(19)
(11) EP 0 814 390 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/52

(21) Application number: 97304219.5

(22) Date of filing: 17.06.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: G04G 1/00, H01Q 1/27
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 17.06.1996 JP 155587/96
16.05.1997 JP 127595/97

(71) Applicant: Seiko Instruments R&D Center Inc.
Chiba-shi, Chiba (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Saitoh, Yutaka
    Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba (JP)
  • Utsunomiya, Fumiyasu
    Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba (JP)
  • Ozaki, Koei
    Meguro-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Ikeda, Hirokazu
    Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki (JP)
  • Narukawa, Toshiaki
    Ota-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Sturt, Clifford Mark et al
J. MILLER & CO. 34 Bedford Row, Holborn
London WC1R 4JH
London WC1R 4JH (GB)

   


(54) Electronic equipment


(57) It is an object of the present invention to provide a technology for realising new high performance portable electronic equipment featuring small size, low cost, and low power consumption especially in relation to configuration of an antenna as well as to configuration of a receiving circuit and a signal decoding circuit in the field of portable electronic equipment for modifying clock display or displaying a message by receiving electric means.
An electronic equipment according to the present invention solves the problems as described above by employing a Hall effect device (5007) with a ferromagnetic body (5003, 5005) adjacent thereto as an antenna.












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