JP2002304614A - Electronic counter and its usage - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To convert a conventional electronic pedometer into an electronic counter. SOLUTION: The electronic counter is composed of a weight which swings through an elastic member, a switching means which outputs an electric signal associatively with the swinging motion of the weight in one direction, and a display part which counts and displays the output signal from the switching means; and a battery is added to an electronic counter main body and a hand type count switch which is turned on by being brought into contact with the battery is fitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic counter, and more particularly, to an electronic counter which has been improved from a conventional digital pedometer so that it can be widely used as a counter other than a pedometer. It relates to a counter.

2. Description of the Related Art Most conventional pedometers mechanically operate a counter to count the number of steps due to vertical vibration generated during walking. After that, electrical contacts are contacted by vertical vibration during walking. Then, a device that counts the signals output from the device has been developed. For example, an electronic pedometer disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-37485 has been developed. As shown in FIG. 7, the pedometer comprises a display unit 22 for displaying the number of steps and a switch 23 for deleting the displayed number of steps.
4 is attached to the belt M. And
Its features are a weight that swings through an elastic member, a switching unit that outputs an electric signal in conjunction with a swinging motion of the weight in a certain direction, and a display unit that counts and displays an output signal from the switching unit. A body for accommodating the elastic member, the weight, the switching means, and the display unit; and a fixture for attaching the body to a body, wherein the body is rotatably attached to the fixture. The weight is configured to move in a direction opposite to a direction in which the switching means operates according to the rotated posture of the main body.
Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a specific structure is such that a shaking rod 15 rotatably supported by a shaft 14, a weight 12 attached to the open end thereof, and one end thereof are electrically connected to the pattern of the circuit board. A spring 16 is provided which is fixed and the other end of which is hooked to a hole of the shaking rod 15 so as to be electrically conductive.
The weight 12 is located at a position indicated by a solid line in the figure by the force of the spring 16 when the tachometer main body 21 is at rest, and is moved to a position 1 indicated by a two-dot chain line when the main body 21 moves up and down.
Swing to 3 When the weight 12 comes to the position 13, it comes into contact with the battery 10 located below the weight 12. An electric signal is obtained from the contact between the weight 12 and the battery 11 and applied to a counter or the like to count the number of steps. Further, as a counter frequently used in birdwatching and the like in the past, there is a manual counter 31 including a display unit and a finger push switch as shown in FIG.

