JP2016173284A - Electronic timepiece - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive analog electronic timepiece capable of correcting a pointer position to an accurate display position, without thickening the timepiece.SOLUTION: An electronic timepiece has a step motor having a coil and a rotor, detection determination means for determining rotation and nonrotation of the rotor, and rotor nonrotation number counting means for counting the number of rotation failures of the rotor. After determining rotation of the rotor by the detection determination means, the rotor is rotated as much as the number of times counted by the rotor nonrotation number counting means, and the number counted by the rotor nonrotation number counting means is reset.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to an analog electronic timepiece.

  Conventionally, an analog electronic timepiece in which hands such as an hour hand, a minute hand, and a second hand are driven by a step motor is known. Furthermore, the wristwatch is required to have the visibility of the pointer and the accuracy of the display time.

  Here, if the wristwatch is brought close to an electrical product such as a television, the step motor inside the wristwatch is affected by the external magnetism emitted from the magnet built in the electrical product, and the wristwatch may not be able to move the hand. is there.

Therefore, in order to prevent the step motor from being affected by external magnetism, a structure in which a magnetic-resistant plate that absorbs magnetism is disposed inside the wristwatch is generally used (see Patent Document 1).
In addition, even if dust is mixed in the analog electronic timepiece, the hand cannot be moved and may temporarily stop.
In view of this, an analog electronic timepiece having an optical hand position detecting means for detecting whether or not the hand position is displaced has been proposed (see Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent No. 4827561 (FIG. 1) Japanese Patent No. 5176671 (FIG. 4)

According to the structure of Patent Document 1, an analog electronic timepiece can move an external magnetic field that is weaker than a certain intensity without being affected by the step motor, but an external magnetic field that is stronger than a certain intensity. If you are affected, you will not be able to move the hand and will stop. When the external magnetic field becomes weak, the analog electronic timepiece starts moving the hand again, but the position of the pointer is shifted by the amount of time that the hand movement has stopped, and an incorrect time is displayed.
According to the structure as in Patent Document 2, a light emitting element and a light receiving element are required, leading to an increase in cost.

  Further, when the second hand, the minute hand and the hour hand are arranged at the 12 o'clock position, the positions of the detection holes of the second wheel, fifth wheel, third wheel, second wheel and hour wheel are matched with each other. The reduction ratio and arrangement must be determined, and it is difficult to arrange them efficiently in a limited space. Furthermore, there is a problem that the timepiece becomes thick because each wheel train, light emitting element, and light receiving element must be arranged in the thickness direction of the analog electronic timepiece.

Further, since the reference position of the second hand is detected at intervals of 1 minute, when the reference position of the second hand is shifted, the pointer position of the second hand is shifted for a maximum of 1 minute. Since the reference position of the minute hour hand is detected at 12-hour intervals, if the reference position of the minute hour hand is shifted, the pointer position of the minute hour hand is shifted for a maximum of 12 hours. Incorrect time display may occur over time.
The object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the known solutions.

In order to solve the above problems, the analog electronic timepiece of the present invention is
A step motor having a coil and a rotor;
A drive pulse generation circuit for generating a drive pulse for driving the step motor;
A detection determination circuit for determining rotation and non-rotation of the rotor;
A non-rotation number counting circuit for counting the non-rotation number of the rotor,
When the detection determination circuit determines the rotation of the rotor,
A pulse for rotating the rotor is output by the number of times counted by the non-rotation number counting means.

According to the present invention, it is possible to count the number of times that the step motor could not rotate without adding parts. Therefore, without increasing the thickness of the analog electronic timepiece, the cost is low and the time is short after the pointer position is shifted. To correct the display position.

