JP2001285908A - Analog display clock with character information display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem of a conventional analog clock with a character information display device that a user has had to read same information repetitively for many times because the conventional analog clock has similarly displayed character information all the time without identifying the information and then old information and newly received information are displayed without being distinguished from each other. SOLUTION: The analog display clock of this invention allows users to simplify identify a kind of character information by turning on/off an LED 5 of a backlight light source and changing the color of light emission depending on the kind of the character information e.g. display of newly arrived information and re-display of already arrived information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a timepiece that displays time in an analog manner, and more particularly to an analog display timepiece having a character information display that constantly receives and displays character information from the outside. The present invention relates to an analog display clock with a character information display having a display function, for example, an identification display function of displaying the latest incoming information or redisplaying already-received information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some portable information terminals called pagers or pagers (registered trademark) include LEs.
In combination with a character information display such as D (light emitting diode) or LCD (liquid crystal display), character information such as news, weather forecast and stock information is received from the outside by radio waves and is always displayed. In some cases, time information is additionally displayed as a digital display at the end of character information or the like. However, these are mainly intended to display received character information such as news.

In the conventional combination of the portable information terminal and the character information display, the main function is to display the character information received by the portable information terminal, the time display is a digital display, and the secondary display is not. Function. For this reason, the installation place is relatively limited to the reception desk of the bank,
The range of design choices for the interior is also narrow.

[0004]

Accordingly, an analog display clock which can be placed in a place where a clock is normally placed, has a wide use range, and has a function of displaying character information from an information terminal together. It is desirable to provide Therefore, it is conceivable to configure an analog display clock with a character information display that can receive and display character information on a portable information terminal. In this case, various types of character information can be displayed on the character information display. For example, when repeatedly displaying the character information received by the portable information terminal, there is a case where it is desired to distinguish and display the display of the new incoming character information and the redisplay of the already received character information. Further, for example, when it is possible to receive character information from a plurality of sources (for example, a pager or a pager that transmits an internal communication matter with an information providing company such as an external news).
Message transmission system), there are cases where it is desired to identify and display incoming character information according to the source.

However, since the conventional character information display does not have a function of identifying and displaying information according to the type of information, newly entered information and old information are displayed in the same manner, and the same character information display is used. There is a waste that information is called twice and read. In addition, there is a problem that information cannot be identified and displayed according to the source of the text information to provide an alert display, and information from different sources is mixedly displayed. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an analog display timepiece with a character information display, which has a function of identifying and displaying according to the type of character information.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a time display unit for displaying the time in analog form, a timekeeping unit for measuring the time, and character information from the outside. An information terminal for receiving character information, a character information display for displaying character information, and character information display control means for converting character information from the information terminal and displaying it on the character information display. In the analog display clock with a character information display provided, a means for identifying and displaying the type of the character information by changing the brightness or the color or the movement of the character displayed by the character information display according to the type of the character information is provided. An analog display clock with a character information display is provided.

[0007] According to this configuration, the brightness or color or character movement displayed on the character information display is changed according to the type of character information, for example, the new or old arrival time of the character information. Of the information according to the new and old of the. Therefore, the display of the newly received character information can be highlighted, for example, as compared with the redisplay of the already received character information, and can be distinguished from the redisplay of the already received character information. Therefore, the user can discriminate old information from new information, so that it is not necessary to read old information twice. When character information is received and displayed from a plurality of sources, character information from different sources can be displayed in an identifiable manner to distinguish information sources. For this reason, character information can be transmitted efficiently.

Further, according to the present invention, when the character information display is an LCD with a backlight, the identification display of the character information is performed by changing the brightness by turning on / off the backlight. For example, display of newly arrived character information is performed by turning on the backlight to increase brightness, and redisplay of already received character information is performed by turning off the backlight and decreasing brightness. As a result, both information can be easily identified and displayed. When the character information display is a color LCD capable of displaying a plurality of colors, identification display of character information is performed by changing the character color or the background color.
Further, in any case, information identification display can be performed by blinking light. Further, according to the present invention, the identification display of the character information is performed by the change of the movement of the character. For example, new character information is displayed by performing a curtain operation or a flushing operation on old character information. Thereby, both can be easily identified and displayed.

[0009]

FIG. 1 shows a front view of an analog display clock 1 with a character information display according to an embodiment of the present invention. On the front face of the timepiece 1, an analog timepiece dial 2 as a time display unit, and long and short hands 3 of the timepiece are arranged.

Below the analog timepiece dial 2 is provided a character information display 4 composed of an LCD (liquid crystal display) for displaying character information. The information display 4 is capable of displaying characters such as alphabets, kanji, hiragana, katakana, etc., in one line or two lines in one line or two lines in addition to numbers, such as scrolling, pausing, and curtaining. is there. Further, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the character information display 4 has two left and right LEDs (light emitting diodes) 5 capable of emitting two colors for a backlight light source on its back. The light emitted by the LED 5 is reflected by the reflection plate 6.
From the back to front of the LCD character display 4
D is transmitted to brighten the background of the character information on the LCD and display the character information. Since this LED 5 can emit two colors, an LCD 5 is used according to the type of character information as described later.
Can be selected and displayed as light emission of one color or the other color.

The character information display 4 can use an LED or a fluorescent tube instead of the LCD. In this case, power consumption (current) is relatively high. On the other hand, when the information display 4 is an LCD, power consumption (current) can be relatively reduced. The character information display 4 of the LCD may display the background color in a single color using a single color backlight light source. In this case, the character information displayed on the LCD may be identified and displayed by turning on / off the monochromatic background light source or increasing or decreasing its brightness to change the brightness of the backlight. . In addition, the analog display clock 1 can be provided with a sound generator 7 such as a chime. For example, an incoming call of new character information or an arrival of character information from a different transmission source may be notified by sound. Alternatively, the character information may be identified and displayed by changing the movement of the character, such as by flashing the character or displaying it by curtaining.

FIG. 3 shows the back of the timepiece 1. In the center of the back surface, a movement 8 of a long hand and a short hand 3 which is a timing section of the analog display timepiece 1 is arranged. This movement 8
Is connected to the long and short hands 3 on the surface and is driven to rotate.

Further, a portable information terminal 9 such as a pager or a pager is arranged on the back of the watch 1. The portable information terminal 9 receives text information such as news, weather forecast, stock information, and time information from an external information providing service company or the like via the antenna 10 by radio waves. The antenna 10 and the portable information terminal 9 are connected by a line a. Further, the portable information terminal 9 may be configured to receive a character information message from a pager message transmission system using a personal computer and a telephone (not shown).

Further, below the back surface of the timepiece 1, a character information display control means 11 is arranged together with the character information display 4. The character information display control means 11 is a portable information terminal 9
The character information signal received from an external information service company or the like by a radio wave is converted and sent to the character information display 4 for scroll display. At that time, it is possible to change the movement of the characters, such as curtaining and flashing.

The movement 8 and the portable information terminal 9 are connected by a line b for sending time information to the movement 8. Then, time information is received from the outside and sent to the movement 8 so that the time can be corrected.

On the back of the timepiece 1, there is further provided a power source 12 of a battery or a power line. Each of the movement 8, the portable information terminal 9, the character information display 4 and the character information display control means 11 of the timepiece 1 is provided. Wires P1, P2, P
3 to supply power.

In this embodiment, when news, weather forecast, stock information, other character information, date information, and time information are transmitted from an external information providing company or a pager message distribution system through a radio wave, the radio wave is transmitted. The information is received by a portable information terminal 9 such as a pager or a pager.

