Electronic watch allowing data to be received

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10983483-B2
Application number	US-201815985743-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2018
Priority date	Jun 6, 2017
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic watch allowing data to be received, comprising:
An electrical energy source A control member arranged to be supplied with power by the electrical energy source A receiver module comprising:
An optical sensor capable of detecting a sequence of light pulses modulated by data, and of converting said sequence into a digital signal An energy storage element arranged to store electrical energy generated by the optical sensor A demodulator arranged to be supplied with power by the energy storage element, capable of extracting the data from the digital signal Transmission means capable of transmitting the extracted data to the control member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic watch, comprising:
an electrical energy source;
control circuitry configured to be supplied with power from the electrical energy source; and
a receiver including
an optical sensor configured to detect a sequence of light pulses modulated by data, and convert the sequence into a digital signal,
an energy storage element configured to store electrical energy generated by the optical sensor, the energy storage element being a capacitor,
a demodulator configured to be supplied with power only from at least one of the energy storage element and the optical sensor, but not from the electrical energy source, and configured to extract the data from the digital signal obtained from the optical sensor, and
a transmitter configured to transmit the extracted data to the control circuitry.

2. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , further comprising an authentication circuit configured to be supplied with power from the energy storage element, the authentication circuit being connected to an output of the demodulator, and being configured to extract an identifier from the data and compare the extracted identifier with a reference identifier,
wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit only those data that include the reference identifier.

3. The electronic watch according to claim 2 , wherein the authentication circuit is further configured to decrypt the data.

4. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver further comprises a memory configured to be supplied with power from the energy storage element,
wherein the memory is connected to the authentication circuit, and is accessible by the control circuitry via the transmitter.

5. The electronic watch according to claim 4 , wherein the memory is configured to be supplied with power from the electrical energy source.

6. The electronic watch according to claim 4 , wherein the memory is configured to be supplied with power from the energy storage element.

7. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver further comprises an automatic gain control system configured to be supplied with power from the energy storage element and being connected between the optical sensor and the demodulator.

8. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the demodulator is further configured to extract a clock signal from the digital signal.

9. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the optical sensor is a photodiode.

10. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the optical sensor is a phototransistor.

11. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , Wherein the optical sensor is a photovoltaic cell.

12. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical energy source is a cell.

13. The electronic watch of claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is supplied power only from the electrical energy source.

Assignees

• Em Microelectronic Marin Sa

Inventors

• Jaeggi Hugo

Classifications

• H04B10/1141 Primary

  One-way transmission · CPC title

• G04R20/26

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

• G04G99/003

  Pulse shaping; Amplification · CPC title

• G04G21/04 Primary

  using radio waves (radio-controlled time-pieces G04R) · CPC title

• G04G5/00

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