Nonlinear timer
First Claim
1. A Nonlinear Timer apparatus comprising:
- (A) an electronic processor running a predetermined program, said processor having (i) an internal clock configured for producing evenly paced signals, (ii) an input stage capable of accepting a geographical position calibration and a calendar calibration and a clock calibration, and (iii) a calculator stage capable of real-time calculating at least one respective current temporal interval using the internal clock in conjunction with the calibrations of the input stage; and
said calculator stage includes computation of a display indicator velocity component and(B) a displayer interconnected to the processor, said displayer having (i) a display driver stage capable of modifying a display setting using the at least one respective current temporal interval and the display indicator velocity component, and (ii) a presentation stage capable of presenting a respectively modified display setting.
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Abstract
A Nonlinear Timer apparatus characterized by having a display indicator (e.g. hands) with a large plurality of respectively contiguous perceived velocities, said indicator being configured to include predetermined non-zero acceleration for substantially any contiguous intermediate plurality of said respective indicator velocities. The apparatus is for portraying substantially nonlinear temporal frames of reference that are more honestly scaled to the individuals'"'"' respective circumstance than to the metronome mechanical tempos of industrial world time-clocks. However, the Nonlinear Timer apparatus is preferably represented according to classical concentrically rotating clock hands; digital or analog.
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19 Claims
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1. A Nonlinear Timer apparatus comprising:
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(A) an electronic processor running a predetermined program, said processor having (i) an internal clock configured for producing evenly paced signals, (ii) an input stage capable of accepting a geographical position calibration and a calendar calibration and a clock calibration, and (iii) a calculator stage capable of real-time calculating at least one respective current temporal interval using the internal clock in conjunction with the calibrations of the input stage; and
said calculator stage includes computation of a display indicator velocity component and(B) a displayer interconnected to the processor, said displayer having (i) a display driver stage capable of modifying a display setting using the at least one respective current temporal interval and the display indicator velocity component, and (ii) a presentation stage capable of presenting a respectively modified display setting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A Nonlinear Timer apparatus comprising:
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(A) an electronic processor running a predetermined program, said processor having (i) an internal clock configured for producing evenly paced signals, (ii) an input stage capable of accepting a geographical position calibration and a calendar calibration and a clock calibration, and (iii) a calculator stage capable of real-time calculating at least one respective current temporal interval using the internal clock in conjunction with the calibrations of the input stage; and (B) a displayer interconnected to the processor, said displayer having (i) a display driver stage capable of modifying a display setting using the at least one respective current temporal, interval, (ii) a presentation stage capable of presenting a respectively modified display setting, and (iii) a display indicator with a large plurality of respectively contiguous perceived velocities. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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