KR200268510Y1 - An electic clock for displaying the moon's shape - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is intended to provide an electronic clock that makes it easier to check lunar dates for lunar-oriented users by enhancing the intimacy with the lunar calendar by displaying the lunar shape according to the date change along with the time display. As the electronic clock of the present invention, the display unit for displaying the shape of the current month according to the change of the date; A driver for applying shape data of a current month according to a change of date displayed on the display unit to the display unit; A storage unit to store shape data of the moon according to the change of the date; And a controller for extracting shape data of a current month according to a change of date from the storage and outputting a control signal to the driver.

Description

An electic clock for displaying the moon's shape}

The present invention relates to a clock, and more particularly, to an electronic clock capable of displaying a moon shape suitable for displaying and displaying a shape of a moon according to a change of date along with a time display.

The ancients counted days and created calendars by repetition of day and night, and counted the passage of time as the shadows changed. The earliest clocks were called gnomons, where one rod was placed on the ground. In ancient Egypt, the obelisk was used as the gnomon, and the instructions were inclined parallel to the axis so that the shadow length changed over the course of the year. Has been modified to not change, which is the sun dial.

The sun-solar day used for early time measurement usually refers to the time until the shadow of the stick on the ground becomes the shortest and again the same state the next day. The length of the sun-solar day varies greatly over the course of one year, leading to 18 From the middle of the century to the end of the nineteenth century, the average of the solar days is set by the year, and the period is divided into 24 and the hour, the hour is divided into 60, and the minute is divided into 60 and the second is divided into second. The system began.

Later, the correction clock appeared and the accuracy was gradually improved.At present, the clock originated from the astronomical observation of the time as the time and the second of the atomic clock, that is, January 1, 1958 He lives in two clocks, atomic time, which continues to add time units starting from 0 o'clock.

Thus, the so-called clock, which measures time, is indispensable in today's economy and daily life, and can be said to have developed according to the social and economic needs of the times.

In general, a watch is classified into a mechanical type using mechanical energy, as shown in FIG. 1A, and an electronic type using electrical energy, as shown in FIG. 1B, based on an internal driving principle. In terms of time display principle, the clock is displayed in Arabic numerals using an analog type electronic clock and LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that display the time by hour, minute and second hands. It can be divided into a digital electronic clock that displays time.

Such an electronic clock basically includes an oscillator that provides an internal time frequency, a counter that counts the time frequency of the oscillator in seconds, a second hand that displays the seconds counted by the counter, a minute hand that displays the minute unit, and And a display device for displaying time using an hour hand for displaying hourly units, wherein the display device includes a liquid crystal between two glass substrates and adjusts a voltage applied to the liquid crystal to display a desired image. Device or LED (Light Emitting Diode) is used.

The display device using the LED displays a number on a 7-segment (segment) composed of a total of seven LEDs through a combination of signals capable of turning on / off individual LEDs, and expresses the numbers from 0 to 9. In order to display the number by selectively turning on / off the seven LEDs using 4-bit binary data. At this time, how to turn on / off the seven LEDs corresponding to each number can be easily configured by a simple general well-known digital logic circuit.

As described above, the electronic clock is controlled by an integrated circuit and the vibration from the oscillator is changed into a pulse every second, and when the numbers are added one by one in response to the pulse, the numbers are displayed on the display device through the digital logic circuit. . Of course, in the case of seconds and minutes, it should be set to 0 again when it reaches 60 and again when it exceeds 12 in the case of hours.

However, such an electronic clock provides only a simple function of displaying only time, and recently, fashion watches have been released in the form of adding some additional functions in addition to the time display.

However, even if it is not the lunar culture, or necessarily the lunar culture, it is a reality that many people are using the lunar calendar, even in our own country or neighboring China. It is true that the lift-oriented clock is inconvenient for the modern people who are stressed out in their busy lives because of the fact that they take care of their due dates.

The present invention has been devised to solve the above inconvenience, and the moon shape according to the date change in addition to the time display to enhance the intimacy with the lunar calendar and display the lunar date accordingly, so that users of the lunar calendar more easily The purpose is to provide an electronic clock that can check the lunar date.

