# US 8,787,123 B2 · Information notifying device and electronic timepiece > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,787,123 B2 - Document ID: US8787123B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/831,423 - Filed: 2013-03-14 - Published: 2013-09-26 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2012-03-21 - Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hideo Takenawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8787123B2 ## CPC - G04B 21/00: Indicating the time by acoustic means (at preselected times G04B23/00; by electro-acoustic means G04C21/04; {indicating the time by means other than acoustically, or by combined means G04B25/00; indicating the time by visual means G04B19/00, G04C17/00; acoustic signalling arrangements G08B3/00}) - G04C 3/146: {incorporating two or more stepping motors or rotors} - G04C 17/0091: {Combined electro-optical and electro-mechanical displays} - G04G 9/0064: {in which functions not related to time can be displayed (digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14)} - G04G 21/04: using radio waves (radio-controlled time-pieces G04R) - G04B: MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS (spring- or weight-driven mechanisms in general F03G; electromechanical clocks or watches G04C; electromechanical clocks with attached or built-in means operating any device at pre-selected times or after predetermined time intervals G04C23/00; clocks or watches with stop devices G04F7/08) - G04C: ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES - G04G: ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES ## Abstract The present invention provides an information notifying device including an hour plate with a display opening, a vibrating motor which is placed on a lower side of the hour plate and causes vibration with eccentric rotation of an eccentric rotation section for information notification, and a rotary plate which rotates with the eccentric rotation of the eccentric rotation section of the vibrating motor and exposes a function display section from the display opening for information notification. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information notifying device comprising: an hour plate with a display opening; a vibrating motor which is placed on a lower side of the hour plate and causes vibration with eccentric rotation of an eccentric rotation section for information notification; and a rotary plate which rotates with the eccentric rotation of the eccentric rotation section of the vibrating motor and exposes a function display section from the display opening for information notification. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information notifying device according to claim 1, wherein the function display section is provided so as to correspond to the lower side of the display opening of the hour plate, and exposed through the display opening when the rotary plate rotates to open the display opening. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information notifying device according to claim 2, wherein the function display section has a plurality of function displays and, when the plurality of function displays correspond to the display opening of the hour plate and are exposed in accordance with the rotation of the rotary plate, any one of the plurality of exposed function displays is selectively indicated by a pointer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The information notifying device according to claim 3, wherein the eccentric rotation section of the vibrating motor has a toothed section provided on outer peripheral surface thereof, and engaging teeth with which the toothed section engages are provided on a contact face of the rotary plate with which the eccentric rotation section repeatedly makes contact and non-contact. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The information notifying device according to claim 2, wherein the eccentric rotation section of the vibrating motor has a toothed section provided on outer peripheral surface thereof, and engaging teeth with which the toothed section engages are provided on a contact face of the rotary plate with which the eccentric rotation section repeatedly makes contact and non-contact. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The information notifying device according to claim 2, further comprising: a communication section which communicates with an external device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) An electronic timepiece comprising the information notifying device according to claim 2. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information notifying device according to claim 1, wherein the function display section is provided on an upper surface of the rotary plate along a movement path with respect to the display opening of the hour plate, and exposed through the display opening when the rotary plate rotates to open the display opening. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information notifying device according to claim 8, wherein the function display section has a plurality of function displays and, when the plurality of function displays correspond to the display opening of the hour plate and are exposed in accordance with the rotation of the rotary plate, any one of the plurality of exposed function displays is selectively indicated by a pointer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The information notifying device according to claim 9, wherein the eccentric rotation section of the vibrating motor has a toothed section provided on outer peripheral surface thereof, and engaging teeth with which the toothed section engages are provided on a contact face of the rotary plate with which the eccentric rotation section repeatedly makes contact and non-contact. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The information notifying device according to claim 8, wherein the eccentric rotation section of the vibrating motor has a toothed section provided on outer peripheral surface thereof, and engaging teeth with which the toothed section engages are provided on a contact face of the rotary plate with which the eccentric rotation section repeatedly makes contact and non-contact. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The information notifying device according to claim 8, further comprising: a communication section which communicates with an external device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) An electronic timepiece comprising the information notifying device according to claim 8. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The information notifying device according to claim 1, wherein the function display section has a plurality of function displays and, when the plurality of function displays correspond to the display opening of the hour plate and are exposed in accordance with the rotation of the rotary plate, any one of the plurality of exposed function displays is selectively indicated by a pointer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The information notifying device according to claim 14, wherein the eccentric rotation section of the vibrating motor has a toothed section provided on outer peripheral surface thereof, and engaging teeth with which the toothed section engages are provided on a contact face of the rotary plate with which the eccentric rotation section repeatedly makes contact and non-contact. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The information notifying device according to claim 14, further comprising: a communication section which communicates with an external device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The information notifying device according to claim 1, wherein the eccentric rotation section of the vibrating motor has a toothed section provided on outer peripheral surface thereof, and engaging teeth with which the toothed section engages are provided on a contact face of the rotary plate with which the eccentric rotation section repeatedly makes contact and non-contact. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The information notifying device according to claim 17, further comprising: a communication section which communicates with an external device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The information notifying device according to claim 1, further comprising: a communication section which communicates with an external device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) An electronic timepiece comprising the information notifying device according to claim 1.