KR20080108707A - An easily readable timepiece - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a clock having increased visual readability, and more particularly, to a clock having increased visual readability by expressing a time display symbol near a scale indicated by a time indicator (clock hand) differently from a time display symbol of another scale. .

A visual indicator is formed which is divided at the same angle with respect to the center to separate the time, and at least one visual indicator including an hour hand rotating about the center indicates the visual indicator or between the visual indicator and the visual indicator. A clock having power as a power source for expressing a time, comprising: (1) light emitting means mounted on a lower portion or an end of each of the time display symbols, or between the time display symbols, respectively;

(2) a watch further comprising control means for connecting the power supply only to light emitting means corresponding to one to four time display symbols closest to the virtual straight line directed toward the terminal of the time indicator.

According to the present invention, since the time display function, which is a unique function of the clock, is expressed in a concise manner in a (spinning) rotary clock providing various information, the user can immediately read the local time to which he / she belongs by using the clock hand accurately and immediately. .

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Readability Timepiece {An Easily Readable Timepiece}

1a and 1b conceptually illustrate a watch according to the present invention.

2 conceptually illustrates elements constituting the watch of the present invention;

The present invention relates to a clock having increased visual readability, and more particularly, to a clock having increased visual readability by expressing a time display symbol near a scale indicated by a time indicator (clock hand) differently from a time display symbol of another scale. .

Clocks, which are devices that represent time or measure time, can be classified into various types depending on how they are operated, displayed, or handled. It can be divided into mechanical and electronic according to the operation method, watch and non-clock according to the handling method, and (needle) rotation and numerical method according to the display method. How it works Although the display is divided into digital and analog, there is not necessarily a one-to-one correspondence between them. In other words, it is an electronic clock and can be digital or analog, and both rotary and numeric can be used.

The watch of interest in the present invention is a watch that has a hand (clock hands), a rotary clock that rotates the hand or clock face.

Conventional clocks are marked with a scale that divides the time by dividing the time at the same angle with respect to the center, and one or more time indicators that rotate the center about the axis indicate the time between the scales or between the scales. In some cases, a predetermined number may be displayed on the scale.

These clocks are not a big problem for readability when the surroundings are bright, but it is not easy to see what the current time is, that is, where the hour and minute hands are located in an environment that is not bright at night.

In order to solve this problem, a luminous clock coated with a luminous paint on a clock hand and a dial (or scale) has been developed, but there is a disadvantage in that there is no luminous persistence. Utility Model Registration Application No. 20-26050 discloses a clock hand that distributes a large number of optical fibers to the ends of the hour and minute hands through the drive unit shaft so that light is emitted to the dial (or scale). In addition, it has not been proposed to solve the twisting phenomenon of the optical fiber caused by the rotation of the clock hand. Another utility model registration application No. 1998-3584 discloses a clock in which a light emitting diode is installed at the end of a clock hand and turned on using an induction electromotive force, but the induction electromotive force induced in a multi-stage oscillation / rotation transformer is used as a power source. In addition, since the wires must be wired under the hands of the clock, the device is complicated and the storage battery has a high capacity.

The present invention to solve the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art is to provide a clock with increased visual readability by expressing the time display symbol near the scale indicated by the time indicator (clock hands) differently from the time display symbols of the other scales. The purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is divided into the same angle with respect to the center is formed with a time indicator to separate the time, at least one visual indicator comprising an hour hand that rotates around the center of the time indicator Or a clock powered by a power source that expresses time by pointing between a time display symbol and a time display symbol, comprising: (a) mounted at the bottom or end of each time display symbol (a), or between each time display symbol; (B) clocks, each of which is further equipped with light emitting means, and control means for connecting a power source only to light emitting means corresponding to one to four visual indication symbols closest to a virtual straight line directed toward the distal direction of the visual indicator. It is about.

In addition, in the present invention, the hour hand is fixed, divided by the same angle with respect to the center, and the time display symbol for dividing the time rotates once a day in the direction opposite to the rotation of the earth, and the world map of the southern or northern hemisphere of the earth 1. A watch powered by a power source comprising a watch inner plate as shown and fixed, comprising: (a) a constant light emitting means mounted at an outer side from the bottom or center of the fixed hour hand's distal end at an angle with respect to the center; (D) light emitting means respectively mounted on the lower or outer edge of the distal end (c) or on the outer edge between the divided ends (d), and ② from 1 to the closest to an imaginary straight line directed toward the distal end of the visual indicator. A watch further comprises a control means for connecting a power supply only to light emitting means corresponding to four time display symbols.

The present invention also relates to a watch in which the time display symbol itself functions as a light emitting means.

In the present invention, the light emitting means may be a light emitting diode or a semiconductor light emitting device.

In the present invention, the light emitting means may be installed on the lower part of the clock plate or the clock rim, and the specific position may be arbitrarily determined as necessary as long as it can be installed evenly in a circular shape (since it is divided at the same angle with respect to the central axis).

In the present invention, the time display symbol (hereinafter also referred to as "time division scale" or "scale") may be a scale indicating any one or more of an hour, minute, or second, as necessary. That is, only the time scale may exist, the time scale and the minute scale may exist, or the time scale, the minute scale, and the second scale may all exist. At this time, one or more time indicators, that is, an hour-hand and / or a minute-hand and / or a second-hand, are present.

