EP1081565A2 - Zeitprogrammierungsvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP1081565A2
EP1081565A2 EP00307384A EP00307384A EP1081565A2 EP 1081565 A2 EP1081565 A2 EP 1081565A2 EP 00307384 A EP00307384 A EP 00307384A EP 00307384 A EP00307384 A EP 00307384A EP 1081565 A2 EP1081565 A2 EP 1081565A2
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Ryuichi Sakai
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    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G15/00—Time-pieces comprising means to be operated at preselected times or after preselected time intervals
    • G04G15/006—Time-pieces comprising means to be operated at preselected times or after preselected time intervals for operating at a number of different times

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  • the present invention relates to a timer programming device built into an electronic appliance such as a video cassette recorder.
  • the invention relates to a timer programming device that can carry out a program data accurately without being influenced by programmed time and date regardless of whether it is daylight saving time or standard time.
  • a timer programming device hitherto has operated in a manner that it compares a time programmed to it with time of day given by a clock built into an electronic appliance, and starts the electronic appliance to operate when two of the times match.
  • time of the clock built in the electronic appliance is adjusted manually by a user, or it is adjusted using a time signal transmitted by a certain broadcasting station.
  • the timer programming device is a device built into an electronic appliance such as a video cassette recorder, and it has a function to accept advance setting of a program for operating the electronic appliance, and to control the electronic appliance in a predetermined manner according to the preset program.
  • Items to be preset for operation of the electronic appliance include:
  • program data The above items to be preset for operation of the electronic appliance will be hereinafter referred to simply as program data.
  • Fig. 3 is an example of the timer programming device of the prior art built into an electronic appliance.
  • This timer programming device comprises:
  • the timer programming device of the prior art constructed as above operates in a manner which will be described hereinafter.
  • a user sets a program data in the timer programming device through the program setting unit 21, without taking into consideration at all whether the date being programmed belongs in a daylight saving time period or in a standard time period.
  • the program data set with the program setting unit 21 is forwarded to and stored in the program data memory 22.
  • the program data memory 22 sends the program data to the display unit 25.
  • the display unit 25 displays the program data in order for the user to verify details of the timer program.
  • the user can store a plurality of timer programs into the program data memory 22 by repeating the steps described above.
  • the controller 24 inputs the current time and date from the clock 23, compares it with the program data in the program data memory 22, and carries out recording and so on, when it comes to the programmed time.
  • the present time shown in the clock 23 is adjusted by the user manually, or by using a time signal, when time is switched over from daylight saving time to standard time (or from standard time to daylight saving time). Hence, the electronic appliance can operate correctly thereafter according to programmed time.
  • Fig. 4A, 4B, and 4C show states wherein an electronic appliance carries out program data in neighboring hours of time when a switchover takes place from standard time to daylight saving time.
  • Fig. 4A shows a time scale of the standard time.
  • Fig. 4B shows a time scale converted into the daylight saving time.
  • Fig. 4C shows a scale of actual time in practice. As shown in these figures, 4A, 4B and 4C, 0:00 hour in standard time indicated in Fig. 4A is 1:00 hour in the converted daylight saving time shown in Fig. 4B.
  • the present time set with the electronic appliance corresponds to the standard time prior to a start of the first program.
  • the timer programming device starts the first program when its built-in clock comes to 23 o'clock on the 31st of March (in the standard time).
  • the first program ends one hour later at 0 o'clock on the 1st of April (in the standard time).
  • the timer programming device will become incapable of executing the second program properly unless the built-in clock is switched to the daylight saving time from the standard time (changing it to 1 o'clock of the 1st of April) immediately after it becomes 0 o'clock.
  • the present invention is to obviate the afore-stated problem of the prior art, and it aims at providing a timer programming device built into an electronic appliance that can carry out a timer program properly without being influenced by a programmed time and date regardless of whether it belongs in daylight saving time or standard time, and that can allow verification of a time to carry out the timer program.
  • the timer programming device of this invention to be built into an electronic appliance comprises:
  • the program data converter has functions of:
  • program data is now converted into the standard-time program data.
  • the program data memory stores the standard-time program data and the offset time.
  • the structure as described above eliminates the necessity of changing time of the standard time clock when a changeover takes place from standard time to daylight saving time and vice versa, since it carries out the program based on the standard time thereby avoiding an influence from a difference in the programmed time and date between the daylight saving time and the standard time.
