JP2002098782A - Display method of time and timepiece using this method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for color-coding the time into hours, minutes and seconds and displaying them by fourteen display windows. SOLUTION: The time is displayed by display windows 1-12 for hours, minutes, and seconds, a minute interpolation display window 13 and a second interpolation window 14 of figure 1. In the display windows 1-12, for example, primary color LEDs (also called full color LEDs) are used and red for hour display, green for minute display and blue for second display are distributed to display the hour, the minutes in five minute units, and the seconds in five second units by lighting positions of respective colors. The minute interpolation display window of the primary color LED represents minutes dividable by five minutes such as five minutes, ten minutes, and fifteen minutes when not lighted, sequentially lights the next minute in white, the next minute in red, the next minute in green and the next minute in blue and displays sixty minutes in one minute units together with the twelve display windows of five minute units.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a time display method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a timepiece has a name classification called a mechanical timepiece, not only a function of displaying time but also a position as a decorative article is large. Watches are more accessories than watches, and they come in a variety of designs.However, analog displays have a time display based on the positional relationship between hands and the dial, and digital displays have a numerical display. It is difficult to make the display function itself a design with change. In addition, Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 11-068
There are 813 light-emitting diode clocks, but many LEDs
Are arranged and the time is displayed only at the arrangement position. To read the time, a sufficient arrangement interval and many LEDs
This is not suitable for a small display such as a wristwatch.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In addition to the conventional analog display using a dial and hands and a digital display using numerical values, a new time display method is provided to display time on a computer screen and to provide a high value for decorative articles. It aims to be able to provide a clock.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention is characterized in that three time units of hour, minute, and second can be displayed in the same window with 12 display windows. Three primary colors L and three primary colors L for minute interpolation and second interpolation for each LED
The ED is capable of displaying time in units of one second on a total of 14 display windows.

[0005] Claim 1 of the invention has 12 display windows,
A method of displaying different colors for hours, minutes, and seconds to represent hours from 1 to 12 o'clock, minutes in units of 5 minutes, and seconds in units of 5 seconds. Twelve display windows have three primary color LEDs. When the light source is arranged and the red, green, and blue emission colors illuminate the corresponding windows of the twelve display windows at the time, and the hour, minute, and second indications overlap the same window, the overlapping colors among the three primary colors The method of indicating the time with the composite color of the above, and the three luminescent colors corresponding to the hour, minute, and second, which are arbitrarily arranged, are lit on 12 display windows corresponding to the time,
If the hour, minute, and second overlap in the same window, two colors or three overlapping
There is a method of lighting the colors in the same window.

[0006] Claim 2 is a five-minute display, such as one minute to four minutes, six minutes to nine minutes, or the like.
A minute interpolation display window for interpolating a minute unit and a second interpolation display window for similarly interpolating a one second unit of a second displayed in a five second unit are arranged.

In one embodiment, a display window capable of displaying four or more colors such as three primary color LEDs is disposed in one minute interpolation window and one second interpolation window, and a second interpolation window in which a light emission color changes in units of one second. Then, the time is displayed in units of one second using a minute interpolation window in which the display color changes in units of one minute. The minute interpolation display window shows 5 out of 60 minutes.
Turns off at 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, etc. that are divisible by the minute, changes to white for the next 1 minute, red for the next 1 minute, green for the next 1 minute, and blue for the next 1 minute, then turns off the light repeat. The display color of the second interpolation display window is similarly changed.
The color scheme can be arbitrarily selected. For example, 12:06:13
In the case of seconds, the hour display color lights up in the window at 12 o'clock, the minute display color lights up in the 1 o'clock window, and the minute interpolation window lights up in white.
By lighting the second display color in the window at the hour position and illuminating the second interpolation window in green, a 12-hour time is displayed in units of one second using 12 time display windows and two minute and second interpolation windows. This display method enables color display such as a computer screen.
The present invention can be applied to any display medium in which two time display windows and two minute and second interpolation windows can be arranged.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the minute and second interpolation windows are each set to 4
In this method, the minute and second interpolation window display colors are 1
It is preferable to use the same color as the minute display color and the second display color arranged in the two time displays. The minute interpolation display window is turned off when it is divisible by 5 minutes out of 60 minutes, at 5, 10, 15 minutes, etc., one is lit for the next minute, two are lit for the next minute, and Of 1
It changes to three lights for one minute and four lights for the next minute,
Next, turning off the light is repeated. A display method may be used in which the lighting of the four display windows shifts by one every one minute. The second interpolation display window repeats the display change in the same way as the minute interpolation display window

