JPH06331761A - Timing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a device in which a wrist watch is combined with a pager by providing a system movable to a plurality of different axial directions. CONSTITUTION: This watch equipment has a watch for indicating the time of a day by a clock long hand and a clock short hand, a pager device, and a receiver of radio broadcasting massage formed of characters, and a memory for storing it. A stem-winding crown 3 comprises a stem 9 to be inserted to a winding crown 10 in the end part thereof. A rotating motion or pressure can be added to the end part of the winding crown 10. The stem 9 is slid within a hole 11 and a hole 13, and placed in three different axial positions. In the fist position, the time can be set by rotating the winding crown 10. In the second position, a received message can be successively displayed by rotating the winding crown 10. In the third position, the message can be erased or protected by adding an axial force to the stem 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

The invention relates to a clock for displaying at least hours and minutes, a receiver for radio broadcast messages composed of characters, a memory for storing said messages, and at least said A timepiece including a cell for displaying a message, an acoustic or mechanical transducer, and a controller including at least one stem fitted into a crown adapted to be manually operated.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A timer that meets the above comprehensive definition is
It is described in several patent publications published under the applicant's name. The overall configuration of the antenna provided in the side of the watch is the subject of the invention of EP-B-0 339 482 (US Pat. No. 4,884,252).
With such a timer movement, case band,
An assembly with a case back is described in EP-A-0 460 526. Finally, the device of the power cell that supplies power to the radio frequency part of the watch is EP-A-0 460.
526. As can be seen from those documents, the timer in question serves a dual role as a device for searching for a person, who is hereafter called a "pager". As will be apparent from the description below, the pager portion consists of an antenna, a receiving circuit, a decoder, a microprocessor and a memory capable of recording some messages. Each of these messages is displayed on an LCD display cell upon request. The pager is completed, for example, by a sound generator signaling the arrival of a message. Here the pager appears almost as a microreceptor, signaling that the user is being sought by a third party.

There are pagers that deliver only one or several audio signals. When the signal tone is generated, the user has to dial the number determined by the telephone device. The pager can know who is calling at the same time as the acoustic signal is generated by the message displayed in the display cell. The message most often consists of a phone number to call back. To send a message, the caller dials the pager's telephone number on the telephone.
After that, a special acoustic signal is generated inside the receiver. The caller then composes a message with the digital keyboard available on their device and waits for the telephone exchange to indicate that the caller's call has been recorded. When the news is received, you can immediately place the handset on the hook. Shortly thereafter, the message sent is displayed on the pager that was called. At that time, if the user desires, an alarm signal can also be generated.

It is advantageous to combine a pager with a wristwatch. Because users rarely forget to wear a wristwatch on their wrists, users remember to carry a pager, and it is significantly smaller than traditional stand-alone pagers. However, such combinations create technical problems that are difficult to solve. Some of these problems already constituted the purposes of the description of the document.

[0005]

The object of the present invention, which has not been dealt with until now, is the problem posed by the controller of the device which simultaneously combines the wristwatch and the pager, namely the time supported by the wristwatch. What you can fix,
And to solve the problem of being able to modify the message if necessary, and of protecting or erasing the message received by the user. Their function is ensured by a single stem-crown according to the invention.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the first stable position for adjusting the time of day of the clock by turning the crown and the received message are displayed at least sequentially by turning the crown. Of the stem to at least three different axial positions, a stable position and a third unstable position where the displayed message can be at least erased or protected by the action exerted in the longitudinal direction of the stem. It is characterized by being placed.

[0007]

8 and 15 show plan views of the first and second embodiments of the pager wristwatch according to the present invention, respectively. This timer has at least one hour hand 4 and a minute hand 5
Includes a clock that indicates the time of day. The timer also includes a pager device, ie, a device comprising a receiver of radio broadcast messages composed of characters and a memory for storing the message. The receiver and the memory achieve the objects of the invention which will become apparent later. The message is received by an antenna wrapped around the watch case band. The antenna is shown in the form of line 6 in FIGS. This antenna is described in EP-B-0 339482 (US Pat. No. 4,884,252). For example, the message is displayed in a cell 7 made of liquid crystal. Two examples of pager watches are controller 3
Is further included. The controller 3 is, in two embodiments,
It also comprises at least a stem that fits into the manually operated crown 10. The crown will be described later. Although only the orifice is shown in FIGS. 8 and 15, the sound generator 8 signals reception of a message. The overall configuration of the controller is described in EP-A-0 460 526.

In those embodiments, in accordance with the present invention, the stem can be placed in three different axial positions by the mechanism described below with reference to FIGS. The first position is the stable position shown in FIG. 1, where the timepiece can be set at the time of day by turning the crown. The second position, which is a stable position, is shown in FIG.
Is shown in. At this position, the received messages can be sequentially displayed by turning at least the crown. Finally, the third position shown in FIG. 3 is unstable and can be erased or protected by applying axial force to the stem.

