TWI386766B - Time display device and method thereof - Google Patents
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本發明涉及一種時間顯示裝置及時間顯示方法。 The invention relates to a time display device and a time display method.
現有的時間顯示裝置如指標式時鐘通常包括一個時針和一個分針，該時針和分針各自獨立地週期性旋轉，分別指示不同的時鐘刻度以表示當前時間。然而，對於視力不好的人，不容易看清楚時間顯示裝置上的時針與分針所指的位置。 Existing time display devices, such as index clocks, typically include an hour hand and a minute hand that are each independently periodically rotated to indicate a different clock scale to indicate the current time. However, for people with poor eyesight, it is not easy to see the position of the hour and minute hands on the time display device.
本發明的主要目的在於提供一種通過發光體來指示時間的時間顯示裝置及時間顯示方法，同樣可以準確方便地表示當前時間。 A main object of the present invention is to provide a time display device and a time display method for indicating time by an illuminant, and the current time can also be accurately and conveniently represented.
本發明的時間顯示裝置，包括錶盤及多個設置於該錶盤上的時間指示部，該時間指示部用於指示時間，多組發光體，每組發光體對應一個時間指示部；每組發光體均包括第一發光體、第二發光體及第三發光體；時鐘單元，用於提供當前的時間資訊；第一開關單元，用於控制第一發光體的通電和斷電；第二開關單元，用於控制第二發光體的通電和斷電；第三開關單元，用於控制第三發光體的通電及斷電；時針發光體控制模組，用於根據時鐘單元提供的時間資訊確定當前時間中的小時值，並控制第一開關單元控制指示該小時值的時間指示部對應的第一發光體通電；分針發光體控制模組，用於根據時鐘單元提供的時間資訊確定當前時間中的分鐘值，並控 制第二開關單元及或第三開關單元控制對應的發光體通電。 The time display device of the present invention comprises a dial and a plurality of time indicating portions disposed on the dial, the time indicating portion is configured to indicate time, a plurality of groups of illuminants, each group of illuminants corresponding to a time indicating portion; each group of illuminants Each includes a first illuminator, a second illuminant, and a third illuminator; a clock unit for providing current time information; a first switch unit for controlling energization and de-energization of the first illuminator; and a second switch unit For controlling the energization and de-energization of the second illuminator; the third switch unit is configured to control the energization and de-energization of the third illuminant; the illuminant illumination control module is configured to determine the current information according to the time information provided by the clock unit The hour value in time, and controlling the first switch unit to control the first illuminant corresponding to the time indicating portion indicating the hour value to be energized; the minute hand illuminant control module, configured to determine the current time according to the time information provided by the clock unit Minute value, and control The second switch unit and or the third switch unit control the corresponding illuminators to be energized.
本發明還提供一種時間顯示裝置的時間顯示方法，該時間顯示裝置包括錶盤及多個設置於該錶盤上的時間指示部，該時間指示部用於指示小時值；該時間顯示裝置還包括多組發光體，每組發光體對應一個時間指示部；每組發光體均包括第一發光體、第二發光體及第三發光體，該方法包括步驟：提供當前的時間資訊；根據提供的時間資訊確定當前時間中的小時值，並控制指示該小時值的時間指示部對應的第一發光體通電；根據提供的時間資訊確定當前時間中的分鐘值，並控制與該分鐘值對應的第二發光體及第三發光體的通電。 The present invention also provides a time display method for a time display device, the time display device comprising a dial and a plurality of time indication portions disposed on the dial, the time indication portion for indicating an hour value; the time display device further comprising a plurality of groups The illuminant, each group of illuminants corresponding to a time indicating portion; each group of illuminants comprises a first illuminant, a second illuminant and a third illuminant, the method comprising the steps of: providing current time information; according to the provided time information Determining an hour value in the current time, and controlling a first illuminant corresponding to the time indication portion indicating the hour value to be energized; determining a minute value in the current time according to the provided time information, and controlling a second illuminating corresponding to the minute value The body and the third illuminator are energized.
