Watch with touch reading and setting of time functions
US6052339A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG04B25/02
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Watch with visual and touch horometric functions, including: PA1 a case (1) sealed by a crystal (4) arranged above an analogue dial (5) surrounded by a fixed bezel (8) PA1 a time-keeping circuit (10), a stepping motor (11); PA1 a non-acoustic vibration generating device (20); PA1 a power source (24) supplying the circuit (10), the motor (11) and the vibration generating device (20); PA1 twelve sensors (C.sub.1 to C.sub.12) facing the twelve time positions and a control element (9); PA1 an electronic coding circuit (25) associated with the circuit (10), the sensors (C.sub.1 to C.sub.12) and the control device (9) to control the vibration generating device (20); wherein the bezel (8) has twelve projections (R.sub.1 to R.sub.12) being arranged between the twelve sensors (C.sub.1 to C.sub.12) which extend radially beyond the bezel (8) and the case (1), said projections (R.sub.1 to R.sub.12) to guide a user's finger towards a determined sensor.
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