KR20120011984A

KR20120011984A - Clock using led

Info

Publication number: KR20120011984A
Application number: KR1020100073675A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 박혜경
Original assignee: 박혜경
Priority date: 2010-07-29
Filing date: 2010-07-29
Publication date: 2012-02-09
Also published as: WO2012015159A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a watch using the LED. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the body includes a time display LED unit for displaying hours and minutes on the outer surface of the body, and a schedule display LED unit for displaying a schedule on the body, but the time display LED unit includes a plurality of hour hands for displaying an hour. A plurality of minute hand LEDs for displaying LEDs and minutes may be provided, and the hour hand LEDs and the minute hand LEDs may provide a clock using an LED, wherein the LEDs emit light in different colors.

Description

LED watch {CLOCK USING LED}

The present invention relates to a watch using the LED.

In general, a clock is divided into an analog method including an hour hand, a minute hand, a second hand, and a digital method of displaying time information numerically. Both methods come in various forms for different purposes.

Analog clock has a problem that it is difficult to distinguish between the hour, minute and second hands in a dark environment. In addition, there is a problem in that night identification is not easy even if a separate lighting device is added to the analog clock, and power consumption is large because the lighting device is used.

Digital clocks are easy to identify at night because they display numbers directly, but they simply display time, resulting in poor aesthetic effects.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a watch using an LED that is easy to identify during the day, night and displays the schedule.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a clock using the LED having an aesthetic effect.

According to an aspect of the invention, the body; A time display LED unit displaying hours and minutes on the outer shell of the body, respectively; And a schedule display LED unit for displaying a schedule on the body, wherein the time display LED unit includes a plurality of hour hand LEDs for displaying hours and a plurality of minute hand LEDs for displaying minutes, and the hour hand LEDs and the minute hand LEDs each other. It is possible to provide a watch using an LED, which is characterized by emitting light in a different color.

The hour hand LED may be disposed in an area closer to the minute hand LED from the center of the body.

The minute hand LED may be disposed in an area closer to the hour hand LED from the center of the body.

The schedule display LED unit may include a display area corresponding to each of the hour hand LEDs of the hour hand LED part, and each of the display areas may include a plurality of LEDs.

The watch using the LED may further include a controller for controlling the hour hand LED, the minute hand LED, and the schedule display LED unit.

The watch using the LED receives time information to be displayed on the time display unit and schedule information to be displayed on the schedule display unit, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RF communication, wired / wireless LAN, and USB (USB), may further include an interface unit including at least one of mobile communication.

The clock using the LED may further include an alarm display LED unit displaying an alarm before a set time.

The alarm display LED unit may emit light with a color different from the hour hand LED and the minute hand LED.

The time display LED unit and the schedule display LED unit may adjust the light emission intensity according to the brightness of the outside.

The time display LED unit and the schedule display LED unit may emit light brighter as the external brightness becomes brighter.

The watch using the LED may further include a storage unit in which the schedule information or alarm information is stored.

The watch using the LED may further include a polarizing plate rotating on a back surface of the schedule display LED unit to adjust the brightness of the background according to time.

In the watch using the LED, one of the LED hand of the hour hand LED or the minute hand LED may be disposed on the front of the body, and the other LED may be disposed on the side of the body.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the aesthetic effect can be obtained by using the hour, minute, and alarm LED.

In addition, patients with low vision may know the approximate time through the LED of the watch.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the schedule information may be displayed on the clock so that the schedule may be checked using only the clock without using a separate schedule management device.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the alarm effect may be enhanced by using an alarm LED that is turned on before the set alarm time.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is an advantage in that time identification is easy even during the day or night.

1 is a plan view showing a watch using the LED according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating each component of a watch using the LED illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is a view showing a watch using the LED according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view illustrating a watch using an LED manufactured according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention may be variously modified and have various embodiments, and specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, numerals (eg, first, second, etc.) used in the description process of the present specification are merely identification symbols for distinguishing one component from another component.

