JPH08211167A - Timepiece - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a timepiece by which a living-rhythm can be displayed automatically by a method wherein the time from the time of sunrise up to the time of sunset inside a storage means in which the time of sunrise and the time of sunset have been stored is divided into three so as to be displayed on a display panel at the watch. CONSTITUTION: An area display panel 5 is installed at the inside of a bezel ring 4, and 'Tokyo', 'New York', 'London' and the like are indicated on its surface. A short hand 8 and a long hand 9 are turned and displayed on a liquid-crystal display part 7 at the inside of the display panel 5, and a date display part 10 is installed at its lower part. A living rhythm is color-displayed in a living-rhythm display part 11 in the center. Then, when the bezel ring 4 is operated and an indication mark is set to a place staying at present, a CPU reads out a date from a date register, it judges to which season out of spring, summer, autumn and winter the date belongs, it reads out the time of sunrise and the time of sunset from a sunrise/sunset data memory, and it divides the time from the time of sunrise up to the time of sunset into three so as to be color-displayed on the display part 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a timepiece having a function of displaying life rhythm.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In various traditional medicines, it is known that humans have a life rhythm according to the time of day. As an example, according to the Indian traditional medicine "Ayurveda", when the sunrise time is 6:00 am and the sunset time is 6:00 pm, the human life rhythm is as follows. First, from 6:00 am to 10:00 am and from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm, it is a time zone suitable for thinking, and is called Kapa (K), which indicates the quality of stability and quietness of the body. Light exercise is preferable to exercise during this time period, and it is also preferable for daily work to be light. Also, it is not appropriate to eat and drink during this time. Kapa (K) is symbolized by "green".

Also, from 10 am to 2 pm and 1 pm
From 0:00 to 2:00 am on the following day, it is a time zone for digestion and conversion, which represents the quality of activity and is called pitta (P). That is, during the daytime, the time is suitable for eating, and the digestive / metabolic activity is suitable. At night, the digested and absorbed substance is converted into the body, particularly the peripheral body. Pitta (P) is symbolized by "red". Also, from 2 am to 6 am and 2 pm to 6 pm
Time is the time of action and exercise, and it is called Vata (V) because it represents the quality of freshness and lightness. That is, in the daytime vata (V), it is preferable to move the body including a relatively strong exercise. Also, in early morning Vata (V), phenomena such as good awakening due to the quality of freshness and lightness are observed. In addition, sleep states include REM sleep and non-REM sleep. REM sleep is a sleep state involving movement of the body such as eye movements.
It has been clinically demonstrated that REM sleep is prolonged in Vata from 6 o'clock to 6 o'clock. The three qualities of vata (V), pitta (P), and kapa (K) represent the quality of daily body, the quality of action, and the quality of the season. Sleep is taken from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am and restores the collapse of Dosha, which is the balance of the body, during the pitta (P) and vata (V) time zones. For example, the phenomenon of rolling over can be considered as one of the manifestations.

