WO2014010644A1 - 衛星電波腕時計 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a satellite radio wave watch.
- Satellite radio watches that receive radio waves from satellites (hereinafter referred to as satellite radio waves) used in positioning systems such as GPS (Global Positioning System) satellites and correct the time have been proposed.
- satellite radio waves use extremely high frequency waves, and the amount of information transmitted per hour is large compared to the long waves used for standard radio waves that have been used for time correction on the conventional surface of the earth. The time required is considered to be shortened compared to the case of receiving standard radio waves.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a GPS wristwatch that is a satellite radio wave wristwatch.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to reduce the time spent for acquisition and tracking in a satellite radio-controlled wristwatch and increase the probability of successful reception.
- An antenna for receiving satellite radio waves, a high-frequency circuit, a satellite radio wave receiving unit having a decoder circuit, a clock circuit for maintaining and measuring the internal time, and at least supplying power to the satellite radio wave receiving unit for activation Controls the timing of start-up operation, acquisition tracking operation for capturing and tracking a specific satellite radio wave by the satellite radio wave reception unit, and time information acquisition operation for acquiring time information from the satellite radio wave received by the satellite radio wave reception unit
- a controller that waits for the arrival of an activation time that is calculated by subtracting the acquisition tracking time and the activation time from the time information receivable time that is predicted based on the internal time, and starts the activation operation.
- a satellite radio wave wristwatch that varies the acquisition and tracking time according to a predetermined condition.
- the predetermined conditions include automatic reception or forced reception, the position of the pointer, the power supply voltage, the presence or absence of charging to the power supply, the reception history, the presence or absence of manual time correction,
- a satellite radio wave wristwatch that is a condition relating to one or more selected from an attitude, movement of the satellite radio wave wristwatch, illuminance around the satellite radio wave wristwatch, and position of the satellite radio wave wristwatch.
- the controller selects either the first acquisition tracking time or the second acquisition tracking time longer than the first acquisition tracking time as the acquisition tracking time.
- it further includes a reception display member that displays that at least the first reception operation is being performed and the second reception operation is being performed, and the controller uses the acquisition tracking time as the acquisition tracking time.
- the reception display member displays that the first reception operation is being performed, and when the second acquisition tracking time is selected as the acquisition tracking time.
- a satellite radio wave wristwatch that displays on the reception display member that the second reception operation is being performed.
- the controller selects forced reception by the user, the position of the pointer is not superimposed on the antenna in a plan view, the power supply voltage is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold, and the most recent predetermined
- the satellite radio wave wristwatch selects the first acquisition and tracking time when the reception histories of the number of times are all successfully received.
- a positioning unit that measures the position of the satellite radio wave wristwatch or a position information reception unit that receives information on the position of the satellite radio wave wristwatch from a user includes a condition relating to the latitude of the position of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch.
- the predetermined condition further includes a condition relating to an elevation angle of the artificial satellite predicted based on a position of the satellite radio wave wrist watch.
- the time spent for acquisition and tracking can be shortened and the success probability of reception can be increased.
- the user knows whether the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch is prioritized to receive in a short time or is prioritized to the success probability of reception. Can do.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a subframe 1.
- FIG. It is a time chart which shows 1st receiving operation. It is a time chart which shows 2nd receiving operation. It is a time chart which shows the 3rd receiving operation. It is a time chart which shows 1st re-receiving operation. It is a time chart which shows 1st re-receiving operation. It is a time chart which shows 1st re-receiving operation. It is a time chart which shows 1st re-receiving operation. It is a time chart which shows 1st re-receiving operation. It is a flowchart which shows the operation
- FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the satellite radio wave wristwatch is a radio wave wristwatch that has a function of correcting the time held by receiving an external radio wave to the correct time, as described above. It refers to what is to be corrected.
- the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 according to this embodiment receives radio waves (L1 waves) from GPS satellites as satellite radio waves.
- reference numeral 2 denotes an exterior case, and a band attaching portion 3 is provided so as to face the 12 o'clock direction and the 6 o'clock direction. Further, a crown 4a and a push button 4b which are operation members are provided on the side surface of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 at 3 o'clock.
- the 12 o'clock direction of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 is the upward direction in the figure, and the 6 o'clock direction is the downward direction in the figure.
- the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 is a pointer type as shown, and the hour hand, the minute hand, and the second hand are provided coaxially with the center position of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 as the center of rotation.
