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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184505 | High sensitivity GPS-assisted time source A method for determining portions of a GPS satellite signal may use non-coherent integration to determine a repeated pattern such as a preamble. Once the repeated pattern is determined, portions of the GPS satellite signal that may be determined with partial correla... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8169857 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece having a function for receiving satellite signals transmitted from positioning information satellites, including a satellite signal reception unit that receives the satellite signals, a satellite capturing unit that executes a process of capt... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8144548 | Electronic device, time correction method and time correction program thereof An electronic device corrects its device side time with a time correction information supplied from outside the device. The electronic device includes a reception section and a time correction section. The reception section receives the time correction information. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8125854 | Satellite signal reception device, timekeeping device, and satellite signal reception method A satellite signal reception device according to an aspect of the invention comprises a reception operation unit that executes a reception operation process to receive a satellite signal transmitted from a positioning information satellite and generates positioning ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116170 | Timekeeping device and satellite signal reception method for a timekeeping device A timekeeping device has a reception unit that captures a positioning information satellite and receives satellite signals transmitted from the captured positioning information satellite, a time information generating unit that generates time information based on th... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111588 | Synchronization of a plurality of devices in a wireless sensor arrangement Two or more wirelessly networked devices for control or data acquisition functions for real-time application are provided with a error corrected synchronization and data collection process. A single start device transmits a start message, followed by each stop devic... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8085623 | Synchronization of a plurality of devices in a wireless sensor arrangement Two or more wirelessly networked devices for control or data acquisition functions for real-time application are provided with a error corrected synchronization and data collection process. A single start device transmits a start message, followed by each stop devic... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077551 | Time adjustment device, timekeeping device with a time adjustment device, and a time adjustment method A time adjustment device having a time information generating unit that produces time information and outputs the generated time information; a reception unit that receives satellite signals transmitted sequentially from a positioning information satellite in subfra... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072845 | Electric wave receiving apparatus and electric wave clock An electric wave receiving apparatus obtains the received data in a partial period, and judges the timing of the received data in which partial data has been received by comparing the received data with the partial data. Thereby, the electric wave receiving apparatu... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072844 | Electronic timepiece with internal antenna An electronic timepiece with an internal antenna has an antenna that has an elongated magnetic core formed from a magnetic body and a coil wound around the magnetic core, and can receive external wireless information, the magnetic core having a coil winding part to ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8014233 | Satellite signal reception device, timekeeping device, and satellite signal reception method for a satellite signal reception device A satellite signal reception device having a reception unit that captures a positioning information satellite and receives a satellite signal transmitted from the captured positioning information satellite; a data acquisition unit that can acquire time information a... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009519 | Apparatus and methods for maintaining a reliable time clock on a mobile computing device supporting satellite based position determination capability Various embodiments for maintaining a reliable time clock on a mobile computing device are described. In one embodiment, a mobile computing device may optionally enable and disable acquisition of time data from multiple sources including a mobile network and a globa... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000173 | Time correcting apparatus and radio controlled timepiece In a time correcting apparatus, a signal including time codes is sampled to generate a bit sequence of input TCO data. A prognostic TCO data generating unit 33 generates a bit sequence of prognostic TCO data based on a current time calculated by a time calcul... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995424 | Electronic device and electromagnetic wave timepiece An electronic device includes a timer which measures a current time, a display which displays information based on the time, a receiver which, by receiving and decoding a signal, including time information indicating a standard time, which is encoded by means of a p... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7983116 | Electronic timepiece and control method for an electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece includes a reception unit that receives satellite signals transmitted from positioning information satellites; a time information generating unit that generates an internal time; a manual reception process unit that starts operation of the re... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974155 | Satellite signal reception device, timekeeping device with a satellite signal reception device, and satellite signal reception method A satellite signal reception device has a reception unit that receives satellite signals transmitted from a positioning information satellite, a timekeeping unit that keeps time internally, a power supply unit that supplies power at least to the reception unit, a co... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7948833 | Clock setup over a network The present invention provides apparatuses and methods for updating a target device from a clock device through a network. The clock device obtains a time value from a clock source and sends the time value to a target device. A node within the network determines a t... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7936642 | High sensitivity GPS-assisted time source A method for determining portions of a GPS satellite signal may use non-coherent integration to determine a repeated pattern such as a preamble. Once the repeated pattern is determined, portions of the GPS satellite signal that may be determined with partial correla... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929381 | Time information obtaining apparatus and radio timepiece A signal composing circuit 12 receives a signal including a time code from a receiving circuit 10, and detects input waveform data of a unit time length, whose value at ach sampling point is given by a value expressed in plural bits. The input waveform... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920441 | Optimized time acquisition algorithm for low-power GPS-based watch applications A GPS enabled timepiece. A Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled timepiece in accordance with the present invention comprises a timepiece, the timepiece comprising a local oscillator, and a GPS receiver, coupled to the timepiece, the GPS receiver using the local o... