Horology: time measuring systems or devices – Cases – Wrist worn
Patent
1996-04-19
1998-10-06
Roskoski, Bernard
Horology: time measuring systems or devices
Cases
Wrist worn
368241, 368 82, G04C 1700
Patent
active
058187987
ABSTRACT:
A timepiece having a novel display with an integral alphanumeric display is described. The display includes alternating light and dark bands to assist in the determination by a user of the current time. The display includes two columns of a dozen hourly indicators each for indicating the current hour. The left column represents AM hours and the right column represents PM hours. In a preferred embodiment, hour indicators on the left column can be set to indicate the hours from 12:00 midnight to 11:59 AM and hour indicators on the right column can be set to indicate the hours from 12:00 in the afternoon to 11:59 PM. In another preferred embodiment, the hour indicators on the left column represent the hours from 1:00 AM to 12:59 PM and the hour indicators on the right column represent the hours form 1:00 PM to 12:59 AM. Located around the perimeter of the display is a ring of sixty minute indicators. The minute indicators arc spaced equally around the ring so as to allow a user to discern the current minute within the hour. The timepiece includes a message receiver for decoding conventional paging protocols received through an RF antenna. Received messages can be displayed within the bands as either light or dark characters.
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Roskoski Bernard
Zaretsky Howard
Zaretsky Howard
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