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Electronic world clock device for indicating times for various spots in the world

Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1991-09-30
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Granted: 1995-09-05
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Expires: 2011-09-30
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Abstract

Abstract An electronic world clock device indicates a time in connection with a designated region based on a time difference in a reference region to be stored, and comprises clock means for counting a present time in a specified home region and memory means for storing various regions and names of the countries and the time differences corresponding to said various regions in the world, and said designated region and the name of the country where said designated region belongs are stored at the same time, so that said designated region as well as the name of the corresponding country and/or a time difference between two different regions in the world are indicated at the same time on the basis of the time difference in said reference region.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshiro Kataoka
  • 👤 Shigenobu Yanagiuchi
  • 👤 Yasuharu Tanaka
  • 👤 Yoshihiro Shintaku

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 19:54
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F15/00; G06F15/02; G06F15/025

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 191 words
An electronic calculation device included in an electronic memorandum pad type of device, comprising: mode selecting means including at least one calculator key for selecting any one of a plurality of modes including a calculation mode, a clock mode, a world clock mode, a schedule mode, and a calendar mode; input means for entering numeral values and characters; memory means for storing said numeral values and characters entered by said input means; display means for displaying a plurality of lines or columns of characters, numerals, and various marks using dot matrix shapes; and selecting means for selecting whether a one-column display or multi-column display is performed according to a selection of either a one time operation or consecutive operations of said calculator key of said mode selecting means; said calculation mode being selected by said calculator key of said mode selecting means so that calculated results and equations are displayed in a manner of a one-column display and upon consecutively operating of said calculator key of said selecting means, a calculation process is displayed together with a display of numeral values and operation symbols in a manner of a multi-column display.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 191 words
An electronic calculation device included in an electronic memorandum pad type of device, comprising: mode selecting means including at least one calculator key for selecting any one of a plurality of modes including a calculation mode, a clock mode, a world clock mode, a schedule mode, and a calendar mode; input means for entering numeral values and characters; memory means for storing said numeral values and characters entered by said input means; display means for displaying a plurality of lines or columns of characters, numerals, and various marks using dot matrix shapes; and selecting means for selecting whether a one-column display or multi-column display is performed according to a selection of either a one time operation or consecutive operations of said calculator key of said mode selecting means; said calculation mode being selected by said calculator key of said mode selecting means so that calculated results and equations are displayed in a manner of a one-column display and upon consecutively operating of said calculator key of said selecting means, a calculation process is displayed together with a display of numeral values and operation symbols in a manner of a multi-column display.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1998-09-04 1999-03-06 1999-09-05 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 2002-09-04 2003-03-06 2003-09-05 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 2006-09-04 2007-03-06 2007-09-05 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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