ELEKTRONISCHE UHR

Digital clock timing adjusting circuit - with frequency divider chain having selected stages by-passed

The clock uses an oscillator supplying an electronic counter via a divider chain comprising several divider stages. For increasing the frequency of the pulses supplied to the counter, one or more of the divider stages are by-passed, these stages being at the input or the centre of the divider chain. Pref. the input to the second of two successive divider stages is connected via a controllable switch to the input of the first divider stage and via a second switch to the output of the latter, the switches being coupled to that only one can be open at one time.

ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECES

... 1385276 Electronic watches SUWA SEIKOSHA KK 13 Nov 1972 [18 Nov 1971] 52335/72 Heading G3T In an arrangement for adjusting or setting the seconds indication of a crystal oscillator controlled electronic watch, wherein a pulsed stepping motor SS (Fig.1) drives hands in known manner, a switch SW is repeatedly opened and closed whereby the motor may receive driving pulses at a faster rate than normal. Thus, the motor is normally energized by pulses at 1 HZ from a frequency divider counter outputs OUT 1 OUT 2 via inverters I 2 I 3 and via a NOR gate NR 1 and inverter I 4 respectively. Thereby the motor field coil L 1 receives current pulses in opposite directions alternately, to rotate 'its' rotor RT. To reset the seconds indication, a switch SW is first closed and a multi-vibrator comprising NOR gate NR 2 , inverter Is and time constant circuit is triggered producing an output voltage at OUTS so that a current in the same direction as current from terminal OUT 2 flows through L. At the same ...

DIGITAL CLOCKS

... 1341252 Electronic timepieces GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 19 April 1971 [6 April 1970] 26333/71 Heading G3T An electronic clock with digital electroluminescent numeric time-display, during normal operation receives at input 1, Fig. 1, of a rate control logic circuit 3 (detailed Fig. 3, not shown), a clock reference signal at 60 Hz and at a first voltage level of 9 volts. This signal is frequency divided and applied to counters, decoders and transistor switching circuits to activate appropriate time display elements, as described later. Setting In order to set the clock however e.g. if it is slow, a reference signal at a higher voltage and same frequency (60 Hz) is applied at input 1, causing the rate control circuit to produce a "fast set" control signal which is applied to a gate 15. Thereby the gate is caused to pass 60 Hz signal from a line 21 directly to a line 25, instead of via frequency dividers 7, 11, and thereby the clock counters 27, 59, 77 and time display are rapidly advanced. For " ...

ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECES

... 1344648 Electronic watches SUWA SEIKOSHA K K 16 Dec 1971 [26 Dec 1970] 58489/71 Heading G3T An electronic watch comprises a crystal oscillator, an integrated circuit MOSFET binary frequency divider chain, a transistor switching bridge driving a pulse driven stepping motor coupled to hands via gears, and a switch which is repeatedly pressed for setting and correcting of the time indication. In Fig.1, the oscillator B1 drives the divider chain F1...Fn (detailed) Fig.2 (not shown) outputs from which are converted by a delay circuit D and logic gates into two pairs of pulse trains O 1 O 4 and O 2 O 3 the pulses of each pair being in anti-phase and occurring midway between pulses of the other pair Fig.4 (not shown). The pulses render transistor pairs T 1 T 4 and T 2 T 3 conductive alternately to pass current pulses through the motor field L alternately in opposite directions. The motor rotates through 60 degrees each sec, i.e. at each pulse, the rotor being a permanent magnet having 6 poles.

CORRECTION SYSTEM FOR HANDS DISPLAY TYPE OF ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE

Electronic timepiece

An electronic timepiece equipped with a rotatable operating member which actuates a switch, and means for detecting the direction of rotation of the operating member to utilize a signal produced by the switch for correction of information displayed by the timepiece, the information to be corrected being selected in accordance with the direction of rotation of the operating member.

SETTING ARRANGEMENT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH ELECTRO-OPTICAL DIGITAL DISPLAY

TIMEPIECES

... 1446997 Electronic timepieces DAINI SEIKOSHA KK 6 Aug 1974 [14 Aug 1973] 34571/74 Heading G3T An electronic timepiece Fig. 2 is provided with a time correcting or setting arrangement including switches S 1 S 2 which are selectively operated to condition logic control circuitry 10, detailed in Fig. 4 (not shown) and NAND gates A, B, C to block pulses in or add pulses to a clockpulse train for driving the time indicator hands via a circuit 5 and stepping motor 6. In normal operation the pulse train e.g. at 1Hz in line 102, waveform 102 Fig. 5, is passed by the gates A, C to the indicator drive circuit. The same pulse train is fed via a delay circuit D, which produces waveform 103 Fig. 5, to gate B which blocks the delayed pulse train. If the time indicated is in advance of the correct time, then each time S 1 is closed control signals, waveforms 104, 105 are produced by the control circuit 10 which signals condition gate A to a block a single pulse from the train delivered to line 106, waveform ...

ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE RATE OF DIVISION AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE

ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE

... 1524286 Electronic timepieces DAINI SEIKOSHA KK 27 Oct 1976 [4 Nov 1975] 44634/76 Heading G3T In an electronic timepiece, when restarting after setting a seconds hand to the correct time, errors due to backlash in gearing coupling a driving motor to the hands are minimized by initially applying a higher than normal frequency driving pulse train i to the motor for a predetermined time and then applying the normal drive pulses K. When a switch 4, Fig. 3, is closed, a frequency divider circuit 2 is reset and no drive pulses are produced, so that the seconds hand can be set. When switch 4 is opened, a flip-flop 7 is set and a logic "1" signal h produced by an inverter 9, blocks NOR gates; a pulse train i derived from the divider appears at terminal K of AND gate 16 and is fed to a driving circuit of the motor. After a predetermined time a NAND gate 10 produces an output pulse which resets the flip-flop 7 so that signal h becomes logic "O". Thereupon the AND gate 16 receives output signals b ...

