Electronic timepiece
AssigneesSeiko Instruments Inc., NIKE, Inc.
InventorsToshiyuki Yuzuki, Scott H. Wilson
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Abstract
An electronic timepiece has an operating unit for switching between a time display mode and a demo display mode, a time measuring unit for measuring time, and a storing unit for storing a timing condition for switching between the time display mode and the demo display mode. A control unit outputs a time display signal representing time measured by the time measuring unit when the operating unit switches to the time display mode, outputs a demo display signal when the operating unit switches to the demo display mode, and outputs the demo display signal after outputting the time display signal for a preselected period of time when the time measured by the time measuring unit satisfies the timing condition stored by the storing unit.
Claims15
An electronic timepiece comprising:
- an operating unit for switching between a time display mode and a demo display mode;
- a time measuring unit for measuring time;
- a storing unit for storing a timing condition for switching between the time display mode and the demo display mode;
- a control unit for outputting a time display signal representing time measured by the time measuring unit when the operating unit switches to the time display mode, for outputting a demo display signal when the operating unit switches to the demo display mode, and for outputting the demo display signal after outputting the time display signal for a preselected period of time when the time measured by the time measuring unit satisfies the timing condition stored by the storing unit;
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- a display unit for performing a time display in accordance with the time display signal and for performing a demo display in accordance with the demo display signal.
An electronic timepiece comprising:
- switching means for switching an operation between a time display mode for displaying time and a demonstration display mode for displaying a demonstration image;
- time measuring means for measuring time;
- storing means for storing a preselected timing condition;
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- control means for outputting a time display signal corresponding to time measured by the time measuring means when the switching means switches the operation to the time display mode, for outputting a demonstration display signal when the switching means switches the operation to the demonstration display mode, and for outputting the demonstration display signal after outputting the time display signal for a preselected period of time when the time measured by the time measuring means satisfies the timing condition stored by the storing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.