For example, in the case of 12:06:13, 12
Illumination of the hour display color in the window at the hour position, illumination of the minute display color in the window at the 1 o'clock position, and illumination of one of the four minute interpolation windows of the same color, and second indication in the window at the 2 o'clock position By lighting the color, three of the four second interpolation windows of the same color are turned on,
With 12 time display windows and 8 minute and second interpolation windows, 12
Displays the time in units of one second. This display method can be applied to any display medium, such as a computer screen, which can display color and can arrange 12 time display windows and 8 minute / second interpolation windows.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is a time display device having the display method of the first, second, third, and fourth aspects, such as a wristwatch, a wall clock, and the like.

[00011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A timepiece in which three primary color LEDs are arranged in a belt using the time display method of the present invention will be described below. 1 to 12 in hours and minutes in units of 5 minutes,
Twelve display windows for displaying seconds in 5-second units, with three primary colors of red for hour display, green for minute display, and blue for second display.
Three primary color LEDs. The three primary color LEDs are capable of full-color display, and the color scheme of hour, minute, second, and hour, minute, second can be freely set when they overlap the same display window. 1
The three primary color LEDs are minute interpolation display windows, and the four primary color LEDs are second interpolation display windows. The color scheme of the minute interpolation display window for each minute elapsed was set to turn off at 5 minute intervals, white at 1 minute, red at 2 minutes, green at 3 minutes, blue at 4 minutes, and blue at 4 minutes. This color scheme is also arbitrary.

When the display window positions do not overlap, such as at 12:05:10, red is displayed on the display window 1, green on the display window 2, and
The blue light turns on the display window, and the time can be read. At this time, of course, the minute interpolation display window and the second interpolation display window are not lit. At 12:00:00, the hour, minute, and second display windows overlap with one display window, and the one display window is illuminated with the three primary colors of composite white. In addition, when the time is 12:06:13, which is not a unit of 5 minutes and a unit of 5 seconds, 1 display window is lit red, 2 display windows are lit green, 13 minute interpolation display windows are lit white, and 3 display windows are lit. Lights blue and the 14th interpolation display window lights green, indicating the time. A display window 15 is a second monitor LED that repeats blinking for 0.5 seconds and turning off for 0.5 seconds.

FIG. 3 shows a circuit constituting the timepiece.

FIG. 4 shows a configuration in which a solar cell is arranged on a clock panel surface and a circuit for floatingly charging a secondary battery is added in consideration of the capacity of a power supply when a large display such as a wall clock is displayed.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration in which four minute interpolation display windows and four second interpolation display windows are arranged.

FIG. 5 is an example of a graphic display on a computer screen, which is displayed by a program using a clock interrupt clock of the computer.

