Watch and method for controlling watch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11720061-B2
Application number	US-202016931497-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2020
Priority date	Jul 18, 2019
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

Abstract

A watch includes a chargeable power supply, a crystal oscillation circuit including a crystal oscillator and an oscillation circuit and configured to stop oscillating when a power supply voltage falls below an oscillation stop voltage and to start oscillating when the power supply voltage exceeds an oscillation start voltage, which is higher than the oscillation stop voltage, and a divider circuit that outputs a reference signal by dividing an oscillation signal output from the oscillation circuit. The watch also includes a temperature compensation circuit that performs a temperature compensation function operation that compensates for variation of the reference signal due to a temperature, a first voltage detection circuit that detects that the power supply voltage exceeded a first voltage that is set higher than the oscillation start voltage, and a control circuit that starts the temperature compensation function operation of the temperature compensation circuit when the first voltage detection circuit detects that the power supply voltage exceeded the first voltage, and subsequently continues the temperature compensation function operation even when the power supply voltage falls below the first voltage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A watch comprising:
a power supply configured to be charged;
a crystal oscillation circuit including a crystal oscillator and an oscillation circuit and configured to stop oscillation when a power supply voltage falls below an oscillation stop voltage, and to start oscillation and output an oscillation signal when the power supply voltage exceeds an oscillation start voltage, which is higher than the oscillation stop voltage;
a divider circuit configured to output a reference signal by dividing the oscillation signal output from the oscillation circuit;
a temperature compensation circuit configured to perform a temperature compensation function operation that compensates for variation of the reference signal due to a temperature;
a first voltage detection circuit configured to detect that the power supply voltage exceeded a first voltage that is set higher than the oscillation start voltage; and
a control circuit configured to start the temperature compensation function operation of the temperature compensation circuit when the first voltage detection circuit detects that the power supply voltage exceeded the first voltage, and to subsequently continue the temperature compensation function operation even when the power supply voltage falls below the first voltage.

2. The watch according to claim 1 , comprising: an oscillation stop detection circuit configured to detect an oscillation stop of the crystal oscillation circuit, wherein
the control circuit stops the temperature compensation function operation when the oscillation stop of the crystal oscillation circuit is detected by the oscillation stop detection circuit.

3. The watch according to claim 2 , comprising a storage circuit configured to store detection by the first voltage detection circuit that the power supply voltage exceeded the first voltage, wherein
the control circuit
initializes the storage circuit when the oscillation stop of the crystal oscillation circuit is detected by the oscillation stop detection circuit, and
stops the temperature compensation function operation when the storage circuit is initialized.

4. The watch according to claim 2 , wherein
the temperature compensation circuit is configured to perform an individual difference correction function operation that corrects an individual difference of the crystal oscillator, and
the control circuit continues the individual difference correction function operation when the temperature compensation function operation is stopped.

5. The watch according to claim 1 , comprising a second voltage detection circuit configured to detect that the power supply voltage fell below a second voltage that is set lower than the first voltage, wherein
the control circuit stops the temperature compensation function operation when the second voltage detection circuit detects that the power supply voltage fell below the second voltage.

6. The watch according to claim 5 , comprising a storage circuit configured to store detection by the first voltage detection circuit that the power supply voltage exceeded the first voltage, wherein
the control circuit
initializes the storage circuit when the second voltage detection circuit detects that the power supply voltage fell below the second voltage, and
stops the temperature compensation function operation of the temperature compensation circuit when the storage circuit is initialized.

7. The watch according to claim 5 , wherein
the temperature compensation circuit is configured to perform an individual difference correction function operation that corrects an individual difference of the crystal oscillator, and
the control circuit continues the individual difference correction function operation when the temperature compensation function operation is stopped.

8. The watch according to claim 1 , wherein the first voltage is set such that the power supply voltage does not fall below the oscillation stop voltage due to the temperature compensation function operation, when the control circuit starts the temperature compensation function operation of the temperature compensation circuit.

9. A method for controlling a watch including a power supply configured to be charged, a crystal oscillation circuit including a crystal oscillator and an oscillation circuit and configured to stop oscillation when a power supply voltage falls below an oscillation stop voltage and to start oscillation when the power supply voltage exceeds an oscillation start voltage, which is higher than the oscillation stop voltage, a divider circuit configured to output a reference signal by dividing an oscillation signal output from the oscillation circuit, and a temperature compensation circuit configured to perform a temperature compensation function operation that compensates for variation of the reference signal due to a temperature,
the control method comprising:
detecting that the power supply voltage exceeded a first voltage that is set higher than the oscillation start voltage;
starting the temperature compensation function operation of the temperature compensation circuit upon detecting that the power supply voltage exceeded the first voltage; and
continuing the temperature compensation function operation even when the power supply voltage falls below the first voltage.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Yamazaki Yutaka

Classifications

• G04B1/10 Primary

  with mainspring {(synchronous motors with power reserve G04C15/0054; springs in general F16F)} · CPC title

• G04B17/22

  for the effect of variations of temperature {(alloys with small expansion coefficient C21C, C22C; adjustment of the regulator dependant on adjustment of the hands G04B18/028; depending on the difference in time with a comparison clockwork G04C11/007)} · CPC title

• G04C3/00

  Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means (clocks driven by synchronous motors G04C15/00) · CPC title

• H03B5/32

  being a piezoelectric resonator (selection of piezoelectric material H10N30/00) · CPC title

• H03L1/02

  against variations of temperature only · CPC title