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US 2021/0389732 A1Published application
Digital Clock with Free Form Path
OwnerJohn L. Schooleyinventor
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Abstract
A clock that runs along a path while lighting elements along the path. Each element along the path can be lit in a different color. One of the colors represents hours one represents minutes and the other represents seconds. Values which are lit continually change as times change, but this allows an artistic display of time.
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A clock comprising:
- a series of lighting elements arranged along a path;
- a driver for the lighting elements;
- and
- a computing device which keeps track of a current time, the computing device operating the driver for the lighting elements to change the lighting elements which are illuminated along the path based on the time,
- where the computing device operates the driver to light a first element at a first location along the path representing minutes of the current time, and to light a second element at a second location along the path based on hours of the current time.
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A method of displaying time, comprising:
- creating a display surface which includes 60 different display elements;
- arranged along a path;
- lighting a first of the display elements in a first color to represent a current hour setting of the time;
- lighting a second of the display elements in a second color to represent a current minute setting of the time;
- and
- lighting a third of the display elements in a third color to represent a current second setting of the time.
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