Pièce d'horlogerie électronique, procédé de mise en action de cette pièce d'horlogerie électronique

Elektronische Digitaluhr

Circuit for electronic clock - has time base and frequency divider supplying pulses to stepping motor

The electronic clock circuit, has a time base generator (1) such as a bistable circuit which excites a frequency divider (2) and has three NAND gates stages (N1, N2, N3). The time base frequency is demultiplied to a final frequency of one Hertz. This final frequency signal is supplied to a stepping device (3) which actuates an optoelectronic or a pointer device at every second of time. By means of a push button switch (10) the state of the first two NAND gates (N1, N2) may be change to give additional pulses to the third NAND gate (N3) and consequently actuate the stepping device (3). Correction of the indicated time may then be obtained.

Dispositif de remise à l'heure d'une montre électronique

Schaltungsanordnung zur Standkorrektur einer Hauptuhr, die als nachgeordnete Hauptuhr neben einer übergeordneten Hauptuhr Nebenuhren steuert

Montre électronique

Dispositif électronique pour la mesure et l'indication du temps

SHOW ELECTROMECHANICAL.

Electronic timepiece, especially electronic wristwatch

ELECTROMECHANICAL SERVO UNIT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DIGITAL DISPLAY.

ELECTRONIC CLOCK ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR ELECTRONIC WRIST WATCH.

ELECTRONIC CLOCK ELEMENT.

Method and device for updating a cyclic running datum

A generator (1) delivers pulses with a specified frequency, which drive two divider stages (2 and 3) in order to give an elementary pulse which can be accumulated in counters (5 and 6). The contents of these counters are sent to a comparator (7) which also receives an updating pulse recorded in a preselection device (8). The updating command is carried out by a stage (4) which conveys an updating pulse of relatively high frequency to the counters until the contents of the counters and the updating datum are equal. The invention applies in particular to a clock or to a perpetual calendar. ...

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SHOW ELECTRONIC, IN PARTICULAR ELECTRONIC WRIST WATCH.

ELECTRONIC WATCH.

CIRCUIT FOR an ELECTRONIC CLOCK ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR an ELECTRONIC WRIST WATCH, HAS JUMPING NEEDLE OF the SECONDS.

GARDE-TEMPS COMPRENANT UN INDICATEUR DES SECONDES ET UN DISPOSITIF CORRECTEUR.

CIRCUIT OF SETTING PER HOUR AND CORRECTION FOR ELECTRONIC CLOCK ELEMENT.

ELECTRONIC CLOCK ELEMENT.

SHOW ELECTRONIC.

HOROLOGE.

ATTITUDE ARRANGEMENT WITH COUNTING CIRCUIT FOR ROTATING SPEED-DEPENDENT IMPULSES.

ELECTRONIC CLOCK ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR ELECTRONIC WRIST WATCH, PROVIDED WITH MEANS OF CORRECTION OF INFORMATION AFFICHEE.

ELECTRONIC CLOCK ELEMENT.

DEVICE Of INPUT.

Electronic time piece comprising a device for adjusting the time display

Ballistic effect data selection method, intended to be implemented in electronic devices, in particular in electronic timepieces

ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR WATCH

REGULATING DEVICE FOR A DIGITAL DISPLAY ELECTRONIC SYSTEM

ELECTRONIC CLOCK ELEMENT

DRIVE PULSE GENERATOR FOR USE IN ELECTRONIC ANALOG DISPLAY CLOCK APPARATUS

ELECTRONIC CHRONOMETER

CIRCUIT OF ADJUSTMENT HAS STRUCTURE SE LENDING TO the USE Of a MICROPROCESSOR

IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO ELECTRONIC WATCHES

ELECTRONIC TIME INDICATORS SUCH AS ELECTRONIC WATCHES

Electronic timepiece

An electronic timepiece having both an electro-optical time display and time indicating hands, and means for setting both the electro-optical display and the hands to display an identical initial time value and to be thereafter advanced in synchronism with each other.

Electronic timepiece apparatus

An electronic timepiece apparatus which comprises an electronic time-counting circuit including an oscillator generating standard clock pulses; time-setting means including an actuating switch for correcting the value of a count made by the electronic time-counting circuit; means for correcting the value of a count made by the electronic time-counting circuit for each prescribed period in accordance with the amount and direction of correction determined as the result of comparison by the time-setting circuit between a given point of time and the correct time; and display means for indicating a given point of time just counted by the electronic time-counting circuit.

Analogue quartz watch using stepping motor - has logic circuit coupled to quartz oscillator and frequency divider

The quartz watch with an analogue display, driven via a stepping motor, has a quartz oscillator (1), with a frequency of 32768 Hertz. coupled to an adjustable frequency divider (2). The quartz oscillator (1) and the frequency divider (2) are coupled to respective inputs of a logic circuit (3), providing an output with a frequency of 17476 Hertz, supplied to a further fixed frequency divider (6). This supplies an output frequency of 1/60 Hertz or a related binary frequency. The fixed frequency divider (6) has an intermediate output, which is coupled to the end stage of the frequency divider.

METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE OPERATING FREQUENCY OF AN ELECTRONIC WATCH

A method for adjusting the operating frequency of an electronic watch via a computer application installed in a portable electronic device, the adjustment method including the following steps, performed by the computer application: generating a pulsed reference signal in the portable electronic device, converting the pulsed reference signal into a modulated optical signal consisting of light pulses, transmitting the modulated optical signal to the electronic watch via the light source or via a modulation of the light emitted by the screen of the portable electronic device, and the following steps, performed by the electronic watch: reconstituting the pulsed reference signal from the modulated optical signal received by the optical sensor, correcting an inhibition value stored in the memory of an adjustment circuit of the electronic watch as a function of the pulsed reference signal. 111-. (canceled)12. A method of adjusting the operating frequency of an electronic watch with a computer application installed in a portable electronic device comprising a microcontroller , a light source and a screen , wherein the electronic watch comprises an electronic module including:an oscillator and a frequency divider circuit which is arranged downstream of the oscillator and which is configured to transmit a pulsed signal corresponding to the operating frequency,an operating frequency adjustment circuit including a memory storing an inhibition value, the adjustment circuit being arranged to inhibit one or more pulses transmitted by the frequency divider circuit as a function of the inhibition value,a communication unit for communicating with the portable electronic device, the communication unit comprising an optical sensor arranged to receive a signal in the form of a sequence of optical pulses, called a modulated optical signal,a microcontroller arranged to control the operating frequency adjustment circuit as a function of the modulated optical signal received by the ...

