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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Katsuyuki Honda, Nagano-ken, JP;
Norimitsu Baba, Nagano-ken, JP;
Jun Matsuzaki, Nagano-ken, JP;
Toshikazu Akiyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Katsuyuki Honda, Nagano-ken, JP;
Norimitsu Baba, Nagano-ken, JP;
Jun Matsuzaki, Nagano-ken, JP;
Toshikazu Akiyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic timepiece can adjust the input terminal and suppress power consumption. An electronic timepiece has: a reception unitthat receives a satellite signal containing time information from a positioning information satellite; a power supply unithaving a battery that supplies drive power; a remaining capacity detection unitthat measures the remaining battery capacity; and a control unitthat controls satellite signal reception by the reception unit. The control unitincludes a timekeeping unitthat keeps time, a time adjustment unitthat adjusts the time kept by the timekeeping unitbased on the satellite signal received by the reception unit, and a prohibition period setting unitthat sets a prohibition period in which receiving a satellite signal is prohibited based on the remaining battery capacity measured by the remaining capacity detection unit