The stem-crown 3 of FIGS. 1-3 includes a stem 9 that is inserted into the crown at the end of the crown 10. A rotational movement or pressure can be applied to the end of the crown 10. The stem 9 has a hole 11 formed in the side case band 12 and a hole 1 formed in the elbow element 14.
Sliding inside 3. The stem includes a groove 15. The packing 16 is placed in the groove. The stem also includes another groove 17. In the groove 17, the rocking lever 18 fixed to the slug 19 is adjusted. Finally, the stem comprises a squared portion 20. The squared portion 20 is adapted to slide within a sliding pinion 21 which is held in place by a fixed elbow element 22 separate from the elbow element 14. The EP-A-0
The elements described in the 460526 specification, namely
It will be appreciated that the substrate 23, dial 24, first glass lid 25 and second glass lid 26 are present in the embodiment shown in FIGS.

Details of the sliding pinion 21 are shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. As shown in FIG. 5, the pinion 21 comprises two steps 27, 28 and a squared portion 20 of the stem 9.
And a hole 29 'for receiving. Each step is provided with a rectangular portion. That portion is easily visible from the hatched portion of step 27 in FIG. Step 2
7 and 28 are relatively separated by an angle of about 45 degrees. Figure 2
As can be seen from FIG. 6 which is a plan view of FIG. 2 seen from below, when the sliding pinion 21 is rotated by the stem 30, the blades 29 and 30 come into contact with the conductive tracks A and B, respectively. Elastic conductive blade 2
9 and 30 contact the steps 27 and 28 of the sliding pinion 21, respectively. 1 to 3, the slip pinion 21 stays in place, the blade 29 always contacts the track A, and the blade 30 always contacts the track B, regardless of the axial position of the stem. The contacts alternate as described above.

1-3 and 6 also show that the stem mechanism includes two separate switches. First switch 32
Is a conductive track C formed on the printed circuit board 31.
Is formed by a conductive blade 33 that is brought into contact with. The second switch 35 is formed by a conductive blade 36 brought into contact with a conductive track D formed on the printed circuit board 31. When driven by the slug 19, the blades 33 and 36 contact tracks C and D, respectively, and the slug 19 is driven by a rocking lever 18 which cooperates with the groove 17 of the stem 9, as is apparent from FIGS. 1 and 3. To be done.

FIG. 1 shows the stem-crown in its retracted first stable position. This is the time alignment position for any embodiment of the timer (FIG. 8 or FIG. 15). Here, when the first switch 32 is closed and the crown 10 is rotated, the first conductive blade 29 and the second conductive blade 30 are alternately driven to contact the conductive tracks A and B, respectively. To do. When the crown is rotated at an angular velocity equal to or lower than a predetermined speed, it is possible to make a stepwise correction such that the minute instruction is advanced or delayed according to the direction of turning the crown. When the crown is rotated at an angular velocity higher than the predetermined speed, it is possible to quickly correct the time instruction to advance or delay according to the integration time region according to the direction in which the crown is rotated. The means used for such time adjustment are described in detail in CH-A-643 427 (US Pat. No. 4,398,831). That means is employed in two embodiments of the invention. In the first stable position, the time domain is corrected with reference to the correct time. The correct time begins with the operation at the position where the crown is pulled out. EP-B
-0 165 961 (U.S. Pat. No. 4,520,797
As described in the specification, means are also used for canceling all gradual minute corrections that might have been able to precede the time domain correction.

FIG. 2 shows the stem-crown in a second stable neutral position. This position is such that the messages received by the pager can be displayed sequentially as the crown is turned. In this position, the first switch 32 and the second switch 35 are opened, and when the stem is turned, the first blade 29 and the second blade 30 are driven to drive the first conductive track A and the second conductive track A. Contact track B respectively. FIG. 3 shows the stem-crown in a third unstable pushed position. This position is a position where the displayed message can be erased or protected when the crown is pushed. In this position the second switch 35 is closed.

Referring again to FIG. Blades 29, 3
It will be noted that 0, 33, 36 together constitute a single element having a common base 37. The blades are cut out of a metal plate and, as far as the blades 33, 36 are bent at right angles. It is therefore found that the four blades are connected to a common potential, namely Vpp as shown in the circuit diagrams of FIGS.

In FIG. 7, which is a view from the bottom of FIG. 6, the rocking lever 18 driven by the groove of the stem 9 has a holding shaft 38.
Orbit around. A first nose 39 cooperating with two notches 40, 41 provided in the first elastic element 42.
Has been extended to. The stem of FIG. 7 has a nose 39
Are shown in a second neutral position such that they are retained in notches 40. When pulling out the stem to pull the stem to the first extended position, use the nose 3
9 is retained in the notch 41. Alternatively, pushing the stem from the position occupied by the stem 9 in FIG. 7 causes the nose 39 to climb the inclined surface 43 indicated by the first elastic element 42. When the pressure being applied to the stem is removed, the ramp causes the stem to return to the neutral position.
A second nose 44 is provided on the rocking lever 18 to further enhance the return movement of the stem. Its nose 44 cooperates with a second elastic element 45. Both elastic elements are formed from a single member 46.

