Device and method of driving stepping motor of analog electronic clock
    1.
    发明授权
    Device and method of driving stepping motor of analog electronic clock 有权
    模拟电子时钟驱动步进电机的装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US07977909B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-12

    申请号:US12389445

    申请日:2009-02-20

    IPC分类号: H02P8/02 G05B19/40

    CPC分类号: H02P8/02

    摘要: A stepping motor driving apparatus of an analog electronic clock, in which, when the rotation of a rotor is not detected after a pulse is supplied to a coil of a stepping motor, a first switching control section switches the pulse supplied to the coil to a pulse having a larger effective value, and when the rotation of the rotor is detected continuously for a predetermined period or a predetermined number of times, a second switching control section switches the pulse supplied to the coil to a pulse having a smaller effective value, wherein the apparatus further includes a third switching control section that switches a driving pulse to a pulse having a smaller effective value when the rotation of the rotor is not detected for two times continuously, even after the first switching section increases the effective value of the driving pulse for two times continuously.

    摘要翻译: 一种模拟电子时钟的步进电动机驱动装置,其中当在对步进电动机的线圈供给脉冲之后没有检测到转子的转动时,第一开关控制部分将提供给线圈的脉冲切换到 脉冲具有较大的有效值,并且当转子的旋转连续检测预定时间段或预定次数时,第二切换控制部分将提供给线圈的脉冲切换到具有较小有效值的脉冲,其中 该装置还包括第三切换控制部分,即使在第一切换部分增加驱动脉冲的有效值之后,也不会连续两次检测转子的旋转时将驱动脉冲切换为具有较小有效值的脉冲 连续两次。

    Electronic timepiece
    2.
    发明授权
    Electronic timepiece 有权
    电子钟表

    公开(公告)号:US08213266B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-03

    申请号:US12551746

    申请日:2009-09-01

    CPC分类号: G04C10/04 G04C10/02 G04R20/00

    摘要: An electronic timepiece, comprises a timing section to perform timing of time based on an oscillation signal; an electric wave receiving section to receive an electric wave; a voltage detecting section to detect a power source voltage supplied from a power source section; and a stop control section to stop a receiving function of the electric wave receiving section and continue a timing operation of the timing section when the voltage detecting section detects that the power source voltage becomes lower than a first level range, and then to stop the timing operation of the timing section when a warning period for urging a user to perform the power generation by the power generating section elapsed in a state where the power source voltage is lower than the first level range without changing to a lower level than a second level range lower than the first level range.

    摘要翻译: 一种电子时计,包括:基于振荡信号执行时间定时的定时部; 接收电波的电波接收部分; 电压检测部,检测从电源部供给的电源电压; 以及停止控制部分,当电压检测部分检测到电源电压变得低于第一电平范围时,停止电波接收部分的接收功能并继续定时部分的定时操作,然后停止定时 当在电源电压低于第一电平范围的状态下经过了用于促使用户执行发电部分的发电的警告时段的定时部分的操作,而不变为比第二电平范围更低的电平 低于第一级范围。

    ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE
    3.
    发明申请
    ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE 有权
    电子计时器

    公开(公告)号:US20100165797A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-01

    申请号:US12635240

    申请日:2009-12-10

    IPC分类号: G04C3/00

    CPC分类号: G04C10/02 G04G19/10

    摘要: An electronic timepiece comprises a drive module configured to drive a hand, an electricity generation module, first and second capacitor modules, the second capacitor module having smaller capacitance than the first capacitor module, and an auxiliary drive control module which causes the drive module to perform the auxiliary driving when the charge level of the second capacitor module exceeds a third level indicating an amount of electricity which enables the auxiliary driving, and waits until the charge level of the second capacitor module exceeds the third level after performing the auxiliary driving.

