ES2725615A1 - Stopwatch/Counter (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

It is a sports equipment device specified in an electronic mechanical machinery that has screens, sound and/or vibration emitter and buttons for easy and fast programming and operation that will help the athlete, particularly billiards players, to control the amount of points he makes and the time he spends making them, as well as those of the rival. It will also be very useful for refereeing matches. Its size will resemble that of a wrist watch, key ring or similar. Due to its characteristics, it will be easy to manufacture and with a moderate price. It is very common to see how the players, immersed in their calculations, and also the referees, forget the accumulated points. The time limit regulations are not currently met in most competitions, due to lack of means that this device provides. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

Stopwatch / counter.

Technical sector

The present invention belongs to the sports equipment sector and more specifically to the electronic mechanical devices to help practice some of the sport modalities and especially billiards.

The main object of the present invention is an electronic mechanical device which, having it within reach of the player (carrying it with him while playing), provides a convenient and quick way to control the points accumulated in a given play, as well as to control the remaining time to execute the next point, forgetting to memorize this data and being able, therefore, to concentrate exclusively on performing the mathematical and geometric calculations necessary for its correct execution.

Background of the invention

The electronic stopwatch, which by itself or incorporated into clocks or other machines of these characteristics, has the applications of time meter of all known.

The electronic calculator, to which similar comments can be applied to those expressed in the previous paragraph.

Explanation of the invention.

The electronic mechanical device object of the invention consists of an internal machinery, powered by one or several batteries, and of a minimum size (such as that of a traditional wrist watch or a key ring, or similar), of design to convenience (square, circular, oval, etc.), which incorporates the components of a programmable timer and a calculator, resettable to 0 and with the only function of accumulating points, one by one, at the user's discretion. It also has a programmable sound or vibration transmitter at will, to notify the player of the remaining time available for the execution of the next point, in accordance with the rules of the game.

In its outer part, on the back side it has the housing of the energy source battery and its access to replace it.

On the front side it has all the useful elements for the player, power and programming buttons, time and point control screens and acoustic or vibration emitter.

The main advantages of this invention are presented in the following summary;

• Allows you to control the points reached at any time, without having to keep them in memory.

• Likewise, it makes it possible to control the points that the opponent obtains.

• The remaining timer / timer, programmable according to the rules of each competition, allows you to control the time the player uses to prepare the next play, as well as to warn of the remaining time, thus avoiding the consequent faults.

• It also allows the control of the opponent's time, and its possible faults.

• The biggest advantage is that it becomes an indispensable tool for arbitrating games in lower categories, which in their vast majority are held in places that do not have their own means so that the arbitrator can use them.

• Keeping in mind the current facility for the manufacture of this machinery, it is a complement that will result in an affordable value to acquire and recharge.

• It allows the player to transform any training or friendly game, even if the installation where they are located does not have the necessary means, in a valuable training for high competition.

The preferred embodiment of the stopwatch / counter, in order to have the possibility of receiving the remaining time notice through the vibration transmitter, will be adjusting it to the player's wrist by means of a wristband or strap adaptable to the dimensions of the same or by any another system that provides the same proximity characteristics. If the user prefers to receive the notice through the sound emitter, the model may be carried with it hanging from the belt or from another site and even in a pocket.

Brief description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of this invention, in accordance with the preferred example of practical realization thereof, an integral part of the description is accompanied by a set of figures where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

Figure 1 shows a schematic front view of the invention, with a possible embodiment thereof.

Figure 2 shows a schematic front view with a possible execution of the assembly of a bracelet or similar adaptable to the user's wrist.

Below is a list of the various elements represented in Figure 1: 1. Chronometer display.

2. Stopwatch timer button.

3. Push button on and off the device.

4. Button for resetting the point counter.

5. Start button for the countdown of the stopwatch.

6. Speaker

7. Sound / vibration programmer button.

8. Point accumulator screen.

9. Point accumulator button.

10. Device body

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the aforementioned figures, and in accordance with the numbering adopted, an example of the preferred embodiment of the invention can be observed therein, which comprises the parts and elements indicated and described in detail below.

As shown in Figure 1, the preferred embodiment of the stopwatch / counter will have a closed body (10) made of metal or plastic material and containing inside it the mechanical and electronic machinery necessary to perform the functions that arise from the previous explanation of the invention. The size of this closed body will be similar to that of a conventional wrist watch.

The elements that are required for the purposes that are intended to be achieved are all visible in this figure, according to the following detail: On and off button (3), timer timer (2), which, with each press, will add 5 seconds , until reaching a maximum of 60, visible on the screen (1) and whose countdown will start at the time of pressing once in (5). It will also have a button that will program, at the user's choice, the remaining time warning system (sound or vibration) (7). The chosen system will work in the absence of 10 seconds to reach zero and also at the time of reaching said 0. For the perception of said sound will have the speaker (6). You will also have the button (9) that will add a point (up to 999) with each press, visible on the screen (8) and return to zero by simply pressing the number (4).

On its back it will have a housing for the power source (battery).

In figure 2, a possible embodiment of the adaptation of the device to the user's wrist, by means of the installation of a bracelet or similar to its main body, has been shown for illustrative and non-limiting nature. The design, color and type of material of this bracelet will meet the priorities of adjustability (to transmit the vibrations in a diaphanous way) as well as adaptation to the sports regulations of application.

Claims (1)

1. Electronic mechanical device installed inside a container (10) for use as a sports complement, especially in the practice of some types of billiard sport, given its two inseparable functions of a stopwatch with a warning and accumulated point counter, (Fig 1 and 2.) characterized in that it comprises: • A unique mechanical and electronic machinery, with the functions of a stopwatch and a score counter, and with the programming and control instruments composed of an on / off button (3). A timer timer button (2) which, from 5 to 5 seconds, places the time authorized by the regulator for the execution of each play on the chronometer screen (1). A button (5) for the start-up of the countdown of the stopwatch, second to second, with audible vibration or acoustic warning through a loudspeaker (6) and which will emit its signals in the absence of 10 seconds and upon reaching the end of time • A button for the sum, one by one, of the points obtained (9), visible on the counter display (8), reset to zero with the button (4). And a fastening to the player's wrist by bracelet, strap or similar.