Abstract: A global travel clock including a calender week indicator and a plurality of global time indicators are described. In one embodiment, the clock displays a current time value including a calender week value, and global time indicators indicating a time phase in a particular country. More particularly, each global time indicator displays a daylight phase, a leisure phase, or a sleep phase.

Abstract: This invention combines an appointment reminder with a novel calendar period. The portion of the normal calendar printed would always start with the month or week in which businesses distribute them to customers. The total period shown by the calendar will be one week to one month more than the period generally recommended for repetition of the service provided and will vary with the type of business giving them to customers. Space would be provided for printing of the contact and other data of such companies and for notation of the date and time of the next appointment. Space could also be provided for advertisements by other businesses. Magnetic devices could be adhesively attached to the material on which such novel calendar and appointment reminder was imprinted to enable removable attachment thereof to items containing ferrous materials.

Abstract: A vital signs monitoring system for allowing a user to easily monitor their vital signs at home with a remote control type device. The vital signs monitoring system includes a remote control for a television that has a plurality of sensors designed for monitoring the vital signs of a user. A first transceiver is positioned in the housing such that the transceiver is operationally coupled to the sensors whereby the first transceiver is for transmitting vital sign information collected by the sensors. A television has a second transceiver for receiving the information collected by the sensors, the television has a processing unit operationally coupled to the second transceiver such that the processing unit processes information received by the second transceiver. The television is for displaying the information on a screen of the television.

Abstract: A portable electronic device for displaying daily schedule information of a particular event and selectively displaying past and future schedule information which includes a display controlled by a processor having an internal programmable memory. The schedule information includes the location of the event, the start time, and the corresponding time zone. The memory contains data representing the event's schedule and a program for controlling the processor. The display provides actual time and date information and schedule information corresponding to the displayed calendar day. By manipulating a plurality of externally mounted push-button switches, the user commands the processor to update the display with schedule information corresponding to past and future days. A programmable alarm provides an audible reminder when a scheduled event begins.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece is provided with a device for automatically adjusting month-end calendar dates capable of reading dates simply, quickly, and reliably. A date detection pattern 71 composed of reflective and non-reflective sections is formed on the rear surface of a date dial 70. When the date dial 70 rotates, a change in the boundary between the reflective part and the non-reflective part is read by a photo sensor 81, the necessary number of dates is determined by a control circuit 20 by use of a perpetual calendar circuit, driving a date dial driving mechanisms 51 and 52.

Abstract: A watch having a watch face comprising an analog 12-hour display which displays a 24-hour day in an ambiguous manner using an hour hand and a minute hand, and an additional display which is used to determine the time indicated by the hour and minute hands and has two distinguishable symbols which are visible in said additional display separately from each other and change approximately every 12 hours. The invention is characterized in that the distinguishable symbols are configured as day and night symbols in such a way that they can be unambiguously interpreted as such by anyone and that the change-over from the night symbol to the day symbol occurs at 6 a.m. and the change-over from the day symbol to the night symbol at 6 p.m. either suddenly and precise to the second or over a period of time which can be observed dynamically so that there is never any doubt as to the time being shown.

Abstract: A generic clock with a mechanically driven display, a standard quartz movement and a microcontroller which is programmed to turn mechanically driven features such as clock hands and counters “on” and “off” during prescribed intervals of time. A large number of novel derivative clocks can be produced by merely re-programming the microcontroller and making simple revisions to the mechanically driven display. During each tick of the clock, a set of instructions to the microcontoller pulses a stepper motor of the clock in short intervals to further extend the life of the clock's battery.

Abstract: Disclosed is a personal organization tool comprising an indicator and an analog display divided into areas representing days of the week to help people organize themselves and remind them of various events or activities. The tool may be used in co-operation with an apparatus for providing information. The tool is particularly useful for people with short-term memory loss who often experience difficulty in keeping track of when they are supposed to do something.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an organizational calendar and an organizational apparatus and methods of using each. The organizational calendar includes a substantially planar sheet of material that has a plurality of item containers disposed upon the material. In addition, the organizational calendar includes a plurality of time period indicators. Each of the time period indicators includes an item container. Further, the organizational calendar includes a notice indicator located substantially near at least one of the time period indicators. Furthermore, the organizational calendar includes a current time period indicator, which is located substantially near at least one of the time period indicators.