本發明的時間顯示裝置通過控制不同的發光體發光，來指示當前的時間，方便了視力不好的人可以容易的看清楚當前的時間。 The time display device of the present invention indicates the current time by controlling the illumination of different illuminants, and it is convenient for a person with poor vision to easily see the current time.
請參考圖1，為本發明時間顯示裝置1於一種實施方式中的示意圖。該時間顯示裝置1包括錶盤10及多個設置於錶盤10上的時間指示部11。該時間指示部11用於指示時間。在本實施方式中，該錶盤10呈圓盤狀。 Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic diagram of a time display device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The time display device 1 includes a dial 10 and a plurality of time indicating portions 11 provided on the dial 10. The time indication unit 11 is for indicating time. In the present embodiment, the dial 10 has a disk shape.
請同時參考圖2，該時間顯示裝置1還包括多組發光體20，每組發光體20對應一個時間指示部11；每組發光體20均包括第一發光體21、第二發光體22及第三發光體23。該第二發光體22套接于第一發光體21內，第三發光體23套接于第二發光體22內。其中該第三發光體23是由四個 小發光體231、232、233、234構成。在本實施方式中，該第一發光體21及第二發光體22均呈圓環形，且該第一發光體21、第二發光體22及第三發光體23可為發出相同顏色光的LED(light-emitting diode，發光二極體)燈，也可為發出不同顏色的光的LED燈。 Referring to FIG. 2 simultaneously, the time display device 1 further includes a plurality of groups of illuminants 20, each group of illuminants 20 corresponding to a time indicating portion 11; each group of illuminants 20 includes a first illuminant 21, a second illuminant 22, and The third illuminator 23. The second illuminator 22 is sleeved in the first illuminant 21 , and the third illuminator 23 is sleeved in the second illuminant 22 . Wherein the third illuminant 23 is composed of four The small illuminators 231, 232, 233, and 234 are configured. In this embodiment, the first illuminator 21 and the second illuminator 22 are both annular, and the first illuminator 21, the second illuminator 22, and the third illuminator 23 can emit light of the same color. LED (light-emitting diode) lamps can also be LED lamps that emit light of different colors.
在本實施方式中，利用第一發光體21、第二發光體22及第三發光體23的組合向使用者提供時間資訊。 In the present embodiment, time information is provided to the user by the combination of the first illuminator 21, the second illuminator 22, and the third illuminator 23.
該第一發光體21用於在發光時，指示整點時刻的時間。該第二發光體22及第三發光體23用於在發光時，指示分鐘值。其中，第二發光體22用於在發光時，指示5的倍數的分鐘值，而第三發光體23用於根據同一時刻發光的發光體數量來指示5以內的分鐘值。例如：若當前刻度12處的第一發光體21發光，刻度3處的第二發光體22發光，且刻度3處的第三發光體中的發光體231，232也發光，則表明當前的整點時間為12點，而刻度3處的第二發光體22發光，並且刻度3處的第三發光體23中的發光體231，232也發光，即當前分鐘值為3×5+2=17分，所以當前的時間為12點17分。 The first illuminator 21 is for indicating the time of the hour of the illuminating when the light is emitted. The second illuminator 22 and the third illuminator 23 are used to indicate a minute value when illuminating. The second illuminant 22 is used to indicate a minute value of a multiple of 5 when illuminating, and the third illuminant 23 is used to indicate a minute value within 5 according to the number of illuminants that emit light at the same time. For example, if the first illuminant 21 at the current scale 12 emits light, the second illuminant 22 at the scale 3 emits light, and the illuminants 231, 232 in the third illuminant at the scale 3 also emit light, indicating the current whole The dot time is 12 o'clock, and the second illuminator 22 at the scale 3 emits light, and the illuminants 231, 232 in the third illuminant 23 at the scale 3 also emit light, that is, the current minute value is 3×5+2=17. Points, so the current time is 12:17.
為了更好的理解本發明，下面為一具體的實施方式。 In order to better understand the present invention, the following is a specific embodiment.
