Watch, pointer control method, and non-transitory recording medium
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorShuto Oikawa
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Abstract
A watch includes a pointer that rotates and indicates a time, a notifier that performs a notification operation to a user in a mode other than a visual mode, and a processor that controls the rotation of the pointer and the notification operation of the notifier. The processor is configured to control the pointer to cause the pointer to rotate faster than a rotation corresponding to a passage of time and move to a specified position and, when the pointer arrives at a notification position while the pointer is moving fast, control the notifier to cause the notifier to perform the notification operation.
Claims10
A watch comprising:
- a pointer configured to rotate and indicate a time;
- a notifier configured to perform a notification operation to a user in a mode other than a visual mode;
- a processor for controlling the rotation of the pointer and the notification operation of the notifier;
- and
- an input member configured to receive an operation by the user and transmit an input signal to the processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- control the pointer to cause the pointer to rotate faster than a rotation corresponding to a passage of time and move to a specified position;
- when the pointer arrives at a notification position while the pointer is rotating faster than the rotation corresponding to the passage of time, control the notifier to cause the notifier to perform the notification operation;
- and
- after a set amount of time elapses after the pointer moves to the specified position, disable the input signal transmitted from the input member.
A pointer control method executed by a processor, the pointer control method comprising:
- controlling a pointer to rotate and indicate a time;
- controlling the pointer to cause the pointer to rotate faster than a rotation corresponding to a passage of time and move to a specified position;
- when the pointer arrives at a notification position while the pointer is rotating faster than the rotation corresponding to the passage of time, controlling a notifier to cause the notifier to perform a notification operation to a user in a mode other than a visual mode;
- and
- after a set amount of time elapses after the pointer moves to the specified position, disabling an input signals transmitted from an input member.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to at least perform:
- control a pointer to rotate and indicate a time;
- control the pointer to cause the pointer to rotate faster than a rotation corresponding to a passage of time and move to a specified position;
- when the pointer arrives at a notification position while the pointer is rotating faster than the rotation corresponding to the passage of time, control a notifier to cause the notifier to perform a notification operation to a user in a mode other than a visual mode;
- and
- after a set amount of time elapses after the pointer moves to the specified position, disable an input signal transmitted from an input member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.