Abstract: A compact electronic apparatus includes a storage section for storing a piece of input data for each item; a display section for displaying the piece of input data for each item; and a data changing section for causing a mark to be included in the displayed piece of input data so as to indicate that the item is a particular one. Moreover, the piece of input data may arbitrarily include time data regarding a time of each item; and the display section may display a piece of input data including time data which corresponds to a prescribed period having a particular time or a period previous to the prescribed period along with a piece of input data including no time data.

Abstract: An astronomical time clock has a clock face divided into twelve segments representing the months of the year and a centrally positioned light which represents the sun. A globe representing the Earth rotates by a drive means around the light and is positioned in the segment representing the current month. The time of the day may be displayed by conventional clock hands or a digital display which is made clearly visible only in the segment corresponding to the current month. In a preferred embodiment, the globe rotates on its axis representing night and day and may be provided with tilt representing the seasons of the year.

Abstract: A method of exchanging date and time slot usage between calendar users. A date and time map structure is configured in a common way to allow the accessing of the map information using an algorithm and then responding to the provided information. The response would normally be to create a composite calendar for purposes of determining which time slots are not used for selected calendars to assist when establishing a group meeting. The structure supports specifying calendar categories, time span and granularity for the times represented by the used time slots in the map.

Abstract: A schedule displaying device is provided with a comparator and a controller in addition to a memory, an input device, a display, and a timer. Thus, the scheduled plans are stored and displayed together with the respective scheduled time in a corresponding manner and in time sequence. Moreover, the number of the scheduled plans is arranged to be counted and displayed for each day of the week in the schedule displaying device.

Abstract: An electronic rescheduler for promptly and efficiently rescheduling appointments in a two part procedure. In the first step, there is an initial selection of one or more different time periods or "options" during which a new, replacement appointment would be desired; and, in resonse, the electronic rescheduler reports a listing of free time slots that are available within the selected "options". In the second, and final step, one of the reported free time slots is chosen for the new appointment, and is entered into the rescheduler to complete the rescheduling operation. A number of such "options" are made available, including "morning" or "afternoon" appointments, the "earliest" available time, and others. For office use, the electronic rescheduler can be configured as a desk top unit positioned alongside a telephone, and coupled to the phone. It may include a display screen, printer, and audible announcer, for voice response over the phone; as well as a keyboard for the various entries and selections.

Abstract: An electronic scheduler for making appointments that provides for a greater degree of automatic operation in locating an available time-of-day time slot for appointment. Multiple modes of operation are selectively provided to a user to quickly find an available time slot that conforms to the user's preferences and prior time committments. For use in office environments, the scheduler may be adapted for use with a series of different persons, with the user selecting one of those persons for an appointment. The scheduler may be used locally or may be connected to a telephone line for remotely controlled operation by a caller. In any of such different embodiments, the scheduler may be provided with interactive features, including the communication of instructions to the user for the selection of one of the plural modes of operation that is most useful for the user's needs and preferences.

Abstract: A timer apparatus in which a stored reservation date to record a program and the present date are compared and when the reserved date is past the present date the reserved date is automatically changed to the nearest future date of the same day of the week, so that user efforts are simplified and required memory space is decreased. When it is necessary to make a change in the date or day of the week being displayed, by repeating a plurality of selected display patterns within a predetermined time period it appears to the user that the date or the day of the week is being continuously and sequentially changed at a high speed, whereas only the selected patterns are being sequentially displayed.

Abstract: An electronic device having a calendar display function is capable of changing calendar formats to be presented on a display screen. The formats include a "Sunday through Saturday" mode and a "Monday through Sunday" mode. The device comprises a date counter which counts a date number from the first to the last days of a month. These date data are written into a display memory for the display screen and then are displayed on the display screen at appropriate locations which are different depending on which mode has been selected, in order to provide a desired calendar format.

