Patent ID: 7072246
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: B63C,G04B,G04C,G04G

Abstract:
1. A wearable multimode electronic device of the type wherein information is conveyed in an analog manner at least in part by the use of at least one display hand, wherein the wearable electronic device includes a dial having a dial side and an opposite side, wherein the dial has at least one window, and the display hand is positioned on the dial side of the dial, wherein the wearable multimode electronic device comprises: a first actuation mechanism, operatively coupled to the at least one display hand, for rotating the at least one display hand in at least one of a clockwise and counterclockwise direction; a ring, positioned on the opposite side of the dial and operatively coupled to a second actuation mechanism that rotates the ring in at least one of a clockwise and counterclockwise direction, wherein the ring has provided thereon informational indicia; a controller, operably coupled to both the first and second actuation mechanisms, for: wherein at least a portion of the ring is viewable through the at least one window such that informational indicia corresponding to the mode or scale in which the electronic device is operating is visible in the at least one window, and wherein the rotation of the ring changes the informational indicia that is visible in the at least one window; and wherein the positioning of the display hand as it rotates in the one of the clockwise and counterclockwise directions over the window conveys the information by referring to particular informational indicia, and wherein the controller operatively controls the positioning of the hand so that the hand can convey the information in the analog manner.