DRIVING DEVICE, STEPPING MOTOR DRIVING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE

A driving device includes a stepping motor having a rotor, a coil for rotating the rotor, and a processor that drives the stepping motor. The processor generates a driving pulse for rotating the rotor of the stepping motor to a prescribed position, and outputs the driving pulse to the coil; and generates a rotation assistance pulse for rotating the rotor of the stepping motor at a prescribed speed, and outputs the rotation assistance pulse to the coil, after outputting the driving pulse but before EMF is produced by the rotation of the rotor of the stepping motor caused by the driving pulse. 1. A driving device , comprising:a stepping motor including a rotor and a coil to rotate the rotor; anda processor that drives the stepping motor,wherein the processor:generates a driving pulse for rotating the rotor of the stepping motor to a prescribed position, and outputs the driving pulse to the coil; andafter outputting the driving pulse but before said driving pulse causes electromotive force to be generated by the rotation of the rotor of the stepping motor, generates a rotation assistance pulse for rotating the rotor of the stepping motor at a prescribed speed.2. The driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor:determines whether or not the rotor of the stepping motor has rotated to the prescribed position; andwhen it is determined that the rotor of the stepping motor has not rotated to the prescribed position, outputs a correction pulse for rotating the rotor to the prescribed position.3. The driving device according to claim 1 , further comprising:a temperature sensor,wherein the processor:stops the output of the rotation assistance pulse when it is determined that a temperature detected by the temperature sensor is greater than or equal to a prescribed temperature.4. The driving device according to claim 2 , further comprising:a temperature sensor,wherein the processor:stops the output of the rotation assistance pulse when it is determined that a ...

Electronic clock

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Needle display type alarm electronic clock

(57)【要約】本公報は電子出願前の出願データであるた め要約のデータは記録されません。

Patent JPS5547717B2

Time correcting circuit for electronic watch

Analog electronic clock

【課題】ユーザがより容易に所望の位置へ指針を移動させることのできるアナログ電子時計を提供する。 【解決手段】文字盤に対して回転自在に設けられた第１指針と、第１指針の回転動作を制御する駆動制御手段と、ユーザの入力操作を受け付ける操作手段と、を備え、駆動制御手段は、操作手段への所定の開始操作に応じ、第１指針を２以上の所定ステップ数早送りで回転動作させるごとに、この回転動作を所定時間一時停止させる早送り動作を行う間欠早送り手段を備える。 【選択図】図５ An analog electronic timepiece in which a user can move a pointer to a desired position more easily is provided. A drive control means comprising: a first pointer provided so as to be rotatable with respect to a dial; a drive control means for controlling a rotation operation of the first pointer; and an operation means for receiving an input operation of a user. Comprises an intermittent fast-forwarding means for performing a fast-forwarding operation for temporarily stopping the rotational operation for a predetermined time each time the first pointer is rotated at a predetermined step number of two or more for fast-forwarding in response to a predetermined starting operation to the operating means. [Selection] Figure 5

Patent JPS63748B2

Analog type electronic watch

Manufacturing method of steering wheel and reaction injection mole for vehicle

본 발명은 자동차용 스티어링 휠의 제조방법에 관한 것이다. 특히 본 발명은 금형 내 카운터 압력 제어를 통하여 오버플로우와 버어의 발생을 억제하고 싸이클 타임의 감소로 생산성을 향상시키는 데 있고, 이에 따른 반응사출 금형은, 내부에 형성된 캐비티와 연통되는 수지주입구 및 가스밴트가 형성되는 금형에서, 상기 가스밴트에 연통되는 공기채널; 상기 공기채널에 연통되는 밸브; 및 상기 밸브와 연결되고 상기 캐비티의 압력을 측정하는 압력변환기를 포함한다.

Analog electronic timepiece

本发明的模拟电子表具备：第一指针，其被设置为相对于表盘自由旋转；驱动控制部，其控制第一指针的旋转动作；操作部，其接受用户的输入操作，其中，驱动控制部具备间歇快进部，其进行以下的快进动作，根据对操作部的预定的开始操作，在每次使第一指针以2步长以上的预定步长数快进地旋转动作时，使该旋转动作暂时停止预定时间。

Electronic watch with accelerating switch

Correcting circuit for electronic timepiece

Electronic timepiece

(57)【要約】本公報は電子出願前の出願データであるた め要約のデータは記録されません。

Electronic watch with time correction system

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An electronic watch wherein pulses from a high-frequency standard are converted by a frequency divider into low-frequency timing pulses which are supplied to a stepping motor to advance the hands of the time display. In order to automatically effect a rapid correction of the seconds hand display when it deviates from precise time, a system is provided that includes an actuating element accessible to the user of the watch and operatively coupled to a switch connected through a reset line to several of the last stages of the frequency divider to effect a reset thereof upon activation of the switch. Also reset when the switch is activated is a reference counter supplied with pulses by the frequency divider. The divider feeds pulses by way of a logic circuit to the stepping motor and to a synchronous counter which is maintained in synchronism with the time display. A com-parator circuit determines whether a deviation exists be-tween the two counters and acts to govern the number of pulses per unit of time that the logic circuit supplies to the stepping motor and to the synchronous counter to an extent correcting for the deviation. The logic circuit is so connected to the outputs of the resettable divider stages that the transmission of pulses from the divider to the two counters can only be carried out during a pulse transfer period whose duration is no longer than the last quarter of the longest duration pulse period of the di-vider. Resetting of the frequency divider is inhibited during the transfer period.