- the second hand is coaxial with the hour / minute hand, but the second hand may be replaced with a so-called chronograph hand and the second hand may be arranged at an arbitrary position as a sub-hand as in a chronograph type timepiece. Then, at an appropriate position outside the dial 6 of the exterior case 2, position indications 5 of “OK”, “NG”, “QRX”, and “RX” are stamped or printed.
- the second hand is also a reception display member 7 that displays various reception states of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 to the user.
- the meaning of each position display 5 means that “QRX” and “RX” are being received, “OK” means reception success, and “NG” means reception failure, respectively. Yes.
- there are two types of display during reception “QRX” and “RX”.
- a date window 8 is provided at the 6 o'clock position of the dial 6 so that the date is visually recognized by the position of the date plate viewed from the date window 8.
- the date window 8 is an example, and date display by an appropriate mechanism may be provided at an appropriate position.
- a date display using a date plate or other rotating disk a day of the week display or various displays using a secondary needle may be used, or a display by an electric display device such as a liquid crystal display device may be used. May be.
- the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 holds information about the current date as well as the current time.
- the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 of the present embodiment has a patch antenna as an antenna for high-frequency reception on the back side of the dial 6 and at the 9 o'clock position.
- the antenna type may be determined according to the radio wave to be received, and other types of antennas such as an inverted F antenna may be used.
- FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 according to the present embodiment.
- the satellite radio wave is received by the antenna 10, converted into a baseband signal by the high frequency circuit 11, and then various kinds of information included in the satellite radio wave is extracted by the decoding circuit 12 and transferred to the controller 13.
- the antenna 10, the high frequency circuit 11 and the decoding circuit 12 constitute a satellite radio wave receiver 14 that receives satellite radio waves and extracts information.
- the satellite radio wave receiver 14 operates at a high frequency in order to receive satellite radio waves that are extremely high frequency waves and extract information.
- the controller 13 is a microcomputer that controls the operation of the satellite radio wave wristwatch 1 as a whole, and also has a clock circuit 15 therein, and a function for measuring the internal time, which is the time held by the clock circuit 15. have.
- the accuracy of the clock circuit 15 is about ⁇ 15 seconds per month although it depends on the accuracy of the crystal unit used and the usage environment such as temperature. Of course, this accuracy may be arbitrarily set as required.
- the controller 13 appropriately corrects the internal time held by the clock circuit 15 as necessary to keep the internal time accurate.
- the controller 13 only needs to have a response speed necessary for timing and a response to the user's operation. Therefore, the controller 13 operates at a lower frequency than the above-described satellite radio wave receiver 14, and thus consumes less power.
- the controller 13 receives signals from operation members (such as the crown 4a and the push button 4b) and can detect an operation by the user. Further, the controller 13 outputs a signal for driving the motor 16 based on the internal time, drives the hands, and displays the time.
- the reception display member 7 performs necessary display for the user.
- the reception display member 7 is a second hand, but is not limited to this, and may be another member such as another pointer or a disk.
- a pointer dedicated to displaying various functions may be used for the reception display member, or by driving each pointer independently, a plurality of pointers, for example, the hour hand and the minute hand are overlapped to drive the reception display member.
- the pointer may be used as a reception display member by changing the moving speed and moving form of the pointer (intermittent driving, 2-second moving of the second hand, etc.) from a normal moving hand.
- an electrical display member such as a liquid crystal display device may be used as the reception display member.
- the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 includes a battery 17 that is a secondary battery such as a lithium ion battery as a power source, and generates power by the solar battery 18 disposed above or below the dial 6 (see FIG. 1). The electric power obtained by is stored. Then, power is supplied from the battery 17 to the high-frequency circuit 11, the decoding circuit 12, the controller 13, and the like.
- a battery 17 that is a secondary battery such as a lithium ion battery as a power source, and generates power by the solar battery 18 disposed above or below the dial 6 (see FIG. 1). The electric power obtained by is stored. Then, power is supplied from the battery 17 to the high-frequency circuit 11, the decoding circuit 12, the controller 13, and the like.
- the power supply circuit 19 monitors the output voltage of the battery 17. When the output voltage of the battery 17 falls below a predetermined threshold value, the power supply circuit 19 turns off the switch 20 and stops the power supply to the controller 13. . As a result, the power supply to the clock circuit 15 is also stopped, so that the internal time held in the clock circuit 15 is lost when the switch 20 is turned off.
