KR101052640B1 - World time display method using digital clock device and world clock display - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a digital clock device for displaying a world time, the display panel displaying a world time for each region; A panel driving driver to control driving of the display panel; An interface unit for receiving setting information for setting a display method for the world time; A memory for storing time difference information for each of the setting information and the world time; A control unit which controls the panel driving driver to display the world time on the display panel using the setting information and the parallax information stored in the memory; And a power supply unit supplying power to each of the panel, the panel driving driver, the interface unit, and the controller, wherein the controller is configured to display a display area of the display panel in order to display morning and afternoon for the world time. And an outer side, and control to display each region recognition symbol for the world time on the inner side or the outer side according to the morning and afternoon.

Description

A digital clock apparatus for displaying of world time and method for displaying world time using the digital clock apparatus}

The present invention relates to a clock for displaying the world time, and more particularly, to a digital clock device and a digital display device for displaying the world time for displaying and displaying the world time according to the user's convenience using an electronic display device. The present invention relates to a world time display method using a clock device.

In general, clocks that display the time of major cities in the world include clock hands using clock hands and numeric clocks that display time values numerically. Clock hands are easy to use and widely used because they follow the shape of traditional watches. Numeric clocks are typical digital clocks that use numbers to represent world time. A watch type clock is generally composed of one hour hand indicating a time value and a minute hand indicating a minute value of a time. This watch is widely used because it has the advantage of knowing the current time only by the shape and angle of the hands, even though the numbers indicating the time value of the watch are not easily seen. As such a clock-type clock, the hour hand can be rotated, and the main city name can be exemplified to have a fixed form. However, in the case of selling such watches to major cities in the world, if you want to change the location of the city name in each city, it is necessary to make several kinds of watches according to this, the number of items of the watch increases, which leads to an increase in production cost. For example, a user residing in Seoul would want a city named Seoul to be located at 12 o'clock on the clock panel, while a user in LA would want the LA city name to be located at 12 o'clock on the clock panel. In addition, even if a user of a place without a city name on a watch wants to put a city name, the user is limited in displaying a world time for his or her region, and thus, a conventional watch has difficulty in meeting various user needs.

In addition, another problem of the conventional clock is that the time value is displayed up to 12, it is not known whether the time of the city is morning or afternoon. In some cases, the clock panel may display numbers up to 24. However, this does not take advantage of the traditional clock hands and provides a too complicated clock face.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is not only to display the time of various cities in the world, but also to change the name of the city, the world clock display digital clock device to be able to set the display method of the world time according to the user's convenience and It is to provide a world time display method using a digital clock device.

In order to achieve the above object, the digital clock device for displaying the world time according to the present invention comprises a display panel for displaying the world time for each region; A panel driving driver to control driving of the display panel; An interface unit for receiving setting information for setting a display method for the world time; A memory for storing time difference information for each of the setting information and the world time; A control unit which controls the panel driving driver to display the world time on the display panel using the setting information and the parallax information stored in the memory; And a power supply unit supplying power to each of the panel, the panel driving driver, the interface unit, and the controller, wherein the controller is configured to display a display area of the display panel in order to display morning and afternoon for the world time. And an outer side, and control to display each region recognition symbol for the world time on the inner side or the outer side according to the morning and afternoon.

In order to achieve the above object, the world time display method using the digital clock device according to the present invention comprises the steps of receiving the setting information for each local world time display method; And displaying the world time on a display panel for displaying the world time using the setting information and the time difference information for each of the world time, and to display the morning and afternoon for the world time, The display area of the display panel is divided into an inner side and an outer side, and each region recognition symbol for the world time is displayed on the inner side or the outer side according to the morning and afternoon.

According to the present invention, it is possible to diversify the method of displaying the world time by displaying the user's setting items so as to satisfy the various display methods of the user. Therefore, the user may display information on a region preferred by the user, and change the color and thickness of the clock hand, the shape or position of the text, and the image of the clock background.