Abstract: An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system which includes a plurality of interactive terminals which are interconnected to permit an end user at each terminal to interchange information with each other and to maintain an electronic calendar. The method facilitates the reply process to an electronic invitation to attend a meeting that is issued by one of the end users by arranging for the system to advise the invitee that a meeting notice is available to review in the "In Box" of the terminal. The method causes a composite screen to be built which simultaneously displays the meeting details and the relevant section, i.e. a day of entries, of the owner's calendar in a side by side format so that calendar entries are correlated to the meeting data and time. The composite display permits an interactive selection by the calendar owner end user of at least one option which can be either to accept the invitation and calendar the meeting or to reject the invitation.

Abstract: In an electronic scheduler, date, time and schedule contents are stored in a memory, and then schedule data are read out from the memory to be displayed on a display unit. The electronic scheduler is arranged by a memory device for storing plural of the schedule data by combining at least time range data with corresponding schedule information, an entry device for entering time data as searching information into the electronic scheduler, a comparator for comparing the entered time data with the time range of the respective schedule data stored in the memory device so as to judge whether or not the schedule data corresponds to data to be searched, and a display unit for displaying the corresponding schedule data in response to the judgement result by the comparator.

Abstract: An electronic advanced date warning system including a base having a front surface, a first member associated with the front surface for lighting selected date warning areas thereon, a second member associated with the front surface for lighting selected areas thereon corresponding to specific categories of events associated with the selected date warning areas of the first member, and a member for selectively activating and deactivating both of the first and second lighting members to provide the advanced date warnings and associated event indicators. The system can include an enlarged front surface exhibiting conventional calendar information indicia that can be used in conjunction with the first member.

Abstract: A clock in the form of a traffic light, with time designations shown in the red, amber and green lenses. The time designations include the day of the week, hour of the day, and month and date.

Abstract: An electronic time management scheduler for communicating the daily schedules, or daily subschedules of available time slots, for a series of different selected days in such manner that the user can quickly and easily select or determine a spaced program of different appointments on different days, or find the most convenient time for an appointment on any one of a series of different days. In one embodiment, the user selects each of the days of interest, and in a second embodiment selects merely the beginning day and the fixed daily interval between successive appointments. In a third embodiment or fully automatic mode, the user selects the days of interest, or the beginning day and interval between appointments, and the electronic scheduler automatically functions to find an available time slot, if present, on each day selected and communicates this program of appointments to the user.

Abstract: A desk top swing calendar is provided and consists of a support frame with clock and a calendar tablet so as to display the time and the month of the year simultaneously. In a modification a calendar month page turner and means for viewing current month with last month at the same time is also provided.

Abstract: An electronic calendar is provided for displaying time of the day, day of the week, and month-date-year with automatic adjustments for leap years and changes to and from standard and daylight times. The electronic calendar also displays preprogrammed and user programmed information such as holidays, holy days, birthdays, anniversaries, appointments, horoscopes, and other messages. In addition, the electronic calendar incorporates a method for randomly selecting and displaying programmed messages, such as advertisements and safety slogans, at recurring times to reinforce the user's memory of such messages.

Abstract: An electronic calendar display in which each column always corresponds to a particular day of the week is disclosed. Each display element in each column includes a group of display segments which are selectively activated to display a number corresponding to a day of the month. Seven display elements are used to form a row representing a week, and six such rows may be arranged to represent an entire month. In addition, twelve month displays may be arranged to represent a year. The circuitry which updates the display segments includes a look-up table stored in a read-only memory which indicates the display segments to be activated for the current month and year. In the preferred embodiment, this circuitry also includes a microprocessor and the display includes alphanumeric display elements which can display a message. A keyboard or other interface permits an operator to enter the message. A watch is used to provide an indication of the current time and to signal when the display should be updated.

Abstract: A digital display arrangement is provided for balanced general timekeeping having centrally-positioned hour digits and two sets of smaller, equal-sized minute digits flanking the hour digits for trailing and leading readout, with hockey stick-shaped display elements positioned below the minute digits and oriented to give graphic symbols of minutes increasing past the present hour and minutes decreasing toward the next hour, respectively. Means are provided for blanking the hour digits and simultaneously energizing a chronograph time display which, because of resulting large spaces uniquely seen only between the chronograph digits, presents substantial visual contrast from, and minimum potential for ambiguity or confusion with, the general timekeeping mode.

