Device for displaying the weather on demand
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorSimon Springer
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Abstract
A display device for displaying the weather on demand. The display device includes a first indicator member mobile and having a representation of the sun. This representation of the sun is totally or partially concealed by a concealing element that is located on a second mobile indicator member when the user requests it and in particular via a control unit.
Claims12
A display device for a timepiece, said display device comprising:
- a first indicator member being movably mounted and including at least one representation of a sun;
- a second indicator member being movably mounted and including at least one concealing element configured to conceal said at least one representation of the sun;
- a first carrier configured to drive said at least one of the first indicator member and said second indicator member;
- and
- control circuitry configured to control, according to a set of data, said first carrier so as to drive and/or superimpose said first indicator member and/or said second indicator member in such a way that said at least one representation of the sun is totally or partly concealed by said at least one concealing element.
A method for displaying at least one weather forecast implemented by the display device according to 1 after reception of the set of data, said display method comprising at least one of:
- controlling the first carrier, a second carrier, and/or a third carrier by the control circuitry;
- and
- driving said first indicator member and/or said second indicator member so as to display a weather forecast.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.