| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 368239000 | Optical | 27 |
| 20090268566 | Instrument Display Board and Process for Producing Instrument Display Board - [Problem] An instrument display board is provided which does not need troublesome work for preparing plural plate members, can adopt a great variety of designs, can present a stereoscopic feeling and a high-class feeling, brings about unprecedented color tone variation, metallic texture, brilliancy in the light, etc., is very excellent in high-class feeling and design variation, has excellent appearance quality and therefore can enhance merchantability. A process for producing the instrument display board is provided. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100061195 | Electrophoretic Display Device, A Manufacturing Method for an Electrophoretic Display Device, and a Wristwatch - An electrophoretic display device has at least a laminate including a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode layer, an electrophoretic display layer, a drive electrode layer having drive electrodes for driving the electrophoretic display layer, and a back substrate laminated sequentially from the display surface side, and a protective sheet that covers and seals the laminate from both sides. The transparent electrode layer is formed as a common electrode to the electrophoretic display layer. A through-hole unit is formed passing through the thickness of the laminate. An inside ring member that has substantially the same thickness as the laminate is disposed substantially flush to both sides of the laminate with a specific seal width sealing the inside circumference edge of a first through-hole formed at a specific position through the thickness of the laminate. The protective sheet covers and seals the substantially flush laminate and inside ring member from both sides, and the ring hole inside the ring member is the through-hole unit. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100214883 | Oscilloscope Clock - My invention is a new way to use a cathode ray tube, as used in oscilloscopes. My electronic circuit design controls the crt so that a clock face is displayed on the crt's screen, showing the time like a clock. It is meant to be a novelty item, and it is built inside a clear acrylic case, to enhance the novelty by displaying the construction inside and the electronic circuitry, as well as the cathode ray tube. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110158057 | MAGNETIC DISPLAY FOR WATCHES - A smaller sized flip dot display utilizes a magnetically actuated segment that rotates between two orientations. The orientations display two different optical states. There are disclosed various designs implementing magnetic actuators in conjunction with one or more of microcontrollers, capacitors, balanced flippers, sequentially driven flippers and other features to reduce power consumption of small mobile devices such as watches. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120113766 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TIME - A visual display and device and method for producing the display may indicate the time or other data in a bold, elegant, intuitive, and stylistic manner that is easily legible despite obscured vision, viewing distances, or the user's inattentiveness. A minimalistic display may include a shape such as a geometric shape that presents the time by connecting the distal ends of the hour and minute indicators with a possibly time-varying curve. This curve aids in the interpretation of the time. Another embodiment of the invention displays, using a polar coordinate system, two physical parameters on single similar display in an aesthetically-pleasing, elegant, and intuitive method. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120201104 | WRIST BELT OR BRACELET HAVING A TIMEPIECE FUNCTION - A wrist belt or bracelet having a timepiece function, comprises an annular plastic material body within which a flexible material strip which carries display means, an electronic control unit and an electrical power supply battery, is embedded. The display means and the electronic control unit are provided for displaying the time through numbers or symbols which are lighted along the abovementioned strip. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20130070574 | TIMEPIECE ROTATING DISPLAY MEMBER, AND TIMEPIECE - To provide a timepiece rotating display member that presents an appearance with a rich stereoscopic effect, and to provide a timepiece including the timepiece rotating display member, a timepiece rotating display member of the invention includes a microlens layer formed with a plurality of microlenses which are arranged in an orderly fashion as viewed in a planar view; and a decorative layer formed with a repeating design and/or a design having a plurality of lines; wherein the microlens layer and the decorative layer are superimposed as viewed in a planar view. It is preferable that the timepiece rotating display member is a date disc, a day disc, an age-of-the-moon disc or a disc hand. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130094333 | TIMEPIECE DISPLAY PLATE - A timepiece display plate, while obtaining reflection light having metal texture, allows partial light as a transmissive light to transmit to a solar cell and easily adapt to various types of dial plates. A timepiece display plate ( | 04-18-2013 |
