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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7746731 | Electronic device with solar cell An electronic device such as a watch comprises a solar cell (14) and window portions (2, 6) which is located on the solar cell (14) and through which light is applied to the solar cell (14). The solar cell (14) is divided into a pl... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7400556 | Electronic timepiece with solar cell An electronic timepiece with a solar cell includes a timepiece movement, a timepiece case for housing the timepiece movement, a casing ring for housing and holding the timepiece movement in the timepiece case, a solar cell and a dial. The solar cell is disposed almo... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7354857 | Method of making iron silicide and method of making photoelectric transducer A solar cell comprises a substrate, and a metal electrode layer, a p-i-n junction, and a transparent electrode layer which are successively laminated on the substrate. The p-i-n junction comprises an n layer, an i layer, and a p layer which are laminated in this ord... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7333401 | Timepiece dial and timepiece A timepiece dial having a base member made primarily of polycarbonate, a silicon compound layer made primarily of a silicon oxide compound, and a zinc sulfide compound layer made primarily of a zinc sulfide compound and rendered on the opposite side of the silicon c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327638 | Electronic timepiece Using an oscillating unit (601) that can start oscillation with a low voltage, an oscillation signal (S1) of the oscillating unit (601) is amplified via a waveform shaping unit (603), and is fed to a boosting control unit (105). A ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324410 | Watch with special back A pocket or wrist watch has a unique back member that is constructed to hold a disc by adhesive means. The disc may impart special importance to the watch. It may be constructed from a gaming chip. The watch movement may be housed in another portion of a gaming chip... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7265520 | Electronic apparatus and method of controlling the electronic apparatus An electronic watch in which the display on a liquid crystal display 236 is prohibited when the detected output voltage of a secondary battery 220 drops to a first predefined voltage. An initialization process is performed when the detected voltage of ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259692 | Hybrid power management system and method A system and method for hybrid power management. The system includes photovoltaic cells, ultracapacitors, and pulse generators. In one embodiment, the hybrid power management system is used to provide power for a highway safety flasher. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7242641 | Timepiece dial and production method therefor A dial for a watch has a transmissive substrate (11) and a series of projections and recesses (11a, 11b). A nontransmissive film (12) is formed in each of the recesses with a metallic film. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7206044 | Display and solar cell device Displays such as liquid crystal displays (10), organic light emitting diode displays, and touch sensitive displays (41) are stacked with one or more solar cells (15) such that light passing through the displays will illuminate the light receivin... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7173882 | Methods and systems for performing horological functions using time cells A simple electronic horological device, termed a time cell, is presented with associated methods, systems, and computer program products. A time cell has an insulated, charge storage element that receives an electrostatic charge through its insulating medium, i.e. i... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7136138 | Liquid crystal display device A timepiece provided with a liquid crystal display panel (9) for displaying thereon at least one of time information (5) and calendar information (4), wherein a solar battery unit (12) is provided to face at least a part of a visual recog... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7113452 | Electronic timepiece When a stem switch (8) is pulled out, a switch signal forming unit 9 outputs a signal (RS) indicating that effect, a control unit (13) receives the signal (RS) and starts clocking by a timer (13a). The control unit (13) rece... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7102964 | Time keeping apparatus and control method therefor When a time keeping apparatus is in a power saving mode, performing time display is stopped, and the apparatus periodically receives a time data from outside and sets the data to a second time counter 98 and an hour-and-minute time counter 99. When the... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7079453 | Timepiece and electronic apparatus with bulb-shaped semiconductor element The present invention relates to a timepiece and an electronic apparatus, which comprise a casing, a digital face and a time counting module, both being provided in the casing. A bulb-shaped solar battery element is mounted on the digital face. The bulb-shaped solar... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7057102 | Solar cell module and portable electronic apparatus with it A solar battery module (5) is provided by forming a solar battery (13) on a surface on one side of an insulating substrate (12) and forming an electrode thin film (11), which is connectable to a reference potential (32) and integra... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042135 | Current detection circuit and current detection method A current detection circuit which applies an AC voltage to a vibrator (1) which converts electricity into a mechanical energy to vibrate, and detects a mechanical branch current serving as a current component which contributes to the vibration of the vibrator... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7016264 | Light emission and display devices and electronic apparatus using the display device A light emission and display device (for example, timepiece module) comprising an ultraviolet ray emitting element that emits ultraviolet rays, light emission areas that react to the ultraviolet rays to thereby emit the corresponding colored lights, and a pair of le... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6979989 | Maximum power sensor for photovoltaic system A maximum power level sensor and method for reliably providing instantaneous estimates of maximum power level for a photovoltaic system including one or more photovoltaic cells under prevailing conditions of irradiance, array temperature and spectrum of sunlight. Th... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6956794 | Electronically controlled timepiece, and power supply control method and time correction method therefore An electronically controlled timepiece includes an analog circuit (160) driven by a power source (22), a logic circuit (170) driven by a constant voltage regulator circuit (161) forming part of the analog circuit, an oscillator circuit ( | 10/18/2005 |
