JPS5843004Y2 - display device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a display device for an electronic timepiece having a world clock function.

An object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-read display of city names in a world clock function display.

Conventionally, an electronic watch with a world clock function prints a city name 3 on a parting plate 1 as shown in FIG. It was something to do.

However, with this method, the city name 3 is printed on the entire circumference of the parting board 1, so the font size of the city name has to be reduced.

Furthermore, since the parting plate requires a considerable area, there is a drawback that the entire clock becomes large.

As shown in Figure 1, efforts were made to make the text easier to read by displaying the city name in three coded letters instead of the full name of each city. As long as the name of the city was printed on the top, there was no difference in the overall size of the clock.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks and makes it possible to display each major city name, which is generally coded, in segments using three specific alphabetic characters.Furthermore, the name of each major city can be displayed with the minimum number of segment electrodes. In addition, it is also capable of displaying numbers, which will be explained in detail below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the city name display segment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, segment group A includes segment 10
1.102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107
, 108 &> In the upper quadrilateral of the segment group configured in the shape of a Japanese letter / shape segment) -109, In the lower quadrilateral \, shape segment 110, symmetry of segment 109 with respect to segment 106 In position\, shape segment l
-112, one type segment 1 to the left of segment 107
13. To connect the left ends of segments 111 and 114/
Shape segments 115 are respectively arranged.

Segment group B includes segments 201, 202, 203
, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, in the upper quadrilateral of the segment group configured in the shape of a sun letter / shape segment 209, in the lower quadrilateral ゛\ shape upper segment 210 segments) 206 against segment 209
At the symmetrical position of ゛, shape segment) 211゜ segment 2
08, a single-shaped segment 212 is disposed on the right side of each segment 212.

Segment group C includes segments 301.302.303
.

304, 305, 306, 307 in the upper quadrilateral of the segment group configured in the shape of a Japanese letter 308, in the lower quadrilateral) shaped segment 309, on the left side of the segment 301, the one-shaped segment ) 310, segment) 307 to the right of one type segment) 311. On the right side of segment 304, one-shaped segment 312, segment 31
The /-shaped segments are arranged upward from the right end of 2.

Figures 3 (a) to (C) are examples of displaying city names;
(a) is the Tokyo code TYO1 (b) is the London code LON, and (C) is the Unilinton code WLG.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the display device of the present invention, in which (a) shows a world clock display state and (b) shows a normal time display state.

In FIG. 4a, the time display (home time) 10, the day display 11. A world clock display 12 and a city name 13 are arranged inside a parting line 14.

Therefore, there is no need to print the city name on the parting plate, and the overall size of the clock does not increase.

In addition, the city name display section has segment groups A and B that can also display numbers as explained in FIG.

C, so in the normal time display state, the fourth
It is possible to display the year display 17 as shown in the figure.

In the figure, 15 indicates the month, and 16 indicates the date.

5 and 6 show other embodiments, and FIG. 5 shows a display embodiment when the day of the week (Thursday) is displayed.

The normal time display state is as shown in Figure 6a, the time display 22
, an alarm mark 18, and a day of the week display 19 are displayed.

When switched to the world clock display state, the display becomes as shown in Figure 6, with the world clock mark 21. The city name 20 and the time 23 of the city are displayed.

As described above, according to the present invention, by configuring the city name display segment as shown in FIG. 2 in the electronic watch with world clock function, it is possible to display the city name in an easy-to-read manner.
Since there is no need to print the city name on the parting board, it is possible to prevent the overall size of the clock from increasing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 a, l) is a plan view of the conventional example, Fig. 2 is a plan view of an embodiment of the city name display segment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of Fig. 2, where a is Tokyo, b is indicates London, C indicates Unilint, FIGS. 4a and 1) are plan views of an embodiment of the display device of the present invention, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the operation of FIG. 2, and shows Thursday, and FIGS. 1) is a plan view of another embodiment of the present invention. 1...Parting board, 2...Instruction segment, 3...City name, 4...Time display,
10... Time display, 11... Day of the week display,
12... World clock display, 13... City name, 14... Parting line, 15... Month display, 16... Day display , 17...Year display, 18...Alarm mark, 19...
Day of the week display, 20... City name, 21... World clock mark, 22... Time display, 23...
...World clock display.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A display device that displays a world clock by specifying a major city in another country in addition to displaying local time, in a segment electrode that displays the name of the world's major cities in three coded alphabetic characters. , the upper right quadrilateral has a segment 109 in the upper quadrilateral, and the lower right quadrilateral has a segment l-110 in the lower quadrilateral. In addition, on the left side of 101 there is a horizontal segment 1) - Ilk, and below it there is a segment 1 on the right side.
12, on the lower side thereof, at almost symmetrical positions with 107, on the left side of the shorter one-shaped segments 113 and 104, on the left side of the horizontal one-shaped segment 114, and on the left side of 111 and 114, a segment 115 is arranged, respectively, to connect these two. In the upper quadrilateral of the first segment group A and the upper quadrilateral of the segment group consisting of segments 207 and 208, which are divided into two at the center, there is a segment 209 on the upper right side, and a segment 209 on the lower side of the lower quadrilateral. Add segment 210 downward to the right inside, and further 2
Segment l-21 is located almost symmetrically to 209 on the left side of 06.
A second segment group B has a short one-shaped segment 212 arranged on the right side of 1,208, and a one-shaped segment on the right half with a short center part) A segment composed of 7 segments including 307 in a Japanese letter shape. In the upper quadrilateral of the group, add segment 308 upward to the right, in the lower quadrilateral add horizontal and downward segment 309, and then add segment 310 to the left of 301, and a shorter segment to the right of 307. One type segment l-312,31 on the right side of 311,304
A third segment group C is formed by arranging segments 313 upward from the right end of 2, and the city name of the world clock is displayed by the segment groups A, B, and C. display device. (2) Claim 1 for Utility Model Registration characterized by displaying the day of the year instead of the city name when displaying the normal time.
Display device as described in section.