Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
368082000 | With electro-optical display | 15 |
20090109802 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING TIME ON A DISPLAY PANEL - A method and apparatus for displaying time on a display panel having a plurality of segment type character display units are provided. Time is displayed in a first position on the display panel by activating a first group of segments in the character display units. The display of time is shifted on the display panel to a second position that is displaced from the first position by activating a second group of segments that is displaced from the first group of segments. | 04-30-2009 |
20090122653 | Display Device and Timepiece - A display device that has a display panel having a front substrate, an image forming unit, and a back substrate rendered together in layers, and a wiring board layered on the back surface of the back substrate. A plurality of input/output pins are formed on the front surface of the back substrate, and a plurality of connection pins that are electrically connected to the input/output pins by respective conductor members are formed on the back surface of the wiring board. | 05-14-2009 |
20090201772 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TIME USING COLORS - This invention relates generally to software and mechanics, and more specifically, to systems and methods for providing time using color. In one embodiment, the invention includes a clock for providing time using colors, the clock including a time component, the time component configurable to produce a measurable mark of time; a color decoding component, the color decoding component configurable to associate the measurable mark of time with a given color group, the colors of the given color group being representative of numbers; and a display component, the display component configurable to visually display the given color group in an arrangement, wherein the displayed color group is usable to determine a time. | 08-13-2009 |
20110038232 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE BASED CLOCK - A light emitting diode (LED) base clock includes a clock face and twelve groups of LEDs. The twelve groups of LEDs are arranged as an hourly indicator. Each group of LEDs are arranged as a minutely indicator. The clock further comprising a time signal generator configured for generating time signals and selectively drive corresponding LEDs to light using the time signals to display the time and keep time. | 02-17-2011 |
20130142016 | WRISTWATCH WITH ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - Method for displaying the time in a wristwatch furnished with an electronic display ( | 06-06-2013 |
20140219066 | GESTURE-BASED TIME INPUT - A computing device is described that outputs for display, a graphical user interface comprising a clock having regions associated with a first set of time increments. Responsive to receiving an indication of an input at a portion of a presence-sensitive input device corresponding to a location of a display device at which one of the regions of the clock is displayed, the computing device determines one of the first set of time increments. The computing device outputs for display, and proximate to the location, a second set of time increments. The computing device determines a time based on the determined one of the first set of time increments and a selected one of the second time increments. | 08-07-2014 |
20140269225 | METHOD FOR MANAGING AN OPERATION FOR A WATCH HAVING A DIGITAL DISPLAY TO EXIT STANDBY MODE - A method for managing an operation for a watch to exit standby mode, the watch being provided with a dial having a digital display, and placed into a standby mode, in which the dial is off, includes storing, in a memory of the watch, an algorithm for detecting a transition sequence, the algorithm parameterized from a set of predetermined, fixed data indicative of a transition sequence; acquiring a set of variable data using a sensor including an accelerometer for measuring variable data on the acceleration of the watch in three directions, and/or a gyroscope for measuring variable data on the position of the watch in three directions; processing the variable data using the algorithm to obtain a concordance value of the set of processed variable data; and, if the resulting concordance value is higher than a threshold, triggering the exit of the dial having the digital display from standby mode. | 09-18-2014 |
20140307529 | TIMEPIECE WITH PIXEL REPRESENTATION OF MOVEMENT OF TIME - A timepiece having a circular dial is disclosed. At the periphery of the dial, electronic pixels sequentially appear and represent minutes. In a smaller central circle, pixels are positioned in a circular pattern and appear sequentially to represent hours. During every sixty seconds, a viewer can count the number of visible minute pixels to know the time in minutes. Similarly, the viewer can count the number of visible hour pixels to know the time in hours. These motions give a sensation of the flow of time without active numerical values. | 10-16-2014 |
20150071043 | Relative Clock Time Display Device and Relative Clock Time Display Program - A relative clock time display device includes a control unit that accepts setting of time that is referred to as a relative time, which is different from an actual time and in a relative relationship with the actual time, performs timing on a basis of the relative time accepted by the control unit, specifies a current clock time, which is referred to as a relative clock time, in the relative time on a basis of the timing performed by the control unit, and displays, on a display unit, an image or video according to the relative clock time specified by the control unit. | 03-12-2015 |
