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    • 专利摘要:
    The present invention relates to a mechanical timepiece (3) comprising: communication means for communicating wirelessly with a device provided with a communication function (5), the communication means being arranged to receive data from the device provided with a communication function (5), and a time-setting mechanism for setting the time of the mechanical timepiece (3) according to the received data.
    公开号:CH713051A2
    申请号:CH01384/16
    申请日:2016-10-17
    公开日:2018-04-30
    发明作者:Gueissaz François；Tombez Lionel；Willemin Michel
    申请人:Swatch Group Res & Dev Ltd；
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    Description
    Field of the Invention [0001] The invention relates to a mechanical timepiece that can be reset to the time via a portable communication device, such as a mobile phone. The invention also relates to a time setting system for a mechanical timepiece and a method for setting a timepiece back on time.
    BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] In the field of telephony, several devices have already been proposed to provide data signals other than the traditional voice or sound signals of telephone communication. The transmitted data are, for example, short messages of information which are displayed on display devices of the telephone set or time information. The data signals transiting between two telephone sets are of the electrical type in wired or radio-frequency networks in the mobile telephony which is the case with a portable object comprising a mobile phone.
    The correction by telephone of the time indication of an electronic watch has for example been proposed in patent GB 2 100 890. The electronic watch described in this document comprises means for periodically and automatically connecting said watch to a a standard time signal provided by a telephone system, and means for automatically synchronizing said watch with the standard time signal. This first watch, which includes a telephone and means for dialing a telephone number, is connected to telephone communication lines to receive the standard time signal provided by a talking clock. The signals received by the first watch are used first of its time setting, as well as the time setting of other watches connected to the first watch.
    A disadvantage of this type of watch is that it must be connected to a telephone line to receive only the hourly data to correct the time it displays. Said watch is not intended for data exchange with the talking clock. In addition, the data signals are acoustic signals that must be converted into electrical signals understandable by the watch which requires to add a conversion block to said watch.
    Another disadvantage of this type of watch is the fact that the time setting of the watch can only be done at a place where it is possible to connect to the telephone lines.
    In the same technical context of setting the time of an electronic watch, patent CH 589 886 proposes setting the automatic time of a watch by approaching a telephone handset to receive signals. hourly acoustic signals from a talking clock or by magnetic coupling with a transformer integrated into the telephone apparatus.
    As for the previous document, a major disadvantage is that it is possible to make an adjustment of the time of this watch only at a location where there is a standard fixed telephone device connected by telephone line. In addition, the acoustic or magnetic time setting signals must still be converted into electrical signals understandable by said watch.
    JP 5-130,256 discloses a temporal data correction system for a calling device. The calling device must first automatically dial the number of an equipment center that will compare the time data provided by the calling device and thus provide him with correct time data in order to perform an automatic correction. This data transfer is done by a network of telephone lines.
    The calling device is not comparable to a small portable object, such as a mobile phone or a watch, but only a device that includes a time-keeping circuit to only allow the correction of the time between two communication devices. A disadvantage is that the time correction can only be done at the location where said devices are connected and that it is necessary to know what is the time difference between the calling device and the called device once the devices have been connected. been connected.
    The patent application WO 91/11 875 describes a combination of a telephone handset and a wristwatch, which comprises means for receiving messages, such as telephone numbers, means for storing numbers. telephone, as well as means for providing the registered telephone numbers to the telephone handset in order to establish a telephone call. In this embodiment, the handset does not include dialing keys of telephone numbers, which are recorded in the wristwatch. The provision of these telephone numbers to the handset can be done automatically.
    The wristwatch therefore serves in this embodiment of phone numbers directory to transmit to the handset without connection by a cable. A disadvantage of this arrangement lies in the fact that the transfer of telephone numbers is necessarily using the two combined and separate elements which must be close to one another in order to establish a telephone connection.
    It should also be noted that the currently known solutions do not offer solutions to put back on time a mechanical watch, which poses particular difficulties for example the level of energy supply. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0013] The object of the present invention is therefore to overcome at least some of the problems identified above relating to the time setting of timepieces.
