JP2003195878A - Card type program timer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card type program timer which does not select a song number at each set time and selects another song number by a changing means that the program timer is equipped with when the song number is selected. <P>SOLUTION: A mark type card for specified time, days of the week, and chime activation is marked and a card reader reads specification information of the card; and song numbers which are predetermined with all the specification information are set and programmed. Set time is compared with the current time and when they match each other, a song number specified by the program is reproduced. When the song number is changed, the song to be changed is read out of the stored program and changed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card type program timer for setting designated information for ringing a chime or bell at a set time by a mark type card and ringing a chime or bell at a set time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of a conventional card type program timer card. On the card 102, a time designation field 104 and a song designation field 106 can be designated in pairs, and one song can be designated from a plurality of chime songs stored in advance at each set time. There is.

[0003]

A card to be incorporated in a conventional card-type program timer has a designated time and a designated music pair, and a plurality of pieces of such designated information are set on the same card. The specified information is read and stored by the reader. Certainly, it is attractive to be able to set a designated song for each designated time, but in many cases, one song can actually be designated in time. Therefore, even when only one music piece is set in this way, the same music piece must be marked every designated time, which is troublesome. An object of the present invention is to provide a card type program timer which does not select a music piece at each set time, but selects another music piece by changing means provided in the program timer.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problem] At least the designated time and day of the week, the day of the week, and the chime start, which are the designated information of the program, are filled in on a mark type card, the designated information of the card is read by a card reader, and the designated information is stored by the storage means for each designated information Set and program preset songs. On the other hand, the time measuring means measures the current time, the control circuit compares the set time programmed in the storage means with the current time, and the control circuit operates. A plurality of tunes are stored in advance in the tune storage means, and the tune selection means selects a tune of the matching program from the tune storage means and calls it. The music called by the music selection means is output by an amplifier and a speaker which are output means. Further, the display section displays the date, time and program content. When the user wants to change the song, the program to be changed can be called from the once stored program and the song can be changed by the song changing means.

Further, in the above means, since the fixed music is fixed to the predetermined music in the storage means, the predetermined music cannot be changed. Therefore, instead of setting the predetermined music in the storage means, the music is designated on the card. There is also a method of providing columns. When the music is designated on the card, all the music is designated for the set time on the same card. When it is desired to change the programmed program, the program changing means may be used to change the program as described above.

[0006]

1 is an embodiment of a card type program timer according to the present invention. The card 2 has designated information such as a set time, a chime activation of a chime, and a day of the week for sounding a chime. The card reader 4 reads the designation information of the card 2. The storage circuit 5 serving as a storage unit stores the designation information read by the card reader 4 as a program. The clock circuit 7 serving as a clock means divides the pulse generated by the crystal oscillator 6 to generate the current time. The control circuit 8 serving as a control means compares the current time sent from the clock circuit 7 with the set time of the designated information of the program stored in the storage circuit. If they match as a result of the comparison, the music piece designation information is input to the music piece selection circuit 9. Further, the control circuit 8 sets the chime start-up stored in the storage circuit 5, that is, the time before the amplifier 11 is turned on before the set time is reached. It is output to 11.

The song storage circuit 10 serving as a song storage means,
Plural kinds of songs can be stored in advance. The music selection circuit 9 serving as music selection means selects the same music from the music storage circuit 10 based on the music designation information input from the control circuit 8 and outputs the selected music to the amplifier 11. Here, the output means is an amplifier or a speaker. Amplifier 11
Then, the power is turned on by the signal input from the control circuit 8, the music selected by the music selection circuit is then amplified, and the selected music is output from the speaker 12. Here, I explained how to play the selected song from the built-in speaker at the set time, but in reality it can be connected to multiple different clocks by wire like a parent and child clock and sounded with the built-in speaker of each clock. .

The operation switch section 13 is used when changing a music piece. The program stored in the storage circuit 5 stores designated information such as set time, selected song, chime start, and day of the week. When changing the selected music, the program is called by the operation switch unit 13 and the designated music of the program is changed.

The display unit 15 is a monitor capable of confirming and correcting the current date, time and program contents. The display signal control unit 14 inputs current time information, information such as confirmation and change of program contents from the control circuit 8.
The input information is output on the display.

FIG. 2 is an embodiment showing the appearance of the card type program timer of the present invention. The display unit 15 displays the current time, date, and program content. These displays will be described later with reference to FIG. Switching and correction of the display of the current time, date, and program contents can be set by operating the call button 20, − button 22, + button 24, 0 second setting button 26, setting button 28, and clock button 30. .

FIG. 3 shows the first embodiment of the card of the card type program timer according to the present invention. Card 2
Includes a day of the week designation column 30, a chime activation designation column 32, and time designation columns 34a to 34e.

The day designation column 30 is a time designation column 34a to 34e.
This is a field for setting which day of the week the time designated by is designated. To specify, specify the day of the week specification field 3
Mark the day of the week specified in the day of 0, month, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. When specifying Monday to Friday, mark weekdays. Mark all (every day) to specify all from Sunday to Saturday. This card 2 does not have a column for designating a song, but as shown in FIG. 1, one designated song when the designation information of the card 2 is read by the card reader 4 and programmed in the storage circuit 5 is used. It is not necessary because it is set to be selected.