Hereinafter, the digital clock device for displaying the world time according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment for explaining a digital clock device for displaying a world time according to the present invention, and includes an interface unit 100, a memory 110, a controller 120, a panel driving driver 130, and a display panel. 140 and the power supply unit 150.

The interface unit 100 receives the setting information for setting the display method for the world time. The setting information includes various information that can be set such as each region identification symbol, text color, clock shape, image, hour hand / minute hand / second hand color, and color for distinguishing morning and afternoon. Setting information received from the user, the type of the clock, the name of the city as the reference of the clock, the number of the hour hand of the clock, the image corresponding to the city name, the color of the city name, the display angle of the text or the font, etc. Is input as configuration information. Each region identification symbol described above includes a country name, a city name, a name of a specific person, a company name, and an image of each region corresponding to each region.

The interface unit 100 downloads the setting information from a computer (not shown) that drives an application program for setting the setting information, and outputs the downloaded setting information to the memory 110. To this end, the interface unit 100 performs a network function for wired and wireless communication with a computer, and for this purpose, is provided with a port (not shown) that can be connected to the computer.

2 to 6 illustrate a menu bar for inputting setting information through an application program running on a computer. 2 illustrates an example of a menu bar for setting a region name, a user may select a city or country name from a strike menu bar, or the user may directly input a region name. 3 shows an example of a menu bar for setting additional display items after setting a region name. 4 illustrates an example of a menu bar for setting a color of a region name, and displays a color table to allow a user to select a color. 5 shows an example of a menu bar for setting a display position of an area name. 6 illustrates an example of a menu bar for setting a clock background color, and displays a color table so that a user can select a color.

In addition, the interface unit 100 may find a watch shape, an image, and the like which are useful in a web server, etc., and may download them as setting information through the Internet.

Meanwhile, although the interface unit 100 may download the setting information from the computer described above, the interface unit 100 may display a menu bar for setting the setting information by itself. To this end, the memory 110 stores an application program capable of displaying a menu bar for setting setting information, and the interface unit 100 drives the application program to display a menu bar and to input setting information input from a user. Receives and outputs to the memory (110).

The interface unit 100 outputs the reception result of the setting information to the control unit 120.

The memory 110 receives and stores the setting information from the interface unit 100. The memory 110 also stores disparity information for each of the world times. Time difference information is information about time in different parts of the world that differs from world standard time (based on the Greenwich Observatory in the UK).

Upon receiving a signal indicating that the setting information has been received from the interface unit 100, the control unit 120 uses the setting information and the parallax information stored in the memory 110 to display the world time on the display panel 140. 130) to output the control signal. The controller 120 divides the display area of the display panel 140 into an inner side and an outer side in order to display the morning and afternoon with respect to the world time, and recognizes each region of the world time inside or outside according to the morning and afternoon. Outputs a control signal for displaying the symbol. In addition, the control unit 120 outputs a control signal for displaying different colors for each area recognition symbol according to the setting information. In addition, the control unit 120 outputs a control signal for displaying different colors for each region recognition symbol in order to distinguish between morning and afternoon for the world time according to the setting information. In addition, when displaying the world time on the display panel 140, the controller 120 outputs a control signal for displaying each region identification information on the hour hand indicating the world time. In addition, when displaying the world time on the display panel 140, the controller 120 outputs a control signal for displaying each region recognition symbol in conjunction with the rotation of the hour hand indicating the world time. In addition, when displaying the world time on the display panel 140, the controller 120 outputs a control signal for displaying the hour hand indicating the world time as the number of local recognition symbols for the world time. In addition, the controller 120 outputs a control signal for displaying a date change line when displaying the world time on the display panel 140. In addition, the controller 120 outputs a control signal for displaying the hour hand indicating the world time and the color of each region recognition symbol corresponding to the hour hand in the same color. In addition, when displaying the world time on the display panel, the controller 120 controls to display each area recognition symbol by varying the display angle with time.

