Tissot Sa

Philip Morris Products S.a.

Omega Sa

Csem Centre Suisse D'electronique Et De Microtechnique Sa&#x2014;recherche Et D&#xe9;veloppement

Swatch Ag

Csem Centre Suisse D'electronique Et De Microtechnique Sa - Recherche Et Developpment

Atracsys Sarl

Edoardo Franzi

David Hasler

Alain-Serge Porret

Ross Stanley

Rolf Eckert

Patrick Stadelmann

Andrea Dunbar

Christiane Gimkiewicz

Engin Türetken

Jean-Marc Koller

Lingchuan Zhou

Virginie Moser

Peter Masa

Eric Grenet

Andrea Rossi

Yann Verdon

Selim Salame

Raphaël Pugin

Pascal Heim

Nicolas Blondiaux

Charles Baur

Amina Chebira

The invention relates to a watch () according to the preceding claim, characterised in that it comprises a bracelet () and a watch case () including at least one electrical or electronic component (-), said watch comprising at least one Dewar device () configured to enclose at least one of said electrical or electronic components (-), said at least one Dewar device () including inner and outer walls () and a vacuum or quasi-vacuum space () defined between these called walls (), the inner wall () delimiting a volume () in which said at least one electrical or electronic component (-) is likely to be arranged, said watch () comprising an optical filtering element () defined in all or part of a particularly visible outer face of said case (), said filtering element being capable of transmitting only the visible electromagnetic spectrum.

Watch comprising an optical filtering element

A method transmits by a watch an information message relating to an assessment of the sleep quality of a user of the watch. The method includes the following steps: recording by the processing unit of data describing at least one event-driven episode of at least one type of environmental event recorded during a sleep period of the user; identifying at least one type of environmental event that disturbs the user's sleep by processing the descriptive data; estimating a sleep quality assessment index for the user as a function of a sleep disturbance indicator for each identified type of sleep disturbing environmental event, and devising an information message including the estimated assessment index for the purpose of diffusion to the user.

Method of transmission by a watch of an information message relating to an assessment of the sleep quality of a user of said watch

An electrically operated smoking device configured to receive a smoking article is provided, including: a housing defining a cavity configured to at least partially receive the smoking article; and an image sensor configured to detect indicia on the smoking article, the image sensor being disposed on a periphery of the cavity and including a light source, an image detector, and a plurality of microlenses held in a support structure, the plurality of microlenses being configured to provide a mosaic of inverted images on the image detector. A smoking system is also provided.

Electrically operated smoking device including a compact system for identifying smoking articles in the device

A method controls access to at least one confidential datum archived in a memory element of a watch. The memory element includes general data and confidential data, the access to which by a function of the watch requires the wearer of the watch to be identified. The method includes authenticating the wearer to grant access to the functions of the watch, selecting one of the functions of the watch requiring the use of at least one of the confidential data or general data archived in the memory element, determining the category to which the at least one datum required by the function belongs, verifying the identity of the wearer based on an interaction between the wearer and a graphical representation included in the watch, and authorizing use of the at least one confidential datum by the function when the identity of the wearer has been verified.

Method for managing the use of data in a watch

A method controls access to at least one confidential data access to which by a function of a watch requires an identification of its wearer. The method includes authenticating the wearer of the watch to authorise access to the functions of this watch, selecting one of the functions of the watch requiring the use of at least one of the confidential or general data archived in the memory element, determining the category to which the at least one data required by the function belongs, verifying the identity of the wearer of the watch from at least one biometric information element comprised within a portion of the skin of this wearer when the at least one data is the confidential data, and authorizing use of the at least one confidential data by the function as soon as the identity of the wearer of the watch is verified.

Watch including a system for controlling biometric access to confidential data

There is provided an electronic watch including a bracelet and a watch case including at least one electrical or electronic component, the watch including at least one Dewar device configured to contain at least one of said electrical or electronic components, the at least one Dewar device including inner and outer walls and a vacuum or quasi-vacuum space defined between these said walls, the inner wall delimiting a volume wherein said at least one electrical or electronic component may be arranged.

