Prayer clock

• US 20060083113A1
• Filed: 12/05/2005
• Published: 04/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ali Ambulgasen Youssef Shebani
• Original Assignee: Belal Establishment
• Inventors: Shebani, Ali
• Application Number:
  US11/293,249
• Publication Number:
  US 20060083113A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/47
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0076 in which the time in another time-zone or in another city can be displayed at will

Abstract

A clock having a time display unit (2) with an hour and a minute indication and a control unit (4). The clock comprises elements for signaling a plurality of times of occurrence of certain events during the course of the day and elements for determining the occurrence times of the events dependent on information related to a given location.

Claims

1. Clock comprising:

a time display unit with an hour and a minute indication;

a control unit;

means for signalling a plurality of times of occurrence of certain events during the course of the day;

means for determining the occurrence times of said events dependent on information related to a given location; and

wherein said means for determining the occurrence times of said events to be signaled comprise means for storing information on a plurality of locations and information on the times of occurrence of said events directly in the clock, said stored information including a database relating geographical information on said plurality of locations with the corresponding information on the occurrence times of said events to be signaled by the clock, and

wherein the control unit is adapted to allow geographical information on the location to be entered.

2. Clock according to claim 1, comprising means for connecting an internal or an external position and/or time reference unit.

3. Clock according to claim 2, wherein said means for connecting an internal or external position and/or time reference unit comprises a GPS/DCF-interface.

4. Clock according to claim 2, wherein the internal or external position and/or time reference unit comprises a GPS receiver and a GPS antenna integrated in or connected to the clock and delivering geographical and/or time reference data to the clock.

5. Clock according to claim 2 wherein said means for determining the occurrence times of said events comprise means for calculating said times of occurrence of the events to be signaled according to known formulate governing these times and taking into account geographical information related to a location and acquired by or stored in the clock.

6. Clock according to claim 5 wherein the means for calculating the occurrence times are adapted to communicate with an internal or external position and/or time reference unit in order to acquire the necessary geographical information.

7. Clock according to claim 5 wherein the means for calculating the occurrence times are adapted to communicate with said means for storing information situated directly in the clock in order to acquire the necessary geographical information.

8. Clock according to claim 5 wherein the means for calculating the occurrence times are adapted to communicate with the control unit in order to acquire the necessary geographical information.

9. Clock according to claim 5 wherein the means for calculating the occurrence times are adapted to perform several methods of calculation of these times dependent on a number of parameters.

10. Clock according to claim 5 wherein the means for calculating the occurrence times comprise a main board and a PC board.

11. Clock according to claim 10 wherein the main board comprises a system controller and a power supply.

12. Clock according to claim 1 wherein the means for signaling a plurality of times of occurrence of certain events during the course of the day comprise a secondary display unit.

13. Clock according to claim 12 wherein the secondary display unit is adapted to be used also during set up and modifying the configuration of the system of the clock.

14. Clock according to claim 12 wherein the secondary display unit is a thin film transistor (TFT) or double super twisted nematic (DSTN) display.

15. Clock according to claim 12 wherein the means for signaling a plurality of times of occurrence of certain events during the course of the day comprise acoustic means.

16. Clock according to claim 15 wherein the acoustic means and said secondary display unit are adapted to be driven by a PC board in an independent or in a coherent manner in order to signal the occurrence of an event to be signaled by the clock.

17. Clock according to claim 1 wherein the control unit is adapted to communicate with a remote control unit.

18. Clock according to claim 1 wherein said means for signaling a plurality of times of occurrence of certain events during the course of the day are adapted to signal at least five different events during the course of the day.

19. The clock according to claim 1, wherein said means for storing information comprises a flash card.

20. Clock comprising:

a time display unit with an hour and a minute indication;

a control unit;

means for signaling a plurality of times of occurrence of certain events during the course of the day;

means for determining the occurrence times of said events dependent on information related to a given location; and

means for connecting an internal or an external position and/or time reference unit,

wherein said means for determining the occurrence times of said events to be signaled comprise means for storing information on a plurality of locations and information on the times of occurrence of said events directly in the clock, said information on the storage means forming a database relating geographical information on said plurality of locations with the corresponding information on the occurrence times of said events to be signaled by the clock,

wherein the control unit is adapted to allow geographical information on the location to be entered, and wherein the means for signaling a plurality of times of occurrence of certain events during the course of the day comprising a secondary display unit that is adapted to be used during normal operation of the clock, in normal and event modes, as well as during set up and modifying the configuration of the system of the clock, in a menu mode.

21. Clock comprising:

a time display unit with an hour and a minute indication;

a control unit;

means for signaling a plurality of times of occurrence of certain events during the course of the day;

a memory having a database for storing information on a plurality of predetermined geographical locations and predetermined information on the times of occurrence of said events corresponding to each of said plural locations directly in the clock, and

wherein the control unit allows additional geographical information on the locations to be entered.