US 2017/0285583 A1Published application

Electronic timepiece

AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation

InventorsYoshitaka IIJIMA, Yasuhiro MOMOSE, Takaya MASAKI

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Abstract

An electronic timepiece includes: a 6 o'clock information display unit that displays one display mode among a plurality of display modes including a barometric display mode in which a barometric pressure is displayed, using a first display hand; a 10 o'clock information display unit that displays a change in the barometric pressure using a second hand in a case in which the display mode displayed by the 6 o'clock information display unit is the barometric display mode; a 2 o'clock information display unit that displays the barometric pressure using measurement display hands in the case in which the display mode displayed by the 6 o'clock information display unit is the barometric display mode; and a time display unit that displays a time using an hour hand and a minute hand irrespective of the display mode.

Claims6

Dependent claims

An electronic timepiece that has a plurality of display modes including a barometric display mode in which a barometric pressure is displayed, the electronic timepiece comprising:

a first display unit that includes a first pointing hand and displays one display mode among the plurality of display modes using the first pointing hand;
a second display unit that includes a second pointing hand and displays a change in the barometric pressure using the second pointing hand in a case in which the display mode displayed by the first display unit is the barometric display mode;
a third display unit that includes a third pointing hand and displays the barometric pressure using the third pointing hand in the case in which the display mode displayed by the first display unit is the barometric display mode;
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a time display unit that includes an hour hand and a minute hand and displays a time using the hour hand and the minute hand irrespective of the display mode.

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Facts

Application: 15/471,177Filed 28 Mar 2017
Priority: JP 2016-06565829 Mar 2016
Published: 5 Oct 2017
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Classification12 codes

G04G 21/02
Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces: detectors of external physical values, e.g. temperature
G01C 5/06
Measuring height; Measuring distances transverse to line of sight; Levelling between separated points; Surveyors' levels: by using barometric means
G04B 19/04
Indicating the time by visual means: hands; Discs with a single mark or the like
G04B 19/048
Hands; Discs with a single mark or the like: having the possibility of indicating on more than one scale, e.g. hands with variable length which…

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