JP2014055873A - Information display device, and analog electronic watch - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information display device and an analog electronic watch which are caused to display notification information in a comprehensible fashion to a user while quickly switching the information.SOLUTION: The information display device includes: a first rotating plate formed of a translucent member or a translucent reflection member; a display plate having a display window for causing a part of the rotating plate to be exposed; a second rotating plate disposed below the first rotating plate; rotation control means for controlling the first rotating plate and the second rotating plate; an illumination body for illuminating a part corresponding to the display window of the second rotating plate from below; and lighting control means for controlling lighting of the illumination body. The first rotating plate includes a display part which is formed of a translucent member or a translucent reflection member, the material of which is different from the material of the first rotating plate, and which displays each of a plurality pieces of information. The second rotating plate includes light transmission parts corresponding to the plurality pieces of information respectively. The lighting control means enables information on the display part to be read through the display window by lighting out the illumination body, and enables information corresponding to the light transmission part to be read through the display window by lighting the illumination body.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information display device and an analog electronic timepiece.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are display devices that can display various types of information by combining signs and scales provided on a display board and a rotatable pointer. In these display devices, a plurality of signs and scales corresponding to the information that can be displayed are provided on the display board in advance, and the pointer selectively points to information related to any one of the plurality of information. A plurality of corresponding guidelines are provided.

  However, as the types of information to be displayed increase, the number of signs and scales provided on the display board also increases. As a result, there arises a problem that restrictions on the design increase and it becomes difficult for the user to determine which scale is used. Therefore, conventionally, there is a technology that does not expose unnecessary information by providing a rotary display board under the display board and selectively exposing a mark provided on the rotary display board from an opening provided in the display board. Is used (Patent Document 1).

JP-A-6-66963

  However, when the number of signs provided on the rotating display board increases, there is a problem that it takes time to display the one sign by rotating the rotating display board.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an information display device and an analog electronic timepiece capable of quickly switching notification information so that it can be easily understood by a user.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention
A first rotating plate formed of a transflective member or a transflective member;
A display plate disposed on the upper side of the first rotating plate and provided with a display window exposing a portion of the first rotating plate;
A second rotating plate rotatably disposed below the first rotating plate;
A rotation control means for controlling the rotation operation of the first rotating plate and the second rotating plate; an illuminating body for illuminating a portion of the second rotating plate corresponding to the display window from the lower side of the second rotating plate;
Lighting control means for controlling the lighting / extinguishing state of the lighting body;
With
The first rotating plate is provided with a display unit that indicates each of a plurality of pieces of information formed of a semi-transmissive member or a semi-transmissive reflecting member made of a material different from the material of the first rotating plate.
The second rotating plate is provided with a light transmitting portion corresponding to each of a plurality of information,
The lighting control unit can selectively read one or a plurality of pieces of information of the display unit from the display window by turning off the illuminating body, and lighting the illuminating body to turn on the light transmitting unit. By transmitting the light transmitted through the first rotary plate, information corresponding to the light transmission part can be selectively read from the display window.

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that the notification information can be switched and displayed quickly and easily for the user.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the information alerting | reporting system of embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the display state of an analog electronic timepiece. It is a figure explaining the shape and arrangement | positioning of a date wheel and an information display board. It is a top view of an information display board. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of an analog electronic timepiece. It is a figure explaining a date display state. It is a figure explaining an information display state. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure of the display process in an analog electronic timepiece. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure of a disk rotation process. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure of a reception process.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information display system 1 including an analog electronic timepiece 10 as an information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The information display system 1 of this embodiment includes an analog electronic timepiece 10 and a smartphone 40. The analog electronic timepiece 10 and the smartphone 40 can perform short-range wireless communication with each other. The near field communication is not particularly limited, but Bluetooth (registered trademark) is used. When the smart phone 40 and the analog electronic timepiece 10 are within the communication range, the communication connection state between these devices can be maintained. Then, when an event occurs in the smartphone 40, here, an incoming e-mail or phone call, the event occurrence information is transmitted from the smartphone 40 to the analog electronic timepiece 10 in substantially real time, and the analog electronic timepiece 10 receives the event occurrence information. The notification operation is performed.

  FIG. 2 is a front view of the analog electronic timepiece 10.

