Citizen Watch Company, Ltd.

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Toshikazu Hatuse

Minoru Natori

Hiroshi Ogawa

Kouhei Kawanobe

Tadahiko Nakagiri

Toshiaki Oguchi

Toshikazu Shimazaki

Fukuo Sekiya

Sadao Ode

Kunihiro Daigo

Shigeru Morokawa

Heihachiro Ebihara

Munetaka Tamaru

Katsuo Nishimura

Singo Ichikawa

Yoshinobu Kashima

Misao Uchino

Hisao Yamagata

Ryo Namiki

Matao Nezu

Munetaka Tamura

A drive mechanism for an additional mechanism of an electronic timepiece having a time-keeping system driven by a reversible stepping motor, in which an auxiliary driving source is arranged to accumulate energy utilizing a drive power transmitted from a time-keeping system for driving additional mechanism, and locking means maintains the energy stored in the auxiliary driving source.

Electronic timepiece

An electronic timepiece having a frequency standard, a frequency converter, a control circuit responsive to a low frequency time unit signal to provide first and second output signals, and a driver circuit responsive to the first and second output signals to provide first and second drive signals, which timepiece comprises a reversible electro-mechanical transducer rotatable in a clockwise direction in response to the first drive signal and in a counter-clockwise direction in response to the second drive signal, first and second wheel trains driven by the electro-mechanical transducer independently from each other, and first and second time indicating means actuated by the first and second wheel trains, respectively.

An electronic calculator watch which comprises timekeeping means composed of an oscillator, a frequency divider connected to the oscillator, a counter circuit connected to the frequency divider, and a driver circuit connected to the counter circuit for providing an output signal indicative of time information, and calculating means composed of an oscillator circuit and a calculation circuit responsive to perform calculations under control of numerical inputs furnished by external operation device provided on a watch case. The watch also comprises a display including a first display section connected to the driver circuit of the timekeeping means to display the output signal delivered therefrom, and a second display section connected to the calculating means to display the result of calculations, each of the first and second display sections having a plurality of digit electrodes and a plurality of segment electrodes arranged in a matrix configuration.

Electronic calculator watch

A switch structure for an analog quartz crystal timepiece having a watchglass plate, a time dial to display time in an analog mode, and a digital display device, which switch structure comprises a plurality of transparent electrically conductive electrode films provided on the watchglass plate at positions corresponding to numerical display indicia on the time dial to permit generation of input signals corresponding to the numerical display indicia, respectively.

Switch structure for electronic timepiece

An electronic watch comprising a timepiece circuit consisting of a reference oscillation source, a frequency divider and a display driving circuit, a display device connected to an output of said timepiece circuit, a power supply driving said timepiece circuit, an external actuator operating said timepiece circuit from the exterior of the watch, an outer case consisting of a case and a band, and a flexible hinge making the case integral with the band whereby there may be provided a useful and functional watch which is small in size and thin, and have no shortcoming such as a tendency for disconnection and erroneous wiring.

Electronic watch

A device for automatically removing glass from timepiece cases and attaching the glass to the timepiece case again is disclosed. The device comprises a case holding frame disposed on a heater board and a push rod for pushing the glass upon the timepiece case, whereby the timepiece case is locally heated under pressure.

Device for detachably mounting glass on timepiece cases

A booster circuit for an electronic timepiece having a power supply and a display device adapted to be driven in a matrix driving mode, which comprises a Cockcroft circuit connected to one terminal of the power supply to provide a plurality of boosted output voltages to the display device and voltage compensating means connected to the other terminal of the power supply to compensate for voltage drops caused by said Cockcroft circuit.

Booster circuit for electronic timepiece

A driver circuit for an electrochromic display device which includes segment electrodes and a common electrode. The driver circuit has a power source, switching means connected between the power source and the segment electrodes, and circuit means disposed between the common electrode and the power source. The circuit means is operative to couple the common electrode to either a positive terminal or a negative terminal of the power source, whereby an electric current will flow through the segment electrodes in bleaching and coloring directions with the use of a single power source.

Driver circuit for electrochromic display device

An electronic alarm watch having an external operation device, which comprises a timekeeping section and an electronic calculator. The timekeeping section is composed of a quartz crystal oscillator connected to a first battery and providing a relatively high frequency signal to provide a low frequency signal, a counter circuit responsive to the low frequency signal to provide time information signals, a driver circuit providing driving signals in response to the time information signals, a time display section in response to the driving signals, an alarm time detection circuit connected to the counter circuit to detect an alarm time set by the external operation device, and an acoustic device responsive to an output from the alarm time detection circuit to generate a sound indicative of the alarm time. The electronic calculator is composed of a calculating section connected to the external operation device to perform calculation in response to input signals delivered from the external operation device, a calculator display section, and a booster circuit connected to second batteries to supply boosted output voltage to the calculating section and the calculator display section.

Alarm watch equipped with electronic calculator

A method and apparatus for driving an electrochromic display device in which an electric current is applied only to one of display elements for which non-coincidence exists between an initially applied display information signal and a subsequently applied display information signal. In one preferred embodiment, a driver circuit comprises a latch circuit for storing a display information signal, a non-coincidence detection circuit for detecting non-coincidence between a subsequently applied display information signal and an initially applied display information signal stored in the latch circuit, and a signal generating circuit responsive to a non-coincidence signal from the detection circuit for generating an output signal for a display element for which non-coincidence is detected. In another preferred embodiment, a driver circuit comprises a latch circuit for generating an output at the instant delayed from a display information signal, and gate means for generating an output signal in response to the display information signal and the output from the latch circuit.

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Tanashi, Japan

Toshikazu Hatuse