CN1202049A

CN1202049A - Portable device, in particular watch including antenna associated with removable electronic module and such electronic module

Info

Publication number: CN1202049A
Application number: CN98106361A
Authority: CN
Inventors: V·福恩特斯
Original assignee: EM Microelectronic Marin SA
Current assignee: EM Microelectronic Marin SA
Priority date: 1997-04-04
Filing date: 1998-04-03
Publication date: 1998-12-16
Also published as: IL123538A0; KR19980081011A; TW360817B; JPH10282268A; SG65057A1; CH691094A5; CA2231103A1

Abstract

The watch (30) includes a case (32) within which is arranged an antenna coil (34) whose two ends are respectively connected to two electric contact pads (58, 59) arranged at the periphery of a housing (48) which can house an electronic module (50) intended to be associated with the antenna coil (34) to together form an electronic signal receiver and/or transmitter carrying any type of information or data. The electronic module (50) consists of two electric contact terminals (56, 57). According to the invention, the cover (52) may be actuated to open the housing (28) and allow the removal of the electronic module (50), said module being arranged in a removable manner in said housing (48).

Description

Comprise a mancarried device that can take out electronic building brick and the antenna that links to each other therewith

The present invention relates to a kind of mancarried device, time meter particularly, it comprises a watchcase, and an antenna is housed in the watchcase, this antenna is prepared to combine with an electronic building brick and is formed a receiver and/or reflector or a transmitter.The invention still further relates to a kind of electronic building brick, comprise an electronic installation in it, have the data of some in this device, this device is prepared to be assemblied in the mancarried device of the present invention.

Receiver and/or reflector or transmitter are generally used in the various mancarried devices, for example are used to enter the discriminating step of closing the house.Have the multiple table that is provided with antenna now in order to receiving electromagnetic signals, Biao Nei also is provided with the device that is used to store the data that may be security properties.

Referring to the example among Fig. 1, No. 686696 disclosed a kind of clock and watch 1 of Swiss Patent application include a watchcase 2 and are made of a mid portion 3 and a table protecgulum 5, and both form an inner chamber 4 jointly.Table 1 also includes and is used to receive and/or the device of transmitted radio signal, and this device is made up of an aerial coil 6 and a communication interface, and aerial coil 6 is installed on the ring support 7 and is arranged in the inner chamber 4.Communication interface comprises demodulation and/or modulating device.Antenna is connected on the permanent electronic building brick 9 that is arranged in the watchcase 2 by Electical connector 10.

The problem that disclosed clock and watch ran in the above-mentioned patent documentation is that electronic building brick 9 permanently is arranged in this table, if the data or the information of being stored in the electronic installation of this assembly are security properties, for example being the coding that opens the door or the information of relevant bank, then will be inconvenient especially thing.Mancarried device usually just temporarily is carried on one's body and people often have the mancarried device of a plurality of said functions, particularly a plurality of clock and watch.In addition, some mancarried device has a limited service life and/or does not promptly re-use after the regular period.Therefore, have a kind of danger, the personal data that promptly may belong to security properties are after entering various mancarried device, even these devices have not used or do not re-used.These data also remain in the inside all the time.Be also noted that some data or information may change along with the time, the information of particularly relevant bank, and preferably this data behind every New Transaction just always with its renewal.Therefore, use several mancarried devices, each device all has its own electronic data storage and/or control device does not have saving grace.

An object of the present invention is to overcome the problems referred to above and shortcoming, but still keep the individual to use a plurality of possibilities with mancarried device of an electromagnetic signal receiver and/or transmitter function.

Therefore the present invention relates to a kind of mancarried device, it comprises that a inside is equipped with the housing of an antenna, it is characterized in that described housing comprises a chamber, an electronic building brick that can take out at any time is housed in it, described electronic building brick comprises that at least two electrically contact the district, this antenna has two terminations or electric termination is connected on two Electical connectors, this Electical connector is at least partially disposed on the periphery in described chamber, to guarantee when described assembly is loaded in the chamber and fixes within it by closing device, described two to described assembly electrically contact the district and keep respectively being electrically connected, and antenna of Dian Lianjieing and electronic building brick form an electronic signal receiver and/or reflector together here.