Abstract: A timepiece with calendar mechanism has a main plate, a date indicator, a day indicator and a date indicator driving wheel. A date feed finger is structured integral with the date indicator driving wheel through a date feed finger spring portion, and a day feed finger is structured integral with the date indicator driving wheel through a day feed finger spring portion. The date feed finger rotates through a main-plate side of a day star wheel. The timepiece with calendar mechanism has a date feed finger guide portion to secure mesh in a thickness direction of the date feed finger and date indicator teeth portion when they mesh each other.

Abstract: A conventional type clock with a date, hour, minute and seconds display, characterized in that Maya signs are provided instead of the usual hour signs and in that the 20 Tzolkin day symbols are applied to an outer ring that can rotate according to the clock movement. The meaning of each of the respective combinations of Maya signs and Tzolkin day symbols can be inferred from the corresponding Tzolkin calendar.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece is provided with a device for automatically adjusting month-end calendar dates capable of reading dates simply, quickly, and reliably. A date detection pattern 71 composed of reflective and non-reflective sections is formed on the rear surface of a date dial 70. When the date dial 70 rotates, a change in the boundary between the reflective part and the non-reflective part is read by a photo sensor 81, the necessary number of dates is determined by a control circuit 20 by use of a perpetual calendar circuit, driving a date dial driving mechanisms 51 and 52.

Abstract: An electronic calendaring and scheduling capability that minimizes storage requirements. Repetitive calendar events are stored as single entries using an expression language. The expression language provides an ability for expressing how often the event recurs. Thus, the days on which the event occurs are computed from an expression stored in a repetitive event. Further, the expression language provides the ability to identify exceptions and to define an infinite number of recurring events from the original recurrent event definition. Events are generated by obtaining a recurrency expression of a first event. The recurrency expression is converted to one or more recurring dates. A beginning date of the first event is also obtained. Using one or more recurring dates and the beginning date, one or more second events are generated in response. The present invention provides the first event and the one or more second events to the users in one or more calendars.

Abstract: A system and method provide an event display. The event display includes a visual indication of a day on which the event occurs. The event display also includes an analog clock face representation having a contrasting portion indicating a time of the event.

Abstract: To provide an actuator which can achieve a reduction in size and weight of a device in which the actuator is mounted by amplifying and outputting displacement of a movable end of a vibrating plate as vibration in an in-plane direction, and to provide a timepiece and a notification device using the same, in an actuator (10), when a voltage is applied to a piezoelectric element (21) formed on a vibrating plate (12), the vibrating plate (12) generates bending vibrations in an out-of-plane direction, and one end portion (125) repeats displacement in an in-plane direction as a movable end. The displacement is transmitted to a lever (32) whose base end side (321) is connected to the end portion (125) of the vibrating plate (12) and an elastically deformable constricted portion (31), and a free end (322) of the lever (32) vibrates in the in-plane direction to drive a follower member (500).

Abstract: A modified wrist watch that has an adjustable indicator on the face of the watch which allows an individual to tell at a glance at what point the individual is within the ultradian cycle. The watch has an adjustable indicator to synchronize the individual's personal ultradian cycle to the time on the watch. The indicator has a series of indicia arranged on the watch face to indicate when the individual is at the individual's peak biological physical/mental condition. The individual can observe when the healing cycle is approaching. By observing the individual's ultradian cycle's alignment with the time of day, activities can be planned such that proper capability is present at the right time. An alternative embodiment allows the watch face to monitor multiple ultradian cycles such that an individual can monitor the individual and a second party simultaneously for determining the best time to interact.

Abstract: A mechanical device converts one time base to another without using gears to do so. A mechanical adder adds a constant into an accumulator at regular intervals. The interval is generated by the overflow of the accumulator. In the case where a signal is to be generated once every solar year from a wheel that rotates only once per day, the fractional number 1/365.242198 is added to the accumulator each day by the rotation of a day wheel. Whenever the accumulation overflows, the one-year signal is generated. The fractional portion of the accumulated sum remains in the accumulator, such that round-off errors do not accumulate over time. The preferred adder is digital, such that this computation may be carried out to any desired level of precision. Additionally, the same design, but with a different constant, may be used to generate other intervals (e.g. for lunar months).

Abstract: By use of a start date specifying unit, any date in one month is specified as a start day to be positioned at the head of a calendar display. The layout creating unit creates a layout of a calendar for one month with the specified start day ahead. The calendar display unit displays a calendar in conformity with the contents of creation by the layout creating unit, for example, such a calendar including 21 in each month to 20 in the next month.

Abstract: To provide an electronic watch with calendar without the need to adjust the calendar when the watch is restarted. A control mechanism 133 is provided which uses a signal from a 24-hour switch 12 which operates in synchronism with a time mechanism converter 6 as a signal for operating a date display drive converter 51 during normal watch operation, and uses a signal from a 24-hour counter which receives a signal from a time mechanism circuit 60 as a signal for operating the date display drive converter 51 at other times.

Abstract: An electronic sunrise-dependent timepiece, comprising an oscillator circuit for generating clock pulses at a predetermined frequency and a clock circuit coupled to the oscillator circuit for generating minutes and hours and calendar data. An offset correction circuit coupled to the clock circuit and being responsive to a current value of calendar data adds a respective offset to the minutes and hours data so as to generate a sunrise-dependent time of day for display on a suitable display device.

Abstract: A postage metering system includes a device to monitor the passage of a unit of time, a calendar profile, a system date and a control system. The calendar profile has parameterized data including day, month, year and leap year information so that dates may be reconciled. The control system is for advancing the system date depending upon the information contained with the calendar profile and the passage of a given amount of time.

Abstract: A calendar clock generates a local calendar and date information of the self station to easily obtain local date information of a communication partner. The calendar includes individual information such as holidays, public holidays, and summer time. A time difference conversion circuit converts the date information sent from the communication partner into local date information of the self station.

Abstract: A small electronic apparatus provided with a functional display unit is formed of function driving device for generating function driving signals corresponding to a plurality of functions, a plurality of functional display devices corresponding to the functions and including first and second display devices, and a single motor electrically connected to the function driving devices and operated according to the function driving signals from the function driving device. A driving device transmits a driving force to the first functional display device, and an intermittent driving device is connected to the driving device to operate in association therewith. The intermittent driving device rotates the second display device intermittently. A clocking device is electrically connected to the function driving device.

Abstract: A device for the determination of the elapsed time since the initial activation of a unit of equipment. The device consists of a first and second circuit and a switch-on element. The first circuit establishes a connection between the item of equipment and the switch-on element. The second circuit consists of at least a time-counter and a source of energy to power the time-counter. Both circuits can be activated simultaneously by the switch-on element. The first circuit can be used both as the current flow for the item of equipment and also for detecting voltage or physical energy in a component of an item of equipment. The switch-on element can be activated both mechanically and electronically. The counter-information can be presented in a display unit in both a deletable or non-deletable manner. The time-counter and the display unit are powered by their own energy source.

Abstract: A calendar indicator includes a date disc, a week disc and an indicator member. The date disc is equally divided into 28 date indicating segments. The date disc further has 28 numerals, from "1" to "28", respectively provided in sequence on the 28 date indicating segments of the 28 date sectors. The three adjacent date indicating segments having the numerals "1", "2" and "3" provided thereon respectively form a first, a second and a third sub-segment. Three numerals including "29", "30" and "31" are respectively provided on the first, second and third sub-segments. The week disc which is coaxially and rotatably mounted on the date disc is equally divided into 28 week indicating segments. The indicating member is rotatably mounted on the week disc for indicating what date and day of week is today. Whereby the user may easily find out what day is today and the day of week of today from the calendar indicator of the present invention.

Abstract: An analog timepiece having a novel means of displaying the current day of the month and indicating the current month of the year. Proximate to each of the hour positions 1 through 12 on the timepiece is a window for displaying the date; the date is displayed in only one of the twelve windows so that the window position proximate to the hour position corresponds to the current month's position within the twelve month calendar year.

Abstract: A display method operative within a display device of a data processing system connected in a distributed computing environment having nodes located across geographically-dispersed boundaries. The method begins by defining a plurality of sets of holiday objects each corresponding to a set of holidays specific to a given locale. A graphical representation of a calendar, together with a set of holiday objects, are then displayed. If the user enters a new locale, the method dynamically switches between sets of holiday objects according to the new locale entered. The new set of holiday objects preferably are displayed on the same calendar yet in a different manner from the first set to enable a user to compare the holidays of two different locales.

Abstract: A register group (REG) is constructed by a register for calendar data of year, month, date, hour, minute and second, a data register constructed by an empty area, for storing alarm time of month, date, hour, minute and second, and a register for controlling generation of various interrupts. A comparator compares calendar information of month, date, hour, minute and second of the present time with month, date, hour, minute and second of set alarm time and an interrupt is generated when the compared values coincide with each other.

Abstract: When an analog indicator is enabled, the position of the time indicator is detected by an indicator position detection circuit. When the indicator arrives at a predetermined position, typically 24:00, a CPU advances calendar data to a correct date and stores the calculation result in a calendar counter. The CPU outputs a drive instruction signal to a date-indicating wheel drive pulse generating circuit to drive a date-indicating wheel to the correct date. The date-indicating wheel drive pulse generating circuit then drives the date-indicating wheel to a renewed position. At this time, a time counter is cleared to 0:00 and is synchronized with the position of the analog indicator. When driving of the analog indicator is disabled, such as by the pulling out of a crown switch, and the time counted by the time counter arrives at a predetermined time, typically 24:00, the CPU advances the present calendar data to the correct date and stores the calculation result in the calendar counter.

Abstract: A postage metering system includes a device to monitor the passage of a unit of time, a calendar profile, a system date and a control system. The calendar profile has parameterized data including day, month, year and leap year information so that dates may be reconciled. The control system is for advancing the system date depending upon the information contained with the calendar profile and the passage of a given amount of time.

Abstract: An annual calendar mechanism including a date-disc provided with a first inner toothing including thirty one teeth, and a date drive wheel and pinion, said wheel and pinion including a finger capable of driving said date-disc through one step once a day, characterized in that the date-disc includes a second inner toothing provided for driving, via a gear train, a month-cam carrying at least five teeth, each of these teeth being arranged to be situated, at the end of the months of less than thirty one days, on the path of the beak of a lever and in that said lever carries a correction drive wheel and pinion fitted with a correction finger co-operating with the first or second toothing at the end of the aforecited months to drive the date-disc through one additional step at the end of said months when the lever pivots following the passage of its beak over a tooth of said cam.

Abstract: A timepiece has a gear train having a plurality of intermeshed gears including a 24 o'clock wheel. To avoid error, the phase angle of the 24 o'clock wheel at which a given detection state is assumed is equal to the phase angle of backlash of the gear train between forward and reverse rotations of the 24 o'clock wheel. An electrically conductive contact spring is mounted to the 24 o'clock wheel. A circuit board is provided with electrical contacts disposed to come into contact with the contact spring when rotated. A 24 o'clock detection circuit is connectd to the electrical contacts to input an angular position detection signal indicating the angular position of the 24 o'clock wheel when the contact spring contacts a respective one of the electrical contacts.

Abstract: To provide an electronic timepiece enabling reliable detection of a state of rotation of an indication wheel such as a date dial.An ultrasonic motor 1130 has an ultrasonic rotor pinion 1134b. A date dial 1120 is disposed on a main plate 1102 in such a way as to rotate relative thereto. The ultrasonic rotor pinion 1134b is meshed with an intermediate date driving gear wheel 1142a. A date driving wheel 1150 is rotatably disposed on the main plate 1102. A date driving gear wheel 1150b is meshed with an intermediate date driving pinion 1142b. A date driving gear portion 1150b is meshed with a dial gear portion 1120a. A contact point spring 1160 is disposed on a spring guiding portion 1150d. The contact point spring 1160 rotates integrally with the date driving wheel 1150 through the rotation of the date driving wheel 1150. The state of rotation of the date driving wheel 1150 can be detected by contact of the contact point spring 1160 with the contact point pattern 1174.

Abstract: A calendar electronic timepiece comprises a signal generating circuit for generating a date signal, a driving circuit for outputting a driving signal in accordance with the date signal generated by the signal generating circuit, and an ultrasonic motor driven by the driving signal outputted by the driving circuit. The ultrasonic motor is comprised of a piezoelectric vibrator having an electrode pattern and being driven by the driving signal outputted from the driving circuit to undergo expansion and contraction movement, a vibrating member connected to the piezoelectric vibrator and vibrationally driven by expansion and contraction movement of the piezoelectric vibrator, and a date dial disposed on the vibrating member to be frictionally driven by expansion and contraction movement of the piezoelectric vibrator.