  In a normal time display state, the analog electronic timepiece 10 of the present embodiment can be rotated on the upper part of the dial 7 disposed inside the casing 5 covering the side surface and the bottom surface as shown in FIG. The time and date are displayed by the hour hand 16 and the minute hand 17 and the date indicator 18 (first rotating plate) in which one mark is exposed from the opening 8 (display window) provided on the dial 7 (display plate). Do. On the other hand, when the event occurrence information notification operation is performed, the sign provided on the information display board 19 (second rotating board) is visible from the opening 8 as shown in FIG. . Moreover, the crown C is provided in the side part of the casing 5, and receives a user's rotation operation.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the arrangement of the date wheel 18 and the information display board 19 inside the analog electronic timepiece 10. FIG. 3A is a plan view showing the positional relationship when the date wheel 18 and the information display board 19 are viewed from above. FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view taken along the cutting line AA in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the date wheel 18 is an annular disk that can rotate 360 degrees, and date signs “1” to “31” (display portions) are sequentially displayed on the upper surface of the ring. Arranged and provided. The opening 8 provided in the dial 7 has a position and a size at which any of the date signs can be selectively exposed by rotating the date dial 18. A transparent member or a semi-transmissive member is used in at least a band-shaped region that can be exposed from the opening 8 in the date wheel 18, and among them, at least one of the date indicator portion and the other portion (background portion). In either case, a half mirror process is performed. Alternatively, a date mark formed of a semi-transmissive reflective member (half mirror) may be provided on the lower surface of the date wheel 18 of a transparent member or a semi-transmissive member. When half mirror processing is performed on both the date sign portion and the background portion, the transmittance and color of both are different, and when both are in the mirror state, the date mark is processed so that it can be distinguished from the background portion. The Here, description will be made assuming that half mirror processing is performed only on the date indicator portion.
Here, the translucent member and the half mirror are not limited to those having a transmittance of 50%, and the display content can be visually recognized when information is displayed by the LED 33 and the information display board 19 as described later. As long as a part of the incident light is transmitted within the range. Similarly, the reflectance of the half mirror is not limited to 50%.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, the information display board 19 is a rotating disk provided on the lower side (the side farther from the opening 8) than the rotating surface of the date dial 18. The information display board 19 is smaller than the date dial 18 and is configured to have a small torque, so that the information display plate 19 can rotate at a higher speed than the date dial 18. The information display board 19 is rotated inside the housing 51 by the rotation transmitted from the gear 22 a of the gear train mechanism 22. The plate surface of the information display board 19 is divided into 8 regions by 45 degrees in the rotation direction. The base portion of the information display board 19 is formed of a transparent member, and the base portion is subjected to a surface treatment that makes it possible to distinguish the background portion 19a and the information marker 19b as will be described later. Any one of the information signs 19b is formed in a size that can be selectively seen through the opening 8 through the date wheel 18.

  An LED 33 is provided on the side opposite to the opening 8 with the date indicator 18 and the information display board 19 in between. In this analog electronic timepiece 10, the brightness difference between the upper surface side and the lower surface side of the date dial 18 is changed by switching on / off of the LED 33, and the transmission / reflection state of the half mirror is switched. Detailed operation procedures will be described later.

  FIG. 4 is a plan view of the information display board 19.

The eight areas of the information display board 19 are used for the same information display in which two adjacent areas are paired. Here, two areas provided with an information indicator “LINK” indicating establishment of a communication connection with the smartphone 40, two areas provided with an information indicator “MAIL” indicating an incoming e-mail to the smartphone 40, the smartphone Two areas provided with an information sign “TEL” indicating an incoming call to 40 and two areas not displaying information (no display part and no sign part) are provided adjacent to each other. Of these, each of the two areas indicating the information signs “LINK”, “MAIL”, and “TEL” is for the background portion 19a1 (for example, black non-reflective processing) subjected to non-transmission processing or dimming processing. A dark display region (dark display portion) combined with an information indicator 19b1 as a light transmitting portion formed of a light transmitting member and a background portion 19a2 as a light transmitting portion formed of a light transmitting member It consists of a bright display area (bright display portion) combined with an information marker 19b2 formed of a transmissive member or a dimming member. On the other hand, two regions (label-free portions) where information is not displayed are a non-transparent black region 19a3 (low reflection processing unit) and a white region 19a4 (high reflection processing unit).
Here, the light transmitting member transmits light emitted from the LED 33 (when combined with the light reduction processing region / light reduction member, the light amount sufficiently larger than the light amount transmitted through the light reduction processing region / light reduction member). The LED 33 itself need not be visible. Therefore, the light transmissive member is not limited to a transparent member or a semi-transmissive member, and may be a semi-transparent member, for example, a semi-transparent acrylic resin. Alternatively, a simple hole corresponding to the information sign may be provided without using the light transmissive member.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the analog electronic timepiece 10.

  The analog electronic timepiece 10 includes a CPU 11 (Central Processing Unit) (rotation control means, lighting control means, pointer operation control means), ROM 12 (Read Only Memory), RAM 13 (Random Access Memory), an operation unit 14, A timekeeping circuit 15, an hour hand 16 and a minute hand 17 (a plurality of hands), a date wheel 18, an information display board 19, a wheel train mechanism 20-22, a step motor 23-25, a step motor drive circuit 26, Bluetooth module 27, antenna AN, UART 28 (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter), vibration motor 29 and driver 30 thereof, piezo element 31 and driver 32 thereof, LED 33 (Light Emitting Diode) (illuminator) and driver 34 thereof And an illuminance sensor 35 as an illuminance measuring means, a comparison unit 36, a bus 37, and the like.