In addition, in the present specification, when one component is referred to as "connected" or "connected" with another component, the one component may be directly connected or directly connected to the other component, but in particular It is to be understood that, unless there is an opposite substrate, it may be connected or connected via another component in the middle.

Hereinafter, a watch using an LED according to embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a plan view showing a watch using the LED according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a watch using an LED according to the present embodiment includes a body 50, a time display LED unit 210, a schedule display LED unit 230, and an alarm display LED unit 220. Here, the time display LED unit 210 may include a plurality of hour hand LED 10 and a plurality of minute hand LED (20).

In detail, the body 50 has a time display LED unit 210, a schedule display LED unit 230, and an alarm display LED unit 220 on the front surface of the base substrate.

The body 50 may be formed in a circular shape, as shown in FIG. However, the body 50 is not limited thereto, and may be formed of an ellipse, a polygon, or the like. In addition, the body 50 may be formed in a geometric shape for an aesthetic effect.

As described above, the time display LED unit 210 may include a plurality of hour hand LEDs 10 and a plurality of minute hand LEDs 20.

The time display LED unit 210 may include a plurality of hour hand LEDs 10 and a plurality of minute hand LEDs 20.

The hour hand LED 10 may be disposed by dividing the circumference into 1/12. In this case, the hour hand LED 10 may use a blue LED emitting blue light. However, red or yellow LEDs may be used, and in some cases, white LEDs may be used.

The minute hand LED 20 may be disposed farther from the center of the body 50 than the hour hand LED 10. That is, the minute hand LED 20 may be disposed on the outermost side of the body 50. Although FIG. 1 illustrates that the minute hand LED 20 is arranged by dividing the circumference into 12, the circumference may be divided into 60 equal parts according to the size of the body 50 or the LED. That is, the minute hand LEDs 20 may be disposed at 1 minute intervals or at 5 minute intervals.

The minute hand LED 20 emits light of a color different from that of the hour hand LED 10. Thus, hours and minutes can be distinguished.

On the other hand, the time display LED unit 210 may further include a diffusion plate to diffuse the light on the top. The first diffuser plate 110 is disposed in front of the hour hand LED 10, and the second diffuser plate 120 is disposed in front of the minute hand LED 20 to diffuse the light supplied from each of the LEDs to achieve an aesthetic effect. Can increase.

The schedule display LED unit 230 simply displays a schedule for each time. The schedule display LED unit 230 includes a plurality of LEDs to display representative schedule information. For example, in the case of a 3 o'clock meeting, 'MEET' is displayed on the 3 o'clock side to check the schedule information.

The schedule display LED unit 230 may include a minimum number of LEDs that can display letters in order to reduce power consumption of the watch.

The schedule display LED unit 230 may allow two polarizers to cross each other to distinguish daytime and nighttime. For example, one polarizer may be fixed, and another polarizer may be rotated according to time so that the background is dark at daytime and bright at nighttime. Conversely, you can brighten the background during the day and darken the night. Two polarizing plates may be formed on the rear surface of the predetermined display LED unit 230.

The alarm display LED unit 220 displays an alarm before a set time. The alarm display LED unit 220 may include a plurality of alarm LEDs arranged at the same interval as the hour hand LED 10. For example, when the alarm display LED unit 220 sets an alarm to take the medicine at 9 o'clock, the alarm display LED unit 220 lights up from 8 o'clock earlier than 1 hour, and when the alarm display is near 9 o'clock. The LED lights up repeatedly. The alarm display LED unit 220 may increase the alarm recognition effect using the visual effect.

In this case, the alarm display LED unit 220 may use an LED that emits light of a different color from the time display LED unit 210. In addition, the alarm display LED unit 220 may be provided with LEDs that emit light in at least two colors or display two or more different colors at each time.

Meanwhile, in the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the hour hand LED is disposed in an area closer to the minute hand LED from the center of the body, for example, but is not limited thereto. In other words, the minute hand LED may be disposed in an area closer to the hour hand LED from the center of the body.

