Radio-controlled timepiece

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9229434-B2
Application number	US-201514603250-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2015
Priority date	Mar 13, 2014
Publication date	Jan 5, 2016
Grant date	Jan 5, 2016

Abstract

A radio-controlled timepiece is shown including the following. A receiving unit receives a transmitting radio wave including date/time information from a positioning satellite. A date/time information obtaining unit obtains a week number and elapsed time within a week as the date/time information. An operating unit receives operation. A term obtaining unit obtains a value of a 10 year digit of a present date and time. A first term setting unit sets a first date/time specified range including 10 years corresponding to the obtained value of the 10 year digit and a term adjacent to the 10 years with a predetermined length. A first date/time calculating unit calculates the present date and time within the set first date/time specified range. A date/time correcting unit corrects the date and time of a timekeeping unit based on the present date and time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A radio-controlled timepiece comprising:
a receiving unit which receives a transmitting radio wave including date/time information from a positioning satellite;
a date/time information obtaining unit which obtains a week number and elapsed time within a week as the date/time information from the received transmitting radio wave;
an operating unit which receives operation from a user;
a term obtaining unit which obtains a value of a 10 year digit of a present date and time according to input operation through the operating unit;
a first term setting unit which sets a first date/time specified range including 10 years corresponding to the obtained value of the 10 year digit and a term adjacent to the 10 years with a predetermined length, the first date/time specified range set to a length equal to or shorter than one lap of the week number;
a first date/time calculating unit which calculates the present date and time within the set first date/time specified range according to the week number and the elapsed time within the week;
a timekeeping unit which counts date and time; and
a date/time correcting unit which corrects the date and time of the timekeeping unit based on the present date and time calculated by the first date/time calculating unit; and wherein the term obtaining unit only obtains the 10 year digit of a present date.

2. The radio-controlled timepiece according to claim 1 , further comprising,
a plurality of hands provided to be rotatable; and
an operation control unit which controls contents displayed by the plurality of hands,
wherein,
at least a portion of the plurality of hands is able to move independently from other hands by control from the operation control unit; and
one hand which is able to move independently from the other hands points any direction of an hour to obtain the value of the 10 year digit corresponding to the hour.

3. The radio-controlled timepiece according to claim 1 , further comprising,
a nonvolatile storage unit which stores the latest date and time when the present date and time was calculated by the first date/time calculating unit;
a second term setting unit which sets a second date/time specified range including a predetermined number of weeks after the latest date and time based on the latest date and time when the latest date and time is stored in the nonvolatile storage unit, the second date/time specified range set to a length equal to or shorter than one lap of the week number; and
a second date/time calculating unit which calculates the present date and time within the set second date/time specified range according to the week number and the elapsed time within the week obtained by the date/time information obtaining unit,
wherein,
the term obtaining unit obtains the value of the 10 year digit from the operating unit when the latest date and time is not stored in the nonvolatile storage unit or the date and time within the second date/time specified range is calculated by the second date/time calculating unit; and
the first date/time calculating unit recalculates the present date and time based on the first date/time specified range when it is judged whether the present date and time calculated by the second date/time calculating unit is within the first date/time specified range and the result is that the calculated present date and time is not within the first date/time specified range.

4. The radio-controlled timepiece according to claim 2 , further comprising,
a nonvolatile storage unit which stores the latest date and time when the present date and time was calculated by the first date/time calculating unit;
a second term setting unit which sets a second date/time specified range including a predetermined number of weeks after the latest date and time based on the latest date and time when the latest date and time is stored in the nonvolatile storage unit, the second date/time specified range set to a length equal to or shorter than one lap of the week number; and
a second date/time calculating unit which calculates the present date and time within the set second date/time specified range according to the week number and the elapsed time within the week obtained by the date/time information obtaining unit,
wherein,
the term obtaining unit obtains the value of the 10 year digit from the operating unit when the latest date and time is not stored in the nonvolatile storage unit or the date and time within the second date/time specified range is calculated by the second date/time calculating unit; and
the first date/time calculating unit recalculates the present date and time based on the first date/time specified range when it is judged whether the present date and time calculated by the second date/time calculating unit is within the first date/time specified range and the result is that the calculated present date and time is not within the first date/time specified range.

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hasegawa Kosuke

Classifications

• G04R20/02 Primary

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

• G04R20/12 Primary

  Decoding time data; Circuits therefor · CPC title