ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,745, issued on March 25, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Real-time clock module" was invented by Masayuki Kamiyama (Chino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A real-time clock module includes: an oscillation circuit configured to generate a first clock signal by oscillating a resonator; an interface circuit configured to receive alarm setting data; a memory in which the alarm setting data and a program are to be stored; and a processor configured to execute the program to perform a comparison process of comparing clocking data generated based on the first clock signal with the alarm setting data, and output an alarm si...