TIME-SETTING AND CORRECTION CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRONIC WATCH PART

A time setting and correction circuit is provided for a quartz time standard timepiece in which the use of memory circuits permits the correction of minute hand setting, hour hand setting and internal putting into phase of seconds through actuation of a single switch.

ELECTRONIC CLOCK

ELECTRONIC WATCH SETTING CIRCUIT

ELECTRONIC TIME-SETTING DEVICE WITH ONE HOUR OFFSET FOR ELECTRONIC HORLOGY DEVICE

L'INVENTION CONCERNE UN DISPOSITIF ELECTRONIQUE DE DECALAGE D'UNE HEURE POUR DISPOSITIF HORLOGER ELECTRONIQUE ANALOGIQUE. CE DISPOSITIF HORLOGER DOTE D'AIGUILLES POUR LES HEURES ET LES MINUTES EST EXCITE PAR UN MOTEUR PAS A PAS 13 EN FONCTION DE SIGNAUX DE BASSE FREQUENCE FOURNIS PAR UN ETALON DE TEMPS A QUARTZ DE HAUTE FREQUENCE 1, 2. LE CIRCUIT DE REMISE A L'HEURE 8 EST COMMANDE PAR UN UNIQUE BOUTON-POUSSOIR 9. LE REGLAGE EST DESTINE NOTAMMENT AUX CHANGEMENTS D'HEURE ETE-HIVER OU AUX CHANGEMENTS DE FUSEAU HORAIRE ET S'EFFECTUE A DES VITESSES LENTE, RAPIDE, ET ACCELEREE DANS LE SENS HORAIRE ET LE SENS ANTIHORAIRE. UNE CORRECTION AUTOMATIQUE D'UNE HEURE AVEC REDEMARRAGE AUTOMATIQUE ET UNE OPTION A REDEMARRAGE MANUEL SONT PREVUES. THE INVENTION RELATES TO AN ELECTRONIC ONE HOUR OFFSET DEVICE FOR ANALOGUE ELECTRONIC TIME-LOCKING DEVICE. THIS WATCHMAKING DEVICE WITH HOURS AND MINUTES HANDS IS EXCITED BY A STEP MOTOR 13 AS A FUNCTION OF LOW FREQUENCY SIGNALS PROVIDED BY A QUARTZ TIME STANDARD OF HIGH FREQUENCY 1, 2. THE RESET CIRCUIT 'TIME 8 IS COMMANDED BY A SINGLE PUSHBUTTON 9. THE ADJUSTMENT IS INTENDED IN PARTICULAR FOR CHANGING SUMMER-WINTER TIME OR TIME ZONE CHANGES AND IS CARRIED OUT AT SLOW, FAST, AND ACCELERATED SPEEDS IN THE CLOCKWISE AND ANTI-CLOCKWISE SENSE. ONE HOUR AUTOMATIC CORRECTION WITH AUTOMATIC RESTART AND A MANUAL RESTART OPTION ARE PROVIDED.

TIME-SETTING DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC WATCHES

Time adjusting means for electronic timepiece which detects change in the generation condition of pulses generated in response to a manual operation speed and generates a predetermined number of pulses in accordance with the detection output as the time-adjusting pulses. The time adjusting means enables a rapid time adjustment of an electronic timepiece at a high speed. When the manual operation speed exceeds a predetermined speed, the time adjusting means stops the time-adjusting pulse so as to prevent erroneous operation.

STEP MOTOR TYPE ELECTRONIC WATCH

An electronic watch comprising a rotor magnetically connected to more than two poles, a stator composed of material of high magnetic transmission factor magnetically engaging with the rotor, means composed of coil magnetically connected to the stator and for positioning the rotor in advance in order to determine a rotating direction of the rotor and means a step motor driven by an alternating pulses, wherein a position of the rotor is brought back to a former magnetically horizontal position from an original position thereof by applying a reverse polarity pulse to the coil just before a normal pulse, and then the rotor is rotated in reverse by the normal pulse whereby a needle may be reversed.

Patent FR2348519B1

In an analogue electronic timepiece comprising a minute hand mounted on a cannon pinion, an hour hand mounted on an hour wheel, a motor driven by pulses produced by an electronic circuit and a gear train connecting the motor pinion with the cannon pinion and hour wheel, means for setting the minute hand and hour hand to amend the time displayed by the timepiece comprises a setting wheel which is rotatable by a crown wheel in one direction for moving the hands clockwise and in the opposite direction for moving the hands counterclockwise. The setting wheel is coupled to the gear train by a friction pinion at a point in the train which is approximately midway between the motor pinion and the cannon pinion and hour wheel so that the blacklash generated in moving the hands clockwise in a setting operation is approximately equal to the backlash generated in moving the hands counterclockwise. The electronic circuit includes means for generating pulses at the conclusion of a setting operation so as to compensate for the blacklash in the gear train. Since the backlash is approximately the same regardless of the direction the hands are moved in the setting operation substantially complete compensation for the backlash can be attained regardless of the direction in which the hands are moved.

ELECTRONIC WATCH

An electronic timepiece comprising an oscillating circuit for producing a standard time signal, a dividing circuit for dividing the output signal of said oscillating circuit and a driving circuit. The output signal of said driving circuit is controlled by a controlling circuit cooperative with the dividing circuit for changing the division of the standard time signal.

Electronic clock performing several control functions - has common integrated current network including logic gates for function selection

The electronic clock, which is used to perform several control functions, has a single integrated current network for all the control functions. The current network includes logic gates, so that by applying selected potentials to their control electrodes, a given number of control functions are selected, limited by the number of possible control functions of a control assembly connected to the clock. Pref. the integrated current network has two inputs, which are connected to the control electrodes of the logic gates, so that each can be supplied with a positive or negative potential, to provide three different control functions.

