DE69611491D1 - Sich dynamisch ändernder schmuckgegenstand wie flüssigkristallanzeige für zeitnahmegerät - Google Patents

Sich dynamisch ändernder schmuckgegenstand wie flüssigkristallanzeige für zeitnahmegerät

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DE69611491D1
DE69611491D1 DE69611491T DE69611491T DE69611491D1 DE 69611491 D1 DE69611491 D1 DE 69611491D1 DE 69611491 T DE69611491 T DE 69611491T DE 69611491 T DE69611491 T DE 69611491T DE 69611491 D1 DE69611491 D1 DE 69611491D1
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liquid crystal
crystal display
timing device
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R Brewer
Michael Jarcho
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B45/00—Time pieces of which the indicating means or cases provoke special effects, e.g. aesthetic effects
    • G04B45/0015—Light-, colour-, line- or spot-effects caused by or on stationary parts
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means
    • G04G9/0064—Visual time or date indication means in which functions not related to time can be displayed
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means
    • G04G9/08—Visual time or date indication means by building-up characters using a combination of indicating elements, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques
    • G04G9/12—Visual time or date indication means by building-up characters using a combination of indicating elements, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques using light valves, e.g. liquid crystals
DE69611491T 1995-03-10 1996-03-06 Sich dynamisch ändernder schmuckgegenstand wie flüssigkristallanzeige für zeitnahmegerät Expired - Lifetime DE69611491T2 (de)

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US08/402,008 US5636185A (en) 1995-03-10 1995-03-10 Dynamically changing liquid crystal display timekeeping apparatus
PCT/US1996/003007 WO1996028768A1 (en) 1995-03-10 1996-03-06 Dynamically changing liquid crystal display timekeeping apparatus

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