RU126154U1 - CLOCK DISC FOR INDICATING DAY AND NIGHT AND TIME OF THE MOON - Google Patents

Abstract

The proposed utility model “Clock disc for indicating the day and night and time of the Moon” is intended for measuring the time of day and night and the time of the Moon with indication of the state in the form of darkened sectors, darkened segments, or demarcation lines in the form of additional arrows on the electronic display. The measurement of the time of day and night and the time of the moon is carried out according to the formulas of astronomical algorithms based on the initial data: current time, date, location coordinates and time zone. The calculated data daily changes the size of the darkened and light parts of the daily 24-hour dial according to the time of sunrise and sunset of the Sun and Moon. The darkened part of the dial shows the state of the night, the light part of the dial shows the state of the day. The darkened part of the dial, showing the time of the moon, differs from the “night” by the density of the blackout or color. The clock dial for indicating day and night and determining the time of the moon is made in the form of an electronic display using light valves, such as liquid crystals or other light-emitting elements. On the front side of the disc are the numbers of the daily 24-hour dial with the beginning of the countdown in the lower part of the dial. On the reverse side of the disk there is a working microcircuit with a time counter generator and a working program, an electric power element. There are control and input buttons on the sides of the disc. The dial is mounted as a dial on a mechanical or electromechanical watch. In the center of the disc there is a hole for the exit of the axes on which the clock hands are mounted.

The disk display can display additional information in digital form about the time of sunrise and sunset, the duration of day and night, sunrise and sunset of the moon, display of the moon phase, information about events that depend on astronomical algorithms (Easter, New Year according to the lunar calendar, tidal time and low tide, leap year, not a leap year, day of the year, week of the year, depending on the additionally introduced program). At the discretion of the user, the darkened sectors on the electronic display can be converted into darkened segments, or demarcation lines in the form of additional arrows. The information “Clock dial to indicate the day and night and time of the moon” can be used to determine the state of day and night in rooms closed from daylight (in the subway, mines). Knowing information about the position of the moon, you can determine the time of the ebb and flow on the sea coast. Users of the clock to indicate day and night and the time of the moon can rationally plan the light and night time for personal purposes. The clock dial for indicating the day and night and time of the Moon has a scientific and cognitive value, informs the user about natural phenomena associated with astronomical algorithms for the movement of the Sun, Earth and the Moon based on their relative position.

The manufacture of a “Dial of clocks for indicating the day and night and time of the Moon” is possible by modern industry, given the proven technology of manufacturing displays with visual display of programmed information, the widespread use of analog clocks in various electronic devices.

A schematic view of the “Clock Dial to indicate the day and night and time of the Moon” is presented in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 of the “Appendix” to the abstract.

Description

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Clock dial to indicate day and night and moon time

The proposed utility model relates to the field of visual determination of the time of day and night and time, phase and location of the moon in the sky using darkened and bright sectors, segments, separation lines emanating from the central axis of the dial on the electronic disk of the watch.

Indication of time and night and time, phase and location of the moon in the sky is performed according to the current time, set date, location coordinates and time zone for any point on the Earth.

The device can be used in watches with an analog daily 24-hour dial in the following variants:

- 0-12 hours before noon and 12-0 hours after noon with the start of the daily time at the bottom of the dial (Figure 1); - 1-12-0 hours, patent for the invention “Disc schedule 24 hours” France, Paris, Institut National Dela Propriete Industrielle. Application date 05.09.90, publication number 2666423, national record number 9011028, IPC G04B 19/06, with the start of the daily time at the bottom of the dial (Figure 2).

Currently, there are a number of devices that indicate the time of day, night and moon phase on the dial. These include watches with additional hands indicating the time of sunrise and sunset, watches with the time of sunrise and sunset in the form of numbers, watches with phases of the moon. The closest analogue is the "World solar calendar and moon phases on the clock", known from the application WO 03/050623 A2, publ. 06/19/2003. This device allows you to display the duration of the day and night using a darkened segment on an electronic 24-hour dial with the beginning of the countdown in the upper part of the dial, and the moon phase using the adapted mechanical part (from the description of the invention, paragraph 57, figure 4).

