Rechargeable electronic watch and driving method of rechargeable electronic watch

A rechargeable electronic watch operating with an energy source comprising a power supply including a power generation means and a power storage means charged with electric energy generated from said power generation means, said rechargeable electronic watch comprising a watch circuit for counting or processing time information or function information so as to output said information, a display means for displaying said time information or said function information based on an output signal from said watch circuit, a power generation amount detecting means for detecting an amount of said power generation of said power generation means, and a control means for controlling the operation of said watch circuit in response to an energy balance of said amount of said power generation and an amount of the power consumption of the rechargeable electronic watch, wherein said watch circuits driven in at least one clock operation mode selected, based on the control of said control means from a plurality of clock operation modes provided in said rechargeable electronic watch, each of said modes being different from each other in power consumption.

A rechargeable electronic watch operating with an energy source comprising a power supply including a power generation means and a power storage means charged with electric energy generated from said power generation means, said rechargeable electronic watch comprising a watch circuit for counting or processing time information or function information so as to output said information, a display means for displaying said time information or said function information based on an output signal from said watch circuit, a power storage amount detecting means for detecting an amount of power flowing into said power storage means and a control means for controlling the operation of said watch circuit in response to an energy balance of said amount of said power storage and an amount of the power consumption of the rechargeable electronic watch, wherein said watch circuit is driven in at least one clock operation mode selected, based on the control of said control means, from a plurality of clock operation modes provided in said rechargeable electronic watch each of said modes being different from each other in power consumption.

A rechargeable electronic watch operating with an energy source comprising a power supply including a power generation means and a power storage means charged with electric energy generated from said power generation means, said rechargeable electronic watch comprising a watch circuit for counting or processing time information or function information so as to output said information, a display means for displaying said time information or said function information based on an output signal from said watch circuit, a power generation amount detecting means for detecting an amount of said power generation of said power generation means, a remaining capacity detecting means for detecting the remaining capacity of said power storage means and a control means for controlling the operation of said watch circuit in response to an energy balance of said amount of said power generation and an amount of said remaining capacity and an amount of the power consumption of the rechargeable electronic watch, wherein said watch circuit is driven in at least one clock operation mode selected based on the control of said control means, from a plurality of clock operation modes provided in said rechargeable electronic watch, each of said modes being different from each other in power consumption.

A rechargeable electronic watch operating with an energy source comprising a power supply including a power generation means and a power storage means charged with electric energy generated from said power generation means, said rechargeable electronic watch comprising a watch circuit for counting or processing time information or function information so as to output said information, a display means for displaying said time information or said function information based on an output signal from said watch circuit, a power storage amount detecting means for detecting an amount of power flowing into said power storage means, a remaining capacity detecting means for detecting the remaining capacity of said power storage means and a control means for controlling the operation of said watch circuit in response to an energy balance of said amount of said power storage and an amount of said remaining capacity and an amount of the power consumption of the rechargeable electronic watch, wherein said watch circuit is driven in at least one clock operation mode selected, based on the control of said control means, from a plurality of clock operation modes provided in said rechargeable electronic, each of said modes being different from each other in power consumption.

The rechargeable electronic watch operating with an energy source comprising a power supply including a power generation means and a power storage means charged with electric energy generated from said power generation means, said rechargeable electronic watch comprising a watch circuit for counting or processing time information or function information so as to output said information, a display means for displaying said time information or said function information based on an output signal from said watch circuit, a power generation amount detecting means for detecting an amount of said power generation of said power generation means, a power storage amount detecting means for detecting an amount of power flowing into said power storage means, and a control means for controlling the operation of said watch circuit in response to an energy balance of said amount of said power storage and an amount of said power generation and an amount of the power consumption of the rechargeable electronic watch, wherein said watch circuit is driven in at least one clock operation mode selected, based on the control of said control means, from a plurality of clock operation modes provided in said rechargeable electronic watch, each of said modes being different from each other in power consumption.

A driving method of a rechargeable electronic watch operating with an energy source comprising a power supply including a power generation means and a power storage means charged with electric energy generated from said power generation means, wherein said rechargeable electronic watch is driven in at least one clock operation mode selected from a plurality of clock operation modes provided in said rechargeable electronic watch, each of said modes being different from each other in power consumption, in response to a remaining capacity of said power storage means detected by a remaining capacity detecting means and said amount of said power generation of said power generation means.

A driving method of a rechargeable electronic watch operating with an energy source comprising a power supply including a power generation means and a power storage means charged with electric energy generated from said power generation means, wherein said rechargeable electronic watch is driven in at least one clock operation mode selected from a plurality of clock operation modes provided in said rechargeable electronic watch, each of said modes being different from each other in power consumption in response to a remaining capacity of said power storage means detected by a remaining capacity detecting means and an amount of power storage flowing into said power storage means.