KR101161766B1 - method for providing watch function and digital apparatus thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital device that provides a clock function, wherein the divided area of one or more LEDs is provided to display time processing information calculated through the clock function by having one or more LEDs divided into one or more partition areas and capable of emitting light. And / or a method for controlling the emission color and a digital device thereof.

According to the present invention, the user can intuitively recognize the time and / or day of the week of the time processing information by recognizing the divided region and / or the emission color of the LED which emits light based on the time processing information.

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Description

Method for providing watch function and digital apparatus

1 is a schematic block diagram of a digital device providing a clock function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an illustration of the LED provided in the digital device according to the embodiment.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a control unit provided in a digital device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is an operational flowchart for performing a method of displaying time processing information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 to 8 are examples of application of a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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100: digital device 110: memory

120: control unit 121: time processing unit

122: display processing unit 122a: display determining unit

122b: day of week display processor 122c: time display processor

130: display unit A-F: LED

140: first part 141: second part

142-145: LED

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital device that provides a clock function. Specifically, in order to display time processing information calculated through the clock function, a clock is controlled by controlling a partition area and / or a light emission color of the LED according to the time processing information. A method for providing a function and a digital device thereof.

In the related art, a digital device providing a clock function displays time processing information calculated through a clock function through a display unit that accurately represents letters or numbers. In this case, a user who has poor vision has an inconvenience of wearing glasses or a lens or keeping a digital device close in order to recognize the displayed time processing information.

In addition, when a digital device mainly performing another function (such as a mobile communication terminal) is further equipped with a clock function, the user may operate the function directly through a preset procedure or operate a predetermined function to operate the provided clock function. Only afterwards was the time-processing information displayed.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for providing a clock function that enables a user to recognize a time and / or day of the week through a light emitting LED without displaying using letters or numbers, and a digital device thereof.

According to an aspect of the present invention, in a digital device providing a clock function, a memory for storing time processing information for a clock function, and performing a clock function using the time processing information and displaying the corresponding time processing information. And a display unit configured to generate a signal, and a display unit configured to emit one or more divided LEDs divided into one or more divided regions and to emit a divided region corresponding to the generated display signal. to provide.

Preferably, the time processing information includes any one or more of day information and time information.

Preferably, the display unit includes one or more LEDs for emitting seven colors of emission colors.

Preferably, the control unit performs a counting operation from the time processing information to perform the clock function using the time processing information to calculate the current time processing information and to store the calculated time processing information in the memory; And a display processing unit for generating a display signal based on the time processing information to display the calculated time processing information.

More preferably, the display processing unit includes a day display processing unit for setting a predetermined light emission color corresponding to the day of the week information in order to display the day of the week information of the calculated time processing information.

More preferably, the display processing unit generates a display signal for selectively emitting the divided regions of the one or more LEDs provided in the display unit according to a time zone in which the time information corresponds to display time information of the calculated time processing information. And a time display processing unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a mobile communication terminal providing a clock function, a memory for storing time processing information for the clock function, and performs the clock function using the time processing information and corresponds to the time processing information; And a control unit for generating a display signal, and a display unit including one or more LEDs divided into one or more divided regions and capable of emitting light, and emitting a divided region corresponding to the generated display signal and / or emitting color. A mobile communication terminal providing a function is provided.

Preferably, the one or more LEDs are mounted in a predetermined shape around the LCD and / or key input unit provided in the mobile communication terminal to emit light in a divided area and / or a light emitting color corresponding to the display signal.

Preferably, the at least one LED is mounted in a predetermined shape on the upper surface or the side of a folder, a slide, or a flip of the mobile communication terminal to emit a partition and / or emission color corresponding to the display signal. do.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a clock function of a digital device having one or more LEDs which are divided into one or more divided regions and capable of emitting light, and includes a counting operation using time processing information to perform a clock function. Calculating current time processing information, generating a display signal for displaying the calculated time processing information, and emitting an LED corresponding to the generated display signal or one or more divided regions of the corresponding LED; A method of providing a clock function of a digital device is provided.

Preferably, the generating of the display signal for displaying the calculated time processing information may include generating a display signal for emitting an LED with an emission color corresponding to the day of the week information for displaying the day of the week information of the calculated time processing information. Steps.

Preferably, generating the display signal for displaying the calculated time processing information comprises generating a display signal for emitting one or more divided regions of the LED to display time information among the calculated time processing information. Include.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram of a digital device providing a watch function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the digital apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may perform a clock function to calculate a time processing information by performing a clock function and a memory 110 storing time processing information for a clock function. The control unit 120 generates a display signal according to the received time processing information, and one or more LEDs divided into one or more divided regions are provided, and the display unit 130 emits the divided region and the emission color corresponding to the display signal. It is configured to include.

