TWI547778B - Clock - Google Patents

Description

clock

The present invention relates to a clock, and more particularly to a clock that can be operated in multiple modes.

Traditional clocks can be roughly divided into two types, one is an analog clock, and the other is a digital clock. The analog clock consists of a body, an hour hand and a minute hand, and displays the time information through the scale on the body. The digital clock displays time information through a display panel. However, no matter what type of clock, its function is nothing more than displaying time information, or changing its appearance to make the clock have a landscaping effect, and it is impossible to provide functions other than display time.

Therefore, how to provide a clock can be varied, and the user has a higher willingness to purchase, which becomes an important issue.

In view of this, the present invention intends to provide a clock that can interact with a user in addition to displaying time information, thereby expanding the applicability of the clock and adding entertainment.

To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a clock having a first mode and a second mode. The clock includes a body, and the body has a display surface. When the clock is in the first mode, the clock displays time information on the display surface. When the clock is in the second mode, the clock acts as a dart target and receives at least one external signal, and the clock displays at least one interactive information on the display surface according to the external signal.

In an embodiment, in the first mode, the display surface has a first display area and a second display area, and the first display area is provided with a second display area, the first display area displays minute hand information, and the second display area displays hour hand information. .

In an embodiment, the first display area and the second display area respectively have a plurality of light emitting units to respectively display the minute hand information and the hour hand information.

In an embodiment, in the first mode, the first display area and the second display area do not overlap.

In an embodiment, in the second mode, the external signal is an execution signal, and the clock is used as the interactive information according to the corresponding graphic displayed when the execution signal is received.

In an embodiment, in the second mode, the external signal is a focus-related signal, the display surface has a third display area, and the third display area displays a plurality of patterns, and the display time of at least one of the patterns is determined according to the focus-related signal. length.

In an embodiment, the patterns comprise dart target score information.

In an embodiment, the patterns comprise numbers or patterns, and the patterns are displayed in a counterclockwise, clockwise or random rotation.

In an embodiment, in the second mode, the external signal is a focus-related signal, the display surface has a fourth display area, and the fourth display area has a plurality of light-emitting units, and the light-emitting units are determined according to the focus-related signals. The number of bright, the higher the concentration of the user, the more the number of light-emitting units that are lit.

In an embodiment, the clock further includes a switch disposed on the body, and the clock is determined to operate in the first mode or the second mode according to the conductive state of the switch.

In an embodiment, the body further has a plurality of light emitting units disposed on a periphery of the body or a back surface of the body, and the back surface is disposed opposite to the display surface. In the first mode, the light emitting units are sequentially illuminated to the edge of the body. Light is emitted to display the second hand information.

As described above, the clock according to the present invention can display time information in the first mode and be regarded as a dart target in the second mode, so that the clock of the present invention not only has the basic function of displaying time information, but also serves as a dart. The target allows the user to interact with the clock for added fun.

1, 2‧‧‧ clock

11, 21‧‧‧ ontology

111, 211‧‧‧ display surface

1111‧‧‧First display area

1112‧‧‧Second display area

1113‧‧‧ Third display area

1114‧‧‧Fourth display area

12‧‧‧ switch

212‧‧‧Back

3‧‧‧Electronic devices

31‧‧‧ icon

A-A‧‧ ‧ line segment

HR‧‧‧ hour hand information

L‧‧‧Lighting unit

MIN‧‧‧ minute hand information

P1, P2, P3, P4‧‧ ‧ pixels

PTRN1, PTRN2, PTRN3‧‧‧ pattern

S1‧‧‧ external signal

S2‧‧‧Execution signal

SEC‧‧‧ Second hand information

1 is an external view of a clock in a first mode according to an embodiment of the invention.

2 is an external view of a clock in a first mode in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view of a clock taken along line A-A of FIG. 2, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view of a clock taken along line A-A of FIG. 2 in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

5 and 6 are external views of a clock in a second mode according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a connection between a clock and an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a clock in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same elements will be described with the same reference numerals.

1 is an external view of a clock in a first mode according to an embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , the clock 1 provided in this embodiment has a body 11 , and the body 11 has a display surface 111 . The outer shape of the body 11 may be a disk shape, a rectangular shape, an elliptical shape, or the like, which is not limited in the present invention. In the present embodiment, the outer shape of the body 11 is exemplified by a disk shape.

The clock 1 can have a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the display surface 111 can display a time information (described in detail below). In the second mode, the clock 1 can serve as a dart target and receive at least one external signal. In addition, the clock 1 can display at least one interactive information on the display surface 111 according to the external signal (described in detail below).

