Multimode electronic device with calibrating/setting mechanism

US7420880B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Timex Group B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Wolfgang Burkhardt · Ansbach, DE
• Gerhard Stotz · Eisingen, DE
• Hans G. Schnell · Dinkelsbühl, DE
• Martin Dietrich · Rieden, DE
• Ulrich Kalmbach · Pforzheim, DE
• Michel Plancon · Watertown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 2006
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2008
• Expiry date: Jul 12, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G04C9/08
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An electronic device comprising a controller having an integrated circuit operable in at least a first and second mode, and a dial having a window through which at least one indicator is visible, wherein the electronic device comprises a mode indicator positioned on an actuation mechanism side of the dial, wherein the mode indicator has at least a first indicator and a second indicator each respectively representative of one of the at least two modes within which the electronic device is operable; a gearing assembly comprising one or more wheels, being meshingly coupled to the mode indicator so that the rotation of the one or more wheels causes the rotation of the mode indicator; an actuation mechanism, rotateably coupled to the at least one or more wheels of the gearing assembly, wherein the rotation of the actuation mechanism causes the rotation of the mode indicator; wherein the integrated circuit controls the actuation of the actuation mechanism so as to initiate the rotation of the mode indicator; and actuation means, operatively coupled to the controller, for selecting the mode within which the integrated circuit is operable, wherein the mode within which the integrated circu…