It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the analog electronic timepiece which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a drive pulse figure in each state of an analog electronic timepiece concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure which corrects the hand position of the analog electronic timepiece which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. 3 is a timing chart of drive pulses of the analog electronic timepiece according to the first embodiment of the invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure which corrects the hand position of the analog electronic timepiece which concerns on the modification of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure which corrects the hand position of the analog electronic timepiece which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure which corrects the hand position of the analog electronic timepiece which concerns on the modification of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a timing chart of the drive pulse of the analog electronic timepiece according to the second embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of the analog electronic timepiece concerning a 3rd embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure which corrects the hand position of the analog electronic timepiece which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of an analog electronic timepiece according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The analog electronic timepiece 100 includes an oscillation circuit 1, a frequency dividing circuit 2, a pulse selection circuit 3, a driver circuit 4, a step motor 5, a rotation detection circuit 6, a rotation failure counter circuit 7, and a control circuit 8. Composed.

  The oscillation circuit 1 is a circuit that outputs a reference oscillation signal. The frequency dividing circuit 2 is a circuit that outputs each timing signal to each circuit. The pulse generation circuit 20 is a circuit that outputs a drive pulse to drive the step motor 5, and includes a normal pulse generation circuit 21 that outputs a normal pulse SP, a strong pulse generation circuit 22 that outputs a strong pulse KP, The fast-forwarding pulse generator circuit 23 outputs a fast-forwarding pulse HP.

  The normal pulse SP is a drive pulse used during normal hand movement. The strong pulse KP is a driving pulse that outputs a driving torque stronger than when the rotor 52 receives the normal pulse SP. The fast-forward pulse HP is a drive pulse that drives the rotor 52 at a higher speed than during normal operation.

Here, the number and types of drive pulses generated by the frequency divider circuit 2 are examples, and are arbitrary. The pulse selection circuit 3 is a circuit that selects any one of the normal pulse SP, the strong pulse KP, and the fast-forwarding pulse HP that are driving pulses generated by the frequency dividing circuit 2.
The driver circuit 4 is a circuit that outputs a pulse selected by the pulse selection circuit 3 to the coil 51.

  The step motor 5 includes a coil 51 and a rotor 52, and the pointer 52 is rotated by driving the rotor 52 by a pulse input to the coil 51, and a pointer for displaying a time is attached to the pointer wheel 9. ing. The contents displayed by the hands are not limited to time information.

  The rotation detection circuit 6 is a circuit that determines whether the rotation of the rotor 52 has succeeded or failed by a known technique. The rotation failure counter circuit 7 is a circuit that counts the number of times that the rotation detection circuit 6 determines that rotation has failed. The control circuit 8 is a circuit that controls timing and driving.

  Next, the circuit operation will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a drive pulse diagram in each state of the analog electronic timepiece 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the normal pulse SP is output from the driver circuit 4 at the right second, is selected by the pulse selection circuit 3, is output from the driver circuit 4 to the coil 51, and the rotor 52 is driven. The rotation detection circuit 6 detects the success or failure of the rotation of the rotor 52 by detecting a counter electromotive current generated in the coil 51 during the rotation detection period Tk. The details of detection are not related to the present invention, and the description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, when the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “successful rotation” after outputting the normal pulse, the rotation detection circuit 6 selectively outputs the normal pulse KP by the pulse selection circuit 3. Thus, the normal pulse SP is output at the next true second timing (T1), and the time is measured accurately.

  Next, a case where the analog electronic timepiece 100 is affected by an external magnetic field weaker than a certain intensity will be described. As shown in FIG. 2 (b), when the rotation detection circuit 6 determines that “rotation failure” has occurred after the output of the normal pulse SP, the rotation detection circuit 6 detects the pulse before the next true second timing (T1). The selection circuit 3 is controlled so as to selectively output the strong pulse KP. After the output of the strong pulse KP, the rotation detection circuit 6 determines that “successful rotation”, the normal pulse SP is output at the next true second timing (T1), and the time is measured without the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 being shifted. Done.