- the power circuit 19 restores the function of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 by turning on the switch 20 and supplying power to the controller 13 when the output voltage of the battery 17 is recovered by power generation by the solar battery 18 or the like.
- the switch 21 is a switch for switching on / off the power supply to the high-frequency circuit 11 and the decode circuit 12, and is controlled by the controller 13.
- the controller 13 Since the high-frequency circuit 11 and the decoding circuit 12 operating at a high frequency consume a large amount of power, the controller 13 turns on the switch 21 only when receiving radio waves from the satellite to operate the high-frequency circuit 11 and the decoding circuit 12. In other cases, the switch 21 is turned off to reduce power consumption.
- the satellite radio wave is received when a request from the user is made by operating an operation member such as the crown 4a or the push button 4b (this is referred to as forced reception) or when a predetermined time is reached (this)
- an operation member such as the crown 4a or the push button 4b
- a predetermined time this
- the elapsed time from the time when the previous time correction was made, the amount of power generated by the solar battery 18 and other information indicating the surrounding environment of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1, etc. (This is referred to as environment reception).
- environment reception As a term for forced reception, the periodic reception and the environment reception are collectively referred to as automatic reception.
- the signal transmitted from the GPS satellite has a carrier frequency of 1575.42 MHz called L 1 band, and is a C / A code specific to each GPS satellite modulated by BPSK (biphase shift keying) with a period of 1.023 MHz. And is multiplexed by a so-called CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) method.
- the C / A code itself is 1023 bits long, and the message data carried on the signal changes every 20 C / A codes. That is, 1-bit information is transmitted as a 20 ms signal.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a subframe of a signal transmitted from a GPS satellite.
- Each subframe is a 6-second signal including 300-bit information, and subframe numbers 1 to 5 are assigned in order.
- the GPS satellites sequentially transmit from subframe 1, and after completing transmission of subframe 5, return to transmission of subframe 1 again, and so on.
- a telemetry word indicated as TLM is transmitted.
- the TLM includes a preamble, which is a code indicating the head of each subframe, and information on the ground control station.
- a handover word indicated as HOW is transmitted.
- the HOW includes TOW, which is information about the current time, also called Z count. This is a time in units of 6 seconds counted from midnight on Sunday of GPS time, and indicates the time when the next subframe is started.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of subframe 1.
- Subframe 1 includes a week number indicated as WN following HOW.
- WN is a numerical value indicating the current week counted from January 6, 1980 as week 0. Therefore, accurate date and time in GPS time can be obtained by receiving WN and TOW. Note that once the WN has successfully received, the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 can know the correct value by counting the internal time unless the internal time is lost due to some reason, for example, battery exhaustion. It is not always necessary. As described above, since WN is 10-bit information, it returns to 0 again after 1024 weeks.
- the signal from the GPS satellite includes various other information, but information that is not directly related to the present invention is only shown in the figure and will not be described.
- subframe 2 and subframe 3 include orbit information of each satellite called ephemeris following HOW, but the description thereof is omitted in this specification.
- subframes 4 and 5 include general orbit information of all GPS satellites called almanac following HOW. Since the information accommodated in the subframes 4 and 5 has a large amount of information, the information is divided into units called pages and transmitted. The data transmitted in the subframes 4 and 5 is divided into pages 1 to 25, and the contents of different pages are sequentially transmitted for each frame. Therefore, it takes 25 frames, that is, 12.5 minutes, to transmit the contents of all pages.
- the reception operation which is a series of operations in which the satellite radio wave wristwatch 1 receives satellite radio waves, is performed by the controller 13 executing these individual operations while controlling the timing.
- forced reception is performed when the user performs a long press operation of pressing the push button 4b for a certain period of time (for example, 2 seconds; this is referred to as operation reception time).
- operation reception time a period of time (for example, 2 seconds; this is referred to as operation reception time).
- the reason why the user is requested to continue the operation is to prevent an unintended operation due to an erroneous operation.
- This continuous operation detection operation is performed by detecting whether or not the controller 13 is continuously pressed for a predetermined time after detecting that the push button 4b is pressed.
- the switch 21 is turned on to supply power to the satellite radio wave receiver 14 and start it.
- This operation includes initialization of the high-frequency circuit 11 and the decoding circuit 12, and requires some time.