Abstract: A date movement for a clockwork movement including a member (8) for indicating the tens having four positions carrying a scale from <<zero>> to <<three>> or from <<one>> to <<three>> plus a blank, provided for effecting one step every ten days, and a member (10) for indicating the units arranged for effecting one step per day, characterised in that the units indicator member (10) can occupy thirty one positions and carries three successive scales from <<zero>> to <<nine>>, one of the three scales, called the modified scale, having an additional <<one>> inserted between its <<zero>> and its <<one>>.

Abstract: A switch (201) is conjoined with a hand driving gear train (107) and provided with at least three or more contact groups (203, 204, 205) turned on at least once in each 24 hours. A calendar indicating member is updated according to an order of closing each contact. The matching between the time indicating and the calendar indicating can be accomplished when a user modifies the time display.

Abstract: A schedule management apparatus includes a term data input section for inputting a term data by designating a start day and an end day, a schedule input section for inputting a schedule corresponding to the term data inputted by the term data input section, a memory for storing the term data and the schedule in correspondence, a day designation section for designating a specific day, a retrieval section for retrieving, from the memory, a term data which includes the specific day designated by the day designation section, a schedule display section for displaying at least the start day and the end day of the term data retrieved by the retrieval section.

Abstract: A multi-dimensional calendar (10) for indicating the day, date and month. The multi-dimensional calendar (10) includes three disks (28), (30) and (32). The first disk (28) has a circumference and includes indicia indicative of the date printed about a periphery thereof. The second disk (30) has a circumference of a size smaller than the circumference of the first disk (28) and includes indicia indicative of the month printed about a periphery thereof. The third disk (32) has a circumference of a size smaller than the circumference of the second disk (30) and includes indicia indicative of the day printed about a periphery thereof. A platform (12) retains the first, second and third disks (28), (30) and (32) thereon, whereby the second disk (30) is positioned between the first and third disks (28) and (32). A first gear apparatus (64) automatically rotates the first disk (28) a first predetermined distance after expiration of a first predetermined period.

Abstract: A timepiece, particularly a wristwatch, comprising a retrograde date display presenting a graduation from 1 to 31 (2) on the dial (1) cooperating with a hand (3) driven by the mechanism which comprises a sleeve (4) comprising this hand and fast with a pinion (5) meshing with two racks (9) pivoted on a plate (6) of the movement acting in opposite direction on the pinion (5), one of said rack being submitted to the action of a return spring, whereas the free end of the other rack is maintained, by the force of said return spring, permanently against a snail cam carried by a date crown (11) pivoted on said plate (6) and driven in a known manner of one step each day by the watch movement.

Abstract: A Microprocessor controlled timer particularly adapted for control of an animal feeder with a display of program items and with user settable feeding times and duration of such feeding times based upon the microprocessor calculated sunrise and sunset times with a selector switch and a change switch and display of program items allowing user reprogramming of the timer; the timer being broadly usable for activation of electrical equipment when desirable activation is at times relative to sunrise and sunset and also being usable for activation of electrical equipment according to normal clock time.

Abstract: The timing system for GPS has a week counter that recycles at intervals of about 20 years. The first recycling will occur on Aug. 22, 1999, producing a time ambiguity in GPS signals. The invention employs a count of leap seconds to resolve the ambiguity and extends the useability of GPS in its present format by more than a century.

Abstract: A personal menstrual cycle clock that indicates a safe time to indulge in sexual intercourse. The clock includes a housing, a plurality of bulbs, and illuminating apparatus. The housing has a top with a transparent ring therearound that is divided into 28 sections, each of which representing a day of the menstrual cycle. Each bulb of the plurality of bulbs consecutively illuminates through a respective section of the 28 sections of the transparent ring.

