Abstract

Method for displaying the time in a wristwatch furnished with an electronic display (4) allowing the display of a simulated mechanical watch movement and of time indicators (20) so as to simulate a mechanical watch. The time displayed is advantageously calculated on the basis of the simulation of the movement and depends on the acceleration measured by an accelerometer.

IPC Classes  ?

• G04G 9/00 - Visual time or date indication means
• G04G 9/02 - Visual time or date indication means by selecting desired characters out of a number of characters or by selecting indicating elements the position of which represent the time, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques
• G04G 21/08 - Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• G04G 3/00 - Producing timing pulses

Abstract

The invention relates to a wristwatch (1) comprising: a digital matrix display (4); a two-dimensional sheet of touch-sensitive glass (3), provided with a plurality of electrodes (10, 11, 12) for detecting the movements of at least one finger in two different directions; a processing circuit arranged so as to interpret the signals from said electrodes and to scroll cards on said display (23, 220-225, 210-213) in order to permanently replace the initially displayed card (23) with another card; wherein the scrolling direction depends on the direction of said movement.

IPC Classes  ?

• G04G 9/00 - Visual time or date indication means
• G04G 21/08 - Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces