Electronically controlled watch

US8588032B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Michael Geyer · Erlangen, DE
• Franz Krieger · Wien, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G04G17/083
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Watch which is controlled electronically and whose housing (1) and display field are in the form of a ring, wherein the watch displays are formed by lighting means (3) and (4) which can be switched such that they circulate on the ring, and wherein at least one annular row of at least 60 light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (16) indicates at least the time parameters of ‘hour’ and ‘minute’, preferably additionally the time parameter of ‘second’, by means of the luminous state of individual LEDs, and an electronic printed circuit board (2) which is used as the annular display field is arranged on one of the ring end faces, and the displays of hours, minutes and seconds differ from one another by virtue of the luminous pattern and/or the luminous color and/or the brightness and/or the luminous distribution among a plurality of adjacent LEDs.