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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2001
Applicants:
Pierre-andré Farine, Neuchâtel, CH;
Jean-charles Guanter, Diesse, CH;
Sergio Rota, Neuchâtel, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asulab S.A., Marin, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B019/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The watch is provided with a circular row of capacitive keys defined by transparent electrodes (to) arranged on the inner face of the crystal () of the watch and connected to a detection device via a multiplexer. These keys are activated by the person wearing the watch placing a finger () on the crystal facing one of the electrodes. The watch further includes means for detecting the position of at least one of the hands () by means of the same detection device, using the electrodes (to) of the capacitive keys and/or other fixed electrodes ().