Next, a case where the analog electronic timepiece 100 is affected by an external magnetic field stronger than a certain intensity will be described. Here, the case of being affected by an external magnetic field stronger than a certain intensity is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied during abnormal hand movement. As shown in FIG. 2C, when the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “rotation failure” after the output of the normal pulse SP, the rotation detection circuit 6 detects the pulse before the next true second timing (T1). The selection circuit 3 is controlled so as to selectively output the strong pulse KP. Even after the output of the strong pulse KP, the rotation detection circuit 6 determines that “rotation has failed” and adds “1” to the rotation failure counter circuit 7. In this case, the time is not accurately measured, and the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 is shifted by one step. Furthermore, at the next true second timing (T1), the normal pulse SP is output, but the phase of the drive pulse and the rotor 52 is shifted, so the rotor 52 cannot be rotated, and the rotation detection circuit 6 The pulse selection circuit 3 selects and outputs the strong pulse KP before determining the “rotation failure” and the timing of the next second (T2). However, since the phase of the drive pulse and the rotor 52 is shifted, The rotor 52 cannot be rotated, and the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “rotation failure”, and further adds “1” to the rotation failure counter circuit 7. In this case, the time is not accurately measured, the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 is further shifted by one step, and the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 is shifted by two steps in total. Here, since it is necessary to match the phase of the drive pulse and the rotor 52 by making the rotation of the rotor 52 unsuccessful, the phase of the drive pulse and the rotor 52 remains shifted because the rotor 52 rotates. In this timing (T1), it is preferable to output a drive pulse that outputs a weak drive torque that does not cause the rotor 52 to rotate.

In addition, at the timing of T1, in order to simplify the circuit configuration before the next true second timing (T2) after the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “rotation failure” with the normal pulse SP, An arbitrary drive pulse may be output so as to perform the same operation as the timing (T0), or the drive pulse may be controlled not to be output in order to reduce current consumption.
The analog electronic timepiece 100 continues the above operation as long as it continues to be affected by an external magnetic field stronger than a certain intensity.

  The above operation and the operation of correcting the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for correcting the hand position of the analog electronic timepiece according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the normal pulse SP is output at the timing of the second (T0) (step S11). Subsequently, rotation detection is performed by the rotation detection circuit 6 (step S12). When it is determined that “successful rotation” (Yes in step S12), the numerical value counted by the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is confirmed (step S12). S13). When the count value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is “0” (Yes in step S13), the normal pulse SP is output at the next true second timing (T1), and the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 is not shifted. Time is measured.

  After the output of the normal pulse SP (step S11), when the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “rotation failure” (No in step S12), the strong pulse KP is output (step S15). Subsequently, rotation detection is again performed by the rotation detection circuit 6 (step S17). When it is determined that “rotation is successful” (Yes in step S16), the normal pulse SP is output at the next true second timing (T1). The time is measured without shifting the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9.

  If the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “rotation failure” after the output of the strong pulse KP (No in step S16), “1” is added to the rotation failure counter circuit 7 (step S17). At this time, the time is measured with the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 delayed by one step.

After the output of the normal pulse SP (step S11), the rotation detection circuit 6 determines that “successful rotation” (Yes in step S12), and the count value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is not “0” (in step S14). Yes), the pulse selection circuit 3 is controlled so as to selectively output the fast-forwarding pulse HP, and only the count value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is moved together, and the numerical value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is reset to “0”. If the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 is shifted because the rotor 52 cannot be driven by the above operation, the pointer wheel 9 is corrected to the correct position. Here, when the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “successful rotation” for an arbitrary number of consecutive times, the needle wheel 9 may be corrected to the correct position by collectively moving the count value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7. Absent. By doing so, since the collective hands can be moved in a stable environment free from the influence of an external magnetic field or the like, there is a possibility that the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 may be shifted without being able to drive the rotor 52 during the collective hands movement. Can be reduced. The collective hand movement for correcting the pointer wheel 9 to the correct position may be performed by the normal pulse SP or the strong pulse KP. By doing so, rotation detection can be performed in any hand movement state, so that even if the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 is shifted during the collective hand movement, it can be corrected to the correct position.

