TH27563A - Equipment, procedures, and systems for determining the timing and/or direction for prayer. - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention relates to a device for determining the time and/or direction for prayer. It consists of: - a receiver for receiving signals indicating the location on or above the Earth's surface; - a calculator for calculating the prayer time based on the received signal; and - a display unit for showing the calculated prayer time. The receiver is tuned to receive GPS signals from satellites, and the calculator is tuned and connected to the receiver so that the desired prayer direction, based on location, along with the required prayer time, is calculated directly from the GPS signal. Both the location and time are then displayed on the display unit's screen.

Claims (8)

1. The device for determining the time and/or direction for prayer consists of a receiver to receive signals indicating the location on or above the Earth, a calculator to calculate the prayer time based on the received signal, and a display unit to show the calculated prayer time. The receiver is adjusted to receive GPS signals from satellites, and the calculator is adjusted and connected to the receiver so that the desired prayer direction, based on location, along with the required prayer time, is calculated directly from the GPS signal. Both the direction and time are then displayed on the display unit's screen. 2. The device in claim 1 has the characteristics of a memory unit, first for storing program data for a calculator. 3. The device under claim 1 or 2 is equipped with a second memory for storing tables and/or mathematical systems related to timing for prayers according to the rules applicable at a specific location and within a specific sect or religious law. 4. The devices in claim 1, 2, or 3 are provided with adjustment mechanisms for the necessary calendar adjustments to obtain the methodology of calculating and displaying the times for prayer and/or the direction of prayer in relation to the calendar, location, sect, and/or provisions of this religious law. 5. The device described in claims 1-4 has the property that its first or second memory unit will store data relating to the following six positions of the sun: - The beginning of astronomical dawn (morning) - The beginning of sunrise - The position of the sun where the back of the sun is above its highest point in the sky - The position of the sun where the length of the shadow of an object is equal to its shadow at the moment the center of the sun is at its highest point in the sky plus one or two times the length of the object - The end of sunset - The end of astronomical sunset (evening). 6. Procedures for determining the time and/or direction for prayer, in which: - positional signals are adjusted; - the time for prayer is calculated and/or the direction for prayer is determined; and - the prayer can be performed in the calculated direction and/or at the calculated time, or within the official time period thereafter. 7. The system for determining the time and/or direction for prayer consists of: - A receiver for receiving signals indicating the location on or above the earth's surface; - A calculator for calculating the time and/or direction for prayer based on the received signals; and - A display unit for showing the calculated direction and/or time for prayer. The display unit is wirelessly connected to the calculator, and/or the calculator is wirelessly connected to the receiver. 8. Equipment as provided under claims 1-5, which includes the operating equipment for the operation of the calculator (Clause 8, 2 pages, 1 image).