44 results about "Clock face" patented technology

A device displays a clock face in response to receiving a request to display a clock face. In accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time, where the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements includes a first analog-dial graphical element that occupies a first position and has a first size. In accordance with a determination that the respective graphical element is not to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time, and the first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupies a second position and / or has a second size. In some embodiments, clock faces are reordered.

A global time reckoning system simultaneously indicates local time and global time. The global time reckoning system can be practiced with standard clock timer drivers, including electromechanical and digital clock motors, in combination with a novel global time system clock face to allow a user to reckon time locally or anywhere on the globe without time zone conversion calculations. The global time system clock face has multiple time scales, at least one of which is driven by the clock drive in cooperation with an hour indicator (e.g., an hour hand). The global time system clock face simultaneously displays global time (relative to any location on the globe) and local time. Additionally, the global time reckoning system, with the appropriate clock timer driver is adaptable to indicate a number of other global time related information, including sunrise / sunset, days of the week, lunar phase and solstices / equinoxes.

An alphanumeric keyboard that is easy to learn, easy to use, and mountable on a handset for one-hand operation, comprises a virtual clock face having the center for the rotation of virtual hands, first set of twelve hourly radial positions, from one o'clock to twelve o'clock, surrounding the center, second set of twelve hourly radial positions, from one o'clock to twelve o'clock, surrounding the center and nearer to the center than the first set of twelve hourly radial positions, twenty four key areas, each key area being uniquely associated with one hourly radial position of the first and second sets, wherein each key area is substantially of 30 degree annular sector shape and contiguous to the adjacent key areas associated with the adjacent hourly radial positions, wherein all twenty four key areas are substantially of equal area, at least thirteen alphabetic keys placed at predetermined hourly radial positions of the first and second sets, and wherein each key has an indicia surface that is within the associated key area for being pressed by a finger. The associated radial direction or time may be marked on the key surface for visual or tactile differentiation.

The invention provides a pointer-type multifunctional intelligent clock, belongs to the quartz clock design technology field, and especially relates to a design method for a pointer-type multifunctional intelligent clock based on dual mode bluetooth. The intelligent clock comprises a clock face, pointers and a movement, and also comprises a movement gear case and a movement drive circuit. The movement drive circuit supplies power through a charging cell of 4.2V. A standby clock module is connected with the movement drive circuit. The movement drive circuit is connected with a temperature and humidity sensor module, a combustible and poisonous gas detection module, a PM 2.5 particle detection module and a low-power-consumption dual mode bluetooth interface module. The low-power-consumption dual mode bluetooth interface module is connected with an audio frequency decoding and power amplifier module and a TF storage card module. The pointer-type multifunctional intelligent clock achieves development towards intelligent, people-friendly and network household directions and which is an inexorable trend in the current high-speed network information-based society.

Displaying breast ultrasound information on an interactive user interface is described, the user interface being useful in adjunctive ultrasound mammography environments and / or ultrasound-only mammography environments. Bilateral comparison is facilitated by a pairwise display of thick-slice images corresponding to analogous slab-like subvolumes in the left and right breasts. Coronal thick-slice imaging and convenient navigation on and among coronal thick-slice images is described. In one preferred embodiment, a nipple marker is displayed the coronal thick-slice image representing a projection of a nipple location thereupon. A convenient breast icon is also displayed including a cursor position indicator variably disposed thereon in a manner that reflects a relative position between the cursor and the nipple marker. Preferably, the breast icon is configured to at least roughly resemble a clock face, the center of the clock face representing the nipple marker location. Bookmark-centric and CAD-marker-centric navigation within and among thick-slice images is also described.

A display apparatus for use by a worker in a workplace environment to visually communicate to coworkers, among other things, the current location or whereabouts of the worker and the worker's expected time of return to an office or other workspace. Cards carried by a spiral member of the apparatus include alphanumeric and / or pictorial information to quickly indicate a location within the workplace. A clock face having manually adjustable hands indicates an expected return time. One embodiment incorporates a triangular geometry geared for support on a desktop. Additional embodiments are configured for positioning over an office partition wall, as well as against an office door panel, window and the like.

