An electronic timepiece includes: a barometric pressure sensor; a letter plate that has a “MEAS” letter indicating “measurement progress”; and a second display hand that displays that measurement of a barometric pressure is being executed by pointing a region in which the “MEAS” letter is disposed in a case in which the barometric pressure sensor performs measurement of the barometric pressure.

An electronic timepiece includes: a barometric pressure sensor; a letter plate that has a “MEAS” letter indicating “measurement progress”; and a second display hand that displays that measurement of a barometric pressure is being executed by pointing a region in which the “MEAS” letter is disposed in a case in which the barometric pressure sensor performs measurement of the barometric pressure.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for displaying information, a program, and a communication system, which enable the provision of an apparatus making use of a display device excellent in flexibility.

An information display apparatus includes a display unit including a time information presenting section for presenting at least time information and a band section to be worn on an arm, and a display control unit for changing a display of the display unit. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, the information display apparatus.

An analog electronic timepiece is an analog electronic watch capable of displaying a plurality of types of calendar information, and includes a first index adapted to indicate the type of the calendar information, and a second index adapted to indicate a value of the calendar information of the type indicated by the first index.

An analog electronic timepiece is an analog electronic watch capable of displaying a plurality of types of calendar information, and includes a first index adapted to indicate the type of the calendar information, and a second index adapted to indicate a value of the calendar information of the type indicated by the first index.

Provided is a timepiece including a solar cell that has a solar panel, a secondary battery that is charged from the solar cell, an overcharge prevention circuit that detects a charged state of the secondary battery, and a control unit that short-circuits the solar cell and determines that illuminance of light illuminating the solar panel is equal to or higher than predetermined illuminance in a case where the overcharge prevention circuit is detected to be in an overcharge state.

An electronic timepiece that has a plurality of operation modes and uses a secondary battery as a power supply includes a 2 o′clock side information display unit that displays a residual quantity of the secondary battery, a navigation start switch that receives a user manipulation, and a control unit that decides an execution operation mode to be executed by the electronic timepiece among the plurality of operation modes according to the user manipulation received by the navigation start switch and switches display of a residual quantity of a battery in the 2 o′clock side information display unit according to the execution operation mode.

An electronic timepiece that has a plurality of operation modes and uses a secondary battery as a power supply includes a 2 o′clock side information display unit that displays a residual quantity of the secondary battery, a navigation start switch that receives a user manipulation, and a control unit that decides an execution operation mode to be executed by the electronic timepiece among the plurality of operation modes according to the user manipulation received by the navigation start switch and switches display of a residual quantity of a battery in the 2 o′clock side information display unit according to the execution operation mode.

An electronic watch includes a plurality of hands configured to display time, a power generator, an power storage unit configured to store power generated by the power generator, an indicator hand configured to display a power storage amount in the power storage unit in a plurality of stages, a controller configured to perform control switching between a normal time display mode in which time is displayed by the hand and a power save mode in which at least one of the hands is stopped. The controller detects the power storage amount and updates display of the based on the power storage amount by the indicator hand during the power save mode.

An electronic watch includes a plurality of hands configured to display time, a power generator, an power storage unit configured to store power generated by the power generator, an indicator hand configured to display a power storage amount in the power storage unit in a plurality of stages, a controller configured to perform control switching between a normal time display mode in which time is displayed by the hand and a power save mode in which at least one of the hands is stopped. The controller detects the power storage amount and updates display of the based on the power storage amount by the indicator hand during the power save mode.