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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Instruments Inc., Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Takayuki Nomura, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C 3/14 (2006.01); G04C 9/08 (2006.01); G04G 21/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C 9/08 (2013.01); G04C 3/146 (2013.01); G04G 21/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a timepiece which includes a movable pointer, an acquisition unit which acquires information on a movable range corresponding to at least a portion of a movable range of the movable pointer and acquires information indicating a target position to which the pointer is to be moved, a control unit which compares the target position with the movable range and determines a movement direction of the pointer based on the comparison result, and a drive unit which drives the pointer in the determined movement direction.