Patent 7349805 was granted and assigned to Suunto on March, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention relates to a wristop computer and a method in connection with a wristop computer (20). The display of the wristop computer intended for a compass application consists of a matrix-display element (1). The wristop computer includes means (10, 11, 12) for showing the compass points to the possessor of the wristop computer, with the aid of graphical symbols. According to the invention, the wristop computer includes means (1, 11, 4) for showing several predefined bearing values (2) for travelling over various closed patterns.