Linear time display
AssigneePrasanna R. Chitturi
InventorPrasanna R. Chitturi
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Abstract
A linear time display including a first and a second time clock for a first and a second locale of a first and a second time zone is disclosed. In one embodiment, each linear time clock includes a plurality of time unit representations. A first visual indicator is displayed to correlate a first time unit representation in the first linear clock to a corresponding time unit representation in the second linear clock. In one embodiment, the linear time display is a digital device such as a digital watch, or a digital wireless phone. In another embodiment, the linear time display is an electro-mechanical time display, such as a wall mounted time display.
Claims9
A digital device comprising:
- a display;
- and
- a processor coupled to the display to cause
- a first and a second linear clock for a first and a second locale in a first and a second time zone to be rendered on said display in a linear current time aligned manner, with each of said first and second clocks having a plurality of time unit representations (TURs) and the current time TURs of the first and second linear clocks linearly aligned with each other,
- a first linear time correlation indicator to be rendered, correlating a first TUR of said first linear clock to a second TUR of said second linear clock,
- a second linear time correlation indicator to be rendered, correlating a second TUR of said second linear clock to a corresponding TUR of said first linear clock, and
- a time difference represented by the spatial difference between the first and second time correlation indicators to be rendered.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first and a second linear time belt, each having a plurality of time unit representations (TUR);
- a servo control mechanism operatively engaged with the first and second linear time belts to responsively and differentially operate the first and second time belts to effectuate display of a first and a second linear clock in a linear current time aligned manner for a first and a second corresponding locale in a first and a second time zone, with the current time TURs of the first and second linear clocks linearly aligned with each other:
- a first linear lime correlation indicator correlating a first TUR of said first linear clock to a second TUR of said second linear clock,
- a second linear time correlation indicator correlating a second TUR of said second linear clock to a corresponding TUR of said first linear clock, and
- a time difference display displaying a time difference represented by the spatial difference between the first and second time correlation indicators.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.