Analogue display timeplace able to provide alphanumerical information concerning the state of an operation mode or of a programmed event
US5465239A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG04C3/146
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An analogue display timepiece having at least one operation mode, time-related or non time-related, and able to provide information relating to the state of this mode and/or the state of a programmed event linked to the latter. The timepiece includes at least two analogue display organs providing an hour hand (H) and a minute hand (MN), an electronic control (22) to control the operation mode, and a display arrangement capable of providing the user with at least one alphanumerical message informing him of the state of the mode and/or the state of the event. The state display arrangement is formed by the hands (H, MN) themselves which, as a function of their relative angular position driven under the control of the electronic control (22), can act structurally upon the message to make it intelligible in the selected angular position of the hands.
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