JPH04116495A - Alarm clock - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make possible calm sleep and pleasant a wakening by providing each timer for sleep and waking in an alarm clock to generate melodies suitable for sleep and waking respectively. CONSTITUTION:When one goes to bed, a time for falling asleep is considered in setting the time for cutting off a melody for sleep and, when a time-on/off button 1 is switched on, a melody for inducing sleep continues to flow as the volume is gradually turned down up to the set time. At this time the initial volume of the melody for sleep is set with the use of a volume control knob 3. On the other hand, when a waking expected time is set to switch on a timer- on/off button 2 for waking, the melody for waking flows tens minutes before the set time, the volume gradually becomes louder up to the expected volume preset by the knob to reach the expected volume at the set time. Setting of each timer for sleep and waking is performed with the use of the knob provided on the rear and the like of an alarm clock.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an alarm clock, and more particularly to the structural principle of a melody function generated as a means for waking up and sleeping.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, traditional alarm clocks have a strong image of being forcibly woken up from sleep, and waking up the user is never a pleasant experience.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention not only allows you to wake up naturally and comfortably from sleep (
The purpose is to acquire the ability and means to generate melodies that feel good (melody that makes you fall asleep).

[Means to solve the problem]

The alarm clock of the present invention is an alarm clock that notifies the time by emitting a bell sound or an electronic sound at the set time, and is equipped with a sleep timer in addition to the alarm timer, and is suitable for each purpose of waking up and sleeping. It is characterized by having a melody generation function and means.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view of an alarm clock according to an embodiment of the present invention, which has built-in timers for sleep and wake-up, and a melody generator, and includes sleep timer on/off button 1 and wake-up timer. When a user who is equipped with the on/off button 2 goes to bed, he or she first sets the sleep melody and off time, and then presses the sleep timer on/off button 1.
When turned on, melody 6- continues to play while gradually decreasing the volume until the set time.

Here, the sleep melody cut-off time is set in consideration of the time when you will likely fall asleep, and the sleep melody cut-off time is set by
The initial volume is set using the volume control knob 3.

On the other hand, if you set the scheduled wake-up time in the same way and turn on the alarm timer on/off button 2, the alarm melody will start playing several minutes before the set time, and the volume can be adjusted in advance by adjusting the volume control knob 6. The volume gradually increases toward the set desired volume, and reaches the desired volume at exactly 5 cents. Although it is possible to set the time from when the melody starts playing to the scheduled wake-up time, it is not effective if the time is too short in view of the gist of the present invention.

The melodies used here are environmental music such as the murmuring and ripples of a stream, the chirping of small birds, and other melodies that induce a pleasant sleep or a gentle awakening, and are built into the alarm clock. It is emitted using Melodye C, electric music box, Endons micro cassette tape, etc.

The timer points for sleep and wake-up are controlled by knobs provided on the back of the watch, etc. As shown in Figure 2, the sleep timer pointer 4 has a star shape, and the wake-up timer pointer 5 has a round shape representing the sun. The set time of each timer is displayed in an easy-to-understand manner.

Note that although the analog clock is illustrated and explained here as an example, the alarm clock function of the present invention can be applied to a digital clock as well, with the only difference being the display method.

External view.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the display state around the dial of the alarm clock according to the embodiment of the present invention.

1 ・・・・・・Sleep timer on/off button 2
.....Alarm timer on/off button 3
......Volume control knob 4...Sleep timer pointer 5...
...Alarm clock timer guide [Effects of the invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the alarm clock is provided with respective timers for sleep and wake-up, and also has a melody generation function suitable for each of sleep and wake-up. By being equipped with the means to do so, it has the effect of allowing you to fall into a peaceful sleep while listening to a pleasant melody, and to wake up from sleep feeling naturally relaxed and comfortable.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] An alarm clock that notifies the time by emitting a bell sound or an electronic sound when a set time is reached, is provided with a sleep timer in addition to the wake-up timer, and has a melody suitable for each purpose of waking up and sleeping. An alarm clock characterized by having a generation function and means.