JPS59131192A - Display control system of electronic timepiece - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To select and adjust display content with a small number of switches by changing combination of display content with the 1st switch, altering content selected in combination with the 2nd switch, and starting drive in the altered state with the 1st switch. CONSTITUTION:The 1st switch means is used to display simultaneously four blocks of AM/PM, hour, minute, and second data as the 1st-stage display or AM/PM, hour, minute, and day data as the 2nd-stage display. The entire display of hour, minute, second, and day data is turned off as the 3rd-stage display to save electric power. The 4th-stage display includes only a colon and minute and second data, and the 5th-stage display includes AM/PM, hour data, and the colon. The 6th-stage display shows only the colon and day data and the 7th- stage display includes month data. A time adjustment is made with the 2nd switch means during the 4th - the 7th stage display. Namely, the minute data in the 4th-stage display, hour data in the 5th-stage display, day data in the 6th- stage display, and month data in the 7th-stage display are counted and adjusted individually without disordering the counting of other blocks.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to time adjustment for electronic watches, and more particularly to a display control system for multi-functional electronic watches.

Generally, in the case of all-electronic watches, when they become multi-functional, the time adjustment of the electronic watch becomes complicated, which is extremely troublesome for the users of electronic watches.

Conventional multi-functional electronic watches of this type have multiple digits, so it takes at least five switches for the 1 hour, 9 minutes, 1 second, 9 date, and September to determine which digit is to be adjusted. It requires a means and the adjustment method is complicated.
The purpose of the present invention is to use a small number of switches, for example, two or more switch means.
An object of the present invention is to provide a display control method for an electronic timepiece that enables display contents, selection, and adjustment of the contents using a single switch.

In the present invention, the first switch changes the combination of displayed contents (for example, hours, minutes, seconds, 9 minutes, seconds, 9:09, February 9, etc.), and the second switch changes the contents of the selected combination. It is characterized in that it is driven from the state changed by the first switch. In the display control method of the present invention, three types of normal display, ``4 layers, hours, colons, minutes, seconds'', ``hyt7'pM hours, colons, minutes, days'', and ``months, days'', and all of these. In addition, there is a function to turn off the light.
Count each of the six blocks: hours, minutes, seconds, date, and month. That is, as shown in Table 1, the first switch means is a switch that can shift from the first stage to the seventh stage, and can change only the display.

The first stage display is "AM/'PMJ*" as shown in Table 1.
Four blocks each of "hours", "minutes" and "seconds" can be displayed simultaneously.

At this time, the numbers in the seconds block change every second, so
The ``colon'' separating the hours and minutes remains lit. The second stage display displays "day" instead of "1 second" of the first stage display, and the "colon" blinks every 0.5 seconds and "A".
M/PM,""hour,""minute," and "day" number blocks can be displayed simultaneously. 3rd stage display All displays of ``hour'', ``minute'', 1 second'' or ``day'' displayed in the 1st stage display and 2nd stage display, as well as ``January'' (described later), can be turned off to save power. This can prevent wear and tear on the stain pond. Furthermore, when the first switch is used to shift to the fourth stage display, AM/PMJ and "hour" of the first stage display are turned off, and as shown in Table 1, K "colon", "minute", " Displays only seconds.

Furthermore, the shift is turned off in the 5th stage display as shown in Table 1.
g:, rAM/PM J・Display only the "time" fist "colon". Further, when the display is shifted to the sixth stage display, "AM/'pMJ" and "hour" - "minute" of the second stage display are turned off, that is, as shown in Table 1, only the "colon" and "day" are displayed. Further, when shifting to the first stage display, [AM/PMJ "minutes - 1 and 1 second" in the first stage display state are turned off, that is, "month" is displayed in the time block as shown in Table 1. 0 for 24 hour display A M
/PM does not need to be displayed. As the actual clock display, the calendar and time of the entire display are set to December 21st AM/pu
Taking 11:59:53 as an example, the above situation can be seen in the second example.
Shown in the table. In this way, a normal time display can be a first stage display or a second stage display, and includes a colon display approximately in the center of the display body, and the colon indicates 2 minutes and 9 seconds of AM/PM or day and month of September. In addition to positioning each block, only the fourth block that is displayed only to the left or to the right of the colon display can be counted in fast forward mode and is out of the way so that the time can be adjusted. In other words, in the 4th stage display, it is necessary to operate the second switch.
You can reset the "second" to 00 seconds and hold it at 00 seconds, and at the same time fast-forward the count by 1 "minute" and adjust the count. Counting can be adjusted by advancing the time in the fifth stage display, the day in the sixth stage display, and the month in the first stage display, respectively, by independently accelerating the counting without disturbing the counting of other blocks. ζThe most important thing for a watch body is to set the time, and for an all-electronic watch, the time is 9 minutes.

Seconds Since each block of 2 days and 2 months can be counted individually, the ``minutes'' and ``seconds'' with the fastest display cycle are displayed in the second stage display, which requires 4 fewer shifts by the first switch when counted from the normal display. Deploy "Time" on the 1st stage 5th stage display, 6th stage display. Each stage of the first cycle is displayed in descending order of cycle K.
It is arranged as ``day'' and ``month''.

Now, in electronic watches, the fastest r minute J and 1 in one display cycle
Even setting the time is easy and accurate.'' (
5) The higher the degree, the better. In other words, the "minute" of the fourth stage display.
Time adjustment in "seconds" can be done in 6 minutes, and at the same time as closing the second switch, input B2Hts to 1/3
The frequency divider is reset to 2, and the second block is set to ``OO'' seconds, and the minute block count is fast-forwarded.When the predetermined count (2 minutes) is reached and the second switch is opened at the 6th point, that state, that is, 2 minutes. Hold for 00 seconds. Hold release, that is, setting is performed by the first switch. Since the frequency divider is reset to 1/32 with 12Hg input, the accuracy after setting is 3125m8 or less excluding manual errors.