However, such a conventional electronic pedometer is not suitable for children or women because the vibration during walking is not actuated accurately and the accurate number of steps cannot be displayed. . Further, as described above, the conventional pedometer cannot be used for anything other than the pedometer (registered trademark), and its use range is very limited, so that it is not a product having a very high commercial value. There is a problem to be solved by the present invention in solving such a conventional problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been developed to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is linked to a swinging weight via an elastic member and a swinging motion of the weight in a certain direction. An electronic counter consisting of switching means for outputting an electric signal and a display unit for counting and displaying an output signal from the switching means, wherein a battery is attached to the electronic counter main body and is contacted with the battery. The present invention is to provide an electronic counter characterized by mounting a hand-type counting switch for conducting and conducting, and a battery is attached to the back side of the counter body, while the hand-type counting switch of the preceding paragraph is made of steel. The present invention is to provide an electronic counter which is formed by integrally forming a battery contact piece in a shape of a letter which is formed by forming an elastic member made of a substantially S-shape, and wherein the battery contact piece contacts a battery to operate. Counting of vessel It is to provide an electronic counter which the switch is formed by attaching a switch cover. Further, the present invention provides an electronic counter configured as described above, which converts a mechanical swing caused by a human walking motion into an electrical walking signal, and counts the number of steps in response to the walking signal. A single counting means, a cumulative counting means for accumulating the number of steps, a display driving means for converting a count value of the single counting means and the cumulative counting means into a driving signal for display, and a display section for displaying the number of steps in response to the display driving signal. The present invention provides a method of using an electronic pedometer characterized by being attached to an electronic pedometer composed of: a manual operation tool, a walking operation tool, and an automatic quantity An object of the present invention is to provide a method of using an electronic counter, which is characterized in that it is used for a calculator.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a weight swinging through an elastic member, a switching means for outputting an electric signal in conjunction with a swinging movement of the weight in a fixed direction, and a switching means for outputting an electric signal. An electronic counter comprising a display unit for counting and displaying an output signal, wherein a battery is attached to the electronic counter main body, and a hand-type counting switch for bringing the battery into contact with and electrically conducting the battery is attached. It is an electronic counter characterized by the fact that a battery is attached to the back side of the above-mentioned counter body, and the hand-type counting switch of the preceding paragraph is formed in such a manner that a steel material is formed almost in an S-shape. An electronic counter formed by integrally molding a battery contact piece and operating by contacting the battery contact piece with the battery, and an electronic type having a switch cover attached to a count return switch of the counter body described above. With a counter Since that can than conventional counter or pedometer pedometer is being used in such displays are counted and accurately and reliably the number of steps. In addition, the embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic counter configured as described above that converts a mechanical swing caused by a human walking motion into an electrical walking signal and a response unit in response to the walking signal. Single counting means for counting the number of steps, cumulative counting means for accumulating the number of steps, display driving means for converting the count values of the single counting means and the cumulative counting means into display driving signals, and displaying the number of steps in response to the display driving signal. The present invention also relates to a method of using an electronic pedometer, wherein the electronic pedometer is attached to an electronic pedometer composed of a display unit and a manual operating tool, a walking operating tool, and an automatic pedometer. Since it is a method of using an electronic counter characterized by using it for a formula quantity calculator, it can be used as a counter other than the conventional pedometer as well as the conventional pedometer by improving the conventional pedometer. It can also be used widely.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Since the present invention is an improvement of the conventional electronic pedometer, the improved part of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 along the structure of the conventional electronic pedometer. First,
The electronic counter main body 1 of the present invention includes an electronic pedometer 2 and a hand-type counting operation tool 6. The electronic pedometer 2 comprises a counting display unit 3, a counting return switch, and a switch cover 5 for covering the return switch. The battery contact piece 7 formed in a character shape that can be formed in a character shape is integrally molded. The walking count is transmitted to the counting display unit 3 by bringing the battery contact piece 7 into contact with a battery provided on the back side of the counter main body. In the drawing, reference numeral 8 denotes a set screw of the hand-type counter operating tool 6. Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of an electronic pedometer according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is also an operation block diagram of the electronic pedometer. First, when the handle instrument operating tool 6 is operated, the battery contact piece 7 comes into contact with the operation switch 10 of the electronic pedometer 2. The converter outputs an intermittently generated pulse-like walking signal by this contact, so that counting can be advanced according to the walking signal via the single counting means. On the other hand, the number of steps counted by the single counting means is accumulated via the accumulation counting means. The count values of the single counting means and the cumulative counting means for counting as described above are converted into a display drive signal by the display drive means, and the display section which inputs this signal displays the number of steps according to the count value. With this configuration, even if the single counting means is reset in order to measure the number of steps in a certain section, the data before that is retained by the cumulative counting means. Further, a method of using the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. First, as is clear from this figure, the electronic pedometer 2 of the electronic counter main body 1 is used.
And the hand-type counting operation tool 6 between the finger A and the thumb B, and the battery contact piece 7 and the operation switch 10
Is contacted once with kachin. By this contact, a number is displayed on the counting display unit 3 via the battery connection cord.
In other words, the pedometer according to the present invention is characterized in that the number of steps is displayed while being pinched with one finger, and the number of steps is displayed with the finger of one hand, which has been conventionally worn on a belt and displayed by the vibration during running.

