摘要:
Chronograph hands are made not to start driving at an inappropriate position in a case where a sleep mode is cancelled in a chronograph timepiece in which driving of each of the hands is electrically performed by motors and reset-to-zero of the chronograph hands is performed by mechanical mechanisms. An operation mode setting portion forbids a chronograph measurement operation if only a start and stop button is operated after a sleep mode is cancelled by an amount of power generated by a solar cell exceeding a predetermined amount, and, if a reset button is operated after the sleep mode is cancelled, performs a control such that the chronograph measurement operation is started by a start operation using the start and stop button.
摘要:
There is provided an analog radio-controlled timepiece made so as to be capable of performing a time difference correction by a simple operation while maintaining an operability of a time difference correction timepiece. A radio reception section receives, through an antenna, information of a minute and a second in a time code included in a standard radio, and an operation section corrects only a minute hand and a second hand to the minute and the second, which were received. A correction of an hour hand is performed by operating a crown included in a time difference correction mechanism.
摘要:
There is provided a pulse wave detector enabling pulse wave detection with reduced power consumption, and prolonged usage time. Ultrasonic waves having a frequency of 10 MHz are transmitted from a transmitter towards an artery, and reflected waves that have undergone frequency modulation as a result of the Doppler effect of the artery are received by a receiver, pulse waves are extracted by FM detection, and a pulse rate is counted and displayed. Transmission of ultrasonic waves by the transmitter and reception of reflected waves by the receiver are carried intermittently at a frequency of 64 Hz to reduce the power consumption, to enable installation even in a small portable device with low battery capacity such as a watch, and to enable prolonged usage time. The transmitter and receiver have a rectangular shape and are arranged so that a long axis crosses the artery, which means that measurement of pulse waves can be continued without the need to correct positioning even if the artery or a sensor position shifts laterally.
摘要:
In a light emitting indicator drive circuit which supplies a current to display elements different in display areas, a current control circuit controls the supply current of a constant-current source which is caused by a p-channel MOS-FET which supplies a current to a display element. The current control circuit controls the off-operation of the FET. A signal processing circuit calculates the deterioration data from a deterioration detecting circuit and saved segment area data to decide a supply current value to display elements as a result of the arithmetic operation. With the above operation, a difference in luminance between the display elements and the degradation of luminance caused by the deterioration can be corrected.
摘要:
There is provided a self-luminous display element driving device which prevents the luminance of a self-luminous display element from changing with the elapse of time and reduces the cost. In the device for constant-voltage driving the self-luminous display element by continuously making on and off states of application of a constant voltage to the self-luminous display element, the self-luminous display element driving device includes a circuit for generating deterioration information concerning a deterioration state of the self-luminous display element, and a circuit for adjusting a time width in which the constant voltage is applied to the self-luminous display element or a time width in which the constant voltage is not applied, on the basis of the deterioration information generated by the deterioration information generating circuit. The self-luminous display element may be, for example, an EL (electroluminescence) element or an organic EL element.
摘要:
A portable GPS receiver receives a signal from a GPS satellite by a GPS receiving means to measure a position and a speed of the own receiver. A traveling pitch detector detects a traveling pitch of a human body. A timer determines an operating period to intermittently operate reception from the GPS satellite. A stride calculator calculates, on the operating period, a traveling stride from received positioning data between two points and a pitch detected by the traveling pitch detector during obtaining the positioning data. A speed/distance calculator calculates, on the operating period, a traveling speed and a traveling distance from the stride determined by the stride calculator and the pitch detected by the traveling pitch detector.
摘要:
An improved GPS receiving apparatus may be worn on a user's arm and is not affected by the user's periodic arm swinging motion. A GPS signal receiver receives a GPS signal from GPS satellites, the receiver being mountable on a user's arm. A display is provided for displaying information based upon an output of the GPS signal receiver. An arm swing detecting circuit including an acceleration sensor detects the periodic swinging motion of the user's arm and outputs a corresponding periodic signal. A timing circuit sets a predetermined time during respective arm swing movements at which a GPS signal receiving operation will be performed based upon the periodic signal output by the arm swing detecting circuit. Operation timing of the GPS signal receiver is performed based on the output signal of the timing circuit so that a GPS signal receiving operation is performed at the same time during each cycle of periodic arm swinging motion to thereby cancel the effect of the periodic arm swinging motion.
摘要:
A radio wave-standardized electronic timepiece which stores the time at which the timepiece succeeds in reception in conformity with the pattern of living of the user, and on the following days, the timepiece begins to receive from the stored times.A reception success comparison circuit compares the output signal from a reception success time storage circuit with the output signal from a time information calculation circuit. A reception time comparison circuit compares the output signal from a reception time addition circuit with the output signal from the time information calculation circuit. A reception operation discrimination circuit controls a receiver means according to its input signal. A transfer circuit modifies a time counter and the contents of the reception success time storage circuit according to the output signal from a received data acceptance decision circuit. A display means displays the contents according to the output signal from the time information calculation means.
摘要:
In a light emitting indicator drive circuit which supplies a current to display elements different in display areas, a constant-current is supplied from a P-channel MOS-FET to a display element and a pulse width control circuit controls a on/off ratio. deterioration information from a deterioration detecting circuit and saved segment area information is calculated, and its result decides a time to supply a current to the display elements as a result of the arithmetic operation. With the above operation, a difference in luminance between the display elements and the degradation of luminance caused by the deterioration can be corrected.
摘要:
A portable type distance/speed meter is designed for measuring a travel distance and a travel speed when a user walks, or runs, while realizing a correct average speed calculation in response to GPS electromagnetic waves receiving conditions. The portable type distance/speed meter is arranged by: a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver for receiving GPS electromagnetic waves transmitted from GPS satellites to acquire positioning data from the received GPS electromagnetic waves; first distance calculating means for calculating a travel distance of a user as a first distance based upon a difference between positional information contained in the positioning data which are acquired at two positions; timer means for measuring travel time of the user over the first distance; first speed calculating means for calculating a travel speed of the user as a first speed based upon both the first distance calculated by the first distance calculating means and the travel time measured by the timer means; abnormal value detecting means for detecting an abnormal value of the first speed calculated by the first speed calculating means; average speed calculating means for calculating an average travel speed of, the user based upon the first speed calculated by the first speed calculating means in the case that the abnormal value of the first speed is not detected by the abnormal value detecting means; and distance accumulating means for accumulating the first distance calculated by the first distance calculating means so as to calculate an accumulated distance in the case that the abnormal value of the first speed is not detected by the abnormal value detecting means.