (without the bracelet) comprising a rod provided with optical fiber and a photovoltaic cell integrated in the movement and arranged to receive the light tran mi through the optical fiber, in accordance with FIG. to an embodiment of the invention.
- the present invention relates to bracelets, preferably wristwatches, comprising at least one function requiring electrical energy.
- the object comprises a photovoltaic cell.
- a photovoltaic cell and “the photovoltaic cell” also cover the plural form le. These expressions are not considered to be limited by a particular number of cells and may refer to several photovoltaic cells connected in parallel or in series, for example, or to cells operating independently of one another. In the present description, the term “cell” is sometimes used to refer to one (or more) "photovoltaic cell”.
- the objective is selected from a smart watch, a connected watch, and a wristwatch arranged or intended to measure physiological, environmental and / or medical parameters.
- Wrist objects arranged to measure physiological and medical parameters and / or may be arranged to detect the pulse (a pulse), heart rate, sweating, health markers, vital signs, breathing, for example.
- the bracelet object may include a blood pressure monitor, depth gauge, navigation systems (location system), for example.
- the wrist object has a time base.
- the time base is a quartz tuning fork.
- the wrist object is a quartz wristwatch.
- the wrist object has a control center.
- the control center comprises one or more mechanical and / or electronic elements allowing the wrist object to function.
- the control center is preferably the movement of the watch.
- the movement is a quartz movement.
- control center may include one or more of the following: a data processing unit (CPU), one or more memories, a time base, a microprocessor, a sensor, an interface, a module wireless.
- CPU data processing unit
- memories one or more memories
- time base a time base
- microprocessor a microprocessor
- sensor a sensor
- interface a module wireless.
- module wireless One or more of the above may allow the wrist object to function.
- the control center of the wrist object comprises a battery, preferably a rechargeable battery.
- the rechargeable cell is arranged to store the electrical energy generated by the photovoltaic cell.
- the control center comprises another rechargeable element, for example an accumulator or a capacitor, in addition to or instead of said rechargeable battery.
- the wrist object has one or more functions operating with the aid of electrical energy.
- the aid of electrical energy For example, in the case of a quartz watch, the latter requires the energy to remain in oscillation.
- Other functions requiring electrical energy are the light used to illuminate the dial and / or the display, one or more sensors, the display, for example a touch screen or a digital display, the transmission of signals. , signal capture, memories.
- the wrist object of the invention may comprise a micro chip, a chip, a microprocessor, etc. At least some or all of these elements are preferably in the control center.
- the wrist object is equipped to implement computer programs and / or firmware, for example.
- the bracelet object comprises at least one salient element.
- the projecting element emerges from a lateral surface of the case of the wrist object, for example from the lateral surface of the middle part of the wrist object.
- the projecting element is chosen from actuators intended to be actuated by a user.
- the organs may be intended to enable one or more functions of the wristband object, to set the wrist object, for example to set the time, and / or to parameterize or program one or more
- P052IWO; 03/19/2019 functions of the bracelet object.
- the salient element or elements are chosen from a crown and / or one or more buttons. This embodiment preferably applies when the wrist object is a watch. However, other objects-wristbands may also include one or more buttons or a crown.
- the salient element or elements for example the button and / or the crown, is preferably part of the dressing of the wrist object, that is to say it is visible from the outside and designed to be operated by a user or wearer of the wrist object.
- the salient element (s) emerge from the lateral surface of the casing (2), in particular from the middle part of the wrist object.
- a hole and / or cylindrical depressions are preferably arranged in the middle to accommodate the projecting element.
- a crown it can be framed by horns and / or swelling of the middle part, to prevent a hooking of the crown, for example to a fabric or a thread, for example.
- control center for example a movement
- the control center is preferably provided with at least one rod arranged to connect the projecting element to the control center, once the latter is placed in the case of the wrist object.
- the control center is preferably arranged to be connected to such a rod.
- the salient element (s) are intended to emerge from a lateral surface of the case of the wrist object.
- the case and / or more precisely the middle part of the wrist object comprises a hole through which the rod connecting the projecting element passes.
- the rod is generally threaded over at least part of its length.
- the bracelet object may comprise one or more, for example two buttons.
- two buttons are present, arranged on either side of the crown of a wristwatch.
- the salient element or elements, for example the buttons and the crown extend in the same plane parallel to the dial.
- said button or buttons are pushers, intended to be actuated by depression, preferably by the finger of a wearer of the wrist object.
- the figures show a watch 1 comprising the case 2.
- the projecting elements are in the form of a crown 3 and two buttons 4 arranged on one side and the other of the crown on the lateral surface of the case and / or the middle 6.
- the bracelet object comprises at least one photovoltaic cell.