A sign of an analogue similar to the claimed device are:

- daily 24 hour dial. In the analogue - with the start of the clock in hours from the upper point of the dial, in the proposed utility model - with the start of the clock in hours from the lower point of the dial,

- data input for hours using external buttons,

- moon phase indication,

- a darkened segment (in the proposed utility model there may be a sector or dividing lines emanating from the central axis of the dial) on the electronic dial to indicate day and night. However, in the description of the invention according to the application WO 03/050623 A2 there is no direct indication that the basis of the technical solution is a segment that displays the state of the day and night.

The utility model “Clock dial for indicating day and night and determining the time of the moon” is based on the task of developing a clock that will provide the most visual representation of information on the state of the time of day and night, time, position, and phase of the moon on a 24-hour (daily) dial a dial with a clock in the bottom of the dial. This arrangement of the digital number in the watch contributes to the most visual presentation of information on the night state in the lower part of the dial and the state of the day in the upper part of the dial, in contrast to the analogue under consideration, known from WO 03/050623 A2. It is proposed to start the countdown in minutes with the generally accepted upper part of the dial. As a result, the following technical results are developed:

visual differentiation of the time of day from day to night, displayed on the dial of the electronic dial with the beginning of the countdown in the lower part of the dial, in the form of darkened and bright sectors (segments, additional lines coming from the central axis of the dial);

visual determination on a daily (24-hour) dial with the start of the countdown at the bottom of the dial of the state of sunrise and sunset on a specific day, month, year, at a specified latitude and longitude, a point in the area and time zone according to mathematical algorithms for the location of the Sun, Earth and the Moon;

visual display of morning dawn and evening twilight on the dial of the watch dial;

visual display with the help of an additional darkened sector (segments, additional lines emanating from the central axis of the dial); the time and location of the moon in the sky, regardless of its visibility, for example, in cloudy weather, or from the moon phase, as well as an indication of the status of the moon phase drawing and in verbal form;

the ability to set to indicate day and night and determine the time, phase, location of the moon, the initial data: current time, date, latitude and longitude of the terrain, time zone, winter or summer time, manually or partially automatically (using the navigation system, or data about points Terrain, for example, cities entered into the device’s memory;

the possibility of practical use of the clock disc with sectors (segments, lines emanating from the central axis of the dial) to indicate day and night and determine the time, phase and location of the moon, in various devices with analog clocks:

- as an independent element with additional power supply for installation in a watch case, a stationary watch;

- as an additional element in computer watches, in watches of cell phones, in watches of navigators and electronic equipment with a display on which clocks with an analog dial can be displayed;

Possibility of accelerated viewing of a long time indication of day and night and time, location, phase of the moon at a speed set by the user.

Based on the above technical results, the main difference between the claimed device "Disc hours to indicate the day and night and time of the moon" from its analogue, known from the application WO 03/050623 A2, is:

- in the absence of mechanical devices (for the operation of the device known from WO 03/050623 A2, at least an electronic clock with a dial on liquid crystals or other light-emitting elements, as well as a mechanical clock to control the indication of the phases of the moon, are needed, and this whole system must work synchronously);

- the difference in the work of the proposed device according to the compiled mathematical program based on astronomical algorithms for determining the time of sunrise and sunset, time, phase and location of the moon in the sky at a given point in the terrain according to the current time, date, geographic coordinates of the terrain, instead of the geographic parallel, as is known from application WO 03/050623 A2);

- distinguished by the use of a 24-hour dial with the beginning of the countdown from the bottom of the dial;

- it differs in the ability to enter information about the coordinates of the area using the satellite navigation system, or enter the coordinates of the area, for example, cities entered by the user in the device’s memory;

- It differs in the ability to display additional information on the dial in the form of a programmed prompt, for example, “Polar day”, “Polar night”, “Southern hemisphere”, “Northern hemisphere”, “Full moon”, “Waning moon”, and others by input user and program;

- differs in the indication of the Moon’s readings, which works according to the program of one processor together with other readings of the proposed utility model according to the input data (in analogy, the readings of the Moon’s phase are an additional mechanical device included in the clock, which is described in WO 03/050623 A2, paragraph 57. The invention relates to an electronic and mechanical device included in the watch, allowing a double world view of the solar calendar and the stages of the moon.The first, shown on the LCD screen shows the group, while Calls all year round, day and night (evening) development in standard time or winter; the second, in digital form, shows only the time of standard sunset.The mechanical part adapts the stages of the moon to these two hemispheres;

- it is distinguished by the ability to view in accelerated mode the daily change in the state of the day and night and time, phase and location of the moon in selected geographical coordinates of a point on the Earth, starting from any date;

- It differs in the ability to install a utility model for working in electronic devices with monitors on which the analog clock can be displayed, for example, in computers, cell phones, navigators and others.