The same stem-crown just described is employed in both embodiments of the pager watch of the present invention. These embodiments will be described in detail below. In essence, the operation of the stem has been found to be the same in both embodiments as far as a) the watch time adjustment function, b) message progressive scanning function, and c) message erasure and protection function. For the rest, the stem performs different functions, depending on which of the embodiments in question the stem is used for.

1) First Embodiment FIG. 8 is a plan view of the first embodiment of the pager watch of the present invention. In this embodiment, the pager watch is in addition to the stem-crown detailed above,
Includes two pushers 1, 2. The pusher 1 provided at the 8 o'clock position turns the pager on and off.
The pusher 2 provided at the 10 o'clock position puts the pager in a standby state. In the standby state, the received message is at least stored in memory without being signaled by the sound generator 8.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of the display cell 7 shown in FIG. This display cell includes an area 50 called a message area and two areas 51 and 52 called a pointing area.
including. In the area 50, a message that can be composed of numbers and letters appears. Each character includes a set of segments. Here, a maximum of 7 segments is used. Indicator area 51
Shows a FULL indication that the protected memory is full, 53, 54 shows the number 4321, 55 shows the letters ABCD, 56 shows the radio reception quality symbol. Y is shown and at 57 the symbol B indicates that the pager battery must be replaced immediately.
AT is shown. The number 4321 and the letters ABCD
It is a service instruction indicating the address and subaddress to which the received message is addressed. In the indicator area 52, a symbol indicating that a message overflows to the left of the cell is displayed at 58, and a PROTEC indicating that the displayed message is protected is displayed at 59.
T is indicated at 60, the symbol ON indicating that the pager is turned on is indicated at 61, and the symbol SIL indicating that the pager is in the standby state is indicated at 61, and
At 2 is shown the symbol OFF indicating that the pager has been turned off, and at 63 is a symbol indicating that a message overflow to the right of the cell has occurred.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the electronics of the pager watch shown in FIG. The message captured by the antenna 6 is received by a receiver circuit RF64 (this receiver circuit is, for example, a UAA from Philips company).
2033) and then decoded by a decoder 65 (eg, Philips PCF5001). It has a unique Radio Identification Code (RIC) and CCI
R radio-electrical call code Nr. 1 (CCIR Recommendation 584-1, Dubrovnik
k), 1986)), the decoder is programmable by its programming bus 66 to receive only messages destined for a particular pager. Decoder 65 is a dedicated crystal clock 6
Have 7. The pager is a RAM 68 with a special structure and a microprocessor 69 (for example, SMC manufactured by Seiko Co.
6234 type). The decoder, the RAM, and the microprocessor are connected to buses 70 to 7 as shown in FIG.
3 are connected to each other. Microprocessor 69
Has an internal driver to provide an output to the display cell LCD 7 via the bus 74. Microprocessor 69 includes an output terminal for providing an output to a sound generator, such as buzzer 8. Push parts 1, 2 corresponding to the push parts shown in FIG. 8 are connected to the input terminals of the microprocessor. The pager watch is a watch circuit 75 (eg, EM Microelectronic).
nic-Marine SA) H5026 type). This watch circuit includes a watch crystal unit 76,
It includes, in a known manner, a frequency divider and a driver which drives via line 77 a stepping motor with two rotational orientations. The rotation shaft of the stepping motor drives the gear train and the hour hand 4 and the minute hand 5. Conductive tracks A, B and C are connected to the watch circuit. The conductive tracks A, B, C are conductive blades 29, 30, 3 of the stem-crown mechanism shown in FIGS. 1-3 and 6.
Corresponds to 3 respectively. A conductive track D is connected to the microprocessor. This track corresponds to the conductive blade 36 of the same mechanism. Microprocessor 69
And the watch circuit 75, the lines "pulse" and "sens"
bound together by e ". The line "pulse" conveys a signal indicating the rotation of the crown, and the line "sense" conveys a signal indicating the direction in which the crown is turned. Here, if at least three pulses are present in the line "pulse" within a time of 200 ms, the rotation angular velocity of the crown is said to be higher than a predetermined velocity (rapid rotation). Similarly, if there are two or less pulses in the line "pulse" within the same 200 ms time, the angular velocity of the crown is said to be lower than its predetermined velocity (slow rotation).

Next, with reference to FIGS. 11 to 14, a description will be given of how the pager can be used by operating the two pushing portions 1 and 2 and the crown 3. The meanings of the symbols used in these figures are described below.