TIME CORRECTION DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC WATCH

1512613 Electronic timepieces DAINI SEIKOSHA KK 1 April 1976 [3 April 1975] 13197/76 Heading G3T An electronic timepiece is provided with a single setting switch which is held closed for more than one second, to retard the time displayed, and which causes the display to advance one step each time it is held closed for less than one second. In Fig. 1, a quartz crystal controlled oscillator circuit 1 feeds a 32768 Hz signal to a frequency divider chain 2. A timing reference pulse train at 1 Hz and appropriate width is produced by a waveforming gate circuit 3 which combines the outputs of divider stages F 1 0 -F 1 5 . In normal operation the timing signal is applied via an inverter 10 and a NOR gate 11 to a time measuring and displaying means 12, e.g. a stepping motor driving hands- OPERATION. To advance the time displayed, a setting switch 13 is closed for less than 1 second a logic "1" signal is fed to the NOR gate 11 by anti-chatter switching circuit 16. NOR 11 consequently cuts off the supply of the timing reference signal to the display. A counter 27 starts to count pulses of the 32 Hz output of divider stage F 1 o and would produce an output pulse at Q on reaching a count of 32 but is reset at the termination of the signal from switching circuit 16 before it reaches a count of 32. Thus outputs of counter 27 and a resetting circuit 28 will remain at "0". At the instant the said signal from 16 terminates, a first pulse generator 34 sets a flip-flop 41 the output of which after inversion at 44 controls AND gates 4 to 7. Consequently a logic "1" correcting pulse P 1 is produced by a NOR gate 9 as soon as the output from divider stage F 10 goes to "0". The pulse P 1 is inverted at 10 and applied to the time display means 12 via the NOR gate 11, the other input of which is logic "0" since the signal from switching circuit 16 had previously terminated. As soon as P 1 ceases, a second pulse generator 45 resets flip-flop 41 and all ...

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AND TREATING ELECTRIC PULSES

Procédé pour produire et traiter des Impulsions électriques aux fins de réglage et de correction d'un affichage numérique au moyen d'un générateur d'impulsions. Un microprocesseur enregistre les terrains d'impulsions, l'information d'impulsion apparaissant à la sortie du générateur d'impulsions est enregistrée dans une première mémoire, l'information se trouvant à la sortie du générateur avant le changement d'impulsion étant stockée dans une seconde mémoire. Ces deux informations sont groupées et codées binaire et le résultat est comparé à des informations enregistrées, fixes, affectées à un sens de rotation du générateur. Ce dernier résultat est introduit dans le compteur dont l'état est décodé par un affichage numérique. La dernière information située à la sortie du générateur est réunie à une autre pour former à nouveau un mot codé binaire. Applications : réglage d'un affichage numérique. A method of generating and processing electrical pulses for the purpose of adjusting and correcting a digital display using a pulse generator. A microprocessor records the pulse fields, the pulse information appearing at the output of the pulse generator is recorded in a first memory, the information found at the output of the generator before the change of pulse being stored in a second memory. These two pieces of information are grouped and binary coded and the result is compared with recorded, fixed information assigned to a direction of rotation of the generator. This last result is introduced into the counter, the state of which is decoded by a digital display. The last information located at the output of the generator is combined with another to form again a binary codeword. Applications: setting of a digital display.

ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKING PIECE

An electronic timepiece with analog display by seconds, minutes, and hours hands driven by a bidirectional stepping motor, in which the seconds hand can be used to display information different from the seconds count, the time displayed by the minutes and hours hands being conserved and the passage from one information mode to the next being made by a rapid bidirectional catching up. The electronic circuit comprises means for comparison (10) comparing the information delivered by counting means (16, 18) synchronous with the seconds hand and the information to be displayed, delivered by selection means (5, 9, 12). The state of the output of the comparison means (10) acts by control means (FF6, 7) on the stepping motor, so that the seconds hand displays the desired information.

Patent FR2209251A1

Patent FR2264316B1

The clock display has at least one setting circuit supplied by pulses from a pulse circuit having a much higher frequency than that of the known output pulses of the pulse divider circuit supplied by the clock oscillator. The information stored by the counter(s) is supplied to the comparator for comparison with the information stored by the preselector. The counters are controlled by the output pulses when the instantaneous values of the information represented by the counters and the information stored in the preselector agree. An alarm circuit may also be controlled from the setting circuit.

Pulse motor

Electronic watch

Calculation controlling device

ELECTRONIC WATCH.

Apparatus and method for adjusting a digital setting value at a variable speed

An apparatus for adjusting a digital setting value at a variable speed includes an up key and a down key for generating a plurality of up and down pulses, an input/output interface connected to the up key and the down key, a processor connected to the input/output interface, and a display. The processor, in which a default digital setting value is stored, receives the up pulses and the down pulses through the input/output interface. The processor adds an adjustment value to or subtracts the adjustment value from the default digital setting value according to a time interval between adjacent two of the up pulses or adjacent two of the down pulses so as to obtain a digital output value to be outputted to the display, which displays the digital output value. The adjustment value increases as the time interval decreases.

Electronic clock

An electronic timepiece having an A.M. and P.M. display function. The characters A or P are displayed during time setting or correction by one discretionary display element of a plurality of display elements normally used for displaying time.

Patent FR2263546A1

Disclosed is a circuit for generating in a pulse motor drive coil an initial pulse motor drive pulse in a unit length of time during which a second hand is driven by one step, after resetting for time correction has been released. The output of a divider chain for frequency-dividing a standard frequency signal from a quartz oscillator into a signal having a period equal to the unit length of time is delayed by a delay circuit, and by a logic gate responsive to the output of the delay circuit and the output of the divider chain there is produced an output pulse signal having a period equal to the unit length of time and a narrower width. The output of the logic gate is supplied to a binary counter. An output circuitry responsive to the output of the binary counter and the output of the logic gate generates drive pulses in the drive coil. The reset signal is applied to the delay circuit and at least a frequency divider stage producing the signal the period of which equals the unit length of time.

Patent FR2237239B1

Automatic time display method

주기신호발생하는 신호원과 표시장치를 갖는 기기에 있어서 현재의 시각을 적절히 표현하는 방법이 개시된다. 산출되는 현재시각을 주기적으로 일정기간동안 표시되게 함으로서 별도의 시각표시지정키를 사용하지 않고도 시각을 표시하는 방법을 제공한다. A method of properly expressing the current time in a device having a signal source and a display device for generating a periodic signal is disclosed. By presenting the calculated current time periodically for a certain period of time, the present invention provides a method of displaying a time without using a separate time display designation key.

