63 results about "Moon phases" patented technology

A fish finder system, comprising a sonar gadget, which communicates with a display device via digital wireless communication. The system contains a software product, which runs both on the sonar gadget and the display device, wherein the gadget part of the software is preferably adapted to run on an embedded microcontroller system and the user display device part of the software is preferably a downloadable application adapted to run on portable communication devices, such as smart phones, tablet computers, laptops or the like. Said display device part of the software is adapted not only to visualize the obstacles with indication of depth, size and movement, but also provide additional functionality, such as access to a camera device, digital maps and GPS, social network accounts, weather information and forecast, calendar with notes, information on moon phases and other kinds of information found on the Internet. Both software parts allow update functionality.

A wearable device comprising a display arrangement for displaying moon phases. The image of the one or more moons is provided in the dial and a rotating member is provided above the dial to provide images of a full, waning, new and waxing moon. The device provides for both bi-directional and uni-directional rotation of the rotating member. The device can simultaneously or selectively display moon phases consistent with views from the northern hemisphere and / or southern hemisphere.

The watch disclosed has a case of ovoidal shape, wherein a circular watch movement (5) is arranged off-center, on the side of the end of the case with the larger radius. On the side of the other end there is a moon phase indicator disc (16) and a power-reserve indicator of the watch. The moon disc is driven step-by-step by the movement (5) via a control lever (35) having a beak (43) that drives an external toothing (44) of the disc. This lever extends at least partly along one edge of the case, where a correction push-button is mounted, that can activate (P) the lever in the same direction as the movement is driving, which prevents any interference between the two actions.

The device includes an indicator (3) in the shape of a plate, moving behind a dial (1) having a circular aperture (2), which represents the lunar disc. The indicator includes an S-shaped line of separation (6) between a dark zone (4) and a light zone (5) representing the non-illuminated part and the illuminated part of the moon in the aperture. The indicator is rotatably mounted at the centre of symmetry C of the line of separation (6) on a rotating support making two revolutions per lunation. An image matching the appearance of the moon in each phase is thus obtained. Such a device can be used particularly in a watch or another timepiece.

Provided is the moon phase display mechanism to reflect the moon phase difference in vision between the northern and the southern hemisphere of the earth. This invention relates to the moon phase display mechanism that displays the moon phase.The moon phase mechanism consists of two discs ; the top disc (1) called moon dial and the bottom disc (2) called moon display part which are attached concentrically and rotatably each other. The moon dial (1) has two apertures (1a and 1b) so as to reflect the moon phase difference in vision between the northern and the southern hemisphere of the earth.

The invention discloses an annular hour-minute hand display mechanism of a mechanical watch. The display mechanism comprises a first center wheel component engaged with a driving wheel on barrel, a second center wheel engaged with the first center wheel component, an hour wheel, a minute wheel, a control mechanism and the like. The hour wheel and the minute wheel that are driven by idle wheel components are arranged at the center of a movement and are supported by a track mechanism or a support rack, wherein the hour wheel and the minute wheel are annular inner gears. The control mechanism limits the positions and the gap of the radial direction and the axial direction of the hour wheel and the minute wheel. The provided display mechanism has the following beneficial effects: because of the annular hour-minute hand display mechanism, a problem that the time can not be displayed normally because the center of the movement is occupied by other structures can be solved. The provided mechanism with the simple structure can be processed conveniently; demands of watch components including a middle-mounted flying tourbillion, a middle-mounted speed-regulating mechanism, a central moon-phase display unit and other units can be satisfied, wherein the watch components are arranged at the center of the movement. In addition, the control mechanism carries out limiting on the axial direction and the radial direction of the minute wheel and the hour wheel effectively, so that the frictional resistance force is reduced and thus the rotation of the minute wheel and the hour wheel becomes flexible and accurate.

