Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
368015000 | ASTRONOMICAL | 30 |
20090135676 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CELESTIAL TIME KEEPING - The present invention is a method and device of time-keeping on a location of a celestial body (first celestial body). In this invention, we determine the location of a first celestial body with respect to a second celestial body and the motion of the first celestial body with respect to a second celestial body and other celestial bodies, as it moves along its celestial path in universe. By using the location and motion of the first celestial body to represent a point in time on the first or second celestial body and using the motion of the first celestial body to represent progression of time on the first or second celestial body, as they move in universe along their celestial paths. Where, the first celestial body could be any one of a moon, an asteroid, a planetoid, a planet, a star, a galaxy, a cluster of galaxies and an arbitrary point in the universe. | 05-28-2009 |
20110069590 | TIMEPIECE WITH VARIABLE HOUR CIRCLE - Timepiece including indicator members actuated or not actuated by the movement. These indicator members are composed of movable hour marks represented by the faces of the studs ( | 03-24-2011 |
20110170379 | NONLINEAR TIMER - A Nonlinear Timer apparatus characterized by having a display indicator (e.g. hands) with a large plurality of respectively contiguous perceived velocities, said indicator being configured to include predetermined non-zero acceleration for substantially any contiguous intermediate plurality of said respective indicator velocities. The apparatus is for portraying substantially nonlinear temporal frames of reference that are more honestly scaled to the individuals' respective circumstance than to the metronome mechanical tempos of industrial world time-clocks. However, the Nonlinear Timer apparatus is preferably represented according to classical concentrically rotating clock hands; digital or analog. | 07-14-2011 |
20120243380 | TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT COMPRISING A RUNNING EQUATION OF TIME DEVICE - The timepiece movement comprises a running equation of time device having a pipe ( | 09-27-2012 |
20130176827 | QUICK CORRECTION DEVICE FOR A DISPLAY SYSTEM - The invention relates to a mechanism ( | 07-11-2013 |
20130250737 | MECHANISM FOR DISPLAYING AND CORRECTING THE STATE OF TWO DIFFERENT TIME MEASURABLE QUANTITIES - Mechanism ( | 09-26-2013 |
20130336096 | DISPLAY ON THE OSCILLATING WEIGHT OF A SELF-WINDING MOVEMENT | 12-19-2013 |
20140126336 | ASTRONOMICAL WATCH - Mechanism for displaying the day and phase of at least a first celestial body, comprising a gear train for a constant frequency gear drive on an output of a timepiece movement. This mechanism includes a means for the three-dimensional display of the day and phase of said first celestial body represented by a first mobile component, which is driven by the gear train, which includes a phase train and a day train, each in mesh on an output of this same movement. | 05-08-2014 |
20140247699 | Wearable Device with Moon Phase Display - A wearable device comprising a display arrangement for displaying moon phases. The image of the one or more moons is provided in the dial and a rotating member is provided above the dial to provide images of a full, waning, new and waxing moon. The device provides for both bi-directional and uni-directional rotation of the rotating member. The device can simultaneously or selectively display moon phases consistent with views from the northern hemisphere and/or southern hemisphere. | 09-04-2014 |
20140269219 | UNIVERSAL RUNNING EQUATION OF TIME MECHANISM AND METHOD OF SETTING THE SAME - Universal running equation of time mechanism including a differential device outputting a running equation minute which indicates the difference between civil time and solar time, the running equation minute driving a true running equation minute which drives a true running equation hour, a jumper spring cooperating with a star wheel connected to an arbour carrying a true running equation hour hand, a time zone wheel carrying the true running equation hour hand, a train making it possible to apply, to the true running equation hour, the time difference associated with the longitude position of a user, the time zone wheel making it possible to apply, to the arbour carrying the true running equation hour hand the difference between the true running equation hour and the civil hour at the place where the user is located. | 09-18-2014 |
20160026153 | TIMEPIECE CAPABLE OF INDICATING THE SUNRISE AND SUNSET AT EVERY POINT OF THE GLOBE - The timepiece comprises means for indicating the sunrise and sunset taking into account seasonal variations ( | 01-28-2016 |
20160124387 | TIMEPIECE COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING THE EQUATION OF TIME - The present invention relates to a timepiece comprising a frame and a device ( | 05-05-2016 |
368016000 | With sun, earth, and moon display | 4 |
