WO1994004967A1 - Horloge - Google Patents

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WO1994004967A1
WO1994004967A1 PCT/EP1993/002151 EP9302151W WO9404967A1 WO 1994004967 A1 WO1994004967 A1 WO 1994004967A1 EP 9302151 W EP9302151 W EP 9302151W WO 9404967 A1 WO9404967 A1 WO 9404967A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means
    • G04G9/02—Visual time or date indication means by selecting desired characters out of a number of characters or by selecting indicating elements the position of which represent the time, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques
    • G04G9/04—Visual time or date indication means by selecting desired characters out of a number of characters or by selecting indicating elements the position of which represent the time, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques by controlling light sources, e.g. electroluminescent diodes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G17/00—Structural details; Housings
    • G04G17/08—Housings
    • G04G17/083—Watches distributed over several housings
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means

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  • the invention relates to a clock with electrically controllable display elements.
  • Digital clocks are known in which the time is displayed in hours, minutes and possibly seconds using a numerical display instrument.
  • the individual digits are usually made up of several segments, which are individually controlled depending on the signals of the timer.
  • it is also known to control a plurality of such display instruments with the aid of a common timer.
  • each housing is provided with its own timer for switching the display element on and off, the timers in the individual housings being synchronized with one another.
  • a central timer is provided, and each housing contains only one receiving device for receiving signals from the central timer.
  • suitable timers are electronic timers with quartz crystal or the like, which are commercially available at low cost.
  • the signal transmission from the central timer to the individual NEN display elements can be done for example via electrical or optical connecting lines or wireless with the help of infrared transmitters, ultrasonic transmitters or the like.
  • Known receivers for public radio time signals can also be provided as receiving devices for the time signals within the individual housings.
  • the time (hours) is displayed, for example, by switching on the display element in a specific housing every hour, the association between the housings and the hours represented by them being changed by labeling the housing or by spatially arranging the housing Housing can result in a certain order.
  • the display can also be carried out in such a way that the number of switched-on display elements is successively increased as the number of hours increases.
  • Optical elements with mechanically moving parts, liquid crystal elements and self-illuminating display elements such as incandescent lamps, light-emitting diodes and the like can be considered as display elements.
  • a central voltage source can be provided for the power supply of the display elements, which is connected to the individual housings via lines, or a separate voltage source, for example a battery or an accumulator, is provided in each housing.
  • the individual housings can be connected to one another by joints or by rigid, elastic or bendable rods or wires. Both a linear arrangement of the housings and a star-shaped arrangement are possible, in which each housing is connected to a housing accommodating the central timer. With an articulated or flexible connection of the housing, the configuration can be varied in many ways according to the wishes of the user. For example, in the case of a chain-like arrangement, a bangle can be formed which can be worn by the user instead of a wristwatch. Both flat and spatial arrangements of the housings are possible. In the case of a flat arrangement, the housings can, for example, be provided with magnets or similar adhesive elements and be releasably arranged on a common board.
  • the individual housings can be designed as solid bodies made of transparent material, for example glass or acrylic, which act as light guides for the light emitted by the display element and emit the light at an exit surface remote from the display element.
  • Such display elements can, for example, be nested in the form of concentric frames or shells or stacked one above the other in the form of a plurality of disks.
  • auxiliary display elements for displaying minutes or 5-minute intervals are preferably provided.
  • the auxiliary display elements can in turn be accommodated in their own housings.
  • the clocks according to the invention can be realized in any size from the wristwatch or pocket watch to table clocks, wall clocks, grandfather clocks and public clocks outdoors.
  • 1 shows a clock with twelve unconnected display housings and an additional housing for a transmitter; 2 is a clock with twelve display connected to a chain
  • FIG. 3 shows a modified configuration of the clock according to FIG. 2;
  • Fig. 5 is a clock with a linear chain of twelve display cases and a transmitter case
  • FIG. 17 shows a clock with an ordered star-shaped arrangement of twelve display housings in relation to a transmitter housing
  • 19 shows an unordered star-shaped arrangement of twenty-four display housings in relation to a sensor
  • 21 shows a stack-like arrangement of display housings designed as flat disks
  • 22 shows a flat arrangement of prism-shaped display housings
  • 23 shows an arrangement of display housings in the form of nested arches or shells
  • Fig. 24 shows a flat arrangement of display housings in the
  • 26 shows a cube-shaped arrangement of display housings in the form of nested frames
  • FIG. 1 shows twelve display housings 10, each of which has a main display element 12 and an auxiliary display element 14. Furthermore, a timer housing 16 is provided, which contains a radio, infrared or microwave transmitter, not shown. The time signals transmitted by this transmitter are received by receivers (not shown) in the individual display housings 10 and cause the main and auxiliary display elements 12, 14 to be switched on and off, which are designed, for example, as light sources.