Method for treating and displaying breast ultrasound information is disclosed. Displaying breast ultrasound information on an interactive user interface is described, the user interface being useful in adjunctive ultrasound mammography environments and / or ultrasound-only mammography environments. Bilateral comparison is facilitated by a pairwise display of thick-slice images corresponding to analogous slab-like subvolumes in the left and right breasts. Coronal thick-slice imaging and convenient navigation on and among coronal thick-slice images is described. In one preferred embodiment, a nipple marker is displayed the coronal thick-slice image representing a projection of a nipple location thereupon. A convenient breast icon is also displayed including a cursor position indicator variably disposed thereon in a manner that reflects a relative position between the cursor and the nipple marker. Preferably, the breast icon is configured to at least roughly resemble a clock face, the center of the clock face representing the nipple marker location. Bookmark-centric and CAD-marker-centric navigation within and among thick-slice images is also described.

A time learning device is provided that includes an analog clock face. An hour hand is carried on the analog clock face and is manually movable. A minute hand is carried on the analog clock face and is manually movable separate from the hour hand. Apparatus is coupled to the hour hand and the minute hand to provide digital time display signals corresponding to the positions of the hour hand and the minute hand. A digital display is coupled to the apparatus to provide a digital time readout corresponding to the analog time indicated by the hour and minute hands.

A device for teaching one about telling time is provided. The device includes a clock face with rotatable minute and hour hands. The minute and hour hands are adapted so that a user of the device can rotate them manually to indicate a preselected time. The device is able to detect the positions of the hands around the clock face, and to move the hands to indicate a predetermined time without any manual manipulation of the hands by the user. The device can be programmed with a variety of games that a user of the device can play to learn about telling time. The user can manually set the clock hands to indicate a time requested by the device and, if the time the user sets is incorrect, the device can automatically set the hands to the correct time.

The invention provides a sleep state monitoring method, electronic equipment and a computer readable storage medium, the sleep state monitoring method comprises the steps that a sleep identifier is displayed through the electronic equipment, the sleep identifier comprises a circular clock face and a first identifier, the first identifier is in a circular ring shape and is located on the periphery of the circular clock face, and the first identifier represents sleep duration; two end points of the first identifier respectively correspond to the sleep time and the get-up time of historical latest sleep; and the electronic equipment monitors sleep of the user, generates sleep data and updates the first identifier according to the sleep data. A user can quickly know the sleep time and the get-up time of historical recent sleep according to the clock face positions corresponding to the two end points of the sleep identifier, so that the sleep state of the user can be monitored, a visual user interface is provided for displaying to the user, a more efficient man-machine interaction mode is provided, and the user experience is improved. The user is prevented from knowing the sleep state through multiple interactions, and the energy consumption of the electronic equipment is reduced.

A day clock has day, hour, and minute hands revolving continuously around a common center. It has a time adjustment knob and a day adjustment knob. When the day adjustment knob is pulled out, a set of gears are disengaged, allowing the day hand to be adjusted with that knob without affecting the other hands. Then, when the set of gears are reengaged, the time adjustment knob can be utilized to set the time of day. In order to set the day and time accurately, the user may first set the time to midnight with the time adjustment knob, pull out the day adjustment knob, set the day to a clock face line between days with that knob, push that knob back in, and then set the time to the correct time with the time adjustment knob.

The invention provides a method and a system for determining time reference and a medium. The method does not take a free paper surface as a basis for determining the time reference, and specificallycomprises the following steps: S1, obtaining a time difference between a first time reference from a punctuality laboratory and an atomic clock surface reading; S2, based on the time difference, for different types of atomic clocks, selecting an optimal observation interval of the frequency difference at each time interval so as to obtain a first time scale synchronous with the first time reference through prediction; S3, determining a second time scale which is synchronous with the first time reference and has a deviation lower than a first threshold value based on the first time scale by using a control algorithm; and S4, allocating a weight to the second time scale to determine a second time reference for the global navigation satellite system.

The varying calendar clock face consists of face body, year and week ring, year masking ring, and January and February date board; and has date arranging area around the hour and minute scales, year and week ring inside the annular slot around the date arranging area, year masking ring fixed to the edge of the face body, and January and February date board as double-sided board or linked single-sided board in the hollowed out area. The varying calendar is arranged in months and dates and in years and weeks separately. The present invention has simple structure and convenient changing and makes clock possess increased perpetual calendar function.