- the photovoltaic cells are shown in black.
- a photovoltaic cell 5 is arranged on the lateral surface of the ring. This is the surface that is often provided with a groove.
- the cell is therefore preferably arranged on a hollow tube or cylinder surrounding the crown or a part of the latter.
- the cell itself can form a tube.
- the cell can replace the groove.
- the cell may be covered with a layer or a transparent piece for actuating the crown by grasping the cell on the crown.
- cells are arranged in grooves present on the lateral surface of the protruding element, preferably the crown, preferably in the grooves or interstice of the groove (not shown). .
- the cell is preferably connected to the projecting element, for example the crown, so as to be secured to it.
- the cell is removable and can be separated from the salient element to be replaced. This preferably applies regardless of the location of the cell, on the lateral surface or the head of the projecting element and even in the case of a cell arranged on or in the control center.
- a photovoltaic cell is arranged on the lateral surface of each of the two buttons 4.
- the cell is preferably at least partly tubular, and / or preferably arranged on a tube.
- said at least one photovoltaic cell is disposed at the head of the projecting element, for example at the head of the crown and / or a button. Examples of this embodiment are shown in Figures 2A-2C and 3A-3C.
- cells 5 are arranged on the crown head, ie on the surface at the distal end of the crown. This surface may be arranged to be flat or slightly curved.
- the cell preferably appears substantially circular in the side view of Figures 2A and 2B.
- buttons 4 are provided with a cell arranged on the head of the buttons, that is to say on the preferably circular surface, possibly curved, forming the distal end of the button.
- the distal end of the projecting element for example of the button and / or the crown, is generally a free end, since it is the other end, the proximal end, which is housed or embedded in the housing. subject wrist.
- the invention also covers that cells are arranged both on the head and the lateral surface of at least one projecting element.
- a cell is arranged at the top of the crown and on the lateral surface of at least one button.
- the crown is generally actuated by grasping the lateral surface between thumb and forefinger and rotating, and the button is generally operated by pushing on the surface at the top of the button.
- the current generated by the cell is carried by one or more cables inside the housing to the movement.
- the stem of the projecting element comprises one or more electrical cables, arranged to carry the current generated by said photovoltaic cell to the control center.
- the center of the stem of the projecting element for example of said crown, is hollow and / or the rod comprises a tube, arranged to allow the guiding of an electric cable inside said rod.
- the term "electrical cable” also covers wires, rods, pins, plugs, tubes and other longitudinal conductor structures that can be used to carry current.
- the projecting element comprises at least one of these structures, preferably two, in order to be able to transport the electrons towards the control center and back to the cell (or holes positively charged to the housing), in particular to the storage element arranged in the housing / control center.
- the one or both cables are electrically insulated and / or having an insulator, in addition to a conductive material.
- said photovoltaic cell 5 is arranged inside the control center and / or the housing 2 of the wrist object.
- the projecting element 3, 4 comprises a rod 7 having a passage for the light.
- an optical fiber is arranged in said rod.
- the passage for light is a material and / or arrangement facilitating and / or promoting the transport of light, for example a light guide.
- light is meant any type of electromagnetic radiation, preferably radiation that can be used by a photo voltaic cell to generate electricity.
- the light passage may comprise one or more mirrors or other structures reflecting or dispersing the light.
- the passage for the light may include an opening, as will be described in detail later below.
- the light path comprises or consists of an optical fiber. More generally, the passage of light comprises a waveguide.
- a passage for the light is arranged to transport the light that reaches the projecting element 3, 4 towards the interior of the control center 1 1 and / or the housing 2 towards said photovoltaic cell 5 arranged on or inside said control center or housing.
- the bracelet object comprises one or more rods 7 for connecting the projecting element 3, 4 to the control center 1 1, characterized in that said rod 7 comprises a tube and / or a hollow in which is arranged an electric cable and / or a passage for the light.
- control center of the invention is arranged to be provided with the projecting element and / or a rod arranged to connect the control center to the projecting element.
- the button 4 comprising an optical fiber is shown in longitudinal section.
- the rod 7 is visible.
- the rod 7 comprises a hollow and / or is tubular, and the optical fiber is arranged in the hollow.
- the rod itself passes through the housing through a hole in the caseband 6 of the case 2 in a conventional manner.
- the rod 7 is arranged to connect the projecting element, for example the crown and / or the button, to the control center, for example to the movement, through an opening in the housing, in particular in the carrare.
- the light passage is an opening in the housing allowing the light to pass and reach the cell arranged in / on the control center and / or in the housing.
- a salient element may be absent.
- a photovoltaic cell 5 is preferably arranged in or on the control center 1 1 so as to be exposed to the light 8 transmitted from the outside through a passage for the light, for example from the distal end of the element projecting.