- the end point of the start-up operation may be a point in time when a predetermined time (for example, 0.6 seconds) has elapsed since the controller 13 turned on the switch 21, or a signal indicating start-up completion from the high-frequency circuit 11 and the decode circuit 12 is used. It may be the time when the controller 13 receives it.
- the time required for the starting operation is hereinafter referred to as starting time.
- “acquisition” is to extract one of the signals multiplexed by CDMA, and specifically, by correlating the received signal with a C / A code corresponding to one signal, This is an operation for extracting a certain signal. If a correlated signal is not obtained by the selected C / A code, a different C / A code is selected again and repeated. At this time, if there are a plurality of correlated signals, the signal with the highest correlation may be selected.
- the number of C / A codes to be selected may be limited by predicting satellite radio waves that can be received using the satellite position information, thereby shortening the capture operation time.
- Tracking means that the phase of the carrier wave of the received signal and the phase of the C / A code included in the received signal match the phase of the carrier wave and the code of the selected C / A code. This is an operation for continuously extracting data by decoding. In addition, from the meaning of “tracking”, it can be said that “tracking” is performed while data is being extracted from satellite radio waves. However, the “capture tracking operation” here refers to the beginning of TLM from the start of satellite radio wave capture. It shall refer to the operation up to. This acquisition / tracking operation requires a minimum of approximately 2 seconds, and the reception success rate is further improved by spending a longer time.
- time information is acquired from the satellite radio wave received by the satellite radio wave receiver 14.
- the operation of receiving the TLM and the HOW and acquiring the TOW included in the HOW corresponds to the time information acquisition operation.
- the day information is information other than time information (that is, hour, minute, second) and information specifying a date on a calendar, and in the case of GPS, WN corresponds.
- the operation of receiving WN transmitted following TLM and HOW and acquiring WN is the day information acquisition operation.
- the TOW included in the HOW can be acquired at the same time. Therefore, in this embodiment, the date information acquisition operation also serves as the time information acquisition operation. (6) Time information transfer operation
- the controller 13 since the operating frequency of the satellite radio wave receiver 14 and the operating frequency of the controller 13 are different, the information directly decoded from the satellite radio wave receiver 14 cannot be transferred to the clock circuit 15. Therefore, the controller 13 temporarily accumulates the decoded information, extracts only the necessary time information or only the time information and date information, and transfers them to the clock circuit 15 at an appropriate timing. (7) Reception display operation
- the reception display operation includes a display (“QRX”) indicating that a first reception operation described later is being performed and a display (“RX”) indicating that a second reception operation is being performed.
- QRX display
- RX display
- the reception display member 7 displays the reception result.
- the reception result here means that reception is successful and the internal time is corrected (“OK” display), and reception fails and the internal time is not corrected (“NG” display) Either) (9) Previous reception result display operation
- the previous reception result here means that if the previous reception was successful and the internal time was corrected ("OK” is displayed), the previous reception failed and the internal time was not corrected. One of the cases ("NG” is displayed).
- the controller 13 executes each of the above operations while controlling the timing of each operation according to the condition when the user presses the push button 4b.
- the time information receivable time that is the timing at which TOW can be received (in the case of this embodiment, it is the timing at the transmission start time of the subframe. In the time information acquisition operation, TLM and HOW Will be received every 6 seconds. And if this time information receivable time can be predicted, the time required to receive the predicted time information and the start time, which is the time required for the acquisition and tracking operation that must be executed before the time information acquisition operation, is predicted. If the activation operation is started at the activation point, which is the timing obtained by calculating backward from the above, the operation time of the satellite radio wave receiver 14 can be minimized, which contributes to power saving.
- the controller 13 balances the success probability of reception and the operation time of the satellite radio wave receiver 14 by varying the acquisition and tracking time according to predetermined conditions as described below. More specifically, the controller 13 prepares a plurality of predetermined times as acquisition and tracking times, and selects one of the plurality of times according to a predetermined condition. More specifically, the controller 13 has a first acquisition tracking time (for example, 2 seconds) as the acquisition tracking time and a second acquisition tracking time (for example, 5 seconds) that is longer than the first acquisition tracking time.
- a first acquisition tracking time for example, 2 seconds
- a second acquisition tracking time for example, 5 seconds
- a type is prepared, and a first acquisition and tracking time is selected according to a predetermined condition to perform a first reception operation, or a second acquisition and tracking time is selected to perform a second reception operation.
- the method for varying the acquisition and tracking time shown here is an example, and it may be selected from three or more acquisition and tracking times prepared in advance, or may be continuously changed.
