Timer Measurement Device Dynamic Adjustment During Sequential Timing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional timer measurement devices lack the ability to easily adjust set timer values during measurement, limiting flexibility and user-friendliness.

Innovation Solution

A timer measurement device with a signal output unit, operation input unit, and processor that allows for changing the remaining time of a selected timer value by receiving a change command, resetting elapsed time, and switching to the next time setting, enabling flexible adjustment of timer values during measurement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If timer values are set in advance and measured sequentially, then measurement accuracy and reliability are improved, but flexibility to adjust timer values during measurement deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemeasurement reliabilityVSAvoidflexibility to adjust timer values

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the dynamics principle by enabling the timer value to transition from a static predetermined value to a dynamically adjustable parameter during measurement. The processor allows reception of adjustment operations during elapsed time measurement, enabling real-time modification of the timer value while maintaining continuous measurement operation. This resolves the contradiction by making the system adaptive without sacrificing measurement reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements parameter changes by allowing the timer value parameter to be modified during the measurement process. The processor receives adjustment operations that change the timer value while measurement is ongoing, and accordingly adjusts the remaining time calculation. This enables flexible parameter adjustment while maintaining measurement integrity, directly resolving the technical contradiction between reliability and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If multiple timer values are measured in order with automatic switching, then productivity and automation are improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to inability to adjust during measurement

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemeasurement efficiencyVSAvoidoperational convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system maintains automatic sequential measurement of multiple timer values for high productivity, while simultaneously enabling dynamic adjustment during measurement through the operation input unit. This dual capability allows users to conveniently adjust timer values during measurement without interrupting the automated workflow, resolving the contradiction between productivity and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The processor automatically calculates and updates the remaining time based on adjustment operations without requiring manual intervention to stop or reset the measurement. The system serves itself by maintaining continuous measurement operation while automatically adapting to user adjustments, thereby preserving both high productivity and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If the timer value is fixed before measurement starts, then measurement precision is improved, but adaptability to changing conditions deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetimer measurement precisionVSAvoidadaptability to changing conditions

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables the timer value parameter to be changed during measurement while maintaining precise measurement of the elapsed time. The processor continuously measures elapsed time with high precision and dynamically adjusts the target timer value based on user input, thereby maintaining measurement precision while gaining adaptability to changing conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from a static timer value to a dynamic one that can adapt to changing conditions during measurement. The processor maintains precise elapsed time measurement while allowing the target timer value to be adjusted in real-time, resolving the contradiction between measurement precision and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11385600B2Timer measurement device, electronic timepiece, timer measurement method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program

Publication Date: 2022.07.12 CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD

AI summary

A timer measurement device includes a signal output unit, an operation input unit and a processor. The processor stores ordered time settings including at least respective timer values. When an elapsed time that is measured by using a clock signal output by the signal output unit reaches a timer value of a time setting selected from the time settings, the processor resets the elapsed time, and switches the selected time setting to a next time setting among the ordered time settings. If the operation input unit receives a predetermined change command during, the measurement of the elapsed time for the timer value of the selected time setting, the processor performs, in response to the change command, a change processing which changes a remaining time with respect to the elapsed time for the timer value of the selected time setting.