Electronic timepiece, time changing method of electronic timepiece and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10401801-B2
Application number	US-201715661662-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2017
Priority date	Sep 14, 2016
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

An electronic timepiece includes a counter, a near field communication unit, a standard electric wave receiving unit and a control unit. The counter is configured to count current time. The near field communication unit is configured to communicate with a terminal by near field communication electric waves and to receive first time information. The standard electric wave receiving unit is configured to receive standard electric waves and to acquire second time information. The control unit changes current time counted by the counter, based on the first or second time information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic timepiece comprising:
a counter that is configured to count current time;
a near field communication unit that is configured to communicate with a terminal by near field communication electric waves and to receive first time information;
a standard electric wave receiving unit that is configured to receive standard electric waves and to acquire second time information; and
a control unit,
wherein the control unit changes current time counted by the counter, based on the first or second time information, and
the control unit controls the electronic timepiece such that one of the near field communication unit and the standard electric wave receiving unit operates exclusively.

2. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display unit that is configured to display that the near field communication unit is operating when the near field communication unit is operating, and to display that the standard electric wave receiving unit is operating when the standard electric wave receiving unit is operating.

3. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein:
when the near field communication unit is not operating at a predetermined reception start time, the control unit starts a standard electric wave receiving operation of the standard electric wave receiving unit.

4. The electronic timepiece according to claim 3 , wherein:
the control unit controls the electronic timepiece such that the near field communication unit starts a communication operation with the terminal at a timing different from the reception start time, and the near field communication unit receives the first time information from the terminal, and the communication between the near field communication unit and the terminal is cut off.

5. The electronic timepiece according to claim 2 , wherein:
the control unit controls the electronic timepiece to switch the standard electric wave receiving unit to a receiving operation, at a time closer to midnight than a time to switch the near field communication unit to a receiving operation.

6. The electronic timepiece according to claim 5 , wherein:
the near field communication unit maintains a connection state until communication with the terminal is cut off.

7. The electronic timepiece according to claim 6 , wherein:
the control unit controls the display unit such that the display unit displays the latest information of the first time information received from the terminal by the near field communication unit.

8. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein:
the standard electric waves have a stronger diffraction property to reach behind an object than the near field communication electric waves have.

9. A time changing method of an electronic timepiece having a counter configured to count current time, comprising:
receiving first time information from a terminal by near field communication;
acquiring second time information by receiving standard electric waves; and
changing current time counted by the counter, based on the first or second time information; and
operating one of the receiving of the first time information and the acquiring of the second time information exclusively.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for controlling a computer including a counter that is configured to count current time, a near field communication unit that is configured to communicate with a terminal by near field communication electric waves, and a standard electric wave receiving unit that is configured to receive standard electric waves having a stronger diffraction property to reach behind an object than the near field communication electric waves have, to cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
acquiring first time information from the terminal by the near field communication unit;
acquiring second time information based on the standard electric waves received by the standard electric wave receiving unit;
changing current time counted by the counter, based on the first or second time information, and
operating one of the acquiring of the first time information and the acquiring of the second time information exclusively.

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kitamura Akira

Classifications

• G04R20/26 Primary

  the radio signal being a near-field communication signal · CPC title

• G04C3/146

  incorporating two or more stepping motors or rotors · CPC title

• G04R20/08

  the radio signal being broadcast from a long-wave call sign, e.g. DCF77, JJY40, JJY60, MSF60 or WWVB · CPC title

• G04G21/02

  Detectors of external physical values, e.g. temperature · CPC title