101 |
實時時鐘電池的檢測電路、配置狀態檢測方法及電子裝置 |
TW102137149 |
2013-10-15 |
TW201514655A |
2015-04-16 |
林志陽; LIN, CHIH YANG; 邱明正; CHIU, MING CHEN; 曾意達; TSENG, I TA |
一種實時時鐘(Real-Time Clock,RTC)電池的檢測電路、配置狀態檢測方法及應用其之電子裝置。所述檢測電路包括電源擷取單元、分壓單元以及輸出單元。電源擷取單元耦接RTC電池的電源輸出端,並且反應於檢測控制訊號而從電源輸出端擷取電源訊號。分壓單元耦接電源擷取單元,並且用以對電源擷取單元所擷取的電源訊號進行分壓以產生分壓訊號。輸出單元耦接分壓單元以接收分壓訊號,其中輸出單元依據分壓訊號產生關聯於RTC電池之配置狀態的檢測結果訊號。 |
102 |
Electronic apparatus, power feeding control method, and non-transitory recording medium |
US17382790 |
2021-07-22 |
US11906936B2 |
2024-02-20 |
Fumiaki Ochiai; Yoshinori Asami; Yohei Kawaguchi; Katsuhiko Obata |
An electronic apparatus includes a secondary battery, a first power feeder, a second power feeder, and a processor. The first power feeder feeds power to the secondary battery. The second power feeder feeds power to the secondary battery at a current larger than a current fed by the first power feeder. The processor selects an operation mode of the electronic apparatus based on different reference values selected based on whether the first power feeder is feeding power to the secondary battery or the second power feeder is feeding power to the secondary battery. |
103 |
Electronic watch, motor control circuit, and method for controlling electronic watch |
US16903522 |
2020-06-17 |
US11899405B2 |
2024-02-13 |
Tomoki Okuhata |
An electronic watch includes a driver controlled to be in an ON state in which a drive current is supplied to a coil of a motor and an OFF state in which the drive current is not supplied to the coil, a target current value setter configured to set a target current value in accordance with a drive voltage for driving the motor, and a driver controller configured to compare a detected current value of a current flowing to the coil with the target current value, control the driver to be in the ON state or the OFF state in accordance with a result of the comparison, and switch polarity of the drive current when detecting that an ON time, which is a duration of the ON state of the driver, meets a predetermined condition or an OFF time, which is a duration of the OFF state of the driver, meets a predetermined condition. |
104 |
CONNECTED, MECHANICAL WINDING WATCH |
US18337669 |
2023-06-20 |
US20230333515A1 |
2023-10-19 |
Harry GUHL; Adrian BUCHMANN |
An electronic watch comprising a timekeeper logic unit (42) set to control a display (50,54) of the time, and a controller (48), in communication with an external device (90) or with internet (99) through a wireless interface (68) of the watch, and a mechanical energy harvester system (25) set to transform mechanical energy deriving from the movements of a wearer to electrical energy, a power manager circuit for storing the electrical energy in a battery (30) and/or in a capacitor (32), and to supply the logic unit (42), the controller (48) and the wireless interface (68) with energy stored in the battery (30) and/or in the capacitor (32). |
105 |
Electronic Watch And Method For Controlling Electronic Watch |
US17584446 |
2022-01-26 |
US20220236694A1 |
2022-07-28 |
Norimitsu BABA |
An electronic watch includes a plurality of hands configured to display time, a power generator, an power storage unit configured to store power generated by the power generator, an indicator hand configured to display a power storage amount in the power storage unit in a plurality of stages, a controller configured to perform control switching between a normal time display mode in which time is displayed by the hand and a power save mode in which at least one of the hands is stopped. The controller detects the power storage amount and updates display of the based on the power storage amount by the indicator hand during the power save mode. |
106 |
RECIPROCATING DISPLAY MECHANISM AND TIMEPIECE |
US17445304 |
2021-08-17 |
US20220057752A1 |
2022-02-24 |
Shoichiro Morita; Riko Tsuboi; Daisuke Yamada; Hiroyuki Takahashi |
A reciprocating display mechanism performing predetermined display by reciprocating a hand within a fixed area includes a hand capable of reciprocating within the fixed area, a hand driving wheel that drives the hand and includes a wheel, a transmission wheel that rotates the hand driving wheel by engaging with a tooth of the wheel, and a biasing member that biases the hand in one direction of the reciprocating, wherein the wheel includes an angle area corresponding to the fixed area and a region adjacent to the angle area, the angle area provided with teeth and a part of the region adjacent to the angle area provided with an idle region in which the transmission wheel idles, and the one direction biasing by the biasing member is a direction in which the tooth adjacent to the idle region engages with the transmission wheel when the idle region faces the transmission wheel. |
107 |
POWER INDICATOR DEVICE OF A THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR OF A WATCH |
US17203178 |
2021-03-16 |
US20210341882A1 |
2021-11-04 |
Matthias IMBODEN; Alain JORNOD; Alexandre HAEMMERLI |
A power indicator device (1) of a thermoelectric generator of a watch. The indicator device includes a first gas fluid reservoir (2), a second gas fluid reservoir (3), and at least one tubular conduit (4) connecting the two reservoirs. The first reservoir is placed on an upper surface of the thermoelectric generator in a watch case, while the second reservoir (3) is placed on a lower surface of the thermoelectric generator in contact with the back of a watch case. The tubular conduit is of the capillary type and comprises in an intermediate portion (9) a liquid forming a barrier to the gas fluid of the two reservoirs and allowing, in a display portion (24) visible from the outside of the watch case, to provide an indication of the power of the generator by measuring the temperature difference of the two reservoirs. |