The above timetable is referred to as "Ayurvedic time".
Say. The above example is for a case where the sunrise time is 6:00 am and the sunset time is 6:00 pm. Generally, the sunrise time to the sunset time and the sunset time to the sunrise time. The time zone up to is divided into three equal parts, respectively, Kapa (K) and Pitta (P)
And Vata (V) are determined. Further, the “time” mentioned here does not refer to the standard time, but is the time when the time when the sun is located directly south in the area where the target human lives is set to noon. Therefore, it can be seen that the Ayurvedic time fluctuates depending on the region, season and day / night.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] If anyone can easily get information about human life rhythms such as Ayurvedic time, it will be helpful for each person to take actions in accordance with their life rhythms. Conceivable. However, heretofore, there has been no easy means to meet such significance. The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a timepiece capable of automatically displaying a daily rhythm.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a timepiece having a clocking means for clocking time and a display panel for displaying the clocked time by the clocking means,
First storage means in which the sunrise time and the sunset time are stored respectively; computing means for dividing the time between the sunrise time and the sunset time in the first storage means into three equal parts; A timepiece comprising a display means for displaying on the display board of the timepiece the result divided into three by the means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a timepiece having a clocking means for clocking time and a display panel for displaying the clocked time by the clocking means, the sunrise time and the sunset time are stored respectively. First storage means, first computing means for dividing the time from sunrise time to sunset time in the first storage means into three equal parts, and sunset in the first storage means The second arithmetic means for dividing the time from the time of day to the sunrise time into three equal parts, and the result of the equal division into three parts by the first arithmetic means between the sunrise time and the sunset time of the day Display means for displaying on the display board of the timepiece, and displaying on the display board of the timepiece the result divided into three equal parts by the second computing means between the arrival time of the day and the sunrise time. It is a clock.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the second storage means stores sunrise times and sunset times of a plurality of areas, and a specifying means for specifying one of the plurality of areas.
The writing means for reading the sunrise time and the sunset time of the area designated by the designating means from the second storage means and writing the same in the first storage means. It is the described clock. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a third storage unit stores the sunrise time and the sunset time of each season in a plurality of regions, and a designation unit that designates one of the plurality of regions. A writing means for reading the sunrise time and the sunset time corresponding to the current season in the area designated by the designating means from the third storage means and writing the read time in the first storage means. The watch according to claim 1 or claim 2.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the display board is a display board for displaying the time by means of a short hand and a long hand which rotate about a center point, and the display means displays the result divided into the three parts as the center. The timepiece according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the timepiece is displayed by a fan-shaped area centered on a point. The invention according to claim 6 is the timepiece according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the three-minute operation by the first and second operation means is a three-minute operation based on Ayurvedic time. .

[0010]

According to the present invention, it is possible to display the life rhythm based on the actual sunrise and sunset times in the area where the user is. As a result, there is an advantage that it becomes possible to act in accordance with the life rhythm.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a wristwatch according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view of the wristwatch. This wristwatch is a wristwatch with a liquid crystal display, and not only the time and date, but also the above-mentioned life rhythm, that is, Kapa (K), Pitta (P),
Vata (V) can also be displayed. As shown in FIG. 2, this wrist watch is composed of a main body 1 and a band 2. The main body 1 has a disk shape, and a crown 3 for time setting and a bezel ring 4 for area selection are provided on the outermost circumference, and an annular area display plate 5 is provided inside the bezel ring 4. . This area display board 5
Area names "TOKYO" and "NEWYY" are evenly spaced on the surface of
"ORK", "LONDON" ...
When the indication mark 4a of the bezel link 4 is aligned with the area name, the area name is input to the internal circuit.

A liquid crystal display section 7 is provided inside the area display panel 5. In the liquid crystal display unit 7, a short hand 8 and a long hand 9 for displaying the time are displayed rotated around a center point Q, and a date (year, month, day) is displayed in a date display unit 10 below the display. Further, the above-mentioned life rhythm is displayed in color on the life rhythm display section 11 in the center. Next, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 is a CPU (central processing unit), which controls each part of the circuit (details will be described later). Reference numeral 22 denotes an oscillation circuit that oscillates at the natural frequency of the crystal resonator 22a, and 23 is a frequency dividing circuit that divides the output of the oscillation circuit 22 and outputs a 1 Hz pulse signal.
This pulse signal is output to the CPU 21 as an interrupt signal IR. 24 is a program memory (ROM) in which the program of the CPU 21 is stored, 25 is a temporary storage memory (RAM) in which the CPU 21 temporarily stores data, 26
Is a sunrise / sunset data memory. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the stored contents of the sunrise / sunset data memory 26. As shown in this figure, the memory 26 stores the sunrise / sunset times for each region for each season (spring, summer, autumn, winter).

