Analogue information display system for a watch
AssigneeTissot SA
InventorJean-Marc Koller
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Abstract
An analogue information display system for a watch provided with a mechanical movement includes a display dial including a plurality of apertures, a moving display part supporting graphical representations, disposed in such a way that the graphical representations supported thereby appear in the plurality of apertures in order to generate the information, and an indicator member configured so as to designate a piece of information generated in an aperture to be notified to the wearer of the watch.
Claims19
An analogue information display system for a watch provided with a mechanical movement, said system comprising:
- a display dial comprising a plurality of apertures;
- a moving display part supporting graphical representations, disposed in such a way that the graphical representations supported thereby appear in the plurality of apertures in order to generate information;
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- an indicator member configured so as to designate a piece of the information generated in an aperture of the plurality of apertures to be notified to a wearer of said watch, wherein
- at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures comprises an information-forming element arranged above the graphical representation appearing in a corresponding aperture, and
- said information-forming element is configured to display one of operational functions of the watch as a color gradation between two colors having a plurality of transitional colors and a body parameter of the wearer as a color gradation between two colors having a plurality of transitional colors.
A method for viewing at least one piece of information on a display dial of a watch implemented by an analogue information display system that includes
- a display dial comprising a plurality of apertures,
- a moving display part supporting graphical representations, disposed in such a way that the graphical representations supported thereby appear in the plurality of apertures in order to generate information, and
- an indicator member configured so as to designate a piece of the information generated in an aperture of the plurality of apertures to be notified to a wearer of said watch, wherein
- at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures comprises an information-forming element arranged above the graphical representation appearing in a corresponding aperture, and
- said information-forming element is configured to display one of operational functions of the watch as a color gradation between two colors having a plurality of transitional colors and a body parameter of the wearer as a color gradation between two colors having a plurality of transitional colors, the method comprising:
- presenting a piece of information in the at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures of the display dial, the presenting comprising positioning both an indicator member towards the at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures and a graphical representation or a part of a graphical representation facing a through-opening of the at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program code instructions for executing a method for viewing at least one piece of information on a display dial of a watch implemented by an analogue information display system that includes
- a display dial comprising a plurality of apertures,
- a moving display part supporting graphical representations, disposed in such a way that the graphical representations supported thereby appear in the plurality of apertures in order to generate information, and
- an indicator member configured so as to designate a piece of the information generated in an aperture of the plurality of apertures to be notified to a wearer of said watch, wherein
- at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures comprises an information-forming element arranged above the graphical representation appearing in a corresponding aperture, and
- said information-forming element is configured to display one of operational functions of the watch as a color gradation between two colors having a plurality of transitional colors and a body parameter of the wearer as a color gradation between two colors having a plurality of transitional colors, the method comprising:
- presenting a piece of information in the at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures of the display dial, the presenting comprising positioning both an indicator member towards the at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures and a graphical representation or a part of a graphical representation facing a through-opening of the at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures, wherein said computer program is executed by a processor of the watch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.