Abstract: A detecting period of a stepping motor is divided into a first segment for detecting an induced signal generated at least in a second quadrant by the rotation of a rotor immediately after the driving of a main driving pulse, a second segment being provided after the first segment for detecting the induced signal in a third quadrant, and a third segment provided after the second segment and the control circuit drives the stepping motor by the predetermined fixed main driving pulse having energy not smaller than the maximum energy when a rotation detecting circuit does not detect the induced signal exceeding a reference threshold voltage in the second segment at the time of the rotational driving by the main driving pulse having the maximum energy.

Abstract: According to a stepping motor control circuit of the invention, a rotation detecting period is divided into a first segment for detecting an induced signal generated at least in a second quadrant by the rotation of a rotor immediately after driving of a main driving pulse, a second segment being provided after the first segment for detecting the induced signal in a third quadrant, and a third segment provided after the second segment and, when a stepping motor detects the induced signal exceeding a reference threshold voltage in the first segment and the second segment, a control circuit controls a pulse down counter circuit to output a pulse down control signal.

Abstract: An invention allows a stepping motor to be reliably driven to rotate when initializing the driving and allows power consumption of the stepping motor to be reduced. The controller, when initializing the driving (for example, replacing a battery), controls a main drive pulse generator to drive a stepping motor using a main drive pulse having a maximum energy and sets the generation cycle of a pulse down control signal of a pulse down counter for pulsing down the main drive pulse to a first cycle to drive the stepping motor, and when pulsing down the main drive pulse to that having a predetermined energy, changes the generation cycle of the pulse down control signal of the pulse down counter to a second cycle.

Abstract: The present invention aims to prevent a nonrotation state from being brought about even when a drive allowance is changed by variations in a stepping motor or the like. A pulse down counter circuit outputs pulse down control signal for subjecting main drive pulse to control pulse down when time is counted for a predetermined time period. When a detecting signal exceeding a reference threshold voltage detected by a rotation detecting circuit is detected at a first detection section at start of a rotation detecting time period, a control circuit resets the pulse down counter circuit. Thereby, a main drive pulse generating circuit is not subjected to control pulse down by the pulse down counter circuit, and therefore, it is prevented that the main drive pulse is subjected to pulse down unnecessarily.

Abstract: There is provided an analog radio-controlled timepiece made so as to be capable of performing a time difference correction by a simple operation while maintaining an operability of a time difference correction timepiece. A radio reception section receives, through an antenna, information of a minute and a second in a time code included in a standard radio, and an operation section corrects only a minute hand and a second hand to the minute and the second, which were received. A correction of an hour hand is performed by operating a crown included in a time difference correction mechanism.

Abstract: In a light emitting indicator drive circuit which supplies a current to display elements different in display areas, a constant-current is supplied from a P-channel MOS-FET to a display element and a pulse width control circuit controls a on/off ratio. deterioration information from a deterioration detecting circuit and saved segment area information is calculated, and its result decides a time to supply a current to the display elements as a result of the arithmetic operation. With the above operation, a difference in luminance between the display elements and the degradation of luminance caused by the deterioration can be corrected.

Abstract: In the device for voltage driving the self-luminous display element, the self-luminous display element driving device includes a circuit for generating deterioration information concerning a deterioration state of the self-luminous display element, and a circuit for adjusting a voltage applied to the self-luminous display element, on the basis of the deterioration information generated by the deterioration information generating circuit. The deterioration information generating circuit generates the deterioration information on the basis of a time, a luminance, a current value or a voltgage value, etc. The self-luminous display element may be, for example, an EL (electroluminescence) element or an organic EL element.

Abstract: There is provided a pulse wave detector enabling pulse wave detection with reduced power consumption, and prolonged usage time. Ultrasonic waves having a frequency of 10 MHz are transmitted from a transmitter towards an artery, and reflected waves that have undergone frequency modulation as a result of the Doppler effect of the artery are received by a receiver, pulse waves are extracted by FM detection, and a pulse rate is counted and displayed. Transmission of ultrasonic waves by the transmitter and reception of reflected waves by the receiver are carried intermittently at a frequency of 64 Hz to reduce the power consumption, to enable installation even in a small portable device with low battery capacity such as a watch, and to enable prolonged usage time.

Abstract: To provide a portable GPS velocity/distance meter which may seek a suitable movement velocity by removing an affect of arm swing, save power consumption of a device, and to grip a movement condition of a carrier at a remote position, it is composed of a GPS signal receiving portion for measuring the movement velocity from a Doppler frequency, a microcomputer, an input section for setting a control condition or the like and calculation of various data including positional interval data of the GPS signal receiving section, a display section for displaying the movement velocity or the like and a transmit-receive section. Then, the microcomputer is provided with a control unit for controlling the GPS signal receiving section to intermittently perform the positional operation on the basis of the positional measurement interval and a velocity averaging unit for averaging the movement velocity.