  The CPU 11 performs control over the entire operation of the analog electronic timepiece 10 and various arithmetic processes. The CPU 11 sends a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26 based on the current time counted by the timer circuit 15 to drive the step motor 23 to display the time with the hour hand 16 and the minute hand 17, and the step motor 24. The date is displayed by the date wheel 18 by driving. The CPU 11 determines the display content based on the incoming information to the smartphone 40 acquired from the smartphone 40 via the Bluetooth module 27, and causes the step motor drive circuit 26 to drive the step motor 25 according to this display content, thereby displaying information. The board 19 is rotated, and the information is displayed by causing the driver 34 to turn on the LED 33 as necessary.

  The ROM 12 stores various programs executed by the CPU 11 and initial setting data. The program stored in the ROM 12 includes a communication control program for performing Bluetooth communication with the smartphone 40.

  The RAM 13 provides a working memory space to the CPU 11 and stores temporary data. Further, the RAM 13 stores an information display flag 13a indicating a notification state of the incoming e-mail information and the incoming call information.

  The operation unit 14 includes a crown C, converts a pull-out operation, a push-in operation, and a rotation operation performed on the crown C from the outside into an electrical signal and outputs the electrical signal to the CPU 11. In addition, the operation unit 14 may include other components such as a push button switch that receive an input operation.

  The timer circuit 15 is a counter that counts and holds the current time based on an input clock signal having a predetermined frequency. The current time is read and displayed by the hour hand 16 and the minute hand 17, or the current time data and the set time data related to various functions are compared to perform various operations.

The step motor drive circuit 26 receives a control signal including a drive command for the step motors 23 to 25 from the CPU 11 and outputs drive pulses for independently driving the step motors 23 to 25.
Each of the step motors 23 to 25 is step-driven by a drive pulse input from the step motor drive circuit 26 and rotates by a predetermined angle (for example, 180 degrees) in the forward rotation direction or the reverse rotation direction based on the voltage waveform of the drive pulse. .

  Each of the gear train mechanisms 20 to 22 includes a plurality of gear trains. The train wheel mechanism 20 adjusts the rotation angle of the step motor 23 with the gear ratio, and gives the minute hand 17 rotation at a predetermined angle (here, 1 degree) per one step operation of the step motor 23. The hour hand 16 rotates in conjunction with the minute hand 17. The train wheel mechanism 21 adjusts the rotation angle of the step motor 24 with the gear ratio to give the date wheel 18 rotation at a predetermined angle. The train wheel mechanism 22 adjusts the rotation angle of the step motor 25 by the gear ratio and gives the information display board 19 rotation at a predetermined angle.

  The Bluetooth module 27 is a control module for performing Bluetooth communication with an external device (smart phone 40) via the antenna AN. Transmission data sent from the CPU 11 is subjected to processing such as serial / parallel conversion by the UART 28 and is sent from the Bluetooth module 27 to an external device such as the smartphone 40. In addition, data received from the external device by the antenna AN and the Bluetooth module 27 is subjected to processing such as serial / parallel conversion by the UART 28 and is output to the CPU 11. The content of the received data that the analog electronic timepiece 10 receives from the smartphone 40 is preset in addition to the control data. The received data includes an incoming signal indicating that predetermined information has arrived at the smartphone 40 and a confirmation signal indicating that the content of the predetermined information has been confirmed. The analog electronic timepiece 10 of the present embodiment is set to receive incoming calls and confirmation signals for calls to the smartphone 40 and e-mails. The telephone confirmation signal in this case indicates that a response to all telephone incoming calls related to the telephone incoming signal transmitted from the smartphone 40 or confirmation of the outgoing telephone number has been made. Further, the e-mail confirmation signal indicates that the contents of all e-mails related to the e-mail incoming signal transmitted from the smartphone 40 have been browsed or the destination address has been confirmed.

  The vibration motor 29, the piezo element (PZT) 31, and the LED 33 are for notifying the user by emitting vibration, buzzer sound, and light, respectively. When control signals are sent from the CPU 11 to the drivers 30, 32, and 34, the drivers 30, 32, and 34 convert the voltage signals necessary for operating the vibration motor 29, the piezo element 31, and the LED 33, respectively, and output them. To do. These operations are used for an alarm time notification operation in the analog electronic timepiece 10. In addition, the LED 33 is controlled to be lighted so that the display of the information sign on the information display board 19 passes through the half mirror of the date wheel 18 and is visually recognized by the user when receiving the incoming signal. Note that the LED 33 is not limited to the one provided below the information display board 19 to be described later, but may be provided separately for irradiating the dial 7 from the upper surface side.