Because above-mentioned feature of the present invention just might be taken out electronic building brick from the mancarried device that includes an antenna.Antenna as communicator is arranged in each mancarried device of the present invention together with one or more external device (ED)s that electromagnetic communication device is housed.On the contrary, be used for the electronic installation of data or information processing, especially for this data or information storage in the memory section of an electronic installation that forms described electronic building brick, may from a specific mancarried device, separate.Like this, electronic building brick and existence data wherein are not to have linked to each other with a specific portable device able in an inseparable mode just.In addition, when electronic building brick and for the chamber of its preparation be to make according to a given standard, just a specific electronic building brick might be bonded in several different mancarried devices and go, particularly clock and watch, card or other portability objects, for example key-ring or jewelry.Should also be noted that also and such electronic building brick might be combined in a computer or any amboceptor in the mode that can take out that it is processed and/or just be read out also to allow to deposit in data in this assembly.

Therefore from feature of the present invention, just can be clear that this electronic building brick can with people one by one or even legal person link mutually and still belong to this people and in a period, be incorporated in several mancarried devices that belong to this people, and this portable device able just temporarily is used.Therefore, for example, a people can have several clock and watch, but has only an independent personal electric assembly alternately to be combined in these clock and watch, and these clock and watch are carried in turn by described individual respectively.

Below with reference to the accompanying drawings and by nonrestrictive example other features and advantages of the present invention are described in detail, in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is existing citation in the preamble, schematically demonstrates a cross-sectional view that can receive the clock and watch of RI radio intelligence;

Fig. 2 schematically shows the electronic building brick that shows clock and watch and an explanation General Principle of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a bottom view according to the signal of the clock and watch of first embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 is the cross-sectional view along the signal of the IV+IV line intercepting of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is the partial cross section view of signal of one the first available scheme of first embodiment;

Fig. 6 is the partial cross section view of signal of one the second available scheme of first embodiment;

Fig. 7 is the partial cross section view of signal of one the 3rd available scheme of first embodiment, only demonstrates electronic building brick and coupled lid here;

Fig. 8 is the perspective view of signal of one the 4th available scheme of first embodiment;

Fig. 9 is the perspective view of the signal of one second embodiment of the present invention; With

Figure 10 and 11 is respectively two width of cloth circuit diagrams of two alternative embodiment of electronic building brick of the present invention, and this electronic building brick is arranged to and can be linked to each other with two needed different antennae.

Along with the development of the electronic chip and the transmitter that are used to manage personal data, personal data enter in several different devices, and security properties and the safe handling aspect done like this for this private data are harmful to.At this situation, as already mentioned, the present invention proposes, as shown in Figure 2, a kind of electronic building brick 18 is set, and this assembly is contained in the chamber 20 of a watchcase 22 in the mode that can take out, includes in the assembly that an electronic installation is used for storing and deal with data if possible.20 bottom is provided with two and electrically contacts base 24 and 25 in the chamber, and in electronic building brick 18 is inserted into chamber 20 and when keeping within it by the lid of establishing for this purpose 28, two of electronic building brick 18 electrically contact pin 26 and are close to mutually with it respectively with 27.Like this, be equipped with one be used to store and if possible the assembly 18 of deal with data just can be arranged on Biao Nei so that allow the electronic installation that uses this assembly 18 by a communication antenna that is arranged in watchcase 22 (not shown)s, this antenna can be contained in the watchcase 22 with the whole bag of tricks of being familiar with known to these professional personnel.

It should be noted that the present invention is not to be only limited to specific frequency range to be not limited to specific application to the antenna that is loaded in the watchcase yet.In addition, though following description relates to a kind of time meter of specific wrist-watch, but the present invention is not limited to this time meter, but be applicable to other mancarried device at an easy rate, as long as an antenna is housed in this device and allow receives and/or launch electromagnetic signal or allow to guarantee the function of a transmitter.

Referring to Fig. 3 and 4, one first embodiment of the present invention will be described here.Clock and watch 30 comprise a watchcase 32, are equipped with one in the shell to be supported in an antenna 34 on the supporting member 7 with the similar mode of the clock and watch of the prior art shown in Fig. 1.The two ends of aerial coil 34 are connected electrically in two of being arranged on the supporting member 7 and electrically contact accordingly on base 36A and the 36B.Clock and watch 30 comprise that also a movement 38 is arranged in the casing ring 40.Clock and watch 30 also comprise a dial plate 42 and one a group of pointer 44 and a LCD (LCD) 46.According to the present invention, in watchcase 32, be provided with a chamber 48 in order to settle an electronic building brick 50, this electronic building brick is prepared to be electrically connected with aerial coil 34 and to be provided with in removable mode.In order to do like this, chamber 48 is by 52 closures of a lid, and lid guarantees that electronic building brick is fixed in the chamber 48 and chamber 48 gives closure by seal disc 54 in the mode that seals.Assembly 50 is equipped with two and electrically

contacts pin

56 and 57, and in assembly 50 is positioned in chamber 48 and lid 52 when being set on the position of closed cavity 48, these two electrically contact

56 and 57 and just lean at two and electrically contact accordingly on

base

58 and 59.