Electronic timepiece

Patent JPS5922192B2

A step second timepiece comprises a quartz crystal oscillator and a frequency divider containing a reset circuit. The reset circuit includes a reset switch operable such that the time interval from when the reset switch is released up to when the next pulse is fed from the frequency divider is shorter than the pulse interval of the successive pulses fed from the said frequency divider thereby compensating for time lag associated with the release of the reset switch.

CORRECTION AND TIME-SETTING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL TIME-GUARDS

Electronic time-pieces

1350090 Electronic watches SUWA SEIKOSHA K K 20 Dec 1971 [30 Dec 1970] 59075/71 Heading G3T A battery powered electronic watch comprises a time standard oscillator (16, 384 HZ) feeding a binary frequency divider chain comprising complementary M.O.S. insulated gate field effect transistors operating a drive circuit (not shown) for time indicating, and resetting means utilizing part of the fdivider chain to reset the watch to the correct time. In Fig.3, the time standard signal is applied at terminal 20. When a reset signal P applied at 21 is high (H) the standard signals # o and # o in antiphase reach the divider via a NAND gate 23 and inverter 24. Each stage 25 to 32 of the divider is a binary divider without a reset means and comprising a master flip-flop (17) and slave flip-flop (18) as in a known arrangement Fig. 1 (not shown) but modified by replacing NAND gates (11, 15) by inverters. Each stage 33 to 38 is a binary divider circuit as Fig. 2 and provided with a reset means applied to the slave flip-flop 18 at terminal 5. A high (H) signal P 21 (Fig.3) permits the binary divider stages 33 to 38 to carry out a normal dividing function, from 16, 384 HZ down to 1 HZ, and by the action of a half period (¢ D) delay circuit 39 and a NAND circuit 40 there is obtained an output at 22 comprising a low (L) signal of 1/64 sec. width and 1 sec. period. This output is applied to a drive circuit (not shown) for indicating time. With signal P at low (L) level, the inverter 24, the divider chain 25 to 38, the delay circuit 39 and NAND circuit 40 come to a rest state. Power consumption will thus be negligible if the watch is maintained at rest for a long time, although the timing oscillator will continue to operate. Thus to set the time indicated to the correct time, a low level reset signal P is applied at instant t o Fig.4 (not shown), so that 20, 24, 25-38, 39, 40 come to rest. By means of a mechanism (not shown) the seconds indication is set to 59 secs. Then if P is changed ...

Electronic watch

Patent FR2388331B1

An electronic watch with digital display comprises a main display section (13) and an auxiliary display section (15). A standard time, counted in a standard time counter (5) is displayed in the main display section, whilst another time counted in another time counter (6) or alarm instant counter (7) is displayed in the auxiliary display section. A mode selector switch (19, 18) chooses the display for the auxiliary display section (15). A correction arrangement (17, 16, 22) allows correction of the contents of displayed counters. A status switch makes it possible to interchange the standard time counter (5) with another time counter (6) for most functions. This watch makes it possible to set the alarm either with respect to local time (6) or with respect to standard time (5).

Rapid feed signal generating circuit of digital clocks

Electronic correction circuit in a timepiece

1399024 Electronic timepieces SOC SUISSE POUR L'INDUSTRIE HORLOGERE MANAGEMENT SERVICES SA 22 June 1973 [12 July 1972] 32577/72 Heading G3T Relates to modification of the seconds display setting and correcting arrangement in an electronic timepiece incorporating a frequency divider chain operating a time display, particularly via a stepping motor, as disclosed and claimed in Specification 1385890. In the modification a single control push button switch is used to add seconds to or block seconds from the time display. The timepiece Fig. 1, has a main divider chain, only stages 9 to 18 being shown. Stages 17 and 18 are, in normal operation, set and reset alternately each second to control complementary transistor pairs which pass current alternately in opposite directions through a motor M. A manually operable setting switch P is followed by an integrator I to suppress effects of any irregularities in switch contact. A predetermined delay T D is set by a second sequence of dividers 20-23, and is initiated by the closure of switch P 1 . For each closure of switch P a second is added, i.e. time display is advanced by 1 sec. If the switch is maintained closed for longer than period TD, firstly 1 sec. is added during the period TD and then the "seconds" are suppressed or blocked. Normally the stages 20-23 are disabled when P is open, a transistor T 1 being saturated. When P is closed an output from an inverter N blocks T 1 and stages 20-23 count signals received from stage 10. During this time the leading edge of signal Q from stage 12 will switch a flip-flop 19 which in turn switches a toggle 16 thus adding 1 sec to display. If P is released before the end of period T D i.e. before a flip-flop 24 is caused to change state, then 20-23 will be reset to zero and the main divider stages will be unaffected. If P is maintained closed for longer than T D , a transistor T 2 will saturate and remain so until P is released. For so long as T 2 is saturated, stage 11 ...

SETUP CIRCUIT PARTICULARLY FOR MICROPROCESSORS

Electro-mechanical adjustment means for adjusting an electronic digital indicator

Modifying device for memory content

ELECTRONIC CLOCK

Patent JPS48104588A

Time adjusting device for electronic clock

Circuit arrangement for setting the frequency divider circuit of an electronic clock

CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR SETTING THE FREQUENCY DIVIDER CIRCUIT OF AN ELECTRONIC CLOCK

Patent JPS5146170A

Quick-forwarding adjustment mechanism of electronic timepiece

(57)【要約】本公報は電子出願前の出願データであるた め要約のデータは記録されません。

Patent FR2312811B1

ELECTRONIC WATCH

L'invention concerne une montre électronique. Elle comporte une section d'affichage principale qui permet d'afficher l'un parmi plusieurs types d'heures et une section d'affichage auxiliaire qui permet d'afficher un autre type d'heure ou une heure de sonnerie. Un dispositif est prévu pour régler et corriger sélectivement les différentes heures. L'invention s'applique notamment à des montres de voyage.

