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US 12,314,530 B2Granted
Device for displaying the weather on demand
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorSimon Springer
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Abstract
A display device for displaying the weather on demand. The display device includes a first indicator member mobile and having a representation of the sun. This representation of the sun is totally or partially concealed by a concealing element that is located on a second mobile indicator member when the user requests it and in particular via a control unit.
Claims14
A display device for a timepiece, said display device comprising:
- a first indicator member being movably mounted, wherein the first indicator is an hour hand or a minute hand having a representation of a sun on one end thereof;
- a second indicator member being movably mounted and including at least one concealing element configured to conceal the representation of the sun;
- a first carrier configured to drive said at least one of the first indicator member and said second indicator member;
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- control circuitry configured to control, according to a set of data, said first carrier so as to drive and/or superimpose said first indicator member and/or said second indicator member in such a way that the representation of the sun is totally or partly concealed by said at least one concealing element.
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A display device for a timepiece, said display device comprising:
- a first indicator member being movably mounted and including a representation of a sun;
- a second indicator member being movably mounted and including a concealing element configured to conceal the representation of the sun;
- a first carrier configured to drive one of the first indicator member and the second indicator member;
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- control circuitry configured to control, according to a set of data, the first carrier so as to drive and/or superimpose the first indicator member and/or the second indicator member in such a way that the representation of the sun is totally or partly concealed by the at least one concealing element,
- wherein the display device further comprises a second hand indicating a line of an horizon and being driven by the first carrier, a second carrier, and/or a third carrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.