    摘要翻译: 一种电子钟表,包括:驱动模块,其被配置为驱动手,发电模块,第一和第二电容器模块,所述第二电容器模块具有比所述第一电容器模块小的电容;以及辅助驱动控制模块,其使所述驱动模块执行 当第二电容器模块的充电电平超过指示启动辅助驱动的电量的第三电平时的辅助驱动,并且在执行辅助驱动之后等待直到第二电容器模块的充电电平超过第三电平。

    ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE
    4.
    发明申请
    ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE 有权
    电子计时器

    公开(公告)号:US20100061193A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-11

    申请号:US12551746

    申请日:2009-09-01

    IPC分类号: G04C3/00

    CPC分类号: G04C10/04 G04C10/02 G04R20/00

    摘要: An electronic timepiece, comprises a timing section to perform timing of time based on an oscillation signal; an electric wave receiving section to receive an electric wave; a voltage detecting section to detect a power source voltage supplied from a power source section; and a stop control section to stop a receiving function of the electric wave receiving section and continue a timing operation of the timing section when the voltage detecting section detects that the power source voltage becomes lower than a first level range, and then to stop the timing operation of the timing section when a warning period for urging a user to perform the power generation by the power generating section elapsed in a state where the power source voltage is lower than the first level range without changing to a lower level than a second level range lower than the first level range.

    摘要翻译: 一种电子时计,包括:基于振荡信号执行时间定时的定时部; 接收电波的电波接收部分; 电压检测部,检测从电源部供给的电源电压; 以及停止控制部分,当电压检测部分检测到电源电压变得低于第一电平范围时,停止电波接收部分的接收功能并继续定时部分的定时操作,然后停止定时 当在电源电压低于第一电平范围的状态下经过了用于促使用户执行发电部分的发电的警告时段的定时部分的操作,而不变为比第二电平范围更低的电平 低于第一级范围。

    ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE
    6.
    发明申请
    ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE 审中-公开
    电子计时器

    公开(公告)号:US20100182880A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-22

    申请号:US12635177

    申请日:2009-12-10

    IPC分类号: G04C3/00

    CPC分类号: G04C10/02

    摘要: An electronic timepiece comprises a clock module, an electricity generation module, first and second capacitor modules, the second capacitor module having a smaller capacitance than the first capacitor module, a detector configured to detect a charge level of the first capacitor module, a power supply switching module configured to be capable of connecting or disconnecting the first capacitor module to or from the clock module, a control module configured to control the power supply switching module based on the charge level detected by the detector such that the first capacitor module is disconnected from the clock module and to supply electricity from the second capacitor module to the clock module.

    摘要翻译: 电子钟表包括时钟模块,发电模块,第一和第二电容器模块,第二电容器模块具有比第一电容器模块更小的电容;检测器,被配置为检测第一电容器模块的充电电平;电源 开关模块被配置为能够将第一电容器模块连接到时钟模块或从时钟模块断开,控制模块被配置为基于由检测器检测到的充电水平来控制电源开关模块,使得第一电容器模块与 时钟模块,并从第二电容器模块向时钟模块供电。

    Stopwatch
    7.
    发明授权
    Stopwatch 失效
    跑表

    公开(公告)号:US5151885A

    公开(公告)日:1992-09-29

    申请号:US858342

    申请日:1992-03-26

    申请人: Tomoo Kasuo

    发明人: Tomoo Kasuo

    IPC分类号: G04F8/02 G04F10/00

    CPC分类号: G04F10/00

    摘要: A stopwatch according to the present invention can measure a lap time by the operation of a lap switch of a key input portion and stores the measured lap time in a RAM. When the lap switch is operated, a minute hand is immediately moved to a position of 0 o'clock, and is started its rotation from the position of 0 o'clock. The hand is rotated at such speed that the hand arrives at a position of 10 o'clock after the preceding lap time stored in the RAM is elapsed. In order to rotate the hand at the above described speed, a microprocessor unit calculates the time interval to supply pulse signal to a step motor. Since the hand is moved from the position of 0 o'clock to the position of 10 o'clock at the above described speed, percentage of the lap time being measured at present with respect to the preceding lap time can be immediately known.

