Patent ID: 9423774
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G04B,G04C,G04G

Claim Text:
1. An electronic timepiece, comprising: a display section which displays time information, the display section including a plurality of hands; a stepping motor which rotates the hands; a light emitting section which illuminates a display surface of the display section by emitting light; and a light emitting control section which performs control to turn on the light emitting section by gradually increasing a light emitting amount of the light emitting section to a peak value in a predetermined brightening time according to a predetermined light emitting condition, wherein the light emitting control section varies the light emitting amount of the light emitting section by pulse width modulation control, and the light emitting control section interrupts the pulse width modulation control during an operation period in which one of the plurality of hands is rotated by the stepping motor.