Two electrically

contact base

58 and 59 and are connected on two terminations of aerial coil 34 by

electric connection line

60 and 61 respectively,

electric connection line

60 and 61 ends at two respectively and is electrically connected on the

base

62 and 63, and this

electrical connection base

62 and 63 is electrically connected to respectively on base 36A and the 36B by the metallic conductor 64 that is arranged on casing ring 40 upper surfaces.In this embodiment, electrically

contact base

58 and 59 and be electrically connected

base

62 and 63 and all be arranged in the movement 38.Yet, in other other embodiment, these bases may be positioned on the other supporting point and the electrical connection of aerial coil 34 by finishing with other means of being familiar with known to the those skilled in the art.Particularly, it is fully possible the two ends of aerial coil 34 being directly connected to the

bases

58 and 59 that electrically contact that are located at 48 periphery places, chamber.

Can notice that lid 52 can be handled by any user from the outside of watchcase 32.Therefore, a user may remove lid 52 electronic building brick 50 is taken out, and this electronic building brick is to be arranged in the chamber 48 in the mode that can take out.After assembly 50 was connected electrically on the aerial coil 34, they just formed an electromagnetic receiver and/or reflector together.

Assembly 50 comprises an electronic installation (not being shown clearly in the accompanying drawing), and electronic installation comprises at least one memory section.This electronic installation may be more or less complicated, and comprise (specifically) microprocessor.Any device that can be used for electronic building brick 50 known to every those skilled in the art of being familiar with can use within the scope of the invention.Kindred circumstances, at the portable device able of being familiar with known to this industry personnel, particularly in clock and watch, the device of any antenna can use and not depart from the scope of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 5 to 8, the various other mode of aforementioned first embodiment will be narrated hereinafter, and these other modes are not restrictive.When the various other mode of explanation, every all being not described in detail of before having described.

In the another way that Fig. 5 shows, electronic building brick 68 comprises a metallic envelope that limits two electrodes 69 and 70.These two electrodes are connected on the electronic installation 72 and are by the electrical insulator 71 of a circle that it is separated from each other.Be provided with two and electrically contact bar 74 and 75 on the periphery in chamber 48, when assembly is inserted in the chamber 48 and fixing within it the time by lid 52, these electrically contact bar and form with the

electrode

69 and 70 of assembly 68 separately and electrically contact.The bayonet socket device that lid 52 all is familiar with by an insider is guaranteed the mode closure of chamber 48 with sealing, and the complemental groove of the side termination of lid is arranged in the watchcase 32.Similar with especially for the battery that the electronic watch movement is provided electric power of bonding jumper 74 and 75 device.

In the another kind of alternative plan of Fig. 6, electronic building brick 78 is similar to the assembly 68 of Fig. 5, forms a discrete item but difference is it and lid 80, in order to closed cavity 48.Lid 80 comprises a screw thread 81 and is screwed into the on the watchcase 32 that sealing is guaranteed by a seal washer 82.This scheme has an advantage and a shortcoming.Advantage is from such fact, and the assembly 78 that promptly is bonded on the lid 80 is allowed better clamping, thereby can better operate this assembly 78.But on the contrary, when assembly 78 from the chamber 48 when removing or taking out, just can not again lid 80 be covered and make the chamber closed again.In this case, if must make chamber 48 closures, the another one lid just need be set make watchcase when having within it situation of electronic building brick, also can not give closure in the mode of sealing.

Partly be presented at and only demonstrate lid 52 and electronic building brick 68 in the another kind of alternative plan among Fig. 7, it be just with scheme shown in Fig. 6 different that lid 52 has that a bayonet lock merges and with the

electrode

69 and 70 of assembly 68 are electric insulations.This configuration may be favourable, because, in the scheme of Fig. 6, electrode 70 is a ground connection, if it is to be connected electrically on the watchcase 32 or on wearer's health by covering 80, and lid forms an independent same metallic envelope with electrode 70, this may be have circumscribed.Here it is why in the scheme of Fig. 7, the reason that lid 52 is separated by the mesozone 84 of an electric insulation and assembly 68.