20090046539 | WATCH WITH AT LEAST ONE THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME INDICATOR - The invention relates to a watch provided with time indicators with three dimensions placed at the periphery of the movement of the watch, in the space delimited by the middle, the glass, the base and the movement. The movement of these indicators is provided by various clockwork mechanisms that are either independent or connected to the principle movement. | 02-19-2009 |
20130070567 | APPARATUS FOR MAKING ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS - An apparatus for making astronomical calculations includes a calculator, mechanism and/or program for determining the time for sunrise and sunset on a specified date and time at a specific longitude and latitude. The apparatus also includes a mechanism and/or program for calculating the moonrise and moonset at the aforementioned date, time and location. | 03-21-2013 |
20150063077 | TIMEPIECE - A timepiece includes: a central pivot; a central disk rotatable in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction around the central pivot; a stationary 24-hour scale arranged concentric to the central pivot; a sun mark; a large moon disk, the large moon disk being rotatably drivable in the counterclockwise direction at a rate of one revolution per synodic month; a moon view aperture in the large moon disk; and a small moon disk mounted at the large moon disk so as to be rotatable around a moon pivot parallel to the central pivot, the small moon disk carrying a plurality of dark circular areas. The dark circular areas are movable successively into registration with the moon view aperture and successively out of registration with the moon view aperture by the rotational movement of the small moon disk. | 03-05-2015 |
20190146414 | TIMEPIECE MECHANISM FOR DISPLAYING THE LUNAR DAY AND MOON PHASE, WITH A CORRECTION SYSTEM USING A DOUBLE KINEMATIC CHAIN | 05-16-2019 |
368017000 | With sun and earth display | 6 |
20110194381 | Routine Clock With Variable Indicators - A routine clock for visually and audibly identifying time periods and events is disclosed. The routine clock may have indicators placed on the routine clock that may be variable in size corresponding to variable time periods. Within the time periods, unique events may be identified and when the time for a specific event has been reached, an audio announcement or visual indication or both may occur. | 08-11-2011 |
20110310707 | AM/PM DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A TIMEPIECE - The invention concerns an AM/PM display disc ( | 12-22-2011 |
20120294125 | ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK - An astronomical clock, comprising a first and second celestial body representations, a displacement mechanism operatively connected to the second celestial body representation, the displacement mechanism displacing the second celestial body representation around the first celestial body representation along an ellipsoidal trajectory an a first set of time scale indicators positioned along the ellipsoid trajectory. The displacement mechanism displaces the second celestial body representation around the first celestial body representation at a speed proportional to the revolution of the second celestial body around the first celestial body, the position of the second celestial body representation with respect to the first set of time scale indicators indicating a time period corresponding to the positioning of the second celestial body. | 11-22-2012 |
20140086019 | TIME PIECE PROVIDED WITH A DAY/NIGHT DISPLAY AND DAY/NIGHT DISPLAY - A digital day/night display device includes an hour disc provided with ciphers 1-12 representing the hours, and made such that light can pass either through the ciphers or through parts of the hours disc surrounding these ciphers; a rotative day/night disc located under the hours disc including a first zone and a second zone of different colors or shadings; and a mechanism for driving in rotation the hours disc and the day/night disc. The zones extend under the ciphers of the hours disc. Also provided are elements for driving the hours disc in a continuous way and at a constant speed at the rate of two revolutions in twenty-four hours and other elements for driving in a continuous way but intermittently the day/night disc at a rate of one revolution in twenty-four hours. A time piece provided with this digital day/night display device is also described. | 03-27-2014 |
20150103635 | UNIVERSAL RUNNING EQUATION OF TIME MECHANISM AND METHOD OF SETTING THE SAME - Universal running equation of time mechanism including a differential device outputting a running equation minute, the running equation minute driving a true minute which, via a true equation motion work drives a true hour, the civil time minute cannon-pinion driving, via a motion work wheel set, a civil hour wheel, a jumper spring, integral with the civil hour wheel, cooperating with a star having twelve teeth connected to an arbor carrying a civil hour hand, a time zone wheel also being integral with the arbor, a time difference and display train applying the time difference linked to the longitude position of the user relative to the center of the time zone to the true running equation hour, the time zone wheel applying to the civil hour wheel, in forward or backward one-hour steps, the time difference between the civil time at the place where the user is situated and the time at the center of the time zone. | 04-16-2015 |
