Analog electronic timepiece and hand drive control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10503123-B2
Application number	US-201615204611-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2016
Priority date	Sep 15, 2015
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

An analog electronic timepiece, including: a hand which is provided to be rotatable; and a processor which makes the hand perform at least one of an acceleration operation and a deceleration operation as a speed change operation when the hand is made to perform a fast forward movement, the acceleration operation being an operation of gradually increasing a fast forward speed of the hand from a stopped state when the fast forward movement is started, and the deceleration operation being an operation of gradually decreasing the fast forward speed until the hand comes into the stopped state when the fast forward movement is ended.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An analog electronic timepiece, comprising:
a hand which is provided to be rotatable; and
a processor which makes the hand perform at least one of an acceleration operation and a deceleration operation as a speed change operation when the hand is made to perform a fast forward movement, the acceleration operation being an operation of gradually increasing a fast forward speed of the hand from a stopped state when the fast forward movement is started, and the deceleration operation being an operation of gradually decreasing the fast forward speed until the hand comes into the stopped state when the fast forward movement is ended;
wherein, when a target movement amount of the hand in the fast forward movement is determined, the processor sets a speed change start movement amount and a speed change end movement amount in the fast forward movement for the target movement amount based on the target movement amount, the speed change start movement amount being a movement amount of the hand at a timing when the speed change operation is started, and the speed change end movement amount being a movement amount of the hand at a timing when the speed change operation is ended, and
wherein, when the processor changes the fast forward speed between a predetermined number of two or more movement speeds in a stepwise manner in the speed change operation and makes the hand perform the fast forward movement at a predetermined interval, the processor sets the predetermined number and the movement speeds so that the fast forward movement is ended within an upper limit fast forward time which is less than the predetermined interval.

2. The analog electronic timepiece according to claim 1 , further comprising a memory in which a plurality of types of speed change patterns are stored, each of the speed change patterns associating a plurality of speed change timings in the speed change operation with respective movement speeds after the speed change timings,
wherein the processor selects one of the speed change patterns based on the upper limit fast forward time and a required time of the fast forward movement including the speed change operation by each of the plurality of types of speed change patterns, and the processor makes the hand perform the fast forward movement according to the selected speed change pattern.

3. The analog electronic timepiece according to claim 2 , wherein, when the required time of the fast forward movement according to the speed change pattern is shorter than a time required for the speed change operation, the processor makes the hand perform an operation for an amount of the required time, the operation being a low speed part of the speed change operation according to the speed change pattern.

4. The analog electronic timepiece according to claim 3 , wherein the processor sets the predetermined number and the movement speeds based on a display content by the hand.

5. The analog electronic timepiece according to claim 3 , further comprising a sensor which measures a predetermined physical quantity,
wherein the processor obtains a measurement result by the sensor at the predetermined interval, and determines a fast forward destination of the hand based on the obtained measurement result.

6. The analog electronic timepiece according to claim 3 , wherein the processor determines whether to perform the speed change operation according to the target movement amount.

7. The analog electronic timepiece according to claim 2 , wherein the processor sets the predetermined number and the movement speeds based on a display content by the hand.

8. The analog electronic timepiece according to claim 2 , further comprising a sensor which measures a predetermined physical quantity,
wherein the processor obtains a measurement result by the sensor at the predetermined interval, and determines a fast forward destination of the hand based on the obtained measurement result.

9. The analog electronic timepiece according to claim 2 , wherein the processor determines whether to perform the speed change operation according to the target movement amount.

10. The analog electronic timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein the processor sets the predetermined number and the movement speeds based on a display content by the hand.

11. The analog electronic timepiece according to claim 10 , further comprising a sensor which measures a predetermined physical quantity,
wherein the processor obtains a measurement result by the sensor at the predetermined interval, and determines a fast forward destination of the hand based on the obtained measurement result.

12. The analog electronic timepiece according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensor which measures a predetermined physical quantity,
wherein the processor obtains a measurement result by the sensor at the predetermined interval, and determines a fast forward destination of the hand based on the obtained measurement result.

13. The analog electronic timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein the processor determines whether to perform the speed change operation according to the target movement amount.

14. An analog electronic timepiece, comprising:
a hand which is provided to be rotatable;
a processor which makes the hand perform at least one of an acceleration operation and a deceleration operation as a speed change operation when the hand is made to perform a fast forward movement, the acceleration operation being an operation of gradually increasing a fast forward speed of the hand from a stopped state when the fast forward movement is started, and the deceleration operation being an operation of gradually decreasing the fast forward speed until the hand comes into the stopped state when the fast forward movement is ended; and
a hand driver which makes the hand perform a step operation by a predetermined angle,
wherein, when a target movement amount of the hand in the fast forward movement is determined, the processor sets a speed change start movement amount and a speed change end movement amount in the fast forward movement for the target movement amount based on the target movement amount, the speed change start movement amount being a movement amount of the hand at a timing when the speed change operation is started, and the speed change end movement amount being a movement amount of the hand at a timing when the speed change operation is ended, and
wherein a lowest value among a predetermined number of two or more movement speeds in the speed change operation is determined based on at least one of the predetermined angle and a length of the hand.

15. A hand drive control device, comprising:
a driver which rotates a hand; and
a processor which makes the driver perform at least one of an acceleration operation and a deceleration operation as a speed change operation when the driver performs a fast forward movement of the hand, the acceleration operation being an operation of gradually increasing a fast forward speed of the hand from a stopped state when the fast forward movement is started, and the deceleration operation being an operation of gradually decreasing the fast forward speed until the hand comes into the stopped state when the fast forward movement is ended,
wherein, when a target movement amount of the hand in the fast forward movement is determined, the processor sets a speed change start movement amount and a speed change end movement amount in the fast forward movement for the target movement amount based on the target movement amount, the speed change start movement amount being a movement amount of the hand at a timing when the speed cha

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hasegawa Kosuke

Classifications

• G04G5/00

  Setting, i.e. correcting or changing, the time-indication (radio-controlled time-pieces G04R) · CPC title

• G04C9/08

  by electric drive · CPC title

• G04C3/14 Primary

  incorporating a stepping motor (G04C3/02 - G04C3/12 take precedence {; generating commutating pulses in primary clocks G04C13/0463}) · CPC title

• G04G9/0005 Primary

  Transmission of control signals · CPC title