According to the control signal of the control unit 120, the display panel 140 to be described later, the type of the clock corresponding to the setting information, the name of the city as the reference of the clock, the number of the hour hand of the clock, the image corresponding to the city name, The color of the city name and the image of each region are displayed. The function of the display panel 140 under the control of the controller 120 will be described later.

The panel driving driver 130 controls the driving of the display panel 140 according to the control signal transmitted from the controller 120. The panel driving driver 130 converts the control signal of the control unit 120 according to the setting information into a display signal that can be displayed on the display panel 140 and outputs it to the display panel 140.

According to the driving control of the panel driving driver 130, the display panel 140 displays the world time of each region in response to the control signal transmitted from the controller 120. An example of the display panel 140 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), an electronic paper (E-Paper), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), and the like. In response to the setting information, the display panel 140 may include a clock hand (for example, an hour hand, a minute hand, a second hand, and the like), a region identification symbol (for example, a country name, a city name, and a name of a specific person). , Company name and corresponding local image), color, image, and the like.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a display method of world time displayed on the display panel 140 according to setting information. As shown in FIG. 7, the hands of the clock are made up of hour, minute, and second hands 200, 202, and 204, and rotate over time. The basic hands of the clock hands are one each. The time value is 1 to 12, and there is a fixed number on the clock plate 206. Outside of the numbers that represent time values, there are several city names that rotate with the hour hand. In FIG. 7, different colors are used to display city names, so that AM and PM may be distinguished, and city names having the same color may be used if they are not desired. Seoul is currently 7:15 am and Beijing is 6:15 am. LA is represented by different colored letters and represents 2 pm PM. In addition, the name of London is also expressed in a different color, indicating that it is 10:15 pm. In the present invention, another method of distinguishing the morning or afternoon of the city may include a color in a time value indicating the city or a special symbol around the city name.

FIG. 8 shows a state after 1 hour in FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 8, the name “Seoul” corresponding to the hour hand rotates in conjunction with the hour hand. Seoul is 8:15, Beijing is 7:15, and LA is 3:15 pm. Therefore, when Seoul's time arrives at 8 o'clock, each local identification symbol “Seoul” will point to 8 o'clock along the hour hand. It is possible to add or remove the name of the city in the hour hand. On the other hand, in the case of Paris, it will be 11:15 pm in FIG. 7, whereas it will be 0:15 am in FIG. In this case, since the time in Paris corresponds to the morning, change the color of the city name to correspond to the morning.

The present invention can change and add city names according to the user's selection. For example, in place of the region recognition symbol of Seoul at the position corresponding to 7 o'clock in FIG. 7 may be changed to the recognition symbol of 'Tokyo', and the name of a specific city may be deleted from FIG. The change or deletion of the city name is performed by resetting the setting information received through the interface unit 100.

The display panel 140 may be implemented as a panel layer having a multilayer structure to display world time.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example of a display panel having the panel layers 300, 302, and 304 having a multilayer structure. The clock is composed of hour, minute and second hands, so that one layer displays the time value and the city name, another layer shows the hour hand, the other layer shows the minute hand, and another layer to create the three-dimensional effect. Can represent the second hand. The first panel layer 300 displays the second hand of time, the second panel layer 302 displays the minute hand of time, and the third panel layer 304 is used to display the hour hand, city name, and time value. do. In order to control the panel having such a multilayer structure, one control unit may be provided or may be composed of a plurality of control units. In order to achieve the three-dimensional effect of the clock device of the present invention, the plurality of panel layers 300, 302, and 304 may be spaced apart from each other, or another transparent material may be added therebetween.

10 illustrates an example in which each of the twelve hour hands displays a world time. Each hour hand has a number from 1 to 12. The twelve hour hand rotates over time, pointing to each local identifier (ie city name). The names of major cities are displayed on the outside of the hour hand, and the city names are fixed and do not rotate over time. 10 is unlike the prior art, the city name can be changed or repositioned according to the user's selection. In FIG. 10, the location of Seoul is arranged at the 11 o'clock position of the clock. However, according to the user's selection, it is possible to rotate the position of Seoul by 90 degrees, 180 degrees, or 270 degrees.

