Timepiece having a wide variety of appearances

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9244435
APP PUB NO 20140334273A1
SERIAL NO

14267218

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A timepiece, which includes an ornamental body; a drive mechanism that moves the ornamental body; an output portion that outputs a sound; and a control portion that performs movement control for outputting a piece of theme music and moving the ornamental body from an initial position. The control portion further performs return control for outputting a piece of ending music and moving the ornamental body to the initial position after the movement control is finished. Under the return control, the outputted and selected pieces of ending music have different lengths depending on whether or not a position of the ornamental body is in front of a reference position. It is thus possible to design the movement pattern of the ornamental body under the movement control, without consideration of the stop positions of the ornamental body at the end of the movement control period; thereby, allowing for a wide variety of appearances for the timepiece.

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SEIKO TIME CREATION INC4-3 FUKUZUMI 2-CHOME KOTO-KU TOKYO 135-8557

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Muraji, Toyonori Tokyo, JP 10 91
Takematsu, Hiroshi Tokyo, JP 3 15
Tako, Motohiro Tokyo, JP 4 14

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