Reference numeral 27 denotes an operating portion, which is composed of the crown 3 and the bezel ring 4 shown in FIG. Reference numeral 28 denotes a register unit that is written / read by the CPU 21, and includes the following registers. Second hand register 28a: Register in which data indicating the current second hand position is written Minute hand register 28b: Register in which data indicating the current minute hand position is written Hour hand register 28c: Register in which data indicating the current hour hand position is written Date register 28d: Current The register to which the data indicating the date of is written. The sunrise time register 28e: The register to which the sunrise time of the current location is written. The sunset time register 28f: The register to which the sunrise time of the current location is written 29. This is a control circuit, and displays on the liquid crystal display 7 based on the data supplied from the CPU 21.

Next, the operation of the timepiece having the above structure will be described. First, the watch user operates the bezel ring 4 to align the instruction mark 4a with the current position. The bezel ring 4 is operated and the indication mark 4a is, for example, "TOKYO".
When the position is set to, the CPU 21 detects this, first reads out today's date from the date register 28d, and then the date is spring (March-May), summer (June-August), autumn ( It is determined which of the seasons (September to November) and winter (December to February) it belongs to. Next, from the sunrise / sunset data memory 26, the sunrise time of the season of "TOKYO",
The sunrise time is read out and set in the sunrise time register 28e and the sunrise time register 28f, respectively.

Next, the CPU 21 controls the sunset time register 28.
The data in the sunrise time register 28e is subtracted from the data in f, and then the subtraction result is divided by 3. Next, the division result is added to the data in the sunrise time register to obtain the first rhythm division data, and the data is temporarily stored in the temporary storage memory 25.
Write in Next, the division result is added to the first rhythm division data to obtain the second rhythm division data, which is written in the temporary storage memory 25. Next, each data in the sunrise time register 28e and the sunrise time register 28f and the first and second rhythm division data are converted into angle data (data indicating an angle from the 12 o'clock position) and display control is performed. Output to the circuit 29. The display control circuit 29 displays the life rhythm display section 11 (FIG. 2) in different colors based on the angle data, and also displays the letter “K” indicating “kapa”, “pitta”, and “verta” in each display area. , "P",
"V" is displayed.

Next, the CPU 21 controls the sunset time register 28.
The time from sunrise to sunrise is calculated based on the data in f and the data in the sunrise time register 28e, and then the calculation result is divided by 3. Next, the division result is added to the data in the sunset time register 28f to obtain the third rhythm division data, and the data is written in the temporary storage memory 25. Next, the division result is further added to the third rhythm division data to obtain the fourth rhythm division data, which is written in the temporary storage memory 25. When the time of the fourth rhythm division data exceeds “24 o'clock”, “24” is subtracted from the data and written in the temporary storage memory 25. After that, the CPU 21 performs time display processing and life rhythm display processing each time the interrupt signal IR is supplied. Hereinafter, these processes will be described.

[Time display processing] Each time the interrupt signal IR is output, the CPU 21 increments the data in the second hand register 28a by one, and when the result is "60", the register 28a is cleared (" Write "0")
When the data in the minute hand register 28b is incremented by 1 and the result is "60", the register 28b is cleared and the data in the hour hand register 28c is incremented by 1 and the result is "24". Clears the register 28c and advances the date in the date register 28d by one day. Then, each register 28a, 28b, 28c,
The data in 28d is output to the display control circuit 29. The display control circuit 29 changes the display of the second hand (not shown), the minute hand 9, the hour hand 8 and the display unit 10 based on these data. The above processing is exactly the same as the processing of the conventional digital watch.

