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Timepiece unit and method for controlling timepiece unit

A technology of timing device and power generation device, which is applied in control systems, electronic timers, motor generator control and other directions, and can solve problems such as poor pointer operation.

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-08-11
SEIKO EPSON CORP
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At this time, when noise occurs in the power generator, in the rotation detection of the pointer drive motor, although the pointer drive motor does not actually rotate, it is judged to be rotating, that is, the phenomenon of so-called pointer malfunction increases.

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Embodiment 1

[0120] First, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.

[0121] [1.1] The overall structure of the electronic watch (timing device)

[0122] figure 1 A block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an electronic watch using a driving current according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

[0123] Brief Description This electronic watch first rectifies the AC electromotive force generated at the two terminals AG1 and AG2 of the coil 110 and charges it to the secondary power supply 130 .

[0124] Next, the voltage of the secondary power supply 130 is boosted by the booster circuit 140 as necessary, and the auxiliary capacitor 150 is charged.

[0125] Furthermore, the voltage supplied from the auxiliary capacitor 150 is defined as a power supply voltage Vss, which is used as a power supply for each circuit part such as the processing circuit 200 .

[0126] Here, the processing circuit 200 is a circuit composed of a pulse motor for operating the hand...

Embodiment 2

[0231] Next, Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0232] [2.1] Overall structure of embodiment 2

[0233] Fig. 8 shows the general structure of the analog electronic watch 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0234] The analog electronic watch 1 is a wrist watch, and the user uses it by wearing it on the wrist with a strap connected to the main body of the device.

[0235] The analog electronic watch 1 roughly includes a power generation unit A that generates AC power, a power supply unit B that rectifies the AC voltage of the power generation unit A and stores it, boosts the stored voltage and supplies power to each component, and detects the power generated by the power generation unit A. State and control the whole control unit C of the device according to the detection result, the pointer running mechanism D that drives the pointer, and the drive unit E that drives the pointer running mechani...

Embodiment 3

[0326] [3.1] Functional structure of the control system of embodiment 3

[0327] Next, the functional structure of the control system of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 14 . In FIG. 14 , symbols A to E correspond to the power generation unit A, the power supply unit B, the control unit C, the pointer mechanism D, and the drive unit E shown in FIG. 8 , respectively.

[0328] In addition, in FIG. 14, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as those in the second embodiment of FIG. 9, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0329] The difference between the structure of the present embodiment 3 and the structure of the embodiment 1 is that, in addition to the structural elements of the embodiment 1, the analog electronic watch 1 of the present embodiment 3 also includes a voltage detection device for detecting the output voltage of the buck-boost circuit 25. The circuit 85 outputs the tooth number selection signal...

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Abstract

A pulse motor driving device having a rotation detecting unit adapted to detect whether or not a pulse motor rotates. In this device, a control unit performs an operation of increasing the effective value of the driving power of the pulse motor and performs an operation of lowering the effective value of the driving power thereof when it is detected by the rotation detecting unit that the pulse motor does not rotate. Further, the control unit interrupts the operation of lowering the effective value of the driving power of the pulse motor when a magnetic field is detected by a magnetic detecting unit.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a driving device for a pulse motor, a driving method for a pulse motor, a timing device and a control method for the timing device, in particular to a driving device for a pulse motor, a driving method for a pulse motor and an analog clock for an analog clock with an electromagnetic generator. A timing device and a method for controlling the timing device. Background technique [0002] In recent years, the technological innovation of timekeeping devices (digital watches) such as wristwatches has made remarkable progress, and power consumption has been suppressed to about 0.5 μW. Here, considering the content of power consumption, the power consumed by the circuit system is 20% of the total power, and the remaining 80% is consumed by the pulse motor for pointer operation, etc. Therefore, in order to further reduce power consumption, it is considered to suppress the pulse motor. The power consumed is key. [0003] There...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G04C3/14G04C10/00G04G99/00H02P8/02
CPCH02P8/02G04C10/00G04C3/14G04C3/143
Inventor 赤羽秀弘中宫信二饭岛好隆饭田谦司古川常章
Owner SEIKO EPSON CORP