Patent ID: 6766459
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: G04G

Abstract:
A time keeping apparatus having a display mode for displaying time and a power-saving mode for reducing power consumption, the time keeping apparatus comprising:a time display unit for performing a time display; a time detecting unit, which is interlocked with the time display unit, for outputting a time detection signal in cases where a displayed time reaches a predetermined time; a calendar display unit for performing a calendar display in response to the time detection signal when the time keeping apparatus is operating in the display mode; a display stopping unit for stopping, in the power-saving mode, both the time display and the calendar display; a time information storage unit for storing information relating to an elapsed time of the power-saving mode; and a control unit for switching from the power saving mode to a display mode, the calendar display unit being responsive to switching to the display mode to control the calendar to display a present day on the basis of information relating to an elapsed time of the power-saving mode stored in the time information storage unit.