  • the present invention realizes the timer programming device that functions in a manner to operate the electronic appliance properly according to the programmed time, and that can allow verification of the time to carry out the program.
  • timer programming device of the present invention With reference to accompanying figures, exemplary embodiments of a timer programming device of the present invention will be described hereinafter.
  • Fig. 1 is a general view depicting an example of an electronic appliance equipped with a timer programming device of a first exemplary embodiment of this invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a block diagram depicting a configuration of the timer programming device of the first exemplary embodiment of this invention.
  • the timer programming device 10 of the first exemplary embodiment of this invention is built into the electronic appliance 1. Further, as shown in Fig. 2, the timer programming device 10 built into the electronic appliance in this exemplary embodiment of the invention comprises:
  • the PDC 17 has functions of:
  • the determining as to whether the starting date and time belong in daylight saving time or standard time is made by comparing them with a switch-over date and time (from daylight saving time to standard time, and vice versa) stored beforehand in a memory.
  • the offset time is zero.
  • the offset time is a difference between standard time and daylight saving time, if the times the electronic appliance is operated belong in daylight saving time.
  • the program data is thus converted into the standard-time program data in the above manner.
  • the standard-time program data is managed based on standard time.
  • the PDM12 stores the standard-time program data and the offset time.
  • the timer programming device 10 configured as shown in Fig. 2 operates in a manner which will be described hereinafter.
  • a user sets a program data with the PSU 11 without taking into consideration at all whether the date being programmed belongs in a daylight saving time period or in a standard time period.
  • the program data set with the PSU 11 is forwarded to the PDC 17.
  • the PDC 17 determines whether the program data it received belongs in daylight saving time or standard time, according to time and date set in the program data.
  • the PDC 17 then changes the starting time and the finishing time in the program data into standard time hours, and converts the program data into a standard-time program data.
  • the converted standard-time program data is forwarded to the PDM 12.
  • the PDM 12 stores therein the forwarded standard-time program data, and sends the once stored standard-time program data to the DDC 16.
  • the DDC 16 receives the standard-time program data, converts the starting time and the finishing time into times actually corresponding to the programmed time and date, and forward them to the display unit 15.
  • the display unit 15 displays them in time and date corresponding to the programmed data. In this way, the user is able to make a verification of the times he programmed.
  • the user can store a plurality of program data in the PDM 12 by repeating the steps described above.
  • the controller 14 inputs the current time and date from the standard time clock 13, compares them with the standard-time program data stored in the PDM 12, and carries out recording and so on when it comes to the programmed time.
  • the standard time clock 13 moves in the standard time. Therefore, the timer programming device of this exemplary embodiment requires no adjustment of the present time either manually or with a time signal, even when a changeover takes place from daylight saving time to standard time or from standard time to daylight saving time. Hence, the timer programming device of this exemplary embodiment can operate the electronic appliance accurately all the time according to the programmed times.
  • the electronic appliance operates precisely at the programmed times without even changing time of the standard time clock upon a changeover from standard time to daylight saving time and vice versa. Furthermore, the user can confirm the times at which the electronic appliance executes the program data.
  • the PSU 11 can be separated from the timer programming device built in the electronic appliance, as it may be included in a remote controller. If such is the case, program data can be transmitted from a program setting unit built in the remote controller to the PDC 17 built in the timer programming device by means such as infrared rays. Subsequently, the timer programming device carries out the foregoing operation upon receiving the program data. In addition, the same can be achieved if the PSU 11 and the PDC 17 are built into a separate remote controller, from which data is transmitted to the RDM12 built in the timer programming device by means of infrared rays and the like.
  • the electronic appliance operates accurately at the programmed times, without changing time of the standard time clock upon the changeover from standard time to daylight saving time and vice versa. Furthermore, the user can confirm the times at which the electronic appliance executes the program data.
  • the timer programming device of the present invention provides such remarkable advantages that time and date to carry out a program is not influenced by a difference between daylight saving time and standard time, the standard time clock requires no adjustment of time, and it allows the user to confirm the times the electronic appliance executes the program.
  • the timer programming device of this invention is adaptable to other types of electronic appliance such as a set-top boxes (STB), a digital video disk (DVD) recorder and the like, besides a video cassette recorder, for setting a starting time and a finishing time of operation, and so on.
  • STB set-top boxes
  • DVD digital video disk

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