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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7359290 | Power saving method of a chip-on-glass liquid crystal display A power saving method of a chip-on-glass liquid crystal display. The method first (a) wakes up the source drivers of the LCD and (b) transmitting the image data and control signals from the source driver corresponding to the FPC to the farthest waked source drivers,... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7313054 | Positioning and locking mechanism of display means in a portable electronic apparatus The invention concerns a portable electronic apparatus (50) including a dial (52) provided with at least one aperture (54), a support piece (1), fixed in relation to the dial, arranged for receiving display means (2). The support p... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7274625 | Display device An oscillator circuit includes (2n+1) inverters connected in series when n is a natural number, an integrator circuit having an input terminal connected to an output terminal of a (2n+1)-th inverter and an output terminal connected to an input terminal of a first in... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271503 | Power supply circuit including stably operating voltage regulators A power supply circuit is constructed by a step-up circuit for receiving an input DC voltage to generate a plurality of output DC voltages, and a plurality of voltage regulators, each powered by two voltages selected from a combination of the output DC voltages and ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7209114 | Bracelet with information display and imputting capability A bracelet with information display and inputting capability comprises twelve segments hinged together to allow the bracelet to be folded around the wrist of a user. An information processing unit receives inputted information from an inputting device, for example, ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7151515 | Apparatus and method for performing a mirror function in a portable terminal Disclosed is an apparatus and method for embodying mirror function in a portable terminal by which a user can use an LCD of the portable terminal as a mirror, with a rear polarizer of the LCD constructed to allow the LCD to reflect incident light and to perform as a... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7136326 | Watch A watch for displaying time in hours and hundredths of an hour. The watch includes a housing assembly being designed for being worn by the user. A timing assembly is positioned in the housing assembly and operationally coupled to a power supply. The power supply sup... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7091964 | Electronic device with bezel feature for receiving input An electronic device includes a bezel feature, a connector and a processor. The bezel feature is provided on the front panel and interfaces with the processor. The bezel feature includes a circumferential track provided on the front panel and is formed by a contact-... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080784 | Visual display device and a method for operating a visual display panel A visual display device (1) comprises a visual display panel (5) which comprises an electro-optical medium (17) provided by a cholesteric liquid crystal medium which defines a plurality of pixels (20) which are alternately and selectively... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7068569 | Apparatus and method for displaying time and randomly-selected text information The invention is an informational clock, wherein the clock displays information correlating to time displayed on the clock. Information is also varied by a randomizer, wherein a specific entry of information in a database, within an array selected to correlate with ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061832 | Baby bottle timer A baby bottle timer includes a timer configured to have a maximum two-hour time period and an adjustable band attached to the timer and configured to removably attach the baby bottle timer to a baby bottle. The timer has a switch mechanism and a display with changea... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057681 | Liquid crystal display with mirror mode having top reflective polarizer In a display device 100, a reflective polarizer 110, a polarizer 120, a retarder 130, a liquid crystal panel 140, a polarizer 150, and a backlight 160 are disposed sequentially from the viewing side. When the liquid c... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042805 | Disposable contact lens reminder clock A contact lens reminder clock for use with a contact lens tray to remind wearers of disposable contact lenses of the exact day since the lenses were first used. The reminder clock includes dual digital display showing days (and/or hours) since the clock was reset an... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042809 | Method and device for recognizing manually traced characters on an input zone The invention concerns a method and an electronic device for recognizing characters traced manually on an input zone (10) comprising a plurality of sensors (15) each capable of being activated by a finger or a tracing instrument (13). The method... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7030949 | Optical display including a cholesteric layer, a display device and a diffusing layer on an exit side of the cholesteric layer A wavelength-selecting optical element includes a cholesteric layer that reflects or transmits either of a right-handed circularly polarized light component and a left-handed circularly polarized light component in a selected wavelength band of an incident light; an... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7023509 | Liquid crystal display device with a partial reflector and a polarizer on the partial reflector and an electronic apparatus A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal layer 4-sandwiched between opposed upper and lower substrates, and upper and lower polarizing layers provided at the top and bottom of the liquid crys... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6995739 | Variable color display and articles incorporating same A display and a watch including a display which includes a first polarizing means, a second polarizing means, a display means, rotation means for causing relative rotation between said first and said second polarizing means, said second polarizing means being dispos... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6975066 | Organic EL element An object is to provide an organic EL element which can realize the improvement in the difference of an emission luminance due to the difference of an emission rise time in a plurality of light emitting portions. Segment portions S for determining an emission in a s... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6967903 | Control method for executing functions in a diary watch The control method allows execution of various functions in an electronic diary watch, which includes, in a case closed by a crystal, a time-keeping circuit and/or a watch movement powered by an energy source, and a dial on which the time is displayed in a digital a... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965543 | Radio controllable clock A radio controllable clock includes an analog display having a plurality of clock hands each fastened to a uniquely associated one of a plurality of clock hand shafts that each rotate about a common axis. The clock also includes a plurality of rotary gears each uniq... | 11/15/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6882596 | Manual control device for executing functions of an electronic watch The manual control device for executing functions of an electronic watch (1) particularly a diary watch, includes a certain number of sensors (C1 to C7) wherein one touch sensitive pad of each sensor is placed for example on an internal face of ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6809993 | Electronic timepiece including a time related data item based on a decimal system The present invention relates to an electronic timepiece allowing the display of at least one first time related data item (H1) conventionally based on the Hour-Minute-Second system, and at least one second time related data item (H2) based on ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6760003 | Miniature electronic device A small-sized electronic apparatus is provided which, in the case of use as a watch, can be manufactured at a low cost but with the same thickness, size, weight, etc., as a conventional watch and which includes various sensing means for switching and for shutter ope... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6714488 | Kinetichrome A watch is disclosed that includes a color changing feature that is created by using two polarized lenses, one of which is stationary, the other of which would rotate around a central axis. The presence of the two polarized lenses would create a display of color tha... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6711101 | Segmented display and timepieces using same A system for providing electronic jewelry and telling the time of day includes binary display beads (105, 110) or segmented display beads (600, 700) arranged on a necklace or bracelet. In one embodiment, binary display beads successively indicate passa... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6683822 | Time display device The invention provides an enhanced structure of a time display device includes a circle with 60 display units on the circumference of the clock face, among which 12 display units are made larger for displaying hour of time (hour display units) and the res... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6678217 | Display assembly with chromatic contrast inversion The assembly includes a first display device (22) in front of which is arranged a second active liquid crystal display device including, starting from the exterior, a front polarizer (11) selective of a first color "V", a liquid crystal display cell (26) ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6674497 | Electrooptic display device A display device, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a pointer, a scale and an electrooptic display, it being possible to represent measured values on the scale in an analog fashion using the pointer, and at least one area of the electrooptic displ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6671231 | Sequential control method for a display assembly including two superposed display devices A sequential control method for a display assembly including two superposed, respectively top (22; 46) and bottom (24; 48), display devices, the top display device (22; 46) including at least a liquid crystal display cell (26, 28; 50) and being arranged s... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6661743 | Electronic device with display section A display includes a plurality of display arrays, such as a time display section (37), a chronological display section (38), and a chronological split display section (39). An upper or lower polarizer is provided with a light modulating section having a r... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6643224 | Timepiece including multiple liquid crystal displays A timepiece, in which a first liquid crystal display panel and a second liquid crystal display panel, each of which is constituted by sealing a liquid crystal layer in a gap between a pair of substrates formed with electrodes on opposed inner faces thereo... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6639875 | Time piece with changable color face A timepiece that has an LCD face that changes color when the time changes between the A.M. and the P.M. to provide a pleasing esthetic appearance to the user. Further, the timepiece may have a manual control such as a button that may be depressed to cause... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6633510 | Dual time zone time piece A dual time piece having at least two clock faces thereon with each clock face having indicia thereon that enable the user to determine whether the time displayed by each time piece represents time before noon or time after noon.... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6621766 | Flexible timepiece in multiple environments An electrophorectic display is used in a watch, allowing for a dynamic range of new shapes and environments of use. The present invention addresses many of the shortcomings of the prior art watch technology. Specifically, a watch that embodies the present... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6618327 | System and method for driving LCD displays A system and method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) having at least one segment. The system includes an LCD driver connected to a segment of the LCD. A processor may be selectively configured into any of at least two multiplexing modes, where t... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6603710 | Method for making a display module including a liquid crystal and a single-face printed circuit, and module obtained via said method The display module (30) includes at least one liquid crystal cell (2) electrically and mechanically connected to a flexible display control printed circuit (1)having, arranged to a single face, electronic components for controlling the cell and metal path... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6600527 | Display assembly including two superposed display devices The invention concerns a display assembly including two superposed, respectively upper (24) and lower (26) display devices, characterised in that the upper display device (24) includes a double structure formed of a display cell (28) arranged above an opt... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6587399 | Two-color liquid crystal display assembly The assembly includes on the one hand a first device I determining a first color, said device being formed of a liquid crystal display module (CL; CL1, CL2), including at the front and at the back a linear polarizer (PAb1,... | 07/01/2003 |
