DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE POSITION OF WATCH HANDS

    公开(公告)号:US20160131797A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-12

    申请号:US14995257

    申请日:2016-01-14

    Abstract: Device for detecting the position of at least a first and a second hand of an electromechanical watch, said first and second hands moving above a dial, the detection device including a single light source emitting a light beam towards the first and second hands, and a first and a second light detection system, the light source and the first and second light detection systems being mounted on or underneath the dial, the light source and the first and second light detection systems being arranged so that, in a determined position of the first hand, the light beam emitted by the light source is reflected by the first hand towards the first detection system, and in a determined position of the second hand, the light beam emitted by the light source is reflected by the second hand towards the second detection system.

    TIMEPIECE WITH LOCALISED ILLUMINATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220390898A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-08

    申请号:US17717251

    申请日:2022-04-11

    Abstract: The invention relates to a timepiece including, in addition to a crystal (34), the following external elements: a back (2), a middle (1), a dial (3) and two bracelet strands (30), at least one of these external elements comprising at least one part made of an at least partially transparent or translucent ceramic material, the timepiece further including at least two point light sources (10) releasing heat, each light source (10) being capable of being separately switched on/off and being disposed in or directly beneath said at least one external element comprising the ceramic material, each light source (10) producing light that passes through the ceramic material of said external element, and wherein each light source (10) is configured to produce localised light on a point or quasi-point area (40) of the ceramic material of the external element concerned, so as to produce localised illumination on said external element.

    DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING THE MOON ON DEMAND

    公开(公告)号:US20220365486A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17771977

    申请日:2020-11-05

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (100) for displaying the moon for a timepiece on demand. The display device (100) comprises a first movable indicator member (110) and having a representation of the moon (111). This representation of the moon (111) is completely or partially occulted by an occulting element (121) that is located on a second movable indicator member (120) when the user so requests and in particular via a control unit.

    METHOD OF FABRICATING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220197084A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17486177

    申请日:2021-09-27

    Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device including a reflective or transflective liquid crystal cell whose liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a planar or vertical manner, this liquid crystal cell being formed of a transparent front substrate located on the side of an observer, and a rear substrate, also transparent, which extends beneath the front substrate, parallel to and at a distance from the latter, these two front and rear substrates being joined to each other with a sealing frame which defines a sealed enclosure in which a liquid crystal composition is confined, the front and rear substrates being coated on their opposite faces with electrically conductive transparent electrodes and counter-electrodes, the optical properties of the liquid crystal composition being modified by application of an electric field at the point of intersection between an electrode and a corresponding counter-electrode.

    METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DIGITAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DIGITAL DISPLAY DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220197092A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17511980

    申请日:2021-10-27

    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a digital display device which includes an optically active medium disposed between at least one electrode and a corresponding counter-electrode, the optical properties of the optically active medium being modifiable by applying an electric current or voltage between the at least one electrode and the at least one corresponding counter-electrode, the digital display device including a transparent display surface through which at least one piece of information displayed by this digital display device is perceptible, the manufacturing method including the step of providing the transparent display surface of the digital display device with at least one first and one second decorative and/or functional pattern, the first pattern having a thickness different from that of the second pattern. A digital display device provided with at least one first and one second decorative and/or functional patterns whose thicknesses are not the same.

    MOBILE LUMINOUS DISPLAY DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR WATCHES

    公开(公告)号:US20240329603A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18293430

    申请日:2022-07-18

    CPC classification number: G04B19/30

    Abstract: The invention relates to a display device (10), in particular for watchmaking, the display device including at least one dial (13) and a first movable body (12), for example a first hand, the first movable body (12) being configured to move relative to the dial (13) so as to indicate a plurality of positions on the dial (13), characterised in that it comprises a light source (18) arranged to emit a light radiation (16) through the dial (13), and in that the first movable body (12) comprises a colour filter (21) allowing modifying the colour of part of the light radiation (17) passing through the first movable body (12), so that the first movable body (12) has a different colour from the dial (13).
    The invention also relates to a timepiece comprising such a display device (10).

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