Tactile timepiece
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1. A tactilely readable timepiece, comprising:
- a clock device configured for keeping time;
a display comprising;
a display area, at least one movable portion within the display and movable with respect thereto to form at least one displayed character that is recognizable by touch by a user, the displayed character having a tactilely sensible shape that is independent of a system of dots; and
an actuator operably associating the clock device to the movable portion for displacing and positioning the movable portion to form the displayed character depending on the current time kept by the clock device.
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Abstract
A tactilely readable timepiece with a clock device that keeps time. The display comprises a display area and at least one moveable portion within the display. The moveable portion is moveable with respect to the display to form at least one displayed character that is recognizable by touch by a user and has a tactilely sensible shape that is independent of a system of dots. An actuator operably associates the clock device of the moveable portion for displacing and positioning the moveable portion to form the displayed character depending on the current time kept by the clock device.
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27 Claims
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1. A tactilely readable timepiece, comprising:
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a clock device configured for keeping time;
a display comprising;
a display area, at least one movable portion within the display and movable with respect thereto to form at least one displayed character that is recognizable by touch by a user, the displayed character having a tactilely sensible shape that is independent of a system of dots; and
an actuator operably associating the clock device to the movable portion for displacing and positioning the movable portion to form the displayed character depending on the current time kept by the clock device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A tactilely readable timepiece, comprising:
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a clock device configured for keeping time;
a display comprising;
a display area, a plurality of movable portions within the display are and movable with respect thereto to form at least one displayed character that is recognizable by touch by a user, the displayed character having a tactilely sensible shape that is independent of a coded system of dots, wherein the displayed character comprises at least one of different characters to represent a preselected time kept by the clock device, each of the different characters having a shape that is sufficiently large to be determined by touch; and
an actuator operably associating the clock device to the movable portions for displacing and positioning the movable portions to form the displayed character as the at least one of the different characters corresponding to the current time kept by the clock device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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