108 |
Watch |
US17158087 |
2021-01-26 |
US20210232099A1 |
2021-07-29 |
Eiichi HIRAYA |
A watch includes a power reserve hand configured to be visually recognizable from a watch rear side, an oscillating weight including a weight, a transmission wheel configured to rotate a ratchet wheel, a pawl lever configured to engage with the transmission wheel, an eccentric wheel including an eccentric shaft member to which the pawl lever is attached and an eccentric toothed gear, a train wheel bridge provided between the pawl lever and the oscillating weight, and a seconds wheel and pinion including a seconds hand shaft. The eccentric shaft member and the seconds hand shaft are supported by the train wheel bridge. The power reserve hand is disposed in a position that does not overlap the weight in plan view, and is disposed in a position that overlaps the train wheel bridge in side view orthogonal to the seconds hand shaft. |
109 |
Implementing time display on a watch based on whether a wearer has looked at the watch |
US16715423 |
2019-12-16 |
US11024068B2 |
2021-06-01 |
Masakazu Mitsugi; Yuki Sugiue; Hiroshi Saeki; Machiko Takematsu; Masaaki Yamamoto; Yoichi Ito; Kenji Itoh |
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for displaying information, a program, and a communication system, which enable the provision of an apparatus making use of a display device excellent in flexibility. An information display apparatus includes a display unit including a time information presenting section for presenting at least time information and a band section to be worn on an arm, and a display control unit for changing a display of the display unit. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, the information display apparatus. |
110 |
Electronic Device with Coil for Wireless Charging and Haptic Outputs |
US16821853 |
2020-03-17 |
US20200328614A1 |
2020-10-15 |
Benjamin G. Jackson; Brenton A. Baugh; Brian T. Gleeson; Steven J. Taylor; Thayne M. Miller |
An electronic watch may include a housing, a display positioned at least partially within the housing, a transparent cover coupled to the housing and at least partially covering the display, a battery, and a coil coupled to the battery and configured to, during a battery charging operation, supply a first current to the battery and, during a haptic output operation, receive a second current from the battery to produce a haptic output. The electronic watch may further include a ferromagnetic element positioned at least partially within the housing and movable relative to the housing. The second current may cause the coil to produce a magnetic field, and the haptic output may be produced as a result of an interaction between the magnetic field and the ferromagnetic element that causes the ferromagnetic element to move relative to the housing. |
111 |
PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND WRIST APPARATUS |
US16839417 |
2020-04-03 |
US20200229722A1 |
2020-07-23 |
Takehisa UEMURA; Noriaki HIRAIDE |
A wrist apparatus as a portable electronic apparatus includes a case, a solar battery that is provided in the case, and has an outer circumference along an outer edge of the case and an inner circumference of which a circumferential length is shorter than a circumferential length of the outer circumference, and an acceleration sensor that is provided in the case, in which the solar battery is disposed outside an outer edge of the acceleration sensor in a plan view of a light reception surface of the solar battery. |
112 |
Information notification method, information notification device, and non-transitory recording medium |
US15891804 |
2018-02-08 |
US10509371B2 |
2019-12-17 |
Takeshi Hanada; Katsuhiko Obata; Mitsuaki Matsuo; Hirofumi Nagareda; Tadashi Kojima; Oh Takahashi; Toyokazu Nishio |
A smartphone includes a receiver, a log acquirer, a determiner, an information notifier, and a display. The receiver is in wireless communication with a time display device. The log acquirer acquires log data from the time display device by the receiver. The determiner determines the usage status of the time display device on the basis of the log data acquired by the log acquirer. The information notifier provides, via the display, notification of information corresponding to the usage status determined by the determiner. |
113 |
ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE |
US16286944 |
2019-02-27 |
US20190196413A1 |
2019-06-27 |
Yoshitaka IIJIMA; Yasuhiro MOMOSE; Takaya MASAKI |
An electronic timepiece includes a sensor, a dial plate, and a subdial. The sensor is configured to execute a measurement. The dial plate has hands that indicate a time. The subdial is disposed on the dial plate and has a subdial hand and a first region indicating that the measurement is being executed. The subdial hand points to the first region when the sensor executes the measurement. |
114 |
Smart wristband with rotatable dial |
US16072451 |
2016-12-31 |
US10317845B2 |
2019-06-11 |
Jianxin Zhang |