1A to 1B are views of a conventional analog clock and a digital clock

2 is a block diagram of an electronic clock according to the present invention

3 is a view showing an electronic clock according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention

4 to 8 show an electronic clock according to another embodiment of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

21: display unit 21a: first display area

21b: second display area 21c: third display area

23: driver 25: mode switching unit

27: control unit

Electronic clock of the present invention for achieving the above object is a display unit for displaying the shape of the current month according to the date change; A driver for applying shape data of a current month according to a change of date displayed on the display unit to the display unit; A storage unit to store shape data of the moon according to the change of the date; And a controller which extracts shape data of the current month according to a change of date from the storage and outputs a control signal to the driver.

Here, the display unit comprises a first display unit for displaying the shape of the moon, a second display unit for displaying the lunar date corresponding to the shape of the moon displayed on the first display unit, and a third display unit for displaying the current time,

The drive may apply the lunar date corresponding to the shape of the moon on the first display of the display unit, the current time data on the third display, and the third display unit under the control of the controller.

In addition, the first to third display units may be formed in one liquid crystal panel or LED panel.

In addition, the electronic clock further comprises a mode switching unit having a lunar / lunar switching key for outputting a user input signal to selectively display the lunar date as the lunar date, the control unit is a lunar / lunar switching key signal The control unit may output a control signal to the driver to selectively display a lunar date or a lunar date on the second display unit.

In addition, the first display unit and the third display unit of the display unit may be configured with the same display area and display the current moon shape and the current time in different colors.

The storage unit may further include advertisement target data, and the control unit may control the control signal on the drive to repeatedly display the current moon shape and advertisement at predetermined time intervals on the first display unit of the display unit. You can output

On the other hand, the shape of the moon is preferably displayed in a characteristic shape, such as the moon, half moon, full moon, moon.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of the electronic clock according to the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, the electronic clock of the present invention includes a display unit 21, a driver 23 for applying a voltage to display the moon shape on the display unit 21, and moon shape data according to a change in date. A storage unit 28 for storing the control unit 27 and a control unit 27 for controlling the driver 23 to extract the shape of the current moon from the storage unit 28 so that the shape of the moon is displayed on the display unit 21. It is configured to include).

Here, the display unit 21 is preferably composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an LED. In view of economical efficiency, a watch, a small table clock or a small wall clock is preferably configured of a liquid crystal display device. In the case of large wall clocks, tower clocks or exposure clocks, it is preferable to use LEDs.

With such a configuration, the present invention can be easily seen through the clock even without looking directly at the current moon shape according to the date change.

In addition, the present invention may be configured to further include a mode switching unit 25 for determining the lunar and lunar change mode of the displayed date.

In addition, although not shown, the electronic clock of the present invention is basically configured to include an oscillator that provides an internal time frequency, and a counter that counts the time frequency of the oscillator in seconds as in the conventional electronic clock. Since the display unit 21 displays the time, etc. on the display unit 21 as described in the related art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

3 illustrates an electronic clock according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the display unit 21 is formed of a liquid crystal panel, and the display unit 21 is configured to display a current moon shape corresponding to a change in date. It is defined as 1st display part 21a, the 2nd display part 21b which displays the lunar calendar date corresponding to the shape of the moon displayed on the said 1st display part 21a, and the 3rd display part 21c which displays the present time. .

In general, it is difficult for most people to know lunar dates by the moon shape alone, so it is more effective to display the corresponding lunar dates rather than simply displaying the moon shape according to the change of date.

In such an embodiment, since the first display portion 21a, the second display portion 21b, and the third display portion 21c are defined in one liquid crystal panel, the driver 23 transmits data (ie, voltage) to the liquid crystal panel. In applying, the moon shape and the lunar date of the day are respectively displayed on the first display portion 21a and the second display portion 21b, and data is applied to the third display portion 21c so that the current time is displayed. Just do it.

Although not shown in the drawing, the driver 23 for applying data for display to the liquid crystal panel is composed of a source driver and a scan driver. In order to display a screen, the driver 23 is arranged in a column direction. The formed plurality of scan lines are sequentially turned on under the control of the scan driver, and at the same time, data to be displayed is applied to the plurality of source lines formed in the row direction under the control of the source driver.