A day clock has day, hour, and minute hands revolving continuously around a common center. It has a time adjustment knob and a day adjustment knob. When the day adjustment knob is pulled out, a set of gears are disengaged, allowing the day hand to be adjusted with that knob without affecting the other hands. Then, when the set of gears are reengaged, the time adjustment knob can be utilized to set the time of day. In order to set the day and time accurately, the user may first set the time to midnight with the time adjustment knob, pull out the day adjustment knob, set the day to a clock face line between days with that knob, push that knob back in, and then set the time to the correct time with the time adjustment knob.

A talking watch device for helping a user learn time comprising a base having a clock face; a quartz oscillator assembly; a digital counter operatively connected to the quartz oscillator assembly and to a microprocessor, the digital counter keeps track of a time, day, month, and year component; a memory medium for storing a plurality of audio messages; a speaker component operatively connected to a digital to analog converter; and a dial operatively connected to the microprocessor, the dial can move between a first position, a second position, a third position, and a fourth position, wherein the microprocessor is configured to receive input signals from the dial whereupon the microprocessor generates output commands to the speaker to play a time component message and / or a day component message and / or a month component message and / or a year component message.

The invention relates to a wall clock with a variable clock face, and the wall clock comprises the clock face, clock hands, and a movement for driving the clock hands to rotate. The wall clock is characterized in that the clock face consists of an inner ring and an outer ring; the movement is disposed on the back surface of the inner ring; the outer ring is equally divided into 24 fan blocks; one side edge of each fan block is provided with a first convex part in a bulged manner, and the other side edge of each fan block is provided with a first concave part in concave-convex cooperation with the first convex part; an inner edge of each fan block is provided with a second concave part, and the back surface of each fan block is provided with a clamp; the outer edges of an inner disc are provided with 24 second convex parts which cooperate with the second concave parts in a concave-convex manner; the rear side of the movement is provided with at least one dialing rod which can rotate around a central shaft of the clock face, and an end part of the dialing rod is provided with a clamping tenon which is in detachable and fixed connection with the clamp.

A special electronic clock suitable for timekeeping when a teacher gives a lesson. The electronic clock is characterized in that a clock face is divided into a class time period and an after-class time period, that a class time pointer rotates by 30 degrees represents five minutes, timekeeping of each lesson fixedly starts from a zero moment line at a right upper side position, a display screen which precisely displays remaining time from finish of the lesson is connected with the clock face with a turning pointer, and the remaining time display screen, a timekeeping pointer and clock face scales form a direct-reading type special timekeeping device for lesson giving. The electronic clock can perform speech recognition according to fixed class-starting and finishing bells of a school, and automatically keeps synchronous with the bell of the school, so that a teacher can rapidly and conveniently read time of a lesson that is given and time from finish of the lesson at a glance in class, neither needs to recall when the lesson is started, nor needs to calculate the remaining time of the lesson silently in mind, thus the teacher can conveniently and rapidly control a time proportion of each link of the lesson, thereby ensuring completion of teaching tasks of the lesson.

The invention relates to a clock structure, in particular to a mechanical clock structure which can reflect the traditional solar terms in China. The clock for marking the solar terms comprises a mechanical plane clock (1) containing a clock face marked with hours, minutes and seconds and pointers (8), wherein the left side and the right side of the plane clock (1) are arranged on a bracket (4) in a spanned way through a rotating shaft (2), the bracket is fixed on a base (7) at the bottom, a mark pointer is vertically fixed at the central position of the back part of the plane clock (1), and a solar term marking plate (6) which is vertical to the base (7) is arranged on a vertical and symmetrical plane at the back of the plane clock (1). The invention has unique sculpt, simple structure and unique style, is similar to a sundial in ancient China, embodies the national styles of ancient China and indicates the unique lunar calendar solar terms, thereby being a novel invention which is completely uniform in contents and forms.

