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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8111589 | Digital wristwatch, digital watch, and digital clock Digital wristwatch, digital watch, and digital clock. For example, a digital wristwatch comprises: a clocking module able to track: (a) current real time, and (b) rounded time; and a display unit able to display at least the rounded time. Additionally or alternative... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7347619 | Watch assembly having a dial integrally formed in the watch-glass A watch assembly includes a case, a movement provided at an inner side of the case, hands coupled to the movement for indicating hours, minutes, and seconds, and a watch-glass provided at the case, the watch-glass having a dial so that the hands indicate a character... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7258481 | Multiindicator device and method for calibrating/setting same A method of setting/calibrating at least two display hands in an electronic device, wherein the method comprises the steps of initiating an actuation sequence of the setting/calibration mechanism; causing the first of the at least two display hands to rotate at leas... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7110064 | Liquid crystal dial having polarizing plate with cutout corresponding to transparent section of the dial A displaying apparatus (10) is configured such that illumination light emitted from light sources (15, 15 . . . ) disposed on a back side of a liquid crystal displaying plate (11) illuminates an optically transparent displaying section (16 | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7009915 | Compact color changing LCD watch The present invention includes a dual display watch module comprising a watch face with selectively changing backgrounds which is capable of displaying the time of day using an analog display superimposed over the color-changing watch face thereby creating unique op... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6992481 | Method for compensating for predictable generated signals in an electronic device In an electronic device, a method of measuring an external field and displaying indicia related to the measurement, wherein the electronic device generates a first internal field and at least a second internal field, wherein the method includes the steps of measurin... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6975563 | Test pacing wristwatch with vibration reminder A multimode electronic timepiece for assisting a person to take a multiple question timed examination. The number of questions and test time are entered into the timepiece along with selected alert points. A test timer mode then displays time remaining in the examin... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6958953 | Real time clock circuit having an internal clock generator Under the present invention a real time clock circuit, within a set-top box, is provided with an internal clock generator for generating multiple clock signals. Once generated, a first clock signal is divided into an initial set of values representing time and optio... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6937301 | Time piece with power generation function A watch unit having a time-displaying section, including a reflection-type polarizing film 14 disposed on an upper portion or a lower portion of the time-displaying section or a portion comprising a part of the time-displaying section, an optical modulation s... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6904001 | Apparatus and methods of providing enhanced control for consumers Apparatus and method are described for controlling aspects of a users life to provide additional safety, efficiency, and comfort. A clock is described allowing a user to readily track the time spent according to a plurality of tasks, and switch between tasks with a ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6807130 | Selective prompts for setting or resetting digital time displays Real time balanced, quadribalanced, enhanced quadribalanced or unidirectional segmented digital time display systems are modified by inclusion of selectively prompted displays which are readily visually distinguishable from the real time displays and which prompt th... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6639874 | Pointer electronic timepiece, operating method and control program thereof A pointer electronic timepiece (1) has a plurality of step motors, a plurality of pointers (11 to 18), and a plurality of external operation members of a winding crown (5) and buttons (6, 7). The pointer to be adjusted is selected from the plurality of po... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6614727 | Three dimensional children's sleeptime timer and clock device The present invention is a children's sleeptime timer and clock device. It includes (a) a housing adapted to contain and display at least one clock and to contain (b) at least one clock; and (c) a sleeptime display timer contained within the housing, whic... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6361325 | Children's sleeptime timer and clock device The present invention is children's sleeptime timer and clock device. It includes a housing which contains and displays a clock, such as a digital clock, and/or an analog clock, and contains a sleeptime display timer. The sleeptime display timer contained... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6343050 | Analog clock driven by radio signals with automatic resetting means An analog clock with a contiguous digital display is driven by radio signals from a WWVB or other time keeping radio station. To avoid using magnetic or optical feedback of the position of the hands of the analog clock if an erroneous time is shown (for e... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6326883 | Device for monitoring the delivery of a speech A device and method for monitoring the delivery of a speech having selected time limits for specific speech types, includes a housing having a control panel, a clock display, and an array of different colored light emitting elements that are activated cor... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6323783 | Device with alternating status message display capability A device such as a watch, pager or combination pager/watch that can iteratively display status information messages for set predetermined periods of time at a predetermined location on the display. In normal operation, the device is displaying a variety o... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5815554 | Method and system for indicating operator availability A timing system which permits the operator of the timing system to indicate to others who wish to interact with the operator whether the operator is currently available. If the operator of the device is unavailable, the ting system indicates at what time ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5691962 | Wristwatch with illumination system for multiple digital and analog styles An improved illuminated watch movement with analog and digital features comprising a frame containing an analog stepping motor and gear train connected to operate timepiece hands located substantially in the center of the movement. The frame has a recess ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5422864 | Minute clocks An analog timepiece that has a dominating large minute area surrounding a smaller hour inner circle area. The minute outer band area is divided into 2 hemispheres: the right hemisphere starting at the "o'clock" word on top, swing downward "after" around t... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5202858 | Analog electronic timepiece having an electric-optical display device An analog electronic timepiece includes a dial plate in which an opening is formed, an electric-optical display panel arranged below the opening, and a shutter plate movably mounted between the dial plate and the display panel. The shutter plate is moved ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 4488818 | Watch with an analog display device the dial of which is formed by a liquid crystal display cell A watch display comprises time display hands (3, 4) and a reflecting digital display (5) which acts as dial for the hands, the display being transparent under the effect of an electric field and opaque in the absence of the field.... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4472065 | Time read-out device for electronic clocks A device for converting pulses generated by a 7-segment, 12-hour clock unit of a standard electronic timepiece into a sequence of nonoptical time-indicating signals. The device comprises binary counter means for counting minutes and groups of 5-minute mul... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4436435 | Analog and digital display timepiece A timepiece including an analog display of time and a digital display of time is provided. The analog display includes at least an hour hand and a minute hand with the digital display disposed within the region between the analog dial and the cover glass ... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4413915 | Watch having an analog display and a digital display A watch which comprises movable analog display members, a dial and a digital display cell surrounded by said dial. The watch is further provided with means that can be controlled by the user of the watch, for making the digital display device visible or i... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4396294 | Correction system for electronic timepiece with both analog and digital displays In an electronic timepiece equipped with both an analog display section having time indicating hands and a digital display section, a time correction system is provided whereby correction of both the analog and digital time displays can be performed by ro... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4392216 | Integrated circuit for timepiece The integrated circuit, including MOS transistors, for driving the step motor of an analog display is substantially reduced in size by boosting the transistor gate voltage above the battery voltage applied to the source-drain terminals.... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4370063 | Clock with dual time-indicators A clock with dual time-indicators, one of each of the indicators being located at a transparent face at opposite ends of a clock casing, includes a drum which is mounted within the casing and is driven by a motor at a rate of one revolution per each twelv... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4355380 | Electronic timepiece with auxiliary digital display An electronic timepiece with hands 1, 2 has a plurality of auxiliary digital displays 5, 6 and 7 for indicating the same parameter, e.g., the day of the month. Only the digital display not interfering, at a given moment, with the analog time display is ac... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4338680 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece which can provide an analog display by a pointer of time information of at least "hour" and "minute" delivered from an electromechanical time keep mechanism and can digitally display by a photoelectric display device a time informa... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4335453 | Electronic watch In an electronic watch the indication of the time (hours, minutes and possibly seconds) is given in analog form by means of a first passive electro-optic display cell. The display segments of this first display cell are arranged radially with respect to a... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4320484 | Electro-optical analog digital display A simultaneous analog digital timepiece display comprises two superposed passive electro-optical cells one of which provides analog information and the other digital information. The timepiece is arranged and adapted such that the two types of information... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4312057 | Electronic timepiece providing audible and visible time indications An electronic timepiece is arranged to give an audible time signal indicative of the current time when a user operates an externally manually operable switch means. The operation of the switch means causes a signal emitting means responsive to information... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4308608 | Digital electronic timepieces In a digital electronic timepiece in which days of the week, hours and minutes are displayed on a display device and the displayed days of the week, hours and minutes can be corrected with a correction switch, a time correction switch is used to also corr... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4303995 | Electronic timepiece with calendar display arrangement An electronic wristwatch having a calendar display arrangement that is capable of memorizing and displaying date information is provided. Specifically, a digital display that is capable of displaying calendar information is coupled to a calendar display m... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4300221 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece suitable for use as a worldtime clock having a main display section adapted to perform a display of the particular time selected from among a plurality of kinds of time and a sub-display section adapted to perform a display of anot... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4290131 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece having time indicating hands driven by a motor through a gear train, and having an analog-to-digital conversion system for time data comprising code disks rotated by the wheel train to provide hours and minutes information in digit... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4280209 | Electronic alarm clock An electronic timepiece having an analog time display and a digital alarm setting system for actuating an alarm at a preset time. The timepiece includes a high-frequency time base whose output is applied to a frequency converter yielding low frequency tim... | 07/21/1981 |