- the reception operation executed by the controller 13 according to a predetermined condition is as follows. The conditions under which each reception operation is executed will be described later. ⁇ First reception operation>
- FIG. 5A is a time chart showing the first reception operation.
- the horizontal axis indicates the passage of time.
- the controller 13 immediately starts the previous reception result display operation at the point A when the push button 4b is pressed, and causes the reception display member 7 to display the previous reception result.
- the push button 4b is continuously pressed down during the operation reception time, and at the time B when the continuous operation detection operation is completed, the controller 13 selects the first capture tracking time as the capture tracking time, The time point C can be received, and the start point D is calculated backward by calculating the first acquisition and tracking time and the start time. Since the time information receivable time C arrives every 6 seconds, the time information receivable time C is selected so that the start time D is later than the time B and closest to the time B. Further, the controller 13 starts the reception display operation at the time point B and causes the reception display member 7 to display that reception is in progress. At this time, since the first reception operation using the first acquisition and tracking time is performed, the second hand as the reception display member 7 displays “QRX” which is a display indicating that the first reception operation is being performed. Point to.
- the controller 13 starts the activation operation after the activation time point D arrives, and supplies power to the satellite radio wave receiver 14. Further, the controller 13 starts the acquisition and tracking operation immediately at the end time E of the start operation, and starts the time information acquisition operation at the time information receivable time C that is the end time of the acquisition and tracking operation.
- the controller 13 acquires the TOW included in the HOW and starts the time information transfer operation at the time point F. Further, the reception result display operation is started at the time point G when the time information acquisition operation is completed. If the reception is successful, the position display 5 of “OK” is indicated on the reception display member 7 (second hand in the present embodiment). Let The reception result display operation may be started at time point F without waiting for transfer of time information. ⁇ Second reception operation>
- FIG. 5B is a time chart showing the second reception operation. Also in the chart, the horizontal axis indicates the passage of time. Since the figure shows the reception operation in the case of forced reception, the continuous operation detection operation and the previous reception result display operation are shown. However, in the case of automatic reception, these two operations are not executed. The reception operation is started from time B.
- the controller 13 selects a second acquisition tracking time that is longer than the first acquisition tracking time as the acquisition tracking time. Further, in the second reception operation, in the reception display operation, the reception display member 7 indicates “RX” which is a display indicating that the second reception operation is being performed. The other points are exactly the same as the first reception operation. Therefore, the time required for executing the entire second reception operation is longer than that of the first reception operation and power consumption is increased, but the possibility of successful reception is higher than that of the first reception operation.
- reception display member 7 When the reception display member 7 indicates that the reception operation is being performed, it is not always necessary to clearly indicate whether the reception operation is in the first reception operation or the second reception operation.
- the user When the user indicates “QRX” indicating that the reception display member 7 is performing the first reception operation, the user knows that the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 is attempting to receive time information particularly at high speed. be able to. ⁇ Third reception operation>
- the third reception operation is performed when WN needs to be acquired.
- the acquisition of WN may be executed when the clock circuit 15 is stopped due to a drop in the power supply voltage of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 or when a predetermined period (for example, January) has elapsed since the previous reception of WN.
- FIG. 5C is a time chart showing the third reception operation. Also in the chart, the horizontal axis indicates the passage of time.
- the operation in the third reception operation is similar to the operation in the second reception operation, and the continuous operation detection operation and the previous reception result display operation shown in FIG. The same applies to points that start from time point B.
- the controller 13 selects the second acquisition tracking time as the acquisition tracking time. Therefore, it can be said that the third reception operation is a variation of the second reception operation in that the second acquisition and tracking time is selected.
- the other points are exactly the same as in the second reception operation until the time information receivable time point C arrives.
- Controller 13 starts the day information acquisition operation from time information receivable time point C, and acquires TOW and WN included in the HOW.
- the time information receivable time C at this time is selected so that the WN can be received, that is, the transmission start time of the subframe 1.
- the time information transfer operation is started at the time H when the WN acquisition is completed, and the reception result display moving operation is performed at the time G when the transfer of the time information is completed.
- the reception result display operation may be started at time point H.
- the time required to execute the entire reception operation is longer than that in the first reception operation and power consumption is increased, but reception is successful.
- the possibility is higher than the first receiving operation.
- the time charts of the first reception operation to the third reception operation shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C show a case where the time information or the day information is successfully acquired in the time information acquisition operation or the day information acquisition operation.