20160077493 | Electronic Apparatus and Information Processing Method - An electronic apparatus and an information processing method are described, which solve the technical problem that the relative position between respective bodies of wearable devices are unchangeable, and achieve the technical effect that a relative position between a display body and a fixation body of the electronic apparatus are changeable. The electronic apparatus includes a display body configured to output image information in a display state; a fixation body configured to maintain a relative position relationship between the electronic apparatus and at least a portion of a user's body when the electronic apparatus is in a fixed state; and a connection device configured to connect the display body and the fixation body and through which a relative position between the display body and the fixation body can be changed. | 03-17-2016 |
20160161922 | MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed is a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a display unit and a controller configured to display a watch object on the display unit, the watch object including at least one of a plurality of schedule information or a plurality of applications. The controller is configured to, when a first region of the watch object is touched or when a current time reaches a time corresponding to the first region, display schedule information or a corresponding application screen related to the first region of the watch object or the time corresponding to the first region, and, when a second region of the watch object is touched or when a current time reaches a time corresponding to the second region, display schedule information or a corresponding application screen related to the second region of the watch object or the time corresponding to the second region. In this way, user convenience may be enhanced. | 06-09-2016 |
368083000 | Solid body light emitter (e.g., LED) | 2 |
20110051563 | Energy Saving Digital Timepiece - A timepiece includes a casing, a display, a timepiece core unit, and a current processing circuitry. The current processing circuitry includes a rectifying circuitry, an oscillating circuitry, and an output circuitry. The rectifying circuitry is adapted for electrically connected with an AC power source, and arranged to rectify the AC. The oscillating circuitry is electrically connected with the rectifying circuitry, and is arranged to transform the DC outputted from the rectifying circuitry back into AC having a predetermined voltage and a frequency. The output circuitry is electrically connected with the oscillating circuitry, and is arranged to rectifying the AC output from the oscillating circuitry into a DC pulses output, wherein the DC output from the output circuitry is electrically transmitted to the timepiece circuitry for triggering an operation thereof so as to allow the signal generator to generate accurate time signal to display the current time by the display. | 03-03-2011 |
20150063080 | Portable Terminal - A portable terminal comprises at least 12 clock indicator lights which are distributed at equal intervals and configured around a display screen of the portable terminal, wherein each clock indicator light serves as a clock graduation; a power supply unit configured to connect to each clock indicator light respectively; and a control unit configured to connect to the power supply unit, according to a current time, control the power supply unit to supply power for the clock indicator light corresponding to a hour hand position on a clock of the current time by adopting a preset first color, and control the power supply unit to supply power for the clock indicator light corresponding to a minute hand position on the clock of the current time by adopting a preset second color. | 03-05-2015 |
368084000 | Liquid crystal display (i.e., LCD) | 2 |
20120230157 | CLOCK DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a clock display device including: a central processing unit; a liquid crystal display section; a clock information generating section; a converting section that converts the clock information into character data for display at the liquid crystal display section; a direct memory access section that fetches the character data for display without going through the central processing unit, and transfers the fetched character data for display without going through the central processing unit; a display register that stores the character data for display; a programmable display allocating section that allocates correspondences between respective bits of the character data for display that is within the display register, and respective display segments of the liquid crystal display section; and a display control section that, on the basis of results of the allocation, visibly displays the clock information at the liquid crystal display section. | 09-13-2012 |
20160070238 | DISPLAY MODULE FOR A TIMEPIECE INCLUDING A SOLAR CELL - A display module for a timepiece, including a dial, on a lower face of which is secured a digital information display device, a solar cell, and a plate. The solar cell is accommodated in the plate such that the solar cell is underneath and at a small distance from the dial. The assembly formed by the dial and the digital information display device is disposed atop the solar cell. | 03-10-2016 |