Wearable Electronic Device with Multiple Display Functionality
AssigneeTimex Group B.V.
InventorsMichel G. Plancon, Louis M. Galie, Herbert Schwartz, Gerhard Stotz, Ronald S. Lizzi
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Abstract
A wearable electronic device for conveying information in an analog manner at least in part by the use of at least one display hand positioned on the dial side of a dial, wherein the wearable electronic device uses the display hand(s) to convey information that is stored in the controller of the device and/or provided by sensors and/or an external transmitter. An actuation mechanism, preferably a stepper motor, is used to rotate the display hands in the clockwise and/or counterclockwise directions in predefined increments to convey the information.
Claims18
1-46. (canceled)
A wearable electronic device for recording data during an activity and later displaying of information indicative of the data recorded during the activity in an analog manner by the use of at least one display hand rotatable about an axis, wherein the wearable electronic device includes a dial assembly having a display hand side and an actuation mechanism side, and wherein the at least one display hand is positioned on the display hand side of the dial assembly, wherein the wearable electronic device comprises:
- means for receiving and storing the data;
- processing means, operatively coupled to the means for receiving and storing, for processing the stored data;
- at least one actuation mechanism, for rotating the at least one display hand in at least one of a clockwise and counterclockwise direction in predefined increments;
- wherein the processing means, operatively coupled to the at least one actuation mechanism, controls the actuation of the actuation mechanism so that the at least one display hand rotates in at least one of the clockwise and counterclockwise directions;
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- wherein after the activity has been completed, the display hand rotates in the one of the clockwise and counterclockwise directions in predefined increments and conveys to a user the information indicative of the data recorded during the activity.
A method of recording data during an activity and later displaying of information indicative of the data recorded during the activity on a wearable electronic device in an analog manner by the use of at least one display hand rotatable about an axis, wherein the wearable electronic device comprises a dial assembly having a display hand side and an actuation mechanism side, wherein the at least one display hand is positioned on the display hand side of the dial assembly, and wherein the wearable electronic device comprises means for receiving and storing the data processing means, operatively coupled to the means for receiving and storing, for processing the stored data;
- at least one actuation mechanism, for rotating the at least one display hand in at least one of a clockwise and counterclockwise direction in predefined increments;
- wherein the processing means, operatively coupled to the at least one actuation mechanism, controls the actuation of the actuation mechanism so that the at least one display hand rotates in at least one of the clockwise and counterclockwise directions;
- and wherein after the activity has been completed, the display hand rotates in the one of the clockwise and counterclockwise directions in predefined increments and conveys to a user the information indicative of the data recorded during the activity, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- recording and storing the data during the activity;
- and
- after the activity has been completed, causing the display hand to rotate in the one of the clockwise and counterclockwise directions in predefined increments to convey to a user the information indicative of the data recorded during the activity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.