  The illuminance sensor 35 is a sensor that measures illuminance due to external light from a predetermined portion of the analog electronic timepiece 10, for example, the dial 7. For example, the illuminance sensor outputs a voltage value corresponding to the illuminance, and the comparison unit 36 compares the magnitude with a predetermined threshold voltage, and a binary voltage signal indicating whether or not there is an incidence exceeding the reference illuminance is obtained. The data is output from the comparison unit 36 to the bus 37. When the power supply unit (not shown) has a solar power generation function, the illuminance sensor 35 can use the voltage output of the electromotive force generated by power generation.

  The above-described components are connected to the bus 37 and are used for data signal exchange between the CPU 11 and each unit.

  Next, an information display operation using the date indicator 18 and the information display board 19 in the analog electronic timepiece 10 of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the date display state.
In the case of displaying the date, a date indicator corresponding to the date (here, 17th) of the date wheel 18 is exposed from the opening 8, and as shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), an information display The information display board 19 is rotated so that any one of the areas of the label-free portions on the board 19 comes to the position of the opening. At this time, the external light incident from the upper surface side is more than the light that is transmitted through the semi-transmissive member and reflected by the black region or the white region, and the date sign portion becomes a mirror mode, and is non-transparent. It becomes visible to the label-free part. In this analog electronic timepiece 10, normally, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), an area that has been subjected to white processing in an unlabeled portion is exposed. On the other hand, when the amount of external light incident is large, the amount of external light reflected by the date signs also increases and appears bright, and therefore, as shown in FIG. By exposing the black region, the contrast can be increased and the visibility of the user can be enhanced.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the information display state.
When information is displayed, the display state of the date wheel 18 is not changed, and two areas corresponding to the display contents on the information display board 19 are defined as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b). The exposure is alternately switched at time intervals, for example, every 0.5 seconds. At this time, the LED 33 is turned on. As shown in FIG. 7 (a), the emitted light of the LED 33 is mainly transmitted through the background portion 19a1 of the information display board 19 so that the display content can be visually recognized by contrast with the information sign 19b1. Then, this display content is exposed from the opening 8 through the date dial 18. At this time, since the lower surface side of the date dial 18 is brightened by the light emission of the LED 33, the emitted light of the LED 33 is also transmitted through the date indicator portion and the display content can be easily visually confirmed.

  As shown in FIG. 7 (b), even when the combined region of the background portion 19a2 and the information sign 19b2 is exposed, similarly, the emitted light of the LED 33 is mainly transmitted through the information sign 19b2 and the background portion 19a2. The display contents can be visually recognized by the contrast. Then, this display content is exposed from the opening 8 through the date indicator 18 including the date indicator portion.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a control procedure by the CPU 11 of display processing that is periodically executed in the analog electronic timepiece 10 of this embodiment.

  This display process is periodically called and executed every 0.5 seconds in synchronization with the clock signal. When the display process is activated, the CPU 11 first performs a disk rotation process described later (step S101).

  Next, the CPU 11 performs a time measurement process (step S102). Then, the CPU 11 acquires the current time data from the clock circuit 15 that counts the current time based on the clock signal. The CPU 11 determines whether or not the current time is “* 0 second”, that is, the first digit of the second value is “0” (step S103). If it is determined that the first digit of the second value is “0” (“YES” in step S103), the CPU 11 sends a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26 to operate the step motor 23. Then, the hour hand 16 and the minute hand 17 are rotationally moved (step S104). Then, the process of the CPU 11 proceeds to step S105. If it is determined that the first digit of the second value is not “0” (“NO” in step S103), the process of the CPU 11 proceeds to step S105 as it is.

  In step S105, the CPU 11 determines whether it is time to change the date. If it is determined that it is time to change the date (“YES” in step S105), the CPU 11 sends a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26 to operate the step motor 24 to rotate the date wheel 18. Then, the date of the next day is displayed (step S106). Then, the process of the CPU 11 proceeds to step S107. If it is determined that it is not the date change timing (“NO” in step S105), the processing of the CPU 11 proceeds to step S107 as it is.

  When the process of the CPU 11 proceeds to step S107, the CPU 11 determines whether or not a Bluetooth communication link is established with the smartphone 40. If it is determined that a communication link has been established (“YES” in step S107), the CPU 11 performs a reception process described later (step S108), and then ends the display process. When it is determined that the communication link has not been established (“NO” in step S107), the CPU 11 ends the display process as it is.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the control procedure of the disk rotation process called up in the display process.

  When the disk rotation process is called, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the date is currently being displayed (step S111). If it is determined that the date is displayed (“YES” in step S111), then the CPU 11 acquires the output of the comparison unit 36 relating to the measurement value of the illuminance sensor 35 (step S112). And CPU11 discriminate | determines whether the illumination intensity which the illumination intensity sensor 35 measures is a high illumination intensity state more than reference illumination intensity (step S113). If it is determined that the illumination state is high (“YES” in step S113), the CPU 11 determines whether or not a white area is currently exposed in the unlabeled portion of the information display board 19 ( Step S114). If it is determined that the white area is exposed (“YES” in step S114), the CPU 11 outputs a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26 and rotates the information display board 19 to display the black area. (Step S115). Then, the CPU 11 ends the disk rotation process and returns the process to the display process. If it is determined that the white area is not exposed ("NO" in step S114), the CPU 11 ends the disk rotation process and returns the process to the display process.

