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Granted Patent B2
US 12,585,230 · App. 18/457,802 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Timepiece module and electronic timepiece

Inventors: Kyohei Hasebe (Saitama, JP); Daisuke Ikeda (Hamura, JP); Shinya Cho (Hamura, JP)
Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
G04G21/04G04G17/04H01Q1/273
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Patent No.
US 12,585,230
App. No.
18/457,802
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A timepiece module includes a digital display screen, an antenna device and a metallic component. The antenna device includes an antenna pattern relevant to communication and an antenna component connected to and extending from the antenna pattern. In a plan view, the antenna pattern has a curved shape and overlaps the digital display screen. The antenna device is disposed such that either one side or other side on a virtual line does not overlap the metallic component. The virtual line is an extending direction in which the antenna component, which extends from the antenna pattern, extends.

Claims (25)

1 . A timepiece module comprising:

a digital display screen;

an antenna device including an antenna pattern relevant to communication and an antenna component connected to and extending from the antenna pattern; and

a metallic component,

wherein, in a plan view, the antenna pattern has a curved shape and overlaps the digital display screen, and

wherein the antenna device is disposed such that either one side or other side on a virtual line that is an extending direction in which the antenna component, which extends from the antenna pattern, extends does not overlap the metallic component.

2 . The timepiece module according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna component is rectangular in the plan view.

3 . The timepiece module according to claim 2 , wherein the extending direction of the antenna component is a lengthwise direction of the antenna component.

4 . The timepiece module according to claim 3 , wherein, between the one side and the other side on the virtual line, a side that does not overlap the metallic component is a peripheral side of the timepiece module.

5 . The timepiece module according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna device is used for short-range wireless communication.

6 . The timepiece module according to claim 2 , wherein the antenna device is used for short-range wireless communication.

7 . The timepiece module according to claim 3 , wherein the antenna device is used for short-range wireless communication.

8 . The timepiece module according to claim 4 , wherein the antenna device is used for short-range wireless communication.

9 . The timepiece module according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna pattern is longer than a length corresponding to a wavelength of a frequency to be used.

10 . The timepiece module according to claim 2 , wherein the antenna pattern is longer than a length corresponding to a wavelength of a frequency to be used.

11 . The timepiece module according to claim 3 , wherein the antenna pattern is longer than a length corresponding to a wavelength of a frequency to be used.

12 . The timepiece module according to claim 4 , wherein the antenna pattern is longer than a length corresponding to a wavelength of a frequency to be used.

13 . The timepiece module according to claim 9 , wherein the frequency to be used is a frequency for short-range wireless communication.

14 . The timepiece module according to claim 10 , wherein the frequency to be used is a frequency for short-range wireless communication.

15 . The timepiece module according to claim 11 , wherein the frequency to be used is a frequency for short-range wireless communication.

16 . The timepiece module according to claim 12 , wherein the frequency to be used is a frequency for short-range wireless communication.

17 . The timepiece module according to claim 1 , wherein the metallic component is a reference distance or greater away from the antenna pattern.

18 . The timepiece module according to claim 1 , wherein the curved shape is a circular arc shape.

19 . An electronic timepiece comprising the timepiece module according to claim 1 .

20 . An electronic timepiece comprising the timepiece module according to claim 4 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2023
From: HASEBE, KYOHEI; IKEDA, DAISUKE; CHO, SHINYA
To: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-136454 · Aug 30, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240069498A1 · Feb 29, 2024
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