Sequential display for digital chronograph
AssigneeSociete Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogere Management Services S.A.
InventorJean-Pierre Jaunin
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Abstract
A timepiece having chronograph features has an electronic digital display pable of displaying six digits. In the chronograph operating mode these are normally minutes, seconds and hundredths of seconds. Should the instrument run for more than one hour prior to a stop or split operation, then during such operation a detector and a timer will cause hours alone to be displayed alternating with the remaining information (minutes, seconds, hundredths of seconds). Thus a six digit display may be employed for eight digit information.
Claims9
A timepiece having an electronic digital display of predetermined display capacity, storing means for storing a quantity of display information exceeding said predetermined display capacity, detecting means for detecting the presence of overflow display information exceeding said predetermined display capacity and connecting means responsive to a signal from the detecting means indicating the presence of said overflow information for connecting the display in an alternating sequence to information normally present and to said overflow information.
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