According to the present invention, there are provided a weight which swings through an elastic member, a switching means for outputting an electric signal in conjunction with the swinging movement of the weight in a certain direction, and a counting means for counting an output signal from the switching means. An electronic counter comprising: a display unit for displaying an electronic counter, wherein a battery is attached to the electronic counter main body, and a hand-type counting switch for bringing the battery into contact with the battery to conduct electricity is attached. The counter is provided with a battery on the back side of the main body of the counter, and the hand-type counting switch described in the preceding paragraph integrally forms a battery contact piece in the shape of a steel material, which is formed in an almost S-shape. An electronic counter formed by molding and operating by contacting the battery contact piece with the battery, and an electronic counter in which a switch cover is attached to a count return switch of the counter main body. In the preceding notes A conversion unit for converting a mechanical swing generated by a human walking motion into an electrical walking signal, a single counting means for counting the number of steps in response to the walking signal, and accumulating the number of steps. An electronic counting device, comprising: a cumulative counting means, a display driving means for converting a count value of the single counting means and the cumulative counting means into a display driving signal, and a display section for displaying the number of steps in response to the display driving signal. A use method of an electronic pedometer characterized by being attached to a pedometer, wherein the electronic pedometer is used for a manual operation tool, a walking operation tool, and an automatic quantity calculator. To provide an electronic pedometer that can display the number of steps more accurately and more reliably than a pedometer that calculates and displays the number of steps mounted on a conventional belt because it is a method of using an electronic counter. It can be. In addition, by using the electronic counter configured according to the present invention for a counter other than a pedometer, it can be applied as a wide-range counter, so that the commercial value can be increased as compared with the conventional counter. . In addition, the use of the conventional counter for a long period of time may cause disturbances such as tenosynovitis of the finger, but such a failure does not occur at all in the counter of the present invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing an electronic counter of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the counter of the present invention shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the counter of the present invention shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the counter of the present invention shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an operation block diagram of the counter of the present invention shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a use state of the counter of the present invention shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory view showing a conventional belt-mounted pedometer.

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the conventional pedometer shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic explanatory view showing another conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic counter main body 2 Electronic pedometer 3 Count display part 4 Count return switch 5 Switch cover 6 Hand type counting operation tool 7 Battery contact piece 8 Set screw 9 Screw hole 10 Operation switch 11 Battery 12 Weight 13 Swing position 14 Axis 15 Shaking rod 16 Spring 21 Tachometer main body 22 Display unit 23 Switch 24 Belt attachment / detachment piece 31 Manual counter 32 Display unit 33 Finger push switch A Finger B Thumb M Belt

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A weight that swings through an elastic member, a switching unit that outputs an electric signal in conjunction with a swinging motion of the weight in a fixed direction, and a display that counts and displays an output signal from the switching unit. An electronic counter comprising: an electronic counter, wherein a battery is attached to the electronic counter main body, and a hand-type counting switch for bringing the battery into contact with the battery to conduct electricity is attached. 2. A battery is attached to the back side of the counter main body according to the preceding paragraph, while the hand-type counting switch according to the preceding paragraph integrally forms a battery contact piece in the form of a letter formed by forming a steel material into an approximately S-shape. The electronic counter according to claim 1, wherein the electronic counter is formed by molding, and the battery contact piece is operated in contact with the battery. 3. The electronic counter according to claim 1, wherein a switch cover is attached to the counter return switch of the counter body according to claim 1. 4. A conversion unit for converting an electronic counter constituted by each of the above items into a mechanical swing generated by a human walking motion into an electrical walking signal; Single counting means for counting, accumulative counting means for accumulating the number of steps, display driving means for converting the count values of the single counting means and the accumulative counting means into display driving signals, and counting the number of steps in response to the display driving signal. A method of using an electronic pedometer, wherein the electronic pedometer is attached to an electronic pedometer comprising a display unit for displaying. 5. An electronic pedometer according to claim 1, wherein said electronic pedometer is a manual operation tool.
A method of using an electronic counter, which is used for a walking operation tool and an automatic quantity calculator.