Electronic timepiece and display method of electronic timepiece
First Claim
1. An electronic timepiece comprising:
- area information storing means for storing in a first location area data comprising a plurality of geographic locations and information data including time data for each of the plurality of locations;
area selecting means for selecting data for a specific location from the area data;
selected area information storing means for allowing a user to select one or more geographic locations of primary interest by operation of an input switch and storing in a second location different from the first location area data and information data for the at least one geographic location of primary interest; and
selected area information displaying means for displaying the area data and the corresponding information data for a selected location, data for the geographic locations of primary interest being displayed before data for other geographic locations.
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Abstract
An electronic timepiece includes a memory for storing geographic data comprising a plurality of geographic locations and information pertaining to each of the locations. An input switch is used to select specific geometric data in a hierarchical manner for display. Previously-selected geographic data is separately stored so that simplified searching of the geographic data can be achieved. In one embodiment, geographic data is searched in a hierarchical manner from larger locations to smaller locations in response to sequential activation of the input switch. The geographic data comprises continents, countries, cities, and costal areas, and searching for data is performed in a hierarchical manner in response to sequential activation of the input switch so that respective continents are selected, followed by countries and then coastal areas in order to search for a specific coastal area.
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29 Claims
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1. An electronic timepiece comprising:
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area information storing means for storing in a first location area data comprising a plurality of geographic locations and information data including time data for each of the plurality of locations;
area selecting means for selecting data for a specific location from the area data;
selected area information storing means for allowing a user to select one or more geographic locations of primary interest by operation of an input switch and storing in a second location different from the first location area data and information data for the at least one geographic location of primary interest; and
selected area information displaying means for displaying the area data and the corresponding information data for a selected location, data for the geographic locations of primary interest being displayed before data for other geographic locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12)
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7. In an electronic timepiece having area information storing means for storing area data comprising a plurality of geographic locations and information data including time data for each of the plurality of locations, selecting means for selecting data for specific geographic locations from the area data, and displaying means for displaying selected data:
wherein the selecting means includes means for enabling a user to select area data stored by the area information storing means in a hierarchical manner by sequentially displaying larger geographic locations in response to sequential activation of an input switch and, in response to user selection of one of the larger geographic locations, sequentially displaying smaller geographic locations within the selected larger geographic location in response to sequential activation of an input switch. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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13. An electronic timepiece comprising:
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area information storing means for storing area data comprising a plurality of geographic locations and information data including time data for each of the plurality of locations;
area selecting means for enabling a user to select data for specific geographic locations from the area data in a hierarchical manner by sequentially displaying larger geographical locations in response to sequential activation of an input switch by the user and, in response to user selection of one of the larger geographic locations, sequentially displaying smaller geographic locations within the selected larger geographic location in response to sequential activation of an input switch;
selected area information storing means for allowing the user to select one or more geographic locations of primary interest by operation of an input switch and storing separately from the area information storing means area data and the corresponding information data for the at least one geographic location of primary interest; and
selected area information displaying means for displaying selected area data and the corresponding information data, data for the geographic locations of primary interest being displayed before data for other geographic locations. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A display method for an electronic timepiece, comprising the steps of:
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an area information storing step for storing in a first location area data comprising a plurality of geographic locations and information data including time data for each of the plurality of locations;
an area selecting step for selecting data for specific geographic locations from the area data;
a selected area information registering step for selecting one or more geographic locations of primary interest by operation of an input switch and storing in a second location different from the first location area data and the corresponding information data of the geographic locations of primary interest; and
a selected area information displaying step for displaying selected area data and the corresponding information data, data for the geographic locations of primary interest being displayed before data for other geographic locations.
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19. A display method for an electronic timepiece, comprising the steps of:
- storing area data comprising names of countries, cities and other regions and corresponding information data including time data for each of the countries, cities and other regions;
selecting specific areas from the area data; and
displaying the selected areas along with the corresponding information data;
wherein the selecting step for selecting area data is performed in a hierarchical manner by sequentially displaying larger geographical locations in response to sequential activation of an input switch and, in response to selection of one of the larger geographic locations, providing a display of smaller geographic locations within the selected larger geographic location in response to sequential activation of an input switch.
- storing area data comprising names of countries, cities and other regions and corresponding information data including time data for each of the countries, cities and other regions;
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20. A display method for an electronic timepiece comprising the steps of:
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an area information storing step for storing in a first location area data comprising a plurality of geographic locations and information data including time data for each of the locations in a hierarchical structure from larger locations to smaller locations;
an area selecting step for selecting a specific location from the area data in a hierarchical manner by sequentially displaying larger locations and, in response to selection of one or the larger geographic locations, providing a display of smaller geographic locations within the selected larger geographic location;
a selected area information storing step for selecting one or more geographic locations of primary interest by operation of an input switch and storing in a second location different from the first location area data and the corresponding information data for the geographic locations of primary interest; and
a selected area information displaying step for displaying selected area data and the corresponding information data, data for the geographic locations of primary interest being displayed before data for other geographic locations.
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21. An electronic timepiece comprising:
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a memory for storing geographic data comprising a plurality of geographic locations and information pertaining to each of the geographic locations;
selecting means including an input switch for selecting specific geographic data in a hierarchical manner by sequentially displaying larger geographic locations in response to sequential activation of an input switch and, in response to selection of one of the larger geographic locations, sequentially displaying smaller geographic locations within the selected larger geographic location in response to sequential activation of an input switch; and
display means for displaying the selected geographic locations and the corresponding information pertaining thereto. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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Specification