Abstract: A measurement section for measuring a time and a period of time and outputting the measured data; a storing section for storing the measured data to be outputted from the measurement means and statistical data that is a statistical value or values obtained by sequentially processing and calculating the measured data; and a control section for setting a determination regarding whether or not the measured data to be outputted from the measurement section is stored in the storing section, and controlling the data storing operation so that the measured data is allowed to be stored in the storing section only when it has been determined to store the measured data, and calculating new statistical data to update the statistical data by employing the measured data and the statistical data stored in the storing section each time when the measured data is outputted from the measurement section.

Abstract: In a light emitting indicator drive circuit which supplies a current to display elements different in display areas, a current control circuit controls the supply current of a constant-current source which is caused by a p-channel MOS-FET which supplies a current to a display element. The current control circuit controls the off-operation of the FET. A signal processing circuit calculates the deterioration data from a deterioration detecting circuit and saved segment area data to decide a supply current value to display elements as a result of the arithmetic operation. With the above operation, a difference in luminance between the display elements and the degradation of luminance caused by the deterioration can be corrected.

Abstract: A current is detected through a resistor which is electrically connected in series with an FET for driving an associated one of display elements; the resultant signal is inputted to an operational amplification circuit through a capacitor to be amplified therein; and an output signal from the operational amplification circuit is converted into digital data in an A/D conversion circuit to be applied to a drive control circuit. In the drive control circuit, the amount of electric charges which have been caused to flow through the associated one of the display elements is arithmetically determined, and a period of time when the FET is kept turned ON is controlled in dependence on the amount of electric charges thus arithmetically determined.

Abstract: A portable type distance/speed meter is designed for measuring a travel distance and a travel speed when a user walks, or runs, while realizing a correct average speed calculation in response to GPS electromagnetic waves receiving conditions.

Abstract: A pulse wave monitor having a structure capable of automatically performing optimal positioning of a pulse wave probe with respect to a user's body. A plurality of transmitting piezoelectric vibrators for transmitting an ultrasonic wave to an artery are provided along with a plurality of receiving piezoelectric vibrators for receiving an ultrasonic wave from the artery. An optimal combination of a transmitting piezoelectric vibrator and a receiving piezoelectric vibrator for use in pulse wave measurement is determined based on the intensity of a received ultrasonic wave signal. Ultrasonic wave transmission and reception are made by the optimal combination so that accurate pulse wave detection measurement is made possible by automatic positioning of the pulse wave probe.

Abstract: A portable GPS receiving device having a storage medium which is portable by a user and small in data storage capacity such as a wrist watch type GPS receiving device, the portable GPS receiving device includes: a navigation information acquiring portion mounted on a vehicle for use, such as an in-vehicle navigation device, for acquiring any one of map information on the surroundings of the present place of the portable GPS receiving device, destination information, sightseeing information, store information, walking information and other navigation information from a navigation device whose data storage capacity is larger than that of the storage medium, to store the acquired data in the storage medium.

Abstract: There is provided a self-luminous display element driving device which prevents the luminance of a self-luminous display element from changing with the elapse of time and reduces the cost. In the device for constant-voltage driving the self-luminous display element by continuously making on and off states of application of a constant voltage to the self-luminous display element, the self-luminous display element driving device includes a circuit for generating deterioration information concerning a deterioration state of the self-luminous display element, and a circuit for adjusting a time width in which the constant voltage is applied to the self-luminous display element or a time width in which the constant voltage is not applied, on the basis of the deterioration information generated by the deterioration information generating circuit. The self-luminous display element may be, for example, an EL (electroluminescence) element or an organic EL element.

Abstract: A portable type distance/speed meter is designed for measuring a travel distance and a travel speed in response to GPS electromagnetic waves received by a GPS receiver.

Abstract: A GPS signal receiving section measures a Doppler frequency of a carrier wave to output a three-dimensional velocity vector to a CPU 100. The CPU 100 calculates a cumulative distance from a signal receiving interval and velocity data to compare between the cumulative distance stored in a RAM 104 and the distance point data previously stored in the RAM 104. Where the cumulative distance exceeds the distance point data, a lap time is calculated and displayed on a display section 106 based on the time count data sent from the time count circuit 105. Further, the CPU 100 calculates and displays on the display section 106 a time to arrive at the predetermined moving distance from the velocity data, the cumulative distance and the predetermined moving distance stored in the RAM 104.

Abstract: In a GPS reception ratio detecting apparatus, a reception condition of GPS electromagnetic waves in a GPS receiver is judged, and a reception ratio indicative of a ratio of “receivable condition” of GPS electromagnetic waves to a total execution time of the reception process operation thereof is indicated.

Abstract: A portable GPS receiver receives a signal from a GPS satellite by a GPS receiving means to measure a position and a speed of the own receiver. A traveling pitch detector detects a traveling pitch of a human body. A timer determines an operating period to intermittently operate reception from the GPS satellite. A stride calculator calculates, on the operating period, a traveling stride from received positioning data between two points and a pitch detected by the traveling pitch detector during obtaining the positioning data. A speed/distance calculator calculates, on the operating period, a traveling speed and a traveling distance from the stride determined by the stride calculator and the pitch detected by the traveling pitch detector.