  • the timer housing 16 and each of the display housings 10 also contains a battery (not shown) for the voltage supply of the transmitter or the receiver and display elements.
  • the housings 10 and 16 are not physically connected to one another, so that the user can arrange the individual housings as he chooses.
  • the housings are, for example, spherical and each are divided into two hemispheres, one of which forms the main display element 12 and the other the auxiliary display element 14.
  • the main display elements 12 have numbers from 1 to 12 and serve to display the hours, while the auxiliary display elements 14 serve to display 5-minute intervals.
  • the main display element with the number "6" and the auxiliary display element of the housing with the number "7" light up. This display corresponds to the time at 6.35 a.m.
  • the balls have different sizes, the size of the balls not corresponding to the numbers on the main display elements 12. Alternatively, however, it is also possible to arrange the balls by size, so that the housing diameters become larger with an increasing number of hours.
  • a base provided with suitable cup-shaped recesses can be provided, or the balls are placed in individual containers which are designed similarly to egg cups.
  • the housings 10, 16 can also have a flat circular disk-shaped shape.
  • the main and auxiliary display elements 12, 14 each form a semicircle or a more or less large sector of the circular disk.
  • the main display elements 12 preferably have a different color than the auxiliary display elements 14.
  • the disk-shaped housings 10, 16 can be provided with magnets or with Velcro strips, suction cups or the like on the underside, so that they can be detachably attached to an associated plate.
  • the fastening plate can optionally be provided with induction loops, so that signal transmission from the transmitter to the receivers is made possible by inductive coupling. If the display elements 12, 14 are halogen lights or other lights operated at low voltage, the fastening plate can also be provided with busbars for a central power supply.
  • FIG. 2 shows an exemplary embodiment in which the individual display housings 10 are connected to form a chain by connecting members 18 in the form of wires, rods or cables.
  • the transmitter is accommodated in one of the display housings 10, and the signal transmission takes place directly via the connecting members 18.
  • the display housings 10 are connected to the connecting members 18 in such a way that the main display elements 12 on one end of the The chain and the auxiliary display elements 14 point to the opposite end. If the links 18 are flexible, can generate a large variety of spatial or flat structures, as illustrated by Figures 2 and 3.
  • the watch can optionally also be worn as a bracelet or necklace.
  • the individual display housings 10 can optionally also be connected to one another in a ladder-like manner by a plurality of connecting links 18 in each case.
  • Figure 4 shows an embodiment in which the display housing 10 are designed as rectangular plates with different sizes and different edge ratios.
  • the individual plates are connected to one another at their vertical edges by joints, so that they can be tilted relative to one another. On the one hand, this makes it possible to set the plates upright and, on the other hand, allows the watch to be designed in a variable manner.
  • the joints are preferably designed as ball joints, so that the housings can also be arranged in a curved curve.
  • FIGS. 5 to 16 show further exemplary embodiments of chain or band-shaped arrangements of the display housings 10 with main and auxiliary display elements 12, 14.
  • the illuminated display elements each represent the time 3.10 a.m.
  • the main display elements 12 point to one side of the band-shaped arrangement, and the auxiliary display elements 14 point to the opposite side.
  • a separate timer housing 16 is provided at the end of the chain.
  • FIG. 6 corresponds to the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • FIG. 7 shows an alternating sequence of display housings 10 for the main display elements 12 and separate, somewhat smaller display housings 20 for the auxiliary display elements 14.
  • the display housings have 10, 20 the same size, and the main and auxiliary display elements are distinguished only on the basis of the color.
  • FIG. 9 shows an alternating sequence of four smaller display housings 20 and larger display housings 10.
  • the housings 10 are in two halves corresponding to the main and auxiliary display elements 12 and 14 divided. Additional auxiliary display elements 14 are accommodated in the housings 20. Between two main display elements 12 there are five auxiliary display elements 14, so that individual minutes can be displayed.
  • FIG. 10 five housings 20 for the auxiliary display elements 14 are arranged between the housings 10 for the main display elements 12.
