Nested menu digital watch

• US 20020186621A1
• Filed: 05/04/2001
• Published: 12/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Golden State International
• Original Assignee: Golden State International
• Inventors: Lai, Jimmy
• Application Number:
  US09/849,957
• Publication Number:
  US 20020186621A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/82
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/00 Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0058 using a cathode ray tube as display device displaying supplementary informative, e.g. time on TV screen H04N5/445
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0064 in which functions not related to time can be displayed digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14

Abstract

A multimode digital watch having a dot matrix digital display embedded in a watch face and a controller, wherein the controller presents a series of primary menu images on the dot matrix display in response to a first set of signals from the user activated input device, each primary menu image identifying one of a plurality of modes in a primary menu, and presents a series of secondary menu images on the dot matrix display corresponding to a primary mode present on the dot matrix display when a second set of signals is provided by the user activated input device; wherein the series of primary menu images is presented bi-directionally, and in one embodiment the primary menu images are formed of alphanumeric characters and icons which can be animated.

Claims

1. A multimode watch having a watch face, comprising:

a dot matrix display positioned on the watch face;

a user activated input device;

a controller which presents images on the dot matrix display in response to signals from the user activated input device;

wherein the controller presents a series of primary menu images on the dot matrix display in response to a first set of signals from the user activated input device, each primary menu image identifying one of a plurality of modes in a primary menu, and presents a series of secondary menu images on the dot matrix display corresponding to a primary mode present on the dot matrix display when a second set of signals is provided by the user activated input device.

2. The multimode watch of claim 1, wherein the controller provides the series of primary menu images bi-directionally.

3. The multimode watch of claim 1, wherein the primary menu images are formed of alphanumeric characters and icons.

4. The multimode watch of claim 3, wherein the icons are animated.

5. The multimode watch of claim 1 wherein one of the series of secondary menu images identifies an exit function.

6. The multimode watch of claim 1, wherein the user activated input device includes a plurality of buttons.

7. The multimode watch of claim 6, wherein a pair of the plurality of buttons provide up and down commands.

8. The multimode watch of claim 7, wherein a further button of the plurality of buttons provides an enter command.