ADJUSTING CIRCUIT WITH A STRUCTURE SUITABLE FOR THE USE OF A MICROPROCESSOR

POUR RENDRE UN CIRCUIT DE REGLAGE MIEUX APPROPRIE A L'UTILISATION D'UN MICROPROCESSEUR, ON MESURE PERIODIQUEMENT LA FREQUENCE D'IMPULSIONS PRODUITES PAR UN AXE DE REGLAGE ET ON MULTIPLIE LA VALEUR MESUREE PAR UN FACTEUR DE PONDERATION QUI DEPEND DE LA VITESSE DE ROTATION DE L'AXE DE REGLAGE. LES VALEURS MESUREES ET PONDEREES SONT INTEGREES ET LA VALEUR INTEGREE PEUT ETRE UTILISEE POUR LE REGLAGE DE L'ACCORD D'UN RECEPTEUR OU DE LA RESTITUTION DU TEMPS D'UNE HORLOGE. TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT BEST SUITABLE FOR THE USE OF A MICROPROCESSOR, PERIODICALLY MEASURES THE PULSE FREQUENCY PRODUCED BY AN ADJUSTMENT AXIS AND MULTIPLIES THE VALUE MEASURED BY A WEIGHTING FACTOR WHICH DEPENDS ON THE ROTATION SPEED THE ADJUSTMENT AXIS. THE MEASURED AND WEIGHTED VALUES ARE INTEGRATED AND THE INTEGRATED VALUE CAN BE USED FOR ADJUSTING THE TUNING OF A RECEIVER OR THE TIME RESTITUTION OF A CLOCK.

Electronic timepiece with system for synchronizing hands

Electronic timepiece

In an analogue electronic timepiece comprising a minute hand mounted on a cannon pinion, an hour hand mounted on an hour wheel, a motor driven by pulses produced by an electronic circuit and a gear train connecting the motor pinion with the cannon pinion and hour wheel, means for setting the minute hand and hour hand to amend the time displayed by the timepiece comprises a setting wheel which is rotatable by a crown wheel in one direction for moving the hands clockwise and in the opposite direction for moving the hands counterclockwise. The setting wheel is coupled to the gear train by a friction pinion at a point in the train which is approximately midway between the motor pinion and the cannon pinion and hour wheel so that the blacklash generated in moving the hands clockwise in a setting operation is approximately equal to the backlash generated in moving the hands counterclockwise. The electronic circuit includes means for generating pulses at the conclusion of a setting operation so as to compensate for the blacklash in the gear train. Since the backlash is approximately the same regardless of the direction the hands are moved in the setting operation substantially complete compensation for the backlash can be attained regardless of the direction in which the hands are moved.

Patent JPH0237554B2

ELECTRONIC WATCH

An electronic watch is set to the proper time by correction of the content of counters of the watch through the actuation of one or both of two switches. The actuation of the first one of the switches selects whether the content of the counters is to be incremented or decremented at a first speed. The subsequent actuation of the other switch performs the correction at a second higher speed in the sense selected by actuation of the first switch.

Correcting machanism of time and other of electoronic watches

Method and arrangement for the generating and processing of electrical impulses

A method and an electro-mechanical arrangement for the generating and processing of electrical impulses for the setting or correction of an electronic digital display through the intermediary of an impulse generator. The impulse generator consists of an impulse transmitter and an impulse collector whereby, by means of the impulse emitter which evidences a plurality of impulse-generating elements, preferably arranged at uniform spacings in a circular path relative to a rotational axis, a plurality of electrical contacts are adapted to be closed in cooperation with the impulse-generating elements. The contacts of the impulse collector, generating mutually timewise displaced but still overlapping impulses whose frequency is proportional to the relative speed between the impulse transmitter and the impulse collector and whose phase position, in essence the phase lead and phase lag, is dependent upon the relative direction of rotation between the impulse transmitter and the impulse collector.

Patent FR2168093A1

DEVICE FOR SELECTING AND CORRECTING INFORMATION IN AN ELECTRONIC WATCH.

Patent JPS5548272B2

Patent JPS551559B2

Electronic watch

Electronic timepiece having light beam adjustment means

ELECTRONIC CLOCK

Digital watch

Patent JPS592876B2

Electronic timepiece

Patent JPS5760592B2

Patent JPS6037910B2

A time setting and correction circuit is provided for a quartz time standard timepiece in which the use of memory circuits permits the correction of minute hand setting, hour hand setting and internal putting into phase of seconds through actuation of a single switch.

DEVICE FOR INVERTING THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF THE HANDS OF AN ELECTRONIC WATCH

L'invention concerne les montres électroniques. Le dispositif d'inversion de sens de rotation de l'invention consiste en un circuit d'attaque d'un moteur pas à pas qui est conçu de façon à inverser à un instant approprié le sens du courant qui circule dans l'enroulement 17 de ce moteur, afin de le faire tourner en sens inverse. Cette inversion permet de remettre rapidement à l'heure une montre qui avance Application aux montres électroniques. The invention relates to electronic watches. The device for reversing the direction of rotation of the invention consists of a driving circuit of a stepping motor which is designed so as to reverse at an appropriate time the direction of the current flowing in the winding 17 of this motor, in order to make it turn in the opposite direction. This inversion makes it possible to quickly reset a watch which advances. Application to electronic watches.

Electronic timepiece

An electronic timepiece comprising a plurality of time keep mechanisms adapted to be parallel operated, for example, an electrical time keep means and a mechanical time keep means, is disclosed. The electronic timepiece comprises a time set mechanism which can read out an information of mutual relation between a standard time and a kept time at an instant upon receipt of a standard time signal which is exteriorly supplied as an input and memorize said information and which can precisely synchronize the timepiece during its time keep operation with a standard timepiece based on said memorized information.