Now, if the current calendar and time are June 22nd, 8:03 AM, minutes and Y seconds, follow the steps above to set the display to the 4th stage, and use the second switch to change the minute block to the current time, about 1 minute. Leave the advanced state as 38 minutes OO seconds.
If you close the first switch at the same time as the correct time signal of 58 minutes 00 seconds, the fourth stage display will be 3125 m one second after closing.
E! The following spirit, A5sGo” for 1o so. After 38fi02
seconds.

”' (6) 38 minutes 03 seconds, it moves as a clock.

At this time, if the time after setting is not correct due to a manual error of the first switch at the time of setting, if you close the second switch again, the 32Hs
By resetting the frequency divider to 1/32 with i as input, the 1 second block is set to 00 seconds again, and the counting of the minute blocks can be accelerated. Close the switch 0 This time the display will be number 5
It is shifted to the stage display, but as a watch body, it is set to 39 minutes 00 seconds with an accuracy of 3131-2j5 or less excluding manual errors.The "minutes" and "seconds" of the fourth stage display are set. , so-called hold release operation is required.The most important step in setting the time of a clock is to adjust the time in 1 minute and 1 second so that it does not shift immediately after setting the time as mentioned above. Another feature of the present invention is that it provides two opportunities for matching.

In the 5th stage display, the block when pressing the second switch is A.
At M8:00, the first switch shifts to the 6th stage display, the second switch sets the day block to the 22nd, and the first switch shifts to the 2nd stage display. Set the month block to June using the switch. The next step is to shift to the first stage display, then the normal display, etc.], and the calendar and time have been set correctly.

The calendar and time are automatically corrected, so there is no need to make corrections for the four years leading up to leap years. In addition, the first switch shifts the display stage, but when one or more blocks of time consisting of three blocks of hours 9 minutes and 9 seconds are displayed, the first stage display, second stage display, In the 3rd stage display, 4th stage display, or 6th stage display, either the "colon" or the "second" of the entire display is moving at a cycle of 1 second, and the "time" is displayed. It is designed to appeal to the user's visual sense.

Therefore, in the case of a month and day display, which is a calendar, there is nothing moving in the entire display as shown in the 6th stage display or the 1st stage display.
Also, when the time display is X:59:M day in the first stage display, that is, it is X:69 in the second stage display.
If the second switch is closed at the same time as the hourly signal of +1:00:00 when it is the minute M day, the first stage display will be correctly set to +1:00:00 and the clock will immediately start operating. . In the second stage display, 1 second is not displayed, but it is correctly reset to 00 seconds and immediately starts operating as a clock when X 11:00 M day.

Furthermore, when the time display is X hour 00 minutes M day in the first stage display, that is, in the second stage display,
If the second switch is closed at the same time as the hourly signal of X hours 00 minutes 00 seconds when it is minute M day,
It is correctly set to hours 00 minutes 00 seconds and immediately begins operating as an hour hand. In the second stage display, the seconds are displayed (9).In other words, in the first stage display and the second stage display, the hourly time signal X:00:00:00:00:00:00 M: Days and seconds can be corrected with a single touch up to ±1 minute. . The accuracy of the crystal electronic voice meter is ± per day.
It is about 0.2 seconds, but the slippage is ±5 seconds per month, and ±5 seconds in half a year.
30 seconds, which is approximately 1 minute in - years, so in the electronic watch of the present invention, once the time is adjusted according to Table 2 as described above,
As long as there is battery power, the time can be adjusted to the exact time by simply pressing the second switch once a year.In addition, for example, the calendar and time can be set to December 31st PM.
When the time is 11:69 Y seconds, if you operate the second switch along with the hourly signal of midnight: 00:00 AM, the clock body will display the calendar (
month and day) are also memorized.

In addition, a spare third switch hand ``A'' is provided separately.
M/PMJ and the "colon" and "minute" lights go out, and the hour (lO) display shows the "month" instead of "hour".
Seconds display block K "day" is displayed instead of "second",
As shown in Table 1 or Table 2, the month and day can be displayed simultaneously.The reason why the colon is not lit at this time is to appeal to the visual sense of a "calendar."

Further, even if the display is in any of the second stage display and the first stage display other than the first stage display, the display returns to the first stage display immediately when the third switch is closed. Therefore, when the display is shifted closer to the first stage display, that is, the second stage display, or the third or fourth stage display position, the first stage display is shifted closer to the first stage display.
This is useful when you want to return to the stage display urgently. Also as mentioned above.

In the 4th stage display, if you set the minutes to the second switch and open the second switch after death, it will be held, but the first switch is used to release this hold, that is, to set the hour. In place of the first switch, connect this spare third
You can also set 1 using the switch. For example, if you hold the state of 3'9 minutes 00 seconds in the fourth stage display and close the third switch at the time signal of 39 minutes 00 seconds, the display immediately jumps to the first stage display and changes to AM/PM K time. 39 minutes 00 seconds and after closing the third switch 1 sand diameter ic AM/
After PM K: 39:01”/PM K: 39:01
The correct setting can be done in 3 seconds...

Also, in any display from the 4th to the 1st stage display, the 2nd
operate the switch means of the
If a switch is used in parallel, the count of each block can be adjusted by the second switch according to the fast-forward frequency.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Selectively and sequentially change the combination of displayed contents each time only the first switch is operated, change the contents of the displayed combination in response to turning on the second switch, and respond to the first switch. 1. A display control method for an electronic timepiece, characterized in that counting is started sequentially from the changed contents.