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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Instruments Inc., Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Kazumi Sakumoto, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC., Chiba, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C 9/08 (2006.01); G04C 99/00 (2006.01); G04C 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C 9/08 (2013.01); G04C 3/14 (2013.01); G04C 3/143 (2013.01); G04C 3/146 (2013.01); G04C 99/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A timepiece includes a motor control unit driving a motor for driving an indicating hand, based on an instruction signal, and a control unit receiving an instruction confirmation signal corresponding to a drive state of the motor in response to the instruction signal from the motor control unit, and determining whether or not the motor is driven in accordance with the instruction signal, based on the instruction confirmation signal.