Patents by Inventor Yu Takyo
Yu Takyo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240126212Abstract: A mechanical timepiece includes: a hairspring; a permanent magnet; a soft magnetic core; a control circuit for performing rate adjustment based on a counter-electromotive voltage caused in a coil by a motion of the permanent magnet accompanying a forward direction motion and a reverse direction motion of the balance wheel. The permanent magnet is arranged so that, under a state in which the hairspring is brought to an equilibrium length, a direction of magnetization is directed to the first end portion side or the second end portion side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Yu TAKYO, Yusaku NIIDA, Takuya SHIRAI, Yosuke ABE
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Patent number: 11855575Abstract: A step motor drive device includes a step motor including a rotor, stators, and a coil, a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal including a plurality of partial signals that are output intermittently, a detecting circuit that detects an electromagnetic induced current that is generated in the coil after the partial signals are output, and a control unit that controls the drive circuit. The drive circuit outputs one of the partial signals included in the drive signal to the coil, and, in response to a change in an electromagnetic induced current generated in the coil after the partial signal is output, outputs a next partial signal to the coil. The control unit determines a control method of the step motor based on an interval of the plurality of partial signals, and controls the drive circuit based on the determined control method.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventor: Yu Takyo
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Publication number: 20230291338Abstract: A step motor drive device includes a step motor including a rotor, stators, and a coil, a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal including a plurality of partial signals that are output intermittently, a detecting circuit that detects an electromagnetic induced current that is generated in the coil after the partial signals are output, and a control unit that controls the drive circuit. The drive circuit outputs one of the partial signals included in the drive signal to the coil, and, in response to a change in an electromagnetic induced current generated in the coil after the partial signal is output, outputs a next partial signal to the coil. The control unit determines a control method of the step motor based on an interval of the plurality of partial signals, and controls the drive circuit based on the determined control method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2020Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventor: Yu TAKYO
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Patent number: 10268162Abstract: Provided is an electronic watch which achieves a highest-speed fast-forward operation of a step motor based on various environments under which the watch is placed, and enables low-power driving.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Iri, Yu Takyo
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Publication number: 20170322518Abstract: Provided is an electronic watch which achieves a highest-speed fast-forward operation of a step motor based on various environments under which the watch is placed, and enables low-power driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Daisuke IRI, Yu TAKYO
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Patent number: 9690259Abstract: Provided is an electronic timepiece, including: a step motor; a motor driver; a normal drive pulse generation circuit configured to output a normal drive pulse at a designated drive rank; a rotation detection pulse generation circuit configured to output a detection pulse; a rotation detection circuit which comprises at least a first detection mode determination circuit configured to conduct determination in a first detection mode and which is configured to detect rotation or non-rotation of a rotor; a rotation determination counter circuit configured to count a number of times that the rotation has been successively detected by the rotation detection circuit; a first detection mode determination counter circuit configured to count a number of times that a detection signal generated by the detection pulse becomes a predetermined detection pattern in the first detection mode; and a drive rank selection circuit configured to designate a drive rank of the normal drive pulse based on results of the counting conduType: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu Takyo, Shogo Sezaki, Toshiaki Fukushima, Daisuke Iri
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Patent number: 9612579Abstract: Provided is an electronic clock which is capable of finely controlling a driving force of a normal driving pulse and suppresses variation in current consumption without an increase in circuit size. The electronic clock is configured so that while a chopped driving pulse is output and in an interval in which coil terminals have heretofore been short-circuited, a pulse is output (hereinafter referred to as adjustment pulse) for control from a terminal that is different from a terminal of a motor driver from which the normal driving pulse has been output. The output pattern of the adjustment pulse is changed with reference to a driving rank selecting circuit to increase or decrease a motor driving current and hence change the driving force.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu Takyo, Masaaki Namekawa
