Method for unlocking a function using a timepiece

    公开(公告)号:US10338535B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-02

    申请号:US15664558

    申请日:2017-07-31

    摘要: The present embodiments provide a method for unlocking a function of a device using a timepiece including a display device including display elements and a control device driving the display elements in a predefined animation sequence. The method including that the timepiece is placed in front of a detection device, the control device is actuated to drive the display elements in the predefined animation sequence, the predefined animation sequence is detected by the detection device, the detected animation sequence is compared to a reference animation sequence, and if the detected animation sequence is identical to the reference animation sequence, then the function is unlocked.

    Watch case with a control thumbwheel

    公开(公告)号:US11353829B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US16097490

    申请日:2017-11-22

    IPC分类号: G04G21/00 G04G17/02

    摘要: A watch case including a thumbwheel for controlling a watch function, configured to be manipulated by a user, movable inside a housing and configured to allow a limited translational motion of one portion of the thumbwheel in a radial direction of the case, against an elastic return configured to move the portion away from an interior of the case. The housing includes a control detector detecting presence of the portion close to the center of the case when pressure is applied by a user, and configured to activate or deactivate a sensor included in the case in proximity to the housing, configured, when a rotational movement is imparted to the thumbwheel by the user, to detect passage of a transmitter included in the thumbwheel.