A smart wristband with a rotatable dial has a dial, a case and a band. The case is embedded in the band. The dial is rotatably disposed in the case. An end of the dial is provided with a USB port, and the USB port is hidden between the dial and the case. The dial has a bottom case, a rotating ring is fixed at a bottom of the bottom case, the case is sandwiched between the bottom case and the rotating ring, and relative rotation between the dial and the case is achieved by the cooperation and relative rotation between the rotating ring and the case. An opening is provided at an end of the bottom case, a protruding buckling rib is provided at the other end, and a buckling groove that matches the protruding buckling rib is formed at the corresponding position of the case. |
115 |
Batteryless activity monitor |
US14777976 |
2013-03-22 |
US09938965B2 |
2018-04-10 |
Jukka Jaatinen |
An apparatus includes at least one base layer arranged as a substrate for printed electronics; an energy harvester printed on the at least one base layer and arranged to transform kinetic energy into electric energy; an energy storage printed on the at least one base layer, coupled to the energy harvester, and arranged to store the electric energy; a display element printed on the at least one base layer, coupled to the energy storage, and arranged to provide a display view to a user of the apparatus; and a control circuitry configured to determine the amount of the electric energy stored in the energy storage and to control the display element to update the display view according to the amount of the electric energy. A method and a computer program product for controlling manufacturing of the apparatus are also disclosed. |
116 |
Electronic device, and control method of an electronic device |
US15010541 |
2016-01-29 |
US09921551B2 |
2018-03-20 |
Katsuyuki Honda |
An electronic timepiece has a receiving device that receives satellite signals; a reception control unit that operates the receiving device and runs a reception process; a chronograph unit that executes a measuring process; an input device; a detection device that detects operation of the input device to start the chronograph, and outputs a chronograph operation signal when this operation is detected; a hand used both to indicate information related to the reception process and information related to the measuring process; and an operating control unit that operates the chronograph unit in addition to the operating reception control unit, and controls operation of the hand that is indicating information related to the reception process to indicate the measured time, if the chronograph operation signal is input while the reception process is running. |
117 |
ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE |
US15461792 |
2017-03-17 |
US20170277137A1 |
2017-09-28 |
Yoshitaka IIJIMA; Yasuhiro MOMOSE; Takaya MASAKI |
An electronic timepiece includes: a barometric pressure sensor; a letter plate that has a “MEAS” letter indicating “measurement progress”; and a second display hand that displays that measurement of a barometric pressure is being executed by pointing a region in which the “MEAS” letter is disposed in a case in which the barometric pressure sensor performs measurement of the barometric pressure. |
118 |
BIOS REAL-TIME CLOCK UPDATE |
US15309519 |
2014-07-25 |
US20170185101A1 |
2017-06-29 |
JEN-HAO TAI; CHIEN KUN WANG |
An example system includes a bask input/output system (BIOS) and a battery having a fuel gauge timer. The BIOS is associated with a real-time clock, and the BIOS uses timer information from the fuel gauge timer to update the real-time clock. |
119 |
ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE AND CONTROL METHOD OF AN ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE |
US15402349 |
2017-01-10 |
US20170146960A1 |
2017-05-25 |
Teruhiko Fujisawa |
An electronic timepiece comprises a receiver configured to receive satellite signals containing time information from positioning information satellites; an interface member; a timekeeping reception controller configured to execute a timekeeping reception process in response to a timekeeping reception operation of the interface member; and a positioning reception controller configured to execute a positioning reception process in response to a positioning reception operation of the interface member. The timekeeping reception controller starts the timekeeping reception process if the interface member is operated continuously for a first set time, and continues the timekeeping reception process if operation of the interface member is released before a second set time passes, the second set time being longer than the first set time, and operation switches from the timekeeping reception process to the positioning reception process if the interface member is operated for the second set time. |
120 |
Electronic timepiece and control method of an electronic timepiece |
US15060303 |
2016-03-03 |
US09581975B2 |
2017-02-28 |
Teruhiko Fujisawa |
An electronic timepiece has a reception unit that receives satellite signals; a power supply including a battery; a remaining battery capacity detector that detects the remaining battery capacity of the power supply; an interface member; a timekeeping reception controller; and a positioning reception controller. If the user performs a positioning reception operation, the positioning reception controller does not execute a positioning reception process if the remaining battery capacity is less than a first threshold. If the timekeeping reception operation is performed, the timekeeping reception controller executes a timekeeping reception process if the remaining battery capacity is less than the first threshold. |