摘要:
An electric watch is characterized by including a transmitting circuit 6 for generating a plurality of transmitted signals, transmitting electrodes 1 and 2 for outputting the output signals generated by the transmitting circuit 6, a signal modulating member 3 composed of a rotor arranged adjacently to the transmitting electrodes 1 and 2 in a non-contact manner for modulating the transmitted signals, a receiving electrode 4 arranged adjacently to the signal modulating member 3 in a non-contact manner for receiving the transmitted signals modulated by the signal modulating member 3, a receiving circuit 7 for amplifying received signals received by the receiving electrode 4, and a detecting circuit 8 for detecting mechanical position information of the signal modulating member 3 based on the received signal amplified by the receiving circuit 7.
摘要:
A liquid crystal active lens having, in combination, a fixed-focal-point lens having a high index of refraction and a phase modulation element comprising two-dimensionally arranged fine pixels, and having power and being capable of electrically controlling the lens characteristics as a function of space. An electrically controlled optical system can be realized without having a moving portion. Owing to the combination of the liquid crystal element for modulating space phase and the high-power lens of a fixed focal length, it is possible to electronically control the focal length and to electronically control the lens in a spatially split manner.
摘要:
In an electronic timepiece having a primary frequency divider circuit coupled to receive a standard frequency signal and comprising a group of P-channel FETs and a group of N-channel FETs, a bias circuit supplies a bias input to the P-channel FET group and a separate bias input to the N-channel FET group. By providing these bias inputs through current mirror coupling from a standard current source, the response of the primary frequency divider circuit to low amplitudes of the standard frequency signal can be made substantially independent of timepiece battery voltage variations, over a wide range of battery voltages.
摘要:
An electronic timepiece having an acoustic hour information function in which a photosensitive switch mechanism essentially comprising a photosensitive element is provided to detect a quantity of light below a predetermined value in the surrounding environment where the timepiece is placed and control the acoustic hour information function of the timepiece depending upon the detected result.
摘要:
A voltage conversion system for an electronic timepiece having a power source, which system generates power at lower voltage level than that of the power source for operating at least one of a frequency standard, a frequency converter, a time counter circuit and a display system. The voltage conversion system comprises an oscillator circuit coupled to the power source to generate output signals, a plurality of capacitors, and a plurality of switching elements responsive to the output signals for alternately setting the capacitors in a parallel connected condition and a series connected condition, whereby an output voltage lower than that of the power source is generated at an output terminal of the system.
摘要:
An electronic timepiece including a battery, a drive motor, a drive, a display, and electronic circuits for driving said motor. The motor is a pulse motor and comprises a core, coil, yoke and rotor. The rotor includes a worm gear having worm teeth which engage with a gear wheel. The teeth on the worm gear are arranged and configured such that the initial and final portions of each tooth which engage with the gear wheel are parallel to the plane of rotation of the rotor thereby preventing torque applied to the gear wheel from being transmitted to the rotor.
摘要:
In a battery operated an electric timepiece operated by a battery of the type a time display, such as a second hand, when the voltage of the battery decreases below a predetermined value, the movement of the second hand is modified to give an alarm that the life of the battery has terminated.
摘要:
An inverting amplifier is provided with a high impedance input resistor connected at one end to an input terminal of the amplifier and connected at the other end to a first voltage source constituting a first binary logic level. The input terminal is also connected through a switch to a second voltage source constituting a second and opposite binary level. An MOS-FET has source and drain electrodes connected to the input terminal and the first voltage source respectively and a gate electrode connected to an output terminal of the amplifier. When the switch is closed, the second voltage is applied to the input terminal and the inverted output of the amplifier turns off the MOS-FET. When the switch is open, the first voltage is applied to the input terminal through the resistor and the inverted output of the amplifier turns on the MOS-FET. The low impedance of the MOS-FET in the turned on condition increases the stability of the amplifier under high humidity conditions.
摘要:
An input line carrying a square-wave voltage is connected through a capacitor to the drain and via an inverter to the gate of a MOSFET acting as a diode, the relative magnitudes of the drain and gate pulses being so chosen that the FET conducts during alternate half-cycles of the square wave whereby the capacitor is charged during nonconductive half-cycles and is fully discharged to the potential of the source of the FET during conductive half-cycles. If the source is biased by a constant voltage, a square wave in a higher voltage range is available at the drain. If the source is connected to potential through another capacitance, a d-c voltage is available at that electrode. Complementary MOSFET/diodes can be connected in push-pull or in cascade to amplify the input voltage; they may also be combined with supplementary voltage boosters including cascaded stages composed of ordinary diodes and capacitors. The MOSFET/diode may be part of an electronic clock drive.
摘要:
To facilitate acceleration or deceleration of the stepping rate of a time-keeping counter responding to driving pulses from a frequency divider connected to a crystal-controlled oscillator, a succession of such driving pulses is taken from an OR gate with inputs receiving a basic pulse train .phi..sub..gamma. a normally present first ancillary pulse train .phi..sub..beta. spacedly interleaved with pulse train .phi..sub..gamma. and a normally absent second ancillary pulse train .phi..sub..alpha. with pulse positions offset from those of the other two pulse trains. To retard the timepiece, the pulses of train .phi..sub..beta. are blocked for a desired period; to advance it, pulses of train .phi..sub..alpha. are interpolated at a rate depending on the cadence of a series of control pulses selectively synthesized from a combination of low-frequency stage outputs of the frequency divider. Externally set selection signals are temporarily stored in a memory circuit including NOR gates with positive-feedback connections to inverting inputs thereof, the memory circuit being periodically tested by a resetting pulse recurring at a frequency lower than that of the driving pulses.