Abstract: In order to provide easily accessible knowledge of the correlations between time, the geographical locale and the solar positions, the watch in question in addition to time-keeping means capable of displaying the current time (8.46A) also provides means capable of storing, processing in a microprocessor mode and displaying in a particular panel mode data of solar elevation and azimuth (h 35.4) as well as date data (11 27), a computer performing correlating operations between these various values. Pushbuttons (BPH', BPM', BPB') allow using this watch in various operational and correction situations, and other pushbuttons (BPH, BPM, BPB) allow more specific commands for correction, for search operations regarding date and place based on the solar data, for storage and call from memory of the various processed data.This watch can easily be implemented as a small wrist watch.

Abstract: The data display device has a memory section to store a specific day or days for different countries or regions of the world. The specific day data read out from the memory section, and which is peculiar to a specific country or region, is transferred to a display section to be displayed thereby.

Abstract: An electronic device with an alarm function has a time count circuit for providing time data and a date count circuit for providing date data. The electronic device also produces an alarm sound at an alarm time. When the date data represents a specific day, the electronic device produces a melody different from the alarm sound to tell the specific day.

Abstract: An electronically actuated system for a control clock device is provided with an instrument panel arranged in such fashion that an operator having virtually no familiarity with the technical aspects of the system can set up a program of activity, such for example as the playing of various melodies on a carillon on different days of the week, and varying them automatically from day to day. The panel is provided with controls in the form of push buttons, dials and lights, appropriately labeled, a digital clock face showing the time of day in hours, minutes and seconds, selectors for the day or days during the week when a program is to be played, and a selector for any one or more of the programs from a bank of programs. Visual displays show what has been set up in the device as a check against errors which the operator may have made during the setting.

Abstract: An alarm device for electronic watches has a memory for storing data representing a specified date. When the user operates a switch on that day, the device sounds an alarm to tell the user the specified date has arrived.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece which can provide an analog display by a pointer of time information of at least "hour" and "minute" delivered from an electromechanical time keep mechanism and can digitally display by a photoelectric display device a time information set for emitting an alarm and memorized in an alarm memory circuit is disclosed. The electronic timepiece comprises further means for electrically keeping the time information of at least "hour" and "minute", a coincidence detection circuit for detecting a coincidence of the time information delivered from the electrical time keep mechanism with the time information delivered from alarm memory circuit and an alarm emitting device for emitting an alarm signal by a coincidence signal delivered from the coincidence detection circuit.

Abstract: An alarm device for electronic watches has a memory for storing data representing a specified date. When the user operates a switch on that day, the device sounds an alarm to tell the user the specified date has arrived.

Abstract: An electronic watch comprises two passive electro-optic display devices one of which provides a digital display and the other of which provides an analog display. In one operational mode, the analog display device displays the local time while the digital display device furnishes other information such as the days of the week and the dates, for example. In another operational mode, which is selected by means of a push-button, the analog display device comprises only one activated segment (constituted or formed of a ray) which is consequently visible, to indicate opposite a scale of the time zones which time zone is actually selected, the digital display device then indicating the time of the selected time zone. The selection of the time zone which is displayed by the digital display device is effected by means of another push-button.

Abstract: A switch structure for an electronic timepiece including a multi-position external operational member is provided. The structure includes a click lever and a switch lever, each operationally engaged with the external operational member. Rotation of the external operational member pivots the switch lever for making a first switching connection. Axial displacement of the external operational member shifts the switch lever for making a second switching action upon operation of the external operational member. In a digital electronic timepiece including the switch structure, adjustment of time may be made when the click lever is in a first position and a calendar adjustment may be made once the click lever is in a second position.

Abstract: Electronic circuits especially adapted for driving an electro-optic representation of a conventional mechanical analog watch, such circuits providing improved signal multiplexing for activating the display.

Abstract: In a digital electronic timepiece in which days of the week, hours and minutes are displayed on a display device and the displayed days of the week, hours and minutes can be corrected with a correction switch, a time correction switch is used to also correct a displayed day of the week.