Fig. 8 shows an additional embodiments, and wherein similar to the assembly shown in Fig. 4 electronic building brick 50 is not arranged on the bottom of watchcase 32, and is arranged in the chamber 48 on the watchcase lateral section.Like this, for assembly 50 being taken out from chamber 48, the user need not table is taken down from its wrist.In this scheme, lid 88 is to make with plastics or rubber, thereby it has enough elasticity and is pressed into closed this chamber, top in chamber 48 and makes electronic building brick 50 be fixed on the position that an antenna (not shown) interior with being arranged on table becomes to electrically contact, that is to say, make to electrically contact

56 and 57 and lean respectively and electrically contacting on base 58 and 59.The periphery that recess 90 is arranged on the chamber 48 of watchcase 32 is sentenced and is allowed that just the user can be with a finger, and particularly a nail takes out lid 88.Using a lid made from nonmetallic materials is an advantage.

Referring to Fig. 9, second embodiment of the present invention will be described here, and this embodiment is characterised in that electronic building brick 68 is inserted in the chamber 94, and this chamber aims at and is fitted into a power-supply battery 96 and assembly 68 and is provided with.In the scheme of Fig. 9, battery 96 is connected electrically in two of being arranged on 94 periphery places, chamber in the mode of routine and electrically contacts on bar 97 and 98.Assembly 68 has similar profile to battery 96 and limits two

electricity levels

69 and 70 especially.Electrode 70 electrically contacts bar 100 by one and is connected electrically on the antenna (not shown) that is provided with in the watchcase of an embodiment as described herein, electrically contacts the periphery place that bar 100 is arranged on chamber 94, more exactly, and near the sidewall in this chamber 94.Dish 102 and battery 96 electric insulations that the electrode 70 of assembly 68 is made by an electricity consumption insulating material.Dish 102 preferably is fixed on the assembly 68.Yet this dish 102 also can be fixed on the battery 96 or separate with battery 96 and assembly 69 and form independent element.Electrode 69 contacts base 104 by metal lid 106 and is electrically connected with one, when this lid covered, its surperficial 106A abutted on the electrode 69.

Like this, the advantage of this second embodiment is in a mancarried device, particularly arranges a battery and assembly 68 at one in according to electronic watch of the present invention, only needs an independent chamber 94 and an independent lid 106.Be familiar with other other scheme that these professional personnel obviously can design this second embodiment without departing from the present invention.For example, can design the electronic building brick 68 that has two electrodes, each electrode respectively occupies a part of side surface of assembly 68.In this case, can constitute by two electrically contact bars similar to bow strip 100 for being connected electrically in two set electrical pickofves of the antenna that is arranged in the carrying device, the both be placed in chamber 94 side surface near.Like this, lid just is not used as Electical connector, and this may be favourable for certain specific purposes.

Other shape also can be proposed for electronic building brick and battery, particularly cylindrical or rectangle, two electrodes can be at the two ends of assembly according to selected mode or only at one end.

Referring to Figure 10 and 11, two other schemes of third embodiment of the invention will schematically be described.The same with first and second embodiment, an electronic building brick 108 is arranged in the chamber in the device, and this device comprises a communication antenna.Yet, in this 3rd embodiment, assembly 108 be configured to be separately positioned on two different devices in two different antennae 110 and 112 combine.In order to do like this, in the scheme of Figure 10, electronic building brick comprises that four electrically contact termination 114,115,116 and 117.When assembly 108 was arranged in the chamber of the device that includes antenna 110, two terminations of antenna 110 were connected electrically on two terminations 115 and 116.In contrast, when electronic building brick 108 be arranged on include antenna 112 another the device in, two terminations of antenna are connected electrically on two terminations 114 and 117.Like this, assembly 108 just can be installed different antennas to allow to be used for different purposes, particularly aspect communication distance or frequency range, in this distance and scope, data will exchange between the device that is formed by assembly 108 and coupled antenna 110 or 112 and an extraneous communicator of establishing for this purpose.