Electronic watch comprising a dewar device

An isothermal clock device for mechanical and/or functional components of a watch, the device being provided with a bracelet and a casing including an enclosure wherein a case of said watch is capable of being arranged and a reversible fastening device fastening the case of a watch in the enclosure of the casing by keeping it away from the set of elements of the casing defining this enclosure, the fastening device including at least two connecting members each connected to an attachment area of the case from at least one telescopic bar.

Isothermal clock device

An electrically operated smoking device configured to receive a smoking article is provided, the device including: a housing defining a cavity to at least partially receive the smoking article; and a sensing system to detect indicia on the smoking article, the sensing system being positioned on a periphery of the cavity and including a light source, a mirror, an imaging lens, and an image detector, the mirror being positioned on an internal surface of the cavity adjacent to the light source and the imaging lens.

Electrically operated smoking device including a system for identifying smoking articles in the device

A Dewar device is for mechanical and/or functional components of a watch. The device is provided with a wristlet and a casing. The casing includes a chamber in which a case of the watch is capable of being arranged in a removable manner, and a device for reversible fastening by magnetic levitation of the watch case in the chamber configuring a separation between the case and the set of the elements of the casing forming the chamber.

Dewar device for mechanical and/or functional components of a watch

A method for keeping a first user and a second user continuously informed of each other's emotional state is provided. The method includes: pairing a first connected watch of the first user with a second connected watch of the second user; receiving, by the second connected watch, an emotional notification comprising a graphical representation relating to an emotional state of the first user; and displaying the graphical representation on a first region of a watch face of the second connected watch, and indicating a current time in a second region of the watch face, wherein the first region occupies a display area of a display of the second connected watch.

Method and system for keeping a first user and a second user continuously informed of their respective emotional states

A method for facial authentication of a wearer of a watch includes: initiating an authentication process including detecting at least one triggering movement/gesture carried out by the wearer; capturing at least one sequence of images relative to the face of the wearer pivoting from one direction to another in front of the optical sensor; acquiring surface geometric data of the face associated with each image of at least one sequence; generating a three-dimensional model of the face of the wearer from at least one captured sequence of images and from the acquired geometric data; determining an identification index generated based on identification data relative to a plurality of features characteristic of the face of the wearer of the watch detected on the basis of the three-dimensional model, and identifying the wearer if the identification index is greater than a reference identification index.

Method for facial authentication of a wearer of a watch

A method for keeping a first user and a second user continuously informed of each other's emotional state, includes: pairing a first connected watch () of the first user with a second connected watch () of the second user; receiving by the second connected watch () an emotional notification comprising a graphical representation relating to an emotional state of the first user; and displaying on a watch face of the second connected watch (), constituted of first and second regions, of the graphical representation on this first region, and indicating a current time in this second region. The first region occupies a display area of a display of the second connected watch (). Displaying includes dynamically positioning the graphical representation in the first region by avoiding an overlapping between this graphical representation and at least one graphical object in this first region.

A method for managing the use of the functions of a watch including a step of authenticating the wearer of the watch in order to authorize access to the functions, and a step of controlling the identity of the wearer of the watch at a determined period by verifying the validity of a digital identification element determined from at least one biometric information element of the wearer, and a step of unlocking access to the functions of the watch when this access has been locked, the step including the following sub steps: presentation of a graphic representation on an interface for broadcasting a visual piece of information of the watch; selection within a limited time interval of a sequence of at least two identification portions comprised in the graphic representation aiming at identifying the wearer, the sequence corresponding to an identification code of the wearer, and validation of the selected sequence.

Method for managing the use of the functions of a watch

A method for managing the electrical consumption of a watch including a step of identifying a need to charge an accumulator of the watch, and a step of charging the accumulator through guided actuation of a control member of an electrical energy generation mechanism of the watch, if a need to charge is identified.

Method for managing the electrical consumption of a watch

A method for securing access to a watch () including: authentication () of the wearer of the watch () with a view to authorising access to the functions of this watch () based on an interaction between the wearer of the watch and a graphic representation included in the watch (), and periodic checking () of the identity of the wearer of the watch through a verification of the validity of a digital data item determined based on at least one biometric data item of the wearer of said watch with a view to retaining/removing the authorisation for access to the functions.

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Cheseaux-Noreaz, Switzerland

Edoardo Franzi