JP3451295B2 - Alarm clock - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an alarm clock having two kinds of alarm functions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art If an alarm clock is set in advance as an alarm clock, an alarm clock having an alarm function for notifying an alarm sound or a time to go out is set as a preliminary alarm time. There is also a so-called notice alarm function that intermittently informs the remaining time from a fixed time before the set notice alarm time to the notice alarm time by voice or the like. The fixed time for starting the advance alarm is generally fixed, and for example, the remaining time is notified from 30 minutes before the advance alarm time.

Further, when notifying a wake-up alarm, it has a so-called snooze function of notifying an alarm sound 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes after the alarm time until the alarm stop switch is operated. There are also things.

[0004]

By the way, in the alarm clock having both the alarm alarm function and the notice alarm function described above, when both the alarm time and the notice alarm time are set, the alarm time is set according to the alarm time. However, there is a problem in that the time to start the advance alarm is earlier than the alarm alarm time, and the advance alarm is given before the alarm alarm time is reached.

An object of the present invention is to notify by the first alarm time when two types of alarm times can be set.
It is to provide an alarm clock that can be prioritized over the notification based on the second alarm time.

[0006]

The alarm clock of the present invention comprises a clocking means for clocking time, a first alarm time storage means for storing a first alarm time, and a second alarm time for storing a second alarm time. No. 2 alarm time storage means, a first notification means for notifying when the current time measured by the time measuring means reaches the first alarm time, and the current time measured by the time measuring means is the second Second notification means for intermittently performing notification corresponding to the remaining time up to the second alarm time from a certain time before reaching the second alarm time to the second alarm time. When the alarm time is set before the second alarm time and after the time when the second notification means intermittently starts the notification, the period before the first alarm time is the second time. The notification operation of the notification means of And a notification control means for stopping.

[0007]

In the present invention, two types of alarm times are set, and the time at which the second notification means intermittently starts the notification (the time before the second alarm time by a certain time) is the first. When it is before the alarm time, the notification operation by the second notification means is prohibited during the period before the first alarm time.

Thus, for example, when the first alarm time is set as the wake-up alarm time and the second alarm time is set as the advance alarm time, the notification based on the other alarm time is performed before the wake-up alarm time is reached. It can be prevented.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of an alarm clock according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the clock signal generated by the oscillation circuit 1 is divided into a predetermined frequency by the frequency dividing circuit 2 and output to the time counting circuit 3. The time counting circuit 3 counts the frequency-divided signal to obtain the current time data T, and outputs the current time data T to the control unit 4.

Although not shown, the switch section 5 includes an alarm off switch which is operated to stop the alarm sound notification by the alarm clock, and a snooze off switch which is operated when the alarm sound notification during the snooze period is stopped. , Consists of switches such as a warning alarm off switch that is operated when stopping notification of a warning alarm,
The operation signals of those switches are output to the control unit 4.

The control section 4 is a central processing section that controls each section of the circuit according to a control program stored in the ROM 6, and executes key processing, alarm clock processing, advance alarm processing, etc., which will be described later, and the current time data T. , The alarm time data and the like are displayed on the display unit 7. Further, the control unit 4 outputs an alarm start signal to the alarm signal generation circuit 8 to make an alarm sound when the present time T coincides with the alarm clock time, and an alarm stop signal when a certain sounding period has elapsed. Is output to stop the alarm sound.

Upon receiving the alarm start signal from the control unit 4, the alarm signal generation circuit 8 generates an alarm signal for 1 minute and outputs it to the OR gate 9. This alarm signal is output as an alarm sound from the speaker 10.

A register AL1 for storing a wake-up alarm time input from the switch unit 5 is stored in the RAM 11.
And a register AL2 that stores the advance alarm time, and a flag FA1 that indicates whether or not to notify an alarm alarm.
And a flag FA indicating whether or not to notify the advance alarm
2 and a flag FH or the like which is set to "1" when the alarm sound is being reported.

The flag FA1 is set to "1" when the current time coincides with the alarm clock time, and is set to "0" when the alarm off switch is turned on. When the current time is within the notification period of the advance alarm (the period from a certain time before the advance alarm time to the advance alarm time) in the flag FA2, and the wake-up alarm time exists within the advance period of the advance alarm. "2" is set, "1" is set when the alarm clock time does not exist within the notification period of the advance alarm, and "0" is set when the current time is outside the notification period of the advance alarm.

The voice data storage unit 12 is a circuit for storing voice data when the remaining time is notified by a warning alarm, and the voice data in the voice data storage unit 12 is controlled by the control unit 4.
Is read out and output to the voice synthesis processing circuit 13.
The voice synthesis processing circuit 13 performs voice synthesis processing on the voice data supplied from the control unit 4, and outputs the synthesized voice signal to the speaker 10 via the OR gate 9.