Abstract: An electronic wristwatch having a calendar display arrangement that is capable of memorizing and displaying date information is provided. Specifically, a digital display that is capable of displaying calendar information is coupled to a calendar display memory that is capable of selectively storing a plurality of predetermined dates therein. Operative means are coupled to the memory and the calendar display for effecting a display of the plurality of dates stored in the memory by the calendar display.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece in which scheduled time data on specified date or on specified day of the week are set into a counter and their contents are displayed. When the scheduled time comes, an alarm sound is generated. If specific data are inserted instead of the instruction data representative of the date or the day of the week, the timepiece generates the alarm sound repeatedly at the scheduled time. A number of scheduled contents can be set using the same circuit construction and set action for generating repeatedly the alarm sound can be made easily.

Abstract: An electronic wristwatch with time and full calendar displays is programmed to uniquely display specially selected dates in the year using three manually operated input terminals. A terminal operation enables the memory to receive or erase special date data which is visible on the watch face at the time of selection. Month to month progression in the calendar display mode and day to day progression on the display in the write-in or erase mode is rapidly accomplished using two terminals.

Abstract: A watch comprises an electronically controlled digital display of the month, day of the month, day of the week, or other information, in addition to a time-indicating analog display system. A single control circuit, using integrated circuit technology, controls the operation of the two display systems. A synchronizing arrangement for the synchronous control of the two display systems and a battery-condition control circuit to monitor the state of the watch battery are also included. The combination of these features provides the user with a watch which can be set and corrected in a simple manner, which insures a synchronous link between all of the data being displayed, and which provides a timely warning when a battery change is necessary.

Abstract: Seven symbol lamps are aligned, in addition to a six-digit numeral display for displaying time information, in order to indicate any one of the days of the week printed on a calendar panel. A mode panel is disposed, parallel to the calendar panel, on which labels representative of a month information correction mode, a date information correction mode, a day of the week information correction mode, an hour information correction mode, a minute information correction mode, and other operation modes such as a stop-watch mode are provided at positions corresponding to the seven symbol lamps. The symbol lamps are continuously enabled when they indicate the days of the week information printed on the calendar panel, and the symbol lamps are controlled to flicker when they indicate any one of the operation modes represented by the mode panel.

Abstract: An electronic timing device having first individual visual display elements numbering sixty positioned to resemble the seconds and/or minutes of a conventional clock, second individual visual display elements numbering twelve positioned for resembling the hour position of a conventional clock, third individual visual display elements numbering seven and representing the seven days of a week and a logic circuit included to provide for sequentially displaying the second, minute and/or date on the first visual display elements, for sequentially displaying the hour and/or the month on the second visual display elements, displaying the day of the week on the third visual display elements for displaying AM or flashing the third indicating visual elements for indicating PM. An (optional) feature provides a selection of time in various selected different time zones.

Abstract: A watch includes a quartz-controlled electronic drive circuit for the control of the clockwork mechanism of a pointer-driving system for analog display of the time of day, and a digital read-out unit and control circuit for the display of additional data such as month, day of the month, day of the week, and the like. A synchronizing unit is located between the analog and digital systems to provide a synchronous link between the time of the day and the digitally displayed data. This synchronizing unit is coupled with the pointer-driving clockwork mechanism and generates a synchronizing pulse which is derived from the clockwork, preferably at a rate of one pulse per 24 hours. The synchronizing pulse is fed into the display control circuit to synchronously advance the digital read-out of the month, day of the month and day of the week, for example.

Abstract: An electronic watch with circuitry to calculate and display time under the Moslem calendar.

Abstract: A watch module construction including a liquid crystal display cell of a polygonal profile in plan, with one internal angle of the profile being in the range 180 degrees to 360 degrees, and an analog display device including time indicating hands. A cell support frame is disposed on one side of each of a base plate and a circuit board aligned substantially on the same plane as the base plate. The cell support frame has a first recess in which the liquid crystal display cell is disposed, and a second recess in which the time indicating hands are disposed. An IC chip is mounted on the other side of the circuit board in substantially axial alignment with the display cell, and a wheel train mechanism is disposed on the other side of the base plate in substantially axial alignment with the time indicating hands.

