WO1999039299A2 - Apparatus and method for counting mutual events through interaction between devices of the same kind - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to apparatus and method for counting mutual events of several types occurring between persons carrying devices of the same kind through interaction between the devices.
- the present invention provides an apparatus for counting mutual personal events between persons carrying devices of the same kind, comprising a means for contacting to another device and checking whether or not the contacting device is a device of the same kind; and a means for counting the number of contacts with another device of the same kind through the contacting means.
- the apparatus for counting mutual personal events between persons carrying devices of the same kind can be comprised of a means for checking whether or not another device is the device of the same kind on the basis of a signal from the other device; and a means for counting the number of reception of the signal, when the other device is identified as a device of the same kind .
- the method of counting mutual personal events between persons carrying devices of the same kind comprises the steps of choosing an event type among predetermined event types; detecting an interaction between the two devices of the same kind; and counting the event occurrence of the chosen type and storing the counted value, when the interaction between them is detected.
- the contacting means determines whether or not another device is a device of the same kind when two devices are contacted to each other, and the checking means checks whether the other device is the device of the same kind based on a signal received from the other device.
- the counting means counts the number of the contact or the number of reception of the signal when the two devices are contacted to each other through the contacting means or they exchange their own signals.
- one event type is chosen among several predetermined event types, and then it is checked whether or not there is an electrical or mechanical interaction like mechanical contact and the flow of electrical current between two devices. If any interaction between them is detected, the event of the chosen type is counted and stored.
- the apparatus and method according to the present invention make it possible for persons who carry devices of the same kind to share personal events like friends and lovers to automatically record information concerning mutual personal events and count the event when the two devices are contacted or come close to each other, thereby offering a convenient way of building up a history of the personal classified events between them and reminders for the upcoming days of special events.
- FIG. 1 shows an appearance of a wrist watch embodying the mutual event counting apparatus according to the present invention
- FIGS. 2A and 2B are schematic diagrams respectively showing circuit configurations of embodiments of the mutual event counting apparatus according of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 shows an appearance of another wrist watch embodying an embodiment of the mutual event counting apparatus according to the present invention
- FIGS. 4 and 5 are schematic diagrams respectively showing circuit configurations of embodiments of the mutual event counting apparatus according of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a flow chart depicting the method of mutual counting events through interaction between devices of the same kind according to the present invention.
- FIGS. 7A and 7B show examples of a display of a history of classified events on liquid crystal display (LCD) ;
- FIG. 8 shows examples of input/output configuration of contact members in the embodiment of FIG. 2B.
- FIG. 1 depicts an appearance of a wrist watch embodying the apparatus of the present invention
- FIGS. 2A and 2B show contact units and internal configuration of a preferred embodiment of the apparatus embodied in the watch of FIG. 1, respectively.
- the preferred embodiment of FIG. 2A comprises several cylindrical-shaped contact members (C1,C2, ..., Cn) , each corresponding to each event type; several push switches
- a clock unit 20 for counting the present date and time; input means 30 for entering a user's input; a flash memory 11 for storing an identification (ID) code of the device embodying the present invention; a memory 12 for storing data; an I/O unit 45 for receiving signal change when one of the push switches is pressed; a MICOM (micro computer) 10 which, on the basis of a signal from the I/O unit 45, counts the event associated with to the signal and stores the counted number of the event to the corresponding section of the memory 12, together with date and time information; an LCD controller 41 for converting the data in the memory 12 to signal fitted to an LCD; and an LCD 40 for displaying the data in the memory.
- ID identification
- MICOM micro computer
- the MICOM 10 detects change of the bit from the output data of the I/O unit 45, increases the number of the event associated with the bit, or "DATE" event by 1, and stores the 5 number of the event occurred so far in the "DATE"-related section in the memory, together with the encoded present date and time, which are obtained from the clock unit 20.
- the request of displaying the day of special events on the LCD is set, in advance, by using the input means 30.
- event display mode is set and then code of the owner is entered through the input means 30.
- the MICOM 10 verifies the identity of the owner by determining whether or not the ID code is matched with that stored in the flash memory 11. If they are matched, all of the event data stored in the memory 12 are read out and displayed, one after another, on the LCD 40 in an order of date recorded (as shown in FIG. 7A) or classified by event category to which each event belongs (as shown in FIG. 7B) .
- Title icon representing each event category which is on the upper part of the LCD 40 is highlighted when corresponding event is displayed.