Voice data corresponding to the remaining time until the advance alarm time is read from the voice data storage unit 12 as time passes, which is a certain time before the advance alarm time, and the voice data is synthesized by the voice synthesis processing circuit 13. The time remaining until the notice alarm time is "30 minutes before", "20 minutes before", "10 minutes before", "5 minutes before", and "4 minutes before"
Minutes before ... ”is output from the speaker 10.

Next, the overall operation of the alarm clock of the embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S1 of FIG. 2, it is determined whether or not a key input has been made.
If no key is input, the process proceeds to step S2, and it is determined whether or not a carry has occurred. If it is determined in this determination that minute carry is present, the next step S
The alarm alarm process of 3 is executed.

The alarm alarm process will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Step S in FIG.
In step 21, it is determined whether or not the flag FA1 is "0", that is, whether or not the current state has not reached the alarm clock.

When it is determined that the flag FA1 = 0 in this determination, the process proceeds to step S22, and it is determined whether or not the current time T matches the alarm clock time stored in the register AL1. If the current time T matches the alarm clock time, the flag F is set in the next step S23.
A1 is set to "1" and the fact that the alarm clock time has been reached is stored. Then, in the next step S24, an alarm start signal is output to the alarm signal generation circuit 8 to make an alarm sound. Further, the next step S
In step 25, "1" is set to the flag FH indicating that the alarm sound is being output, and the alarm alarm processing is ended.

On the other hand, the flag FA is determined in step S21.
When it is determined that 1 ≠ 0, it means that the alarm sound has been reached and the alarm sound is sounded. Therefore, whether the alarm sound flag FH is “1”, that is, whether the alarm sound is being sounded or not. Determine whether. If the flag FH is determined to be "1" in this determination, it means that the alarm sound is sounded for 1 minute and the carry for the next minute is generated.
After proceeding to step S27 and outputting the alarm stop signal to the alarm signal generating circuit 8 to stop the alarm sound, the flag FH is set to "0" at the next step S28, and the alarm alarm processing is terminated.

When the flag FH ≠ 1 is determined in the determination in step S26, it means that the alarm sound is not being sounded during the snooze period. In this case, step S2
In step 9, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time, for example, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, or 25 minutes has elapsed from the alarm clock time. When it is determined in this determination that the predetermined time has elapsed from the wake-up alarm time, the flag FH is set to "1" in the next step S30, the alarm sound is started in step S31, and the wake-up is performed. The alarm processing ends.

Returning to FIG. 2, when the alarm alarm process is completed, the advance alarm process of the next step S4 is executed. Here, the advance alarm process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S41 of FIG. 4, it is determined whether or not the flag FA2 is "0", that is, whether or not the state one minute before is outside the notification period of the advance alarm. With this determination, the flag FA2
When it is determined that = 0, the process proceeds to step S42, and it is determined whether the current time T is 30 minutes before the advance alarm time set in the register AL2.

When it is determined in this determination that the current time T is 30 minutes before the advance alarm time, the alarm clock time set in the register AL1 in the next step S43 is within the alarm period of the advance alarm, that is, the advance alarm. It is determined whether or not the time is set between 30 minutes before the alarm time and the advance alarm time.

If the wake-up alarm time is set between 30 minutes before the advance alarm time and the advance alarm time (YES at S43), the process proceeds to step S44 where "2" is set in the flag FA2 and the advance notice is made. The advance alarm processing is ended at that point without giving a voice notification notifying that it is 30 minutes before the alarm time.

If it is determined in step S43 that the alarm clock time has not been set between 30 minutes before the advance alarm time and the advance alarm time (S43, N).
O), proceeding to step S45 and setting "1" to the flag FA2, the flag FA1 is set to "0" at the next step S46.
It is determined whether or not, that is, whether or not the state one minute ago is outside the snooze period of the alarm clock.

When FA1 = 1 is determined in the determination processing in step S46 (S46, NO), that is, the current time T
Is 30 minutes before the advance alarm time, and if the state 1 minute before is within the snooze period of the alarm alarm, there is no sound notification to notify that it is 30 minutes before the advance alarm time, and the advance notice is made there. The alarm processing ends.

In the discrimination processing of step S46, the flag FA1
If it is determined that = 0 (S46, YES), that is, if the current time is 30 minutes before the advance alarm time and is outside the snooze period of the alarm clock, step S
Proceeding to 47, after notifying by voice that it is 30 minutes before the advance alarm time, the advance alarm processing is ended.

