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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1999
Kanetaka Sekiguchi, Sayama, JP;
Katsumi Aota, Tokorozawa, JP;
Kozo Miyoshi, Kitamoto, JP;
Yuichi Akiba, Tokorozawa, JP;
Kanetaka Sekiguchi, Sayama, JP;
Katsumi Aota, Tokorozawa, JP;
Kozo Miyoshi, Kitamoto, JP;
Yuichi Akiba, Tokorozawa, JP;
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A timepiece provided with a liquid crystal display panel () for displaying thereon at least one of time information () and calendar information (), wherein a solar battery unit () is provided to face at least a part of a visual recognition side surface of the liquid crystal display panel () or an opposite-side (lower-side) surface thereof, the light being applied to a power generation portion of the solar battery unit () through a transmission portion of the liquid crystal display panel () to generate electric power or what is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel () being visually recognized through a transmission portion of the solar battery unit (), a timepiece circuit and the liquid crystal display panel () being driven by utilizing the electric power generated by the solar battery unit ().