Timepiece apparatus having game function
AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.
InventorsGunpei Yokoi, Satoru Okada
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display in a timepiece apparatus comprises a figure displaying region and a numerical value displaying region. The figure displaying region is utilized for displaying a game pattern in a game mode and the numerical value displaying region is utilized for displaying the current time in a current time display mode. The timepiece apparatus comprises a setting switch for setting a desired alarming time so that an alarm is raised at the set time. An alarm is raised in terms of a sound audibly discernible or in terms of a visible indication visibly discernible. An alarm is raised in a different manner depending on whether an alarm is raised in the timepiece mode or the game mode.
Claims14
A timepiece apparatus having a game function comprising:
- game associated information generating means for generating game associated information for use in playing a game, current time information generating means for generating current time information, display means including game associated information display means for displaying at least a figure and for displaying said game associated information from said game associated information generating means, and numerical value information display means for displaying a numerical value and for displaying at least said current time information from said current time information generating means, mode selecting means for selecting the display mode to be performed by said display means to be either one of a game mode for displaying said game associated information and a timepiece mode for displaying said current time information, display control means for controlling said game associated information display means to display said game associated information from said game associated information generating means when said game mode is selected by said mode selecting means and for controlling said numerical information display means to display said current time information from said current time information generating means when said timepiece mode is selected by said mode selecting means, time setting means for setting a desired alarming time when an alarm is to be caused, storing means for storing said desired alarming time as set by said time setting means, alarm means for causing an alarm, alarm driving means for driving said alarm means responsive to said current time information from said current time information generating means reaching said desired alarming time stored in said storing means, said alarm means comprising audible alarm means for causing an audible alarm and visible alarm means for causing a visible alarm, said alarm driving means comprising audible alarm signal generating means for generating an audible alarm signal for driving said audible alarm means, visible alarm signal generating means for generating a visible alarm signal for driving said visible alarm means, said alarm driving means comprising means for disabling said audible alarm signal generating means when said game mode is selected by said mode selecting means, and for enabling at least one of said audible alarm signal generating means and said visible alarm signal generating means when said timepiece mode is selected by said mode selecting means, and wherein said visible alarm causing means form part of said display means.
The timepiece apparatus of claim 5 or 11, wherein said time setting means and said game operation means comprise common means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.