A smartwatch is configured to be usable to control a peripheral device. The smartwatch can be toggled between a typical or usual operating mode for a smartwatch and a mode for controlling the peripheral device. The toggling function is bound to a virtual button. Force applied to the virtual button is measured so that multiple functions, including the toggling function, can be accessed by applying different amounts of force to the button for a predetermined amount of time.

A wearable device and a control method are provided. The wearable device includes: a rotary disk, a housing, a position detecting unit, and a processor. The rotary disk is rotatably connected to the housing. The position detecting unit is disposed between the rotary disk and the housing. The position detecting unit is electrically connected to the processor. The position detecting unit is configured to detect a target position to which the rotary disk is rotated along the housing and to send the target position to the processor. The processor is configured to enable a shortcut function corresponding to the target position. Multiple positions on the housing correspond to multiple shortcut functions. The target position is one of the multiple positions.

User interface navigation on a personal electronics device based on movements of a crown is disclosed. The device can select an appropriate level of information arranged along a z-axis for display based on crown movement. The navigation can be based on an angular velocity of the crown.

An electronic device includes a rotating member and an infrared module that are disposed opposite to each other. A surface of the rotating member opposite to the infrared module is provided with an annular region, a reflective surface is disposed on the annular region, and a width of the reflective surface gradually increases or gradually decreases along a circumferential direction of the annular region. The infrared module includes an infrared transmitter and an infrared receiver, and light emitted by the infrared transmitter is reflected by the reflective surface and then received by the infrared receiver.

To prevent an erroneous operation and improve operability, a button device and a timepiece including the button device are provided. The button device includes: a cylindrical first guide protector 11 protruding from the lateral face of a wristwatch case 1; and a first button 12 disposed in the first guide protector 11 to be slidable inward and outward of the wristwatch case 1. The first button 12 includes a first button head 13 disposed in the first guide protector 11, and a first button shaft 15 passing through a first through hole 14 of the wristwatch case 1. The first button head 13 is inclined obliquely upward relative to the lateral face of the wristwatch case 1. The first guide protector 11 protects the outer periphery of the first button head 13, and this prevents accidental and erroneous operation of the first button 12. The first button head 13 is inclined obliquely upward relative to the lateral face of the wristwatch case 1, and this allows the user to easily place a fingertip on the outer end face of the first button head 13, and so improves the operability of the first button 12.

A Dewar device for mechanical and/or functional components of a watch, this device including a wristlet; a housing including a chamber wherein a case of the watch is capable of being disposed in such a way that a glass of this case is arranged facing a glass of a set of elements of the housing defining this chamber; at least one fastening device fastening this watch case in this chamber of the housing while maintaining it distant from this set of elements, and a device for actuating at least one control element of this watch by the movement in translation of an external parts element of the housing in the direction of a back of this housing.

Aspects of the technology provide a symbiotic graphical display on a client device such as a smartwatch. The system includes at least one emissive display element and at least one non-emissive display element. The display elements are arrayed in layers or other configurations such that content or other information is concurrently aligned across the respective display surfaces of the different elements. A first set of content is rendered using the non-emissive display element while a second set of content is rendered using the emissive display element. Depending on characteristics or features of a given content item, that item may be rendered by one or both of the display elements. Certain content may be transitioned from the emissive display element to the non-emissive display element according to a time threshold or other criteria.

A management server serving as an information processing apparatus includes ROM or RAM that stores programs, and at least one processor executing the stored programs. The processor is configured to execute processing including: acquiring the component information comprising at least one selected from the 24-hour meter or the small clock or the 24-hour meter or the date window or the function display board provided on the board surface of the timepiece, which points a symbol indicating certain information or displays the certain information, and the component image such as the 24-hour meter image or the small clock image or the 24-hour meter image or the date window image or the function display board image corresponding to the component information; and setting the component image which is common to a plurality of types of timepieces by associating the component information with the plurality of types of the timepieces.

The smart watch with a control dial includes a watch body having a display on a top side and a control circuit inside the watch body, and a control dial electrically connected to the control circuit. The control dial has a portion of its circumference exposed from a lateral side of the watch body, and, when the control dial is turned, the control circuit detects the movement of the control dial and adjusts correspondingly the content shown on the display. The physical movement provided by the control dial effectively prevents the problem of operating the touch screen of the smart watch when the touch screen is stained.

A screen generation method that causes an information processing apparatus to generate an image of a timepiece includes: acquiring component information relating to a component in which a position of at least one portion or displayed information provided on a board surface of the timepiece can change, and placement information indicating a position of the component on the board surface of the timepiece; specifying, based on the placement information, a placement position in a case of placing a component image corresponding to the component information on the image of the timepiece; and generating, based on the specified placement position, a board surface image for operation used in response to operating the timepiece from an external terminal.