In FIG. 1, although the hour hand LED 10 and the minute hand LED 20 emit light from the front of the watch, the present invention is not limited thereto. The hour hand LED 10 or the minute hand LED 20 may be disposed on the side of the watch.

The interface and schedule setting of the clock using the LED according to the embodiment of the present invention, alarm setting, time setting, LED brightness adjustment, etc. will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating each component of the watch using the LED illustrated in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the clock according to the present embodiment may further include a power supply unit 150, a control unit 200, a storage unit 260, and an interface unit 250.

In detail, the power supply unit 150 supplies power to the time display LED unit 210, the schedule display LED unit 230, and the alarm display LED unit 220. In this case, the power supply unit 150 may adjust and supply the amount of current supplied to each LED unit according to a control signal input from the control unit 200.

The power supply unit 150 may use a battery, a rechargeable battery, and the like.

The storage unit 260 stores schedule information or alarm information. The storage unit 260 may use a memory device such as a RAM or a ROM, and an external storage device (eg, an SD card) may be used.

The interface unit 250 may include at least one of GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RF communication, wired / wireless LAN, USB, and mobile communication. The interface unit 250 may receive any one of time information, schedule information, and alarm information through communication with an external device.

The interface unit 250 receives schedule information or alarm information from a computer device such as a desktop, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a PDA, a notebook computer, and the like. To this end, the interface unit 250 may be provided with each communication module.

The interface unit 250 may receive schedule information stored in a schedule management program (for example, Outlook Express) installed in the computer device and provide the schedule information to the control unit 200 or the storage unit 260.

The controller 200 receives the schedule information or alarm information received by the interface unit 250 and stores the schedule information or alarm information in the storage unit 260. The controller 200 may receive schedule information and provide the schedule information to the schedule display LED unit 230. The controller 200 may receive an application for communicating with the computer device and receive schedule information or alarm information input from an external computer device, and update the alarm information or schedule information when the alarm information or schedule information is changed.

The controller 200 may receive alarm information and provide the alarm information to the alarm display LED unit 220.

The controller 200 may receive time information and provide the time information to the time display LED unit 210.

The controller 200 may control the power supply unit 150 to control a current supplied to any one of the LED display unit 210, the schedule display LED unit 230, and the alarm display LED unit 220. . For example, the controller 200 may control the amount of current supplied to any one of the LED display unit 210, the schedule display LED unit 230 and the alarm display LED unit 220 according to the external brightness. Can be. The control unit 200 generates a control signal for increasing the amount of current supply so that the brighter the external brightness is brighter, the LED of any one of the time display LED unit 210, the alarm display LED unit 220 and the schedule display LED unit 230 We can supply wealth.

In addition, the controller 200 may adjust the brightness of any one of the LED display unit 210, the alarm display LED unit 220 and the schedule display LED unit 230 according to the time. For example, at night time, the amount of current supplied to any one of the LED display unit 210, the alarm display LED unit 220, and the schedule display LED unit 230 to the controller 200 is reduced during the day time. There is an increase in brightness can be controlled.

The control unit 200 may further include a sensor (not shown) that senses light outside the watch to control the current supply amount. When the sensor senses light and transmits the light sensing amount to the control unit 200, the control unit 200 may generate a control signal for controlling the current in comparison with the set value.

As described above, the clock using the LED according to the present embodiment controls the amount of current supplied to any one of the LED display of the time display LED unit 210, the alarm display LED unit 220, and the schedule display LED unit 230. You can adjust the brightness of the LED. Accordingly, the power consumption of the power supply unit 150 can be controlled and the visibility to the user can be improved.

3 is a view showing a watch using the LED according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 has the same components as those in FIG. 1 except that the time display LED unit and the alarm display LED unit are manufactured in one LED package. In particular, the power supply unit 150, the control unit 200, the storage unit 260, and the interface unit 250 illustrated in FIG. 2 may be provided in the same manner.

Referring to FIG. 3, a watch using an LED according to a second embodiment of the present invention may include an LED package unit 310, a diffusion plate 300, and a schedule display LED unit 330.