In this case, the data corresponding to the current time output from the driver 23 continuously changes, but since the moon shape or the lunar day changes every one day, the data corresponding to the moon shape and the lunar date is for at least 24 hours. It is desirable to have the same data output.

On the other hand, the shape of the moon can be divided into a full moon, a half moon, a full moon, a lower moon, the moon shape between the moon and half moon, or between the moon and half moon, and between the half moon and the full moon is generally difficult to distinguish. Therefore, when it takes 15 days from full moon or lower moon to full moon, it is preferable to display only the distinctive shapes (upper moon, half moon, full moon, lower moon) rather than displaying the shape of the moon into 15 pieces.

That is, the shape of the moon may change little by little every day, but the shape of the moon displayed on the first display unit 21a may be such that only the characteristic shapes (lower moon, upper moon, half moon, and full moon) are displayed.

In addition, the electronic clock of the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, the mode switching unit 25 for determining the lift and lunar change mode of the date displayed on the second display unit 21b of the display unit 21 In the case of further including the lunar calendar, the lunar date displayed on the second display unit 21b may be selectively displayed as the lunar calendar when the user sets the lift calendar mode.

To this end, the mode switching unit includes a lunar / lunar switching key (21d) for outputting a user input signal to selectively display the lunar date as the lunar date, the control unit is a lunar / lunar switching key (21d) signal In response, a control signal is output to the driver so that the lunar date or the lunar date is selectively displayed on the second display portion 21b.

That is, when the user presses the lunar / lift mode switching key 21d, the control unit 27 recognizes this and transfers it to the driver 23 so that the driver 23 has the lunar date output to the second display unit 21b. Instead of the corresponding data, output the data corresponding to the lift date.

Therefore, the present invention normally displays the lunar date on the second display unit 21b, and when the user presses the lunar / solar mode switching key 21d, the lunar date is displayed, and if the lunar date is displayed, When the user presses the lunar / solar mode switching key 21d, the lunar date is displayed so that the user can easily know the lunar and lunar calendar.

For reference, reference numerals 21e and 21f in FIG. 3 indicate time setting keys.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 3, the current time displayed on the third display unit 21c may be displayed in Arabic numerals. As shown in FIG. 4, the present time is displayed in the form of an hour hand, a minute hand, and a second hand like an analog clock. You can do that.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5A, the third display unit 21c displays the current time in an analog type consisting of hour, minute and second hands operated by mechanical energy, and the lunar shape and the lunar date according to the liquid crystal panel are shown. The structure combined with the analog form and the digital form shown in the figure may be sufficient.

In this case, the first display portion 21a and the second display portion 21b are constituted by one liquid crystal panel and the third display portion 21c is provided in a separate area.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5B, the first display unit 21a and the second display unit 21b may be configured as separate liquid crystal panels, and the first display unit 21a may be configured to display a moon shape over the entire liquid crystal panel. have.

As such, the electronic clock of the present invention displays the current time and displays the lunar and lunar dates of the moon by date so that the user can easily check the lunar calendar as well as the lunar calendar.

In addition, the electronic clock of the present invention, as shown in Figure 6, in the production of the promotional clock, the company name, brand name or logo (Logo) is displayed at a predetermined cycle on the first display portion 21a that the moon shape is displayed It is also possible to display the structure to maximize the effect of advertising.

To this end, the storage unit 28 is configured to further include advertising target data, the control unit 27 is to determine the shape of the current month and the advertisement on the first display unit 21a of the display unit 21 The control signal is output to the drive 23 so as to be repeatedly displayed at a time interval of.

As a result, the electronic clock according to the present invention has various shapes such as the current time, the shape of the moon, the lunar date, etc. depending on what type of data is applied from the driver 23 to the liquid crystal panel that is the display unit 21. It can be seen that it can be displayed.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7A, the first display unit 21a and the third display unit 21c of the display unit 21 are configured with the same display area 21ac in one liquid crystal panel, and the shape of the current moon. And the current time may be displayed in different colors in the display area 21ac.

To this end, the controller 27 controls the drive 23 to display the shape of the moon and the current time on the display area 21ac in different colors.

