US 4,254,487 AGranted

Electronic time piece

OwnerShu-Tso Leeinventor

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Abstract

An electronic timing device having first individual visual display elements numbering sixty positioned to resemble the seconds and/or minutes of a conventional clock, second individual visual display elements numbering twelve positioned for resembling the hour position of a conventional clock, third individual visual display elements numbering seven and representing the seven days of a week and a logic circuit included to provide for sequentially displaying the second, minute and/or date on the first visual display elements, for sequentially displaying the hour and/or the month on the second visual display elements, displaying the day of the week on the third visual display elements for displaying AM or flashing the third indicating visual elements for indicating PM. An (optional) feature provides a selection of time in various selected different time zones.

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Dependent claims

An electronic timepiece having a horologic display comprising:

a first plurality of identical single individual display elements arranged in conventional analog clock minute-second sequence;
a second plurality of identical single individual display elements arranged in conventional analog clock hour sequence;
a timing means;
logic means controlled by said timing means connected to said display elements for alternately producing the minute and second indications at conventional analog clock locations each indication producing a steady state appearance on said first plurality of individual display elements and said logic means producing hour indications having a steady state appearance on said second plurality of individual display elements;
first means for selectively cancelling said minute and second indications and displaying the date of the month indication in place thereof at a corresponding numbered minute location;
and
second means for selectively cancelling said hour indications and displaying the month number indication in place thereof at a corresponding numbered hour location.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.