JPS5814078A - Electronic watch with bodily temperature and pulse measurement devices - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make easy bodily temperature measurement and pulse measurement and effect information display that is certain by automatically changing over a bodily temperature measurement circuit and a pulse measurement circuit by means of a switch that operates in response to mode selection. CONSTITUTION:When a knob 37 that projects outward from the main body 33 of a watch is moved to select mode, a base body 32 is moved and a bodily temperature measurement section 26 or a pulse measurement section 28 or others that are one body with the base body 32 projects out of the main body 33 and at the same time a movable contact point 34 of the basic body 32 is connected automatically with no mistaken operation to a contact point 36 for the pulse measurement circuit. Then, the bodily temperature measurement circuit and the pulse measurement circuit are automatically changed over in accordance with the mode, and information on bodily temperature and pulse and so on are displayed through a decoder circuit. With this constitution it is possible to perform easily bodily temperature measurement and pulse measurement operations and display for sure information on time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronic timepiece with a temperature/pulse meter that has the function of detecting the body temperature or pulse rate of a human body and digitally displaying the results.

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, as this type of electronic timepiece, one shown in FIG. 1 has been known. That is, a watch body 1, a body temperature sensor 2 for detecting body temperature, and a pulse sensor 3 for detecting pulse rate are provided separately. The watch body l includes an oscillation circuit, a frequency dividing circuit,
A display section 4 that is equipped with a circuit having a clock function such as a counter and a decoder, and that digitally displays the time, day of the week, etc.
has been established. An operation button 6 for setting the time and switching modes is provided below the display section 4. The body temperature sensor 2 has a rod-shaped temperature measuring part 6 for measuring body temperature, and a lead wire 7 extends from the temperature measuring part 6 and a connector 8 is provided at the terminal. This connector 8 can be fitted into and removed from a connecting portion 9 provided on the side of the watch body 10. On the other hand, the pulse sensor 3 is
Round-shaped pulse detection part 1 that is applied to the part where the pulse is detected such as the wrist
0, a lead wire 11 is extended, and a connector 12 is provided at the terminal. This connector 12 is the same as the connector 8 of the body temperature sensor 2, and can be inserted into and removed from the connector 9 of the watch body l.

However, with conventional models, when measuring body temperature or pulse, each time they are used, a body temperature sensor or pulse sensor must be attached to the watch body, and a mode selection switch must be operated. This makes handling inconvenient, and there is a risk of misunderstanding the display due to incorrect operation of the changeover switch. Furthermore, forgetting to operate the changeover switch after use increases battery consumption.

The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, to provide a body temperature/pulse needle electronic timepiece which is easy to handle by making temperature measurement and hearing test easier and displays accurate information. It is something.

Therefore, the gist of the present invention is to provide an electronic watch with a clock function that includes a temperature measurement circuit that inputs a signal from a temperature measurement section and outputs the temperature measurement result to a decoder, and a temperature measurement circuit that inputs a signal from a hearing inspection section. A hearing test circuit that outputs the hearing test result to a decoder, a control circuit that outputs the input signal from the frequency dividing circuit as a reference signal, and a control circuit that automatically operates when the temperature measuring section or hearing test section is used, and The device also includes a switch connected to the hearing circuit to operate the clock function when temperature measurement or hearing test is not being performed.

Embodiments of the present invention will be further described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 2 is a block diagram of the temperature/pulse needle electronic time meter (3). Reference numeral 21 denotes a generator circuit that generates a time standard frequency using a crystal oscillator, 22 a frequency divider circuit that divides the frequency, 23 a counter that counts the divided frequency, and 24 that outputs the counted signal. A decoder that transmits data to the display section 25 and a display section 26 digitally display information such as time. These generator circuits 2
1. The frequency dividing circuit 22, the counter 23, the decoder 24, and the display section 26 function as a clock function, and are originally provided in a peep watch. For temperature measurement and hearing test,
In addition to each circuit of the electronic clock mentioned above, temperature measurement section 2 used for temperature measurement
6, a temperature measuring circuit 27, a hearing test section 28 and a hearing test circuit 29 used for detecting blood pressure, and a control circuit 3o for sending signals to these circuits, and a switch 31 for switching modes.