- the controller 13 of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 performs control to try again when acquisition of time information or date information by the time information acquisition operation or date information acquisition operation fails.
- FIG. 6A to FIG. 6C are time charts showing a reception operation that is executed when acquisition of time information by the time information acquisition operation fails in the first reception operation. Since the same control is performed in the second reception operation and the third reception operation, the time indicating the reception operation executed when acquisition of time information or day information fails in these reception operations. As for the chart, its illustration and overlapping description are omitted.
- the re-reception operation described here is executed when acquisition of time information in the first reception operation described above has failed, the display indicated by the reception display member 7 is changed from “QRX”. It may be changed to “RX”. This is because, in the case of the re-receiving operation, time is required for reception, and the high-speed reception that the user feels has already been lost.
- FIG. 6A is a time chart showing the first re-receiving operation.
- the controller 13 continues to supply power to the satellite radio wave receiving unit 14, and the next time The acquisition and tracking operation is continued until the information receivable time point C ′.
- the second time information acquisition operation is started from the time information receivable point C ′. If the time information has been obtained correctly, it is transferred by the time information transfer operation started from the end time F ′ of the second time information acquisition operation, and then received by the reception result display operation at the time G ′. 7 displays the reception result (in this case, “OK” display).
- the reception result display operation is started from time F ′, and the reception result (in this case, “NG” display) is received by the reception display member 7. After being displayed, a series of reception operations are terminated. Since the first re-receiving operation is continued without losing the result obtained by the first acquisition and tracking operation, there is a high possibility of successful reception. On the other hand, the power consumption is large because the satellite radio wave receiver 14 is operated for a long time.
- FIG. 6B is a time chart showing the second re-receiving operation.
- the controller 13 stops supplying power to the satellite radio wave receiver 14 after failing to acquire the time information at the end time F of the first time information acquisition operation, and the satellite radio wave receiver 14
- the operation of the receiving unit 14 is temporarily terminated.
- the activation time point D ′ calculated backward from the next time information receivable time point C ′, here, the reactivation from the time point obtained by subtracting the first acquisition tracking time and the activation time from the next time information receivable time point C ′.
- the operation and the subsequent acquisition and tracking operation are performed.
- the second time information acquisition operation is started from the time information receivable point C ′.
- the subsequent operation is the same as the first re-receiving operation.
- the satellite radio wave receiving unit 14 is not operated for an unnecessarily long time, so that the power consumption is smaller than that in the first re-receiving operation. The result obtained by is lost.
- the acquisition tracking time in the second re-receiving operation is not limited to the first acquisition tracking time adopted here, and considering the margin of the power supply voltage, the reliability of reception in the re-receiving operation, etc.
- the second acquisition tracking time may be adopted, or a third acquisition tracking time longer than the first acquisition tracking time and shorter than the second acquisition tracking time may be used.
- the third acquisition and tracking time may be variable according to an arbitrary condition such as a margin of the power supply voltage and the reception intensity of the satellite radio wave in the first time information acquisition operation.
- FIG. 6C is a time chart showing the third re-receiving operation.
- the controller 13 continues to supply power to the satellite radio wave receiver 14 after failing to acquire time information at the end time F of the first time information acquiring operation.
- the operation of the circuit 12 is stopped.
- the operation of the decoding circuit 12 is restarted from an arbitrary time point I calculated backward from the next time information receivable time point C ′, and the acquisition and tracking operation is performed.
- the second time information acquisition operation is started from the time information receivable point C ′.
- the subsequent operation is the same as the first re-receiving operation.
- the third re-reception operation is an intermediate re-reception operation between the first re-reception operation and the second re-reception operation.
- the power consumption can be suppressed as compared with the first re-reception operation.
- the result obtained by the acquisition / tracking operation of is not lost.
- the second acquisition and tracking time may be, for example, the first acquisition and tracking time. However, since the result obtained by the first acquisition and tracking operation can be used, the second acquisition and tracking time may be shorter.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation related to reception of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 of the present embodiment.
- the meaning of this flowchart is, roughly speaking, when there is a high possibility of successful reception, low re-reception operation is required and power consumption is low, as judged from the environment where the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 is placed. If there is no special reason for successful reception, the first reception operation is selected to shorten the reception time. Otherwise, the second reception operation (or the third reception operation) is selected. (Receiving operation) is selected and priority is given to the certainty of reception.
