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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169858 | Timepiece fitted with a lighting device comprising an ultraviolet light-emitting diode The invention relates to a timepiece (1) fitted with a glass (3) having an inside face and an outside face to the timepiece and a lighting device (4) comprising at least one ultraviolet or infrared light-emitting diode (4a) to illu... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164984 | Time piece with LED light means A timepiece with LED lights uses a simple light-medium body with a very rough finish to allow light from LED(s) to pass though input-end(s) of the light-medium body and travel within the body and obtain a very even brightness on all surfaces of the light medium that... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7839726 | Timepiece including optical guide which performs the function of a crystal A timepiece (40) includes optical means for forming a decorative pattern, in the form of a figurative image, in response to user action. The optical means forming a figurative image include an optical guide (1, 51) having two large faces (10, 11... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7327346 | Electrode and connecting designs for roll-to-roll format flexible display manufacturing The present invention generally is directed to electrode designs suitable for roll-to-roll format flexible manufacturing of an EPD. It is also directed to an EPD having a segment design in a repeated pattern across an entire roll of the display. The EPD preferably i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7280439 | Sunlight simulating microprocessor alarm clock The present invention relates to an improved countermeasure for circadian and sleep disruption as caused by a traditional alarm clock. It incorporates a lighting system at the alarm clock that, prior to the preset waking time, will emit a light that gradually increa... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7219893 | Gaming machine A gaming machine includes a liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal panel and a light guiding plate placed at the rear of the liquid crystal panel and formed with a light deflection pattern for guiding light emitted from illumination means into the liquid cry... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7212193 | Method and circuit for driving display, and portable electronic device A method for driving a display is provided which is capable of reducing current consumption. In the method above, a scanning frequency in a self-emissive display is changed based on a display content to be displayed in the self-emissive display. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7178929 | Light and sound producing system A system for producing sound and light includes a shoe or other article of footwear having multiple sources of light and at least one loudspeaker, and a unit located remotely from the shoe which is operative to transmit an RF signal to a receiver within the shoe cau... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7143012 | Method and device for filtering signals produced by an accelerometer of the piezo-electric type, and application to a portable object such as a watch The invention concerns a method for filtering signals (Vin) generated by a piezo-electric type accelerometer in response to detection of a shock applied to an object to which the accelerometer is connected, this method characterised in that it ensures, du... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7126881 | Customizable timepiece device The present invention relates to a timepiece device, and more particularly to a timepiece device having a customized dial. The timepiece device has a housing and a face plate attached to the housing. The face plate has a peripheral rim which has a plurality of inter... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123550 | Assembly and method for illuminating a watch An assembly is provided that allows construction of a watch that includes multifunctional illumination options. The assembly of the present invention provides a means for illuminating the watch face, a high intensity flashlight and a watch locator beacon. The assemb... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7095463 | Ultraviolet ray emitting apparatus and electronic apparatus using ultraviolet ray emitting elements A display emitting apparatus that irradiates an optically transparent display unit with Ultraviolet rays of light from below to cause luminescent layers provided on the display unit to emit colored rays of light to provide a highly colorful and very ornamental displ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092048 | Liquid crystal display device The present invention relates to an LCD module and an LCD device that minimizes movement of a light guide plate. In an embodiment of the present invention, the light guide plate has catching jaws and projections. The catching jaws are formed by cutting at least one ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7071828 | Wearable band with motion detection and flashing lights A flashing device includes a wearable band having a motion switch for sensing movement of the band and generating a trigger signal in response to the movement, a circuit responsive to the trigger signal to generate an illumination signal, and at least one light whic... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063429 | Light-emitting display device using light-emitting element and electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus has a light-emitting element and a light-emitting portion. An output light from the light-emitting element is guided by a frame-like member having serrations and radiated toward the light-emitting portion. This causes the light-emitting porti... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7054233 | Wall clock with dial illumination A wall clock of the analog type with hands for indicating the time includes a battery, a housing, a dial with time indicia disposed in the housing and an illumination module disposed adjacently to the dial. The illumination module has one or more recesses defined in... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050358 | Electronic device with secondary display projection An electronic device comprising a secondary display made up of a plurality of display segments each of which is made up of a multilayered assembly comprising a transparent substrate having a first and a second surface; a transparent electrically conductive layer for... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7038975 | Luminous hands and display device including the same, particularly in a timepiece There is provided a type of luminous hand including a part made of moulded transparent material that forms a circular head (28, 35) and a body (28, 34) of a hand. In order to direct a portion of a light beam parallel to the axis (15) of the hand... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038976 | Lighting device with central symmetry for a dial A light source (15) is housed in a housing (6) of a case, underneath the dial (10) opposite a guide (17) directing the light onto a reflector (20), formed in a hollow in the internal or external face of a crystal (1) the thi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7023763 | Assembly and method for illuminating a watch An assembly is provided that allows construction of a watch that includes multifunctional illumination options. The assembly of the present invention provides a means for illuminating the watch face, a high intensity flashlight and a watch locator beacon. The assemb... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6987710 | Alarm clock with dial illumination An alarm clock of the analog type with hands for indicating the time includes a battery, a housing, a dial with time indicia disposed in the housing and an illumination module disposed adjacently to the dial. The illumination module has one or more recesses defined ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6958955 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece has an operating unit for switching between a time display mode and a demo display mode, a time measuring unit for measuring time, and a storing unit for storing a timing condition for switching between the time display mode and the demo disp... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950374 | Timekeeping and magnifying device A timekeeping and magnifying device is disclosed. The device includes a watch and a magnifying lens pivotally connected to the watch. The lens may be pivoted away from the face of the watch to magnify objects other than the face of the watch. In one embodiment of th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6934220 | Portable programmable medical alert device A portable programmable medical alert device can be used to program multiple events, each of which will be signaled by an audible and a visual alarm. The user can program and reprogram medication schedules using only the portable alert device. The device, including ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922020 | Electroluminescent lamp module and processing method The present invention is an EL lamp module and a method of producing an EL lamp module. The EL lamp module of the present invention provides both an EL lamp (attachable or printed) and required electrical components for the proper function of the EL lamp in a single... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6904866 | Indicator An indicator having a character plate capable of making indicative characters emit light is provided, wherein a metal character plate 30 is provided with cut-out portions 30a being cut out along the peripheries of respective indicative character... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6838812 | Case and integrated luminescent panel An organic EL panel has a cover glass as one of the components thereof. In the organic EL panel, more specifically, the cover glass, an anode, a luminescent organic layer, a cathode, a sealant, and a sealing substrate are disposed, in that order in the downward dire... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6811278 | Electroluminescent clock An electroluminescent clock is disclosed, wherein light emitting dots are installed on the back side of a transparent plate and ring around and beneath luminous markers, whereby when the light emitting dots are enabled, the luminous markers can be presented with uni... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6717889 | Clock with luminous decoration A clock has a luminous decoration member provided on a dial of the clock. The luminous decoration member is made of a transparent material and formed in an annular shape having multiple lightings fitted therearound. A layer of fluorescent material is applied on a re... | 04/06/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6697303 | Dial for timepiece, manufacturing method thereof and timepiece With a dial for a timepiece comprising a decoration member 21 having a plurality of through holes 22 formed vertically on a luminescent member 10, the cross-sectional area of lower-side holes 24 of the decoration member 21 is formed to be larger than that... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6601964 | Lamp having a readable disk with an electro-luminescent element A lamp comprising a readable disk and a socket. The readable disk includes a readable surface for retrieving recorded data and a light-emitting surface provided with a plurality of conductive terminals. The socket includes a body having a lengthwise slot ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6515416 | Method for manufacturing electroluminescent lamps and apparatus produced thereby An electroluminescent (EL) lamp for an electronic device includes a transparent substrate having a first and a second surface, a translucent layer formed on the first surface and a transparent electrically conductive layer formed on the second surface of ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6512721 | Luminous Dial for timepiece A dial for timepiece is provided which includes a decoration member having a through hole, and a luminescent member disposed under the decoration member. A first surface processed layer is provided on an upper surface of the decoration member, and a secon... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6487143 | Electroluminescent lighting device for a dial Peripheral lighting device for the scale of a dial (11) of an apparatus of small dimensions including a case (1) in which are housed a movement (14) driving at least one hand (12a, 12b, 12c) with respect to the scale, a power source (6) and an electronic ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6480441 | Timekeeping and magnifying device A timekeeping and magnifying device is disclosed. The device includes watch and a magnifying lens pivotally connected to the watch. The lens may be pivoted away from the face of the watch to magnify objects other than the face of the watch. In one embodim... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6452872 | Device for the oriented illumination of a surface by a microprism guide Solid optical guide (10) with microprisms (20) of refractive index n, for uniformly illuminating a surface (4) in grazing incidence at an angle θ1 in which a plane angle δ of the cross-section develops with respect to the surface (4) a substa... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6416217 | Aquarium watch A timepiece has a removably attachable aquarium adapted to support aquatic life. Living aquatic pets are introduced into the aquarium prior to attaching the aquarium to the timepiece. A wearer of such timepiece is then able to contemporaneously tell time ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6398379 | Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display apparatus main body, illuminating component, and transparent plate. The display apparatus main body has a flat screen. The illuminating component is formed into a frame to, correspond to a peripheral edge portion of ... | 06/04/2002 |