The scale is preferably divided into 1 to 5 multiples of 12 at the same angle as needed. That is, having 12, 24, or 60 divisions at the same angle with respect to the center makes it possible to accurately read the hours, minutes, and seconds at a particular point in time.

The present invention can be applied to the clock of the 24-hour system in which the hour hand rotates once a day, as well as the clock of the 12-hour system in which the hour hand rotates twice per day.

In the clock of the present invention, the center is the starting point and the two to four visual indicators closest to the virtual vertical lines directed toward the terminal of the visual indicator are irradiated with light differently from the visual indicators of the remaining scales. . This means that two to four time-marked symbols near the circumference pointed by the hour hand are irradiated, two to four minute-marked symbols near the circumference pointed by the minute hand, or the circumference pointed by the second hand. It means that two to four supermarked symbols are irradiated. That is, if the current time is 15:36, 15 and 16 close to the circumference pointed by the hour hand and 35 and 40 close to the circumference pointed by the minute hand are irradiated. Therefore, the user can immediately grasp the current time just by glance at the clock according to the present invention. That is, since the hour hand is between 15 and 16, it is 15 o'clock, and the minute hand is close to 35 between 35 and 40, so it can be seen that it is approximately 36 to 37 minutes.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings showing a conceptual example of a watch according to the present invention. However, these drawings are only examples for easily explaining the contents and scope of the technical idea of the present invention, and thus the technical scope of the present invention is not limited or changed. In addition, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the present invention based on these examples.

1A and 1B conceptually show only a clock plate, a perception indicator, a time indicator, and a light emitting means in the watch according to the present invention, and the time indicator is an example in which the clock direction is generally opposite to the clockwise rotation direction. The concept of the clock component of the present invention is conceptualized.

Fig. 1A is an example in which the light emitting means is installed at the terminal outer edge of the time display symbol, and Fig. 1B is an example in which the light emitting means is installed at the terminal outer edge between the time display symbols. In FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B, as the visual indicators of the portions in which the light emitting means are activated (turned on) are differentiated, it is possible to immediately recognize that the current time is about 11:50.

2, in the watch according to the present invention, the controller grasps the current time, that is, the position of the current time indicator, by itself or from the clock driver. The identification of visual information may be performed by various methods of interlocking an electronic clock and a visual indicator or sensing a location of the visual indicator. For example, the control unit may include a built-in electronic timer (electronic display that does not display) interlocked with the clock driver to light the light emitting means corresponding to the time captured by the timer, or the controller itself may be switched by physical movement of the visual indicator. The light emitting means switching device may be provided at the bottom of the visual indicator, and the protrusions which rotate together with the rotation of the visual indicator may turn on and off while touching the switching device.

According to the present invention, since the time display function, which is a unique function of the clock, is expressed in a concise manner in a (spinning) rotary clock providing various information, the user can immediately read the local time to which he / she belongs by using the clock hand accurately and immediately. . That is, in the present invention, when the clock plate is a 24-hour display system, it is possible to immediately determine whether the local time is the morning time or the afternoon time, and also has a function of displaying the day and night that is changed according to each season or location. You can visually check the day and night status at a glance.

Claims (6)

A visual indicator is formed which is divided at the same angle with respect to the center to separate the time, and at least one visual indicator including an hour hand rotating about the center indicates the visual indicator or between the visual indicator and the visual indicator. In the clock which uses the power supply which expresses time, as a power source, ① Each of the time display symbols is composed of light emitting means, (2) a watch further comprising control means for connecting a power supply only to light emitting means corresponding to one to four time display symbols closest to a virtual straight line directed toward the terminal of the time indicator. The method of claim 1, And the light emitting means is a light emitting diode or a semiconductor light emitting device. A visual indicator is formed which is divided at the same angle with respect to the center to separate the time, and at least one visual indicator including an hour hand rotating about the center indicates the visual indicator or between the visual indicator and the visual indicator. In the clock which uses all the power to express time as a power source, (1) light emitting means mounted on the lower or end of each of the time display symbols, or mounted between the time display symbols, respectively; (2) a watch further comprising control means for connecting a power supply only to light emitting means corresponding to one to four time display symbols closest to a virtual straight line directed toward the terminal of the time indicator. The method of claim 3, wherein And the light emitting means is a light emitting diode or a semiconductor light emitting device. The hour hand is fixed, divided by the same angle with respect to the center, and the time mark symbol that separates the time is rotated once a day in the direction opposite to the rotation of the earth, and the world map of the southern or northern hemisphere of the earth is shown and fixed at the center. In the clock which uses the power supply including the clock inner board which there is as a power source, ① the light emitting means mounted on the outer side from the lower part or the center of the fixed end of the hour hand, and the lower part or the outer part between the divided parts or the lower part or the outer part of the terminal divided at the same angle with respect to the center, respectively; And light emitting means mounted on each of the light emitting means, and control means for connecting a power supply only to the light emitting means corresponding to one to four visual indicators closest to the virtual straight line directed toward the end of the visual indicator. Watch. The method of claim 5, wherein And the light emitting means is a light emitting diode or a semiconductor light emitting device.

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