Here, the moon shape is configured to be displayed using the entire liquid crystal panel as shown, the second display portion 21b for displaying the lunar calendar date, etc. is configured to be provided in a separate area using a separate liquid crystal panel. .

As described above, the color liquid crystal panel may be used as the liquid crystal panel to change colors in the current time display and the moon shape display in the same display area 21ac. In general, the color of the liquid crystal panel has a gray level for distinguishing colors by voltage, and what color is applied to each pixel (a rectangular region defined by one gate line and a source line) is applied to the corresponding pixel. It is determined by the source driver according to the voltage.

In addition, the color liquid crystal panel implements a color filter on the upper substrate among the upper substrate and the lower substrate constituting the black and white liquid crystal panel, and the other configuration is the same as the monochrome liquid crystal panel.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7B, the advertisement text may be displayed on the first display unit 21a of the display unit 21 for a predetermined time instead of the current moon shape.

To this end, as described above, the storage unit 28 further includes advertisement target data, and the control unit 27 has the shape of the current moon on the first display unit 21a of the display unit 21. And a control signal is output to the drive 23 so that the advertisements can be repeatedly displayed at predetermined time intervals.

Meanwhile, FIG. 8 is a display panel 21 configured as an LED panel, and displays a desired screen by selectively turning on / off LEDs corresponding to a screen to be displayed through a simple digital logic circuit.

In particular, when the present invention is composed of the LED as described above, in addition to displaying the moon shape, when advertising selectively as described above, it is possible to perform more effective advertising by the bright light of the LED.

In fact, it is possible to apply it to a wrist watch or a small table clock because it does not need many LEDs to simply display the current time, but it requires as many LEDs as the minimum display area must be secured for the moon shape display. Done.

In addition, since LEDs consume more power than liquid crystal panels, electronic watches using the LEDs are more suitable for wall clocks than wrist watches and table clocks.

In addition, although not shown, it is also possible to display only the moon-shaped display using the LED panel and the remaining current time or date using the liquid crystal panel as in the above-described embodiment.

For reference, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above-described embodiment, those of ordinary skill in the art should be carried out in various forms through appropriate modifications within the scope of the utility model registration claims below. It can be obvious.

As described above, the electronic clock of the present invention displays the shape of the moon and the lunar date together with the current time, thereby eliminating the inconvenience caused by the lunar date in the solar-oriented life.

In addition, it is possible to know the shape of the moon rising today without going out of the sky separately, it is easy to know the brightness of the night sky.

Claims (7)

A display unit which displays a shape of a current month according to a change of a date; A driver for applying shape data of a current month according to a change of date displayed on the display unit to the display unit; A storage unit to store shape data of the moon according to the change of the date; And And a controller for extracting shape data of a current moon according to a change of date from the storage unit and outputting a control signal to the driver so that the shape of the moon is displayed on the display unit. The method of claim 1, The display unit includes a first display unit for displaying the shape of the moon, a second display unit for displaying a lunar date corresponding to the moon shape displayed on the first display unit, and a third display unit for displaying the current time; According to the control of the controller, the drive applies a lunar date corresponding to the shape of the moon to the first display part of the display part, a lunar date corresponding to the shape of the moon to the second display part, and a current time data to the third display part. Electronic clock that can display the shape of the. The method of claim 2, The first to the third display unit is an electronic clock capable of displaying the shape of the moon, characterized in that formed on one liquid crystal panel or LED panel. The method of claim 2, The electronic clock further comprises a mode switching unit having a lunar / lunar conversion key for outputting a user input signal to selectively display the lunar date as the lunar date, The control unit receives a lunar / lift calendar key signal and outputs a control signal to the driver to selectively display the lunar date or the lunar date on the second display unit. The electronic clock capable of displaying a moon shape according to claim 2, wherein the first display part and the third display part of the display part are configured with the same display part and display the current moon shape and the current time in different colors. . The method of claim 1, The storage unit is configured to further include advertising target data, The controller may output a control signal to the drive to repeatedly display the current moon shape and advertisements at predetermined time intervals on the first display unit of the display unit. . The electronic clock of claim 1, wherein the shape of the moon is displayed in a characteristic shape such as a lower moon, a half moon, a full moon, and an upper moon.