請同時參考圖3，為本發明時間顯示裝置1的內部結構圖。該時間顯示裝置1還包括時鐘單元30、第一開關單元40、第二開關單元50、第三開關單元60及處理單元70。 Please refer to FIG. 3 at the same time, which is an internal structural diagram of the time display device 1 of the present invention. The time display device 1 further includes a clock unit 30, a first switching unit 40, a second switching unit 50, a third switching unit 60, and a processing unit 70.
該時鐘單元30用於提供當前的時間資訊。在本實施方式中，該時間資訊包括當前的小時值及當前的分鐘值。 The clock unit 30 is used to provide current time information. In this embodiment, the time information includes a current hour value and a current minute value.
該第一開關單元40用於控制第一發光體21的通電和斷電。 The first switching unit 40 is for controlling energization and de-energization of the first illuminant 21.
該第二開關單元50用於控制第二發光體22通電和斷電。 The second switch unit 50 is configured to control the second illuminant 22 to be powered on and off.
該第三開關單元60用於控制第三發光體23的通電和斷電。在本實施方式中，該第三開關單元60包括四個子開關61，62，63，64，每個小開關用於控制第三發光體23內的一個發光體的通電及斷電。 The third switching unit 60 is for controlling energization and de-energization of the third illuminator 23. In the present embodiment, the third switch unit 60 includes four sub-switches 61, 62, 63, 64, each of which is used to control energization and de-energization of an illuminant in the third illuminant 23.
該處理單元70包括時針發光體控制模組71及分針發光體控制模組72。 The processing unit 70 includes an hour hand illuminant control module 71 and a minute hand illuminant control module 72.
該時針發光體控制模組71用於根據時鐘單元30提供的時間資訊確定當前時間中的小時值，並控制第一開關單元40控制指示該小時值的時間指示部11對應的第一發光體21的通電。如圖4所示，當前時間資訊中的小時值為5點，則第一開關單元40控制5點對應的時間指示部11處的第一發光體21的通電。 The hourlight illuminant control module 71 is configured to determine an hour value in the current time according to the time information provided by the clock unit 30, and control the first switch unit 40 to control the first illuminant 21 corresponding to the time indicating portion 11 indicating the hour value. Power up. As shown in FIG. 4, when the hour value in the current time information is 5 points, the first switching unit 40 controls the energization of the first luminous body 21 at the time indicating portion 11 corresponding to the five points.
該分針發光體控制模組72用於根據獲取到的時間資訊確定當前時間中的分鐘值，並控制第二開關單元50及或第三開關單元60控制對應的發光體通電。具體為，該分針發光體控制模組72檢測該分鐘值除以5取整後的值所對應的時間指示部11，控制第二開關單元60控制該時間指示部11對應的第二發光體22的通電，並根據該分鐘值除以5的餘數，控制第三開關單元60內的子開關控制該時間指示部11對應的第三發光體23中的發光體的通電。如圖4所示：當前時間資訊中的分鐘值為23，則分針發光體控制 模組72檢測23除以5取整後的值4所對應的時間指示部11，並控制第二開關單元50控制該時間指示部11對應的第二發光體22的通電，接著根據23除以5的餘數為3，控制第三開關單元60中的子開關61，62，63控制該時間指示部11對應的第三發光體23中的發光體231，232，233的通電。 The minute hand illuminant control module 72 is configured to determine a minute value in the current time according to the acquired time information, and control the second switch unit 50 and the third switch unit 60 to control the corresponding illuminant to be energized. Specifically, the minute hand illuminant control module 72 detects the time indicating unit 11 corresponding to the minute value divided by the value obtained by 5, and controls the second switching unit 60 to control the second illuminant 22 corresponding to the time indicating unit 11. The energization is performed, and the sub-switch in the third switching unit 60 is controlled to control the energization of the illuminant in the third illuminator 23 corresponding to the time indicating portion 11 based on the remainder of the minute value divided by five. As shown in Figure 4: the minute value in the current time information is 23, then the minute hand illuminator control The module 72 detects 23 and divides the time indicating portion 11 corresponding to the value 4 after the rounding, and controls the second switching unit 50 to control the energization of the second illuminator 22 corresponding to the time indicating portion 11, and then divides by 23 The remainder of 5 is 3, and the sub-switches 61, 62, 63 in the third switching unit 60 are controlled to control the energization of the illuminants 231, 232, 233 in the third illuminant 23 corresponding to the time indicating portion 11.