The chime starting designation field 32 designates how long before the set time the power is turned on, because when the chime is sounded, it is amplified by the amplifier and the speaker is sounded. From the right side in the chime start designation column 32, the ones digit of the second and the tens digit of the second are shown. Normally, there is no problem if you enter 2 seconds before, but you can freely specify up to 59 seconds.

The time designation fields 34a to 34e are fields for designating time settings. In FIG. 3, up to five time entry fields are shown. However, although there are actually columns to be set, they are omitted in the figure. The time designation fields 34a to 34e represent the ones digit of the minute, the tenths digit of the minute, the ones digit of the hour, and the tenths digit of the hour from the right.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents displayed on the display unit of the card type program timer of the present invention. Figure 4
(A) shows the display of the date, for example 2001
July 7, is displayed. Next, how to set the date will be described. When the clock button 30 is pressed for 3 seconds and the setting button 28 is pressed, the date blinks and the date can be corrected. -Button 2
2. Press the + button 24 to set the year, month and day. Year,
After setting the month and day, the setting button 28 is pressed to complete the setting. The day of the week is automatically set when the date is set.

FIG. 4 (b) shows the display of time,
As an example, 12:50:42 is displayed. Next, how to set the time will be described. When the clock button 30 is pressed for 3 seconds and the setting button 28 is pressed, the time flashes and the time becomes settable. The − button 22 and the + button 24 are used to set the hour and minute. Regarding the seconds, the setting is completed by confirming the external current time and pressing the 0 second setting button 26 when the time becomes 0 seconds. Since the day of the week is set according to the date set in FIG. 4A, the day of the week is not set.

FIG. 4C shows a display for confirming the contents of the program, and shows, for example, a display that the third music is played at 8 o'clock on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Explain how to check the program contents. When the call button 20 is pressed, the program contents such as set time, set day of week,
The song is displayed below the note mark. -Button 22, +
When the button 24 is pressed, the stored programs are sequentially switched and displayed.

Next, the case of changing the musical composition will be described. As described with reference to FIG. 1, one program (here, the program number is 1) is always set when programmed by the card, and when the program is changed, it is changed by button operation. If you press the call button 20 and press the setting button 28 while the program you want to change is displayed, the song will blink and you will be able to set it. When you change the song with the-button 22 and + button 24, the change is completed. The setting is completed by pressing the setting button 28.

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the card of the card type program timer according to the present invention. Card 52
Is composed of a music title designation column 54, a day designation column 56, a chime start designation column 58, and time designation columns 60a to 60e. Day designation field 56, chime start designation field 58, time designation fields 60a to 60e
3 is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3, and therefore its explanation is omitted, and a music piece designation column 54 different from that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3 will be explained.

The song designation column 54 is a column for designating a song stored in advance in the song storage circuit 10 shown in FIG. When one song is designated by the song designation, everything designated in the time designation field 60 is programmed by this song. Therefore, the difference from the first embodiment of FIG. 3 is that one memory is set in the memory circuit of FIG. 1 in the first embodiment, but in the second embodiment of this figure The music is not selected in the memory circuit of FIG. 1, but the music is selected by the card 52.

[0021]

According to the present invention, when the designation information is input by the card, a common music piece is designated for all the designated times of one card, so that the time and effort for designating the musical piece at each designated time can be reduced. Become. Further, even after programming, the designation of the music can be changed by the changing means.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an embodiment of a card type program timer of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an embodiment showing an appearance of a card type program timer of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a first embodiment of the card of the card type program timer of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing contents displayed on a display unit of the card type program timer of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a second embodiment of the card of the card type program timer of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example of a card of a conventional card type program timer.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 cards 4 card reader 5 memory circuits 7 clock circuit 8 control circuit 9th song selection circuit 10th memory circuit 11 amplifier 12 speakers 13 Operation switch section 15 Display

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A card capable of at least designating a plurality of designated times and days of the week when a chime is sounded and designation information for starting a chime, a card reader for reading the designation information of the card, and a designated time for the designation information read from the card reader. The memory means for programming by adding the selected song, the time means for measuring the current time, and the time designated by the program programmed in the memory means and the current time output from the time means are designated. Control means for controlling a circuit for operating a timer of a different number, a music storage means for storing a plurality of music in advance, and a music selection means for selecting and calling a music of a program matched by the control means from the music storage means. And the control means inputs a chime drive signal and outputs the music called by the music selection means. Means, a display section for displaying date, time, and program contents, and a program for changing the music piece by calling a program whose music piece is to be changed from among the plurality of programs stored in the storage means on the display portion. A card-type program timer, characterized in that a changing means is provided. 2. A card capable of at least specifying designation information for designating a plurality of designated times and days when a chime is to be sounded, a chime start-up, and a song common to a plurality of designated times, and a card for reading the designated information of the cards. The reader, the storage means for programming the designation information read from the card reader, the timekeeping means for measuring the current time, the current time output from the timekeeping means, and the set time of the program programmed in the storage means are the same. Sometimes, a control means for controlling a circuit for operating a timer of a designated number, a music storage means for storing a plurality of music in advance, and a chime drive signal inputted by the control means to be called by the music selection means. Output means for outputting the selected song, a display section for displaying date, time, and program content, Output means for outputting the outputted tune, a display section for displaying date, time, and program contents, and a program for changing the tune among the plurality of programs stored in the storage means is called up by the display section, A card-type program timer, which is provided with a song changing means capable of changing the.