With continued reference to FIG. 1, in some embodiments, the clock 1 has a switch 12. The clock 1 can be determined to operate in the first mode or the second mode according to the state of the switch 12. For example, the switch 12 can be a button or a knob, and depending on the state of pressing or rotating, whether to turn on the circuit of the clock 1 is turned on. The first mode, on the other hand, switches to the second mode. In the first mode, time information such as a display number or an hour hand minute hand image may be directly displayed on the display surface 111; or the display surface 111 has a first display area 1111 and a second display area 1112, and is transmitted through the first display. The area 1111 and the second display area 1112 display time information. The first display area 1111 has a plurality of pixels P1, which can display the minute hand information MIN. Similarly, the second display area 1112 also has a plurality of pixels P2, and can display the hour hand information HR. In particular, the first display area 1111 and the second display area 1112 do not overlap each other. In this embodiment, the first display area 1111 is disposed in the second display area 1112, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the first display area 1111 and the second display area 1112 are Locations are interchangeable.

In the present embodiment, the above-described pixels P1 and P2 can be realized by using a light-emitting unit such as a light-emitting diode. In other embodiments, the first display area 1111 and the second display area 1112 can be implemented by using a flat display to make the first display area 1111 and the second display. The area 1112 is provided with pixels P1 and P2. In these embodiments, the flat panel display may be a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode display, or an electronic paper, etc., and the invention is not limited thereto.

2 is an external view of a clock in a first mode in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the clock 2 provided in this embodiment also includes a body 21, and the body 21 also has a display surface 211 for displaying the hour hand information HR and the minute hand information MIN in the first mode, for example, a plurality of pictures can be utilized. According to the current time information, the hour hand pattern and the minute hand pattern are displayed in the correct position. In addition, in the present embodiment, the clock 2 further includes a plurality of light-emitting units L, and these light-emitting units L can be sequentially illuminated to display a second hand information SEC. The light emitting unit L can be a light emitting diode element.

3 is a cross-sectional view of a clock taken along line A-A of FIG. 2, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 together, in the present embodiment, the light-emitting unit L is disposed on the periphery of the body 21. When the light-emitting units L are sequentially illuminated, the light can be projected toward the edge of the clock 2 to form the second hand information SEC, which can be wound around the body 21 every 60 seconds. However, if the light-emitting unit L is disposed on the periphery of the body 21, the thickness of the periphery of the body 21 may increase.

4 is a cross-sectional view of a clock taken along line A-A of FIG. 2 in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 in combination, in other embodiments, the light emitting unit L may be disposed on the back surface 212 of the body 21. The back surface 212 is provided with respect to the display surface 211. Similarly, in the first mode, the light-emitting units L are sequentially illuminated, and light is projected toward the edge of the body 21 to form the second hand information SEC. In this embodiment, since the light emitting unit L is disposed on the back surface 212 of the body 21, the present embodiment does not increase the thickness of the periphery of the body 21.

FIG. 5 is an external view of a clock in a second mode according to an embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIG. 5, in the second mode, the display surface 111 of the clock 1 has a third display area 1113 for displaying the interactive information described above. In addition, the clock 1 also receives the external signal S1, and displays interactive information according to the external signal S1. In some embodiments, the third display area 1113 displays a plurality of patterns, such as PTRN1, PTRN2, PTRN3, . . . , as interactive information.

Although the operation of the second mode is illustrated by taking the clock 1 as an example in FIG. 5, those skilled in the art can apply the following description to the clock 2 of FIG. 2 by itself.

Please continue to refer to FIG. 5. In this embodiment, the external signal S1 is a focus. The force related signal is transmitted from a brain wave detecting device (not shown). The brain wave detecting device can detect the brain wave information of a user and generate the focus-related signal S1. Brainwave information is the original physiological signal compared to the focus-related signal S1, while the focus-related signal S1 is the processed or quantized signal. For example, brain wave information can be classified into attention-related signals such as α wave, β wave, θ wave, or δ wave according to different frequency components; or, brain wave information can be obtained through appropriate calculations. The result of the user's concentration or degree of relaxation may also be the focus-related signal S1. When the clock 1 receives the focus-related signal S1, the length of time displayed by at least one of the patterns (for example, the pattern PTRN1) is determined according to the focus-related signal S1. In this embodiment, when the user's concentration is higher, the display time of at least one of the patterns is longer, and conversely, the display time of at least one of the patterns is shorter. That is to say, in the second mode, if the user's concentration is higher, the staying time of the clock 1 on a certain pattern on the third display area 1113 is longer. In addition, in this embodiment, the favorite pattern can also be set according to the preference of the user, and is not limited by the pattern of the drawing.

In some embodiments, the pattern displayed by the third display area 1113 may be a different pattern, such as a pattern or a text. In the embodiment, the pattern displayed by the third display area 1113 is the dart target score information. In addition, these patterns may be displayed in the third display area 1113 in a counterclockwise, clockwise or random manner.

The third display area 1113 is similar to the first display area 1111 described above, and may also have a plurality of pixels P3 to form a complex pattern. Similarly, these pixels P3 can also be realized by using a light-emitting unit.

In addition, in the second mode, the display surface 111 may further have a fourth display area 1114. In this embodiment, the above pattern may be disposed in the fourth display area 1114. Of course, the positions of the third display area 1113 and the fourth display area 1114 on the display surface 111 can be interchanged without affecting the main spirit of the present invention.

