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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6536942 | Alarm electronic timepiece An alarm electronic timepiece has a base member, an alarm indicator wheel supported on the base member for rotation, an an indicating member integrally connected to the alarm indicator wheel for rotation therewith to indicate alarm time. A spring member s... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6477116 | Rotation controller and rotation control method The present invention provides a rotation controller adjusting the speed of a rotary member (103). Phase difference compensating means (118) outputs a phase difference compensating signal (119) corresponding to a phase difference between a rotation signal... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6473368 | Consumption controller A portable device helps a person control food consumption to eat in a more relaxed manner so time is provided for the "appestat" in the human brain to signal the person that he/she is full before overeating, and to provide time for conversation when eatin... | 10/29/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6466521 | Sensor function-equipped portable device The present invention relates to a sensor function-equipped portable device having a sensor function for detecting and displaying physical information, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a sensor function-equipped portable device that... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6463011 | Analog display horological piece including means for selecting digital information Analog display horological piece, comprising at least a step by step motor (18, 20) driving hands (MN, H) for displaying a time keeping information; means of controlling said step by step motor; position detectors (51-62) providing in angular sector defin... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459658 | Electronic timepiece having thermoelectric element An electronic timepiece has a thermoelectric element for generating an electromotive force in response to a temperature difference thereacross. A booster circuit boosts the electromotive force generated by the thermoelectric element. A storage mechanism s... | 10/01/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6449217 | Low cost clock A time display is comprised of a low cost low accuracy RC oscillator. A series of pulses derived from this oscillator, for example, with a period of 1 second, is used for controlling a diode. An accurate time-display function of a car radio is also derive... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443614 | Wrist-worn instrument face with indicating icons for programming Embodiments of a wrist-worn instrument face display that has dot matrix indicating icons for programming or prompting the instrument. The icons may be single or combinations of symbols, numbers and text. In particular, the icons indicate a function of the... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6443615 | Table top display device A travel alarm clock has a body 10 incorporating normal clock components and a clock face 13. Two covers 14 and 15 fit over the body 10 and are spring biassed to the position shown in the Figure. For travelling, the covers 14 and 15 are closed against a f... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6439762 | Mainspring device and a winding protection structure A timepiece, whose hands move by mechanical energy of a mainspring transmitted through a wheel train, includes a winding-up portion for accumulating energy in the mainspring, an addition and subtraction wheel train driven by addition and subtraction of ac... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6442107 | Luminous wristwatch A luminous wristwatch capable of exhibiting a sense of play and ensuring safety of a wearer of the wristwatch. The luminous wristwatch includes a watch face and a belt member each provided thereon with a plurality of light emitters which carry out lumines... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6438072 | Dual-liquid ornament having exclusive magnetic floating body driving mechanism A dual-liquid ornament is provided with an exclusive magnetic floating body driving mechanism in addition to clock movement, so that a magnetic floating body in the ornament is magnetically driven by the driving mechanism to move without adversely affecti... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6430112 | Watch character panel and watch From various traditional medical teachings, it is known that humans have a life rhythm which depends upon the time. As one example, there are the traditional Indian medical teachings of the "Ayurveda". In the present invention, in order to display which t... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6430110 | Multifunction wristwatch with electronic device A wristwatch includes an electronic device to form a multifunctional wrist worn device. The watch portion of the wristwatch can be shifted into a position that exposes the electronic device (e.g., telephone) so that the user can operate the electronic dev... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6428201 | Chronograph timepiece and lever device for timepiece In a state in which a chronograph mechanism is not operated, a coupling lever 442 positions a second counting transmission pinion 212b such that the second counting transmission pinion 212b is separated from a second chronograph wheel 214. In a state in w... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6426920 | Method and apparatus for setting initial time of operating system clock To set the initial time in a clock managed by an operating system in a personal computer system, when the power is turned on, the ROM-BIOS of the personal computer system is checked and the operating system is booted. Next, the current time is read from a... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6424599 | Bottle cap reminder device and method The bottle cap reminder device has a cap with an electronic counter means disposed within the cap. The electronic counter means progressively counts the time when activated and resets the time when deactivated. A power source preferably a battery provides... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422739 | Mainspring device, timepiece, and method of controlling the mainspring device and the timepiece A timepiece, whose hands move by mechanical energy of a mainspring transmitted through a wheel train, includes a winding-up portion for accumulating energy in the mainspring, an addition and subtraction wheel train driven by addition and subtraction of ac... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6421302 | Digital time indicator There is provided a digital dial face for facilitating a display of time. The dial face of the present invention comprises at least one centrally located hour indicator and a plurality of minute indicators disposed about the periphery of the hour indicato... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6418086 | Battery lid structure for a timepiece case and a timepiece case The problem is to provide a battery lid structure for a timepiece case, which does not require complicate machining, such as for slant surfaces and stoppers, in an inner surface of a back lid or case bottom surface, and can reduce a thickness. The back li... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6418087 | Fiber optics polychromatic animation configuration for clock A fiber optics polychromatic animation configuration for a clock includes an array of penetrating holes in an appropriate amount installed on the numbers and surface of the dial in order to provide polychromatic patterns when the holes are penetrated by f... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6416216 | Event clock The present invention provides a convenient, effective, and interactive system to aid children or others in managing and understanding the concept of time and in remembering scheduled events. The present event clock visually demonstrates the time during w... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6412976 | Watch-strap including means for identifying it Watch-strap device adapted to be worn on the wrist includes an electronic tag for identifying the watch-strap. The tag includes an identification circuit and an antenna that are buried in the watch-strap. The circuit is directly adjacent to the connection... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6414908 | Electronic clock and pointer position detecting method A center wheel & pinion of a wheel train is formed so that high load is applied to the wheel train when a minute hand stands at twelve o'clock. A pulse control circuit outputs a normal driving pulse. When a motor does not rotate by the normal driving puls... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6414910 | Timepiece To provide a colorful timepiece capable of displaying in multiple Dolors at a low power consumption and with a low development cost using a typical monochrome liquid crystal driving IC, a birefringence color liquid crystal display device (17) and a drivin... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6411569 | Antenna arrangement in radio-controlled wristwatch A radio-controlled wristwatch includes a casing. A central portion of the casing disposed generally centrally with reference to a longitudinal center axis of the casing is formed of metal at least on the exterior thereof. An antenna core is disposed withi... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6409379 | Self-winding watch A self-winding watch includes a self-winding mass having a central part surrounded by raceways of a ball bearing. One raceway is integral with the central part. Another raceway is integral with means for positioning and means for removably fastening to wa... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6411570 | Procrastinator's watch This invention relates to a reminder watch to be worn on the body of a forgetful person. The watch has a digital display of the date of the day, the time of day, and the name of the weekday; a knob for setting the time and a knob for starting and stopping... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6411568 | Timepiece for automatically displaying times with intermittent fast settings to encourage punctuality A timepiece including means for intermittently changing the indicated time of day to an intentionally fast setting to discourage tardiness. The timepiece, which may be a wristwatch, pocket watch-or clock, computer clock, or any other time of day indicator... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6404704 | Dial including brilliants, appliques or other applied elements and method for securing such elements thereto The invention concerns a dial (1), in particular for a timepiece, including a plate having at least one recess defining a housing (6) in which a decorative element (8) or suchlike is secured, characterised in that the housing (6) includes a bottom (14) fo... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6402368 | Watch provided with a tourbillon The watch provided with a tourbillon includes a regulating device (2) engaging with an escapement (3) which itself engages with a gear train (4) meshing with a fixed wheel (5). The regulating device, the escapement and the gear train are mounted on a plat... | 06/11/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6394645 | Electronic watch with correcting mechanism A correcting lever is integrally provided with a correcting portion for correcting a fifth wheel, a reset portion brought into contact with a reset pin for stopping an output of a pulse signal from an IC, a return spring portion and an engaged portion and... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6390667 | Wristwatch and wristlet able to be fitted to such a watch The invention concerns a watch formed of a wristlet (12) and a case (10) provided with a slide-way (30) in which the wristlet (12) is engaged and may be moved in translation, wherein the wristlet is formed of a strap (36) the length of which substantially... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6392961 | Real-time clock for consumer devices and method for implementing such a clock Consumer electronic devices with the ability to receive TV signals such as TV sets or video cassette recorders include a clock for programming said device. Such clocks are controlled by quartz crystals which have some tolerances, the compensation of which... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6392963 | Children's timer device for indicating waking time and sleeping time A children's timer device for assisting children in determining the difference between waking time and sleeping time is provided. The device comprises a housing having a viewing opening and a viewing cylinder rotatably mounted within the housing. The view... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6386754 | Crown control for enhanced quadribalanced digital time displays Quadribalanced digital time displays and methods comprising increasing digital minutes displayed on the right flank of centrally positioned digital present hours, in relatively upper and lower positions during the first and second quarter hours, followed ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6385138 | Time-keeper A time-keeper has two discs 5 and 6 at least partly visible from the front of the time-keeper. The discs are urged to rotate by the time-keeper drive mechanism in casing 10 such that each disc rotates in the same direction and angular velocity as time-kee... | 05/07/2002 |