The invention relates to a watermark layer generating method, a watermark layer generating system, a watermark image generating method and a watermark image generating system. The watermark layer generating method comprises the following steps that: a watermark layer trigger instruction is detected; corresponding watermark layer information is acquired according to the watermark layer trigger instruction, wherein the watermark layer information contains sunrise and sunset time, sun position information, or the watermark layer information contains sunrise and sunset time, moon position information and moon phases, wherein the sunrise and sunset time and the moon phases are determined according to the longitude and latitude of a current position and a current date, the sun position information and the moon position information are determined according to the sunrise and sunset time and a current time point; and a watermark layer containing watermark layer information is generated. The watermark layer generated by the watermark layer generating method provided by the technical scheme of the invention is a dynamically-changing layer, and the content of a generated image can be better enriched, and high interactivity can be realized, and the stereoscopic sense of a finally generated image can be increased.

The invention concerns a timepiece including a dial (12) fitted with an aperture (16) behind which is mounted a moon phase disc (18) driven in rotation by a moon phase train (24). According to the invention said disc (18) is mounted so as to move in rotation about a fixed sun pinion (36). Moreover, two planetary wheels (44a, 44b), secured in rotation to representations of the moon (19a, 19b), are mounted so as to move in rotation on the disc (18), at least indirectly meshed with the sun pinion (36), so as to form a planetary train with the sun pinion (36).

The device includes an indicator (3) in the shape of a plate, moving behind a dial (1) having a circular aperture (2), which represents the lunar disc. The indicator includes an S-shaped line of separation (6) between a dark zone (4) and a light zone (5) representing the non-illuminated part and the illuminated part of the moon in the aperture. The indicator is rotatably mounted at the centre of symmetry C of the line of separation (6) on a rotating support making two revolutions per lunation. An image matching the appearance of the moon in each phase is thus obtained. Such a device can be used particularly in a watch or another timepiece.

The invention discloses a watch with a lunar calendar indication mechanism. The watch comprises a movement, a dial plate and the lunar calendar indication mechanism. The dial plate is provided with a plurality of display windows, the movement provides bearing power for the lunar calendar indication mechanism, the lunar calendar indication mechanism comprises a plurality of command wheels, a command rod for controlling each command wheel and a controlled part, the command wheels interact with the command rod and generate variables, and a plurality of the variables interact with the controlled part and are displayed through the windows. Beneficial effects of the watch are that because the leap month identification is completed by a year calendar cam and monthly calendar together, the structure of a single cam is simplified, the size of parts is reduced, and the processing difficulty degree is reduced; the structure is capable of calculating the lunar calendar leap month in a machinery manner, and the watch can automatically display the lunar calendar leap month without manual regulation; furthermore, the cams can dial a moon phase display device, an intermediate wheel dialing head dials a celestial stem wheel and a terrestrial branch wheel, thus a plurality of functions included in the lunar calendar can be displayed through corresponding windows.

The invention discloses a moonrise and moonset predictor which comprises a base plate, wherein the base plate is a circular plate marked with the horizon, the sun, moon phase and the lunar calendar date, the geographical position and the time number; a rotating disk rotating around the center of the circular plate is arranged on the circular plate, the middle part of the rotating disk is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft, and the center part of the circular plate is provided with a shaft hole matching with the rotating shaft. The rotating disk is provided with a window which is opposite to the moon phase and the lunar calendar on the circular plate. When the moonrise and moonset predictor is in use, the lunar calendar is known, and then the rising moon phase and the rising time at night can be predicted; when in sunset, the moon is searched, and the calendar date of that day and the time predicting the moon are determined.

Moon phase display mechanism including an input pinion which makes three revolutions, or respectively two revolutions, in 24 hours, and drives a 19-tooth or respectively 29-tooth drive pinion, which drives a 59-tooth lower wheel bearing a moon disc with a two-colored depiction including a lighted area and at least one background sky area and also drives a 57-tooth or respectively 58-tooth, upper wheel, coaxial to this lower wheel and which makes one revolution per day and which includes a sky disc with a depiction of the sun, and an aperture opposite this sun, through which is visible one part of this moon disc illustrating the current appearance of the moon.

