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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Naoki Gobara, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/34 (2010.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/24 (2013.01); G01S 19/34 (2013.01); H04W 52/028 (2013.01); H04W 52/0274 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An RF receiving circuit unit that receives a GPS satellite signal from a GPS satellite is intermittently driven by a first driving control of intermittently driving the RF receiving circuit unit with a first intermittent driving pattern and a multistage driving control of intermittently driving the RF receiving circuit unit with a multistage intermittent driving pattern in which a driving period in the first intermittent driving pattern is set to a second intermittent driving pattern of which an intermittent cycle is shorter than that of the first intermittent driving pattern.