Patent FR2390767B1

Time adjusting means for electronic timepiece which detects change in the generation condition of pulses generated in response to a manual operation speed and generates a predetermined number of pulses in accordance with the detection output as the time-adjusting pulses. The time adjusting means enables a rapid time adjustment of an electronic timepiece at a high speed. When the manual operation speed exceeds a predetermined speed, the time adjusting means stops the time-adjusting pulse so as to prevent erroneous operation.

Patent JPS5156675A

Patent JPS5944600B2

Patent JPS5827878B2

An electronic timepiece having an A.M. and P.M. display function. The characters A or P are displayed during time setting or correction by one discretionary display element of a plurality of display elements normally used for displaying time.

Display correcting device of electronic watch

ELECTRONIC WATCH WITH TOGETHER CLEARANCE

In an analogue electronic timepiece comprising a minute hand mounted on a cannon pinion, an hour hand mounted on an hour wheel, a motor driven by pulses produced by an electronic circuit and a gear train connecting the motor pinion with the cannon pinion and hour wheel, means for setting the minute hand and hour hand to amend the time displayed by the timepiece comprises a setting wheel which is rotatable by a crown wheel in one direction for moving the hands clockwise and in the opposite direction for moving the hands counterclockwise. The setting wheel is coupled to the gear train by a friction pinion at a point in the train which is approximately midway between the motor pinion and the cannon pinion and hour wheel so that the blacklash generated in moving the hands clockwise in a setting operation is approximately equal to the backlash generated in moving the hands counterclockwise. The electronic circuit includes means for generating pulses at the conclusion of a setting operation so as to compensate for the blacklash in the gear train. Since the backlash is approximately the same regardless of the direction the hands are moved in the setting operation substantially complete compensation for the backlash can be attained regardless of the direction in which the hands are moved.

Electron clock for vehicle enabling self correction and method of correcting the same

본 발명의 차량용 전자시계는 발진을 담당하는 클럭 소자, 표시부, 클럭 소자와 연결되는 RTC부, RTC부와 연결되는 프로세서, 프로세서와 연결되며 입력수단에 의해 RTC의 오차값과 오차수정 주기를 포함하는 외부 설정값을 저장하는 비휘발성 메모리, 프로세서와 연결되며 표시부를 구동하는 드라이버부를 구비하여 이루어지며, An electronic clock for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a clock element which is responsible for oscillation, a display unit, an RTC unit connected to a clock element, a processor connected to an RTC unit, a processor, and an error value and an error correction period of the RTC by an input unit. Non-volatile memory for storing external settings, the processor is connected to the processor is provided with a driver for driving the display unit, 본 발명의 차량용 전자시계 보정 방법은 시계의 내장된 프로그램에 전자시계의 보정 주기를 설정하는 단계, RTC의 신호를 외부 측정 장비에 입력시켜 보정 주기당 RTC의 시각 오차를 측정하는 단계, 측정된 오차값을 입력 장치를 이용하여 오퍼레이터가 비휘발성 메모리에 입력시키는 단계, 보정 주기에 따라 비휘발성 메모리에 입력된 측정된 오차값을 반영하여 자동으로 시각을 보정하는 단계를 구비하여 이루어지는 것을 특징으로 한다. According to the present invention, a method for calibrating an electronic clock of a vehicle includes setting a calibration cycle of an electronic clock in a built-in program of a watch, measuring a visual error of the RTC per calibration cycle by inputting an RTC signal to an external measuring device, and measuring the measured error. And inputting the value to the nonvolatile memory by using an input device, and automatically correcting the time by reflecting the measured error value input to the nonvolatile memory according to a correction period. 따라서, 종래의 차량용 전자시계에 비해 보정이 간편하고 정확하게 이루어져 사용자가 빈번히 시각을 수정하는 불편을 줄일 수 있다. Therefore, compared with the conventional vehicle electronic clock, the correction is easy and accurate, so that the user may frequently reduce the inconvenience of correcting the time.

Correcting device for an electronic watch

A device for correcting running of an electronic watch comprises two contactors acting on respective bistable circuits in turn acting on a combinatory circuit controlling a counter which provides binary correction information to an inhibitor circuit. The latter is arranged to inhibit a number of pulses of a pulse generator having a predetermined nominal frequency above a given value, to set the frequency at said given value prior to division to provide accurate clock pulses fed to a device for indicating the time. Successive actuation of respective contactors corresponds to increasing or decreasing the number of inhibited pulses from an approximate number stored in a programmable memory.

DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR A STEPPER MOTOR OF A WATCH

TIME-SETTING AND CORRECTION CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRONIC WATCH PART.

Patent FR2237239A1

Electronic clock

TIME-SETTING DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC WATCH

Patent FR2180068A1

Setting circuit

PHN. 9553 12 ABSTRACT To render a setting circuit more suited to the use of a microprocessor, the frequency of pulses applied by a setting shaft are periodically measured and the value found is multiplied by a weighting factor which depends on the speed of rotation of the setting shaft. The weighted, measured values are integrated and the integrated value can be used to tune a receiver or to set the time display of a clock.

Patent FR2349164B1

Electronic timepiece

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Quartz crystal wrist watch

A wrist watch having a quartz crystal time standard oscillator driving a pulse shaper circuit including counters for reducing the frequency of the signal from said oscillator to a timekeeping frequency for application to an electro-mechanical converter. A quick-feed correcting cirucit operated by a manual operating switch corrects the second hand indication.

Patent FR2353889B3

Patent FR2485221B1

TIME CORRECTION CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE

The time correction circuit comprises a switch, a first shift register circuit including two cascade connected shift registers driven by a 32 Hz clock pulse for shifting an electric signal generated by the operation of the switch, a second shift register circuit connected to the first shift register circuit and including two cascade connected shift registers driven by 1 Hz clock pulse for detecting the fact that whether the switch is maintained operated for an interval longer than a predetermined interval or not, a NOR gate circuit connected to receive the output from the two shift registers of the first shift register circuit, an AND gate circuit connected to receive the output signals from the first and second shift register circuits and a clock pulse having a predetermined frequency and an OR gate circuit connected to receive the output signals from the NOR gate circuit and the AND gate circuit.