Specifically, the schedule display LED unit 330 may be located inside the clock and may be formed in the same region as described with reference to FIG. 1. The schedule display LED unit 330 may include a plurality of LEDs, and may be arranged in a number and intervals enough to display characters.

The schedule display LED unit 330 may allow two polarizers to cross each other to distinguish daytime and nighttime. For example, one polarizer may be fixed, and another polarizer may be rotated according to time so that the background is dark at daytime and bright at nighttime. Conversely, you can brighten the background during the day and darken the night.

The LED package unit 310 may include a plurality of LEDs. In FIG. 3, for example, three LEDs 311, 312, and 313 are provided, but may be three or more.

The LED package unit 310 may include an hour hand LED 311, a minute hand LED 312, and an alarm LED 313.

The hour hand LED 311 indicates a hour, and the minute hand LED 312 indicates a minute. The alarm LED 313 may display an alarm. The hour hand LED 311, the minute hand LED 312, and the alarm LED 313 may emit light in different colors.

Accordingly, the LED package unit 310 can be manufactured in a small size, so that the installation is easy even if the size of the watch body is small.

The diffusion plate 300 is provided on the LED package 310 to diffuse light to enhance the aesthetic effect, and to protect the LED package 310 from the outside.

4 is a view illustrating a watch using an LED manufactured according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the interior lighting effect can be obtained by the light emitted from the hour hand LED and the hour hand LED, and the time schedule can be notified in advance by the schedule display LED part informing the schedule, as well as the aesthetic effect. Information can be provided at the same time.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims And changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

10: Sicily LED
20: minute hand LED
50: body
110: first diffusion plate
120: second diffusion plate
150: power supply
200:
210: time display LED
220: alarm display LED
230: Schedule display LED
250: interface unit
260: storage unit
300: diffusion plate
310: LED package
311: Sicily LED
312: minute hand LED
313: alarm LED
320: schedule display LED

Claims

Body;
A time display LED unit displaying hours and minutes on the outer shell of the body, respectively; And
Including a schedule display LED unit for displaying a schedule on the body,
The time display LED unit includes a plurality of hour hand LEDs for displaying hours and a plurality of minute hand LEDs for displaying minutes, and the hour hand LED and the minute hand LEDs emit light in different colors.

The method of claim 1,
The hour hand LED is a clock using an LED, characterized in that disposed in the area closer to the minute hand LED from the center of the body.

The method of claim 1,
The minute hand LED is a clock using an LED, characterized in that disposed in the area closer to the hour hand LED from the center of the body.

The method of claim 1,
The schedule display LED unit
And a display area corresponding to each hour hand LED of the hour hand LED part, wherein each of the display areas includes a plurality of LEDs.

The method of claim 1,
And a control unit for controlling the hour hand LED, the minute hand LED, and the schedule display LED unit.

The method of claim 1,
Receive time information to be displayed on the time display unit and schedule information to be displayed on the schedule display unit, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RF communication, wired / wireless LAN, USB, USB, mobile communication Clock using an LED further comprising an interface unit including at least one of.

The method of claim 1,
Clock using an LED further comprising an alarm display LED unit for displaying an alarm before a set time.

The method of claim 7, wherein
And the alarm display LED unit emits light of a color different from the hour hand LED and the minute hand LED.

The method of claim 1,
The time display LED unit and the schedule display LED unit using a LED, characterized in that the luminous intensity is adjusted according to the brightness of the outside.

The method of claim 9,
The time display LED unit and the schedule display LED unit is a clock using the LED, characterized in that the brighter the external brightness.

The method of claim 1,
Clock using the LED further comprises a storage unit for storing the schedule information or alarm information.

The method of claim 1,
The clock using the LED further comprises a polarizing plate on the back of the schedule display LED to rotate in accordance with time to adjust the brightness of the background according to time.

The method of claim 1,
The LED of any one of the hour hand LED or the minute hand LED is disposed on the front of the body, the other LED is a clock using an LED, characterized in that disposed on the side of the body.