JPS6014235Y2 - pendant clock - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a pendant watch that normally displays an arbitrary figure and displays time information when a switch is operated.

Conventionally, electronic watches that displayed not only the time but also arbitrary figures at the same time on different display sections (for example,
10728 Mine Publication) has been proposed.

By the way, pendant-type electronic watches are usually used by hanging them, and when you want to know the time, you have to hold them in your hand.

In addition, it is necessary to satisfy the decorative effect as a pendant when not held in the hand.

In view of the uniqueness of the pendant type, the present invention displays time information and arbitrary figures on the same display, and
The display can be changed by operating a switch, and usually an arbitrary figure is displayed to satisfy the decorative effect of the pendant.If you want to know the time, hold it in your hand and operate the switch, which will display the time. It was designed to do this.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes the main body of the watch, 2 a pushbutton switch for display switching provided on the main body 1 of the watch, and 3 a display section for displaying time information or arbitrary figures by switching.The display section 3 here is constituted by a dot matrix display. has been done.

4 is a chain for hanging the watch body 1 around the neck or the like.

Figure 2 shows a block diagram of the main parts.

5 is a reference signal generation circuit consisting of a crystal oscillator circuit, etc.; 6 is a reference signal generator that converts the frequency of this reference signal into an appropriate frequency for measuring time information;
For example, it is a frequency dividing circuit that divides the frequency into IHz signals.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a time counter that counts the above-mentioned IHz signal and measures various time information such as "month", "day", "hour", and "1 minute above 1 second".

Reference numeral 8 denotes a first character generator, which generates each character in order to display the contents of these time measurements in numerical characters by inputting the time measurement output, which is time information of 1 o'clock and 1 minute, from the time counter 7.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a second character generator which generates each character to display an arbitrary figure according to the time measurement contents by inputting the time measurement output which is the date information of "January" and "Day" from the time measurement counter 7.

10 is a driver circuit, and 11 is a display corresponding to the display section 3 in FIG.

12 and 13 are first and second character generators 8
, 9 respectively input the switching signal from the switch 2 and the inverted switching signal to the other, and select input to the driver circuit 10.

Now, normally, the switch 2 is off and the second gate circuit 13
is turned on, the character from the second character generator 9 is input to the driver circuit 10, and a figure corresponding to the time measurement contents of "day" on the lap is displayed.

Furthermore, when holding the watch body 1 in your hand and operating (turning on) the switch 2, the first gate circuit 12 side is turned on and the first gate circuit 12 is turned on.
The characters from the character generator 8 are input to the driver circuit 10, and the hours and minutes are displayed numerically in accordance with the time measurement contents of 1 hour and minutes.

In this way, when the pendant watch is held in hand and the switch 2 is operated, the current time information is displayed, and in the normal state when the switch 2 is not operated, an arbitrary figure corresponding to the month and day is displayed.

FIG. 3 shows different display examples displayed on the display unit 3, where a is an example of a time display, and b and C are graphic display examples.

A indicates 10:38, b indicates "canyt," and c indicates "scorpion" as in FIG.

Note that ``scorpion°°'' and ``crab'' may correspond to any of the ``days'' on the periphery, but ``scorpion'' corresponds to the period from October 24th to November, and ``scorpion'' corresponds to the period from October 24th to November. It is useful if the day corresponds to "kani" because the month, day, and constellations match.

Of course, when matching the month and day with the constellation, it is necessary to select and display a figure (not shown) corresponding to the constellation for other months and days.

In this way, if you want to display figures with certain meanings according to the contents of the month and day, various figures such as flowers in addition to constellations are effective.

In addition, if it is only a variation of the display, it is sufficient to randomly switch and display arbitrary figures at appropriate intervals, and if it is only a decorative effect, only one type of figure is displayed regardless of the month and date. There is no harm in doing so.

As the display body 11, DAP (Deformation A
(Lignment Phase) When using a liquid crystal display, the colors of the time display and graphic display can be changed.

In this case, a voltage control circuit 14 as shown by the broken line in FIG. 2 is required.

The voltage control circuit 14 switches the voltage applied to the driver circuit 10 according to on/off of the switch 2. For example, when the switch 2 is on, the voltage is 6.6V;
Assuming that the switch is switched to apply a voltage of 8.1 V when the switch is off, as shown in the table below, the time display is blue and the graphic display is reddish-purple.In particular, the fact that the graphic display is in color makes it difficult to decorate. The effect can be further improved.

Color example (experimental example) Cell thickness: 13 mμ, 60 Hz AC voltage applied Figure 4 is an external view showing another embodiment. is displayed blinking, and when switch 2 is operated, the colon ``co'' is held in place as shown in b, and the ``special ``minute'' is displayed numerically.

In this case, the figure doubles as or is used as a part of the time display, and the display can be one with a simple segment structure of the previous configuration, and since it is displayed in a blinking manner, it can be moved. We can provide a pendant clock with a decorative effect.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the main part of the above embodiment.

Reference numerals 5, 6, and 7 are a reference signal generating circuit, a frequency dividing circuit, and a time counter similar to those explained in FIG.

A gate circuit 16 receives the decoder output and the switching signal from the switch 2, and supplies the decoder output to the driver circuit 17 when the switch 2 is turned on.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a driver circuit that drives the colon C0, and directly inputs the IHz signal etc. from the frequency dividing circuit 16.

19 is a segment structure display body.

The present embodiment has the above configuration, and the colon C8 blinks regardless of the operation of the switch 2, that is, normally only the colon C9 blinks and is displayed, and when the switch 2 is operated, "hour", ""minutes" will be displayed and the display will blink during that time.

According to the pendant clock of the present invention, a time pattern is output based on the time information of the clock circuit, and a pattern of an arbitrary figure corresponding to the date is output according to the date information of the clock circuit, and these patterns are output. is selectively displayed on the display device using a changeover switch, so usually any figure corresponding to the date, such as a constellation or a flower, is displayed, so it can be used as a pendant to create a decorative effect that has not been seen before. can be fully satisfied.

Furthermore, when you want to know the time, the current time is displayed by operating a switch, so it is possible to provide a pendant clock that is useful both as a pendant and as a clock.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the main parts of the embodiment, Fig. 3 a, b,
4c is a display example of the same embodiment, FIGS. 4a and 4b are external views showing another embodiment of the present invention in different states, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the main part of the same embodiment. 1...Watch body, 2...Switch, 3
... Display section, 7 ... Timing counter, 8
, 9...first and second character generators,
10...driver circuit, 11...display body, 12, 13...first and second gate circuits, 15...decoder circuit, 16... ...Gate circuit, 17.18...Driver circuit, 1
9...Display body.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] 1. A display device capable of displaying any pattern, a clock circuit that measures time, a first character generator that patterns time information of the clock circuit, and corresponds to date information of the clock circuit. a second character generator that outputs a pattern of an arbitrary figure, a changeover switch, a first gate means that allows the output of the first character generator to pass through when the changeover switch is operated; 1. A pendant watch comprising: second gate means for passing output patterns of two character generators; and a drive circuit for displaying pattern information from the first or second gate means on the display device. 2. The pendant watch according to claim 1, wherein the display device is a dot matrix display. 3. The pendant watch according to claim 1, wherein the second character generator outputs a figure of an arbitrary constellation corresponding to a date. 4. The pendant watch according to claim 1, wherein the second character generator outputs an arbitrary flower pattern corresponding to a date.