  If it is determined in the determination process in step S113 that the illumination state is not high (“NO” in step S113), the CPU 11 currently exposes the black area of the unlabeled portion of the information display board 19. It is determined whether or not there is (step S116). If it is determined that the black area is exposed (“YES” in step S116), the CPU 11 outputs a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26, and rotates the information display board 19 to expose the white area. (Step S117). Then, the CPU 11 ends the disk rotation process and returns the process to the display process. If it is determined that the black area is not exposed (“NO” in step S116), the CPU 11 ends the disk rotation process and returns the process to the display process.

  Next, when it is determined in the determination process in step S111 that the date is not being displayed (“NO” in step S111), the CPU 11 subsequently determines whether or not the information sign “MAIL” is being displayed. Is discriminated (step S121). When it is determined that the information sign “MAIL” is being displayed (“YES” in step S121), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the bright display area of the display area of the information sign “MAIL” is exposed. Is determined (step S122). When it is determined that the bright display area is exposed (“YES” in step S122), the CPU 11 outputs a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26 to rotate the information display board 19 and the information sign “ After the dark display area relating to MAIL "is exposed (step S123), the disk rotation process is terminated. When it is determined that the bright display area is not exposed, that is, the dark display area is exposed (“NO” in step S122), the CPU 11 sends a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26. After outputting and rotating the information display board to expose the bright display area related to the information sign “MAIL” (step S124), the disk rotation processing is terminated.

  Next, when it is determined in the determination process in step S121 that the information sign “MAIL” is not being displayed (“NO” in step S121), the CPU 11 continues to display the information sign “TEL”. It is determined whether or not (step S131). When it is determined that the information sign “TEL” is being displayed (“YES” in step S131), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the bright display area of the display area of the information sign “TEL” is exposed. Is discriminated (step S132). If it is determined that the bright display area is exposed (“YES” in step S132), the CPU 11 outputs a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26 to rotate the information display board 19 and the information sign “ After the dark display area relating to TEL "is exposed (step S133), the disk rotation process is terminated. If it is determined that the bright display area is not exposed, that is, the dark display area is exposed (“NO” in step S132), the CPU 11 sends a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26. After outputting and rotating the information display board to expose the bright display area related to the information sign “TEL” (step S134), the disk rotation processing is terminated.

  Next, when it is determined in the determination process in step S131 that the information sign “TEL” is not being displayed (“NO” in step S131), the information sign “LINK” is being displayed. . The CPU 11 determines whether or not the bright display area is exposed in the display area of the information sign “LINK” (step S142). If it is determined that the bright display area is exposed (“YES” in step S142), the CPU 11 outputs a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26 to rotate the information display board 19, and the information sign “ After the dark display area related to LINK ″ is exposed (step S143), the disk rotation process is terminated. When it is determined that the bright display area is not exposed, that is, the dark display area is exposed (“NO” in step S142), the CPU 11 sends a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26. After outputting and rotating the information display board to expose the bright display area related to the information sign “LINK” (step S144), the disk rotation processing is terminated.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the control procedure of the reception process called in the display process.

  When the reception process is called, the CPU 11 determines whether data is received (step S201). If it is determined that data has not been received (“NO” in step S201), the CPU 11 ends the reception process and returns to the display process.

  If it is determined that data has been received (“YES” in step S201), the CPU 11 then determines whether the received data is an incoming signal to the smartphone 40 (step S202). If it is determined that the signal is an incoming signal (“YES” in step S202), the CPU 11 further determines whether or not this incoming signal is a telephone incoming signal (step S211).

  If it is determined that the incoming signal is a telephone incoming signal (“YES” in step S211), the CPU 11 first sets the flag FT in the information display flag 13a to “1” (step S212). Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the LED 33 is lit (step S213). If it is determined that the LED 33 is not lit ("NO" in step S213), a control signal is sent to the driver 34. The LED 33 is output and the LED 33 is turned on (step S214), and then the process proceeds to step S215. If it is determined that the LED 33 is on ("YES" in step S213), the processing of the CPU 11 proceeds to step S215 as it is. In the process of step S 215, the CPU 11 outputs a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26 and rotates the information display board 19 so that the sign “TEL” of the information display board 19 is exposed from the opening 8. Then, the CPU 11 ends the reception process, and the process of the CPU 11 returns to the display process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S211 that the received incoming call processing is not a telephone incoming call signal ("NO" in step S211), it is an incoming email signal. The CPU 11 sets the flag FM of the information display flag 13a to “1” (step S222). Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the LED 33 is lit (step S223). If it is determined that the LED 33 is not lit ("NO" in step S223), the CPU 11 outputs a control signal to the driver 34 to turn on the LED 33 (step S224), and then the process goes to step S225. Transition. If it is determined that the LED 33 is on ("YES" in step S223), the processing of the CPU 11 proceeds to step S225 as it is. In the process of step S225, the CPU 11 outputs a control signal to the step motor driving circuit 26, and rotates and moves the information display board 19 so that the sign “MAIL” of the information display board 19 is exposed from the opening 8. Then, the CPU 11 ends the reception process, and the process of the CPU 11 returns to the display process.

