Electronic timepiece

• US 9,760,063 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2015
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Hasegawa, Kosuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Kayes, Sean
• Application Number:
  US14/664,624
• Publication Number:
  US 20150277387A1
• Time in Patent Office: 907 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G04C 17/00 Indicating the time optically by electric means G04C19/00 takes precedence; by mechanical means G04B19/00, G04B19/20
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/00 Visual time or date indication means
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 20/04 Tuning or receiving; Circuits therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 20/10 Tuning or receiving; Circuits therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 20/28 Tuning or receiving; Circuits therefor

Abstract

An electronic timepiece including: an operating unit which performs an operation including at least one of transmission, reception and generation of electromagnetic waves of a predetermined strength or more; a display unit which displays information; a reception unit which receives a predetermined operation for switching a display content by the display unit between display contents according to a plurality of functions; an output control unit which sets the display content to be a basic display according to a predetermined basic function when the reception unit continuously receives the predetermined operation for a first predetermined time; and a setting unit which switches on/off of the operation of the operating unit between an operation allowed state and an operation prohibited state when the reception unit continuously receives the predetermined operation for a second predetermined time longer than the first predetermined time.

Claims

1. An electronic timepiece comprising:

an operating unit which performs an operation including at least one of transmission, reception, and generation of electromagnetic waves of at least a predetermined strength;

a display unit which displays information;

a reception unit which receives a predetermined operation for switching a display content of the display unit between a plurality of function modes, the plurality of function modes including a basic clock mode; and

a processor which (i) sets the display content of the display unit to be the basic clock mode regardless of a function mode which is currently being displayed on the display unit when the reception unit continuously receives the predetermined operation for a first predetermined time, and (ii) switches an on/off state of the operation of the operating unit between an operation allowed state and an operation prohibited state when the reception unit continuously receives the predetermined operation for a second predetermined time which is longer than the first predetermined time.

2. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the processor controls the display unit to perform display according to the on/off state of the operation of the operating unit at least while the basic clock mode is being performed.

3. The electronic timepiece according to claim 2, wherein the display unit includes:

a clock face which is provided with function marks indicating respective ones of the plurality of functions and a prohibition mark indicating the operation prohibited state; and

a hand which is disposed so as to be rotatable with respect to the clock face, and

wherein;

(i) when the display unit does not perform the basic clock mode, the processor controls the hand to point to a function mark corresponding to a function that corresponds to the display content being displayed on the display unit, and

(ii) when the display unit performs the basic clock mode, the processor performs display for indicating the operation prohibited state by controlling the hand to point to the prohibition mark.

4. The electronic timepiece according to claim 3, further comprising:

an audio output unit which outputs a predetermined notification sound,

wherein, when the on/off state of the operation of the operating unit is switched, the processor controls the audio output unit to output a notification sound having a pattern different from a pattern of a notification sound which is output when the display content by the display unit is switched.

5. The electronic timepiece according to claim 2, further comprising:

an audio output unit which outputs a predetermined notification sound,

wherein, when the on/off state of the operation of the operating unit is switched, the processor controls the audio output unit to output a notification sound having a pattern different from a pattern of a notification sound which is output when the display content by the display unit is switched.

6. The electronic timepiece according to claim 1, further comprising:

an audio output unit which outputs a predetermined notification sound,

wherein, when the on/off state of the operation of the operating unit is switched, the processor controls the audio output unit to output a notification sound having a pattern different from a pattern of a notification sound which is output when the display content by the display unit is switched.