To solve the tasks in the proposed utility model, “The dial of the clock for indicating the day and night and time of the moon”, the method of presenting information on the electronic dial of the clock using light valves, for example, liquid crystals or other light-emitting elements in the form of a light and darkened part of sectors or segments, is used , or demarcation lines emanating from the central axes of the dial. In this case, the light part of the disk shows the state of the day, the lower darkened part of the disk shows the night (in contrast to the analogue known from WO 03/050623 A2, where the upper part of the dial shows the night), the additional darkened sector (segment) shows the time and location The moon in the sky. The border of the darkened and light parts of the disk shows the time of sunrise and sunset. The border of the darkened and light parts of the additional sector (segment, additional lines) shows the time of rising and setting of the moon. The location of the moon in the sky is determined by setting the dial to a vertical position, and turning the dial clockwise when the indications of the sector (segment, additional lines) of the moon are located, the moonrise to the east, sunset of the moon to the west, at the level of a horizontal line, while the hour hand will show the location of the moon in the sky (Fig.9, Fig.10).

The darkened parts of the disk showing the time of night and the time of the moon can be represented on the dial:

- in the form of a darkened sector (Figure 5, Figure 7, Figure 10);

- as part of a darkened segment (Fig.6, Fig.8, Fig.9);

- in the form of lines emanating from the central axis of the arrows.

Part of the night indicator sector, near the border of the transition to the light part, can be darkened weaker than “night”, which indicates the state of morning dawn and evening twilight. The onset of morning dawn or evening twilight can also be separated by lines of "civil," sea "," astronomical "twilight according to calculated astronomical algorithms. The daily change in the darkened sector (segment, additional lines) is controlled by the developed program, which is executed by the processor - a microcircuit installed on the device. The calculation is based on the current time, date, coordinates of the terrain point, time zone and the set summer or winter time.

In the northern hemisphere, the geographical latitude of the area is set with a positive sign (+), in the southern hemisphere, the geographical latitude of the area is set with a (-) sign. To explain the state of the day and night display on the clock dial, a hint is made if, for example, the geographical point is in the Arctic or Antarctic region, where sunset or sunrise on the current date may not take place in the form - "Polar Night", "Polar Day", and also produces a hint of the state of the moon phase in graphic and verbal form, for example, “Age 26 days. Waning "with a picture (figure 5). .

It is advisable to design the “Clock Dial to Indicate the Day and Night and Moon Time” in the form of a display plate as an independent element, with a visual indication on which a processor chip is installed with a time counter generator, software and input data input elements for installation and start-up in the operation of the device (Fig.11 pos.2, pos.3, pos.4). Entered data is displayed on the display (Fig. 11 Pos. 5). For the operation of the device, power elements are used (Fig. 12, pos. 11). A 24-hour dial is applied to the display disc, divided by 24 hours, with the start of the countdown at the bottom of the dial.

Structurally executed in such a way, “The dial of the clock for indicating day and night and determining the time of the moon” is preferably installed in the case of wrist watches, stationary clocks of various configurations: square, round, oval. It is advisable to use the clock hands: the hour hand is longer than the minute hand (not shown in the figures).

As a display with visual indication for the operation of the “Dial of hours to indicate day and night and determine the time of the moon”, you can use the display of a computer, cell phone, navigator. In this case, it is necessary to install the appropriate program executed in the programming language of this device.

Technological material for the manufacture of a “Dial of clocks for indicating day and night and determination of the time of the Moon”, the manufacturing technology of a disk in the form of a display plate with visual indication, for example, on liquid crystals or other light-emitting elements, and the software for its operation are available to modern technologies for industrial manufacturing.

Experimental modeling of the proposed utility model “Clock dial for indicating day and night and determining the time of the moon” was made by the applicant and has been working successfully for a long time.

A brief description of the drawings.

For a visual disclosure of the proposed utility model "Disc hours to indicate day and night and determine the time of the moon" is a series of graphic materials depicted in figure 1-figure 12.