  Next, when it is determined in the determination process in step S202 that the received data is not an incoming signal (“NO” in step S202), the CPU 11 subsequently determines whether the received data is an incoming confirmation signal. Is determined (step S203). If it is determined that it is a confirmation signal (“YES” in step S203), the CPU 11 further determines whether or not this confirmation signal is a telephone confirmation signal (step S231). If it is determined that it is a telephone confirmation signal (“YES” in step S231), the CPU 11 sets the flag FT to “0” (step S232). Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the flag FM is “1” (step S233). If it is determined that the flag FM is “1” (“YES” in step S233), the CPU 11 outputs a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26 to operate the step motor 25 to operate the information display board 19. The label “MAIL” is displayed from the opening 8 (step S234). Then, the CPU 11 ends the reception process and returns the process to the display process.

  If it is determined in the determination process in step S233 that the flag FM is not “1” (“NO” in step S233), the CPU 11 outputs a control signal to the driver 34 to turn off the LED 33 (step S253). . Further, the CPU 11 outputs a control signal to the step motor driving circuit 26, operates the step motor 23 to match the non-marked portion of the information display board 19 with the position of the opening 8, and opens the date mark of the date wheel 18. It is made visible from the part 8 (step S254). Then, the CPU 11 ends the reception process and returns the process to the display process.

  If it is determined in step S231 that the confirmation signal is not a telephone confirmation signal (“NO” in step S231), the confirmation signal is an e-mail confirmation signal. The flag FM is set to “0” (step S242). Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the flag FT is “1” (step S243). If it is determined that the flag FT is not “1” (“NO” in step S243), the processing of the CPU 11 proceeds to step S253. On the other hand, when it is determined that the flag FT is “1” (“YES” in step S243), the CPU 11 outputs a control signal to the step motor drive circuit 26 to operate the step motor 25 to display information. The information display board 19 is rotated so that the sign “TEL” on the board 19 is visible from the opening 8 (step S244). Then, the CPU 11 ends the reception process and returns the process to the display process.

  If it is determined in the determination process in step S203 that the received data is not a confirmation signal, the CPU 11 performs other processes (step S204), ends the reception process, and returns the process to the display process.

  As for the display of the information signs “TEL” and “MAIL”, since the bright display area and the dark display area are alternately switched every 0.5 seconds as described above, which area is displayed first. It may be set appropriately in advance. As for the date display, the processing in steps S112 to S117 described above may be performed as the processing in step S254, or only one of the preset display areas of the unmarked portion is displayed as in the case of the information sign. It may be.

  Switching to the display of the information sign “LINK” is based on a communication connection command related to an input operation to the operation unit 14 or a search process of the communication connection destination smartphone 40 periodically performed independently of the display process. When communication connection with the smart phone 40 is established, it is automatically and continuously executed, and ends after a predetermined time. The communication connection may be executed by a conventionally known procedure, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  As described above, the analog electronic timepiece 10 of the present embodiment includes the date dial 18 formed of a semi-transmissive member or a half mirror, the dial 7 that exposes a part of the date dial 18 from the opening 8, and the date dial. The information display board 19 provided in the lower part of 18 and LED33 which illuminates the part corresponding to the opening part 8 from the lower side among the information display boards 19, and CPU11 which performs these control processing are provided. The date indicator 18 is provided with a date mark using a semi-transmissive member or a half mirror different from the material of the date indicator 18. On the other hand, the information display board 19 is provided with a light transmission portion corresponding to each information marker related to information that can be received from the smartphone 40. When the LED 33 is not lit, the date indicator of the date indicator 18 is visible. On the other hand, when the LED 33 is lit, light corresponding to the information indicator on the information display board 19 passes through the date indicator 18 and the opening 8. And is visible. Therefore, two types of information can be displayed using one opening 8 and unnecessary information is not exposed, so that the user can easily obtain necessary information.

  Moreover, since a space for continuing to display unnecessary information is not required, the design can be made clean.

  Further, since the date wheel 18 related to the date sign and the information display board 19 related to the information sign are driven separately and the information display board 19 is easily rotated at a high speed, information to be notified promptly. Can be notified to the user without a large time lag.

  The information display board 19 is provided with a non-display area, and when displaying the date sign of the date indicator 18, display control is performed so that the information sign is not superimposed on the background of the date sign. Even when the vehicle 18 is a semi-transmissive member and the information display board 19 can be visually recognized to some extent even when the LED 33 is turned off, the date sign can be easily controlled.

