Electronic timepiece apparatus

• US 20040174774A1
• Filed: 03/02/2004
• Published: 09/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Minami, Shunji, Tasaka, Hideo, Abe, Hiroyuki
• Application Number:
  US10/792,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20040174774A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/84
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0047 electrical, e.g. selection or application of the operating voltage
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0082 by building-up characters using a combination of indicating elements and by selecting desired characters out of a number of characters or by selecting indicating elements the positions of which represents the time, i.e. combinations of G04G9/02 and G04G9/08

Abstract

An electronic timepiece apparatus comprises a time-display hand unit having a dial plate and hands that sweep above the dial plate, a first liquid crystal display unit which is disposed above the time-display hand unit, and a second liquid crystal display unit which is disposed below the time-display hand unit. Information displayed on the second liquid crystal display unit is visible from above the first liquid crystal display unit through the dial plate and the first liquid crystal display unit.

Claims

1. An electronic timepiece apparatus comprising:

a time-display hand unit having a dial plate and hands that sweep above the dial plate;

a first liquid crystal display unit which is disposed above the time-display hand unit; and

a second liquid crystal display unit which is disposed below the time-display hand unit,

wherein information displayed on the second liquid crystal display unit is visible from above the first liquid crystal display unit through the dial plate and the first liquid crystal display unit.

2. The electronic timepiece apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a third liquid crystal display unit which is disposed at a side of the first liquid crystal display unit.

3. An electronic timepiece apparatus comprising:

a time-display hand unit having a dial plate and hands that sweep above the dial plate;

a first liquid crystal display unit disposed above the time-display hand unit; and

a second liquid crystal display unit which is disposed at a side of the first liquid crystal display unit.

4. An electronic timepiece apparatus comprising:

a time-display hand unit having a dial plate and hands that sweep above the dial plate; and

a liquid crystal display unit which is disposed above the time-display hand unit and comprises a first display area that faces a first area of the dial plate surrounded by hour markers arranged on the dial plate and a second display area that faces a second area of the dial plate other than the first area, the first and second display areas presenting different display states.

5. The electronic timepiece apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first and second display areas present positive and negative displays, respectively.

6. The electronic timepiece apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first display area comprises a non-display area that presents a transparent state and the second display area comprises an area that presents any one of positive and negative displays.