Time Adjustment Device, Timepiece with a Time Adjustment Device, and Time Adjustment Method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorOsamu Urano
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Abstract
A time adjustment device has a reception unit that receives a prescribed signal containing time information transmitted by a base station, and a display time information adjustment unit that adjusts the time information displayed by a time information display unit based on the time information. The prescribed signal is transmitted from the base station to correspond to frame information at a fixed interval, and the reception unit includes an identification information acquisition unit that gets identification information identifying the length of the prescribed signal, and a prescribed signal reception stopping unit that stops reception at the end of the prescribed signal based on the identification information.
Claims8
A time adjustment device comprising:
- a reception unit that receives a prescribed signal containing time information transmitted by a base station;
- a display time information adjustment unit that adjusts the time information displayed by a time information display unit based on the time information;
- wherein the prescribed signal is transmitted from the base station to correspond to frame information at a fixed interval;
- and
- the reception unit includes
- an identification information acquisition unit that gets identification information identifying the length of the prescribed signal;
- and
- a prescribed signal reception stopping unit that stops reception at the end of the prescribed signal based on the identification information.
A timepiece device having a time adjustment device, comprising:
- a reception unit that receives a prescribed signal containing time information transmitted by a base station;
- a display time information adjustment unit that adjusts the time information displayed by a time information display unit based on the time information;
- wherein the prescribed signal is transmitted from the base station to correspond to frame information at a fixed interval;
- and
- the reception unit includes
- an identification information acquisition unit that gets identification information identifying the length of the prescribed signal;
- and
- a prescribed signal reception stopping unit that stops reception at the end of the prescribed signal based on the identification information.
A time adjustment method for a time adjustment device having a reception unit that receives a prescribed signal containing time information transmitted by a base station, and a display time information adjustment unit that adjusts the time information displayed by a time information display unit based on the time information, the time adjustment method comprising:
- an identification information acquisition step of the reception unit getting identification information identifying the length of the prescribed signal that is transmitted from the base station to correspond to fixed interval frame information;
- and
- a prescribed signal reception stopping step of stopping reception at the end of the prescribed signal based on the identification information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.