  The non-display area includes a black area 19a3 having a low reflectance and a white area 19a4 having a high reflectance. Based on the illuminance measured by the illuminance sensor 35, an area having a better contrast with respect to the date indicator, Since the black region 19a3 is selectively rotated at a high illuminance and the white region 19a4 is selectively positioned at the position of the opening 8 at a low illuminance, the date sign can be controlled more easily.

  In addition, the information display area of the information display board 19 allows each display content to transmit a light display area for displaying information by transmitting the light of the information sign part and a light of the background part. Two areas, a dark display area for displaying information, are provided, and when the LED 33 is lit, the bright display area and the dark display area are alternately exposed, so that it is easier to display information to the user. Can be made to know.

  In addition, by applying such a configuration related to information display to the analog electronic timepiece 10, the user can acquire more various information while reducing design restrictions and reducing adverse effects on the display of time information. Can be made easier.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the opening 8 where only the date for one day is exposed is described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the opening 8 may be exposed for three consecutive days.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the combination of the date wheel 18 which displays a date, and the information display board 19 which concerns on the information display acquired from the smart phone 40 was demonstrated, it can be used for the display of other information. is there.

  In the above-described embodiment, the information display board 19 has been described as having been subjected to the processing related to the information sign on the transparent member. However, the information display board 19 may be directly provided with a hole or the hole. Alternatively, a light transmissive portion may be formed by embedding a translucent member or the like. Moreover, although the high reflection process part of the information display board 19 was set to white and the low reflection process part was black, it is not restricted to this. It can be appropriately changed within the range in which the contrast with the date sign is maintained at high illuminance and low illuminance, respectively.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the example in which light was radiate | emitted directly toward the opening part 8 from LED33 provided in the lower side of the information display board 19, the light of LED33 provided in the other site | part was shown. A configuration in which the light is reflected at a position corresponding to the opening 8 below the information display plate 19 and emitted from the opening 8 may be employed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the information display board 19 is provided with an unmarked portion. However, when the date indicator portion and the background portion of the date wheel 18 are both half mirrors, When it is difficult to read the display content of the information display board 19 when the transmittance is low and the LED 33 is turned off, no label-free portion may be provided. Further, even when a label-free portion is provided, it is possible to provide only one of a white region (high reflection processing unit) and a black region (low reflection processing unit).

  In the above embodiment, the information display board 19 is rotated every 0.5 seconds to alternately display the bright display area and the dark display area. However, this operation is not necessarily performed. . Further, instead of switching between the bright display area and the dark display area, for example, two bright display areas or dark display areas each having a translucent area that transmits different colors are provided, and the display color of the information sign is periodically changed. It is also possible to notify the user in an easy-to-understand manner by switching and the like.

  In the above embodiment, the LED 33 is not turned off until the information is confirmed after the LED 33 is turned on. However, the LED 33 may be turned off after a preset time has elapsed. Alternatively, the LED 33 may be turned on intermittently at a predetermined time interval.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the analog electronic timepiece 10 which displays the incoming call information etc. to the smart phone 40 by Bluetooth communication between the smart phones 40 was demonstrated, communication object apparatus is PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), Other devices such as a mobile phone may be used. Examples of information to be communicated include various kinds of information such as navigation information, weather forecasts, changes in blood pressure and pulse. The information display device according to the present invention is not limited to an analog electronic timepiece. It may be a pocket watch or other wrist-worn terminal such as an electronic pedometer or blood pressure monitor.
In addition, the specific numerical values, the arrangement of the configurations, the order of control, and the like shown in the above embodiment can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but includes the scope of the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof.
The invention described in the scope of claims attached to the application of this application will be added below. The item numbers of the claims described in the appendix are as set forth in the claims attached to the application of this application.