- Controller 13 first determines whether or not WN reception is required (step ST1). When WN reception is necessary, the above-described third reception operation is selected, and accordingly, the second acquisition tracking time is selected as the acquisition tracking time.
- the controller 13 separates automatic reception or forced reception, position of the pointer, power supply voltage, presence / absence of charging of the power supply, reception history, presence / absence of manual time correction, the satellite Based on various conditions regarding the attitude of the radio wave wristwatch, the movement of the satellite radio wave wristwatch, the illuminance around the satellite radio wave wristwatch, the position of the satellite radio wave wristwatch, etc., the first reception operation and the second reception operation Choose one.
- step ST3 a determination is made based on the position of the pointer.
- the second reception operation is selected when the pointer (for example, the hour and minute hands) is at a position that influences the reception performance, such as at a position overlapping the antenna 10 in plan view.
- step ST4 a determination is made based on the power supply voltage.
- the remaining amount of the battery 17 is not equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the second reception operation is selected.
- steps ST5 to ST8 a determination is made based on the reception history.
- the second reception operation is selected. That is, in step ST5, it is determined whether or not the previous reception has failed. If the reception has failed, the counter is reset to 0 in step ST6 and the second reception operation is selected. If the previous reception is successful, 1 is added to the counter in step ST7. In step ST8, if the counter is not 3 or more, the second reception operation is selected.
- the previous reception referred to here may include all reception operations, or may mean only reception by the first reception operation.
- condition for determining whether the controller 13 selects the first reception operation or the second reception operation is not limited to the above-described conditions. It may be changed as appropriate according to the layer or the like, and the user may be able to select conditions by himself.
- whether or not the power supply to the controller 13 is stopped due to a decrease in the power supply voltage may be adopted as a condition relating to the power supply voltage.
- an index for example, C / N ratio
- indicating the reception intensity of the satellite radio wave at the previous reception or a condition related to the Doppler frequency may be adopted.
- a case where the reception history is erased by the operation may be determined.
- the presence or absence of manual time correction may be adopted as a condition.
- the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 may be equipped with an acceleration sensor or an angular velocity sensor, and the attitude of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 or presence / absence of movement may be set as a condition.
- the satellite radio wave which is an ultra-short wave, has high straightness, so that the reception of the antenna of the satellite radio wave wristwatch 1 is successful when it is vertically upward, and it is affected by obstacles while moving. This is because it is expected to be easy.
- an illuminance sensor may be mounted on the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 and it may be determined that reception is likely to be successful when the illuminance around the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 is high.
- the satellite radio wave wristwatch 1 is easy to receive satellite radio waves when it is in a bright place such as outdoors during the day. Instead of this illuminance sensor, the illuminance around the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 may be evaluated by the generated voltage of the solar cell 18.
- conditions regarding the position of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 may be used.
- the position of the artificial satellite that is the source of the satellite radio waves is as large as possible when viewed from the receiving position, that is, the position of the satellite radio wave wristwatch 1, and the zenith. It is more advantageous for reception to be close to. This is because if the elevation angle of the artificial satellite is small, the satellite radio wave is blocked by surrounding buildings and terrain and the distance from the reception position to the artificial satellite is increased, so that the radio wave intensity is also lowered.
- a position where more artificial satellites can be seen at a position with a high elevation angle is advantageous for reception.
- the arrangement of the plurality of artificial satellites is evenly arranged on the celestial sphere, there will be no difference in the advantages and disadvantages of reception at any position on the surface of the earth, but the orbit of the GPS satellite is Not even above. This is because the orbits of GPS satellites are selected so as to avoid the sky above the Earth's poles. Therefore, there is a high possibility that a GPS satellite exists at a position where the elevation angle is large in the low latitude area, and vice versa in the high latitude area.
- the condition that the second reception operation is selected if the latitude of the position of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 is north latitude or 60 degrees south latitude may be used. In this case, if the latitude of the position of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 is less than 60 degrees north latitude or south latitude, and other conditions are satisfied at the same time, the first reception operation is selected.
- the latitude of the position of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 is determined from the positioning result of the positioning unit when the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 has a positioning function and has a positioning unit for positioning the position of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1.
- the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 has a function of a world clock, so that it has a location information receiving unit that receives information about the location of the city name, region, country, etc. that uses the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 from the user.
- the approximate latitude can be obtained from the information regarding the position received by the position information receiving unit.