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7903501 | Radio-controlled timepiece and control method for a radio-controlled timepiece A radio-controlled timepiece that receives a standard time signal containing a time code and adjusts the time based on the received standard time signal includes: a reception unit that receives the standard time signal; an analog/digital conversion unit that digitiz... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7852712 | Time adjustment device, timekeeping device with a time adjustment device, and a time adjustment method A time adjustment device has a satellite signal reception unit that receives satellite signals transmitted segmented into segments from a positioning information satellite; a time information acquisition unit that acquires time information from the satellite signal;... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7848180 | Antenna apparatus, receiving apparatus and watch using magnetic sensor The antenna circuit 42 includes: an MI magnetic sensor having an electric property which changes in accordance with a magnetic field change; a radio-frequency signal generator S1 to apply a radio-frequency signal to the MI magnetic sensor Z1; an... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7839725 | Quadrature detection method, quadrature detection device and radio wave timepiece A radio wave timepiece A and a quadrature detection device for executing a quadrature detecting method are disclosed including a receiving antenna 14 for receiving a carrier wave of a long wave standard radio wave on which time information is multiplexed, a q... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7821876 | Synchronization of a plurality of devices in a wireless sensor arrangement Two or more wirelessly networked devices for control or data acquisition functions for real-time application are provided with a error corrected synchronization and data collection process. A single start device transmits a start message, followed by each stop devic... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813225 | Time adjustment device, timepiece with a time adjustment device, and time adjustment method A time adjustment device has a reception unit that receives a prescribed signal containing time information transmitted by a base station, a display time information adjustment unit that adjusts the time information displayed by a time information display unit based... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7808860 | Analog radio-controlled timepiece To make such that, in a case displaying the fact that a time code could not be normally received in an analog radio-controlled timepiece, by a simple constitution there is performed a display having no sense of discomfort for a user. In a case where there could not ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7782716 | Time adjustment device, timepiece with a time adjustment device, and time adjustment method A time adjustment device has a reception unit that receives a prescribed signal containing time information transmitted by a base station, a display time information adjustment unit that adjusts the time information displayed by a time information display unit based... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778117 | Time adjustment device, timekeeping device with a time adjustment device, and a time adjustment method A time adjustment device having a satellite signal reception unit that receives satellite signals containing satellite time information transmitted from a positioning information satellite; a time information generating unit that generates time information; and a ti... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7760588 | Radio controlled time piece and method of controlling same A radio controlled time piece 1 actively using a time-programmed receiving operation and a forced receiving operation with respect to a standard radio signal and having an object the enablement of highly accurate and efficient time correction by properly rece... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7751283 | Electronic device and electromagnetic wave timepiece An electronic device includes a timer which measures a current time, a display which displays information based on the time, a receiver which, by receiving and decoding a signal, including time information indicating a standard time, which is encoded by means of a p... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7738321 | Radio-controlled timepiece To make a setting as to whether or not a time code is automatically received simple, and suppress a wasteful use of an electric power by a reception operation under an environment incapable of suitably receiving the time code. A reception circuit receives and output... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738322 | Radio-wave timepieces and time information receivers When lack of a part data on a time code included in a received standard radio wave is detected, the lack is filled up with a corresponding data part of another time code. The time of a radio-wave timepiece is corrected in accordance with the time code whose lack has... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7724612 | System and method for providing aiding information to a satellite positioning system receiver over short-range wireless connections Systems and methods for obtaining corrected time information in a GPS-enabled device connected to a mobile handset via a short-range wireless network, such as a Bluetooth™ Piconet™. The mobile handset includes a GPS time and a network clock synchronized with a n... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7719928 | Radio watch Apparatuses, circuits, and methods for receiving at least one radio signal in a radio controlled timing apparatus using a single timing source. The present invention advantageously eliminates the need to provide an additional timing source to receive at least one ra... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715279 | Time correction device, timepiece having a time correction device, and time correction method A time correction device has a reception unit that receives satellite signals transmitted from positioning information satellites orbiting the Earth; a time correction information storage unit that stores time correction information for correcting time information p... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710833 | Radio-controlled timepiece and method of changing the waveform discrimination standard A radio-controlled timepiece has a reception means that receives a standard radio signal containing time information; a demodulation means that demodulates the standard radio signal received by the reception means and outputs a demodulated signal; a waveform discrim... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7701806 | Electronic timepiece with wireless information function An electronic timepiece with wireless information function that is small, has good reception performance, and has a construction that improves the freedom of design. Antennae 5A and 5B are disposed inside a short cylindrically-shaped metal case 1 | 04/20/2010 |
| 7649812 | Time adjustment device, timepiece with a time adjustment device, and a time adjustment method A time adjustment device having a reception unit that receives satellite signals transmitted from positioning information satellites; a time information generating unit that generates internal time information; a time information adjustment component that corrects t... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7643380 | Receiving circuit and time piece A receiving circuit is provided with an amplifier circuit for amplifying the electric signal received by an antenna circuit, a frequency converter/detector circuit for converting a frequency of the electric signal amplified by the amplifier circuit to acquire an int... | 01/05/2010 |
