JPS5856871B2 - Day of the week display method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a display device that displays days of the week in segments using liquid crystal or other display elements.

An object of the present invention is to display the days of the week in segments by adding a few segments to a conventional seven-segment date display.

Conventionally, it has been difficult to display the days of the week in segments on display devices such as liquid crystals because the shape of the segments becomes complicated and the number of segments is too large. Indicative segments are provided around the day of the week displayed by this printing, and the day of the week is displayed by lighting up the indirect segment corresponding to the day of the week of the current day.

Although this configuration has the advantage of reducing the number of segment electrodes, it has the problem of requiring a large display area because all days of the week must be displayed in advance by printing.

In the present invention, the day of the week can be displayed by providing a few additional segments to the conventionally known date-shaped segments, and the day of the week can be displayed using a small area.

FIG. 1a is a diagram showing initial letter segments used in the day of the week display device of the present invention, and includes conventionally known seven segments a, b, c, d, e, and f.

Segments h and i are on the left side of the Japanese character segment consisting of g.
, j, with an additional shape segment.

These 10 segments a to j make up the "S" required to display the day of the week.

The initial letters of rMJ, ITJ, rWJ, and rFJ can be displayed in all capital letters.

Figure 1 shows rs by segments a, c, d, f2g.
J, C is rMJ by segments a, b, c, e, f, h, t, d is rTJ by segments a, e, f, h, e is segment c, d, e, i .

j represents "W", f represents the segment a j e l
The state in which "F" is displayed by ftg is shown.

As described above, according to the present invention, all the capital letters necessary for displaying the days of the week can be displayed by adding only three segments to the conventional Japanese character segments.

Next, FIG. 2a shows an embodiment of the display device of the present invention,
A conventional Japanese character segment is provided on the right side of the segment for displaying the initial letter in FIG. 1, and the day of the week is displayed using two letters of the alphabet.

Figure 2 shows "S" by segments a, c, d, f2g.
'', segments c', d', and e' represent ``u'', and as a whole represent rsuJ (Sunday).

C is segments a, b, c, e. By f, h, i,
roJ by segments c′, d′e′2g′
is displayed, and rMOJ (Monday) is displayed as a whole.

d similarly displays ITJ with segments a, e, f, h, rul with segments c', d', e', and "Tu" (Tuesday) as a whole, and e displays segment b.
, c, d, e, i, j, “W”, segment a′,
b', d', e', f'2g' represent "e", 1WeJ (Wednesday) as a whole, and f is segment l'
a, e', a, h to form "T", segments c', e
', f'2g' makes 'h' as a whole rThJ (
g is displayed as "F" by segments a, e, f2g, "r" by segment e'2g', and rFrJ (Friday) is displayed as a whole.

h is segment a, c. d, f, and g represent "S", and segments a', b', c', d', e'2g'
raJ is displayed, and "Sa" (Saturday) is displayed as a whole.

As described above, the day of the week display device of the present invention uses the initial letter segment, which is a Japanese letter segment with three segments added, and the conventional Japanese letter segment for displaying the second letter of the day of the week.
The day of the week can be displayed using two letters of the alphabet, making it easier to see.

FIG. 3 shows a display device for a watch using the day of the week display device of the present invention. Reference numerals 11 to 14 are conventional day-shaped display devices consisting of seven segments, and on the left side of the day-shaped segment 11 there is a segment h, A day-of-the-week display device of the present invention is constructed by providing a [shaped segment 10 consisting of i and j, and 10.11.

15 and 16 are display bodies for unit display.

Figure 4 shows the day of the week, date, time, etc. using the display device of Figure 3.
This indicates that minutes and seconds are being displayed.

Display 31 is Sunday, display 32 is Sunday 27th, display 33
shows 18:00 on the 27th, display 34 shows 18:56, and display 35 shows 56 minutes 34 seconds.

The display 36 is blank.

Actually, the display changes from 31 → 32 → 33 by switch operation.
→ 34 → 35 → 36 → 31, or conversely, by changing 31 → 36 → 35 → 34 → 33 → 32 → 31, Sunday, 27th, 18:56:34
It turns out that seconds.

That is, since it involves sequentially displaying two items at a time, overlapping each other, by operating a switch, it is possible to display a wide variety of types with a small number of display digits.

In this way, the day of the week display device of the present invention leaves the conventional Japanese character segment intact and moves it to the left side.

Since it has a configuration in which three segments consisting of 1 and J are added, it can be used as a normal number display segment when there is no need to display the day of the week, and a wide variety of information can be displayed with a small number of segments.

In addition, as shown in Figure 5, the normal numerical display is different from the conventional "day" display.
The font is completely the same as the 7-segment white numeric display, and the font does not change.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1a shows a day of the week display device of the present invention, and b to f are rsJ', rMJ, rTJ, and fWJ, respectively. "F" is displayed. FIG. 2a shows an example in which the day of the week display device of the present invention is combined with a conventional date display device, and b to h are “Su” rMo
J rTuJ , "WeJ, r'rhJ.""Fr" and "Sa" are displayed. 3 and 4 are examples in which the day of the week display device of the present invention is used to display time, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the appearance of the clock.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An upper horizontal segment n1 on the left outer side of the Japanese character segment consisting of 7 segments a, b, c, d, e, and 12g.
Vertical segment 11 consists of 3 segments of lower horizontal segment j [add shape segment, said a, b, C2
d, e, f2g, h. 1. The first letter of the day of the week is S with 10 segments of J. a first display device that displays M, T, W, F;
A day-of-the-week display device comprising a second display device that has the same shape as a daily character segment consisting of seven segments b, c, d, e, f, and g, and displays the second character of the day of the week.