EP2616888A1 - Uhr mit taktilen kapazitiven bereichen mit einem von einer elektrisch leitenden abdeckung verschlossenen batteriefach - Google Patents
Uhr mit taktilen kapazitiven bereichen mit einem von einer elektrisch leitenden abdeckung verschlossenen batteriefachInfo
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- EP2616888A1 EP2616888A1 EP11770446.0A EP11770446A EP2616888A1 EP 2616888 A1 EP2616888 A1 EP 2616888A1 EP 11770446 A EP11770446 A EP 11770446A EP 2616888 A1 EP2616888 A1 EP 2616888A1
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- Prior art keywords
- watch
- battery
- electrically conductive
- finger
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
- G04G21/00—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
- G04G21/08—Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
Definitions
- Tactile zone watch with capacitive type including a trap door closed by an electrical conductor cover
- the present invention relates to a timepiece of the wristwatch type with capacitive touch zones comprising a battery door closed by an electrically conductive battery cover. More specifically, the present invention relates to such a watch comprising a battery door closed by an electrically conductive cover for improving the operation of the watch.
- a capacitive touch zone wristwatch includes, in particular, a watch glass made of an organic or mineral transparent material disposed over a time indicating device.
- the time indication device may be of the analog type. In this case, it is formed by a dial above which eg hour and minute hands move.
- the time indicating device may also be of the digital type. In this case, it comprises a display cell whose optical properties are modified by applying a voltage or an appropriate electric current.
- To form the tactile zones it is possible, for example, to structure on the face of the ice opposite the device for indicating the time electrodes made of a transparent conductive material such as tin-indium oxide, a better material. known under its name Anglo-Saxon indium-tin oxide or ITO.
- the tactile zones form, with the air from which they are separated by the watch glass, the two plates of a capacitor which has a certain value of capacitance.
- This capacity value is fixed by the sum of the various parasitic capacitances of the electronic system seen by an electrode forming a tactile zone.
- This capacity value will be modified when the user places his finger on the outer surface of the ice, opposite the electrode forming the selected touch zone. The effect of the finger is added to the parasitic capacitances and thus modifies the total capacity seen by the electronic control system of the watch.
- the electronic control system housed in the watch case will detect this variation of capacity and deduce the corresponding instruction. In response to the introduction of this data, the electronic control circuit will perform the required operations.
- the detection by the electronic system of the watch of the variation of the capacity of the touch zone selected by the user who places his finger on it must be do as accurately as possible.
- the variation in the capacity induced by the user's finger on the watch is very small compared to the value of the parasitic capacitances and either therefore difficult to detect.
- the electronic detection system of the watch may not be able to detect the presence of the finger of the user next to the selected touch zone and not to control the desired operation by the user, which is problematic .
- the present invention aims to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks as well as others by providing a capacitive-type touch-zone wristwatch comprising means for fixing the detection system and the wearer of the watch to the same electrical potential. .
- the present invention relates to a capacitive-type touch-zone wristwatch comprising a box made of a non-electrically conductive material, this box comprising a battery door in which a battery is housed and which is closed by a lid an electrically conductive battery, the electrically conductive battery cover being mounted on the watch case with the interposition of an electrically conductive gasket between the battery cover and an electrode of the battery.
- the present invention provides a capacitive-type touch-zone wristwatch whose box, although made of a non-electrically conductive material, still allows all the elements, including the wearer's body. of the watch, involved in the detection of the capacitance variation of the touch zone are brought to the same electrical potential. It is thus possible to avoid practically any fluctuation of the value of the capacitance formed by the finger of the wearer of the watch placed on the ice of the watch opposite the desired touch key and to consequently ensure a correct functioning of the shows.
- the conductive gasket of electricity when the user puts his finger on the ice of the watch, it forms a closed loop between the user's finger, the watch ice , the touch zone opposite which the user's finger is placed, the printed circuit board on which is mounted the electronic control circuit of the touch zones, the battery, the battery cover with which the battery is in contact via the seal and wrist of the user with whom the battery cover is in contact.
- the present invention proceeds from the general inventive idea of equipping the battery door with a touch-sensitive watch whose box is made of a non-electrically conductive material of an electrically conductive battery cover provided with a sealing gasket made of a conductive material such as an elastomeric material charged with conductive particles so that, when the user of the watch puts a finger on the ice of the watch, all the elements of the watch involved in the detection of the variation of capacity, including the body of the user, are brought to the same potential which corresponds to the internal reference potential of the electronic system of the watch.
- FIG. 1 The single figure appended to the present patent application is a schematic cross-sectional view of a capacitive-type touch-zone wristwatch according to the invention.
- this watch comprises a transparent ice 2 made of an organic or mineral material.
- This mirror covers an analog time display device 4 comprising a dial 6 above which an hour hand 8 and a minute hand 10 move.
- On the face 12 of the watch glass 2 facing the device time display 4 is structured at least one electrode forming a touch zone 14.
- This touch zone 14 is made of a transparent electrically conductive material such as tin-indium oxide better known under its Anglo-Saxon name indium-tin oxide or ITO.
- the touch zone 14 forms with the air from which it is separated by the watch glass 2 the two plates of a capacitor C2 which has a determined capacitance value.
