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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2003
Jean-jacques Born, Morges, CH;
Raymond Froidevaux, Boudry, CH;
Gilles Rey-mermet, Le Landeron, CH;
Asulab S.A., Marin, CH;
Abstract
The apparatus includes at least one information storing unit, a unit for processing said information, a management and control unit receiving control signals from the processing unit and a supply unit controlled by said management unit and controlling the movement of said two stepping motors above a dial bearing markings Rrepresentative of said information. The apparatus is characterized in that said processing unit is provided with an algorithm or correspondence table between a marking Rand angles αβformed respectively by each hand from a measurement reference and in that the shape of said hands is such that when they have the angular orientations αβ, their elongated parts can intersect above said marking R, or their tips can be aligned opposite said marking R. The apparatus may be a wristwatch.