Patent ID: 9058022
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G04B,G04C,G04G

Abstract:
1. An electronic timepiece comprising: a rotary switch; a rotation detection unit which detects a rotation of the rotary switch every time the rotary switch rotates for a predetermined rotation angle; a determination unit which determines a continuous detection when a number of times the rotation detection unit detects the rotation is at least a predetermined number of times before a preset unit time from a detection timing has elapsed, the predetermined number of times being at least 2; a control unit which executes a predetermined function when the determination unit determines the continuous detection; an interval counting unit which counts respective time intervals between two adjacent detection timings of the rotation detection unit; and a storage unit which sequentially stores the time intervals which are counted by the interval counting unit, wherein every time the rotation detection unit detects the rotation, the determination unit integrates a plurality of last time intervals which are counted and determines the continuous detection when an integrated time interval is smaller than the preset unit time, said plurality of last time intervals being equal in number to the predetermined number of times the rotation detection unit detects the rotation minus 1.