Electronic timepiece with a motion sensor

An electronic timepiece with a first and second electric motors for driving time indicating hands with a set of gear wheels, and a microcontroller connected to the motion sensor and controlling each motor. A motion sensor includes a movable element arranged to move freely inside a structure connecte...

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Hauptverfasser:	Lagorgette, Pascal, Zanesco, Vittorio
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES HOROLOGY MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES PHYSICS TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
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Zusammenfassung:	An electronic timepiece with a first and second electric motors for driving time indicating hands with a set of gear wheels, and a microcontroller connected to the motion sensor and controlling each motor. A motion sensor includes a movable element arranged to move freely inside a structure connected to the timepiece movement. As a function of the position and movement of the moving element inside the housing, a first and second electric signals, different from each other, are generated by the motion sensor for the microcontroller in a defined time period to determine whether the timepiece is in use. If only one electric signal is detected by the microcontroller in the defined time period, the timepiece changes into a sleep mode, by stopping at least the first electric motor intended to drive the seconds hand.