>> 1: Long pressure applied to the pushing part 1 (on / off) >> 2: Long pressure applied to the pushing part 2 (on / off) <3: Short pressure applied to the crown 3 upward Double inequality sign: Rapid rotation of the crown in the positive direction Downward Double inequality sign: Rapid rotation of the crown in the negative direction ∧: Slow rotation in the positive direction of the crown ∨: Slow rotation in the negative direction of the crown Y: Message reception

FIG. 11 illustrates the function of the pushing portions 1 and 2. When the pager is turned on, 6 in FIG.
The instruction ON shown in 0 is instructed. To turn off the pager, push the pusher 1 long (>>). Then, the instruction OFF is instructed at 62 in FIG. In order to return to the position ON, press the push part 1 again for a long time (>>
1). Then, the instruction ON appears. When it is desired to put the pager in a waiting state, indicated by the symbol SIL (abbreviation of SILence) in the display cell 7, first,
Check if the pager is in the ON stage. After that, push section 2 is pushed for a long time (>> 2). Then instruction SI
L is shown and the pager is in standby. Then, the pusher 2 is pushed again for a long time (>> 2) to return the pager to the ON state. FIG. 11 also shows that the pager can be turned off by long pressing the pusher 1 (>> 1), provided that the pager is placed in the SIL state. In order to reach the standby state (SIL) from the turned off state (OFF), it is necessary to pass through the turned off state (ON). To transition from one state to another,
Confirmation is accompanied by the sound generated by the buzzer 8 (FIGS. 8 and 10). Such transitions to the on, off and SIL states are probably accompanied by the production of one, two or three beeps.

FIG. 11 shows a first RESE for always setting the electronic part of the pager when a new battery is connected during the replacement work of the battery for supplying power to the pager.
A T stage is generated, followed by a second initialization stage I
NIT is generated. During this second initialization stage, all displays appear in the display cell 7. All of these displays are specifically for checking the correct operation of the pager.

FIG. 12 shows how the memory of the pager watch shown in FIG. 8 is configured and what effect the turning or pushing of the crown has on the stored messages. Indicates if there is. RAM6
8 (FIG. 10) is a first for storing a limited number N of input messages, ie unprotected messages.
Region 80. When this first area 80 is full, writing a new message, ie the newly received message N + 1 in FIG. 12, causes the oldest message, message 1 in the figure, to be lost.
RAM 68 stores unprotected messages in area 80.
A second area 81 for storing a limited number P of protected messages when the crown is operated once, as will be described later, in order to move the protected message from the protected message area 81 to the protected message area 81. . In this case, if region 81 was full, the message from region 80 could no longer be protected, which is indicated by the symbol FULL at 53 in FIG. As a result of this, protection of the message prevents the message from being automatically issued from memory when the memory is full.

Suppose message 1 is displayed in the display cell. If the stem-crown 3 were turned fast in a negative direction (downward double inequality sign), ie counterclockwise towards the crown, message 1 disappears due to message 2 displayed. In contrast, starting with the display of message 1, the stem-crown 3 is protected if it is swiftly turned in the positive direction (upward double inequality sign), ie the clockwise direction towards the crown. Message 1 disappears because of message 01. A high rotation speed is, as can be recalled, a rotation speed higher than a predetermined angular speed. FIG. 12 shows a protected message P
To an unprotected message N, or vice versa,
In the same way, you will understand how to move.

Message protection is performed as follows. Suppose that message 2 is the message that appears in the display cell, and that the pager user wants to protect it. Therefore, the user pushes the crown 3 (<3) for a period shorter than a predetermined period, for example, for less than 1 second, so that the stem is placed in the third unstable position. At this time, the symbol PROTECT is displayed at the display cell location 59 in FIG.
Indicates to the user that Message 2 has been protected. From here, when the crown 3 is quickly turned in the negative direction or the positive direction, the message N-1 transferred from the first area 80 to the second area 81 of the memory, or the message N-1 or the message N-2.
Are made to appear at position P + 1, respectively. Special symbols are assigned to protected messages to distinguish them from unprotected messages. For example, if the message is a telephone number, such as 038-20-91-73, then the protected message is prefixed with a sequence number, such as 02, which causes the number to be in area 82. Indicates that this is for the second protected message. Then the message is 02 = 038-20
It is shown in the format -91-73.

The message is deleted as follows.
It is assumed that the protected message 02 is the message displayed in the display cell and that the pager user wishes to clear the message. Therefore, the user places the stem in the third unstable position by pushing the crown 3 (<< 3) for a period longer than a predetermined period, for example for a period longer than 1 second. At this time, the displayed message disappears from the display cell and the display cell becomes neutral. Then, when the crown is quickly turned in the negative direction or the positive direction, the message 01 or the message P-1 appears, respectively. It is also well understood that delete operations can be performed on unprotected messages. The point of the operation is to display the message desired to be deleted in the display cell.

If the pager is not in the standby state (SIL), when the message (N + 1 in FIG. 12) arrives, an acoustic signal consisting of a series of beeps generated for about 10 seconds is generated. To be done. The acoustic signal can be stopped by pressing either the crown 3 or the pushing portions 1 and 2 for a short time.

The protective function or the erasing function is executed by pressing the crown for a short time or for a long time, respectively. A beep is generated after the short time to distinguish the short time from the long time. One beep of this indicates to the user that pushing the crown must be stopped. Also, long times are indicated by two beeps. The two beeps indicate that the erase function has been performed.