- This value of external capacitance C2 is formed by the set of parasitic capacitances distributed around the electrode, both inside the watch (printed circuit 22, metal elements, motors, connectors and others) and outside (the wearer's arm, environment).
- the value of the capacitor C2 is modified when the user places his finger 16 on the watch glass 2, next to the touch zone 14.
- This touch zone 14 is connected to a control integrated circuit 18 by means of a connector 20 which extends vertically between the watch glass 2 and a printed circuit support 22 on which the integrated control circuit 18 is mounted.
- the connector 20 is a "zébra" type connector which conducts electricity in the only direction vertical.
- the variation in the value of the capacity seen by the detection system between the user's finger and the touch zone in question is thus optimized, so that the risks that the electronic control circuit does not detect the presence of the finger of the are avoided.
- This is not the case in the case of a capacitive touch zone watch whose housing is made of a non-electrically conductive material such as a plastic material. Indeed, the housing plays the role of an electrically insulating element and prevents the electric loop between the finger, the various components involved in the detection of the capacitance variation of the touch zone and the wrist of the user closes on the finger of the latter.
- the body of the user who plays a role in the detection of capacitance variation is at a floating potential with respect to the internal potential of the watch and the additional capacitive effect induced by the finger of the user is difficult to discern by the detection system.
- one solution would be to charge the plastic with conductive particles. In this case, however, the resulting plastic material would be dark in color and the designer would enjoy no freedom in choosing the color of the watch case.
- the box 24 of the watch 1 comprises a battery door 26 in which is housed a battery 28.
- This battery door 26 is closed by a lid 30 which is electrically conductive with the interposition of a gasket.
- sealing 32 made of an electrically conductive material between the electrically conductive cover 30 and the battery 28.
- This seal 32 which seals the battery door 26 also ensures the continuity of the electrical conduction between the one of the poles of the battery 28 and the cover 30 conducting electricity.
- This seal 32 may for example be made of an elastomeric material loaded with conductive particles.
- the electrical contact between the battery cover 30 and the battery 28 can be further improved by arranging a layer of conductive fat between these two elements.
- the other pole of the battery 28 is connected to the printed circuit support 22 for supplying the control integrated circuit 18 and the touch zone 14.
- the electrically conductive gasket 32 serves to close a loop 34 between the user's finger 16 placed on the window 2 of the watch 1, the window 2, the touch zone 14, the integrated circuit 18, the battery 28, the seal 32, the battery cover 30 and the wrist of the user 36.
- a capacitance C2 is thus formed between the wrist of the user 36, the battery cover 30, the seal 32, the stack 28, the printed circuit support 22, the electrical connector 20, the touch zone 14 and the ice 2 of the watch 1.
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- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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- Electric Clocks (AREA)
- Switches That Are Operated By Magnetic Or Electric Fields (AREA)
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Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP11770446.0A EP2616888B1 (de) | 2010-12-07 | 2011-10-17 | Uhr mit taktilen kapazitiven bereichen mit einem von einer elektrisch leitenden abdeckung verschlossenen batteriefach |
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP10194005A EP2463733A1 (de) | 2010-12-07 | 2010-12-07 | Armbanduhr mit berührungsempfindlichen Zonen vom kapazitiven Typ einschließlich Batterieklappe, die mit einem elektrisch leitenden Deckel verschlossen ist |
| PCT/EP2011/068118 WO2012076225A1 (fr) | 2010-12-07 | 2011-10-17 | Montre à zones tactiles de type capacitif comprenant une trappe de pile fermée par un couvercle conducteur de l'électricité |
| EP11770446.0A EP2616888B1 (de) | 2010-12-07 | 2011-10-17 | Uhr mit taktilen kapazitiven bereichen mit einem von einer elektrisch leitenden abdeckung verschlossenen batteriefach |
Publications (2)
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| EP2616888A1 true EP2616888A1 (de) | 2013-07-24 |
| EP2616888B1 EP2616888B1 (de) | 2014-09-24 |
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| EP10194005A Withdrawn EP2463733A1 (de) | 2010-12-07 | 2010-12-07 | Armbanduhr mit berührungsempfindlichen Zonen vom kapazitiven Typ einschließlich Batterieklappe, die mit einem elektrisch leitenden Deckel verschlossen ist |
| EP11770446.0A Active EP2616888B1 (de) | 2010-12-07 | 2011-10-17 | Uhr mit taktilen kapazitiven bereichen mit einem von einer elektrisch leitenden abdeckung verschlossenen batteriefach |
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| EP10194005A Withdrawn EP2463733A1 (de) | 2010-12-07 | 2010-12-07 | Armbanduhr mit berührungsempfindlichen Zonen vom kapazitiven Typ einschließlich Batterieklappe, die mit einem elektrisch leitenden Deckel verschlossen ist |
Country Status (6)
| Country | Link |
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| US (1) | US9016935B2 (de) |
| EP (2) | EP2463733A1 (de) |
| JP (1) | JP5503812B2 (de) |
| CN (1) | CN103238121B (de) |
| RU (1) | RU2564042C2 (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2012076225A1 (de) |
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| HK1187696A1 (zh) | 2014-04-11 |
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