Figure 1. The dial of the proposed utility model “Dial of hours for indicating day and night and determining the time of the Moon” with daily division by 24 hours is presented, the left part from 0 hours to 12 hours has a value of time “before noon”, the right part from 12 hours to 0 hours “afternoon” time value. The start of the daily time at the bottom of the dial c)) hours. The minute starts at the top of the dial.

Figure 2. the dial for the proposed utility model “Dial of hours for indicating day and night and determining the time of the Moon” with a daily division by 24 hours is presented. The dial is patented. Patent for the invention FR 2666423 A1, publ. 03/06/1992.

Figure 3. The closest analogue of the proposed utility model according to the application WO 03/050623 A2.

Figure 4. The scheme of operation of the mechanical moon phase indicator of the closest analogue of the proposed utility model according to the application WO 03/050623 A2.

Figure 5. The type of testimony on the disk of the proposed utility model "Clock Dial to indicate day and night and determine the time of the moon." Part of the disk in the form of a darkened sector shows the state of the day and night. Part of the disk in the form of a hatched sector shows the time of the moon on the dial. Indications correspond to December 22, 2011 with the coordinates of the area: 53 degrees. 12 minutes north latitude, 158 degrees. 12 minutes east longitude, time zone - 11. On the dial, at the discretion of the user, a hint about the status of the moon phase, or other data provided by the software for the operation of this device, may be displayed in the additional information window.

6. The type of testimony on the disk of the proposed utility model "Clock Dial to indicate day and night and determine the time of the moon." Part of the disk in the form of a shaded segment shows the time of day and night on the dial. Part of the disk in the form of a hatched segment shows the time of the moon on the dial. Indications correspond to December 22, 2011 with the coordinates of the area: 53 degrees. 12 minutes north latitude, 158 degrees. 12 minutes east longitude, time zone - 11. On the dial, at the discretion of the user, a hint about the status of the moon phase, or other data provided by the software for the operation of this device, may be displayed in the additional information window.

7. The type of testimony on the disk of the proposed utility model "Clock Dial to indicate day and night and determine the time of the moon." Part of the disk in the form of a darkened sector shows the state of the day and night. Part of the disk in the form of a hatched sector shows the time of the moon on the dial of September 22, 2011 with the coordinates of the area: 53 degrees. 12 minutes north latitude, 158 degrees. 12 minutes east longitude, time zone - 11. On the dial, at the discretion of the user, a hint about the status of the moon phase, or other data provided by the software for the operation of this device, may be displayed in the additional information window.

Fig. 8. The type of testimony on the disk of the proposed utility model "Clock Dial to indicate day and night and determine the time of the moon." Part of the disk in the form of a darkened segment shows the time of the moon on the dial. Part of the disk in the form of a hatched segment shows the time of the moon on the dial of September 22, 2011 with the coordinates of the terrain: 53 degrees. 12 minutes north latitude, 158 degrees. 12 minutes east longitude, time zone - 11. On the dial, at the discretion of the user, a hint about the status of the moon phase, or other data provided by the software for the operation of this device, may be displayed in the additional information window.

Fig.9. An example of determining the location of the visible moon in the sky is shown. To determine the location of the moon in the sky, you need to turn the dial in the direction of clockwise movement, placing it in a horizontal position, the point of time of moonrise to the east, the point of time of sunset of the moon to the west. In this case, the hour hand will indicate the position of the moon in the sky relative to the horizon. In Fig. 9, the hour hand shows the position of the moon relative to the horizon at 6:00 a.m. September 22, 2011. At its zenith, the moon will be at 9 o’clock this morning. In this case, the moon is waning, age 24 days and is visible in the sky.

Figure 10. An example is shown of determining the location of the invisible moon in the sky, due to the invisible phase, 1 day before the new moon - June 19, 2012. To determine the position of the moon in the sky, it is necessary to turn the dial in a horizontal position by the point of time of moonrise to the East, the point of time of sunset of the moon to the west. In this case, the hour hand will indicate the position of the moon in the sky relative to the horizon. In figure 10, the hour hand indicates the location of the moon at 12 o’clock, 33 minutes, June 19, 2012, at that time the moon is not visible in the sky, despite the fact that it is in the sky (above the observer). The new moon will come on June 20, 2012, which is displayed in the prompt window.