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Publication number: 20160216695Abstract: Provided is an electronic timepiece, including: a step motor; a motor driver; a normal drive pulse generation circuit configured to output a normal drive pulse at a designated drive rank; a rotation detection pulse generation circuit configured to output a detection pulse; a rotation detection circuit which comprises at least a first detection mode determination circuit configured to conduct determination in a first detection mode and which is configured to detect rotation or non-rotation of a rotor; a rotation determination counter circuit configured to count a number of times that the rotation has been successively detected by the rotation detection circuit; a first detection mode determination counter circuit configured to count a number of times that a detection signal generated by the detection pulse becomes a predetermined detection pattern in the first detection mode; and a drive rank selection circuit configured to designate a drive rank of the normal drive pulse based on results of the counting conduType: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Yu TAKYO, Shogo SEZAKI, Toshiaki FUKUSHIMA, Daisuke IRI
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Publication number: 20150160619Abstract: Provided is an electronic clock which is capable of finely controlling a driving force of a normal driving pulse and suppresses variation in current consumption without an increase in circuit size. The electronic clock is configured so that while a chopped driving pulse is output and in an interval in which coil terminals have heretofore been short-circuited, a pulse is output (hereinafter referred to as adjustment pulse) for control from a terminal that is different from a terminal of a motor driver from which the normal driving pulse has been output. The output pattern of the adjustment pulse is changed with reference to a driving rank selecting circuit to increase or decrease a motor driving current and hence change the driving force.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Yu Takyo, Masaaki Namekawa
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Patent number: 8848492Abstract: When recovering power from a motor driver, a forward voltage across a parasitic diode can reduce the recovery efficiency, and control of a power recovery operation can take an unnecessarily long time. In order to address this problem, the power recovery operation is performed as follows without being affected by a parasitic diode: near a peak position of a waveform of an induced current resulting from free oscillation of a rotor after a drive pulse is output, a recovery pulse having such a level that the rotor does not rotate is output from a terminal different from a motor driver terminal to which the drive pulse was output. Also, by adjusting the width and output timing of the recovery pulse based on a power supply voltage, the power recovery can be optimized for the power supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignees: Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Citizen Watch Co., LtdInventors: Masaaki Namekawa, Yu Takyo
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Patent number: 8841875Abstract: Provided is an electronic watch capable of, even if an indicating hand having a large moment of inertia is used, accurately determining success and failure of rotation. The electronic watch detects rotation by using a first detection mode determination circuit (12) and a second detection mode determination circuit (13). In the electronic watch, a timing counter (14) for measuring a time after an output of a normal drive pulse is followed by a detection pulse selection circuit (151) provided as changing means for changing a width or a frequency of a detection pulse in accordance with an output time of the detection pulse. The detection pulse detects the rotation and simultaneously serves as an electromagnetic brake for a rotor (10). The electromagnetic brake for the rotor (10) is controlled by changing the width or the frequency of the detection pulse in a predetermined period, thereby achieving an accurate rotation detection.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignees: Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Citizen Watch Co., LtdInventors: Yu Takyo, Toshiaki Fukushima, Akira Shiota, Toshinari Maeda, Nobuaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120307602Abstract: When recovering power from a motor driver, a forward voltage across a parasitic diode can reduce the recovery efficiency, and control of a power recovery operation can take an unnecessarily long time. In order to address this problem, the power recovery operation is performed as follows without being affected by a parasitic diode: near a peak position of a waveform of an induced current resulting from free oscillation of a rotor after a drive pulse is output, a recovery pulse having such a level that the rotor does not rotate is output from a terminal different from a motor driver terminal to which the drive pulse was output. Also, by adjusting the width and output timing of the recovery pulse based on a power supply voltage, the power recovery can be optimized for the power supply voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicants: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD, CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Namekawa, Yu Takyo
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Publication number: 20120204640Abstract: Provided is an electronic watch capable of, even if an indicating hand having a large moment of inertia is used, accurately determining success and failure of rotation. The electronic watch detects rotation by using a first detection mode determination circuit (12) and a second detection mode determination circuit (13). In the electronic watch, a timing counter (14) for measuring a time after an output of a normal drive pulse is followed by a detection pulse selection circuit (151) provided as changing means for changing a width or a frequency of a detection pulse in accordance with an output time of the detection pulse. The detection pulse detects the rotation and simultaneously serves as an electromagnetic brake for a rotor (10). The electromagnetic brake for the rotor (10) is controlled by changing the width or the frequency of the detection pulse in a predetermined period, thereby achieving an accurate rotation detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicants: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD, CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu Takyo, Toshiaki Fukushima, Akira Shiota, Toshinari Maeda, Nobuaki Suzuki