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Class 368/189 - With pulse blocking means


Subclass of Class 368 - Horology: time measuring systems or devices
Definition: Subject matter wherein the setting means stops a train of
No. of patents: 27
Last issue date: 09/18/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7272077Watch with digital display
Watch with digital display capable of being adjusted by a control device sensitive to rotation and to axial pressure. The watch comprises two lines of alphanumeric characters, of which one is used exclusively for displaying the current time and the other is used exc...
09/18/2007
7081905Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling scroller speed employed for a user interface of a wearable appliance
A wearable mobile computing device/appliance (e.g., a wrist watch) with a high resolution display that is capable of wirelessly accessing information from the network and a variety of other devices. The Wrist Watch device/appliance includes a user interface that is ...
07/25/2006
7065006Method for enabling displayability/inhibitability of mode functions in a multimode electronic device
A method of enabling the displayability of at least one hidden mode in a multimode electronic device, wherein the method comprises the steps of determining that data in the at least one hidden mode satisfies a specified condition; and causing the mode indicator of t...
06/20/2006
7031229Electronic timepiece and display switching method and display switching program for electronic timepiece
An electronic timepiece has a computer for controlling operation of the electronic timepiece. The computer stores in a storage medium data inputted by a user using functions of the electronic timepiece. A display time of the data is switched by the computer in accor...
04/18/2006
6965782Navigation key for a handset
A telephone handset comprises a front surface with a display and a keypad. The keypad includes a group of keys for entering alphanumeric signs and a key for navigating a cursor in the display. The navigation key is placed in the front surface of the phone between th...
11/15/2005
5477508Control of digital watch using menu and thumbwheel
A method and apparatus for control of a digital watch and associated functions, based on a user interface with a menu and thumbwheel. The watch consists of an internal clock, microprocessor, display, rotating cylinder (thumbwheel) operated by the thumb or...
12/19/1995
4526476Correction system for hands display type of electronic timepiece
A correction system for a hands display type of electronic timepiece which can display a plurality of types of time information such as an alarm time and the current time by a single set of hands, with changeover between display of the different types of ...
07/02/1985
4475180Non-volatile memory circuit for portable electronic devices
A writable non-volatile memory circuit for use in portable electronic devices such as electronic timepiece, wherein there is improved the power consumption and there is provided a volatile memory with a serial input for writing the data into the non-volat...
10/02/1984
4417820Time-keeping device, especially a quartz-controlled clock
Electronic clocks with analog time displays and a vibrating quartz crystal (1) as a time standard, as well as electronic frequency dividers (6, 7). The display elements are driven by an electronically controlled motor (SM), said motor comprising a power w...
11/29/1983
4398831Electronic watch
The watch comprises an oscillator, a frequency divider, display means capable of displaying at least hours and minutes, and a correction circuit controlled by a rotary time setting stem which is capable of assuming at least two axial positions, one being ...
08/16/1983
4258431Electronic timepiece having an analog display device and a digital display device
An electronic timepiece having both time indicating hands and an electro-optical time display, wherein individual digits of the electro-optical display can be selected for correction and wherein correction of a digit causes the time indicating hands to ad...
03/24/1981
4199726Digitally tunable integrated circuit pulse generator and tuning system
An integrated circuit pulse generator which may be externally digitally conditioned to provide an output signal at a frequency falling within a predetermined range of signal frequencies corresponding to a specified frequency tolerance includes a fixed fre...
04/22/1980
4173117Electronic timepiece
An electronic timepiece equipped with a differentiation carry inhibit circuit arranged to allow a carry operation due to a carry signal produced by a time counter in response to a time unit signal when the timepiece remains in a time correction mode and i...
11/06/1979
4118922Electronic watch or clock and accessory devices therefor
An electronic watch or clock having incorporated therein an electrical power source battery, an oscillator producing a train of timing pulses at a predetermined frequency and either of a counter for counting the timing pulses supplied from said oscillator...
10/10/1978
4106277Wristwatch setting system
A multi-function LED wristwatch in which all the required functions may be performed with the use of only two push button switches. These switches are time demand for displaying hours, minutes and seconds and date demand for alternatively displaying day o...
08/15/1978
4086755Apparatus for correcting second hand of electronic timepiece
An electronic timepiece comprises an oscillator which generates high frequency pulses, a dividing circuit connected to receive the high frequency pulses from the oscillator and divide them into lower frequency pulses suitable for use as a time standard, a...
05/02/1978
4067187Electronic timepiece
A set of digital indicators in an electronic display unit of a timepiece are actuated by driving pulses transmitted thereto through respective stages of a multistage frequency divider. A switching mechanism is manually operable to advance certain of these...
01/10/1978
4044547Time adjusting system for an electronic timepiece
A time adjusting system for an electronic timepiece has a discriminating circuit for discriminating between an advanced signal appearing during the first 30 seconds of a minute and a delayed signal appearing during the latter 30 seconds of the minute. In ...
08/30/1977
4043111Indicated time-correcting device of digital display timepiece
A time indication correcting device of a digital display timepiece, wherein upon depressing the time adjusting switch, a counter of the second digit (or the counter of the minute digit) is reset and is held in the reset state, and simultaneously therewith...
08/23/1977
4037402Circuit arrangement for a quartz controlled electrical clock
A circuit arrangement for a quartz controlled electrical clock comprising an oscillator stage a frequency divider separated from the oscillator stage by a gate controlled by a control logic unit, an output stage connected to the frequency divider and a st...
07/26/1977
4034551Safety feature for function control circuit
A safety feature for a function control circuit particularly adapted for use with timing circuitry adapted to produce a time based signal is provided. A function signal circuit is adapted to produce either a first or a second function selecting signal. A ...
07/12/1977
4024678Control and correction circuit for an electronic watch
A control and correction circuit for an electronic watch involving three push-buttons which are actuable to select and/or correct the information displayed by the watch. The push-buttons provide actuating signals to a delay device and to logic selection c...
05/24/1977
3988886Time setting device for an electronic watch
An electronic watch having a time-counting circuit comprising a plurality of cascade-connected counter stages where the counts are continuously carried in each predetermined lapse of time under control of output clock pulses from a clock pulse oscillator ...
11/02/1976
3948035Time indication setting circuit
A time indication setting circuit for accelerating or stopping the advance of the time indicating mechanism in an electronic timepiece. A delay circuit receives time pulses developed within the timepiece and the time pulses and delayed time pulses from th...
04/06/1976
3939644Circuit arrangement for controlling the running of a quartz-controlled electric clock
A circuit arrangement for an electric clock comprises an oscillator stage, frequency divider stages, pulse shaper stages and two output stages for controlling the drive, switch means being provided which is operable to disconnect at least part of the osci...
02/24/1976
3939641Electronic circuit for individually correcting each digit of time displayed
A correction circuit for an electronic timepiece is provided wherein a divider stage can be corrected without effecting correction of any other digit of the electronic timepiece to be corrected. The electronic timepiece includes a quartz crystal oscillato...
02/24/1976
3931703Correcting device for an electronic watch
A device for correcting running of an electronic watch comprises two contactors acting on respective bistable circuits in turn acting on a combinatory circuit controlling a counter which provides binary correction information to an inhibitor circuit. The ...
01/13/1976
 
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