Connected, mechanical winding watch
AssigneeSequent, Inc.
InventorsHarry Guhl, Adrian Buchmann
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Abstract
An electronic wristwatch that uses a logic unit (42) to control a time display (50, 54) and has a controller (48) that connects wirelessly to external devices (90) or to the internet (99). An energy harvesting system (25) captures energy created by the user's motion and stores it into a battery (30) or in a capacitor (32), from which it is used to power the logic unit, controller, and wireless. Multiple functioning modes of different energy consumption allow the wristwatch to keep time for more than one hundred days without being worn.
Claims14
A wristwatch, comprising a mechanical energy harvester device, set to transform mechanical energy deriving from the movements of a wearer to electrical energy, a controller in communication with an external device or with internet through a wireless interface of the wristwatch, a logic unit set to control a display of the time, a power manager for storing the electrical energy in a rechargeable battery and/or in a capacitor, and to supply the logic unit, the controller and the wireless interface with energy stored in the rechargeable battery and/or in the capacitor, wherein the rechargeable battery and/or the capacitor are dimensioned such that the wristwatch can keep time for 100 days or more without being worn.
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