Horology: time measuring systems or devices inventions 08/08

20080205197 - Device and methods directed to providing reminders to contact lens wearers: Devices and methods for providing reminders to a contact lens wearer comprise a timing circuit, manually actuatable controls for setting and controlling the timing circuit, and an electronic visual display responsive to the timing circuit. The electronic visual display comprises a clock display, a calendar display, and a message display... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080205198 - Adjustable time relating device for non-readers: A viewable time piece has a face from which relative time is read. The time piece has a changeable time indicator. Symbol or image changes on the time indicator are effected by placement or replacement of at least some non-alphanumeric symbols for view that are indicative of various events over... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.a. York Business Center

20080205199 - Residual wound quantity display mechanism of timepiece and timepiece with residual wound quantity display mechanism: To provide a residual wound quantity display mechanism of a timepiece, in which it is possible to change a way of a display without changing a basic structure, and a timepiece with the mechanism concerned. A residual wound quantity display mechanism of a mechanical timepiece has an output gearwheel rotating... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20080205200 - Transmission switching mechanism: A gear shifting mechanism intended to be integrated into an horological movement includes a gear pinion rotated by a first wheel of the movement, an element holding a first fly-back heart freely mounted on the gear pinion, and rotated by the first wheel or by a second wheel of the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080205201 - Time display apparatus: A time display apparatus is disclosed and comprises at least a housing, a timetable panel, three pointers and a backlight unit. The timetable panel is disposed in the housing. The three pointers are coated with variety of phosphorescence materials respectively and vertically arranged on the timetable panel in order. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080198696 - Timepiece: The invention concerns a timepiece comprising a dial provided with means (7a, 7b) for selective and simultaneous analog display of respective hours of several time zones, distributed on two non-coaxial superimposed annular discs (9, 10) of similar diameters, arranged beneath said dial and each of which is divided into twelve... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080198697 - Analog radio-controlled timepiece: There is provided an analog radio-controlled timepiece made so as to be capable of performing a time difference correction by a simple operation while maintaining an operability of a time difference correction timepiece. A radio reception section receives, through an antenna, information of a minute and a second in a... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20080198698 - Wireless synchronous time system: A wireless synchronous time keeping system includes a primary device and a secondary device. The primary device includes a receiving unit to receive a first signal having a time component, a processor coupled to the receiving unit and operable to process the signal to produce a processed time component, an... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080198700 - Duty cycle measurment circuit for measuring and maintaining balanced clock duty cycle: A circuit for measuring timing uncertainty in a clocked digital path and in particular, the number of logic stages completed in any clock cycle. A local clock buffer receives a global clock and provides a complementary pair of local clocks. A first local (launch) clock is an input to a... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Peterson, Jr. Yorktown

20080198699 - Method for built in self test for measuring total timing uncertainty in a digital data path: A circuit for measuring timing uncertainty in a clocked digital path and in particular, the number of logic stages completed in any clock cycle. A local clock buffer receives a global clock and provides a complementary pair of local clocks. A first local (launch) clock is an input to a... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Peterson, Jr. Yorktown

20080198701 - Timepiece: In order to counter the effects of the Earth's gravitational force on the operation of a watch movement, the timepiece includes an escapement mechanism designed to drive a finish gear-train of a watch movement which defines a reference plane, and a balance co-operating with the escapement mechanism. Particularly, the balance... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080198702 - Analogue display member made of crystalline material, timepiece fitted therewith and method for fabricating the same: The invention proposes an analogue display member (10) fitted to a timepiece, of the type including a main body in which an arbour hole is arranged, characterized in that the main body is made of silicon based crystalline material. The invention also proposes a timepiece provided with such a display... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20080198703 - Children's time signal: A children's time signal device whereby a parent can set a predetermined time of day or period of time at which a decorative feature of the face plate would illuminate, such as a clown's nose on a clown face plate, to be used to teach and inform a child or... Agent: Gary L. Huusko

20080198704 - Methods and systems for providing a moveable cover for a timepiece: Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for providing a moveable cover for a timepiece. In one embodiment, a timepiece includes a housing with a display face capable of displaying a time. The timepiece can also include a plurality of covers each capable of covering a portion of... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080192580 - Animated character alarm clock: An animated toy alarm clock resembles a stuffed puppy, kitten, or other lovable creature. When the alarm is armed, the creature rotates or bows its limbs so that its body assumes a sleeping position. It may emit audible purring or other soothing noises for the relaxation of its owner. When... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Office Of Joel Voelzke

20080192581 - Analog radio-controlled timepiece: To provide an analog radio-controlled timepiece in which it is possible to set a displayed date by a date indicator to a correct date. A reception circuit 115 receives and outputs a time code included in a standard radio signal through an antenna 114, and a control circuit 103 corrects... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20080192582 - Timepiece suggestive of orbital motion: In an embodiment, the indication of the seconds is in an inner portion of the face of the clock, the indication of the hours is on an outer portion of the face of the clock, and the indication of the minutes is between the hours and the seconds. In an... Agent: David Lewis

20080192583 - Movement for a timepiece: A movement is disclosed which comprises at least two regulating members with their escapement and means for alternately stopping and releasing the operation of the regulating members, a single regulating member being thus driven at any one time by means of the energy source of the timepiece.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080192584 - Piezoelectric transducer, piezoelectric actuator, and portable device: A piezoelectric transducer that excites longitudinal vibration has a piezoelectric element, and a reinforcing member that is laminated with and affixed to the piezoelectric element and has a first void part. The first void part includes the center part of a location where strain produced by longitudinal vibration in the... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080192585 - Timepiece comprising a minute repeater mechanism: For a timepiece movement, a striking train mechanism having: at least one resonant element (32) which can emit at least two sounds of different frequencies, at least two pallets (36), and at least two hammers (34) which are designed to be driven by the pallets (36) in order to strike... Agent: Nexsen Pruet, Llc

20080192586 - Timepiece comprising a rotating bezel: The invention concerns a timepiece including a middle part (4) and a bezel (6) capable of rotating on the middle part (4), the bezel (6) and the middle part (4) delimiting between them an annular chamber (38) in which there is arranged a sealing gasket (40) with a U-shaped profile.... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, Pc

20080186807 - Electronic device and method of controlling an electronic device for calendar event updates: A method of controlling a portable electronic device includes receiving a create-new-calendar-event command for storage and display of a calendar event in a calendar view, providing a create-new-calendar-event graphical user interface in response to the receiving the create-new-calendar-event command, receiving scheduling details of the calendar event, and providing a prompt... Agent: Perry + Currier Inc. (for Rim)

20080186808 - Electronic device with a touchscreen displaying an analog clock: An electronic device, such as a mobile terminal, includes a touchscreen display and a control unit for operating responsive to user contact with the display. The control unit is configured to display an analog clock, detect user contact with the display, and adjust displayed position of a selected clock hand... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080186809 - Analog radio-controlled timepiece: It is made possible to display a time instant and a reception sensitivity even during a standard radio signal is received, without adding a special constitution as much as possible. A reception circuit receives and outputs a time code included in the standard radio signal, through an antenna, and a... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks