Patents by Inventor Simon Springer

Simon Springer 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: 9104180
    Abstract: A watch including a case in which there is arranged a control system, which includes a time base and is arranged to be able to perform several functions, the watch further including at least two analog display elements and a digital display controlled independently by the control system, the watch further including a control acting on the control system. The watch is arranged in a first, normal operating mode to provide the user with a time indication by the analog display elements driven by the control system fitted with the time base, and the watch is arranged in a second, special operating mode to allow the user to select a function via the control, to display on the digital display a value associated with the selected function, and to move an analog display element opposite the value associated with the selected function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventor: Simon Springer
  • Publication number: 20150131412
    Abstract: A watch including a case in which there is arranged a control system, which includes a time base and is arranged to be able to perform several functions, the watch further including at least two analogue display elements and a digital display controlled independently by the control system, the watch further including a control acting on the control system. The watch is arranged in a first, normal operating mode to provide the user with a time indication by the analogue display elements driven by the control system fitted with the time base, and the watch is arranged in a second, special operating mode to allow the user to select a function via the control, to display on the digital display a value associated with the selected function, and to move an analogue display element opposite the value associated with the selected function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
    Inventor: Simon Springer
  • Publication number: 20150116730
    Abstract: Device for detecting the position of at least a first and a second hand of an electromechanical watch, said first and second hands moving above a dial, the detection device including a single light source emitting a light beam towards the first and second hands, and a first and a second light detection system, the light source and the first and second light detection systems being mounted on or underneath the dial, the light source and the first and second light detection systems being arranged so that, in a determined position of the first hand, the light beam emitted by the light source is reflected by the first hand towards the first detection system, and in a determined position of the second hand, the light beam emitted by the light source is reflected by the second hand towards the second detection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventors: Pierpasquale TORTORA, Simon SPRINGER
  • Publication number: 20130051189
    Abstract: A watch including a case in which there is arranged a control system, which includes a time base and is arranged to be able to perform several functions, the watch further including at least two analogue display elements and a digital display controlled independently by the control system, the watch further including a control acting on the control system. The watch is arranged in a first, normal operating mode to provide the user with a time indication by the analogue display elements driven by the control system fitted with the time base, and the watch is arranged in a second, special operating mode to allow the user to select a function via the control, to display on the digital display a value associated with the selected function, and to move an analogue display element opposite the value associated with the selected function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
    Inventor: Simon Springer