Abstract: An electronic Personal Information Manager (PIM) including a calendar/scheduling system with an EarthTime.TM. module is described. In operation, the system tracks different types of times: "local" time, "home" time, and "remote" time. Home time is the time zone of where the user typically spends most of his or her time; this is usually the time zone for the user's home office. Local time is the time for the locality where the user is located physically at any particular instance in time. "Remote" time represents the time zones of the other individuals (i.e., other than the user). The system may show events and appointments in the user's own "local" time (or other user-selected type of time), regardless of where the user is presently located. Using these three types of time (i.e., "local" time, "home" time, and "remote" time), the system provides improved interface and methods for scheduling and managing activities, such a phone conference, across multiple time zones.

Abstract: Conversion of Gregorian calendar dates to dates of a 360-day-year calendar (i.e., a calendar having twelve months of 30 days each), and 360-day-year calendar dates to Gregorian calendar dates, are performed using a single three-column 367-entry conversion table. A search table unit searches the conversion table from the bottom upwards, i.e., a table search index is initialized to a value of 367, and decremented by unity each time a comparison is made and a match is not found. A first field in each row of the conversion table contains Gregorian leap year calendar days-of-the-year, a second field in each row contains Gregorian non-leap year calendar days-of-the-year, and a third field in each row contains 360-day-year calendar days-of-the-year. A graph of Gregorian days-of-the-year versus 360-day-year days-of-the-year has both vertical and horizontal sections.

Abstract: In an electronic watch, a hand wheel gear 109b in a gear train has a tooth 124 having a profile K so as to prevent the backward movement of a hand 104. During initialization, the gear train is rotated backward such that the hand 104 is turned to the backward movement preventing position, which serves as an initializing position, and a reference position during detection of a hand position. Usually, a backward movement command is issued when the hand 104 is supposed to be at the reference position. The hand 104 is judged to be out of the reference position when its backward movement is detected.

Abstract: A timepiece such as a watch carries a date ring with a window display. The ring carries an engaging system capable of driving at the end of each month an annual ring having twelve or twenty four external teeth and five internal teeth. A calendar driving wheel set has a first finger capable of driving the date ring and a second finger capable of driving the annual ring. At the end of a month of thirty days, one of the five internal teeth of the annual ring appears on the path of the second finger and drives this ring in its travel, such ring, from being driven becomes a driving wheel and, via the engaging system, causes the date ring to advance to the first of the following month. A manual correction remains necessary at the end of the month of February.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a short-term data storing section for storing short-term data which represents a short-term scheduled event and includes graphic symbol data representing a graphic symbol and also for storing a first flag having one of a first state and a second state, the first flag corresponding to the short-term data; a long-term item data storing section for storing long-term data which represents a long-term scheduled event and includes long-term item data representing a long-term item of the long-term scheduled event and also for storing a second flag having one of the first state and the second state, the second flag corresponding to the long-term data; a display section for displaying the graphic symbol and the long-term item; a flag storing section for storing a third flag having one of the first state and the second state; and a control section.

Abstract: An analog electronic timepiece also having a display (4) for at least two other items of time information comprising a timekeeping circuit delivering a daily signal S.sub.j to a perpetual calendar circuit delivering, in response to a command signal S.sub.k, an order signal S.sub.c representing the ranking occupied by the information on the display (4), and a disc signal S.sub.D representing the value of the instantaneous ranking of the time information displayed, in which a comparator-subtractor analysing the signals S.sub.c and S.sub.D in recurring manner delivers a signal S.sub.R modifying the display (4) until S.sub.D =S.sub.C, said display (4) having at least two distinct zones (4a, 4b) provided with different symbols occupying successive rankings.

Abstract: An electronic watch with a multiple function display which is able to display biorhythms or the like in a format appealing to the sense of sight is presented. This electronic watch moves a plurality of hands by means of a plurality of step motors, and displays the biorhythms with the respective hands. Since the respective hands go through a single rotation when the corresponding step motor performs a set number of steps, in order to ensure that these single rotations are accurately timed with the periods of the biorhythms, movement control of the step motors is conducted.

Abstract: A multi-purpose clock including a known clock movement and a clock body accommodating the clock movement. The clock body has at least twelve hollow compartments disposed at the positions of the hours numerals. Each hollow compartment contains a turnable, block which is pivotally disposed therein by means of a couple of positioning element. Each block has at least one side showing an hour numeral and at least one side showing a list of the days of the corresponding calendar month. The blocks may also display various patterns to provide greater variety.