Patent ID: 6967903

Claim:
A control method for executing functions in an electronic diary watch, including, in a case closed by a crystal, a time-keeping circuit and/or a watch movement powered by an energy source, a dial on which the time is displayed in a digital and/or analogue manner, at least one liquid crystal display for displaying diary data, a determined number of sensors, one touch sensitive pad of each sensor being arranged on an internal or external face of the crystal, each sensor being able to be activated by a user's finger placed on the crystal in a determined zone of the sensitive pad of the sensor to be activated, and a microprocessor unit programmed to manage the diary function operations so as to consult different menus or stored data, or to enter, modify or delete data and/or parameters by means of the sensors connected to the microprocessor unit, wherein the method includes, in a first diary function consulting mode in which at least one group of sensors is configured by the microprocessor unit so that each activated sensor of said group of sensors is able to carry out a same function, a first series of steps of: displaying different menus or parameters or data or data records of the diary function menu on the liquid crystal display in ascending or descending order by activating at least one sensor of said group of sensors, and selecting a menu or data record, of a type from among several types, of the menu to be consulted by activating a validation sensor, and wherein the method includes, in a second data and/or parameters entry, modification or deletion mode in which each sensor is configured by the microprocessor unit so that each activated sensor is able to control execution of a different specific determined function, a second series of steps of: activating the validation sensor for a determined period of time or with a determined application of pressure in order to enter the second mode in a desired position of a selected menu, and entering, modifying or deleting data and/or parameters by activating certain sensors, and validating the parameters and/or the data entered, modified or deleted by action on the validation sensor.