20160098012 | TIMEPIECE ABLE TO INDICATE THE SUNRISE OR SUNSET ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD - The timepiece comprises means for indicating the sunrise and sunset taking account of seasonal variations. These means comprise a sphere reproducing the terrestrial globe, a shell arranged concentrically to the sphere and arranged to demarcate one portion of the terrestrial globe where it is night from another portion where it is day by indicating the position of the Earth's terminator. The shell can pivot about the globe on two axes perpendicular to each other. The shell is driven by the movement so as to rotate at a rate of one revolution per 24 hours about the polar axis. A disconnecting mechanism is controlled by an annual cam which has a profile representative of the tilt of the Sun with respect to the equatorial plane. The disconnecting mechanism controls the tilt of the shell about the axis by means of a drive shaft concentric to the polar axis. | 04-07-2016 |
368018000 | With moon and earth display | 8 |
20090003137 | TIMEPIECE WITH MOON PHASE INDICATOR - The invention concerns a timepiece including a dial ( | 01-01-2009 |
20090185453 | TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT FOR DRIVING A DISPLAY ELEMENT ALONG A COMPLEX PATH AND TIMEPIECE COMPRISING SUCH A MOVEMENT - A timepiece, includes a frame supporting a drive element, a time base and drive trains pivotably mounted on the frame and arranged so as to drive at least one display train intended to carry an element displaying information, such as the time. The movement also includes a fixed gear, firmly attached to the frame, with which a toothed element of the display train is arranged to mesh, and a drive element having first and second kinematic links, respectively, with one of the drive trains and with the toothed element so as to drive the latter in translation in a first direction along the fixed gear. Preferably, the drive element is embodied in the form of a deformable element, and the movement also includes a retrograde mechanism for driving the toothed element rapidly in the opposite direction by means of the drive element. | 07-23-2009 |
20090274010 | CHINESE MECHANICAL CALENDAR TIMEPIECE - The described watch comprises a mechanical or electromechanical timepiece movement, analog time indicators ( | 11-05-2009 |
20110292768 | MECHANISM FOR INDICATION OF THE LUNAR PHASES - A mechanism for indication of the lunar phases, in particular for a mechanical watch, including a moon disk and a dial having a substantially semi-circular aperture. The moon disk is rotated in such a way as to display the indications inscribed on the moon disk through the aperture in order to indicate the lunar phases. In addition, the mechanism comprises at least one first occultation disk housed rotatably, at least in part, between the moon disk and the dial, and a gear train which drives the at least first occultation disk in such a way that the indications inscribed on the moon disk are obscured, at least in part, during specific phases of operation of the mechanism in such a manner that the indications appearing through the aperture correspond substantially to the natural appearance of the moon during the entire lunation. The invention also relates to a watch piece comprising such an indication mechanism. | 12-01-2011 |
20120182838 | QUICK CORRECTOR FOR A TIME RELATED MAGNITUDE INDICATOR FOR A TIMEPIECE - A corrector ( | 07-19-2012 |
20130329528 | MECHANICAL ANIMATIONS WITH ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - Provided is an apparatus for projecting an electronic image. The apparatus includes at least one of a static image and a mechanically-animated object disposed within a framed region. An electronic display device displays a computer-generated image adjacent to the at least one of the static image and the mechanically-animated object within the framed region to establish an artistic composition. The computer-generated image includes content that is related to, and supplements content included in the at least one of the static image and the mechanically-animated object to provide an adaptable context to the at least one of the static image and the mechanically-animated object. A controller controls the images displayed by the electronic display. | 12-12-2013 |
20140022870 | SUPPORT FOR DISPLAY MEMBER OF A TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT - A support for a mechanism for displaying jumping-type information for a timepiece movement is disclosed. The mechanism may include a display member driven in rotation via a driving star wheel. The support may be positioned between the display member and a frame element of the timepiece movement. The support may include a base that may include at least one first hole configured to receive a shaft for rotating the display member. The support may also include a first arm extending from the base and arranged to ensure the function of a jumper for the driving star wheel, and a second arm extending from the base and arranged to act on the driving star wheel to cause the driving star wheel to rotate in order to correct information displayed in response to a predefined action of a user that deforms the second arm. | 01-23-2014 |
20140112108 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device ( | 04-24-2014 |