Digital clock with internet connectivity and multiple resting orientations
US8537847B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 22, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2354/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A wedge-shaped digital clock wirelessly receives weather, traffic, and other information over the Internet for display along with the time of day. The clock is wedge-shaped so that it can rest in two orientations, one with the display tilted back slightly from vertical and one with the display substantially horizontal. An accelerometer can signal the orientation to an internal processor, which can flip the text on the display as appropriate for the user flipping or turning the housing upside down, for example.
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