The telephone number 038-20 shown as an example above.
-91-73 contains twelve characters (horizontal lines count as characters) and thus occupies all available space in the display cell shown, for example, in FIG. However, the message may be longer and may exceed the capacity of the display cell. The message is "VERY L
Assuming that a word such as ONG MESSAGE is included, as can be seen from FIG. 13 showing this example, VER
Only Y LONG ME can be displayed. The character 63 indicates that this message overflows to the right, and the character 58 indicates that it overflows to the left.
When a message such as 82 is displayed, the message can be shifted to the left by slowly turning the crown in the negative direction ∨, that is, counterclockwise toward the crown. The speed of slow rotation is the speed of rotation at a predetermined angular speed or less, as described above. Displays 83-87 are obtained by sequentially turning the crown in the negative direction, and displays 83-86 show overflows to the right and left, respectively. The overflow to the right or the left is instructed by the characters 63 and 68, respectively. The final display 87 shows the end of the message. This is because the character 63 disappears and only the character 58 remains. FIG. 13 shows that the display 87 is returned to the display 82 by slowly turning the crown in the positive direction ∧.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating the receipt of a message when the pager watch is in standby. In this figure, message 1 is displayed and the pager is in the ON state. If you press the pushing part 2 for a long time (≫
2), the pager is placed in a standby state (SIL). Message 1 disappears (but is not erased) from the display, after which nothing is displayed in the display cell, except for the symbol SIL indicating that it is in the waiting state. Therefore, at this time, the display cell is blank. After this time, the received message is written to the memory without acoustic cues, so that no message is displayed in the display cell. However, in the example shown in FIG. 14, each message received in the SIL mode is 1 CALL, 2 CALL.
It is preferable to belong to the category number displayed in the display cell. Their category number indicates the number of messages received in this mode. In order to make them readable (after R calls), it is necessary to return to the ON mode by pressing the pusher 2 long (>> 2). Then, the display becomes blank, and then by rapidly turning the crown in the positive direction (upward double inequality sign), the last received message (N + R) is displayed in the plain text language and the display is continued.

2) Second Embodiment FIG. 15 is a plan view of a second embodiment of the pager watch of the present invention. Compared to the first embodiment, the second embodiment only includes the stem-crown 3 and no other pusher. In this embodiment, the ON-OFF function and ON-S
The IL function is performed by the stem-crown 3.

FIG. 16 is an enlarged view of the display cell 7 shown in FIG. This display cell is an area 85 called a message area.
And two areas 86 and 87 called an instruction area. In the area 85, a message that can be composed of numbers and letters is displayed. Each character includes a set of segments, here up to 7 segments. In the display cell shown here by way of example, the message can contain up to 12 characters. In the pointing area 86, 8
At 8, the instruction NEW is displayed. This indicates a new message. The new message remains displayed unless acknowledged by a short push on the crown. 89 is a FU indicating that the memory is full
LL is displayed, 90 indicates PROT indicating the message protection function, and 91 indicates DE indicating the deletion function.
L is displayed, a character Y indicating that the radio cover is good, and therefore a message can be received is displayed at 92, and a symbol BAT instructing the pager battery replacement is displayed at 93. . Indicator area 87
In 100, a character indicating a message overflow to the left of the display cell is displayed at 100, 94 is displayed at OFF indicating that the pager is turned off, and 95 is displayed at 95. ON indicates that it is turned on, 96 indicates AUTO that the pager is automatically turned on and turned off, and 97 indicates that the pager internal clock can be set. TIME is displayed, 98 indicates MUTE indicating that the pager is in a standby state, and 99 indicates a character indicating that there is a message overflow to the right side of the display cell. .

FIG. 17 is a block circuit diagram showing the electronic part of the pager watch shown in FIG. The message captured by antenna 6 is RF times 64
(For example, UAA2033 manufactured by Philips)
Type). This RF circuit is a microprocessor-decoder 1 with a bus 102 having three lines.
Bound to 01. The microprocessor-decoder 101 combines a conventional microprocessor with a decoder of a kind similar to the decoder 65 shown in the block diagram of FIG. The decoder has an external EEPRO
The M memory 103 is combined. The memory can be programmed by a 2-wire bus 104 called programming. As described above for the first embodiment, the decoder is programmed to receive only messages destined for a particular pager with a unique radio identification code (RIC). Microprocessor-decoder 101 has its own crystal clock 67.
The microprocessor-decoder 101 has nine conductors 10
A bus 105 having a bus 5 is coupled to the EEPROM memory. This memory is combined with another memory RAM. The message displayed on the liquid crystal display LCD7 is controlled by the driver 106. The driver 106 is coupled to the microprocessor-decoder 101 by a 7-wire bus 107. A sound generator, for example a buzzer 8, is coupled to the microprocessor-decoder 101. The electronic part shown in FIG. 17 is a watch circuit 75 (for example, H502 manufactured by the above-mentioned Electronic Electronic Marine SA).
Type 6) is also included. The watch circuit includes a watch crystal oscillator 76, a frequency divider, and a driver for driving a stepper motor having two rotational orientations via line 77. The shaft of the stepping motor has a gear train and an hour hand 4
And the minute hand 5 are driven. The conductive tracks A, B and C are connected to the watch circuit 75. The tracks A, B, C correspond to the conductive blades 29, 30, 31 of the stem-crown mechanism 3 shown in FIGS. 1-3 and 6, respectively. Here, when the crown is turned, the tracks A and B are alternately coupled to the potential Vpp, and when the crown is at the first extracted position (time adjustment), the track C is always coupled to the potential Vpp. It The conductive track D is connected to the microprocessor-decoder 101. The track D corresponds to the conductive blade 36 of the stem-crown mechanism 3. It should be remembered that when the crown is in the pushed in third unstable position, the track D is coupled to the potential Vpp. The microprocessor-decoder 101 and the watch circuit 75 have a "pulse" line that conveys a signal that the crown 3 is being rotated,
"Sense" that conveys a signal about the direction in which the crown is turned
Connected to each other by lines.

