Method for timing multiple entities, timekeeping device and timing application

A timekeeping device for simultaneously timing multiple entities, wherein during timing each of the multiple entities runs through a process starting with a start time event in a start phase followed by at least one subsequent time event in a run phase, the timekeeping device comprising

• a first actuator designed to be manually actuatable, wherein a manual actuation of the first actuator triggers the time measurement for an event to be timed
• a time measuring means for time measuring of events, wherein through a manual actuation of the first actuator the time measuring means is triggered to measure and record an actuation time, and the time measuring means is designed to measure and record at least
• a first start time in the start phase and
• multiple subsequent times in the run phase,
• wherein
• the device further comprises
• an assignment means for assigning and reassigning to a recorded subsequent time one of the multiple entities
• a second actuator, wherein the second actuator is designed to enable
• a manual selection of a second entity of the multiple entities that is currently assigned to a second recorded time and
• a manual selection of a first recorded time to which is currently assigned a first entity of the multiple entities and
• a manual linking of the selected second entity to the selected first recorded time,
• and the second actuator is further designed to trigger the assignment means to reassign the second entity to the first recorded time, when the manual linking of the selected second entity to the selected first recorded time is performed
• wherein the second actuator is designed as a second touchable area on a touch screen, and
• wherein the second touchable area displays at least
• a first record, composed of the first recorded time and its currently assigned first entity, and
• a second record, composed of a second recorded time and its currently assigned second entity,
• and the manual actuation of the second actuator, in order to reassign the second entity to the first recorded time, is achieved by
• manually selecting the second entity by tapping on the second record,
• manually selecting the first recorded time by dragging the second record to the first record, and
• manually linking the selected second entity to the selected first recorded time by dropping the second record onto the first record.

A method for simultaneously timing multiple entities using a timekeeping device comprising a first actuator and a time measuring means, wherein during timing each of the multiple entities runs through a process starting with a start time event in a start phase followed by at least one subsequent time event in a run phase, the method comprising:

• in the start phase, when a first start time event occurs, the first actuator is manually actuated and the manual actuation triggers the measuring and recording of a first start time by the time measuring means,
• in the run phase following the start phase, when a subsequent time event occurs, the first actuator is manually actuated and the manual actuation triggers the measuring and recording of a subsequent time by the time measuring means,
• wherein the timekeeping device also comprises an assignment means and a second actuator and
• to each of the recorded subsequent times is automatically assigned one of the multiple entities by the assignment means
• and at a later stage after the automatic assignment of a first entity to a first recorded time may be manually reassigned a second entity of the multiple entities by the use of the second actuator, wherein the second actuator facilitates
• the manual selection of the second entity and
• the manual selection of the first recorded time,
• the linking of the selected second entity to the selected first recorded time,
• wherein the linking of the selected second entity to the selected first recorded time by the second actuator triggers the assignment means to reassign the second entity to the first recorded time,
• such that the manually triggered time measuring and recording is chronologically separated from the manual reassignment of an entity, and
• wherein the second actuator is provided by a second touchable area on a touch screen, wherein the second touchable area displays at least
• a first record, composed of the first recorded time and its currently assigned first entity, and
• a second record, composed of a second recorded time and its currently assigned second entity,
• and the manual actuation of the second actuator in order to reassign the second entity to the first recorded time is achieved by tapping on the second record, dragging it and dropping it onto the second record.

A timekeeping device for simultaneously timing multiple entities, wherein during timing each of the multiple entities runs through a process starting with a start time event in a start phase followed by at least one subsequent time event in a run phase, the timekeeping device comprising:

• a first actuator designed to be manually actuatable, wherein a manual actuation of the first actuator triggers a time measurement for an event to be timed,
• a time measuring means for time measuring of events, wherein, through the manual actuation of the first actuator, the time measuring means is triggered to measure and record an actuation time, and the time measuring means is designed to measure and record at least:
• a first start time in the start phase and
• multiple subsequent times in the run phase,
• wherein the device further comprises:
• an assignment means for assigning and reassigning to a recorded subsequent time of one of the multiple entities
• a second actuator, wherein the second actuator is designed to enable
• a manual selection of a second entity of the multiple entities that is currently assigned to a second recorded time and
• the manual selection of a first recorded time to which is currently assigned a first entity of the multiple entities and
• a manual linking of the selected second entity to the selected first recorded time,
• and the second actuator is further designed to trigger the assignment means to reassign the second entity to the first recorded time, when the manual linking of the selected second entity to the selected first recorded time is performed,
• wherein the first actuator provides at least two different kinds of manual actuation during the start phase in order to allow a capturing of individual start times for different starting situations, such that the individual start time is recorded for each of the multiple entities,
• wherein the time measurement means is designed to recognize and differentiate the different kinds of manual actuations accepted by the first actuator during the start phase,
• wherein the recognized kind of manual actuation determines the recording of an actuation time as the individual start time to one or more of the multiple entities,
• wherein the first actuator includes at least one second sensor and the at least one second sensor is included in an electronic glove, and
• wherein the at least one second sensor is designed to recognize a kind of gesture that is performed with the electronic glove.