摘要:
A method and apparatus for determining a drift between a local clock of a movable device and a reference clock that is used by one or more reference devices. The local clock may be calibrated at a calibration location and then the movable device may be moved to an operating location that is different from the calibration location. The drift is determined by observing one or more signals transmitted by the respective one or more reference devices, when the device is at the calibration location and when it is at the operating location. These observations are used together with a model of the signals to determine the drift.
摘要:
A wave correction clock of the present invention receives a wave signal including time information based on information defined by a pulse width of a rectangular pulse output at a predetermined period, and a period measuring section measures a signal period TRn of the rectangular pulse. A time difference measuring section obtains a time difference between the signal period TRn and an internal reference period TB where the signal period TRn is within a predetermined range, and a time difference determining section corrects generation timing of a reference pulse at the internal reference period TB from an average value of time differences obtained when the rectangular pulse where the signal period TRn is within a predetermined range is detected multiple times.
摘要:
Time-of-day tracking with INS input is described. In one embodiment, a range rate and a range acceleration is generated from inertial navigation system data received from a moveable platform (e.g. an airborne platform). A time and frequency estimation filter receives the range rate, the range acceleration and a timing-based error signal from a time discriminator, and can then generate a time-of-day correction signal and a frequency correction signal. A time-of-day generator receives the time-of-day correction signal and generates a time-of-day correction, and a clock frequency generator receives the frequency correction signal and generates a frequency correction. The time discriminator receives a satellite synchronization signal from a satellite, the time-of-day correction from the time-of-day generator, and the frequency correction from the clock frequency generator. The time discriminator initially generates the timing-based error signal from the satellite synchronization signal, and subsequently generates the timing-based error signal from the time-of-day correction and the frequency correction to synchronize the satellite with the moveable platform.
摘要:
A radio wave correction timepiece has an antenna 21 for receiving external radio information including time information consisting of external time data, a reception circuit 22, and a time counter 53 for producing internal time data. A control circuit 24 has a comparison circuit 54 for determining the difference between received external time data and internal time data, and outputting a difference data value. A reception information storage unit 71 stores at least a plurality of data sets, each consisting of received external time data and its resultant difference data value. A correction calculation unit 62 calculates an estimated correction value using the plurality of stored data sets, and the elapsed time from the last reception. An internal time correction control unit 61 corrects the internal time using the estimated correction value.
摘要:
A system and method is disclosed for synchronizing clocks in a plurality of devices connected by a communication channel. A master control device is coupled to one or more slave control devices, e.g., event recorders, across a communication channel. Preferably, the communication channel is implemented according to an RS-485 interface. By periodically interrogating and monitoring the responses of each of the slave control devices, the master control device determines the transit time, i.e., communication, delays to each of the slave control devices. Operating in conjunction with this data, the master control device can then interpret and/or adjust any event times reported by the event recorders to improve the relative time accuracy of the event recorders as compared to a time maintained by the master control device. Consequently, the control system can achieve a relative time synchronization accuracy between the master and slave times to within 100 microseconds and preferably 100 nanoseconds or less.
摘要:
A computing system develops time/date values by using a free-running counter to measure and accumulate increments of time. The increments of time are converted from the resolution of the free-running counter to that used for the time and date values by dividing by a conversion variable and then used to update the time/date value. The accuracy of the time/date value is monitored by periodically comparing the rate of the free-running counter to the rate of a more accurate, external clock. The ratio of these two rates is used to adjust the conversion variable. The conversion variable reflects any differences between (1) the rate of change of the increments of time used for developing the time/data value and (2) the external clock. Its use here, therefore, will operate to either slow down or speed up the rate of change of the time/date value so that it more closely tracks the external clock.
摘要:
A real time clock is arranged to generate output signals indicative of time of day. An oscillating device (101) produces a first clocking signal which is adjusted in response to a calibration value to produce an output clocking signal. A processor (102) re-calculates the calibration value in response to external clocking signals received from a cellular base station for mobile telephones. The clock may be provided within a mobile telephone and the oscillating device may also be used to provide sleep clock signals allowing a high frequency system clock to be de-activated for periods while the telephone is in a stand-by condition.
摘要:
A radio selective calling receiver which can improve the precision of a timepiece up to the clock precision of a reception signal from a base station is provided. A bit synchronization section establishes bit synchronization of a digital signal from a reception section to output a reproduction clock. A frequency divider for a timepiece function frequency-divides a reference clock with insufficient precision, which is supplied from a reference clock generation section, by a fixed value while the digital signal is in a frame step-out state. While the digital signal is in a frame synchronized state, the frequency divider variably frequency-divides the reference clock by using a phase correction signal for correcting an internal phase advance/delay, which is output from the bit synchronization section, thereby correcting a gain/loss in time displayed on a display section.
摘要:
A radio signal controlled clock which decodes time information in a radio signal and thereby determines the current time. The clock collects and stores radio signal data as soon as a reasonably decodeable radio signal is located, even before the minute boundary of the radio signal's time base has been located. This data is stored and later used for decoding and verifying the digits of the time information after the minute boundary has been located. In another aspect of the present invention, an internal counter in the clock is periodically resynchronized with the radio signal, and the average of the adjustments required for this resynchronization is maintained. When no radio signal is available, or the radio signal is too noisy to be reliably decoded, the average internal counter adjustment value is used to periodically adjust the internal counter--and thereby helps to keep the clock's internal counter as closely synchronized with the radio signal's time bases as possible when the radio signal is not available or not usable.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for synchronizing a clock to broadcast time-based signals, said time-based signals including encoded timing information, the method comprising the steps ofreceiving said time-based signals,decoding said time-based signals to derive a plurality of digits from said timing information representing actual clock time, andseparately verifying the correctness of each of said digits, said correctness verifying step including the steps of separately comparing each said derived digit with at least one corresponding previously decoded derived digit and verifying said derived digit when it meets a predefined verification test based on the consistency of said derived digit with said at least once corresponding previously decoded derived digit, repeating said comparison and verifying steps as said time-based signals are decoded until each said derived digit has been separately verified, and generating a lockon signal when all of said derived digits have been verified.