KR101816493B1 - Time informing ring - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a ring-type watch and, more specifically, to a device for informing time information with vibration to a user who wears a ring. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a time informing ring comprises: a control unit; a vibration unit which receives a signal of the control unit, and shows the time information to the user; a button unit which transmits the signal to the control unit; a local area communication unit which adjusts time of the control unit; a battery unit which is electrically connected to the control unit; and a wireless charging unit which charges a battery. The present invention is provided to show the time information with the vibration by the ring-type watch which is convenient to handle, thereby enabling the blind to confirm the time through touch different from a conventional wrist watch. The present invention can improve convenience of handling through a ring shape.

Description

Visual Notification Ring {TIME INFORMING RING}

 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a ring-shaped clock, and more particularly, to a device for transmitting time information by vibration to a user wearing a ring.

Although the degree of visibility is different for each visually impaired person, visual confirmation of the time for most visually impaired persons is a very difficult process. There are many types of watches on the market that do not rely on the vision for the visually impaired. Typically, there is a TYT watch that can be touched by hand (a clock that can grasp the hour and minute with the bead position by touching the bead inside the watch) and a braille clock.

However, in fact, 93% of visually impaired people suddenly lose sight due to acquired illness or accident, so they often abandon Braille learning. For this reason, the percentage of blind people who can decipher braille is actually only 6.1%. This demonstrates that a vibration ring watch can be used for more visually impaired people than a braille watch.

Also, for the blind who are always using both hands, using both hands to know the time is very expensive. Therefore, the watch for the visually impaired should be a watch that can be grasped with just one hand like the clock we use in daily life.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide time information through vibration to enable visually impaired people to know the time.

In addition, the present invention provides time information with a long and short vibration so that the user can easily access the information without a learning process.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a visual alert ring. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the visual alert ring includes a ring-shaped main body, a control unit for converting time information into a vibration signal, and a vibration unit for vibrating in response to the vibration signal from the control unit.

According to one example, the vibrating portion provides a first vibration over a first time, a second vibration over a second time that is shorter than the first time, and a third vibration over a third time that is shorter than the second time.

According to an example, the control unit extracts values corresponding to hour and minute from the time information, converts each of the values into vibration signals, and sets a predetermined time interval between the vibration signal corresponding to the hour and the vibration signal corresponding to minutes, Lt; / RTI >

In one example, the controller matches the first to third vibrations to 10, 5, and 1, respectively, and converts values corresponding to hours and minutes into a combination of the first to third vibrations.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus further includes a button portion provided at one point of the main body.

According to an example, the controller converts time information into a vibration signal when the button is pressed, and transmits the vibration information to the vibration unit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it further includes a pressure sensor unit built into the main body.

According to an embodiment, the pressure sensor unit is located at a plurality of points within the main body unit at regular intervals.

According to an embodiment, the controller converts time information into a vibration signal when at least one of the plurality of pressure sensors senses a pressure, and transmits the vibration signal to the vibration unit.

According to an embodiment, the button unit transmits an operation signal to the control unit when a button is input.

According to an embodiment, the vibrator vibrates in response to a signal from the controller to provide visual information to a user.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, a visually impaired user does not need to grasp the time by using both hands, and provides highly readable time information to blind persons who do not know braille.

In addition, since the visual alert ring according to the embodiment of the present invention expresses a 24-hour format, it can be divided into morning and afternoon.

1 is a perspective view of a visual alert ring according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a visual alert ring in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a table exemplarily showing first to third vibrations provided by the vibration unit and a method of representing time information using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a perspective view of a visual alert ring according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram of a visual alert ring according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 and 7 are perspective views of a visual alert ring according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Each drawing has been partially or exaggerated for clarity. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the respective drawings, the same constituent elements are shown to have the same reference numerals as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. Also, components and acts referred to as " comprising (or comprising) " do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components and operations. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a visual alert ring 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a visual alert ring 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the visual alert ring 10 includes a main body 100, a control unit 120, and a vibration unit 110.

The body portion 100 is formed in a ring shape. The control unit 120 converts time information into a vibration signal. The vibration unit 110 vibrates in response to the vibration signal from the controller 120 to provide the user with time information.

The control unit 120 is a controller module that generates a control signal for controlling the vibration unit 110. The vibration unit 110 is a vibrator that receives a vibration signal from the controller 120 and generates vibration according to the vibration signal.

The visual alert ring 10 further includes a short range communication unit 140, a wireless charging unit 150, and a battery unit 160.

