Patent ID: 9552707
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G04C,G04G,G08B

Claim:
1. A wearable time-telling device that indicates passage of time as a tactile sensation moving across the skin of a person wearing the device, said device comprising: a battery that provides power to electrical components of the wearable time-telling device; a plurality of vibration motors that vibrate along the skin of the person to produce the tactile sensation perceptible to the person; a micro-controller comprising an internal clock and firmware that keeps track of time and triggers interrupts that signal one or more of the vibration motors to actuate and produce vibrotactile sensations; a wrist strap that wraps around a wrist of the person and secures the battery, the vibration motors, and the micro-controller together around the wrist of the person; and a plurality of connection wires that distribute electricity from the battery to the micro-controller and the plurality of vibration motors; wherein the plurality of vibration motors comprise four motors; the four vibration motors comprise a first vibration motor that represents a first clock face number, a second vibration motor that represents a second clock face number, a third vibration motor that represents a third clock face number, and a fourth vibration motor that represents a fourth clock face number.