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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7817500 | Shock-activated switch device A shock-activated switch device comprises a piezoelectric buzzer having a body for receiving a mechanical shock and a terminal for outputting an electrical output signal when the body receives a mechanical shock, and an output circuit connected to the terminal for c... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7782717 | On-demand display device for a timepiece The display device, which is arranged to display the minutes and hours, includes two cams (14 and 34) driven separately and respectively from the cannon pinion (11) and the hour wheel (31) of a horological movement. A lever (15, 35... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778118 | Watch device having touch-bezel user interface A watch device includes a touch-sensitive user interface employing a sensor positioned within the bezel of the display for detecting when the bezel is touched by a user of the watch device. The sensor may be capable of detecting single presses, multiple simultaneous... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7646677 | Portable electronic timepiece To provide a portable electronic timepiece capable of downsizing a product without reducing a display area. Zebra rubbers are respectively fixed attached to left and right side faces of a contact member attached portion of a case by making a fixed contact portion co... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7419297 | Control device for a push-piece, in particular for time piece, and portable electronic instrument comprising same There is disclosed a control device including (i) a support (4, 4.1), (ii) an electronic module (6, 60) arranged in or on the support, (iii) a push-button (2.1 to 2.5) mounted to be mobile on the support so as to have a travel in translat... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420881 | Interactive switching device for a portable electronic apparatus The device includes data entry means (10), control means (14) connected to means (12) for displaying said data. The invention is characterised in that it further includes a processing unit (16) inserted between the data entry means (10... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7382691 | Multifunction watch system and method A multifunction watch provides plural worlds, each world supporting one or more modes of operation within the world. Separate configurations can be maintained for each world and separate navigation menus can be provided for each world. Modes of operation may be conf... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382695 | Composite switch, and electronic equipment and electronic timepiece which possess composite switch To provide a jog switch type composite switch which has a waterproofness and in which a letter scroll is easy. Three button axles corresponding to three individual switches are attached to through-holes of an armoring cover while being made possible to perform a rec... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379394 | System and method for modifying button functionality An electronic device comprising a first pusher located in a first position on the electronic device, wherein actuation of the first pusher causes initiation of a first operational sequence; a second pusher located in a second position on the electronic device, where... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7356969 | Electronically shaded thin film transparent monochromatic liquid crystal display laminated window shading system An electronically shaded glass window system is described that provides a progressively darkening window, based on either user input or detection of ambient light. This invention is appropriate for use in commercial buildings, residential buildings, public areas and... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359288 | Method and apparatus for automatically displaying a correct time and date when initially activating a clock Method and apparatus for automatically displaying a correct time and date when initially activating a clock. After manufacture of the clock and before it is purchased by the user, a basic data set, including the time and geographical region data, are input to the cl... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350968 | Case for a watch movement A watch case for an analog watch movement has a housing and a setting ring in a rotatably moveable and axially slideable relationship. The setting ring is coupled with a setting stem of the analog watch for rotation of the setting stem by rotation of the setting rin... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342848 | Lap timer The invention relates to an electronic timing device. The timing device has several modes including Basic mode and Lap mode. Additionally, the timing device computes the speed of an item being timed. Further, the outside of the device is designed to display informat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339580 | Method and apparatus for integrating manual input Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, compliant, and flexible multi-touch surface. The surface consists of compressible cushion dielectric, el... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328236 | Method and system for accessing information and/or data available on a wide area computer network There is disclosed a method and a system for accessing information and/or data available on a wide area computer network (100), such as the Internet. A first modulated acoustic signal (A) is transmitted to a group of potential users each provided with a porta... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321357 | XY roller for scrolling along two axes An input device is provided that is configured to dynamically select and control y-scrolling and x-scrolling. The input device includes a roller wheel configured to be rotated by a user; an encoder configured to encode rotations of the roller wheel; and a sensor cou... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7275859 | Display device for watch The invention concerns a display device for a watch movement comprising: a frame (110), an assembly of wheels pivotably mounted on the frame and wherein the angular position of a first (116) and a second (120) among them is based on the state of... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272077 | Watch 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 |