    For this purpose, the object of the invention is, according to a first aspect, a mechanical timepiece according to independent claim 1.
    The present solution therefore proposes a mechanical timepiece, which can be set on time using a device provided with a communication function, which can be portable. This device can be a mobile phone or an NFC player watch case and with a time reset function. The time setting procedure can be completely automatic without user intervention. In addition, the proposed solution is simple, fast and accurate and, alternatively, does not require a battery or battery in the timepiece.
    The object of the invention is, according to a second aspect, a timekeeping system for a mechanical timepiece according to independent claim 12.
    The object of the invention is, according to a third aspect, a method for setting a timepiece back to the time according to the independent claim 14.
    Other aspects of the present invention are in the dependent claims.
    BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0019] The invention will be better understood on reading the following description given by way of non-limiting example with reference to the accompanying drawings, which schematically show:
    Fig. 1 is a simplified schematic view illustrating a timekeeping system of a mechanical watch according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 represents a block diagram illustrating some elements of a mechanical timepiece, which can be used in the time setting procedure according to the present invention.
    DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0020] Referring to the figures, some embodiments in accordance with the present invention will now be explained in more detail. These embodiments will be described in the context of a mechanical wristwatch that can be worn on the wrist of a user, but the present invention is not limited to wristwatches. A mechanical watch or mechanical movement watch is a type of watch commonly composed of movement and clothing within a case. The winding to give the operating energy to the watch can be done manually or automatically thanks to the movements of the user of the watch. A mechanical movement watch is distinguished from the electronic movement or quartz watch operating with a rechargeable battery or rechargeable battery.
    The present invention allows the automated reset of a mechanical watch using the functionality of a device with a communication function, which can be portable. This device can be a tablet, a mobile phone, which can be a "smartphone", or a NFC player watch case and with a time reset function. The portable communication device is used to communicate the information necessary for the delivery on time of a device embedded in the mechanical watch. The portable communication device can also be used to transfer without contact, that is to say wirelessly, the energy necessary for the operation of the time setting device embedded in the watch.
    FIG. 1 illustrates a time reset system 1 of a mechanical watch 3, which in this example is a mechanical watch with three hands (an hour hand, a minute hand and a second hand) with an analogue display. The mechanical watch is arranged to communicate wirelessly with a portable communication device, hereinafter a mobile phone 5. For this purpose, the mechanical watch comprises communication means 7 (see FIG. mobile phone 5 wirelessly and for example exchange non-acoustic signals, in some cases bidirectionally as explained below. The communication means 7 are therefore arranged to receive data from the mobile phone 5 or to exchange data between the watch 3 and the mobile phone 5. These data are related to the time setting of the mechanical watch as explained more in detail later. This data may comprise for example at least one of the following parameters: current time, time zone, date, summer time parameters and a difference of the current time and the time displayed by the watch 3.
    The communication means 7 may operate according to one or more radio frequency (RF) communication protocols, including, for example, Bluetooth, the communication protocols of the mobile telephony network (which is a cellular network) or the communication protocols in question. Near Field Communication (NFC), which is a short-range, high-frequency wireless communication technology, allowing the exchange of information between devices up to a distance of about 10 cm. in the general case. According to one variant, the communication means 7 are arranged to receive optical data. For this purpose, the mobile phone could transmit optical binary signals by flashing for example the screen of the telephone 5 or the flash of the camera embedded in the telephone 5.
    As illustrated in FIG. 2, the mechanical watch may also include means 9 for receiving power from the mobile phone (in this example). Said energy is transmitted without contact, by RF using for example at least one of the aforementioned protocols in connection with the communication means or optically, which comprises an efficient transmitter, such as a light emitting diode or a group light emitting diodes in the form of a backlighting of the screen of the mobile phone 5. In the case where the energy is transferred by the optical path, the means 9 for receiving energy may comprise one or more photodiodes or cells photovoltaic, which can be optically charged. To this end, the mobile phone is arranged to illuminate the flash of the camera embedded in the mobile phone 5 or the screen during the time of delivery time for example.
