Selective prompts for setting or resetting digital time displays
AssigneeEquitime, Inc.
InventorBerj A. Terzian
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Abstract
Real time balanced, quadribalanced, enhanced quadribalanced or unidirectional segmented digital time display systems are modified by inclusion of selectively prompted displays which are readily visually distinguishable from the real time displays and which prompt the viewer with the letters T, A and d to comprehend that the displays are in modes that enable and thus facilitate the setting or resetting of current real time, an alarm time or calendar values.
Claims17
In a time display system that provides balanced, quadribalanced, enhanced quadribalanced or unidirectional segmented digital timekeeping displays, a selectively prompted display for indicating that the display is in a mode for setting or resetting real time which comprises:
- (a) digital display elements activated to display the letter T in a position normally occupied by minute digits on the left side of hour digits during real time displays provided by the balanced, quadribalanced, enhanced quadribalanced or unidirectional segmented time keeping display;
- (b) digital display elements activated to display a current hour on the right side of the letter T;
- (c) digital display elements activated to display current elapsed minutes on the right side of the current hour;
- and
- (d) digital display elements activated to display incrementing current seconds below the current hour, whereby a viewer is prompted by the letter T to set or reset one or more of the real time values of seconds, minutes, hours and AM or PM,
- said prompt whenever activated becoming substituted for and in the position of normally displayed remaining minutes, coupled with a current time display during such activation consisting essentially of the existing hour on the right, existing minutes on the right of the hour and incrementally rising seconds below the hour and minutes display.
In a time display system that provides balanced, quadribalanced, enhanced quadribalanced or unidirectional segmented digital timekeeping displays, a selectively prompted display for indicating that the display is in a mode for setting or resetting an alarm time which comprises:
- (a) digital display elements activated to display the letter A in a position normally occupied by minute digits on the left side of hour digits during real time displays provided by the balanced, quadribalanced, enhanced quadribalanced or unidirectional segmented time keeping display;
- (b) digital display elements activated to display the then set alarm hour on the right side of the letter A;
- and
- (c) digital display elements activated to display the then set elapsed alarm minutes on the right side of the alarm hour;
- whereby a viewer is prompted by the letter A to set or reset one or more of the alarm time values of minutes, hours and AM or PM,
- said prompt whenever activated becoming substituted for and in the position of normally displayed remaining minutes, coupled with a current time display during such activation consisting essentially of the existing hour on the right, existing minutes on the right of the hour and incrementally rising seconds below the hour and minutes display.
In a time display system that provides balanced, quadribalanced, enhanced quadribalanced or unidirectional segmented digital timekeeping displays, a selectively prompted display for indicating that the display is in a mode for setting or resetting calendar values which comprises:
- (a) digital display elements activated to display the letter d in a position normally occupied by minute digits on the left side of hour digits during real time displays provided by the balanced, quadribalanced, enhanced quadribalanced or unidirectional segmented time keeping display;
- (b) digital display elements activated to display a current hour on the right side of the letter d;
- (c) digital display elements activated to display current elapsed minutes on the right side of the current hour;
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- (d) digital display elements activated to display an abbreviated name and the digital date of a current day, whereby a viewer is prompted by the letter d to set or reset one or more of the calendar values of day name and month, day or year dates,
- said prompt whenever activated becoming substituted for and in the position of normally displayed remaining minutes, coupled with a current time display during such activation consisting essentially of the existing hour on the right, existing minutes on the right of the hour and incrementally rising seconds below the hour and minutes display.
In a time display system that provides balanced, quadribalanced, enhanced quadribalanced or unidirectional segmented digital timekeeping displays, a selectively prompted display for indicating that the display is in a mode for setting or resetting real time or alarm time which comprises:
- (a) digital display elements activated to display the letter T or the letter A in a position normally occupied by minute digits on the left side of hour digits during real time displays provided by the balanced, quadribalanced, enhanced quadribalanced or unidirectional segmented time keeping display;
- (b) digital display elements activated to display a current hour on the right side of the letter T or the letter A;
- and
- (c) digital display elements activated to display the current elapsed minutes on the right side of the current hour;
- whereby
- (i) when the letter T is activated a viewer is prompted to set or reset one or more of the real time values of minutes, hours and AM or PM, and
- (ii) when the letter A is activated a viewer is prompted to set or reset one or more of the alarm time values of minutes, hours and AM or PM,
- said prompt whenever activated becoming substituted for and in the position of normally displayed remaining minutes, coupled with a current time display during such activation consisting essentially of the existing hour on the right, existing minutes on the right of the hour and incrementally rising seconds below the hour and minutes display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.