Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Physical watch hands for a computerized watch
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Application No.: US16112044Application Date: 2018-08-24
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Publication No.: US11429068B2Publication Date: 2022-08-30
- Inventor: Brett Lider , Melissa Frank
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: G04G9/00
- IPC: G04G9/00 ; G04C17/00 ; G04G21/02 ; G04G21/04 ; G04B19/00 ; G04B19/04

Abstract:
A computerized watch is described that includes a cover that forms an outer surface of the computerized watch, a screen configured to output graphical information for display, a set of physical watch hands positioned between the cover and the screen and configured to present a time of day. One or more computer processors and a memory comprising instructions. The instructions, when executed, cause the one or more computer processors to responsive to determining that the computerized watch is operating in a time display mode, manipulate the set of physical watch hands such that the set of physical watch hands present the time of day by obscuring a portion of a display region of the screen, and responsive to determining that the computerized watch is not operating in the time display mode, manipulate the set of physical watch hands such that the set of physical hands do not obscure the screen.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190064746A1 PHYSICAL WATCH HANDS FOR A COMPUTERIZED WATCH Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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