Electronic timepiece and control method of electronic timepiece

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11599067-B2
Application number	US-202016798568-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2020
Priority date	Feb 25, 2019
Publication date	Mar 7, 2023
Grant date	Mar 7, 2023

Abstract

An electronic timepiece includes a communication unit receiving identification information for identifying a radio station from the radio station, a storage unit storing a database having, as a record, the identification information and time difference information indicating a time difference associated with the identification information, a timekeeping unit in which a set time difference being a time difference with respect to a reference time is set, a first time difference correction unit correcting the set time difference to the time difference information associated with the identification information received by the communication unit, an operation unit accepting user operation, a second time difference correction unit correcting the set time difference according to the operation, and an update processing unit updating the database by changing the time difference information to the set time difference corrected by the second time difference correction unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic timepiece, comprising:
a communication unit configured to receive identification information for identifying a radio station from the radio station;
a storage unit configured to store a database having, as a record, the identification information and time difference information indicating a time difference associated with the identification information;
a timekeeping unit in which a set time difference, that is a time difference with respect to a reference time, is set;
a first time difference correction unit configured to correct, based on the identification information received by the communication unit and the database, the set time difference to the time difference information associated with the identification information received by the communication unit;
an operation unit configured to accept user operation;
a second time difference correction unit configured to correct the set time difference in accordance with the operation; and
an update processing unit configured to, in response to the second time difference correction unit correcting the set time difference in accordance with the operation, (i) acquire the identification information received by the communication unit and (ii) update the database by changing the time difference information associated with the identification information received by the communication unit using the set time difference as corrected by the second time difference correction unit.

2. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein when the identification information received by the communication unit is duplicate in the database, the first time difference correction unit identifies, based on predetermined priority, one of a plurality of the records having the duplicate identification information.

3. The electronic timepiece according to claim 2 , wherein the database includes, as the priority, information indicating an order in which each of the plurality of records is updated.

4. The electronic timepiece according to claim 2 , wherein the database has, as the priority, information indicating whether each of the plurality of records is updated by manual setting by a user.

5. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein
the communication unit establishes a communication link with the radio station, and
the update processing unit acquires update information for updating the database via the communication link with the radio station.

6. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein
the communication unit establishes a communication link with a radio terminal, and
the database is edited by the radio terminal via the communication link with the radio terminal.

7. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 , further comprising a source display unit configured to display a source type used to correct the set time difference.

8. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein
the database has radio station position information associated with the identification information, and indicating a position of the radio station,
the storage unit stores a time zone table having time difference information for each of a plurality of regions, and
the first time difference correction unit, based on the radio station position information associated with the identification information received by the communication unit, identifies the time difference information from the time zone table, and corrects the set time difference to the time difference information identified from the time zone table.

9. An electronic timepiece, comprising:
a communication unit configured to receive identification information for identifying a radio station from the radio station;
a storage unit configured to store a database having, as a record, the identification information and time difference information indicating a time difference associated with the identification information and to store a time zone table having region information and time difference information for each of a plurality of regions;
a timekeeping unit in which a set time difference, that is a time difference with respect to a reference time, is set;
a first time difference correction unit configured to, based on the identification information received by the communication unit and the database, correct the set time difference to the time difference information associated with the identification information received by the communication unit;
a positioning unit configured to use satellite signals received from a plurality of artificial satellites to calculate position information;
a second time difference correction unit configured to correct the set time difference to a time difference identified from the position information based on the time zone information; and
an update processing unit configured to (i) acquire the identification information received by the communication unit and (ii) update the database by changing change the time difference information associated with the identification information received by the communication unit using the set time difference as corrected by the second time difference correction unit.

10. The electronic timepiece according to claim 9 , wherein when the identification information received by the communication unit is duplicate in the database, the first time difference correction unit identifies, based on predetermined priority, one of a plurality of the records having the duplicate identification information.

11. The electronic timepiece according to claim 10 , wherein the database has information indicating, as the priority, an order in which each of the plurality of records is updated.

12. The electronic timepiece according to claim 10 , wherein the database has information indicating, as the priority, whether each of the plurality of records is updated by manual setting by a user.

13. The electronic timepiece according to claim 9 , wherein
the communication unit establishes a communication link with the radio station, and
the update processing unit acquires update information for updating the database via the communication link with the radio station.

14. The electronic timepiece according to claim 9 , wherein
the communication unit establishes a communication link with a radio terminal, and
the database is edited by the radio terminal via the communication link with the radio terminal.

15. The electronic timepiece according to claim 9 , further comprising a source display unit configured to display a source type used to correct the set time difference.

16. The electronic timepiece according to claim 9 , wherein
the database has radio station position information associated with the identification information, and indicating a position of the radio station,
the storage unit stores a time zone table having time difference information for each of a plurality of regions, and
the first time difference correction unit, based on the radio station position information associated with the identification information received by the communication unit, identifies the time difference information from the time zone table, and corrects the set time difference to the time difference information identified from the time zone table.

17. A control method of an electronic timepiece including a storage unit configured to store a database having a plurality of records, each record having identification information for identifying a radio station and time difference information indicating a time difference associated with the identification information; and a display unit conf

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Kinoshita Eiji

Classifications

• G04G7/026

  the time-piece preparing itself on set times on the reception of the synchronising signal · CPC title

• G04C10/02

  the power supply being a radioactive {or photovoltaic} source · CPC title

• G04R20/02

  the radio signal being sent by a satellite, e.g. GPS · CPC title

• G04R20/04 Primary

  Tuning or receiving; Circuits therefor · CPC title

• G04R40/06

  by computing the time value implied by the radio signal · CPC title