The fourth display area 1114 is mainly used to display a focus information as the above interactive information. Similarly, the clock 1 can display the focus information in the fourth display area 1114 according to the focus-related signal S1. Similarly, the fourth display area 1114 also has a plurality of pixels P4 to form the focus information. Among them, the pixel P4 can also be realized by using a light-emitting unit.

In fact, if you compare Figure 1 with Figure 5, you have the usual knowledge in the field. It is to be understood that the areas of the first display area 1111 and the third display area 1113 on the display surface 111 are substantially the same, and the areas of the second display area 1112 and the fourth display area 1114 on the display surface 111 are substantially the same. Therefore, it can be said that the pixel P1 and the pixel P3 are substantially the same pixel, and the pixel P2 and the pixel P4 are substantially the same pixel. In other words, when the clock 1 is in the second mode, the first display area 1111 becomes the third display area 1113, and the second display area 1112 becomes the fourth display area 1114. Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. In other embodiments, the first display area 1111, the second display area 1112, the third display area 1113, and the fourth display area 1114 may not overlap at all. Or partially overlapping areas.

Referring to FIG. 5, in the second mode, the clock 1 can determine the number of pixels P4 to be illuminated according to the focus-related signal S1. In other words, if the user's concentration is lower, the number of pixels P4 is lit is less. In contrast, if the user's concentration is higher, the number of pixels P4 to be illuminated is increased, as shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a connection between a clock and an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIG. 7, in the embodiment, the clock 1 can also be connected to an electronic device 3. The electronic device 3 can be a smart phone, a tablet or other electronic device. When the electronic device 3 is executed for a predetermined operation, the electronic device 3 sends an execution signal S2 as an external signal to the clock 1. At this time, the clock 1 displays an interactive result according to the execution signal S2.

For example, when the electronic device 3 is swung as a dart, or an icon (Icon) 31 displayed on the electronic device 3 is touched, the electronic device 3 issues an execution signal S2 to the clock 1. At this time, the clock 1 will display the corresponding pattern when the execution signal S2 is received, for example, the pattern PTRN1 is regarded as an interactive result. That is to say, the user can swing the electronic device 3 as a dart, and the user can select the third display area 1113 to display the higher dart target score when the electronic device 3 is swung, and the corresponding dart target score will be It is taken as a score hit by the user.

Since in the second mode, the higher the user's concentration, the longer the display time of a certain pattern, so the user is more likely to hit a higher score or a desired pattern. In this way, the clock provided by the present invention can not only display time information, but also can be used as a device for training concentration, thereby increasing the fun of use and increasing the use value of the clock.

The above is intended to be illustrative only and not limiting. Any equivalent modifications or changes made to the spirit and scope of the present invention should be included in the attached application. In the range of interest.

1‧‧‧ clock

11‧‧‧Ontology

111‧‧‧ Display surface

1111‧‧‧First display area

1112‧‧‧Second display area

12‧‧‧ switch

HR‧‧‧ hour hand information

MIN‧‧‧ minute hand information

P1, P2‧‧‧ pixels

Claims (10)

A clock having a first mode and a second mode, the clock comprising: a body having: a display surface; and a plurality of light emitting units disposed on a periphery of the body or a back of the body, the back side being opposite to the a display surface setting, in the first mode, the light emitting units are sequentially illuminated to emit light to an edge of the body to display a second hand information; wherein when the clock is in the first mode, the clock is The display surface displays a time information. When the clock is in the second mode, the clock acts as a dart target and receives at least one external signal, and the clock displays at least one interactive information on the display surface according to the external signal. The clock of the first aspect of the invention, wherein the display mask has a first display area and a second display area, and the first display area is provided with the second display area, the first display area A display area displays a minute hand information, and the second display area displays an hour hand information. The clock of claim 2, wherein the first display area and the second display area respectively have a plurality of light emitting units to respectively display the minute hand information and the hour hand information. The clock of claim 3, wherein the first display area and the second display area do not overlap in the first mode. The clock according to claim 1, wherein in the second mode, the external signal is an execution signal, and the clock is used as the interactive information according to a pattern corresponding to the received execution signal. The clock of claim 1, wherein in the second mode, the external signal is a focus-related signal, the display mask has a third display area, and the third display area displays a plurality of patterns, and The length of display of at least one of the patterns is determined according to the focus-related signal. The clock of claim 6, wherein the patterns comprise a dart target score information. The clock of claim 6, wherein the patterns comprise numbers or patterns, and the patterns are displayed in a counterclockwise, clockwise or random manner. The clock of claim 1, wherein in the second mode, the external signal is a focus-related signal, the display mask has a fourth display area, and the fourth display area has The plurality of light-emitting units determine the number of the light-emitting units to be illuminated according to the focus-related signal, and the higher the concentration of the user, the more the number of the light-emitting units that are illuminated. The clock of claim 1, further comprising: a switch disposed on the body, the clock being determined to operate in the first mode or the second mode according to an on state of the switch.