As shown in FIG. 3, the temperature measuring unit 26 is a rod-like body with a built-in thermistor, which is a body temperature detection element, and is attached to a movable base 3.
2 and can be moved in and out of the watch body 33 as the base body 32 moves. The thermistor of the temperature measuring section 26 is guided to the base body 32 (4) by a lead wire and connected to the temperature measuring section 1 path 27 in FIG. The temperature measurement circuit 27 amplifies the temperature measurement signal and sends it to the decoder 2.
4 and digitally display the body temperature on the display section 25. As shown in FIG. 3, the heartbeat section 28 has a circular protrusion shape with a built-in piezoelectric element that is a pulse detection element, and is fixed to the other end of the base body 32 and, like the temperature measuring section 28, The button can be accessed from the watch body 33 as the watch moves.

The piezoelectric element is connected to a listening circuit 29 shown in FIG. 2, which amplifies the listening signal, outputs it to the decoder 24, and digitally displays the pulse rate on the display section 25.

The control circuit 30 receives the frequency-divided signal from the frequency dividing circuit 22 and outputs the signal as a reference signal to the temperature measuring circuit 27 or the hearing circuit 29. This reference signal is the switch 3
1 to either the two temperature measuring circuits or the listening circuit 29. The switch 31 is connected to the temperature measurement circuit 27,
The selection of the hearing test circuit 29 or the selection of whether to activate the clock function is automatically performed. That is, as shown in Figure 3,
The switch 31 has a movable contact 34 and fixed contacts 35 and 36.
A movable contact 34 is provided protruding from the center of the lower surface of the base body 32, which is moved by the operation of a switch knob 37 protruding to the outside of the watch body 33, and one fixed contact 35
is arranged at a place where the movable contact 34 comes into contact when the temperature measuring part 26 is protruded from the watch body 33 to measure body temperature. The other fixed contact 36 is connected to the hearing test section 28 for measuring the pulse.
The movable contact 34 is placed in such a position that the movable contact 34 comes into contact with the watch body 33 when the watch body 33 protrudes from the watch body 33. And fixed contact 36
is connected to the temperature detection circuit 27, and the fixed contact 36 is connected to the hearing detection circuit 29. Note that when the switch 31 is not activated, that is, when the movable contact 34 is not in contact with any of the fixed contacts 35 and 36, the temperature measuring section 26 and the temperature measuring section 28 are connected to the watch body 3.
3, the clock function works and the display section 2
5 displays information such as the time or day of the week.

Therefore, according to the present invention having the above configuration,
For example, the switch to change the mode is automatically operated at the same time as the temperature measuring part is moved to use the hearing test part, so there is no mistake in switching the mode, and handling is easy and the display is accurate. Become. Furthermore, there is no need to turn off the VC changeover switch after temperature measurement or hearing test, which has the advantage of eliminating wasteful consumption of the power supply core.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is an external perspective view of a conventional body temperature/pulse needle electronic clock, Figure 2 is a block diagram of Hakumei's body temperature/pulse needle Seiko clock, and Figure 3 is the temperature measurement section and hearing test. FIG. 22... Frequency dividing circuit, 24... Decoder, 26... Temperature measuring section, 27...
... Temperature measurement circuit, 28 ... Hearing department, 2
9... Hearing circuit, 30... Control circuit,
31...Switch. Patent applicant: Rico Ichitoki Co., Ltd. Agent: Shunsuke Nakao, patent attorney

Claims (1)

[Claims] An electronic watch that is equipped with an oscillator circuit, a frequency dividing circuit, a counter, a decoder, a digital display section, etc. and has a clock function has a temperature measurement circuit that inputs a signal from the temperature measurement section and outputs the temperature measurement result to the decoder, and a pulse detection section. a control circuit that inputs signals from the frequency dividing circuit and outputs a reference signal, and a control circuit that inputs signals from the frequency dividing circuit and outputs a reference signal;