公开(公告)号：US5257244A

公开(公告)日：1993-10-26

申请号：US866581

申请日：1992-04-10

申请人： Tom Thinsen

发明人： Tom Thinsen

IPC分类号： G04G9/00 ,  G04B45/00 ,  G04B17/12

CPC分类号： G04G9/0064

摘要： A multimode electronic timepiece has a display, a case, a plurality of manually actuated actuators disposed about said case, and an integrated circuit programmed to keep time and to provide a plurality of modes for performing a plurality of timepiece functions, including a first and second modes. The integrated circuit is further programmed to permit an operator to sequentially cycle a timepiece through the plurality of modes by selectively and repetitively actuating a first actuator. The improved timepiece includes a program for the integrated circuit adapted to dispose the timepiece out of a first and second of the plurality of modes into a first and second operating instruction subroutine in response to actuation of a second actuator. The first and second operating instruction subroutine respectively comprise a first and second set of operating instructions which describe the operation of the actuators when the timepiece is respectively disposed in the first and second modes. The first and second operating instruction subroutines are adapted to allow a timepiece operator to cycle the timepiece through the first and second of operating instructions in response to continuous uninterrupted actuation of the second actuator.

摘要翻译： 多模电子钟表具有显示器，壳体，围绕所述壳体设置的多个手动致动致动器，以及被编程为保持时间并提供用于执行多个时钟功能的多个模式的集成电路，包括第一和第二 模式。 集成电路进一步被编程为允许操作者通过选择性地和重复地致动第一致动器来顺序地循环通过多个模式的钟表。 改进的钟表包括用于集成电路的程序，其适于将多个模式中的第一和第二模式中的时钟配置为响应于第二致动器的致动而进入第一和第二操作指令子程序。 第一和第二操作指令子程序分别包括第一和第二组操作指令，其描述当钟表分别设置在第一和第二模式中时的致动器的操作。 第一和第二操作指令子程序适于允许钟表操作者响应于第二致动器的连续不间断的致动而循环通过第一和第二操作指令的时钟。