The invention provides a sleep information display method and device and electronic equipment, and the method comprises the steps: receiving first user input for checking sleep information of a user, displaying a graphical user interface comprising a sleep alarm clock view which comprises a sleep identifier and an adjustable alarm clock identifier with a circular clock face, the sleep identifier is a variable annular element which is located on the periphery of the circular clock face and is in a variable annular shape, and the two end points of the sleep identifier correspond to the sleeping time and the getting-up time respectively. A sleep identifier located on the periphery of a circular clock face is displayed in a sleep alarm clock view, the sleep identifier is a variable annular element in a variable annular shape, and the two end points of the sleep identifier correspond to the sleeping time and the getting-up time respectively, so that a user can obtain the actual sleep time by checking the two end points of the sleep identifier; the sleep identifier of the variable annular element can intuitively and clearly reflect the sleep time of the user, so that the user experience is improved.

A clock with an inserted base is provided to facilitate presenting various illustrations such as photographs, advertising copy, logos, etc., upon the surface of the clock face after purchase by a customer. The base is separately provided apart from the clock and then inserted into and coupled to the main clock frame which is then supported upon the base in upright position. In a preferred embodiment, the base is composed of a cover and insert rotatably coupled together so that the main clock frame is shielded by the cover in closed condition and supported upon the cover in open condition.

The Clock Face or Watch Face contains two physically separate and non-concentric circles of Light representing Hours and Minutes and an Arc representing Seconds. The Hours fill in 12 smaller circles with Light as the Hours pass and the Minutes fill in 12 smaller circles with Light as 60 minutes pass.The differentiation of LED Colors within a circle of Light allows the viewer to easily determine the Light filled Section of each Larger Ellipse or Circle for the current Hour or Minute. The use of a distinct LED or Light color for the 90 Deg increments within an Ellipse or Circle eliminates or reduces the need to count circles of Light to quickly identify the current time. The 12 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions are on 90 Deg Increments and have a separate distinct Light color from the other Lighted positions within the Hour's Ellipse or Circle.

A time-shift buffer of recorded programming whose time of recording extends between a predetermined lower limit up to the present time is navigated by the user by means of a displayed clock face in selecting a desired program for immediate or deferred playback. Rewinding of hands on the clock face, under user control, causes the minute hand to enter a sector of the clock face representative of a time interval during which incoming programming was recorded. An identifier of the program is displayed in concert with the clock hand positioning, so that the user may at any point in the navigation select the currently-identified program for playback.

The invention provides a sleep information display method and device and electronic equipment, and the method comprises the steps: receiving first user input for checking sleep information of a user, displaying a graphical user interface comprising a sleep alarm clock view, the sleep alarm clock view comprises a sleep identifier and a circular clock face with a circle center, the sleep identifier comprises a variable fan-shaped element, and the variable fan-shaped element comprises a first fan-shaped element and a second fan-shaped element. The variable fan-shaped element is enclosed by a first rotatable pointer, a second rotatable pointer and a circular arc, the axis of the first rotatable pointer and the axis of the second rotatable pointer are located at the circle center, the circular arc is formed by cutting the first rotatable pointer and the second rotatable pointer on the circular clock face, the first rotatable pointer corresponds to the sleeping time, and the second rotatable pointer corresponds to the getting-up time. By displaying the sleep identifier comprising the variable fan-shaped element in the sleep alarm clock view, a user can obtain the actual sleep time by checking the first rotatable pointer and the second rotatable pointer, and the sleep identifier of the variable fan-shaped element can visually and clearly display the sleep time of the user, so that the user experience is improved.

The invention discloses a three-color prompting wall clock. The three-color prompting wall clock comprises a wall clock, wherein the opening of the wall clock faces forwards, a pointer cavity is arranged in the wall clock, , a pointer device and a display device are arranged in the pointer cavity, a transmission device is arranged in the inner wall of the rear side of the pointer cavity, a suspension cavity is arranged in the wall clock in a front-back through manner, a suspension device is arranged in the suspension cavity, and the transmission device comprises a transmission cavity arrangedin the inner wall of the rear side of the pointer cavity. The three-color prompting wall clock is simple to operate and convenient to use, pointers continuously and stably rotates through belt transmission, the movement of time is prompted through the fact that the lighted display lamp is gradually shielded, and attention of people can be attracted to time through the color of the display lamp.

A performance instrument for a vehicle wherein an electronic device receives one or more operational quantities from internal sensors and / or external sensors and represents the one or more operational quantities as an analog clock face so that each clock hand is a function of one of the one or more operational quantities. The analog clock face representation provides at-a-glance apparency of the operational quantities for a user of the vehicle.