[00017]

According to the present invention, 14 three primary color LEDs (full color LE)
D) and a small number of circuit components such as a programmable device, an oscillator, and a battery made up a colorful belt-shaped timepiece. Although a thin and small timepiece has been made using a flat package IC, it is possible to further reduce the size by making the circuit portion a dedicated LSI.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 Example 1

[Explanation of Signs] 1 12 o'clock, 60 minutes, 60 seconds display window 2 1 o'clock, 5 minutes, 5 seconds display window 3 2 o'clock, 10 minutes, 10 seconds display window 4 3 o'clock, 15 minutes, 15 seconds, display window 54 o'clock, 20 minutes, 20 seconds display window 65 o'clock, 25 minutes, 25 seconds display window 76 o'clock, 30 minutes, 30 seconds display window 87 o'clock, 35 minutes, 35 seconds display window 98 o'clock, 40 minutes , 40 seconds display window 10 9 o'clock, 45 minutes, 45 seconds display window 11 10:00, 50 minutes, 50 seconds display window 12 11:00, 55 minutes, 55 seconds display window 13 minutes interpolation display window 14 seconds interpolation display window

FIG. 2 Example 2

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 12 o'clock, 60 minutes, 60 seconds display window 2 1 o'clock, 5 minutes, 5 seconds display window 3 2 o'clock, 10 minutes, 10 seconds display window 4 3 o'clock, 15 minutes, 15 seconds, display window 5 4 o'clock, 20 Display window for minute, 20 seconds 6 5:00, 25 minutes, 25 seconds display window 76, 30 minutes, 30 seconds display window 87, 35 minutes, 35 seconds display window 9 8:00, 40 minutes, 40 seconds display window 10 9 o'clock, 45 minutes, 45 seconds display window 11 10:00, 50 minutes, 50 seconds display window 12 11:00, 55 minutes, 55 seconds display window 13a, b, c, d minute interpolation display windows 14a, b, c, d second interpolation display window 15 second monitor

FIG. 3 is a circuit example 1 of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Battery 2 o'clock, Setting switch 3 minutes, Setting switch 4 seconds, Setting switch 5 Oscillator 6 Programmable device (hour, minute, second dividing circuit, coder, time setting circuit) 7 4-channel D / A converter, driver 8- 19 Time display 3 primary color LED 20 minute interpolation 3 primary color LED 21 second interpolation 3 primary color LED

FIG. 4 is an implementation circuit example 2

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Rechargeable battery 2 o'clock, setting switch 3 minutes, setting switch 4 seconds, setting switch 5 Resonator 6 Programmable device (hour, minute, second dividing circuit, coder, time setting circuit) 7 4-channel D / A converter, driver 8-19 Time display 3 primary color LED 20 minute interpolation 3 primary color LED 21 second interpolation 3 primary color LED 22 solar cell 23 floating charging circuit

FIG. 5 is a screen display example 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Computer monitor 2 12:00, 60 minutes, 60 seconds display window 3 1: 5 minutes, 5 seconds display window 4 2 hours, 10 minutes, 10 seconds display window 5 3 o'clock, 15 minutes, 15 seconds, display window 6 4 Hours, 20 minutes, 20 seconds display window 7 5:00, 25 minutes, 25 seconds display window 8 6:00, 30 minutes, 30 seconds display window 9 7 o'clock, 35 minutes, 35 seconds display window 10 8:00, 40 minutes, 40 Second display window 11 9:00, 45 minutes, 45 seconds display window 12 10:00, 50 minutes, 50 seconds display window 13 11:00, 55 minutes, 55 seconds display window 14 minutes interpolation display window 15 seconds interpolation display window

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An LED having twelve display windows, each of which is color-coded according to hours, minutes, and seconds.
A method of arranging luminous bodies and displaying the time by the lighting color and position of the luminous bodies. 2. A time display method according to claim 1, wherein a minute interpolation display window is provided for a minute displayed in units of five minutes, and a second interpolation display window is provided for a second displayed in units of five seconds. 3. A five-minute display and a five-minute display according to claim 1, wherein one or a set of light emitters capable of displaying four or more colors such as three primary color LEDs are arranged in the minute and second interpolation windows.
A time display method that interpolates between one-minute and one-second display in seconds. 4. A time display method according to claim 2, wherein four minute and second interpolation windows are arranged, and one minute unit and one second unit display of the five minute display and the five second display are interpolated. 5. A timepiece having a display method according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4.