- contact members (Cx) are identical in shape (prominence- and-depression shape) irrespective of the event type. Whether two devices are in one-to-one correspondence with each other or not is checked by an electrical match through the contact members (Cx) . In order that two devices are matched, it is required that contact members of one device through which current flows out (hereinafter referred to as "OUT contact member”) correspond to the contact members of the other device through which current flows in (hereinafter referred to as "IN contact member”) .
- emitter voltage of the transistor (marked as ⁇ a' in FIG. 2B) goes from high level to low level when the two devices are contacted.
- the level change allows the MICOM 10 to detect the contact through the Cl contact member.
- the "QUARREL" event is counted by the same subsequent operation as explained in the foregoing embodiment.
- the counterpart device the inverted output (-Q) of the flip-flop 1 at the Cl' contact member is inputted to the MICOM 10 through the I/O unit 45. As a result, the counterpart device detects the contact through the "QUARREL" contact member.
- FIG. 3 shows an appearance of another wrist watch embodying the apparatus of the present invention. This embodiment differs from the embodiment of FIG. 1 in that only one contact member Cc is provided together with different key pad 30 through which event type can be selected.
- the internal circuit configurations are the same as those of the foregoing embodiment .
- the embodiment of FIG. 3 will be described below in detail with reference to a flow chart of FIG. 6 and a circuit configuration of FIG. 2A.
- the MICOM 10 Upon the contact is detected, the MICOM 10 checks whether or not the contacted device is the counterpart device which is in one-to-one correspondence with each other (S21) . If it is not the counterpart, control step goes back to the step of selection of event type. If it is determined that they are one-to-one correspondent, the MICOM 10 reads out the number of the chosen event occurred so far from the memory 12 and increases it by 1 (S22) . Then, the present date and time are read out from the clock unit 20 (S23) and are then stored in a pre-assigned section of the memory 12, together with the increased count of the event (S24) .
- FIG. 4 shows a third embodiment of the mutual event counting apparatus of the present invention. This embodiment differs from the embodiment of FIG. 2A in that, instead of the contact member Cx and the I/O unit 45, a connector 51 and an RS232C 50 for serial communication with the counterpart device are used and an ID code of the counterpart device is stored in the flash memory 11.
- a user chooses an event type by using MODE button on the key pad 30. If the connector 51 is connected to that of another device of the same kind, a level change (from floated high to low) of a particular pin due to the connection to the other device occurs in the RS232C 60 and then is used to inform the MICOM 50 of an establishment of the connection. Then, while reading out its own ID code from the flash memory 11 and sending the ID code to the connected device, the MICOM 10 receives data from the connected device through the RS232C 50. A comparison is made as to whether or not the ID code in the received data is matched with that of the counterpart device stored in the flash memory 11.
- the MICOM 10 identifies the connected device as the counterpart device of its own and thereby increases the number of the chosen event by 1 and stores it in the pre-assigned section of the memory 12 together with date and time information. Displaying a history of events recorded so far in response to the user's request is performed in the same way as the foregoing embodiments .
- FIG. 5 shows a fourth embodiment of the mutual event counting apparatus of the present invention.
- This embodiment differs from the foregoing embodiment of FIG. 4 in that an RF communication unit 60 (RF receiver 61 and RF transmitter 62) for wireless communication through an antenna and an interface (I/F) unit 70 for data communication between the MICOM 10 and the RF communication unit 60 are used instead of the connector 51 and the RS232C 50.
- an RF communication unit 60 RF receiver 61 and RF transmitter 62
- I/F interface
- the MICOM 10 reads out the ID code from the flash memory 11 and then sends it to the I/F unit 70, in which the ID code is converted to serial data. Then, the serial data is modulated by the RF transmitter 62, and then the RF transmitter 62 transmits the modulated RF signal containing its own ID code at a predetermined transmission power, so that devices of the same kind, which are equipped with the apparatus of the present invention and located within a predetermined distance, can detect the RF signal.
- the RF receiver 61 While broadcasting the RF signal containing the ID code, if another device of the same kind comes within the predetermined distance, the RF receiver 61 receives an RF signal broadcast from the other device and demodulates the RF signal. The demodulated signal is sent to the MICOM 10 through the I/F unit 70. A comparison is made by the MICOM 50 as to whether or not the ID code of the counterpart device kept in the flash memory 11 is matched with the ID code contained in the received RF signal. If they are matched, the subsequent operations such as event count and display thereof are performed in the same way as that of foregoing embodiments . Meanwhile, the comparison of ID codes and counting and storing occurrence of the event are performed in the counterpart device, as well.
- DATING event are updated automatically without any physical contact . Rather than exchanging their own ID codes and comparing them, it is possible to equip two devices which is one-to-one correspondence with each other with a pair of RF communication units 60 which are made to tune only each other's RF signal.
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