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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2001
Kiyotaka Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Akiyoshi Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Shimoda, Tokyo, JP;
Noritoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multifunction electronic watch having a large variety of added functions, and providing an electronic watch and drive method therefor that have a high value as a product and a configuration enabling separate use of an energy-saving mode and a function information operating mode, this electronic watch having a reference signal generation means , a time information generation means , which generates time information TJ based on a reference signal S R from the reference signal generation means , a function information generation means for generating function information FJ, a display drive means , which outputs drive signals DRT and DRF for the purpose of displaying the function information FJ and the time information TJ on an appropriate display means, and a display means , which displays the function information FJ and the time information TJ based on the drive signals DRT and DRF from the display drive means , this electronic watch having an energy-saving operating condition with a power consumption that is less than an normal operating condition, wherein the function operating condition of the function information generation means is given priority over the energy-saving operating condition.