JPS59218986A - Electronic digital display timepiece - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce remarkably the number of times of button depression on average and to speed up and rationalize alarm time setting operation effectively by providing the titled device with a means independently setting up a number on the 10th digit and a number on the 1st digit which indicate minute. CONSTITUTION:Setting circuits 11, 12 for setting up a number on the 10th digit and a number on the 1st digit to optional values and reset circuits 15, 16 for resetting the number on the 10th digit and the number on the 1st digit to zero can be operated independently. The numbers can be reset to zeros by depressing a pushbutton 9 and display state can be immediately switched from alarm time setting enabled state to the normal display state through a control circuit 10. These functions make it possible to reduce remarkably the number of times of button depression to 1/6 as compared with the ordinary frequency on average, so that the alarm time setting operation is speed up and rationalized and mental fatigue is reduced extremely effectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a time setting device for an electronic digital display timepiece.

Electronic digital display watches, which have recently become particularly popular among consumers, are equipped with an alarm function that, for example, emits a sound when a preset time matches the current time that the watch is advancing. There are many things.

However, with such an alarm function, not only is it troublesome to set the alarm time, but the time required for the operation is also long. It's not suitable for life.

Conventionally, when setting the alarm time on a digital display clock with a small hole, for example, one press of a button advances the first digit ff1 of the minute display by one step. It is necessary to press the button the number of times that corresponds to the difference between the ``minute'' number currently displayed and the ``minute'' number that you are about to set. 59 to set to 10 minutes number
You will be forced to press the button multiple times. This kind of operation was not only mentally tedious, but also had the disadvantage of being a huge waste of time.

The purpose of the Kinen VJ is to eliminate such drawbacks and provide a time setting device for an electronic digital display clock that can set the time in a short time.

According to Kazuo Kien, an electronic digital six-display clock is provided that has a means for independently setting the tenth digit and the first digit of the minute display.

Next, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, before entering into a description of the present invention, an overview of the alarm setting function provided in a conventional digital digital display watch will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the external appearance of an electronic digital display clock. 1 is a time adjustment push button commonly used to set the time, 2 is a push button for setting an alarm time, and 3 is a push button for setting an alarm time. This is a push button for canceling the setting state. Also, 4 is a time display section with digital numbers, and 69.5 and 6 are "hours" and "minutes" respectively.
represents. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an alarm time setting process in the digital display clock of FIG. 1. When the time on the time display section 4 is 8:25 and you want to set the alarm time to 8:00 on the next day, press button 2 once. Then, at 8:26, the required value can only be reached after performing all 35 consecutive operations. With this operation, the time display shows 8:00, and after confirming this, the user operates the push button 3 to return the watch from the state for setting the alarm time to the state for waiting for the alarm. As you can see from this, K.

The means and time required to set the alarm time are large.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the alarm time setting process of the electronic digital display clock according to the present invention.
Illustrated by the examples b) and (C).

(a) The figure shows that after setting the alarm time '0' (8 o'clock in the figure), if you want to set '0 minute' to zero, press the zero setting push button 9a provided exclusively for 1. The 10th and 1st digits of the minute display are set to zero at 1 o'clock, and at the same time, 7 indicates that the watch will automatically return to the alarm standby state. As a result, if you set the alarm time to an arbitrary number, the display will return to normal unless you pass through the setting of ``°minutes'' every time you set the alarm time, as in the past. It is also possible to resolve the problem of not coming back. (1)) The figure shows that the 10th digit and 1st digit of the minute display can be set separately. First, 10 minutes
To set the digit ``2'' to ``5'', operate the dedicated push button 8a three times as shown in 8a-1 to 8a-3.Next, press another switch button to set the digit 1. After enabling setting, press the push button 81) to 8b in order to set the first digit "5" to "1".
-1 to 81) Operate 6 times as shown by -6. In this way, the "minute" setting is completed with a total of 10 button operations, but this is a significant improvement compared to the 26 button operations needed to obtain the same setting value with conventional equipment. has been done. Also, figure (c) is ゛′
2 6, (1)) Set it to II 5 II using the same dimensions as shown in the figure, and use the switch button to set it to 1 (After setting the XL number to the IJ state, Zero setting push button 9b17) This shows the state in which the display of ``25'' minutes is set to ``50'' minutes with a single operation. 1. When the zero setting push button is pressed, (a) Similarly, in that the state where the alarm time can be set can be automatically restored to the alarm standby state, the reset operation using push button 3 is required at least once.In this example, the button operation is performed five times. Since it can be completed in just 2 seconds, an even bigger improvement can be achieved.

Figure 4 comprehensively shows the functions explained in Figure 3, where 8.9 is the operation button, 13 and 14 are Arano, respectively, and the memory of the 10th and 1st digits of the hour I11 minute display. Circuits, 11 and 12 are set circuits for the 10th and 1st digits respectively, 15 and 16 are reset operations that return the 10th and 1st digits to zero, 10 is the io position of the minute display. This is a control circuit for selecting the first setting, setting a different setting, canceling the alarm time setting function state, and returning the clock to the normal state of waiting for an alarm. As a result, the set circuits 11 and 12 that set the 10th digit and 1st digit to an arbitrary number 1, and the 10th digit and 1
The reset circuits 15 and 16 for returning the digit to zero can be operated independently, and the digit t can be set to zero by operating the push button 9 at the same time.
Via the control circuit 10, it is possible to immediately switch from the state in which the alarm time can be set to the normal display state.

With these functions, I / the user who operates the machine has an average of 6
This is significantly reduced to 1/2 of the time, and has great effects in speeding up and streamlining alarm time setting operations, and reducing mental fatigue. In other words, meetings, business negotiations,
There is an increasing need to obtain advance alarms for visits, meetings, etc., dispatches, arrivals, meetings, and sleep stops. Because it is very often used in units of "hour" or "minute", such as 9:30,
The effect of being able to independently adjust the 11th digit and the 1'' digit in the display of ``minutes'' is very large.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 shows the conventional '? Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the conventional alarm time setting process;
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the alarm time setting process by Kinoe IJI, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an alarm time setting device for an electronic digital clothing hour hand according to the present invention. Explanation of symbols 8: Operation button for number setting, 9: Operation button for zero setting, 10: Control circuit, cent circuit for 1110th number, 1
2: 1st place 0 character set time hi3. 13: Memory circuit for 10th place number, 14: Memory circuit for 1st place number, 15:10
Reset circuit for digits in the 1st digit, 16: Reset circuit for the digit in the 1st digit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electronic digital display clock characterized by having means for independently setting the 10th digit and the 1st digit of the 1 minute display.