  Next, the drive pulse output timing in the control method shown in the flowchart will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a timing chart of drive pulses of the analog electronic timepiece according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  The analog electronic timepiece 100 is controlled to drive the rotor 52 by one step during the period from time Ta0 to time Ta1. After that, similarly, the rotor 52 is controlled to be driven step by step (n is an integer) during the period from the time Ta (n-1) to the time Tan.

  First, in the period from time Ta0 to time Ta1, the analog electronic timepiece 100 is not affected by the external magnetic field, the rotor 52 is driven by the normal pulse SP, and the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “successful detection”. . Therefore, the analog electronic timepiece 100 moves the hand normally. At this time, the numerical value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is “0”.

  In the period from the time Ta1 to the time Ta2, the analog electronic timepiece 100 is in a state of being affected by an external magnetic field that is weaker than a certain intensity, and the rotor 52 is not driven by the normal pulse SP. Is determined. Subsequently, by selecting and outputting the strong pulse KP by the pulse selection circuit 3, the rotor 52 is driven, and the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “successful detection”. Therefore, the analog electronic timepiece 100 moves the hand normally. At this time, the numerical value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is “0”.

In the period from the time Ta2 to the time Ta3, the analog electronic timepiece 100 is in a state of being affected by an external magnetic field stronger than a certain intensity, and the rotor 52 is not driven by the normal pulse SP, and the rotation detection circuit 6 Then, the rotor 52 is not driven even by the strong pulse KP, and the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “detection failure”. Therefore, the analog electronic timepiece 100 cannot move the hand, and displays a position delayed by one step from the correct hand position. At this time, the numerical value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is incremented by “1” to become “1”.
In the period from time Ta3 to time Ta4, since the rotor 52 could not be driven in the period from time Ta2 to time Ta3, the drive pulse and the rotor 52 are out of phase, and the rotor 52 cannot be driven. Become. Therefore, the rotor 52 is not driven by the normal pulse SP, and the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “detection failure”. Subsequently, the rotor 52 is not driven even by the strong pulse KP, and the rotation detection circuit 6 is “detection failure”. Is determined. The analog electronic timepiece 100 cannot move the hand, and displays a position delayed by one step from the pointer position at Ta3. At this time, the numerical value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is incremented by “1” to become “2”.

  In the period from the time Ta4 to the time Ta5, the analog electronic timepiece 100 is not affected by the external magnetic field, the rotor 52 is driven by the normal pulse SP, and the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “successful detection”. Subsequently, the pulse selection circuit 3 is selected so as to output the fast-forward pulse HP, and the two-step movement which is the count value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is performed collectively, and the analog electronic timepiece 100 is corrected to the correct hand position. At this time, the numerical value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is reset to “0”.

Here, when the count value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is larger than the number of pulses that the fast-forwarding pulse HP can output within the normal hand movement interval, the rotation failure counter circuit 7 indicates the rotation failure counter The number of fast-forwarding pulses HP obtained by adding the quotient obtained by dividing the count value of the circuit 7 by the moving interval of the fast-forwarding pulses is output.

  By doing as described above, even if the pointer position has shifted due to the influence of the external magnetic field, if there is no influence of the external magnetic field and normal needle movement is possible, only the number of steps where the pointer position has shifted Can be moved together to correct the pointer position to the correct position. Therefore, the time from when the pointer position is shifted to when it is corrected to the correct position can be made shorter than the conventional method using the optical pointer position detection means. Can reduce the opportunity to do. Further, since the pointer position can be corrected to the correct position without the need for optical pointer position detection means such as a light emitting element and a light receiving element, it is economical and the analog electronic timepiece 100 can be made thin. it can. Furthermore, the speed reduction ratio of the intermediate wheel from the rotor 52 to the pointer wheel 9 can be arbitrarily set, and it is not necessary to overlap the train wheel having a specific speed reduction ratio, so that the analog electronic timepiece 100 can be thinned. it can.