11 illustrates an example of displaying an international date line. In FIG. 11, it can be seen that Beijing is 11:27 AM, Paris is 4:27 AM, LA is 7:27 PM, and NY (New York) is 10:27 PM. Of the cities on the outer circumference of FIG. 11, the dates of the cities to the left of the date change line 400 of FIG. 11 indicate one day later. For example, Beijing is 11:27 AM and LA is 7:27 PM the day before. In FIG. 11, the identifier 402 shows that it is possible to add a symbol or an image instead of a city name. For example, an image such as 402 of FIG. 11 may be displayed to represent a person's time traveling to the United States.

FIG. 12 illustrates an example in which the display area of the display panel 140 is divided into an inside and an outside to display morning and afternoon. The inside 500 of the display panel 140 displays a city name representing the morning time, and the outside city 502 displays a city name representing the afternoon time.

FIG. 13 is a view illustrating a path in which names of respective cities are moved according to the morning and afternoon classification scheme of FIG. 12. For example, the city name Seoul currently indicates 12:27 am, and as time passes, the name display of Seoul moves along the inside of the display panel 140 along the line 600, and after 11 hours Is located between 11 and 12 o'clock of FIG. 13. Thereafter, when the time elapses, the display enters the afternoon time, thereby moving along the outside of the display panel 140.

FIG. 14 illustrates an example of displaying respective area recognition symbols on a plurality of hour hands. Each region recognition symbol may be displayed separately from the hour hand, but as shown in FIG. 14, the hour hand and the recognition symbol may be displayed together. When displaying each area identification symbol on the hour hand, the date, day of the week, and current time may be displayed together with each area identification symbol. For example, when displaying 'Seoul' on the hour hand, the date 'July 10', the day 'Wednesday', and the current time 'PM 08:30' may be displayed together. When displaying the area identifiers on the hour hand, the display mode of the area identifiers varies with time. As shown in FIG. 14, when the hour hand is located between 12 and 6 o'clock, the display panel 140 displays the first letter of each region identification symbol 'Philips' to start at the center of the watch. However, if the hour hand is located between 6 and 12 o'clock, the end character of each region identification symbol 'Apple' or 'POP media' is displayed to be located in the center of the clock. Therefore, by displaying each area recognition symbol on the hour hand in the forward direction, it is easy for the user to confirm each area recognition symbol.

15 shows an example in which an image is displayed instead of a character as each region identification symbol. As shown in FIG. 15, instead of displaying Canada as text, Canada displays an image representing the Canadian.

FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining that each region recognition symbol varies in display angle with time. In FIG. 16A, the local recognition symbols 'Korea' and 'France' change the display angle as time passes. As shown in (b) of FIG. 16, the display panel 140 displays the display angles of the local recognition symbols 'South Korea' and 'France' by adjusting the angle so that the user can easily identify the recognition symbols. If the angle is not adjusted, it is somewhat inconvenient for the user to check the recognition symbol as shown in FIG.

As another application example of the present invention, in displaying the world time, the color of the city name and the hour hand indicating the city may be unified to the same color. For example, to represent the time of “Seoul,” the city name of “Seoul” and the hour hand pointing to Seoul may be displayed in the same red color. Blue color is used to represent NY (NewYork) and green color is used to represent London to unify city name and hour hand color. By doing this, you can distinguish the world's vision only by the color of the city from a distance.

In addition, in the present invention, the second hand may not be used in the clock hands. For users who feel that the number of hands is too large, the second hand may be represented in a separate manner rather than in the form of hands. For example, the mark may be divided into 60 portions along the circumference representing the number plate, and the mark flickering around the 60 equal circumference, and the mark may be moved once every second. If there is no second hand on the clock, or if there is no state indicating the second value of the time, it is difficult to tell whether the clock is alive.