    The mechanical watch 3 may also include storage means 11 for temporarily storing the energy received from the mobile phone 5. The mechanical watch 3 also comprises means 13 to set the mechanical watch 3, hereinafter a time reset circuit (circuit), which may include a processor such as a microprocessor and a mechanism for moving the hands to the correct position. The time reset mechanism may be powered by the energy received by the means 9 for receiving energy. According to the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the reset mechanism is arranged to manipulate the hands of the watch 3 so that the hands indicate the current time accurate. The time setting mechanism may indeed include a small electromechanical or piezoelectric motor for example, to drive the needles. This motor can be of the step-by-step type. In addition, the time setting mechanism may also include means for disengaging the display members (hands) of the watch 3. In this way the time setting operation of the watch 3 can be simplified.
    Referring again to FIG. 1, the time reset system 1 also comprises a relay element 15, which in this example is a base station of the mobile telephone network 15. The relay element is arranged to transmit wirelessly the information The relay element 15 thus has access to the high-precision time information. In this example, the communication protocol used to transmit the data is therefore at least one of the protocols of the mobile network. It should be noted that according to another variant of the present invention, the relay element could be a satellite of a satellite positioning system. Such a system can be for example a global positioning system "Global Positioning System" (GPS) or assisted GPS (A-GPS).
    The automated timekeeping system of the mechanical watch then uses the features of the mobile phone 5 using the means explained above to set the time mechanical watch 3. The mobile phone 5 has a part of continuous connectivity (for example via the Internet or a satellite positioning system), as well as considerable energy reserves (batteries). The connectivity capabilities give it access to high-precision time information, including using the Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronization protocol or data from a satellite positioning system. The energy reserve available to the mobile phone 5 can be used to power devices without batteries, such as sensors, actuators or electronic systems by transmitting said energy without contact, RF or optical, temporarily storing it if necessary in the storage means 11. At the request of the user via his mobile phone 5 (or automatically), at least two time setting schemes are possible.
    According to a first scheme, the user approaches the mobile phone 5 of his watch 3 and launches the procedure of delivery time. It should be noted that it may happen that before the watch 3 can communicate (that is to say, start the time setting procedure) with the mobile phone 5, it is necessary to couple them, in other words the register with each other. The watch 3 can then connect to any mobile phone 5 with which it has been coupled. The coupling is an operation intended to prepare the connection between the watch 3 and the mobile phone 5. This is not the connection between the watch 3 and the mobile phone 5 during which time data is exchanged. The time reset procedure can be triggered automatically, when the distance between the watch 3 and the mobile phone 5 becomes smaller than a predefined threshold. Depending on the implementation, this threshold may be for example 50 cm, 30 cm, 10 cm or 5 cm. Alternatively, the time reset procedure can be triggered manually, when the user of the watch 3 or mobile phone 5 performs a specific step, such as for example engages a button on the watch 3 and / or on the phone 5. This approach may also include launching an application on the phone. According to one variant, this approach only becomes effective if the watch 3 and the mobile phone 5 are sufficiently close to one another. One can also provide a solution according to which periodically triggers the procedure for setting the time.
