Analogue dial calculator/wrist watch

• US 4,552,464 A
• Filed: 07/17/1984
• Issued: 11/12/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Oasis (Betcorp Limited)
• Original Assignee: Scott A. Rogers
• Inventors: Rogers, Scott A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Roskoski, Bernard
• Application Number:
  US06/631,749
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• Field of Search: 368/10, 368/69
• US Class Current: 368/10
• CPC Class Codes: G04C 3/001 Electromechanical switches for setting or display in general H01H
• 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

The combination analogue face watch and an electronic calculator having a separate digital display wherein the numerical inputs for the calculator lie adjacent and correspond to the hour designations about the analogue watch face. Thus, the watch provides a conceptual transfer of input function keys for a calculator about an analogue dial watch so that the keys serve the dual function of providing the hour designation and identical numerical inputs for the calculator.

Claims

1. A calculator watch having an analog dial face including a watch housing, calculator means for performing numerical calculations, said watch having analog hour designations positioned uniformly about said dial face, said calculator means including numerical input means for the numerals zero through nine, for entering like numerical data into said calculator means, said numerical input means for numerals one through nine being positioned adjacent their respective identical numerical hour designations about said analog watch face and a zero numerical input means positioned adjacent either the ten o'"'"'clock, eleven o'"'"'clock or twelve o'"'"'clock positions on said analog watch face.

2. A calculator watch as in claim 1, wherein said watch includes a twelve hour analogue face and said numerical input means are positioned, relative to one another, 30°

apart about said watch starting at the twelve o'"'"'clock position.

3. A watch as in claim 2, wherein said numerical input means also constitute said hour designations.

4. A watch as in claim 1, wherein said watch includes a twenty-four hour analogue face and the hour designations therefor and wherein said numerical input means are positioned, relative to one another, 15°

apart about said watch starting at the twelve o'"'"'clock position.

5. A watch as in claim 1 wherein said calculator means further includes decimal input means for inputting decimal data and summation input means for inputting a summation command, said decimal point and summation input means being respectively positioned adjacent either the unused, ten, eleven or twelve o'"'"'clock hour designations so that there is a combined relationship at those positions together with the zero input means.

6. A watch as in claim 5, wherein said calculator means further includes function control means for regulating the functioning of said calculator means, said function control means being positioned on said watch housing.

7. A watch as in claim 6, wherein said numerical input means also constitute said hour designations.

8. A watch as in claim 7, wherein said numerical input means comprises depressible buttons.

9. A calculator watch as in claim 1 further including mode selection input means and wherein said numerical input means further provide numerical inputs to all modes.