Time correction system, time correction instruction device, pointer type timepiece, and time correction method

A time correction system comprising:

• a pointer type timepiece including
• at least one pointer configured to display time,
• a communication section configured to receive time adjustment data,
• a drive control section configured to control driving of said at least one pointer, and
• a correction section configured to operate said drive control section based on said time adjustment data;
• and
• a time correction instruction device including
• a timing section configured to keep time as reference time data,
• a time input section configured to input pointed time data corresponding to time indicated by said at least one pointer of said pointer type timepiece, and
• a communication section configured to output said time adjustment data to said pointer type timepiece,
• one of said pointer type timepiece and said time correction instruction device further including a comparison section configured to compare said reference time data and the pointed time data
• said drive control section and said communication section of said pointer type timepiece being at least partially formed by a motor with a motor coil that is configured to drive said at least one pointer being configured to receive said time adjustment data from said time correction instruction device.

A time correction system comprising:

• a pointer type timepiece including
• at least one pointer configured to display time,
• a communication section configured to receive time adjustment data,
• a drive control section configured to control driving of said at least one pointer, and
• a correction section configured to operate said drive control section based on said time adjustment data;
• and
• a time correction instruction device including
• a timing section configured to keep time as reference time data,
• a time input section configured to input pointed time data corresponding to time indicated by said at least one pointer of said pointer type timepiece, said time input section having a camera configured to produce an image data of said at least one pointer of said pointer type timepiece to obtain said pointed time data, and
• a communication section configured to output said time adjustment data to said pointer type timepiece,
• one of said pointer type timepiece and said time correction instruction device further including a comparison section configured to compare said reference time data and said pointed time data.

A pointer type wristwatch comprising:

• at least one pointer being configured to display time;
• a communication section being configured to receive time adjustment data from a time correction instruction device in which said time adjustment data is at least partially based on pointed time data corresponding to time indicated by said at least one pointer, said communication section being configured to receive a correction instruction signal from outside said pointer type wristwatch as said time adjustment data based on a comparison result between reference time data and said pointed time data corresponding to time indicated by said at least one pointer such that a correction section adjusts said position of said at least one pointer based on said correction instruction signal;
• and
• a drive control section being configured to control driving of said at least one pointer,
• said correction section being configured to adjust a position of said at least one pointer based on said time adjustment data.

A time correction instruction device for correcting time displayed in a pointer type wristwatch with at least one pointer based on reference time data, comprising:

• a timing section configured to count said reference time data;
• a time input section configured to input pointed time data corresponding to time indicated by said at least one pointer of said pointer type wristwatch;
• a communication section configured to output time adjustment data to said pointer type wristwatch with said time adjustment data including
• a correction instruction signal based on a comparison result between said reference time data and said pointed time data;
• and
• a comparison section being configured to compare said reference time data timed by said timing section and said pointed time data input by said time input section such that the communication section outputs said correction instruction signal based on the comparison result in said comparison section.

A time correction method for correcting time indicated by at least one pointer of a pointer type wristwatch utilizing a time correction instruction device having reference time data, comprising:

• inputting pointed time data corresponding to a time indicated by said at least one pointer of said pointer type wristwatch into said time correction instruction device;
• communicating time adjusting data from said time correction instruction device to said pointer type wristwatch, said communicating of said time adjusting data including communicating a correction instruction signal from said time correction instruction device to said pointer type wristwatch after comparing of said reference time data and said pointed time data;
• comparing said reference time data and said pointed time data in said time correction instruction device to produce said correction instruction signal;
• and
• adjusting a position of said at least one pointer based on the correction instruction signal.