  • Figures 1 1 and 12 show embodiments corresponding to Figures 9 and 10, but in which, however, the housings 10, 20 each have the same size.
  • FIGS. 13 and 14 show exemplary embodiments corresponding to FIGS. 9 and 11, in which, however, the main and auxiliary display elements 12, 14 of the housing 10 each point to opposite sides of the band-shaped arrangement.
  • the main display elements 12 are designed as digit-shaped housings and the auxiliary display elements 14 as balls.
  • the auxiliary display elements 14 are also designed as digit-shaped housings, and five auxiliary display elements are provided for displaying the individual minutes between the main display elements 12.
  • FIG. 17 shows an exemplary embodiment in which twelve display housings 10 are each connected directly to the central timer housing 16.
  • the connecting links 18 start from the timer housing 16 in a star or fan shape.
  • FIG. 17 shows an orderly arrangement of the display housing 10
  • FIG. 18 illustrates an unordered arrangement which can be varied as desired with the aid of the flexible connecting members 18.
  • FIG. 19 shows a modification of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 18, in which the main display elements 12 and the auxiliary display elements 14 are each housed in separate housings 10, 20.
  • FIG. 20 shows an exemplary embodiment in which the display housing 10 is designed in a ring shape and is nested one inside the other in the manner of concentric circles.
  • the main display elements 12 are each represented by a wider ring and the auxiliary display elements 14 by a concentrated trisch adjoining narrower ring formed. The time is displayed in such a way that the main and auxiliary display elements are switched on in succession from the inside to the outside or from the outside to the inside.
  • the display housings 10 have the shape of disks or plates of different sizes, one half forming the main display element 12 and the other half forming the auxiliary display element 14.
  • the disks have a circular or polygonal layout and are stacked on top of each other to form a cone or a pyramid.
  • the display housing 10 can be designed as glass plates, on or in which the associated light source is arranged in such a way that the light is passed on and distributed by total reflection in the glass plate and exits at the edge of the disk-shaped housing.
  • the display housings 10 have the form of prisms or columns, the light-emitting surface of which is divided in the longitudinal direction, so that the main display elements 12 and the auxiliary display elements 14 are formed.
  • the columns are arranged parallel to each other.
  • FIG. 23 shows an exemplary embodiment which is based on a similar principle to the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 21, but in which the display housings 10 have a bowl-shaped design and are nested inside one another.
  • the display housings 10 are designed as nested square frames.
  • the main and auxiliary display elements 12, 14 can be formed, for example, by the legs of the individual frames lying opposite one another in pairs.
  • Figure 25 shows an embodiment in which the display housing 10 are designed as rectangular frames, which are nested and articulated like a gimbal, so that the individual frames can be tilted to different levels.
  • the main and auxiliary display elements 12, 14 are arranged all around the entire frame and can be distinguished on the basis of their width and / or color. For example, if the second If the frame is tilted out from the outside of the plane of the first frame from the outside, the clock shown in FIG. 25 can be set up.
  • a specific time that the user does not want to miss can be marked by tilting the display housing indicating this time into a special position.
  • Figure 26 shows a clock in the form of a cube.
  • Each surface of the cube is formed by a sequence of twelve nested square display housings 10, each of which receives a luminous display element 12 or 14.
  • the main display elements 12 and the auxiliary display elements 14 are arranged in different cube areas. Since at least two adjoining cube faces are visible from almost every viewing direction, this enables the hours and minutes to be read evenly (in 5-minute intervals).
  • FIGS. 27 to 29 show chain-like arrangements which differ from the arrangement according to FIG. 3 in that the connecting links 18 form a main line 18a from which a plurality of branches 18b each lead, which lead to a display housing 10 or 20.
  • the branches 18b are each rotatable about the main line 18a.
  • the branches 18b are frictionally connected to the connecting links forming the main strand, so that different angular positions of the individual branches can be set at the user's choice.
  • both the main line 18a and the branches 18b are flexible.

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Une horloge à éléments d'affichage (12, 14) à commande électrique comprend au moins douze boîtiers séparés (10) de réception d'au moins une minuterie ou d'un récepteur assurant la communication avec une minuterie centrale, qui contiennent chacun au moins un élément d'affichage (12, 14) susceptible d'être connecté et déconnecté par la minuterie.
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WO2005091087A1 (fr) * 2004-03-15 2005-09-29 Pascal Berger Piece d'horlogerie a affichage digital
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