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Title:
WRIST-WORN ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT WITH ANTENNA FOR RECEIVING AND/OR TRANSMITTING RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008286799
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an electric instrument such as a wristwatch, shifting data displayed on a display device by 180 in every display mode.

This electronic instrument such as a wristwatch 1 includes a case 2 and a wristband 2a secured to the case, wherein the case 2 encloses an electronic module, a display device 5 and a power source powering the electronic module and the display device 5. The instrument further includes an antenna 20, and the instrument is configured to be worn on the wrist in a first, so-called normal position and in an opposite position, rotated through 180 with respect to the first position. The instrument further includes a control means for switching the display device 5 into a first normal display mode when the instrument is worn in the first position, and into a reverse display mode when the instrument is worn in the second position, the data displayed by the display device being shifted through 180 from one display mode to the other.


Inventors:
BARRAS DAVID
KLOPFENSTEIN FRANCOIS
CHRISTE LAURENT
Application Number:
JP2008135184A
Publication Date:
November 27, 2008
Filing Date:
May 23, 2008
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
ETA SA MFT HORLOGERE SUISSE
International Classes:
G04G9/00; G01S1/04; G04B37/16; G04G9/08; G04G21/04; G04G99/00; G04R60/00; H01Q1/22; H01Q1/27; H01Q1/44; H01Q9/04
Domestic Patent References:
JPH0712967A1995-01-17
JPS5689086A1981-07-20
JP2000147169A2000-05-26
JPH031190A1991-01-07
JPH10160872A1998-06-19
Foreign References:
EP0871236B12005-05-11
EP0982639A22000-03-01
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masaki Yamakawa
Shigeki Yamakawa