As already mentioned, major advantage of the present invention is that it allows that the electronic installation that includes individual particularly or private data can take out or separately, include a device that external device communicates that is used for and establishes for this purpose in this device from a mancarried device.In addition, another important advantage of the present invention is that it allows that an independent same electronic building brick can be arranged in for this purpose several and in the mancarried device established.Therefore, according to the 3rd embodiment, same electronic building brick might be arranged in a plurality of mancarried devices, these devices have with different frequency scope and different transmission power work or with the antenna of different receiving sensitivity work.

Figure 11 demonstrates another kind of scheme, wherein electronic building brick 108 includes only three and electrically contacts termination 114,115 and 116, base 116 is placed in first device that includes antenna 110 according to assembly 108 or is connected on the termination of antenna 110 or antenna 112 in second device that includes antenna 112.

Claims

1. a mancarried device (30) comprises that a inside is equipped with the housing (32) of an antenna (34), it is characterized in that described housing comprises a chamber (48; 94), an electronic building brick that can take out at any time (50 is housed in it; 68; 78; 108), described electronic building brick comprises that at least two electrically contact termination or base (56,57; 69,70; 114,115,116,117), this antenna has two terminations and is connected to two Electical connectors (58,59; 74,75; 100,106A) on, this Electical connector is at least partially disposed on the periphery in described chamber, inserts in the chamber and by closing device (52 to guarantee described assembly; 80; 88; 106) fixing within it the time, described two of described electronic building brick are electrically contacted the termination or base keeps respectively being electrically connected, the antenna of electrical connection described here and electronic building brick form an electronic signal receiver and/or reflector together.

2. mancarried device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, what described closing device can be from described housing is externally actuated.

3. mancarried device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described closing device (52; 106) formed by a lid that disposes a bayonet socket closing device, the complemental groove of this lid is arranged in the described housing (32), so that described chamber (48; 94) can be closed.

4. mancarried device as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, described closing device is formed by a lid (80) with side screw thread (81), so that this chamber (48) pass through threaded together and closure.

5. each described mancarried device in the claim as described above is characterized in that described electronic building brick (68; 78) and described closing device (52; 80) form independent same parts together.

6. each mancarried device in the claim as described above is characterized in that it forms clock and watch (30).

7. mancarried device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, described chamber (48; 94) be arranged on the bottom of the described watchcase (32) of clock and watch (30).

8. mancarried device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, described chamber (48) are arranged on the place in addition, watchcase bottom on the described watchcase (32).

9. each described mancarried device in the claim as described above is characterized in that described closing device (80; 106) be connected electrically in one and limit described electronic building brick (78; 68) electrode (70 that described one of electrically contacts in the base; 69) on, described closing device is formed by a kind of material of conduction at least in part.

10. each described mancarried device in the claim as described above is characterized in that described chamber (94) are arranged to also hold a power-supply battery (96) makes described battery and described electronic building brick (68) be positioned in the independent same chamber (94).

11. mancarried device as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, electric insulation arrangement (102) is arranged between battery (96) and the electronic building brick (68).

12. each described mancarried device in the claim is characterized in that as described above, described electronic building brick (108) comprises that at least three electrically contact pin or base (114,115,116,117), described electronic building brick be arranged to can be different with at least two antenna (110,112) link to each other.

13. electronic building brick (18,50,68,78,108) comprises that at least two electrically contact termination or base (56,57; 69,70; 114,115,116,117), wherein settled an electronic installation (72) that includes at least one memory section, described electronic installation is prepared to be electrically connected with two terminations that are arranged on the antenna in the mancarried device (30), and this mancarried device comprises a chamber (48; 94), can settle a described assembly that can take out at any time therein, described mancarried device comprises two Electical connectors (58,59; 74,75; 100, thus the periphery place that 106A) is at least partially disposed on described chamber makes an electrical pickoff electrically contact the termination base and be inserted in the described chamber and by closing device (28 when electronic building brick with described two of described electronic building brick respectively; 52; 80,88; When 106) being fixed therein, can be activated in the outside of described housing, the antenna of described electrical connection and assembly form an electromagnetic signal receiver and/or reflector together.

14. electronic building brick as claimed in claim 13, it is characterized in that, it comprises that at least three electrically contact the termination or base is connected with first and second different antennae in allowing this electronic building brick and being separately positioned on two different mancarried devices, and described at least one that electrically contacts in termination or the base (115) prepared to be connected with described first antenna (110) and another describedly electrically contacts the termination or base (114) preparation is connected with described second antenna (112) at least.