- the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 uses the conditions related to the elevation angle of the artificial satellite predicted based on the position of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 by using the orbit information of the artificial satellite in addition to the information on the position of the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1. May be. That is, if the satellite radio-controlled wristwatch 1 has its own position information and has orbit information of at least one GPS satellite by receiving the ephemeris or almanac included in the GPS signal, such GPS satellite The current elevation angle can be calculated. Using this, for example, the first reception operation is permitted when a predetermined number (for example, one) or more of the satellites whose elevation angle is 30 degrees or more exists, and the second reception operation is selected otherwise. The condition of being able to be considered is considered.
- time measurement mode reception operation performed only for the purpose of time correction
- satellite number and its odd / even positioning mode (reception operation performed for the purpose of measuring the current position), presence / absence of movement by the motor
- positioning mode reception operation performed for the purpose of measuring the current position
- the positioning mode it is necessary to capture and receive at least three satellite radio waves for positioning, and it takes a long time. Therefore, it can be said that no major problem occurs even if the acquisition and tracking time is increased.
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(1)継続操作検知動作
(2)起動動作
(3)捕捉追尾動作
(4)時刻情報取得動作
(5)日情報取得動作
(6)時刻情報転送動作
(7)受信表示動作
(8)受信結果表示動作
(9)前回受信結果表示動作
<第1の受信動作>
<第2の受信動作>
<第3の受信動作>
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- 衛星電波を受信するアンテナと、高周波回路と、デコーダ回路を有する衛星電波受信部と、
内部時刻を保持するとともに計時する時計回路と、
少なくとも、前記衛星電波受信部に電源を供給し起動させる起動動作、前記衛星電波受信部により特定の衛星電波を捕捉し追尾する捕捉追尾動作、及び、前記衛星電波受信部により受信された衛星電波より時刻情報を取得する時刻情報取得動作のタイミングを制御するコントローラと、を有し、
前記コントローラは、前記内部時刻に基き予測される時刻情報受信可能時点から捕捉追尾時間及び起動時間を差し引いて逆算される起動時点の到来を待って前記起動動作を開始させるとともに、所定の条件に応じて前記捕捉追尾時間を可変する衛星電波腕時計。 - 前記所定の条件は、自動受信又は強制受信の別、指針の位置、電源電圧、電源への充電の有無、受信履歴、手動時刻修正の有無、前記衛星電波腕時計の姿勢、前記衛星電波腕時計の移動、前記衛星電波腕時計の周囲の照度、及び、前記衛星電波腕時計の位置、から選ばれる一つ又は複数に関する条件である請求項1に記載の衛星電波腕時計。
- 前記コントローラは、前記捕捉追尾時間として、前記所定の条件に応じて予め定めた複数の時間のうちの一つを選択する請求項1又は2に記載の衛星電波腕時計。
- 前記コントローラは、前記捕捉追尾時間として第1の捕捉追尾時間と前記第1の捕捉追尾時間より長い第2の捕捉追尾時間のいずれかを選択する請求項3に記載の衛星電波腕時計。
- さらに、少なくとも第1の受信動作中であること及び第2の受信動作中であることを表示する受信表示部材を有し、
前記コントローラは、前記捕捉追尾時間として前記第1の捕捉追尾時間を選択した場合には、前記受信表示部材に前記第1の受信動作中であることを表示させ、
前記捕捉追尾時間として前記第2の捕捉追尾時間を選択した場合には、前記受信表示部材に前記第2の受信動作中であることを表示させる請求項4に記載の衛星電波腕時計。 - 前記コントローラは、ユーザにより強制受信が選択され、指針の位置が平面視においてアンテナに重畳せず、電源電圧が所定の閾値以上であり、直近の所定の回数の受信履歴がいずれも受信成功である場合に前記第1の捕捉追尾時間を選択する請求項4又は5に記載の衛星電波腕時計。
- さらに、前記衛星電波腕時計の位置を測位する測位部又は前記衛星電波腕時計の位置に関する情報をユーザから受け付ける位置情報受付部を有し、
前記所定の条件には、前記衛星電波腕時計の位置の緯度に関する条件が含まれる請求項1乃至6のいずれかに記載の衛星電波腕時計。 - さらに、前記所定の条件には、前記衛星電波腕時計の位置に基づいて予測される前記人工衛星の仰角に関する条件が含まれる請求項7に記載の衛星電波腕時計。
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