Patents by Inventor Hannes Bonhoff

Hannes Bonhoff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9195812
    Abstract: A method is provided for entering a password. The method includes: providing a display means which is coupled to a data processing means; displaying a timepiece with a first representation of a timepiece element on the display means, detecting a user input; and assigning an alphanumeric character of the password to the user input and the first representation of the timepiece element or a further representation of the timepiece element. In some instances, the first representation of the timepiece element is time dependent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Inventor: Hannes Bonhoff
  • Patent number: 9081366
    Abstract: A timepiece for displaying a value of a time unit is provided, comprising a read element (5), wherein a rotation of the read element (5) can be controlled manually, and a form element (4), which rotates according to the time unit, wherein the rotation of the form element (4) is independent of a manually induced rotation of the read element (5), wherein the value of the time unit can only be read when the read element (5) and the form element (4) coincide, in that the angular position of the coincidence indicates the value of the time unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Inventor: Hannes Bonhoff
  • Patent number: 8780676
    Abstract: An interactive watch with analogue time display, including an analogue time display with a display element, a movement configured to drive a rotation of the display element about a rotational axis, which rotation is movement-driven and associated with a time unit, and a read-off element manually rotatably mounted about the rotational axis such that a manual rotation of the read-off element leads to a thereby manually forced rotation of the display element or vice versa, wherein, for the display element, the manually forced rotation overlaps with the movement-driven rotation of the display element, so that in a manually set read-off position for the read-off element and the display element, these, when viewed together, result in the display of a current analogue value for the time unit due to the read-off element and the display element being arranged in associated rotational positions relative to the rotational axis is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: Hannes Bonhoff
  • Publication number: 20140064045
    Abstract: A timepiece for displaying a value of a time unit is provided, comprising a read element (5), wherein a rotation of the read element (5) can be controlled manually, and a form element (4), which rotates according to the time unit, wherein the rotation of the form element (4) is independent of a manually induced rotation of the read element (5), wherein the value of the time unit can only be read when the read element (5) and the form element (4) coincide, in that the angular position of the coincidence indicates the value of the time unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: HANNES BONHOFF
  • Publication number: 20140047525
    Abstract: A method is provided for entering a password. The method includes: providing a display means which is coupled to a data processing means; displaying a timepiece with a first representation of a timepiece element on the display means, detecting a user input; and assigning an alphanumeric character of the password to the user input and the first representation of the timepiece element or a further representation of the timepiece element. In some instances, the first representation of the timepiece element is time dependent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventor: Hannes Bonhoff
  • Publication number: 20130051195
    Abstract: The invention describes an interactive watch with analogue time display, comprising an analogue time display with a display element, a movement configured to drive a rotation of the display element about a rotational axis, which rotation is movement-driven and associated with a time unit, and a read-off element manually rotatably mounted about the rotational axis such that a manual rotation of the read-off element leads to a thereby manually forced rotation of the display element or vice versa, wherein, for the display element, the manually forced rotation overlaps with the movement-driven rotation of the display element, so that in a manually set read-off position for the read-off element and the display element, these, when viewed together, result in the display of a current analogue value for the time unit due to the read-off element and the display element being arranged in associated rotational positions relative to the rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: Hannes Bonhoff
  • Patent number: 8379491
    Abstract: A timepiece with a dynamic, analogue display of the time. The timepiece has a first hand which rotates at a first speed and a second hand which rotates at a second speed, wherein the time is displayed with respect to a time unit when the two hands coincide in that the angular position of the coincidence indicates the current time of the time unit viewed on a dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventor: Hannes Bonhoff
  • Publication number: 20100091616
    Abstract: A timepiece with a dynamic, analogue display of the time. The timepiece has a first hand which rotates at a first speed and a second hand which rotates at a second speed, wherein the time is displayed with respect to a time unit when the two hands coincide in that the angular position of the coincidence indicates the current time of the time unit viewed on a dial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Hannes Bonhoff