JPS5828236Y2 - time display panel - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a time display panel used in digital clock devices, etc., and more specifically, a time display panel that can be used in common with 24-hour display type, 12-hour display type, and 12-hour display type digital clock devices. Regarding the panel.

In general, the time display method for 24 hours a day on a digital clock device is a.
12-hour display type that displays degrees, b
010, a 12-hour display type that displays the time twice: AM/PM.
There are three types of 24-hour display types that display all 24 hours.

FIG. 1a"e is an explanatory diagram of a time display panel that displays time in accordance with the three time display methods described above,
A plurality of display segments 3 constituting four segment groups 2 arranged on the display panel 1 at 10:00, 9:00, 10:9, and the AM upper segment and PM upper segment are selectively operated. Each time is displayed.

Note that two colon segments 6 are arranged between the hour segment group and the IO quantile segment group. The operating state is maintained regardless of the operation.

On the other hand, in Japan, of the three methods of time display mentioned above,
A 1212-hour time display or a 12-hour time display in the morning and afternoon are usually used, while in Western countries,
I am an expert on 424-hour display formats.

Therefore, when exporting a 12-hour AM/PM display type digital clock device made for domestic use in Japan to Western countries, or vice versa, due to differences in time display customs, the control part of the clock must be In addition, it was necessary to replace the time display panel, which was extremely troublesome and uneconomical.

A time display panel shown in Fig. 2 has been proposed as a solution to these drawbacks. There is a problem in that the portions become large, making the entire timepiece device large.Also, if the display panel portions are made the same size, the displayed time becomes small and difficult to see.

Furthermore, if this display panel is used in a 12-hour display type watch, there will be a problem that there will be a large number of unused segments, making it uneconomical and unsightly.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional display panel, and to solve the problems of the conventional display panel.
To provide a common time display panel for a 12-hour AM/PM digital clock device.

In order to achieve such an objective, the time display panel according to the present invention has a PM (A
M) It is an arrangement of segments.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail using the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing one embodiment of the time display panel according to the present invention, and the same parts as in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

This time display panel 1 is, for example, a multi-digit display discharge tube panel, in which a glass substrate on the display surface side on which transparent electrodes are vapor-deposited over the entire surface and a glass substrate on which segment electrodes are printed in a pattern are separated by a slight gap. This is a well-known method in which a gas such as neon or nitrogen is regularly filled in this gap.

Then, on the time display panel 1, 10 o'clock, 9 o'clock, 10 o'clock, etc.
Four day-shaped segment groups 2 representing quantiles and quantiles are arranged, and a circular colon segment 6 is arranged in the upper row between the envoy and decile segment groups, and a PM segment 5 is arranged in the lower row. .

The colon segment 6 and the PM segment 5 are constructed as separate electrodes, and the arrangement of the segments described above can be carried out very easily in the printing process of segment electrodes on a glass substrate.

Further, in the time display panel 1 shown in FIG. 3, each segment of the Japanese character segment group 2 is in contact with each other for convenience, but in reality, these segments are composed of separate electrodes.

Next, how to use the time display panel according to the present invention described above will be explained.

Figure 4 A9 shows the display panel according to the present invention at 1 am and 1 pm.
These are operation explanatory diagrams when incorporated into a 2-hour display type clock device, and show 10:26 a.m. and 10:26 p.m., respectively.
"minute" is shown.

On the other hand, Figure C is an explanatory diagram of the operation when incorporated into a 24-hour display type clock device.
26 minutes).

Note that when displaying 10:26 a.m., it is the same as the display in FIG. 4A.

1. When used in a clock device with a 12-hour AM/PM display, you can tell that it is morning by the operation of the upper colon segment 6, and the afternoon by the operation of the lower PM segment 5. You can know.

On the other hand, when used in a 24-hour display type timepiece device, the upper colon segment 6 only needs to be continuously operated, and the PM segment 6 does not need to be operated.

Furthermore, if it is a normal 12-hour display type clock device, the fourth
It is sufficient to repeat the operation shown in Figure A.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, circular colon segments and PM segments were placed in the upper and lower tiers between the special envoy and the 10th segment group, respectively, but the present invention is not limited to this, and instead of the PM segments, AM segment may be placed, and colon segment 6 and PM (A
M) The shape of the segments and their vertical and horizontal positional relationships are arbitrary.

Furthermore, in the above embodiments, the time display panel was explained using a multi-digit display discharge tube panel as an example, but the present invention can be applied to a display panel such as a liquid crystal panel or a display panel having a separate light source and a light-transmitting segment on a light-shielding panel. Any time display panel may be used as long as it can display the time by selectively operating patterned segments.

As explained above, the time display panel according to the present invention is capable of displaying time in three ways without changing the size of the conventional time display or clock device.
One type of display panel can be used for various display types of timepiece devices.

Furthermore, it can be used without adjusting to various display type clock devices.
We can manufacture or purchase various types of time display panels in large quantities.
The cost of the display panel and thus the cost of the clock device are reduced.

In addition, it has various excellent effects such as being able to convert clock devices for domestic use in Japan to export use very easily (or vice versa).

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 and 2 are explanatory diagrams of conventional time display panels;
The figure is a front view showing one embodiment of the time display panel according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the time display panel shown in FIG. 3. 1...Time display panel, 2...Segment group, 3...Display segment, 4...
・AM segment, 5...PM segment, 6
・・・・・・Colon segment.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a time display panel having display segments and colon segments arranged in a pattern to selectively display 24 hours, at least one of the colon segments has a shape that allows it to be determined whether it is AM or PM. Features a time display panel.