[Life rhythm display process] The CPU 21 performs the above process to change the data in the registers 28a to 28d each time the interrupt signal IR is output, and then performs the following processes. The current time indicated by each data in the registers 28a, 28b, 28c is compared with the sunrise time indicated by the data in the register 28e and the sunrise time indicated by the data in the register 28f. When the current time matches the sunrise time, the first and second rhythm division data in the temporary storage memory 25 are output to the display control circuit 29. Display control circuit 29
Receiving these rhythm classification data, changes the display of the daily rhythm display section 11 to the daytime rhythm display (see FIG. 2).
When the current time matches the sunset time, the third and fourth rhythm division data in the temporary storage memory 25 are output to the display control circuit 29. The display control circuit 29 receives these rhythm classification data and changes the display of the daily rhythm display section 11 to the night rhythm display shown in FIG.

Next, the registers 28a, 28b, 28c
It is checked whether or not the current time indicated by each data in the table is “0:00:00” (midnight). If it is the same time, the current time is based on the data in the date register 28d. Detect the season of. When there is a change in the season (spring, summer, autumn, winter), the sunrise / sunset time of the season is read out from the sunrise / sunset data memory 26, and the registers 28e, 2
Set to 8f. Then, in the same way as above,
The first to fourth rhythm division data are calculated and stored in the temporary storage memory 25. Then, the registers 28e, 28
The sunrise time data and the sunrise time data are read from f, the third and fourth rhythm division data are read from the memory 25, and these data are output to the display control circuit 29. The display control circuit 29 changes the display of the life rhythm display section 11 based on these data.

The above is the details of the embodiment shown in FIG. In the above embodiment, the areas of kapa, pitta and vata are divided by color, but they may be divided by patterns. Although the above embodiment is a clock that can be used all over the world, in the case of a clock used only in Japan, the sunrise / sunset data memory 26 stores the sunrise / sunset times in various parts of Japan. It is okay to store the sunrise / sunset times in central Japan as a representative.

[0021]

As described above, the timepiece according to the present invention can display the life rhythm along with the time, which provides an advantage that the life can be adjusted to the life rhythm.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an appearance of a timepiece according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing stored contents of a sunrise / sunset data memory 26 in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a life rhythm display unit 11 in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

7 ... Liquid crystal display, 11 ... Life rhythm display, 21 ...
... CPU, 24 ... program memory, 26 ... sunrise /
Sunset data memory, 28 ... Register unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A timepiece having a clocking means for clocking time and a display panel for displaying the clocked time by the clocking means, and first storage means for storing sunrise time and sunset time, respectively. Calculating means for dividing the time from sunrise time to sunset time in the first storage means into 3 minutes, and display means for displaying the result of the 3 minutes by the calculating means on the display panel of the timepiece. A clock comprising ,. 2. A timepiece having a clocking means for clocking time and a display panel for displaying the clocked time by the clocking means, and first storage means for storing sunrise time and sunset time, respectively. A first computing means for dividing the time from sunrise time to sunset time in the first storage means by 3 minutes, and a period from sunset time to sunrise time in the first storage means The second calculation means for dividing the time of 3 minutes, and the result divided by the first calculation means for 3 minutes from the sunrise time to the sunset time of the day is displayed on the display panel of the timepiece. A timepiece comprising: a display means for displaying the result of three minutes divided by the second arithmetic means on the display panel of the timepiece from the sunset time to the sunrise time. 3. A second storage unit that stores sunrise times and sunset times of a plurality of regions, a designation unit that designates one of the plurality of regions, and a designation unit designated by the designation unit. The timepiece according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a writing unit that reads out a sunrise time and a sunset time of a region from the second storage unit and writes the time into the first storage unit. 4. A third storage means for storing the sunrise time and the sunset time for each season in a plurality of regions, a designation means for designating one of the plurality of regions, and the designation means. The writing means for reading the sunrise time and the sunset time corresponding to the current season in the area designated by the above from the third storage means and writing the same in the first storage means. Alternatively, the timepiece according to claim 2. 5. The display board is a display board for displaying time by a short hand and a long hand which rotate about a center point,
The timepiece according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the display means displays the divided result by a fan-shaped area centered on the center point. 6. The timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the three-minute operation by the first and second operation means is a three-minute operation based on Ayurvedic time.