JPS5948679A - Apparatus for displaying battery life of full-electronic timepiece - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform the life display of a battery capable of being read at a look and easy to view, by displaying the finish of katakana by providing an oblique segment to a display segment with a bisected rectangular shape used in displaying time. CONSTITUTION:An oblique segment directing to a left upward direction from a right lower direction is provided to the desired figure of a display segment with a bisected rectangular shape for performing time display and the finish of katakana is displayed by a control signal responding to the life detection of a battery to make it possible to perform the life display of the battery capable of being read at a look and easy to view.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a battery life display device for an all-electronic watch, and is particularly designed to allow the life display to be read at a glance even in a watch with a small display space.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings. 1st
In the figure, U is the display segment at about 10 o'clock, and S to A are the display segments at about 1 o'clock and 10 o'clock, respectively.
It is a Japanese-shaped pattern of quantiles and 1-minute digits. Slanted segments 2α and 3α are provided in the lower half of the Japanese-shaped pattern at the 1 o'clock and 10 minute positions, and a rectangular segment 5 is provided to the left of the display segment 5 at the 10 o'clock position.

In the above configuration, normally the inclined segments 2α, 3
The remaining display segments except for a and rectangular segment 5 display the time.

When the battery voltage falls below a predetermined level, as shown in FIG. ``Owari'' is displayed in katakana. This display disconnection is performed, for example, by switching the output of a storage circuit that has previously stored the above-mentioned display contents to the output of a current time counter using the output of a battery life detection circuit.

Note that the katakana ``su'' may be displayed as shown in FIG.

Also, if you add segment 6 as shown in Figure 4, the katakana "
"O" becomes more complete and easier to read.

Furthermore, a battery symbol mark may be displayed using a rectangular segment 7 as shown in FIG.

The battery life display may be displayed alternately with the current time at regular intervals.

As described above, according to the present invention, "Owari" can be displayed in katakana by simply adding two segments to the Japanese character pattern, making it easy to read and immediately indicate that the battery life has run out. As a result, no new space is required.

Further, by displaying the battery symbol mark by adding a rectangular segment and display segments adjacent to the rectangular segment, the life indication can be read at a glance.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing one life display mode, FIG. 3 is a normal l′i diagram showing another life display mode, and FIG. The figure is a front view showing another example of the lifespan display mode, and FIG. 5 is a front view showing still another example of the lifespan display mode. U...display segment and ~bean...Japanese-shaped pattern 2α, 3α...slanted segment 5...
Rectangular segment 7... Rectangular segment or more Applicant Seikodai Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Mogami Mogami Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A slanted segment slanted from the upper right to the lower left is provided in the lower half of the left two Japanese character patterns among the three Japanese character patterns that display the desired three digits of the time; "Owari" in katakana using the display segments that make up the three Japanese character patterns and the above-mentioned slanted segments.
A battery life display device for an all-electronic watch, characterized by displaying. (2) In the lower half of the left two day-shaped patterns of the three day-shaped patterns that display the desired three digits of the time, an inclined segment is provided that slopes from the upper right to the lower left; A rectangular segment is provided adjacent to a display segment that displays a digit different from the three digits, and a battery symbol mark is displayed by this rectangular segment and a display segment adjacent to this rectangular segment. A battery life display device for an all-electronic watch, characterized in that it displays "Owari" in katakana using the display segment constituting the display segment and the tilted segment.