Here, the notification operation in the case where the alarm clock time is set within the notification period of the advance alarm,
This will be described with reference to FIG. The same figure (A) has shown the case where "7:20" is set as an alarm clock time, and "7:45" is set as a warning alarm time, respectively. In this case, since the wake-up alarm time is set between "7:15" and "7:45" within the notification period of the advance alarm, the current time is 30 minutes before the advance alarm time. When this happens, the flag FA2 is set to "2", and no audio notification that the time is 30 minutes before the advance alarm time is given.

Then, at 7:20, the alarm alarm is sounded, the flag FA2 is set to "1", and the warning alarm is ready to be notified (FIG. 4, S).
48-S50). When the alarm sound of the alarm alarm is issued and the user operates the snooze off switch, "0" is set in the flag FA1 and the alarm sound of the alarm alarm is stopped. After that, when the current time becomes “7:25” 20 minutes before the advance alarm time, the flags FA2 and FA1 are set to FA2 = 1 and FA1 respectively.
Since 0 is set and it is possible to notify the advance alarm, it is notified by voice that it is 20 minutes before the advance alarm time. 10 minutes ago, 5 minutes ago, 4 minutes ago
・ ・ Although the advance notice alarm will be announced as usual.

Next, the notification operation in the case of 30 minutes before the advance alarm time during the snooze period of the alarm alarm will be described with reference to FIG. 5 (B). FIG. 6B shows a case where "7:07" is set as the alarm clock time and "7:45" is set as the advance alarm time. In this case, since the wake-up alarm time is not set within the notification period of the notice alarm, when the current time is "7:15" 30 minutes before the notice alarm time, "1" is set to the flag FA2. Then, the notice alarm can be notified. However, at that time, since the flag FA1 is set to "1" during the snooze period of the wake-up alarm, the determination in step S46 in FIG. No notification is given.

When the snooze function sounds the alarm sound at "7:17" and the user operates the snooze off switch immediately after that, the flag FA1 is set.
Is set to "0", and the alarm sound of the alarm clock is stopped. After that, 20 minutes before the advance alarm time, "7: 2
5 minutes ”, then the flags FA2 and FA1 are
Since FA2 = 1 and FA1 = 0 respectively, it is notified by voice that it is 20 minutes before the advance alarm.
Then, 10 minutes before, 5 minutes before, 4 minutes before ..., the remaining time until the respective notice alarm time is announced by voice.

Returning to FIG. 4, FA2 = 0 in step S41.
If FA2 ≠ 0 in the determination as to whether or not (S41,
No), the process proceeds to step S48 and it is determined whether the flag FA2 is "2". If FA2 = 2 is determined in this determination, that is, if the wake-up alarm time is set within the period from 30 minutes before the advance alarm time to the advance alarm time, the process proceeds to step S49.
, It is determined whether or not it matches the alarm clock time set in the register AL1. When the current time T coincides with the wake-up alarm time, when the next minute carry occurs, the wake-up alarm time does not exist between the current time T and the advance alarm time, so the flag FA2 is set in the next step S50. Is set to "1" to enable the warning alarm to be sounded, and the warning alarm process is terminated.

When it is determined in step S48 whether the flag FA2 = 2 or not, if the flag FA2 ≠ 2 (S4
(8, NO), the process proceeds to step S51, and it is determined whether or not the current time T matches the advance alarm time set in the register AL2. If the present time T coincides with the notice alarm time in this determination (S51, YES), the notice alarm time has passed when the next minute carry occurs, so the process proceeds to step S52 and the flag FA2 is set to "0".
Set to stop the warning sound of the advance alarm. Then, in the next step S53, it is determined whether or not the flag FA1 is "0", that is, whether or not it is outside the snooze period of the present alarm clock.

When FA1 = 1 is determined in the determination process of step S53 (S53, NO), that is, when the alarm alarm is in the snooze period, a voice notification notifying that the advance alarm time has been reached is not issued, Then, the notice alarm process is ended. Also, step S5
When FA1 = 0 is determined in the determination process of step 3 (S53,
YES), that is, when you are currently out of snooze,
The process advances to step S54 to notify by voice that the advance alarm time has been reached.

When the current time T does not match the advance alarm time as determined in step S51 (S51, NO),
In step S55, it is determined whether or not the flag FA1 is "0", that is, whether or not it is outside the snooze period of the present alarm clock. When it is determined that FA1 = 1 in this determination (S5
(5, NO), that is, during the snooze period, the remaining time of the advance alarm time is not notified by voice,
Then, the notice alarm process is ended.