Moon phase display mechanism including a control wheel driven by a movement, which control wheel drives a moon phase disc behind an aperture in a dial, and this mechanism includes: coaxial, superposed and permanently driven in opposite directions, a first phase indicator wheel carrying a first heart cam, and a second phase indicator wheel carrying a second heart cam, and this control wheel includes means for guiding a double lever comprising two arms, only one of which arms is arranged, at any time, to cooperate in contact with one of these second and first heart cams, each to display the moon phase visible in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, and to allow the moon phase disc to pivot in the appropriate direction for this hemisphere.

A moon phase indicator mechanism, for a timepiece provided with a movement and a dial, the moon phase indicator mechanism including at least one moon disc, and at least one moon phase train driven by the timepiece movement, the moon phase train meshing with a moon phase wheel which carries the moon disc at least indirectly and in a fixed manner, the moon phase wheel taking the form of a toothed ring in order to move the moon disc with the moon phase train about an axis A.

A method for fabricating a timepiece component partly formed of aventurine, including providing at least one piece of aventurine formed of a mass of coloured glass containing copper crystals scattered throughout the mass; grinding at least one piece of aventurine to obtain a granular powder; depositing at least part of the granular powder on a surface of a support intended to receive a decorative coating; then introducing the support with the granular powder deposited on the surface into a furnace and melting this granular powder so as to obtain, after removing the assembly thus obtained from the furnace and allowing the assembly to cool, an enamel layer made of aventurine which covers the support surface. The timepiece component is, for example, a dial, a moon phase disc or a bezel.

The invention discloses a moon phase displaying mechanism of a wrist watch. The moon phase displaying mechanism is an independent modular mechanism, a tapped foot is sleeved with a moon phase wheel and is arranged on a roller fixing base in a press fitting mode, the roller fixing base is connected with a movement base plate, the moon phase wheel is perpendicularly meshed with a roller wheel piece, the roller wheel piece is arranged on a roller in a press fitting mode, the two shaft ends of the roller are arranged in big round holes in roller supports in a sleeved mode, the roller supports are fixed to the roller fixing base, the tapped foot is arranged on the roller fixing base through a lens part and a cushion block in a press fitting mode, and the lens part is fixed to the cushion block. The moon phase displaying mechanism has the advantages that due to the fact that the optical refraction principle of lenses is applied to the movement of the wrist watch, the change of a moon waxing and waning image is made identical with the change of a true moon waxing and waning image; in addition, due to the fact that the displaying mechanism is modular, the moon phase displaying mechanism can be suitable for any basic movements simply by changing transmission of the movement and the fixing form of the movement base plate; particularly, faults can be handled conveniently and rapidly, and the moon phase displaying mechanism is suitable for both wrist watches and clocks.

The invention discloses a starry sky and moon phase display mechanism in a watch. The mechanism comprises a double-calendar wheel, and a moon phase display part and a starry sky display part which arepackaged into one part, wherein the double-calendar wheel is respectively engaged with the moon phase display part and the starry sky display part to drive the moon phase display part and the starrysky display part to rotate. The mechanism is advantaged in that 1, the double-calendar wheel simultaneously controls and drives star sky real-time indication and moon phase indication so that an ornamental value and artistry of the watch are increased, universality of structural parts is good, process difficulty does not need to be increased, and the occupied space of the watch is small; 2, starrysky and moon phase functions appear in a module form, transmission connection is completed through a universal double-calendar wheel in the watch, universality is high, personalized customization andflexible production of the watch are convenient to realize, and convenience is provided for assembly and maintenance of the watch in the future; and 3, moon phase display is located at different positions of a dial plate according to different positions of the moon at the same time every day.

A moon phase indicator mechanism, for a timepiece provided with a movement and a dial, the moon phase indicator mechanism including at least one moon disc, and at least one moon phase train driven by the timepiece movement, the moon phase train meshing with a moon phase wheel which carries the moon disc at least indirectly and in a fixed manner, the moon phase wheel taking the form of a toothed ring in order to move the moon disc with the moon phase train about an axis A.