| 6903784 | Display assembly with contrast inversion including two superposed display devices A second device (24) is mounted on a first device (22) formed of a liquid crystal (27) display cell (26) at the front of which is arranged a first linear polarizer (40), of a liquid crystal (29) optical valve (28) at ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901033 | Electronic timepiece In an electronic timepiece 1 having a main plate 10, a drive circuit 36, a stepper motor 33, a train wheel, a dial plate, a power supply 15, and an insulation sheet 12, the insulation sheet 12 covers at least the vici... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6876602 | Electronic timepiece, information processing device, method of displaying charged condition of secondary cell, and computer product A first voltage detector detects whether the voltage of a secondary cell has reached to 1.2V and a first timer counts a time duration for which the voltage is equal to or above 1.2V. If the time counted by the first timer reaches one hour, a second timer starts coun... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6791905 | Timepiece A timepiece is provided with a solar cell 8 comprising a power generation unit 39, having a first electrode, a photovoltaic layer, and a second electrode, stacked up in that order on the solar cell substrate 31 so as to be superimposed on each o... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6757220 | Electronically controlled timepiece, and power supply control method and time correction method therefor An electronically controlled timepiece includes an analog circuit (160) driven by a power source (22), a logic circuit (170) driven by a constant voltage regulator circuit (161) forming part of the analog circuit, an oscillator circuit ( | 06/29/2004 |
| RE38528 | Alarm clock with time activated and speed controlled vehicle device The present invention is an alarm clock device which programmably and automatically coordinates the movement of one or more electric toy trains, or the like. The present invention alarm clock preferably triggers the movement of an electric toy train when a pre-set a... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6680877 | Solar night splitter and event timer A solar counter to provide an accurate way of measuring the middle of the night or another selected fraction of the day or night. The solar counter activates an electronic event when it has finished counting down. For example, a lamp can be turned off hal... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6643223 | Time keeping apparatus and control method therefor When a time keeping apparatus is in a power saving mode, performing time display is stopped, and the apparatus periodically receives external time data and sets the data into a second time counter and an hour-and-minute time counter. When the operation mo... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6636459 | Electronic clock and method of controlling the clock An electronic timepiece is controlled such that, when an amount of the actual capacity that remains in storage means 30 thereof is found to be less than a predetermined amount as a result of measurement of a voltage between the terminals of the storage me... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6570270 | Power conditioner for solar power generation system An inverter unit converts power from a solar battery into AC power and interconnects the AC power with a utility power supply. A control circuit manages the time during which the inverter unit stops. If the time is equal to or longer than a predetermined ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6542120 | Solar powered GPS device A solar powered GPS device for receiving GPS signals transmitted from GPS satellites in order to determine a time of day. The solar powered GPS device includes a housing that has an interior. A GPS assembly is mounted in the housing for receiving GPS sign... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6538959 | Display plate for timepieces and method for fabricating the same An indicating plate for a timepiece is provided which is so structured as to prevent viewing of the solar cell and other items arranged thereunder through the indicating plate, which permits the same design expression as realized by the conventional metal... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6521822 | Electronic unit In an electronic device having a solar cell and a unit driven by a power generated by the solar cell, the solar cell 10 includes a transparent substrate 12; a plurality of conductive portions 14a to 14d provided around the transparent substrate 12 and con... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6518493 | Display device for electronic apparatus comprising solar cell In a display device for an electronic apparatus, a circular polarizing plate constituted by a linear polarizing plate 42 and a 1/4λ plate 43 is provided between a solar display board 41 and a middle frame 46 for fixing a module 45 having a solar cell 44 ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6466522 | Indicating plate for watches An indicating plate for a solar watch, comprising a color diffusion plate which, by virtue of the presence of a coloring agent, a coloring light diffusing agent, a colored translucent substrate, a pattern layer/colored thin film layer and a diffusion laye... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6459035 | Photovoltaic cell having a colored appearance, particularly for a watch dial There is described a colored photovoltaic cell (1) with a semiconductor, preferably silicon, which has high efficiency and a pleasing colored appearance, allowing it to be used as a dial for a watch or another electronic apparatus powered by the cell. The... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6452089 | Solar battery module An object of the invention is to provide a solar battery module having a high efficiency power generating ability, a harmony of design without an odd sensation, and a freedom of design. The object is achieved by a solar battery module comprising, on a lig... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6424600 | Portable electronic device and control method for controlling the portable electronic device To provide a portable electronic device which is easily shifted into a power save mode at the discretion of an operator, such as a user, and optimally reduces power consumption in accordance with the current use of the device. An operator can force an ele... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6396771 | Means for recharging a watch accumulator The present invention concerns an electric timepiece, in particular a wristwatch, supplied with electric current by an accumulator (16) intended to be recharged once flat, this timepiece (1) including a time-setting stem (4) and at least one control membe... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6372977 | Electronic apparatus with a solar battery In the case of using a solar battery formed by growing an amorphous silicon film on a substrate as a watch face for an electronic watch, there had been great restrictions with regard to the design of the watch face. If it is possible to impart transparenc... | 04/16/2002 |