| 20140293759 | MULTIVIEW 3D WRIST WATCH - A multiview 3D wrist watch is disclosed. The wrist watch has clock circuitry to determine a time and a plurality of light sources to generate a plurality of input planar lightbeams. A directional backplane having a plurality of directional pixels scatters the plurality of input planar lightbeams into a plurality of directional lightbeams, each directional lightbeam having a direction and angular spread controlled by characteristics of a directional pixel in the plurality of directional pixels. A shutter layer receives the time from the clock circuitry and modulates the plurality of directional lightbeams to generate a 3D time view. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20160033940 | Digital Color Clock - A digital color clock employs six Color Outputs to represent the time of day. A first Color Output represents a tens digit of hours, a second Color Output represents a ones digit of hours, a third Color Output represents a tens digit in minutes, a fourth Color Output represents a ones digit in minutes, a fifth Color Output represents a tens digit in seconds, and a sixth Color Output represents a ones digit in seconds. The digital color clock can optionally display the date, temperature, humidity, and/or barometric pressure using Color Outputs. Front and back light sensors can be included for measuring brightness of ambient light to enable adjustment of Color Outputs in response to changes in brightness of ambient light. In one embodiment, the Color Outputs are interspersed among other unchangeable Color Outputs of a display. The display can be a component of a stationary or hand-held computing device. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160103426 | Clock - An electronic clock operable to provide the time of day and further being configured to provide a visual effect. The clock includes a housing having a plurality of walls, top and bottom formed to create an interior volume. The clock includes a first display screen and a second display screen mounted into the housing. The first display screen provides the time of day and the second display screen is configured with a plurality of light emitting diodes organized into a lighting pattern that is operable to provide the visual effect of a conventional swinging pendulum. A control module is present so as to facilitate user control of the electronic clock. A central processing unit provides control of the clock and the clock further includes an audio output to emit sounds therefrom. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160124395 | WRIST-WATCH TYPE FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A wrist watch type flexible display device, or more specifically, a wrist type display device having a flexible display which is rotatable and convertible between bent state and un-bent state, is provided. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160132025 | MULTIVIEW 3D WRIST WATCH - A multiview 3D wrist watch includes clock circuitry to determine a time, and a plurality of light sources to generate a plurality of input planar lightbeams. A directional backplane having a plurality of directional pixels scatters the plurality of input planar lightbeams into a plurality of directional lightbeams. Each directional lightbeam has a direction and an angular spread controlled by characteristics of a directional pixel in the plurality of directional pixels. A shutter layer receives the time from the clock circuitry and modulates the plurality of directional lightbeams to generate a 3D time view. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160170379 | INTELLIGENT WRISTWATCH | 06-16-2016 |
| 368240000 | With circular pattern of light sources | 4 |
| 20100039904 | Elapsed Time Device - An elapsed time and remaining time liquid crystal measuring device having a display face around the periphery of which there are a plurality of numerical indicia marks arranged in a generally clockwise pattern with successive numerical indicia marks decreasing in numerical value in a clockwise direction from a twelve o'clock position. An annular ring of electronically generated graphic indicia are visible on the display face and spaced inwardly from the peripheral numerical indicia and a digital numerical read-out display of elapsed times is visible internally of the annular ring of graphic indicia. There is at least one electronic control element for setting a desired elapsed set time into the device, which desired elapsed set time is indicated both on the digital read-out display and as a complete ring or an arcuate section of the annular ring on the display face. There is also an actuator for initiating progressive clockwise disappearing movement of the electronically generated graphic indicia so as to expose decreasing areas of the annular ring in a clockwise direction as time elapses and while the digital numerical display remains synchronized with the graphic indicia until all of the set time has elapsed. Preferably, the device is in the form of a wrist watch. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20120147714 | GEOMETRICAL-FIGURE TIME DISPLAY - A clock configured to display time as a cumulative sum of time display areas of various shapes arranged in various arrangements. The clock is also configured to display complete and fractional hours in any single display area capable of being activated in a random order. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120182841 | TIMEPIECE - Timepiece, characterised in that it primarily consists of a baseplate ( | 07-19-2012 |