  In FIG. 3, the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “rotation failure” (No in step S16), adds “1” to the rotation failure counter circuit 7 (step S17), and then outputs the next normal pulse SP. If the rotation detection circuit 6 determines that “success is successful” at the timing (step S11) (Yes in step S12), the movement is performed only by the count value of the rotation failure counter circuit 78, but the rotation is detected as shown in FIG. The circuit 6 determines “rotation failure” (No in step S16), adds “1” to the rotation failure counter circuit 7 (step S17), and then outputs the normal pulse SP at the next output timing. Is determined to be “successful rotation” (Yes in step S12), and the continuous rotation detection counter circuit (not shown) is rotated by “the number of rotations” by the normal pulse SP at a continuous timing thereafter. If it is determined that Gong "(Yes in step S18), and may be performed collectively pointer movement only the count value of the rotation failure counter circuit 78.

  As described above, the analog electronic timepiece 100 is more likely to be in an environment where the external magnetic field is not affected and can normally be operated, and even when performing a collective operation to correct the pointer position to the correct position, It is possible to avoid a state that cannot be performed.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The second embodiment is an example in which the pointer is corrected to a correct position at an arbitrary timing. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for correcting the hand position of the analog electronic timepiece according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a drive pulse of the analog electronic timepiece 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. It is a timing chart.
Since the system configuration of this embodiment is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment, description will be made with reference to FIG.

  First, the normal pulse SP is output at the timing of the second (T0) (step S21). Subsequently, rotation detection is performed by the rotation detection circuit 6 (step S22). If it is determined that “rotation is successful” (Yes in step S22), it is confirmed by the control circuit 8 whether or not it is the pointer position correction timing (step S23). ). When it is not the pointer position correction timing (No in step S23), the normal pulse SP is output at the next true second timing (T1), and the time is measured without the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 being shifted.

After the output of the normal pulse SP (step S21), if the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “rotation failure” (No in step S22), a strong pulse KP is output (step S25). Subsequently, rotation detection is performed again by the rotation detection circuit 6 (step S26), and if it is determined that “rotation is successful” (Yes in step S26), the control circuit 8 confirms whether it is the pointer position correction timing (step S26). Step S23). When it is not the timing to correct the pointer position (
In step S23, the normal pulse SP is output at the next true second timing (T1), and the time is measured without the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 being shifted.

  If the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “rotation failure” after the output of the strong pulse KP (No in step S26), “1” is added to the rotation failure counter circuit 7 (step S27). At this time, the time is measured with the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 delayed by one step.

After the output of the normal pulse SP (step S21), the rotation detection circuit 6 determines that “rotation is successful” (Yes in step S22), and when it is the pointer position correction timing (Yes in step S23), the rotation failure counter circuit Only the count value of 7 is collectively moved, and the value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is reset to “0”. If the pointer position of the pointer wheel 9 is shifted because the rotor 52 cannot be driven by the above operation, the pointer wheel 9 is corrected to the correct position.
Next, drive pulse output timing in the control method shown in the flowchart will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a timing chart of drive pulses of the analog electronic timepiece 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  The analog electronic timepiece 200 is controlled to drive the rotor 52 by one step during the period from time Tb0 to time Tb1. Thereafter, similarly, the rotor 52 is controlled to be driven step by step (n is an integer) during a period from time Tb (n−1) to time Tbn.

  First, in the period from time Tb0 to time Tb1, the analog electronic timepiece 200 is not affected by the external magnetic field, the rotor 52 is driven by the normal pulse SP, and the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “successful detection”. . During the period from time Tb1 to time Tb2, the analog electronic timepiece 100 is under the influence of an external magnetic field that is weaker than a certain intensity, and the rotor 52 is not driven by the normal pulse SP. Is determined. Subsequently, by selecting and outputting the strong pulse KP by the pulse selection circuit 3, the rotor 52 is driven, and the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “successful detection”. Therefore, during the period from time Tb0 to time Tb2, the analog electronic timepiece 100 operates normally. At this time, the numerical value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is “0”.