Universal moon phase display device for a watch, comprising first means for calculating or receiving the date and second means for receiving a geolocation signal, and third means for calculating or receiving a lunar calendar with the correlation between the date of the moon phase, position calculating means arranged to convert the day's moon phase into a first angular position of a first display member comprised in this device and which comprises a representation of the normal moon, and further arranged to determine the northern or southern hemisphere in which this device is located, to control the direction of rotation of first drive means comprised in this device in order to drive the first display member in opposite directions in the northern hemisphere and in the southern hemisphere.

The invention discloses a turn-around moon phase mechanism of a mechanical watch. The turn-around moon phase mechanism of the mechanical watch comprises a moon phase transmission wheel series, a moon phase rapid-setting wheel series and a front valve swing plate mechanism. The moon phase transmission wheel series comprises moon phase intermediate wheel series and a moon phase wheel series. The moon phase intermediate wheel series is fixed between an upper clamping plate and a lower clamping plate. The moon phase wheel series is fixed between a moon phase rotation disc wheel and a cover sheet. The front valve swing plate mechanism is arranged below the moon phase rotation disc wheel. The turn-around moon phase mechanism of the mechanical watch has the advantages that due to the fact that a clutch wheel transmits motion to a needle setting wheel on the swing plate, the needle setting wheel is meshed with a wheel blade of a rapid-setting wheel, then, the moon phase rapid-setting wheel series is driven, the moon phase rotation disc wheel is adjusted directly, the needle setting wheel stops being meshed with the wheel blade of the rapid-setting wheel, time walking and rapid setting are achieved, a set of moon phase rapid-setting mechanism is adopted so that three functions of winding, moon phase adjusting and rapid setting are achieved , the structure is simple and reliable, part machining is convenient, and transmission efficiency is high.

The invention discloses a moon phase instrument which includes a moon upper semi-sphere, a moon lower semi-sphere cooperatively connected to the moon upper semi-sphere, a shading plate, a hollow main shaft rotational connection with the shading plate, a hollow handle sleeving the hollow main shaft, a base, a conductive slip ring and a scale rotating disk. The conductive slip ring and the scale rotating disk are cooperatively connected with the hollow main shaft, and the conductive slip ring, the scale rotating disk and the hollow main shaft rotate coaxially. The scale rotating disk is built in the base. One surface of the shading plate is provided with a luminescence apparatus, and the other surface is provided with a power supply apparatus electrically connected to the luminescence apparatus. Chinese calendar dates and moon phase names are engraved on the scale rotating disk. A direction-adjustable bearing is arranged at a middle recess cooperative position on the lower surface of the scale rotating disk. The moon phase instrument reasonably simulates the change of the moon phase through the irradiation of an LED light source. The moon landform feature at corresponding moon phase can be seen clearly. The moon phase instrument enables students to scientifically understand moon phase variation rules, and improves the learning enthusiasm of the students.

Moon phase display mechanism comprising an input pinion which makes three revolutions, respectively two revolutions, in 24 hours, and drives a 19-tooth or respectively 29-tooth drive pinion, which drives a 59-tooth lower wheel bearing a moon disc with a two-coloured depiction including a lighted area and at least one background sky area and also drives a 57-tooth or respectively 58-tooth, upper wheel, coaxial to this lower wheel and which makes one revolution per day and which includes a sky disc with a depiction of the sun, and an aperture opposite this sun, through which is visible one part of this moon disc illustrating the current appearance of the moon.

The invention discloses a suspension type 3D printing lamp for simulating moon phase changes. The lamp comprises a 3D printing lamp which is detachably suspended on a lamp bracket. The 3D printing lamp comprises a sling suspended on the lamp bracket, the sling and the top of a 3D printing lampshade of the 3D printing lamp are connected into a whole, and a moon phase change simulating mechanism with a lamp base is arranged in the 3D printing lampshade and connected with a driving assembly. The mechanism comprises multiple light shield plates. The lamp base is connected with a lampshade base through a wire. The lampshade base is provided with a storage battery and a controller. The controller is connected with a wireless charging receiver. By means of the 3D printing technology, the method and structural design that one end of the sling and the lampshade are combined into a whole are achieved through 3D printing, meanwhile, the light shield plates are arranged, moon phase changes can be simulated, a suspension structure in the prior art can be optimized and simplified, the structure is simple, the manufacturing process comprises a small number of steps, the production cost is greatly reduced, the model is novel, and rapid suspended installation can be achieved.