11. A front view of the construction of the proposed utility model "Dial of hours to indicate day and night and determine the time of the moon." The disk consists of a plate of an electronic display with visual indication using light valves, for example, liquid crystals, on which the working elements of the device are mounted. The darkened sector shows the time of night on September 22, 2011. The hatched sector shows the time of the moon. The designation of the "Dial of hours for indicating day and night and determining the time of the moon" is indicated in positions 1-9.

Fig. 12. A rear view of the design of the proposed utility model “Disc hours to indicate day and night and determine the time of the moon” is presented. The disk consists of a plate of an electronic display with visual indication using light valves, for example, liquid crystals, on which the working elements of the device are mounted. The purpose of the structural elements of the “Disc hours to indicate day and night and determine the time of the moon” is indicated in positions 1-10.

The practical implementation of the proposed utility model “Disc hours to indicate day and night and determine the time of the moon” can be performed in the form of an electronic display using light valves, for example, liquid crystals or other light-emitting elements.

The clock disk for indicating day and night and determining the time and phase of the moon structurally consists of an electronic display (Fig. 11, item 1), a processor chip with a pulse generator for counting time and a working program for calculating the time of sunrise and sunset of the Sun and the Moon and control darkened sectors (Fig. 12, Fig. 9), input data input buttons for the operation of the device (Fig. 11, item 2, 3, item 4), information type switching buttons (Fig. 11, item 6, pos.7, pos.8) and power supply elements (Fig.12, pos.10). for information about the input source data and prompts on the display there is a "window of information input input data" (figure 1, position 5). On the disk are the numbers of the daily dial.

When connecting the batteries to the "Disk" you need to use the control buttons (Fig. 11, 2, 3, 4) to enter the initial data for the program: the current time, current date (day, month, year), location coordinates (latitude and longitude in degrees and minutes), time zone. If necessary, indicate the transition to summer and winter time. The control buttons (11, pos.6, pos.7) you can translate the indication from the "sector" to the "segment" mode, turn on or off the indication of the darkened sector of the night or sector of the "Moon".

The device operates by the method of daily recalculation and change in the value of the darkened sectors of the day and night, for the Moon - by the method of recounting and change in the value of the darkened time sector and the location of the moon sector on the dial of the disk. The software of the device can be compiled in the programming languages selected by the manufacturer of the “Disk”, taking into account the formulas for determining the sunrise and sunset of the Sun and Moon.

Claims (4)

1. A clock dial to indicate the day and night and time of the moon, characterized in that it displays on an electronic display with a 24-hour daily dial with the division of the hour 0-12 (before noon), 12-0 (after noon) with the beginning of the countdown time at the bottom of the dial, or by dividing the time from 0-24 hours with the start of the clock in the bottom of the dial in the form of darkened and bright sectors (or segments, or demarcation lines originating from the center of the dial) of the time of day and night, the help of an additional darkened sector (or seg copies, or demarcation lines originating from the center of the dial) displays the time and location of the moon in the sky, works according to astronomical algorithms for the movement of the sun, earth and moon, has the ability to enter the user independently or by selecting the programmed source data of individual points of the terrain, such as cities, or using the global navigation system, enter the initial data in the form of the current time, current date, month, year and geographical coordinates of any point on the Earth to indicate the state of the day overnight and the time phase position of the moon in the sky; It is a stand-alone electronic product with a display, a processor chip with a pulse generator for time counting and an established work program, autonomous power supply, input data input system for operation, is installed as a dial in an electronic clock, manual or stationary, as well as for working in electronic devices with monitors on which an analog clock can be displayed. 2. The clock dial for indicating the day and night and time of the moon according to claim 1, characterized in that the sectors (segments, dividing lines emanating from the center of the dial) of the indication of day and night and time of the moon can be turned off or on at the discretion of the user. 3. The clock dial for indicating the day and night and time of the moon according to claim 1, characterized in that the program gives a hint of additional information entered by the user and programmed information about the state of day and night and the phase of the moon, depending on the current time and astronomical algorithms for the location of the sun , Earth and the Moon for any point in the terrain of the Earth. 4. The clock dial for indicating the day and night and time of the moon according to claim 1, characterized in that it has the ability to accelerate viewing during a user-set time indication of day and night and time, the location of the phase of the moon.

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