In the period from time Tb2 to time Tb3, the analog electronic timepiece 200 is in a state of being affected by an external magnetic field stronger than a certain intensity, and the rotor 52 is not driven by the normal pulse SP. Then, the rotor 52 is not driven even by the strong pulse KP, and the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “detection failure”. Therefore, the analog electronic timepiece 200 cannot move the hand, and displays a position delayed by one step from the correct hand position. At this time, the numerical value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is incremented by “1” to become “1”.
In the period from time Tb3 to time Tb4, the rotor 52 could not be driven in the period from time Tb2 to time Tb3. Become. Therefore, the rotor 52 is not driven by the normal pulse SP, and the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “detection failure”. Subsequently, the rotor 52 is not driven even by the strong pulse KP, and the rotation detection circuit 6 is “detection failure”. Is determined. The analog electronic timepiece 200 cannot move the hand, and displays a position delayed by one step from the hand position at Tb3. At this time, the numerical value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is incremented by “1” to become “2”.

  In the period from time Tb4 to time Tb6, the analog electronic timepiece 200 is not affected by the external magnetic field and normally moves the hand.

Time Tb6 is an arbitrary timing for correcting the displacement of the pointer position, such as 0 seconds per minute, 0 minutes per hour, or 0:00. In the period from time Tb6 to time Tb7, in the analog electronic timepiece 200, the rotor 52 is driven by the normal pulse SP, and the rotation detection circuit 6 determines “successful detection”. Subsequently, the pulse selection circuit 3 is selected so as to output the fast-forward pulse HP, and the two-step movement which is the count value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is performed collectively, and the analog electronic timepiece 200 is corrected to the correct hand position. At this time, the numerical value of the rotation failure counter circuit 7 is reset to “0”.

  By doing as described above, the timing for correcting the pointer position can be set to a time zone such as midnight when the user is unlikely to confirm, so the possibility that the user confirms the operation of the collective hand movement is reduced. It is possible to reduce the user's anxiety about the collective hand movement which is an irregular hand movement.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, when the strong pulse KP is output, the collective hand movement for correcting to the correct pointer position is not performed even at the pointer correction timing, and the rotation detection circuit 6 is operated by the normal pulse SP after the pointer correction timing. When it is determined that “the rotation has been successful” (Yes in S22), it is also possible to perform collective hand movement and correct the pointer position to the correct position.

By doing so, the analog electronic timepiece 200 is not likely to be in an environment where normal hand movement can be performed without the influence of the external magnetic field, and even when performing collective hand movement to correct the pointer position to the correct position, it is not possible to move the hand. A state can be avoided.
After the reception of the radio wave, the position of the pointer may be corrected along with the correction of the time. This also reduces the possibility of the user confirming the operation of the collective hand movement, which is an irregular hand movement. it can.

  The pointer position correction timing (step S23) is not limited to an arbitrary time, but when the pointer moves by a user operation, such as when receiving a radio wave with a radio wave correction watch, displaying a reception result, or when returning to zero on a chronograph or the like. You may go to By doing in this way, the position of the pointer can be corrected by an external operation by these users before the pointer indicates any display such as a display during radio wave reception, a radio wave reception success or failure display, and the 0 second position. The user can reduce the chance of recognizing that the pointer position is shifted.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a plan view of an analog electronic timepiece 300 according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10 shows a control procedure for correcting the hand position of the analog electronic timepiece 300 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart.