The invention discloses a time display method and a moon phase display method. The time display method comprises the following steps that step 1, from 12 o'clock to 24 o'clock, the circuit board gradually lights up the light sets on the light-emitting part in the directions of 13-24 o'clock, wherein the lamp sets corresponding to each integral point are in the maximum state of brightness; step 2,from 24 o'clock to 12 o'clock, the circuit board gradually extinguishes the light sets on the light-emitting part in the directions of 1-12 o'clock, wherein the lamp sets corresponding to each integral point are in the extinguishing state; and step 3, the steps 1 and 2 are repeated one time every day. The moon phase display method comprises the following steps that step 1, in the first half of anymonth of the lunar calendar, the circuit board gradually lights up the light sets at 11 o'clock to 5 o'clock on the light-emitting part in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions; and step 2,in the second half of the month, the circuit board gradually extinguishes the light sets at 5 o'clock to 11 o'clock on the light-emitting part in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions. The time display method and moon phase display method break the conventional time display method and increase the understanding of the moon phase change.

Disclosed is an electronic apparatus having its operation controlled electronically responsive to the wax and the wane of the moon. The electronic apparatus includes a moon age calendar (4) for storage of the age of the moon, a timer (3) for timing the current date and time, and an image database (5) for storage of moon images. A display controller (6) retrieves the age of the moon, consistent with the current date of time, from the moon age calendar (4), and reads out a moon image of the moon phase consistent with the age of the moon from the image database (5). An operating panel (9) includes a display area for demonstrating the operating state of the electronic apparatus and another display area for demonstrating the wax and the wane of the moon. The display controller (6) causes the moon image to be read out from an image database (5) and demonstrated in the display area for demonstrating the wane of the moon.

A moon phase display mechanism driven by a horological movement, this moon phase display mechanism including a transparent support provided with an upper face and a lower face which extends at a distance from the upper face, a representation of the Moon being transferred, for example by printing or by engraving, to one of the upper or lower faces of this transparent support, a substrate being disposed under the transparent support, at a distance therefrom, the moon phase display mechanism also including a shutter which is driven by drive means moved by the horological movement and which is arranged so as to displace between the transparent support and the substrate, the shutter and the substrate having display contrasts which are inverted relative to each other.

The invention discloses a double-direction rapid-setting moon phase mechanism of a mechanical watch. The double-direction rapid-setting moon phase mechanism of the mechanical watch comprises a clockwise rapid-setting mechanism and an anti-clockwise rapid-setting mechanism. The clockwise rapid-setting mechanism comprises a week calendar rapid-setting rod setting or dislocating a week calendar wheel part, a second moon phase idle gear part meshed with the week calendar wheel part and a moon phase wheel part meshed with the second moon phase idle gear part. The anti-clockwise rapid-setting mechanism comprises a moon phase rapid-setting rod and a moon phase rapid-setting wheel part set or dislocated by the moon phase rapid-setting rod. The moon phase rapid-setting wheel part is meshed with the week calendar wheel part which is meshed with the second moon phase idle gear part. The second moon phase idle gear part is meshed with the moon phase wheel part. The double-direction rapid-setting moon phase mechanism of the mechanical watch has the advantages that due to the fact that moon phase rapid-setting rod sets the moon phase rapid-setting wheel part, reverse and rapid setting of a moon phase wheel controlled by the moon phase rapid-setting wheel part is achieved, double-direction rapid setting of a moon phase mechanism which can only be rapidly set in a single direction is achieved, meanwhile, a rapid-setting button can be arranged on a plurality of point positions of the watch by the double-direction rapid-setting moon phase mechanism, the structure is simple, manufacturability is good, practicability is strong and operating is convenient.