The RAM memory shown in FIG. 17 has a more standard structure than the memory used in the first embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, the RAM
The messages stored in memory are stored stacked on top of each other, with the oldest one at the bottom and the newest one at the top. The memory area that does not store the message is placed on top of the newest message.
The area, when displayed, represents a neutral display (see FIG. 19). Given that the RAM memory, which can contain only a limited number of messages, is full, it is clear that a new incoming message will erase the oldest message if the oldest message is not protected.

Next, how to operate the pager by operating one crown 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. This operation is ON-OF
Since there is no pushing portion for performing each function of F and ON-SIL, and those functions are also performed by the operation of the crown, the operation is significantly different from that in the first embodiment.

Symbols used in FIGS. 18 and 19 and their meanings are described below. ≪: Press the crown for a long time <: Press the crown for a short time ∧: Turn the crown in the positive direction ∨: Turn the crown in the negative direction It becomes (<<). If the crown is pressed for less than 1 second, it means that the crown is pressed shortly (<). The pushed operation is confirmed by a beeping sound for a long time and a short time.

Generally, a function can be selected by turning the crown in the positive direction or the negative direction, pressing the crown for a short time activates the selected function, and pressing the crown for a long time leads to a certain phase or a special phase. Allowed to enter the menu. All operation of the pager is via the crown in the second neutral position. That is, the first extracted position is used only for time setting of the watch as described above.

FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining the function of the stem-crown of the pager watch shown in FIG. 15 and shows the state of the pager in the control mode. The state is the instruction 94 shown in FIG.
(OFF) to 98 (MUTE).

The pager is placed in the program standby mode 110 by turning the crown. The display is neutral in this mode. From here, long press the crown 3 (<<). Then, all the state instructions from OFF (94) to MUTE (98) are displayed, and the OFF instruction blinks. Then, by pressing the crown shortly (<), you can confirm the state OFF. Then the pager waits for program 1
Returning to 12, the instruction OFF is displayed. If you want the ON state, press and hold the crown 3 (<<). Then OFF
All status instructions from (94) to MUTE (98) are displayed, and the OFF instruction blinks. Then, turn the crown 3 in the positive direction until the ON instruction 95 blinks (∧). Next, by pressing the crown 3 briefly (<), the ON state can be confirmed. Then the pager is in the program waiting position 11
Returning to 2, the ON instruction is displayed. As shown in FIG. 18, another state AUTO9 is obtained by the same crown operation.
6, TIME97, MUTE98 can be obtained.
That is, the desired state is selected by turning the crown 3 in the positive direction (∧) until the desired state instruction blinks.
The blinking condition is confirmed by pressing the crown for a short time. It can also be seen from FIG. 18 that when the state MUTE98 is reached, the crown can be turned in the negative direction (∨) to return to the OFF state 94 through all intermediate states.

By turning the crown in the negative direction (∨),
FIG. 18 also shows that the MUTE state 98 can be obtained directly from the OFF state 94. On the contrary, by turning the crown in the positive direction (∧), the
The FF state 94 can be returned directly to.

As described above, after long pressing the crown, all the status indications are displayed, and one of the status indications blinks. Blink only one selected status indicator,
Other status indicators can be left off.

Having described the OFF state and the ON state, the advantages of the states MUTE, AUTO, and TIME will be described next. The purpose of MUTE state 98 is to put the pager in a wait state. In the standby state, the received message is received by the R without receiving the sound signal of the pager wearer for the fact that the message has arrived.
Store at least in AM memory. The arrival of the message is usually visible in the display cell and is accompanied by an acoustic signal. In the MUTE state, the acoustic signal is suppressed. The visible signal that the message appears in the display cell can also be suppressed, or it can be represented by a sequence number, as described above for the first embodiment of the pager.

