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US 10,372,084 B2Granted
Analog electronic watch
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Morohoshi
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Abstract
An analog electronic watch includes a hand and a control unit. The hand is configured to be rotatable. The control unit fast-forwards the hand to perform a fast-forward operation in different ways according to whether a type of a display object after switching is a time type or a period type, in a case where display contents are switched by using the hand.
Claims13
An analog electronic watch comprising:
- a hand that is configured to be rotatable;
- and
- a control unit that controls the hand to perform a fast-forward operation during a display switching process that switches a display content to be displayed by the hand, the control unit controlling the hand such that the fast-forward operation differs between (i) a first case in which the display content after the display switching process relates to a current time, and (ii) a second case in which the display content after the display switching process relates to measurement of a time interval,
- wherein:
- in the first case, the control unit changes a fast-forward speed of the hand while the fast-forward operation is being performed, and
- in the second case, the control unit does not change the fast-forward speed of the hand while the fast-forward operation is being performed.
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