[Appendix]
<Claim 1>
A first rotating plate formed of a transflective member or a transflective member;
A display plate disposed on the upper side of the first rotating plate and provided with a display window exposing a portion of the first rotating plate;
A second rotating plate rotatably disposed below the first rotating plate;
A rotation control means for controlling the rotation operation of the first rotating plate and the second rotating plate; an illuminating body for illuminating a portion of the second rotating plate corresponding to the display window from the lower side of the second rotating plate;
Lighting control means for controlling the lighting / extinguishing state of the lighting body;
With
The first rotating plate is provided with a display unit that indicates each of a plurality of pieces of information formed of a semi-transmissive member or a semi-transmissive reflecting member made of a material different from the material of the first rotating plate.
The second rotating plate is provided with a light transmitting portion corresponding to each of a plurality of information,
The lighting control unit can selectively read one or a plurality of pieces of information of the display unit from the display window by turning off the illuminating body, and lighting the illuminating body to turn on the light transmitting unit. The information display device is characterized in that light corresponding to the light transmission part can be selectively read from the display window by transmitting the light transmitted through the first rotating plate.
<Claim 2>
The second rotating plate is provided with a non-display portion that is not provided with the light transmission portion corresponding to the plurality of information.
The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the rotation control unit moves the non-display unit to a position corresponding to the display window when the lighting control unit turns off the illumination body.
<Claim 3>
With illuminance measuring means for detecting the amount of external light irradiation,
The non-display portion is provided with a low reflection processing portion with less light reflection and a high reflection processing portion with a higher light reflectance than the low reflection processing portion,
The rotation control unit is configured to detect either the low reflection processing unit or the high reflection processing unit according to the irradiation amount detected by the illuminance measurement unit and the contrast between the non-display unit and the information indicated by the display unit. The information display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information is selectively moved to a position corresponding to the display window.
<Claim 4>
In the second rotating plate, an information display portion is provided as the light transmissive portion with respect to a background portion formed of a transflective member having a transmittance characteristic different from that of the light transmissive portion or a non-transmissive member. A display part and an information display part formed of the translucent member or non-transparent member are each provided with a dark display part provided with a background part as a light transmissive part,
The rotation control unit moves the bright display unit and the dark display unit alternately to a position corresponding to the display window when the lighting body is turned on by the lighting control unit. The information display apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-3.
<Claim 5>
An information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Multiple pointers to display the time,
A clock circuit for counting time,
An analog electronic timepiece comprising: pointer operation control means for moving the plurality of hands to a position corresponding to the current time based on the current time counted by the clock circuit.

1 Information Display System 5 Casing 7 Dial 8 Opening 10 Analog Electronic Clock 11 CPU
12 ROM
13 RAM
13a Information display flag 14 Operation part 15 Timekeeping circuit 16 Hour hand 17 Minute hand 18 Date wheel 19 Information display board 19a Background part 19a1 Background part 19a2 Background part 19a3 Black area 19a4 White area 19b Information sign 19b1 Information sign 19b2 Information sign 20 Wheel train mechanism 21 Wheel train mechanism 22 Wheel train mechanism 22a Gear 23 Step motor 24 Step motor 25 Step motor 26 Step motor drive circuit 27 Bluetooth module 28 UART
29 Vibration motor 30 Driver 31 Piezo element 32 Driver 33 LED
34 Driver 35 Illuminance Sensor 36 Comparison Unit 37 Bus 40 Smartphone 51 Housing AN Antenna C Crown

Claims (5)

A first rotating plate formed of a transflective member or a transflective member;
A display plate disposed on the upper side of the first rotating plate and provided with a display window exposing a portion of the first rotating plate;
A second rotating plate rotatably disposed below the first rotating plate;
A rotation control means for controlling the rotation operation of the first rotating plate and the second rotating plate; an illuminating body for illuminating a portion of the second rotating plate corresponding to the display window from the lower side of the second rotating plate;
Lighting control means for controlling the lighting / extinguishing state of the lighting body;
With
The first rotating plate is provided with a display unit that indicates each of a plurality of pieces of information formed of a semi-transmissive member or a semi-transmissive reflecting member made of a material different from the material of the first rotating plate.
The second rotating plate is provided with a light transmitting portion corresponding to each of a plurality of information,
The lighting control unit can selectively read one or a plurality of pieces of information of the display unit from the display window by turning off the illuminating body, and lighting the illuminating body to turn on the light transmitting unit. The information display device is characterized in that light corresponding to the light transmission part can be selectively read from the display window by transmitting the light transmitted through the first rotating plate. The second rotating plate is provided with a non-display portion that is not provided with the light transmission portion corresponding to the plurality of information.
The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the rotation control unit moves the non-display unit to a position corresponding to the display window when the lighting control unit turns off the illumination body. With illuminance measuring means for detecting the amount of external light irradiation,
The non-display portion is provided with a low reflection processing portion with less light reflection and a high reflection processing portion with a higher light reflectance than the low reflection processing portion,
The rotation control unit is configured to detect either the low reflection processing unit or the high reflection processing unit according to the irradiation amount detected by the illuminance measurement unit and the contrast between the non-display unit and the information indicated by the display unit. The information display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information is selectively moved to a position corresponding to the display window. In the second rotating plate, an information display portion is provided as the light transmissive portion with respect to a background portion formed of a transflective member having a transmittance characteristic different from that of the light transmissive portion or a non-transmissive member. A display part and an information display part formed of the translucent member or non-transparent member are each provided with a dark display part provided with a background part as a light transmissive part,
The rotation control unit moves the bright display unit and the dark display unit alternately to a position corresponding to the display window when the lighting body is turned on by the lighting control unit. The information display apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-3. An information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Multiple pointers to display the time,
A clock circuit for counting time,
An analog electronic timepiece comprising: pointer operation control means for moving the plurality of hands to a position corresponding to the current time based on the current time counted by the clock circuit.