On the other hand, FA1 = 0 in the determination of step S55.
If it is determined that the result is YES (S55, YES), that is, outside the snooze period of the alarm clock, step S56.
The current time T is 20 minutes before the advance alarm time, 1
Whether 0 minutes before, 5 minutes before, 4 minutes before ... is determined. If the present time T corresponds to any of the above times by this determination (S56, YES), the procedure proceeds to step S57, where the remaining time until the advance alarm time is notified by voice, and then the advance alarm processing ends. If it is determined in step S56 that the current time T does not correspond to any of 20 minutes before the advance alarm time, 10 minutes before the advance alarm time, ... Then, the advance alarm processing ends.

As described above, in this embodiment, the current time T
Even if a certain time before the preset warning time, the alarm clock is set even if the alarm time is set within the warning period of the warning alarm, or even if the warning period of the warning alarm is after the alarm time. When it overlaps with the snooze period, the notification of the remaining time by voice is not performed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent sleep from being disturbed by the notification of the advance alarm by the voice before the alarm clock time. Further, it is possible to prevent both the alarm sound of the alarm and the notification of the remaining time of the advance alarm from being performed during the snooze period.

Returning to FIG. 2, when the advance alarm processing in step S4 is completed, the display processing in step S5 is executed. In this display process, the updated current time T is displayed on the display unit 7.

When the key input is detected in the determination in step S1, the process proceeds to step S6 and it is determined whether or not the alarm off switch is operated. If the operated switch is the alarm off switch (S6, YES), the flow advances to step S7 to set the flag FH to "0" to stop the alarm sound.

When it is determined in step S6 that the alarm off switch is not operated (S6, NO),
In step S8, it is determined whether the snooze off switch has been operated. When the snooze off switch is operated by this determination (S8, YES), the flag FA1 is set to "0" in the next step S9 to stop the alarm sound during the snooze period. It is in the state to let.

If it is determined in step S8 that the snooze off switch is not operated (S8, N
O), the process proceeds to step S10, and it is determined whether or not the advance alarm off switch has been operated. If the advance alarm off switch was operated (S10, YE
S), "0" is set to the flag FA2, and the notification of the advance alarm is stopped.

If it is determined in step S10 that it was not the advance alarm off switch that was operated, the process proceeds to step S12, and another switch process is executed. When both the alarm time and the advance alarm time are set, and the wake-up alarm time is set within the advance alarm notification period, or when the wake-up alarm snooze period and the advance alarm notification period overlap. The notification of the advance alarm is prohibited during the period before the wake-up alarm time or during the snooze period. It is possible to solve the problem that both are notified.

The present invention can be applied not only to stationary or wristwatch type alarm timepieces, but also to electronic equipment having an alarm function.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the sleep alarm from being interrupted by issuing the advance alarm, for example, before the alarm clock time. Further, it is possible to prevent both the alarm alarm notification and the advance alarm notification from being issued during the snooze period of the alarm alarm.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of an alarm clock according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the overall processing operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a wake-up alarm process.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of advance notice alarm processing.

FIG. 5 (A) is an explanatory diagram of a notification operation when a wake-up alarm time is set during a warning alarm notification period, and FIG. 5 (B) is a snooze period of the wake-up alarm time and a warning alarm. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a notification operation when the notification periods overlap with each other.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 Time counting circuit 4 control unit 7 Display 8 Alarm signal generation circuit 11 RAM 13 Speech synthesis processing circuit

Front page continuation (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G04G 13/02

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A clocking means for clocking a current time, a first alarm time storage means for storing a first alarm time, a second alarm time storage means for storing a second alarm time, and the clocking. A first notification means for giving notification when the current time measured by the means reaches the first alarm time, and a fixed time until the current time measured by the time measuring means reaches the second alarm time Second notification means for performing notification corresponding to the remaining time up to the second alarm time intermittently from before until the second alarm time is reached, and the first alarm time is If the second alarm means is set before the alarm time of No. 2 and after the time when the second alarm means intermittently starts alarm, the second alarm is performed during the period before the first alarm time. Informing action of the means Alarm Clock, characterized in that it comprises a notification control means for stopping. 2. The first notifying means makes an intermittent notification for a predetermined time after the current time measured by the time measuring means reaches the first alarm time, and the notification control means makes the notification When the period in which the second notification unit intermittently notifies before the second alarm time and the period in which the first notification unit intermittently notifies after the first alarm time overlap with each other 2. The alarm timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the alarm operation of the second notifying means is prohibited until the period of the first notifying means intermittently notifying ends. 3. A switch for stopping the notification operation of the first notification means, wherein the notification control means sets the second notification when the notification operation of the first notification means is stopped by the switch. The alarm timepiece according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the alarm operation of the alarm means is enabled.