Automatic mode sequencing to last used mode for multimode electronic

Abstract

Improvement in a multimode electronic timepiece having a display, a plurality of manually actuated actuators, including first and second actuators, and an integrated circuit programmed to keep time and to provide a current sequence of a plurality of modes for performing a plurality of timepiece functions, including at least first and second modes, said integrated circuit being programmed to permit an operator to sequentially cycle said timepiece through said plurality of modes, by selectively and repetitively actuating a first of said plurality of actuators, wherein said improvement comprises: first automatic mode selection means, including a program for said integrated circuit adapted to calculate at least first and second values respectively comprising the number of times the respective timepiece functions of said first and a second modes are performed by a timepiece operator in said current sequence, and to provide a next sequence of said plurality of modes, including said first and second modes of said current sequence, said second mode of said current sequence immediately preceding said first mode of said next sequence; and second automatic mode selection means, including a subroutine of said program being adapted to determine the order of said plurality of modes within said next sequence in response to said first and second values.