請參考圖5為本發明時間顯示裝置時間顯示方法流程圖。 Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a flowchart of a time display method of the time display device of the present invention.
首先，時鐘單元30提供當前的時間資訊(步驟S710)。 First, the clock unit 30 provides current time information (step S710).
時針發光體控制模組71根據時鐘單元30提供的時間資訊確定當前時間中的小時值，並控制第一開關單元40控制指示該小時值的時間指示部11對應的第一發光體21的通電(步驟S720)。 The hour hand illuminant control module 71 determines the hour value in the current time based on the time information provided by the clock unit 30, and controls the first switch unit 40 to control the energization of the first illuminant 21 corresponding to the time indicating portion 11 indicating the hour value ( Step S720).
該分針發光體控制模組72用於根據獲取到的時間資訊確定當前時間中的分鐘值，並控制第二開關單元50及或第三開關單元60控制對應的發光體通電(步驟S730)。 The minute hand illuminant control module 72 is configured to determine a minute value in the current time according to the acquired time information, and control the second switch unit 50 and or the third switch unit 60 to control the corresponding illuminant to be powered (step S730).
1‧‧‧時間顯示裝置 1‧‧‧Time display device
10‧‧‧錶盤 10‧‧‧ dial
11‧‧‧時間指示部 11‧‧‧Time indication department
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21‧‧‧第一發光體 21‧‧‧First illuminator
22‧‧‧第二發光體 22‧‧‧second illuminant
23‧‧‧第三發光體 23‧‧‧3rd illuminator
231‧‧‧小發光體 231‧‧‧Small illuminator
232‧‧‧小發光體 232‧‧‧Small illuminator
233‧‧‧小發光體 233‧‧‧Small illuminator
234‧‧‧小發光體 234‧‧‧Small illuminator
30‧‧‧時鐘單元 30‧‧‧clock unit
40‧‧‧第一開關單元 40‧‧‧First switch unit
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60‧‧‧第三開關單元 60‧‧‧third switch unit
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71‧‧‧時針發光體控制模組 71‧‧‧ hour hand illuminator control module
72‧‧‧分針發光體控制模組 72‧‧‧Split needle illuminant control module
61‧‧‧子開關 61‧‧‧Sub-switch
62‧‧‧子開關 62‧‧‧Sub-switch
63‧‧‧子開關 63‧‧‧Sub-switch
64‧‧‧子開關 64‧‧‧Sub-switch
S710‧‧‧提供當前的時間信息 S710‧‧‧ Provide current time information
S720‧‧‧根據提供的時間信息確定當前時間中的小時值，並控制第一開關單元控制指示該小時值的時間指示部對應的第一發光體 S720‧‧‧determining the hour value in the current time according to the provided time information, and controlling the first switch unit to control the first illuminant corresponding to the time indication portion indicating the hour value
S730‧‧‧根據獲取到的時間信息確定當前時間中的分鐘值，並控制第二開關單元及或第三開關單元控制對應的第二發光體或第三發光體 S730‧‧‧determining the minute value in the current time according to the acquired time information, and controlling the second switch unit or the third switch unit to control the corresponding second or third illuminant
圖1係本發明時間顯示裝置一種實施方式的外觀示意圖。 1 is a schematic view showing the appearance of an embodiment of a time display device of the present invention.
圖2係圖1所示的時間顯示裝置的一分解視圖。 Figure 2 is an exploded view of the time display device shown in Figure 1.
圖3係本發明時間顯示裝置的內部結構圖。 Fig. 3 is a view showing the internal structure of the time display device of the present invention.
圖4係本發明時間顯示裝置的一實施例。 Figure 4 is an embodiment of the time display device of the present invention.
圖5係本發明時間顯示裝置時間顯示方法流程圖。 Fig. 5 is a flow chart showing the time display method of the time display device of the present invention.
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