- the cell 5 preferably faces the proximal (inner) end of the stem 7 and / or the lumen passage.
- the cell is arranged on the outer surface of the movement and faces the button shaft 4.
- the invention also covers the possibility that the cell is arranged more inside the control center 11.
- a passage for the light for example an optical fiber cable, is arranged to go beyond the proximal end of the the rod 7 and to enter the control center 11 to guide the light to the cell.
- the cell is arranged not on or in the control center, for example movement, but more generally in the housing.
- the cell may be arranged in an inner wall of the housing.
- the passage for the light is arranged accordingly to lead the light to the cell, for example by first passing through the rod 7 as described above, if appropriate.
- the stem of the crown 3 can be provided with a passage for the light, and a cell 5 can be arranged in the control center or in the housing to receive (or be illuminated by) the light that passes through said passage for light.
- the wristband object 1 comprises a mirror and / or a lens 9 arranged on said projecting element 3, 4, preferably on the head of the projecting element.
- a mirror and / or a lens 9 arranged on an opening in the casing and / or the middle part of the G-bracelet object.
- the projecting element is provided with a lens 9 arranged to route light reaching the projecting element towards said passage for light.
- the lens 9 is arranged on the surface formed at the distal end of the projecting element.
- FIG. 4A shows a wristwatch in the form of a watch whose crown 3 is provided with a lens or a mirror 9 arranged at the top of the crown 3.
- the crown 3 and the two buttons on either side of the crown comprise a lens and / or a mirror 9.
- the watch in FIG. 4C comprises two buttons 4 whose free distal end is provided with a lens 9.
- the crown does not have a lens.
- the lens 9 is also visible in FIGS. 5A and 5B.
- the projecting element is at least partially transparent, for example, includes a transparent material allowing the passage of light directly through at least a portion of the material of the projecting element.
- the projecting element or part thereof may in itself function as a lens or mirror, or as a passage for light.
- the lens can be of any type and of different shapes.
- the lens can be a Fresnel lens, convex (spherical / aspherical), multifocal, concave, planar light guides, micro lens networks etc.
- a mirror may be used, arranged on the protruding element to enhance light capture and light guidance to the passage of light
- the mirror or may also be arranged on the opening in the casing forming a passage of light.
- the invention contemplates the use of solar concentrator type mirrors, concave parabolic mirrors, Cassegrain configuration optics, to name just a few examples.
- the lens is integral with the projecting element, for example the crown and / or the button.
- the lens is removable.
- the mirror is integral with the projecting element, for example the crown and / or the button.
- the mirror is removable.
- the lens and / or the mirror may comprise glass, sapphire crystal, crystal glass, quartz, natural stone, plastic material, for example acrylic glass (e.g. PMMA, polymethyl methacrylate).
- the lens is made of one of the abovementioned materials.
- the lens can be transparent, translucent and / or it can be colored or not.
- An object of the lens and / or the mirror is to converge the light on the photo voltaic cell, in particular on the passage for the light leading to the cell.
- photovoltaic cells can be arranged both on a projecting element and inside the housing, on the control center, for example.
- photovoltaic cells can be arranged both on a button and inside the housing, on the movement.
- a button may be provided with a lens at the head of the button, and a cell arranged on the lateral surface of the button.
- photovoltaic cells can be arranged both on the ring and inside the case, on the movement, for example.
- the crown may be provided with a lens at the head of the crown, and a cell may be arranged on the lateral surface of the crown.
- the rod connecting the projecting element to the control center preferably comprises both the cable or cables necessary to transport the current generated by the cell on the crown / button to the movement, as well as the passage for light to carry light into the interior of the housing.
- the passage for the light comprises and / or consists essentially of an opening, for example a hole or a tube in the housing.
- the opening is preferably arranged to allow the light to pass through a wall of the housing and preferably to reach the photovoltaic cell arranged inside the wrist object, for example on the control center and / or on an inner surface of the housing.
- This embodiment is based on the fact that, on a short and linear path, there is no need for optical fiber to allow the light to reach the cell.
- a projecting element and / or the rod are preferably absent.
- the invention is not necessarily associated with a projecting object such as a button or a crown, and these may also be absent.
- the passage of light has an opening in the housing, the latter is preferably closed and / or covered by a transparent, translucent and / or colored material to protect the control center inside. dust box and other contaminations from the outside.
- the opening may be provided with a lens and / or may comprise one or more mirrors as described above in the case of the rod.
- the opening allowing the light to pass inside the housing is preferably arranged in a wall of the housing, preferably in the middle of the housing.
- the opening is arranged on the dial.
- the dial is at least partially transparent, in order to allow the light to reach the control center, for example the movement, on which the cell is arranged.
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