The purpose of the AUTO state is to automatically turn the pager on and off at times previously programmed by the pager user. Program by default, by finding the state by selecting the AUTO state 96 by turning the crown and by confirming its state by a short push on the crown, that is to say found in a special memory equipped in the pager. The program returns to the program standby mode 112 at the designated time. Next, appear in the diagram of FIG.
A method of adjusting the turn-on time, ON TIME 113 and the turn-off time, OFF TIME 114 will be described with reference to the operation program shown in FIG.

Here, in FIG. 20, FIG. 21, and FIG. 22, the operation of pushing the crown for a long time is symbolized by a long-tailed arrow. This symbol is equivalent to the symbol << in FIGS. 18 and 19. Similarly, the operation of pressing the crown shortly will be symbolized by the short tail arrow in FIGS. 20, 21, and 22. This is equivalent to the symbol <in FIGS. 18 and 19.

As described above, the crown is operated on the one hand to cause the neutral display and on the other hand to bring the AUTO status indication 96 to the confirmed status while the operation is proceeding as described above. If the time to proceed to those adjustments is included in the turn-on period of the AUTO state, the display of the state instruction AUTO is accompanied by the state instruction ON. If the time is not included, the OFF state instruction is erased. Then, by long pressing the crown (115),
Enter the time phase or control menu. The state AUTO96 is selected by turning (116) the crown. The selected state AUTO 96 blinks. This blinking state is shown by the outline character AUTO in FIG. When the mode AUTO is selected, the turn-on time (08h00) and the turn-off time (18h0) are displayed on the display cell 117.
0) appears. Long press the crown again (118), AU
This results in entering the TO time adjustment menu. Only the turn-on time (08h00) appears, which is accompanied by the display ON. Time 08 blinks. The time is programmed by turning (119) the crown. Press the crown shortly (12
0) confirms the new time programming (07). By checking the time, the minutes (0
0) is blinked. Then turn the crown (121)
Program minutes by doing so. Press the crown for a short time (1
22) Confirm new programming for minutes (00). Confirmation of the minutes causes the turn-off time (18h00) to appear, OFF is displayed, and the turn-off time (1
8) blinks. Time is programmed by turning (123) the crown. A short push (124) on the crown confirms the new programming of the hour (19), which causes the turn-off time minutes (00) to blink.
Program the minutes by turning (125) the crown.
A short push (126) on the crown confirms the new programming for the minutes (00). By this confirmation, the neutral display 127 is restored, and if the turn-on time includes the time of day, AUTO and ON are displayed.

The purpose of the state TIME 97 shown in FIG. 18 is to
1 pager to operate AUTO function correctly
Set to the time of day. This time setting is performed as follows. The pager is placed in the neutral display state and the AUTO state instruction is displayed. Then press and hold the crown to enter the phase or control menu. Menu TIM by turning the crown
Select E97. Then, the time of day is displayed. Pressing the crown for a longer time (<< 128) causes the time of day to blink. At that time, it can be adjusted by turning the crown, and it is confirmed by pressing the crown shortly. Checking the time causes the minutes to blink. The minutes can be adjusted by turning the crown. The minute adjustment is confirmed by a short push on the crown. By this confirmation (<129), the neutral display is restored.

Starting from the state TIME 97, if the crown is pressed for a short time (<170) instead of long (<< 128), the time already stored in the pager is confirmed and the process returns to the standby position 121.

The states AUTO and TIME are auxiliary functions that are not essential to the operation of the pager. In a simple pager those features can no longer be included. It is further noted that it is expected to automatically return to the standby mode from any one of the selected modes if no operation is performed within 30 seconds.

FIG. 19 is a view for explaining the function of the stem-crown of the pager watch shown in FIG.
The figure shows the state of the pager in message mode.

To view sequentially the messages stored in memory, push the crown to the second stable neutral position and then turn the crown. If you turn the crown in the negative direction (∨ 130), the displayed message (for example, message n) is deleted from the display cell, and the older message (message n-1) is displayed instead of the deleted message. . On the contrary, turn the crown in the positive direction (∧ 131)
The displayed message (message n-1) is erased from the cell, and a new message (message n) is displayed instead of the erased message.

When a message, eg message n, exceeds the capacity of the display cell, the message is scanned character by character by briefly pressing the crown (<133) in order to reveal the hidden character.
t132) is possible. In the example described here, the scan orientation changes automatically when all hidden symbols are clearly displayed. To stop the scan, press the crown once again for a short time (<13
4).

The message is protected as follows.
Assume that message n-2 in FIG. 19 is desired to be deleted. This message is designated by the reference numeral 135 in FIG.
Press the crown for a long time to erase the message (13
6). This will enter a phase or menu for the treatment of the message. In the menu, the status indication PROT 90 and DEL 91 appear. Then the protection option PROT90 is selected by default. The desired option is then selected by turning the crown (138). However, since the state instruction PROT has already blinked, the crown operation is actually unnecessary. Finally, a short press on the crown (<139) confirms the protected status of the message. The symbol P137 shows the state. The status indicators PROT and DEL will disappear.