Abstract: The small-sized electronic timepiece comprises a casing susceptible to turn ntirely on itself in a support in order to expose in a first position an analog display and in a second position a digital display. The support is constituted by a rectangular plate two opposed edges of which have upwardly extending wing portion, the wristband or any other fastening system being fixed in the neighborhood of said wing portions. The casing is adapted to slide parallel to said wing portions from one edge to the other of the plate and to effect its turning movement in at least a third extreme position, the latter permitting an easier replacement of an energy source.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece having liquid crystal or light-emitting diode display elements provides a logic network for flickering a part or all segments of the display element at a plurality of repetition rates and duty cycles, whereby additional intelligence associated with the repetition rate and duty cycle is conveyed by the display element. The logic network gives priority of display to any one preselected supplemental flickering intelligence function when there is a coincident demand for more than one supplemental function for display. Flickering draws attention to the supplemental intelligence contained in an otherwise continuous display.

Abstract: A display device for a timepiece comprises an apertured dial and an electro-optical display element affixed to said dial so that said display element can be viewed through said aperture. The display device also includes an insulation layer and electrodes on said insulation layer.

Abstract: A function selection circuit for multi-function timepiece which has a timekeeping circuit, a display device to display output data from the timekeeping circuit, and a function circuit to provide a plurality of functions which can be selected by an external control member in a predetermined sequence. The function selection circuit has a circuit means controlled by the external control member to provide an output to enable a selection of time correction mode from said plurality of functions in the predetermined sequence.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece control circuit for facilitating the selection of a preferred function in a multi-functional electronic timekeeping circuit wherein each function can also be selected cyclicly in sequence, is provided. The timekeeping circuit is adapted to be disposed in at least three timekeeping functional modes to perform at least one distinct timekeeping function in each functional mode in response to a function control signal being applied thereto. Mode select circuitry is coupled to the timekeeping circuit for cyclicly selecting, in sequence, each timekeeping functional mode of the timekeeping circuit in response to each mode select signal applied thereto. A judgment circuit is coupled to thetimekeeping circuit and is adapted to return the timekeeping circuit to a predetermined timekeeping functional mode in response to a mode select signal and a function control signal being coincidentally applied thereto.

Abstract: An electronic display device has numerals 1 to 31 for days of one month arranged in plural columns and rows, and numerals for displaying time such as "hours", "minutes" and "seconds" and including a plurality of segments. At least a part of the numerals for data display are disposed in the spaces defined by the segments for the numerals for time display. The device is useful for devices with restricted display space.

Abstract: An illuminated master calendar is disclosed having a short depth profile and suitable for mounting on a wall. A front panel of the housing has a first group of momentary contact touch sensitive switches mounted thereon with each switch having a transparent pushbutton face through which illuminated indicia are visible when the switch is depressed. The first group of switches is representative of each of the days of the month, a similar second group of switches is provided for each of the months of the year, and a third group for each of the days of the week. A circuit is provided for illuminating a light source behind each of the indicia when the corresponding switch is touched. The circuit also maintains illumination of the indicia after the switch is released. A reset switch and associated reset circuit are connected for extinguishing all illuminated indicia and preparing each of the switches with associated indicia for reactivation.

Abstract: An electronic schedule calendar and diary for storing in an electronic memory a plurality of future calendar appointments and events for each of a plurality of daily, weekly, or other date interval periods, and enabling the selective retrieval and electronic display of said plural appointments and events for any selected time period. The electronic diary employs manually or remotely controlled entry of said future appointments and events in digital form; manually or remotely controlled correction and updating of said data; and manually controlled retrieval or readout into a visual electronic display. A time-of-day electronic clock may also be included together with an automatic alarm for providing an alarm for each selected appointment or even entered into the memory. In a systems version, a plurality of electronic diaries are employed with a central memory or monitor. Each diary is selectively placed in communication with the central memory for transfer of data therebetween.