Electronic device which modifies a boundary of a time zone used to set a current date and time, and method and non-transitory recording medium thereof
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasao Sambongi, Masatoshi Watanuki
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Abstract
A timer unit to counts a current date and time, a current position acquisition unit to acquire a current position, a determination unit to determine a time zone in which the acquired current position is included, and a local time acquisition unit to calculate local time corresponding to a time difference of the time zone determined by the determination unit are included. When a boundary line of the time zone is along a coastline, the determination unit changes the boundary line from the coastline to a side of a sea in a predetermined distance range and determines a time zone.
Claims12
An electronic timepiece comprising:
- a counter that counts a current date and time;
- a UHF band receiver that receives satellite waves in the UHF band and computes a current position;
- a long wavelength band (LF band) receiver that receives an LF band radio signal, the LF band radio signal including date and time information;
- a memory that stores (i) a compressed map file containing area information regarding a plurality of divided predetermined sections of the world, and (ii) a frequency data table that stores data regarding frequencies which are receivable by the LF band receiver;
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- a processor that is configured to identify a time zone and calculate a local time, based on the current position, to acquire the date and time information from the LF band radio wave received by the LF band receiver, and to adjust the current date and time which is counted by the counter;
- wherein the processor is configured to execute a stored program to perform functions comprising:
- selecting area information from among the area information contained in the compressed map file, and decompressing the selected area information;
- extracting a boundary line for identifying the time zone from the decompressed selected area information;
- moving the boundary line by a non-zero interval of a predetermined distance away from land in a direction towards an adjacent sea, and identifying the time zone with the boundary line having been moved, when the boundary line is along a coastline;
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- identifying the time zone without moving the boundary line when the boundary line is not along a coastline.
A date and time setting method of an electronic timepiece, the electronic timepiece including a counter that counts a current date and time, a UHF band receiver that receives satellite waves in the UFH band and computes a current position, a long wavelength band (LF band) receiver that receives an LF band radio signal, the LF band radio signal including date and time information, a memory that stores (i) a compressed map file containing area information regarding a plurality of divided predetermined sections of the world and (ii) a frequency data table that stores data regarding frequencies which are receivable by the LF band receiver, and a processor that is configured to acquire the date and time information from the LF band radio wave receiver and to adjust the current date and time which is counted by the counter, and the method comprising steps of:
- selecting area information from among the area information contained in the compressed map file;
- decompressing the selected area information;
- extracting a boundary line from the decompressed selected area information;
- moving the boundary line by a non-zero interval of a predetermined distance away from land in a direction towards an adjacent sea, and identifying a time zone based on the current position with the boundary line having been moved, when the boundary line is along a coastline;
- identifying the time zone based on the current position without moving the boundary line, when the boundary line is not along a coastline;
- and
- calculating a local time based on the identified time zone.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by a processor communicating with a counter that counts a current date and time, a UHF band receiver that receives satellite waves in the UHF band and computes a current position, a long wavelength band (LF band) receiver that receives an LF band radio signal, the LF band radio signal including date and time information, and a memory that stores (i) a compressed map file containing area information regarding a plurality of divided predetermined sections of the world and (ii) a frequency data table that stores data regarding frequencies which are receivable by the LF band receiver, the processor being configured to acquire the date and time information from the LF band radio wave received by the LF band receiver, and to adjust the current date and time which is counted by the counter, and said instructions being executable to control the processor to perform functions comprising:
- selecting area information from among the area information contained in the compressed map file;
- decompressing the selected area information;
- extracting a boundary line from the decompressed selected area information;
- moving the boundary line by a non-zero interval of a predetermined distance away from land in a direction towards an adjacent sea, and identifying a time zone based on the current position with the boundary line having been moved, when the boundary line is along a coastline;
- identifying the time zone based on the current position without moving the boundary line, when the boundary line is not along a coastline;
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- calculating a local time based on the identified time zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.