Erasing indicated by DELETE or DEL is performed as follows. Suppose we want to delete message n-2 shown in FIG. The message is designated by the reference numeral 135 in FIG. Therefore, the crown is pushed for a long time (<< 136). This will enter the message handling phase or menu. In this menu, as mentioned above,
The status indication PROT90 blinks by default.
By turning the crown in the negative direction (∨140), state D
Select EL91. Then, the status instruction DEL91 blinks. Finally, the erased state is confirmed by pressing the crown for a short time (<141). Then message 135
Disappears from the display cell and a newer message n-1, 142 is displayed instead. In FIG. 19, from the blinking state instruction DELETE, it is possible to return to the state by turning the crown in the negative direction (∧143), or by turning the crown in the negative direction (∨144), the message n is displayed.
You can return to the message without affecting -2.

In this second embodiment, shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the sequence number 145 is placed at the beginning of the message.
Is attached. In the first embodiment, the sequence numbers are not numbered, only the protected messages are numbered. In this second embodiment, as noted above, the protected message is prefixed with the symbol P.

It can also be seen from FIG. 19 that the pager can include a device for erasing all unprotected messages on demand. Such batch deletion (Fig. 19
To the CLR ALL, 150), turn the crown in the negative direction until the first (oldest) received message 151 is obtained (∨). Then, by turning the crown in the negative direction (∨152), the collective deletion instruction CLR ALL is displayed. Press the crown for a long time (<< 1
53) The instruction CLR ALL is confirmed. At this time, the word YES blinks (153). Then, when the crown is pressed for a short time (<155), the CLR ALL function is executed and all unprotected messages are erased at once. During this batch erase operation, unconfirmed messages may arrive. Bulk delete does not delete those messages. FIG. 19 shows
From function YES154, turn the crown in the negative direction (∨17
By 2), the alternative function NO171 may be made to appear. If the function NO 171 is confirmed by pressing the crown for a short time (<173), the state returns to the state CLR ALL without batch erasing. Turn the crown in the positive direction (∧
174) by this, display NO171 to YES154
You will also notice that you can return to.

3) General Precautions The two embodiments described above are examples of further possible other embodiments. The gist of the present invention is to use the stem-crown 3 to set the time by turning the crown, to display any of the messages stored in the pager's memory by turning the crown, and to the pager. It is possible to protect or erase one of the contained messages at the same time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a first stem allowing control of a timer including a clock and pager combination in accordance with the present invention.
Figure 7 shows the stem-crown mechanism in the extended stable position of the.

Figure 2 Stem with stem in second stable neutral position-
The crown mechanism is shown.

FIG. 3 shows the stem-crown mechanism with the stem in a third unstable pushed position.

FIG. 4 IV-I of FIG. 2 of a sliding pinion cooperating with a stem
It is a cross-sectional view taken along the line V.

5 shows the sliding pinion as seen in the direction of the arrow in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the mechanism shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of FIG. 6, showing a stem holding mechanism.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the first embodiment of the pager watch of the present invention.

9 is an enlarged view of a display area showing various graphics that can be displayed in the display area of the watch of FIG.

10 is a schematic block diagram showing an electronic part of the pager watch of FIG. 8. FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a function of a pushing portion provided in the pager watch of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a memory provided in the pager watch of FIG. 8 that can be handled by a combination of stem watches.

13 is a diagram showing how a message exceeding the capacity of a display cell is moved by the stem-crown of the pager watch of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating receipt of a message when the pager watch is in a standby state.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of a second embodiment of the pager watch of the present invention.

16 is an enlarged view of the display area showing various graphics displayed in the display area of the watch of FIG.

17 is a schematic block diagram showing an electronic part of the pager watch of FIG.

FIG. 18 shows the state of the pager in control mode,
It is a diagram explaining the function of the pushing part provided in the pager watch of FIG.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating the stem-crown function of the pager watch of FIG. 15 showing the state of the pager in message mode.

20 illustrates the operation of the pager watch stem-crown shown in FIG. 15 to protect messages stored in memory.

FIG. 21 illustrates operation on the stem-crown of the pager watch shown in FIG. 15 to erase messages stored in memory.

22 shows the stem-crown operation of the pager watch shown in FIG. 15 to program predetermined turn-on times and predetermined turn-off times.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Control device 6 Antenna 7 Display cell 8 Sound generator 9 Stem 10 Crown 18 Swing lever 21 Sliding pinion 29, 30, 33, 36 Blade 32 Switch 40, 41 Notch 42, 45 Elastic element 65, 101 Decoder 67 Clock 68 RAM 69 Microprocessor 75 watch circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A clock for displaying at least hours and minutes, a receiver for radio broadcast messages composed of characters, a memory for storing said messages, and at least for displaying said messages. Cell, an acoustic or mechanical transducer, and a controller that includes at least one stem that is fitted into the crown that is adapted to be manually operated, by rotating the crown to set the time of day of the clock. The first stable position so that the received message can be displayed at least sequentially by turning the crown, and the displayed message is added in the longitudinal direction of the stem. By action, said slides into at least three different axial positions with at least a third unstable position to erase or protect. A timer that can move the system.