    Then the mobile phone 5 retrieves the time (for example by GPS or NTP), transmits energy without contact (RF or optical) to the watch 3 to feed the time reset mechanism 13 and obtains the time displayed by the watch 3; the mobile phone 5 can thus analyze the time displayed by the watch 3. This can be done for example by image recognition via its camera where the displayed time is received from the watch 3 in another way, for example via an RF channel. To this end, one or more sensors can be embedded in the watch 3. According to the first diagram, the mobile phone 5 determines how much the time displayed by the watch 3 must be corrected, so that the watch can display the precise time . After making this determination, the mobile phone 5 communicates (for example by
    权利要求:
    Claims (16)
    [1]
    RF channel or by flashing a light emitting diode (LED) or the display) the necessary information to the watch so that the time setting mechanism 13 can put the watch 3 on time using the information received. The mobile phone thus controls the time reset mechanism 13. According to a second diagram, the time-keeping procedure has certain points in common with the first diagram. According to the second scheme, the mobile phone 5 can also be used to transmit energy to the reset mechanism 13 embedded in the watch 3 as explained above. However, the difference between the first diagram and the second diagram is that according to the second diagram, the mobile phone 5 does not obtain the time displayed by the watch 3. According to the second diagram, the mobile phone communicates precise time information to the watch 3 (for example by RF or by flashing the LED or the screen). The time reset mechanism 13 in the watch 3 then itself manages the time setting according to information and energy received. In the two cases explained above, the present invention provides an automatic adjustment (which can be triggered automatically or manually) of the time of a mechanical watch by communication with a short-distance mobile phone. The proposed solution is simple, fast and precise, and does not require a battery and makes it easier to set the time (periodic) required, which is specific to mechanical watches. One could also consider several other variants in the configurations explained above without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, instead of receiving the energy required for the time setting from the telephone 5, the watch 3 could include a generator that could be charged by the user of the watch 3 by turning or pressing, for example, a piece of the watch 3, such as a button, a bezel or a rod. It is also conceivable that in the case of a watch case, the time information comes via an Internet connection either through a wireless communication system, for example WiFi or Bluetooth, or via a wired connection (Ethernet, USB or other). It is of course also possible that the energy and the hourly information can pass to the mechanical watch placed on one of these new inductive charging accessories (charging pads) for connected objects or smartphone. claims
    1. Mechanical timepiece (3) comprising: - communication means (7) for wireless communication with a device provided with a communication function (5), the communication means (7) being arranged to receive and / or transmit data from or to the device provided with a communication function (5), - a time-setting mechanism (13) for setting the timepiece (3) back to the time data received and / or transmitted.
    [2]
    Mechanical timepiece (3) according to claim 1, characterized in that the timepiece further comprises means (9) for receiving energy from the device provided with a communication function ( 5), the means (9) for receiving energy being arranged to feed the time setting mechanism (13).
    [3]
    3. Mechanical timepiece (3) according to claim 2, characterized in that the means (9) for receiving energy are arranged to receive energy by a wireless link.
    [4]
    4. Mechanical timepiece (3) according to one of claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the means (9) for receiving energy are arranged to receive energy radiofrequency or optical.
    [5]
    5. Mechanical timepiece (3) according to claim 4, characterized in that the optical path comprises emissions of a flash-type electroluminescent diode, or a group of light-emitting diodes in the form of a backlighting of a light-emitting diode. screen.
    [6]
    6. Mechanical timepiece (3) according to one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that the timepiece (3) further comprises means (11) for storing received energy.
    [7]
    7. Mechanical timepiece (3) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the received data include the current time or a difference between the current time and the time displayed by the timepiece (3).
    [8]
    8. Mechanical timepiece (3) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the time setting mechanism (13) is arranged to determine, according to the data received, how the piece of time watchmaking must be set to put it back on time.
    [9]
    9. Mechanical timepiece (3) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device provided with a communication function (5) comprises a mobile phone (5).
    [10]
    10. Mechanical timepiece (3) according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the device provided with a communication function (5) is a watch case.
    [11]
    11. Mechanical timepiece (3) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the timepiece (3) is a wristwatch.
    [12]
    12. Time reset system (1) of the mechanical timepiece (3) according to one of the preceding claims, the system further comprising the device provided with a communication function (5).
    [13]
    13. System (1) according to claim 12, characterized in that the device provided with a communication function (5) comprises means for determining the time displayed by the timepiece (3) and, depending on this determination, means for determining in which way the timepiece (3) must be set to put it back on time.
    [14]
    14. Method for setting a mechanical timepiece (3) comprising a communication means (7) for wireless communication with a device provided with a communication function (5), and a reset mechanism the time (13) to reset the timepiece (3), the method comprising: - the reception by the communication means (7) of the data from the device provided with a communication function ( 5), - the time setting, according to the data received, by the time setting mechanism (13) of the timepiece (3).
    [15]
    The method of claim 14, wherein the reception of the data is initiated automatically or manually.
    [16]
    16. The method of claim 15, wherein the reception of the data is triggered automatically, when the distance between the mechanical timepiece (3) and the device provided with a communication function (5) becomes smaller than one. predefined threshold and / or a predefined time since last reset.
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