| 7234010 | Body-worn data storage device A wrist-worn phone is disclosed which includes a main housing with a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface including speaker holes, the front surface having a display. The wrist-worn phone further includes a first strap attached to a first end of the ma... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7210845 | Portable electronic instrument including at least one input/output terminal for establishing a communication with an electronic unit arranged within said instrument There is disclosed a portable electronic instrument (1) including a case (2), at least one electronic unit (72, 74) housed inside the case, and at least a first input and/or output terminal (A; B) accessible from the exterior of the case and inc... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201996 | Sound generator for a portable device A sound generating device is mounted in a recess formed in a case, and a battery is mounted on the case. A pair of terminals are provided on the underside of the case. A pair of leads connect a pair of electrodes of the battery with the terminals. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7187624 | Enhanced control buttons for digital timepieces Enhanced control buttons are provided for a digital timepiece, each button marked with an icon which identifies its function, one icon indicative of the so marked button being operable to turn a night light on/off, another icon indicative of the so marked button bei... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175339 | Electronic object of small dimensions capable of being worn on the wrist The present invention concerns a portable object such as a timepiece (18) capable of being worn on a user's wrist by means of a wristband, this portable object being supplied with electric power by at least one rechargeable accumulator able to be recharged by... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167689 | Crystal for a telephone watch The telephone watch includes a crystal (1) including a keyboard (2) formed in particular of a plurality of capacitive sensors (3) disposed under the crystal. This crystal includes a thick zone (4) at its center and a thinned zone (5 | 01/23/2007 |
| 7142173 | Kinetic device and method for producing visual displays A visual display device is constructed which uses the “persistence of vision” effect of human vision and responds to kinetic motions of the user as the device is held and swung by an operator. Displays may consist of alphanumeric and graphic data with image symm... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7114845 | Timepiece with integral molded wristband A bracelet-style watch having a case, a wristband formed integral with the case, and three separating element is disclosed. The separating elements, located on the case and wristband, form a space between the timepiece and the wrist. The space permits air to freely ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109978 | Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition A method of generating a signal comprising providing a capacitive touch sensor pad including a matrix of X and Y conductors, developing capacitance profiles in one of an X direction and a Y direction from the matrix of X and Y conductors, determining an occurrence o... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110325 | Electronic timepiece To provide an electronic timepiece having a simple constitution, being excellent in durability in an electronic timepiece and made to change date display of date display means in accordance with rotation of a time hand. A 24 o'clock detecting switch detects 24 o' cl... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7098887 | Display device A device is described which comprise of a thermoelectric unit and an electronic flexible display unit. An application of the device may be the device being mounted on a commercial hot beverage holder, whereby using the thermal energy from the hot beverage to display... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7085197 | Tactile reminder device The present invention essentially comprises a housing, a watch display contained within the housing and visible from the front of the housing, a vibrating mechanism contained within the housing and a vibration interval selection dial rotatably connected to the back ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081905 | Method 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 |
| 7079454 | Tactile timepiece A tactilely readable timepiece with a clock device that keeps time. The display comprises a display area and at least one moveable portion within the display. The moveable portion is moveable with respect to the display to form at least one displayed character that ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070322 | Safety wristwatch system A snag-free or safety instrument, such as a wristwatch, having substantially smooth and flowing contours and being free of stems and protrusions eliminates or greatly reduces the potential of state of the art wristwatches to scratch, puncture or tear the skin of per... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065006 | Method 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 |
| 7048433 | Self-righting, variable-orientation display assembly Disclosed is a display assembly comprising a graphical or alphanumeric display and display source such as a clock or other timepiece; a display housing for retaining the display; self-righting means rotatably coupled to the display and display housing with a predete... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050360 | Wrist watch with vibration function To provide a wrist watch with a vibration function which can more enhance the vibration effect so that even when the user is, for example, sleeping deeply, the vibration function can effectively act on the user. The wrist watch with a vibration function comprises a ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7031228 | Timepiece with touch-type reading and control of time data The timepiece, which is preferably a wristwatch, includes for each time position a capacitive sensor (C1 to C12), on a fixed bezel, including only four markings (R3, R6, R9, R12) at 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 9 o'clock and 12 o'c... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031226 | Electronic timepiece including a game mode There is disclosed an electronic multi-function wristwatch one of whose operating modes is a memory game which uses the time display means of the watch. In the preferred version comprising an analogue time display, the watch randomly generates a sequence of visual i... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7016263 | Device for data input into a portable object The invention concerns a device for data entry into a portable object, in particular a watch, with display screen comprising a control button (1) consisting of an elastic mass (2) wherein is housed a permanent magnet (3) and a positioning analog... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015877 | Multi-color segmented display A multi-color segmented LED or other light emitting arrangement display includes specially designed segments such that there are two or more rooms within one segment. When one or more LEDs or light emitting arrangements with different colors are placed in each room ... | 03/21/2006 |