Similar to the first and second embodiments, the analog electronic timepiece 300 includes an oscillation circuit 1, a frequency dividing circuit 2, a pulse selection circuit 3, a driver circuit 4, a rotation detection circuit 6, and a rotation failure counter. It has a circuit 7 and a control circuit 8, and has a step motor (1) for driving the second hand, the minute hand, and the hour hand, and a step motor (2) for driving the functional hand 10. As shown in FIG. 9A, the function hand 10 normally displays the day of the week (M, T, W, T, F, S, S). However, the content displayed by the function hand 10 is not limited to the day of the week and may be a date or a month.
A case where the analog electronic timepiece 300 is affected by an external magnetic field stronger than a certain intensity will be described. After outputting the normal pulse SP at the correct second timing (T0), the rotation detection circuit 6 determines that the “rotation has failed”, and the rotation detection circuit 6 detects the pulse before the next correct second timing (T1). The selection circuit 3 is controlled so as to selectively output the strong pulse KP. When the strong pulse KP is output continuously any number of times at the true second timing after the true second timing (T0), as shown in FIG. 9B, the function hand 10 displaying the day of the week is displayed. Is controlled to indicate a DGR indicating an abnormal hand movement state, such as when affected by an external magnetic field stronger than a certain intensity.

  By doing so, the analog electronic timepiece 300 can be warned to the user that the position of the pointer may be shifted due to the influence of the external magnetic field. It is possible to consider that the position of the pointer does not deviate by moving it to a place where it is not affected by this. Further, the method of indicating the abnormal hand movement state is not limited to the display by the function hand 10, and a hand movement different from that at the time of normal hand movement may be used, for example, the second hand performs a three-second hand movement.

1 Oscillation circuit 2 Dividing circuit 3 Pulse selection circuit 4 Driver circuit 5 Step motor 5
6 Rotation detection circuit 7 Rotation failure counter circuit 8 Control circuit 9 Pointer wheel 10 Function hand 21 Normal pulse 22 Strong pulse 23 Rapid feed pulse 51 Coil 52 Rotor

Claims (9)

A step motor having a coil and a rotor;
A drive pulse generation circuit for generating a drive pulse for driving the step motor;
A detection determination circuit for determining rotation and non-rotation of the rotor;
A non-rotation number counting circuit for counting the non-rotation number of the rotor,
When the detection determination circuit determines the rotation of the rotor,
An electronic timepiece that outputs a pulse for rotationally driving the rotor by the number of times counted by the non-rotational speed counting means. The drive pulse generation circuit includes:
Normal driving pulse used for normal driving, and
It is configured to be able to output a strong pulse having a higher driving force than the normal driving pulse,
The detection determination circuit detects rotation after outputting the normal drive pulse and the strong pulse,
The electronic timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the non-rotation number counting circuit counts the number of non-rotation detections in the strong pulse. When the detection determination circuit has a continuous rotation detection counting circuit that counts the number of times the rotation is continuously detected, and when the continuous rotation detection counting circuit counts a predetermined value,
3. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1, wherein a pulse for rotationally driving the rotor is output by the number of times counted by the non-rotational speed counting means. At a predetermined timing when the detection determination means determines the rotation of the rotor,
4. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1, wherein a pulse for rotationally driving the rotor is output by the number of times counted by the rotor non-rotation number counting means. 5. Having timekeeping means to keep the internal time,
5. The electronic timepiece according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined timing is when the time measuring means reaches a predetermined time. External operation means and external operation input means for sensing that the external operation means has been operated, and the predetermined timing is:
6. The electronic timepiece according to claim 4, wherein the external operation input means recognizes an external operation accompanied by driving of the step motor. The electronic timepiece according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined timing is a time when the time measured by the time measuring unit is corrected. The non-rotational speed counting circuit includes:
The electron according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein when the pulse for rotating the rotor is output the number of times counted by the non-rotational speed counting means, it is reset to 0. clock. When the non-rotational speed counting means holds a numerical value other than 0,
9. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1, wherein a display different from the case where the non-rotational speed counting means is 0 is performed.

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