At this time, the time processing information is configured to include the day of the week information and time information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Accordingly, the controller 120 selects a light emission color corresponding to the day of the week information to display the day of the week information included in the time processing information, and splits corresponding to the time information to display the time information included in the time processing information. Select an area. The controller 120 generates a display signal for causing the selected divided region to emit the selected emission color.

The display unit 130 emits the divided region selected based on the display signal generated by the controller 120 in a predetermined emission color. To this end, the display unit 130 includes one or more LEDs that are divided into one or more divided regions and emit light.

2 is an exemplary diagram of LEDs provided in the digital device according to the present embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2, the LEDs (A-F) provided include six LEDs (A-F) to emit light for each time zone including time information, in order to display time information included in time processing information. Can be.

At this time, the LED (A) is an area to emit light to indicate the time zone of 0 to 2 o'clock or 12 to 14 o'clock, and the LED (B) is to indicate the time zone of 2 to 4 o'clock or 14 to 16 o'clock. LED (C) is an area to emit light so as to indicate a time zone of 4 to 6 hours or 16 to 18 hours, and LED (D) is a time zone of 6 to 8 hours or 18 to 20 hours. LED (E) is an area to emit light to indicate a time zone of 8 to 10 o'clock or 20 to 22 o'clock, and LED (F) is an area to emit light to indicate an hour of 8 o'clock to 10 o'clock or 22 o'clock to 22 o'clock. It is an area to emit light to indicate a time zone of 24 hours.

In addition, the LEDs (A-F) provided in the display unit 130 according to the present exemplary embodiment have seven emission colors (for example, red, orange, white, green, It is implemented with LEDs that can emit light blue, blue, and purple). However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

Meanwhile, the controller 120 first performs a clock function to calculate time processing information. The controller 120 generates a display signal for displaying time processing information based on the calculated time processing information.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a control unit 120 provided in the digital device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the control unit 120 performs a clock function to perform a time processing unit 121 for calculating time processing information, and a display processing unit 122 for generating a display signal for displaying the calculated time processing information. To provide.

The time processor 121 performs a counting operation from the time processing information stored in the memory 110 to calculate current time processing information and stores the calculated time processing information in the memory.

The display processor 122 may determine whether to control one or more LEDs included in the display 130 based on the calculated time processing information, and the day information included in the time processing information. And a time display processor 122c operable to display time information included in the time processing information.

The display determining unit 122a processes the corresponding time based on the time processing information calculated by the time processing unit 121 to determine whether to control one or more LEDs A to F included in the display unit 130. It is determined whether the time information included in the information corresponds to the on-time of an arbitrary time. At this time, the process of determining whether the time information corresponds to the on-time of the arbitrary time is the display determination unit 122a according to an embodiment of the present invention every time one or more LED (A-F) provided in the display unit 130 ) To control. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

If it is determined by the display determination unit 122a to control one or more LEDs A to F provided on the display unit 130, the time display included in the time processing information is 0 o'clock. Determine if it is displayed.

As a result, if the corresponding time information indicates 0 o'clock, the day of the week display processor 122b changes the day of the week information included in the time processing information to information indicating the next day of the week, as it is considered that one day has passed in time. In other words, when 0 o'clock, which is considered to have passed one day in time, the day of the week display processing unit 122b changes the day of the week information included in the time processing information to information representing the next day of the week.

As the day of the week display processing unit 122b changes, one or more LEDs A through F provided in the display unit 130 may have seven emission colors (red, orange, white, green, sky blue, blue, Purple) to emit light of a set emission color for each day of the week.

For example, the day of the week information included in the time processing information may be stored as any one of the numbers 1 to 7 to select the emission color set for each day of the week.

In this case, 1 is information for selecting a red color for displaying Monday, 2 is information for selecting an orange color for displaying Tuesday, and 3 is information for selecting a white color for emitting Wednesday. Information, 4 is information for selecting a green emission color to indicate Thursday, 5 is information for selecting a light emission color of blue to indicate Friday, and 6 is information for selecting a blue emission color to indicate Saturday. Information 7 is information for selecting a violet emission color to indicate Sunday.

Accordingly, when the day of the week display processing unit 122b reaches 0 o'clock, which is considered to be one day in time, the time processing is performed based on the stored day of the week information (for example, information " 4 " for selecting a green light emission color to display Thursday). The day information included in the information is changed to information representing the next day (Friday) (information " 5 &quot; for selecting a light emission color of light blue to display Friday.

Meanwhile, the time display processor 122c may display one or more LEDs selected from one or more LEDs A to F according to the time zone of the corresponding time information in order to display time information included in the time processing information. A display signal is generated for emitting light with the emission color according to the information.

