Electronic timepiece capable of receiving signals from satellites
First Claim
1. An electronic timepiece having a signal receiving function, comprising:
- time counting means for counting time information;
regional information storing means for storing regional information about a region having the time information counted by the time counting means as present time;
signal receiving means for receiving signals transmitted from a plurality of satellites;
receiving-position calculating means for calculating regional information about a signal receiving point based on the signals received by the signal receiving means;
judging means for judging whether the regional information calculated by the receiving-position calculating means is different from the regional information stored in the regional information storing means; and
time controlling means for obtaining time information of the signal receiving point from the regional information calculated by the receiving-position calculating means, the regional information stored in the regional information storing means and the time information counted by the time counting means, when the judging means determines that the regional information calculated by the receiving-position calculating means and the regional information stored in the regional information storing means are different from each other.
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Abstract
In an electronic timepiece having a signal receiving function, the present time at a place where a user is located can be displayed without designating a regional name. The quasi-distance data between the satellites and the signal receiving point is calculated based upon the delay times of the signals transmitted from the satellites. The positional information about the signal receiving point is obtained from four quasi-distance data. Subsequently, this positional information is compared with the longitude/latitude data previously stored in ROM, to search a city located nearest this signal receiving point. Furthermore, a judgement is made whether or not the city located nearest the present receiving point is coincident with the city located nearest the preceding receiving point. If these cities are coincident with each other, then the present time of the city stored in the time counting register is directly displayed. If no coincidence is established, then the time counted by the time counting unit is corrected based upon the time difference data about the city located nearest the present signal receiving point, and also the corrected time is displayed in combination with the name of this city.
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24 Claims
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1. An electronic timepiece having a signal receiving function, comprising:
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time counting means for counting time information; regional information storing means for storing regional information about a region having the time information counted by the time counting means as present time; signal receiving means for receiving signals transmitted from a plurality of satellites; receiving-position calculating means for calculating regional information about a signal receiving point based on the signals received by the signal receiving means; judging means for judging whether the regional information calculated by the receiving-position calculating means is different from the regional information stored in the regional information storing means; and time controlling means for obtaining time information of the signal receiving point from the regional information calculated by the receiving-position calculating means, the regional information stored in the regional information storing means and the time information counted by the time counting means, when the judging means determines that the regional information calculated by the receiving-position calculating means and the regional information stored in the regional information storing means are different from each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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11. An electronic timepiece having a signal receiving function, comprising:
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time counting means for counting time information; regional information storing means for storing regional information about a region having the time information counted by the time counting means as present time; signal receiving means for receiving signals transmitted from a plurality of satellites; receiving-position calculating means for calculating regional information about a signal receiving point based on the signals received by the signal receiving means; judging means for judging whether the regional information calculated by the receiving-position calculating means is different from the regional information stored in the regional information storing means; time controlling means for obtaining time information of the signal receiving point from the regional information calculated by the receiving-position calculating means, the regional information stored in the regional information storing means and the time information counted by the time counting means, when the judging means determines that the regional information calculated by the receiving-position calculating means and the regional information stored in the regional information Storing means are different from each other; and moon data calculating means for obtaining data related to the moon based upon the time information of the signal receiving point calculated by said time controlling means. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic timepiece having a signal receiving function, comprising:
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time counting means for counting both of date information and time information; regional information storing means for storing regional information about a region having the date information and the time information as present time, both counted by the time counting means; signal receiving means for receiving signals transmitted from a plurality of satellites; receiving-position calculating means for calculating regional information about a signal receiving point based on the signals received by the signal receiving means; judging means for judging whether the regional information calculated by the receiving-position calculating means is different from the regional information stored in the regional information storing means; time controlling means for obtaining both of the date information and the time information of the signal receiving point from the regional information calculated by the receiving-position calculating means, the regional information stored in the regional information storing means, and the date information and the time information counted by the time counting means, when the judging means determines that the regional information calculated by the receiving-position calculating means and the regional information stored in the regional information storing means are different from each other; sunrise/sunset time data calculating means for calculating time information about the sunrise and sunset based upon the date information at the signal receiving point calculated by said time controlling means; and sunrise/sunset time display means for displaying the time information about the sunrise and sunset calculated by said sunrise/sunset time data calculating means. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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