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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Fumiaki Miyahara, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C 17/00 (2006.01); G04D 99/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C 17/0066 (2013.01); G04D 99/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic timepiece includes a date indicator that is an analog display member, a date indicator motor that drives the date indicator, a display position storage that is a nonvolatile memory that stores position information on the date indicator, a receiver that is a time information acquirer that externally acquires time information, and a control section that outputs a drive signal to the date indicator motor and stores the position information on the date indicator in the display position storage whenever the date indicator motor activated with the drive signal drives the date indicator.