As shown in FIG. 4, the character information received by the portable information terminal 9 via the antenna 10 is code-converted by the character information display control means 11 to be displayed on the character information display 4, and is converted into a character. The information is stored in a display memory (not shown) in the information display control means 11 and transferred to the LCD driver 13 in the character information display 4. LCD
The driver 13 drives the LCD block 15 in the character information display 4 to display the character information on the front side 2.
Display above.

As shown in FIG. 4, an LED driver 14 in the character information display 4 drives an LED 5 which is a backlight light source of the character display 4. Backlight light source LED
5 can emit two colors, and when displaying the character information newly received, the character information display control means 11 controls the LED driver 14 to drive the LED 5 to emit light in one color. When redisplaying already received character information, the character information display control means 11 controls the LED driver 14 to drive the LED 5 to emit light of the other color.

When the backlight light source emits only white light, the character information display control means 11 turns on the backlight light source or raises the brightness when displaying newly arrived character information. When redisplaying the received character information, the backlight light source is turned off or the brightness is reduced. In this way, when displaying newly received information, the backlight light source is turned on to increase brightness or change the color of the backlight light source, so that new information can be distinguished from old information. Can be displayed.
This eliminates the waste of the user reading the same information twice. Further, the arrival of the character information may be notified by a chime 7.

When the character information display 4 is an LCD capable of color display, when displaying characters, depending on whether to display newly arrived information or redisplay previously arrived information, either the character color or the background color is used. By changing or displaying both or both by the character information display control means 11, each can be identified and displayed.

The type of character information to be identified and displayed depends on the arrival time (that is, whether to display new incoming information or redisplay already received information) or the type of information (for example, whether it is political news or sports news). ), Information source (for example, external information from a news provider or internal information from a pager message delivery system), and the like. In any case, depending on the type of information, depending on the brightness and color of the backlight of the character information display, or the character color or background color, or the movement of characters such as blinking or flashing characters, drawing out, etc. ,
Display separately.

Note that, instead of transmitting information from the outside to the portable information terminal 6 by radio waves, it is also possible to transmit information by infrared rays or wires. Further, a message stored in advance in the timepiece 1 may be displayed on the character information display 4 as needed when the battery runs out or a failure occurs.

[0024]

According to the analog display clock with a character information display of the present invention, the character information display can be identified by the brightness, color, character movement, etc. of the character information display according to the type of character information to be displayed. Therefore, it is possible to provide an analog display clock with a character information display having a function of identifying and displaying information having an excellent effect that a user can efficiently collect information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the surface of an analog display clock with a character information display having a function of identifying and displaying information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a front view of a backlight portion of a character information display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2B is a plan view of a backlight portion of the character information display according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of the back surface of the analog display timepiece with a character information display according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a circuit configuration of an analog display clock with a character information display having a function of identifying and displaying information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Analog display clock 2 Analog display dial 3 Long hand and short hand 4 Character information display 5 LED (backlight light source) 6 Reflector 8 Movement 9 Portable information terminal 10 Antenna 11 Character information display control means 12 Power supply 13 LCD driver 14 LED Driver 15 LCD block

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A time display unit for displaying time in analog form, a clock unit for measuring time, an information terminal for receiving character information from outside, and character information for displaying the character information. An analog display clock with a character information display, comprising: a display, and character information display control means for converting the character information from the information terminal and displaying the character information on the character information display. A character information display device having means for identifying and displaying the type of the character information by changing brightness, color, character movement, or the like displayed by the character information display according to the type of character information; With analog display clock. 2. The character information display device is an LCD and has a backlight, and the identification display means identifies the type of the character information by a change in brightness or color of the backlight. The analog display clock with a character information display according to claim 1. 3. The character information display device is a color LCD capable of displaying a plurality of colors, and the identification display means identifies and displays the type of the character information based on a change in the character or background color. The analog display clock with a character information display according to claim 1. 4. The type of character information according to claim 1, wherein the type of character information is two types of newly received character information to be newly displayed and already received character information to be displayed again. Analog display clock with character information display.