Citizen Watch Company, Ltd.

Daisuke Matsuoh

Ryutaro Uemura

Toshiaki Fukushima

Toshinari Maeda

Daisuke Iri

Yu Takyoh

Masatoshi Nishida

Daisuke Yamada

Makoto Watanabe

Toshinori Okazaki

Katsuyoshi Aihara

Shoya Kaneko

Ayaka Ohtake

A cooperation system includes a first terminal device and a second terminal device. The first terminal device acquires output information defined by a service block program or information for generating the output information from an external device in accordance with a trigger generated by a trigger generation unit of the second terminal device, and generates an action command for causing an action execution unit defined by an action block program to execute an action based on the acquired information. With this configuration, a service can be properly provided.

Cooperation system, first terminal device, and second terminal device

A portable communication device cooperation system includes a slave portable communication device that can communicate with a master portable communication device. Each of a plurality of slave-side slots of a slave-side storage unit included in the slave portable communication device stores a slave application program transferred from a master-side slot disposed in the master portable communication device. The slave application program includes part of information of a master application program, and causes the slave portable communication device to operate by being executed by a slave-side control unit of the slave portable communication device. As a result, the portable communication device cooperation system, the master portable communication device, and the slave portable communication device exhibit an effect of enabling the slave portable communication device to be variously used.

Portable communication device cooperation system, master portable communication device, and slave portable communication device

A mobile device includes a drive unit for which correspondence between a command that is input and a drive signal that is output to an operation unit is predetermined, and a controller configured to output the command to the drive unit and cause the operation unit to operate. The controller includes a storage unit storing therein a user program including script language and outputs the command in accordance with the user program.

Mobile device and mobile device system

An electronic watch with a two-coil stepper motor including: a magnetized rotor; a stator including: first and second stator magnetic-pole portions, which are formed so as to oppose to each other through the rotor; and a third stator magnetic-pole portion, which is formed between the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the second stator magnetic-pole portion so as to face the rotor; a coil A to be magnetically coupled to the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; and a coil B to be magnetically coupled to the second stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; and a high-speed drive pulse generation circuit configured to output a drive pulse for driving the rotor to the coil A or the coil B, and wherein the rotor is rotationally driven in increments of 360&#xb0; due to a drive pulse train formed of the plurality of drive pulses.

Step motor drive device and circuit

In an analog electronic watch system, a terminal equipment detects current display positions of hands in an image of the hands and a dial plate, and generates current display time information based on the current display positions. An analog electronic watch corrects the display positions of the hands based on the display time information. The terminal equipment at least acquires hand identification information including hand shape information about a shape of the hand of the analog electronic watch based on watch identification information transmitted from the analog electronic watch. The terminal equipment detects the current display positions based on the hand identification information, and transmits display time information based on the current display positions to the analog electronic watch.

Analog electronic watch system and analog electronic watch

A program management system includes: a terminal device having a terminal processing unit capable of executing processing to create a computer program, and a terminal communication unit capable of transmitting the computer program created by the terminal processing unit to an outside; and an external device having an external device storage unit storing therein the computer program transmitted from the terminal device, and an external device processing unit capable of executing processing to give approval to the computer program stored in the external device storage unit. The external device storage unit stores therein appropriateness of approval of the computer program as first status information together with the computer program. The external device processing unit is capable of executing processing to manage the computer program based on the first status information.

Program management system, external device and terminal device for controlling a program developer's ability to access, publish and manage marketing of a program

A computer program production system, a computer program, and a production terminal instrument each cause a computer to execute service block selection processing of selecting a service block program from among selection candidate service block programs, trigger block selection processing of selecting a trigger block program from among selection candidate trigger block programs, action block selection processing of selecting an action block program from among selection candidate action block programs, and production processing of producing an application program by combining the selected block programs.

Computer program production system, computer program, and production terminal instrument

An analog electronic watch includes watch's internal time, and controls rotation of a group of indicators based on the watch's internal time. A terminal appliance stops the rotation of the group of indicators, generates an image of the indicators and the dial plate with an imaging unit, detects current display positions of the group of indicators in identification areas as part of the image of the indicators and the dial plate, generates current display time information based on the current display positions, and generates display time correction information based on a difference between the current display time information and the watch's internal time information. The analog electronic watch corrects the display positions of the group of indicators based on the display time correction information. There are provided an analog electronic watch system and an analog electronic watch that can reduce a time required for display time correction.

Provided is a drive circuit for a two-coil stepper motor, including: a rotor; a stator including first, second, and third stator magnetic-pole portions; a coil A to be magnetically coupled to the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; a coil B to be magnetically coupled to the second stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; a drive pulse generation circuit configured to output a drive pulse; a detection pulse generation circuit configured to output a detection pulse for detecting counter-electromotive currents generated in the coil A and the coil B; and a rotation detection circuit configured to receive a detection signal generated due to the detection pulse as input to determine whether or not the rotor has rotated.

Drive circuit for two-coil step motor

A display system includes mobile devices each including a position detection unit that detects a position, a physical quantity detection unit that detects a physical quantity, a display unit that displays an image, and a process unit that can perform a process of controlling the display unit so that the image is displayed. The process unit can perform an overlapping display process in which the process unit controls the display unit so as to display a physical quantity image expressing the physical quantity detected by the physical quantity detection unit in a manner of overlapping on a travel route image expressing a travel route of the mobile device that is determined depending on the position detected by the position detection unit.

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Nishitokyo, Japan

Daisuke Matsuoh