As another application example of the present invention, the hands of the clock, that is, hour hand, minute hand, second hand are not displayed but are displayed in real form, and the local recognition characters may be moved with time on the background of the clock. Using the hands of a watch is a way to increase the three-dimensional appearance of the watch.

The power supply unit 150 supplies power to each of the interface unit 100, the control unit 120, and the panel driving driver 130. The power supply unit 150 includes a converter for power conversion in order to supply appropriate power to each of the interface unit 100, the control unit 120, and the panel driving driver 130.

Hereinafter, a world time display method using a digital clock device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

16 is a flowchart of an embodiment for explaining a world time display method using a digital clock device according to the present invention.

First, setting information about the display method of each local world time is received (operation 700). The setting information may be downloaded from a computer running an application program for setting the setting information. The setting information may be found on a web server or the like, and may be downloaded from the Internet as setting information. In addition, an application program capable of displaying a menu bar for setting setting information may be driven to display a menu bar and receive setting information from a user. Setting information received from the user, the type of the clock, the name of the city to be the reference of the clock, the number of the hour hand of the clock, the image corresponding to the city name, the color of the city name, the display angle of the text or the font As input.

After step 700, the world time is displayed on the display panel for displaying the world time using the setting information and the time difference information for each of the world time (step 702). At this time, in order to display the morning and afternoon for the world time, the display area of the display panel is divided into an inner side and an outer side to display respective regional recognition phrases for the world time. Each region identification symbol includes a country name, a city name, a specific person's name, a company name, and an image of each region that characterize each region.

When displaying the world time on the display panel, colors may be displayed differently for each area recognition symbol, and colors may be displayed for each of the area recognition phrases in order to distinguish between morning and afternoon for the world time. It may be displayed differently. Further, when displaying the world time on the display panel, each region recognition symbol may be displayed on the hour hand indicating the world time, and when displaying the world time on the display panel, each region recognition phrase may be set to the world time. It may be displayed in conjunction with the rotation of the pointing hand. In addition, when displaying the world time on the display panel, when displaying the world time on the display panel, the hour hand indicating the world time is displayed by the number of local recognition phrases for the world time. In addition, when displaying the world time on the display panel, a date change line may be displayed, and the hour hand indicating the world time and the color of each local recognition phrase corresponding to the hour hand may be displayed in the same color. When displaying the world time on the display panel, each region recognition symbol is displayed by varying the display angle with time. This has been described in the digital clock device described above, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, the method inventions of the present invention described above can be implemented as computer readable codes / instructions / programs. For example, it may be implemented in a general-purpose digital computer for operating the code / instructions / program using a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes storage media such as magnetic storage media (eg, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, etc.), optical reading media (eg, CD-ROM, DVD, etc.) Includes a USB memory stick or other memory card.

The present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings for the purpose of understanding the digital clock device for displaying the world time and the digital clock device for the purpose of understanding the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the appended claims.

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment for explaining a digital clock device for displaying a world time according to the present invention.

2 shows an example of a menu bar for setting a region name.

3 shows an example of a menu bar for setting additional display items after setting a region name.

4 illustrates an example of a menu bar for setting color of a region name.

5 shows an example of a menu bar for setting a display position of an area name.

6 illustrates an example of a menu bar for setting a clock background color.

7 illustrates an example of a display method of world time displayed on a display panel according to setting information.

FIG. 8 shows a state after 1 hour in FIG. 7.

9 illustrates an example of a display panel having a panel layer of a multilayer structure.

10 illustrates an example in which each of the twelve hour hands displays a world time.

11 illustrates an example of displaying an international date line.

12 illustrates an example of dividing the display area of the display panel into an inside and an outside to distinguish between AM and PM.

FIG. 13 is a view illustrating a path in which names of respective cities are moved according to the morning and afternoon classification scheme of FIG. 12.

FIG. 14 illustrates an example of displaying respective area recognition symbols on a plurality of hour hands.

15 shows an example in which an image is displayed instead of a character as each region identification symbol.

FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining that each region recognition symbol varies in display angle with time.

