# US 2017/0285583 A1 · Electronic timepiece > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0285583 A1 - Document ID: US20170285583A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/471,177 - Filed: 2017-03-28 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-29 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Yoshitaka IIJIMA; Yasuhiro MOMOSE; Takaya MASAKI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170285583A1 ## CPC - G04G 21/02: Detectors of external physical values, e.g. temperature - G01C 5/06: by using barometric means - G04B 19/04: Hands; Discs with a single mark or the like {(moving indicating arrangements which have scales or numbers with stationary hands or reading means G04B19/20; optical projection of the position of the hands G04B19/34)} - G04B 19/048: {having the possibility of indicating on more than one scale, e.g. hands with variable length which work on different scales (simultaneous indicating on several dials G04B19/025; indicating by discs used as hands G04B19/046; used as moving scales G04B19/202; different indications on several scales or dials, e.g. for different local apparent times G04B19/23)} - G04B 47/06: with attached measuring instruments, e.g. pedometer, barometer, thermometer or compass {(in combination with a tachometer which winds up the clockwork G04B5/206)} - G04B 47/066: {with a pressure sensor} - G04C 3/14: incorporating a stepping motor (G04C3/02 - G04C3/12 take precedence {; generating commutating pulses in primary clocks G04C13/0463}) - G04G 9/0064: {in which functions not related to time can be displayed (digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14)} - G04G: ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G04B: MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS (spring- or weight-driven mechanisms in general F03G; electromechanical clocks or watches G04C; electromechanical clocks with attached or built-in means operating any device at pre-selected times or after predetermined time intervals G04C23/00; clocks or watches with stop devices G04F7/08) - G04C: ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of display modes include a time display mode in which the time is displayed, and wherein the second display unit displays a second in the time using the second pointing hand in a case in which the display mode displayed by the first display unit is the time display mode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the time display unit includes the first, second, and third display units, and wherein the first display unit is disposed in the time display unit so that a rotation axis of the first pointing hand is located between a first straight line in a direction oriented from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock of the time display unit including a rotation axis of the second pointing hand and a second straight line in the direction oriented from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock of the time display unit including a rotation axis of the third pointing hand. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the time display unit includes a fourth pointing hand, wherein the third display unit displays a numerical value of digits equal to or greater than predetermined digits in a numerical value of the barometric pressure using the third pointing hand in a case in which the display mode displayed by the first display unit is the barometric display mode, wherein the fourth pointing hand displays a numerical value of digits less than the predetermined digits in the numerical value of the barometric pressure in the case in which the display mode displayed by the first display unit is the barometric display mode, and wherein the fourth pointing hand is longer than the first, second, and third pointing hands. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic timepiece according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of display modes include an altitude display mode in which an altitude is displayed, wherein the third display unit displays a numerical value of digits equal to or greater than specific digits in a numerical value of the altitude using the third pointing hand in a case in which the display mode displayed by the first display unit is the altitude display mode, and wherein the fourth pointing hand displays a numerical value of digits less than the specific digits in the numerical value of the altitude in the case in which the display mode displayed by the first display unit is the altitude display mode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic timepiece according to claim 5, wherein in the case in which the display mode displayed by the first display unit is the altitude display mode and a case in which the altitude is a negative value, the second display unit uses the second pointing hand to display that the altitude is the negative value.