Patent ID: 6751164
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: G04C,G04G

Abstract:
A timepiece comprising communication means for exchanging information with an external apparatus comprising a receiving means for receiving information transmitted from the timepiece and a transmitting means for transmitting setting information to the timepiece, a function selection means capable of automatically changing functions of the timepiece on the basis of information acquired from the external apparatus via the communication means, and a hand shaft control means for controlling movement of hand shafts of the timepiece in response to an instruction for function change given by the function selection means,a display means for displaying types of information displayed by a hand of the hand shafts controlled by the hand shaft control means in response to the instruction for the function change given by the function selection means; wherein the communication means comprises a transmitting means for transmitting internal information to the external apparatus and a receiving means for receiving information transmitted from the external apparatus, and wherein the hand shaft control means is a means having a plurality of hand shaft blocks, each comprising at least one or more hand shafts and controlling a hand shaft or hand shafts of some hand shaft blocks among the plurality of the hand shaft blocks in response to the instruction for function change given by the function selection means, and for controlling a hand shaft or hand shafts of the rest of the hand shaft blocks on the basis of internal information of the timepiece not associated with the information acquired from the external apparatus, thereby displaying different information on each of the hand shaft blocks.