The short-range communication unit 140 transmits data on the standard time from the terminal connected by the short-distance wireless communication method to the controller 120. [ The control unit 120 sets the current time of the visual alert ring 10 based on the data received through the local communication unit 140. [

The wireless charging unit 150 wirelessly receives power from the power supply unit and transmits the power to the battery unit 160.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the vibration unit 110 is configured to generate a vibration having a first vibration over a first time period, a second vibration over a second time period shorter than the first time period, 3 vibration. That is, the duration of the first vibration is the longest among the first to third vibrations, then the duration of the second vibration is long, and the duration of the third vibration is the shortest.

3 is a diagram for explaining a first to third vibration provided by the vibration unit 110 and a method of representing time information using the vibration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Based on the vibration conversion method of FIG. 3, a number indicating time is represented by a first vibration corresponding to twelfth, a second vibration corresponding to five, and a third vibration corresponding to one.

In the value corresponding to the hour in the visual information, the tens digit number is 0, 1 or 2. When the tens digit is 0, no vibration is generated. In the case of 1, the third vibration corresponding to 1 and the first vibration corresponding to twelve are represented. In the case of 2, the third vibration corresponding to 1 It is expressed by the first vibration that occurs twice and corresponds to ten. The number of digits of a day can be represented by 0 to 9, and expressed by a combination of a second vibration and a third vibration except for the first vibration corresponding to ten.

In the value corresponding to minutes in the visual information, the tens digit number is any one of 0 to 5. The tens digit number is represented by the combination of the second vibration and the third vibration and the subsequent first vibration. In the case of a place of a day, it is the same as the place of day corresponding to the hour of the hour. Midnight is expressed as 24 o'clock, and hour and minute are distinguished by pre-set time interval.

For example, in FIG. 3, 10:39 is divided into 10 minutes corresponding to the time of the hour and 39 minutes corresponding to the minutes. With respect to the value corresponding to the hour, a third vibration corresponding to 1 and a first vibration corresponding to ten express 10 o'clock. With respect to the value corresponding to minutes, the 39th to 10th digit number 3 is represented by the third vibration number 3, corresponding to 1, and the first vibration number corresponding to 10, and the digit number 9 corresponds to 5 It is represented by the second vibration one time and the third vibration four times.

Also, in case of 23 o'clock and 20 o'clock 3, a time interval is set between the vibration signal corresponding to the time and the vibration signal corresponding to the minutes, so that the user can easily distinguish the vibration signal.

Referring again to FIGS. 1 and 2, the main body 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes a button 130 at one point.

When the button unit 130 is pressed, the controller 120 converts the time information into a vibration signal and transmits the vibration signal to the vibration unit 110. That is, the visual alert ring 10 displays the time information when the button unit 130 is depressed as vibration and provides it to the user.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a visual alert ring 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a visual alert ring 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the pressure sensor unit 170 is positioned at a plurality of points within the main body 100 at regular intervals.

The pressure sensor unit 170 includes a plurality of pressure sensors 171-174. When at least one of the plurality of pressure sensors 171 to 174 senses the pressure, the controller 120 converts the time information into a vibration signal and transmits the vibration signal to the vibration unit 110.

6 and 7 are perspective views of a visual alert ring 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the body portion 100 of the visual alert ring 10 may not include a simple ring shape as in Figs. 1 and 4, but may further include a head portion in the form of a disc in one part of the ring have.

According to this embodiment, the visual alert ring 10 enables the user to distinguish the position of the button unit 130 or the pressure sensor unit 170 based on the head portion of the ring.

Further, the visual alert ring 10 according to this embodiment arranges various modules in the head portion to increase the degree of integration of the circuit. Thereby reducing the size limit on the box.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the invention and, together with the description of the invention, It should not be construed as limited.

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Claims (9)

A ring-shaped body portion,
A control unit for converting the time information into a vibration signal,
And a vibrating part for vibrating in response to the vibration signal from the control part to provide visual information to the user,
The vibrating portion includes:
Providing a first vibration over a first time, a second vibration over a second time that is shorter than the first time, and a third vibration over a third time that is shorter than the second time. delete The method according to claim 1,
The control unit includes:
Extracts values corresponding to hour and minute from the visual information, converts the values into vibration signals,
A time notification ring that transmits a vibration signal corresponding to a time and a vibration signal corresponding to minutes to a vibration unit with a preset time interval. The method of claim 3,
The control unit includes:
And the first to third vibrations are matched to 10, 5 and 1, respectively, to convert values corresponding to hour and minute into a combination of the first to third vibrations. The method according to claim 1,
And a button unit provided at one point of the main body unit. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the control unit converts the time information into a vibration signal when the button unit is pressed and transmits the vibration signal to the vibration unit. The method according to claim 1,
And a pressure sensor built in the body part. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the pressure sensor is located at a plurality of points within the body part at regular intervals. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the control unit converts time information into a vibration signal and transmits the vibration information to the vibration unit when at least one of the plurality of pressure sensors senses the pressure.

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