For example, if the day of the week information stored in the memory 110 is stored as information ("7") for selecting a light emitting color of purple, the time display processing unit 122b may have time information of 0 o'clock or 2 o'clock or 12 o'clock. If the time zone corresponds to the time zone of 14:00 to 14 o'clock, the display signal for emitting the LED (A) in the light emitting color of purple is generated. If the time information corresponds to the time zone of 4 o'clock or 14 to 16 o'clock, the LED (A) To generate a display signal for emitting the LED (B) in the light emitting color of purple, and if the time information corresponds to the time zone of 4 o'clock, 6 o'clock or 16 o'clock to 18 o'clock, LED (A), LED (B), LED Generate a display signal for emitting (C) in the violet emission color, and if the time information corresponds to the time zone of 6 o'clock or 8 o'clock or 18 o'clock to 20 o'clock, LED (A), LED (B), and LED (C ), It generates a display signal for emitting the LED (D) in the violet emission color, the time information is 8 o'clock to 10 o'clock Alternatively, when the time corresponds to the time zone of 20 o'clock to 22 o'clock, a display signal for emitting the LED (A), the LED (B), the LED (C), the LED (D), and the LED (E) in the violet emission color is generated. If the time information corresponds to a time zone between 10 o'clock or 12 o'clock or 22:00 to 24 o'clock, the LED (A), LED (B), LED (C), LED (D), LED (E), and LED (F) are purple. A display signal is generated for emitting light with the emission color of.

Therefore, the display unit 130 emits light with a predetermined emission color by applying a power current to the LEDs of one or more LEDs A to F provided based on the generated display signal.

4 is an operation flowchart for performing a method of displaying time processing information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the time processor 121 calculates time processing information by performing a clock function using time processing information stored in the memory 110 (S1).

Next, when the time processing information is calculated by the time processing unit 121, the display determination unit 122a determines whether to control one or more LEDs included in the display unit 130. It is determined whether a means an arbitrary time of time (S2).

As a result of the determination of the step S2, when the corresponding time information does not mean a time of an arbitrary time, the controller 120 performs the step S1 to perform the clock function of the time processor 121 again.

As a result of the determination in the step S2, when the corresponding time information means the correct time of an arbitrary time, the day display processor 122b determines whether the time information included in the time processing information indicates 0 o'clock (S3).

As a result of the determination in step S3, when the corresponding time information indicates 0 o'clock, the day of the week display processing unit 122b corresponds to the next day of the week information included in the time processing information in order to select the emission color to display the day of the week information. The information is changed to information indicating a light emission color (S4).

For example, the day of the week display processing unit 122b uses the day of the week information included in the time processing information (for example, information ("1") meaning a red light emission color to indicate Monday) to emit light corresponding to the next day of the week. Is changed to information (information meaning "2") of the luminescent color of orange to display Tuesday.

As a result of the determination in step S3, when the corresponding time information does not indicate 0 o'clock, the day display processor 122b does not consider that the day has passed, and thus does not change the day information included in the time processing information.

Next, the time display processing unit 122c may display one or more LEDs of one or more LEDs A through F provided in the display unit 130 according to a time zone in which the time information corresponds to display time information included in the time processing information. Select to generate a display signal for emitting the selected LED to the emission color corresponding to the day information (S5).

For example, when the time information is 1 o'clock and the day of the week information is 2, the time display processor 122c may display the LEDs provided on the display unit 130 since the corresponding time information (1 o'clock) corresponds to a time zone of 0 o'clock to 2 o'clock. A display signal is generated to cause A) to emit light in an emission color of orange corresponding to the corresponding day information 2.

In addition, when the time information is 7 o'clock and the day of the week information is 4, the time display processing unit 122c may correspond to the time zone of 6 o'clock to 8 o'clock, and thus the LED (A) and the LED ( B), the display signal for emitting the LED (C), the LED (D) in the green light emission color corresponding to the corresponding day information (4).

Accordingly, the display unit 130 emits one or more LEDs of one or more LEDs A to F in the corresponding emission colors based on the generated display signal (S6).

As described above, the present invention provides a method of displaying time processing information by emitting selected partitions of one or more LEDs included in the display unit 130 in a selected color according to the calculated time processing information.

In particular, the method may be variously applied to a mobile communication terminal. For example, a mobile communication terminal (not shown) basically reads a memory (not shown) that stores time processing information for a clock function and a clock program that performs a clock function, and reads a program stored in the memory. A control unit (not shown) for performing a procedure programmed in the program, and one or more LEDs and / or display windows which are divided into one or more partition regions and are capable of emitting light, and select the divided region and / or emission colors corresponding to the display signals. A display unit (not shown), a key input unit (not shown), an RF unit (not shown), a voice processing unit (not shown), a speaker (not shown), a microphone (not shown), etc. It is configured to include.

Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal calculates time processing information by performing a clock function by various known methods, generates a display signal for the selected divided region and / or emission color according to the calculated time processing information, and is provided on the display unit. Control the display or one or more LEDs.

Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal displays the divided region and / or the light emission color selected according to the time processing information calculated through the display window on the display unit, so that the software can be implemented in the existing mobile communication terminal without installing a separate LED. Do.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal may be equipped with one or more LEDs separately to implement the mounted one or more LEDs to display the selected region and / or emission color according to the calculated time processing information.

5 to 8 are diagrams illustrating the application of a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention, in which an LED is separately installed in the mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, as illustrated in FIGS. 5 to 8, the mobile communication terminal will be described by being divided into a first part 140 having an LCD for providing a screen window and a second part 141 having a keypad and a battery. .

Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal mounts one or more LEDs to the first part 140 and / or the second part 141 in a predetermined shape, and selects a partition region and / or a light emission color according to the calculated time processing information to emit light. Let's do it.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the mobile communication terminal mounts one or more LEDs 142 around the LCD provided in the first part 140, thereby providing time processing information through control of the mounted LEDs. I can display it.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, the mobile communication terminal mounts one or more LEDs 143 to the second part 141 so that the light emitted to form a uniform shape is controlled through the control of the mounted LEDs 143. Time processing information may also be displayed.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the mobile communication terminal may display one or more LEDs 144 on the top or side of the first part 140 to display time processing information through the control of the mounted LEDs 144. Can be.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the mobile communication terminal may mount one or more LEDs 145 around the side of the second part 141 to display time processing information through control of the mounted LEDs 145. Can be.

The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same way may be varied in many ways. Such modifications are intended to be within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

For example, one or more LEDs provided in the display unit 130 in one embodiment of the present invention are six LEDs (A-F) that emit light according to six time zones of the corresponding time information to display time information. Consists of. However, not only six LEDs but also twelve or twenty-four LEDs may emit light according to 12 time zones or 24 time zones.

In addition, each LED is implemented to alternately emit light emitting colors including red, orange, white, green, sky blue, blue, and purple to display day information, but may be replaced with other colors, and emit each color. It may be composed of other LEDs. In addition, by dividing the time information into AM / PM, it may be implemented to emit a color set according to AM / PM.

In addition, the display unit 130 in the present embodiment is attached to one or more LEDs (A-F) in a ring shape similar to the clock shape for the user's intuitive recognition, it may be configured in a circular or rectangular shape, Additional scales or text may be displayed outside.

In addition, the display unit 130 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes one or more LEDs that emit time information according to a corresponding time zone, but the time information of the morning time is divided into AM / PM (for example, 0 to 2 hours). , At least one LED that emits light at 2 to 4 hours, 4 to 6 hours, 6 to 8 hours, 8 to 10 hours, 10 to 12 hours, and afternoon time slots (12:00 to 14:00, 14:00). To 16 hours, 16 hours to 18 hours, 18 hours to 20 hours, 20 hours to 22 hours, and 22 hours to 24 hours).

According to the present invention, the digital device displays the time processing information by emitting light of the divided region and / or the emission color selected according to the time processing information without displaying the calculated time processing information in letters or numbers.

Accordingly, the user may intuitively determine the time or the day of the week by recognizing the division region and / or the color of the light emitting LED.

In particular, in a digital device mainly performing other functions, such as a mobile communication terminal, by separating an external LED emitting a segmented area and / or a light emitting color based on time processing information, the user does not need to operate an external light emitting device. You can intuitively see the time or day of the week by looking at the LEDs.

In addition, even when the external lighting is poor or the user has poor eyesight, the user can determine the area or color of the LED to emit light, so that the user can recognize the time or day regardless of the environment.

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delete delete delete delete delete delete delete In the mobile communication terminal providing a clock function, A memory for storing time processing information for the clock function; A control unit which performs a clock function using the time processing information and generates a display signal corresponding to the time processing information; And a display unit having one or more LEDs divided into one or more divided regions and capable of emitting light, the display unit configured to emit a divided region corresponding to the generated display signal and / or a light emitting color. The method according to claim 8, wherein the time processing information A mobile communication terminal providing a clock function, comprising at least one of day information and time information. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more LEDs are The mobile communication terminal providing a clock function, characterized in that mounted in a predetermined shape around the LCD and / or key input unit provided in the mobile communication terminal to emit a divided region and / or a light emitting color corresponding to the display signal. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more LEDs are Mobile communication terminal providing a clock function, characterized in that mounted on the top or side of the top of the folder, slide, or flip of the mobile communication terminal in a predetermined shape to emit the divided region and / or the emission color corresponding to the display signal . delete delete delete delete

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