| 20160125846 | SMART WATCH AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR SMART WATCH - The present invention provides a smart watch which includes a posture monitoring unit configured to monitor a posture of the smart watch in real time and determine a normal display region of the smart watch according to the posture, and a displaying unit configured to display content to be displayed in the normal display region. The present invention further provides a display method for a smart watch. By means of the technical solution of the present invention, which region of a smart watch can be seen by a user can be determined according to a posture of the smart watch, so that the brightness of the region can be set to be the normal brightness, and the brightness of the other region which cannot be seen by the user can be reduced, thereby prolonging the battery life of the smart watch and improving user's experience. | 05-05-2016 |
| 368241000 | With solid body light emitter (e.g., LED) | 5 |
| 20100020649 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING TIME - A device for displaying time, in particular a wrist watch, comprising a plurality of gemstones and a plurality of illumination elements which are arranged on or at a carrier and via which the gemstones can be selectively illuminated or have light shone through them in order to display the time, wherein each gemstone being respectively held in its own mount protruding from the carrier. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20110286313 | LED ANALOG CLOCK OR WATCH DISPLAY - The Clock Face or Watch Face contains two physically separate and non-concentric circles of Light representing Hours and Minutes and an Arc representing Seconds. The Hours fill in 12 smaller circles with Light as the Hours pass and the Minutes fill in 12 smaller circles with Light as 60 minutes pass. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20140133282 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OLED DISPLAY DEVICE, THE RESULTING OLED DISPLAY DEVICE AND A TIMEPIECE COMPRISING THE SAME - Organic light emitting diode display device including a substrate covered by a cover which has a plane surface delimited along the external perimeter thereof. The plane surface of the cover is provided with a protuberance. The substrate is provided with a stack of layers, the stack of layers including at least the following layers in succession in the following order starting from the substrate: at least one anode; an insulating layer; a spacer layer which has a first exclusion area in a first area; an active hole injection layer, an active hole transport layer and an active electron transport layer; a cathode layer which has a second exclusion area. The protuberance of the cover is joined to the layer with which the protuberance is in contact, a hole, whose diameter is smaller than the geometrical dimensions of the protuberance, being made in the protuberance and through the substrate. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140177402 | Watch Display Using Light Sources With A Translucent Cover - A display assembly includes a display selectively displaying human-readable indicia on a face thereof and a cover disposed over the display. The cover has a homogeneous surface over the entire face of the display. The display assembly is controllable between an inactive state and an active state. In the inactive state, the face of the display is not viewable through the cover, and in the active state, the indicia are viewable through the cover. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20160378067 | TIME DISPLAY, METHOD OF PRESENTING TIME INFORMATION AND TIMEKEEPING DEVICES - A timepiece, time display, and method of presenting time information. The timepiece includes clock means for measuring the passage of time in standard units, and maintaining a current value. A visual display is included for displaying one of the standard units of the current value at a time. The time piece further comprises means for selecting one of the standard units and presenting the selected unit of the current value on the visual display. The current value is represented by the position of an indicator within a defined space on the visual display. | 12-29-2016 |
| 368242000 | With liquid crystal display (i.e., LCD) | 4 |
| 20090135680 | COLOR CHANGING PERSONAL ARTICLES - In various implementations, a personal article or a portion thereof may be able to change colors. The personal article may transmit a first range of wavelengths of light and upon activation transmit a second range of wavelengths of light different from the first range of wavelengths of light. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090245031 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE DISPLAYING COLOURED SEGMENTS AND TIMEPIECE FITTED WITH THE SAME - The invention proposes a liquid crystal ( | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100188939 | Multicolored LCD Watch and Clock - A multicolored LCD watch/clock, comprising a top shell ( | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100296371 | Rotative clock - In a rotative desk clock having in a main body of it a clock module, a driving module and a control module for sound controlling or touch controlling, wherein the driving module includes a rotary disk exposed downwardly out of the main body, when the control module is touched by a hand or senses the change of sound waves, it activates the driving module to rotate a rotary disk; thereby if the rotary disk is placed on the desk, the main body can rotate relatively to the rotary disk. Thus a dynamically rotating clock is formed. | 11-25-2010 |
