ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150063079A1
• Filed: 08/29/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Sato, Reiko, Kotaki, Tadasuke
• Application Number:
  US14/473,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20150063079A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/47
• CPC Class Codes: G04F 10/00 Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by electric means
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 20/02 the radio signal being sent by a satellite, e.g. GPS

Abstract

A running watch includes: a GPS signal reception portion which captures a satellite signal transmitted from a GPS satellite and processes the captured satellite signal; a chronograph process portion which measures a lapse of time; a display portion which displays a screen; an operation button which indicates an operation; and a control portion which displays a first screen showing a capturing circumstance of the satellite signal on the display portion when the GPS signal reception portion initiates the capturing of the satellite signal, and which continues the capturing of the satellite signal with respect to the GPS signal reception portion and displays a second screen showing that a measurement can be initiated by the chronograph process portion on the display portion when a predetermined operation is indicated from the operation button.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a reception process portion which captures a satellite signal transmitted from a positioning satellite and processes the satellite signal;

a measurement process portion which measures a lapse of time;

a display portion which displays a screen;

an indication portion which indicates an operation; and

a control portion which displays a first screen showing a capturing circumstance of the satellite signal on the display portion when the reception process portion initiates the capturing of the satellite signal, and which continues the capturing of the satellite signal with respect to the reception process portion and displays a second screen showing that a measurement can be initiated by the measurement process portion on the display portion when a predetermined operation is indicated from the indication portion.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein at least one of an image of the positioning satellite corresponding to the capturing circumstance and a guidance image for indicating the predetermined operation by the indication portion, is displayed on the first screen.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein, on the first screen, the image of the positioning satellite corresponding to the capturing circumstance and the guidance image for indicating the predetermined operation by the indication portion are displayed at the same time.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein, on the second screen, at least one of temporal information which is necessary in moving based on the measurement of the measurement process portion and movement information calculated based on the satellite signal is displayed.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4, further comprising:

an acceleration detection portion which detects acceleration and calculates a movement amount based on the detected acceleration,

wherein the control portion calculates the movement information based on the movement amount calculated by the acceleration detection portion when the capturing of the satellite signal is not completed.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the reception process portion obtains orbital information showing a position on an orbit of the positioning satellite, and determines the positioning satellite based on the obtained orbital information.