17 is a flowchart of an embodiment for explaining a world time display method using a digital clock device according to the present invention.

Claims (25)

A display panel for respectively displaying world time for each region; A panel driving driver to control driving of the display panel; An interface unit for receiving setting information for setting a display method for the world time; A memory for storing time difference information for each of the setting information and the world time; A control unit which controls the panel driving driver to display the world time on the display panel using the setting information and the parallax information stored in the memory; And A power supply unit supplying power to each of the display panel, the panel driving driver, the interface unit, and the control unit; In order to display the morning and afternoon for the world time, the controller divides the display area of the display panel into the inside and the outside, and each region recognition symbol for the world time on the inside or the outside according to the morning and afternoon. Digital clock device for displaying the world time, characterized in that the control to display. The method of claim 1, Wherein each region identification symbol includes a country name, a city name, a name of a specific person, a company name, and an image of each region representing the characteristics of each region. The display panel of claim 1, wherein the display panel is And a multi-layer panel layer for displaying the world time. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface unit And downloading the setting information set from a computer running an application program for setting the setting information. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface unit And displaying a menu bar for setting the setting information, and outputting the setting information input from a user to the memory. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit And displaying a different color for each of the area recognition symbols. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit In order to distinguish between the morning and the afternoon for the world time, the digital clock device for displaying the world time, characterized in that the control to display different colors for each of the area recognition symbols. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit When displaying the world time on the display panel, it is controlled to display any one or more of each area recognition symbol, date, day of the week and time on the hour hand indicating the world time. Device. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit And displaying the respective area recognition symbols in conjunction with the rotation of the hour hand pointing to the world time when displaying the world time on the display panel. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit When displaying the world time on the display panel, the hour hand indicating the world time is controlled to display the number of local recognition symbols for the world time. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit And displaying a date change line when displaying the world time on the display panel. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit And displaying the hour hand indicating the world time and the color of each region recognition symbol corresponding to the hour hand in the same color. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit And displaying the respective area recognition symbols at different display angles as time passes, when displaying the world time on the display panel. Receiving setting information about a display method of each local world time; And Displaying the world time on a display panel for displaying the world time using the setting information and the time difference information for each of the world time; In order to display the morning and afternoon for the world time, the display area of the display panel is divided into the inside and the outside, and each region recognition symbol for the world time is displayed on the inside or the outside according to the morning and afternoon. World time display method using a digital clock device, characterized in that. The method of claim 14, Wherein each region identification symbol includes a country name, a city name, a name of a specific person, a company name, and an image of each region representing the characteristics of each region. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving of the setting information on the display method of each local world time is performed. And downloading the setting information set from a computer running an application program for setting the setting information. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving of the setting information on the display method of each local world time is performed. And displaying a menu bar for setting the setting information and receiving the setting information from a user. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying the world time on the display panel comprises: World time display method using a digital clock device, characterized in that for displaying the different colors for each of the area recognition symbols. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying the world time on the display panel comprises: In order to distinguish between the morning and the afternoon for the world time, the world time display method using a digital clock device, characterized in that for displaying each of the respective area identification symbols differently. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying the world time on the display panel comprises: When displaying the world time on the display panel, one or more of each area recognition symbol, date, day of the week, and time is displayed on the hour hand indicating the world time. Way. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying the world time on the display panel comprises: When displaying the world time on the display panel, the local time identification symbol is displayed in conjunction with the rotation of the hour hand indicating the world time. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying the world time on the display panel comprises: When displaying the world time on the display panel, the hour hand indicating the world time is displayed as many times as the number of local recognition symbols for the world time. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying the world time on the display panel comprises: And displaying a date change line when displaying the world time on the display panel. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying the world time on the display panel comprises: And displaying the hour hand indicating the world time and the color of each region recognition symbol corresponding to the hour hand in the same color. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying the world time on the display panel comprises: When displaying the world time on the display panel, the world time display method using the digital clock device, characterized in that for displaying the respective area recognition symbols by varying the display angle over time.

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