    Electronic timepiece
    8.
    发明授权
    Electronic timepiece 有权
    电子钟表

    公开(公告)号:US08111590B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-07

    申请号:US12635240

    申请日:2009-12-10

    IPC分类号: G04B1/00

    CPC分类号: G04C10/02 G04G19/10

    摘要: An electronic timepiece comprises a drive module configured to drive a hand, an electricity generation module, first and second capacitor modules, the second capacitor module having smaller capacitance than the first capacitor module, and an auxiliary drive control module which causes the drive module to perform the auxiliary driving when the charge level of the second capacitor module exceeds a third level indicating an amount of electricity which enables the auxiliary driving, and waits until the charge level of the second capacitor module exceeds the third level after performing the auxiliary driving.

    摘要翻译: 一种电子钟表,包括:驱动模块,其被配置为驱动手,发电模块,第一和第二电容器模块,所述第二电容器模块具有比所述第一电容器模块小的电容;以及辅助驱动控制模块,其使所述驱动模块执行 当第二电容器模块的充电电平超过指示启动辅助驱动的电量的第三电平时的辅助驱动,并且在执行辅助驱动之后等待直到第二电容器模块的充电电平超过第三电平。

    DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING STEPPING MOTOR OF ANALOG ELECTRONIC CLOCK
    9.
    发明申请
    DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING STEPPING MOTOR OF ANALOG ELECTRONIC CLOCK 有权
    驱动模拟电子钟的步进电机的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090206789A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-20

    申请号:US12389445

    申请日:2009-02-20

    IPC分类号: H02P8/02

    CPC分类号: H02P8/02

    摘要: A stepping motor driving apparatus of an analog electronic clock, in which, when the rotation of a rotor is not detected after a pulse is supplied to a coil of a stepping motor, a first switching control section switches the pulse supplied to the coil to a pulse having a larger effective value, and when the rotation of the rotor is detected continuously for a predetermined period or a predetermined number of times, a second switching control section switches the pulse supplied to the coil to a pulse having a smaller effective value, wherein the apparatus further includes a third switching control section that switches a driving pulse to a pulse having a smaller effective value when the rotation of the rotor is not detected for two times continuously, even after the first switching section increases the effective value of the driving pulse for two times continuously.

    摘要翻译: 一种模拟电子时钟的步进电动机驱动装置,其中当在对步进电动机的线圈供给脉冲之后没有检测到转子的转动时,第一开关控制部分将供给线圈的脉冲切换到 脉冲具有较大的有效值,并且当转子的旋转连续检测预定时间段或预定次数时,第二切换控制部分将提供给线圈的脉冲切换到具有较小有效值的脉冲,其中 该装置还包括第三切换控制部分,即使在第一切换部分增加驱动脉冲的有效值之后,也不会连续两次检测转子的旋转时将驱动脉冲切换为具有较小有效值的脉冲 连续两次。

    Electronic devices with a solar cell
    10.
    发明授权
    Electronic devices with a solar cell 有权
    具有太阳能电池的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US5886954A

    公开(公告)日:1999-03-23

    申请号:US128561

    申请日:1998-08-03

    摘要: An electronic device comprising a solar cell, a secondary battery charged by an output from the solar cell, an illumination detector for detecting the brightness of the environment of the solar cell based on the output from the solar cell, a display unit, an electroluminescence (EL) element for illumining the display unit, an attitude detector for detecting an attitude of the electronic device, a driver for driving the EL element on the basis of the attitude of the electronic device detected by the attitude detector and the result of the detection by the illumination detector. Only when the illumination detector detects that the environment of the solar cell is dark, and the attitude detector detects that the electronic device takes a specified attitude, the EL element is turned on. Otherwise, the illuminator is not turned on. Thus, wasteful power consumption is suppressed to prolong the solar cell's service life.

    摘要翻译: 一种电子设备,包括太阳能电池,由太阳能电池的输出充电的二次电池,基于太阳能电池的输出来检测太阳能电池的环境的亮度的照明检测器,显示单元,电致发光( EL)元件,用于检测电子设备的姿态的姿态检测器,用于基于由姿态检测器检测到的电子设备的姿势来驱动EL元件的驱动器,以及通过由 照明检测器。 只有当照明检测器检测到太阳能电池的环境较暗时,并且姿态检测器检测到电子设备采取指定的姿态时,EL元件才被接通。 否则,照明器未打开。 因此,抑制浪费的功率消耗以延长太阳能电池的使用寿命。