JP2009276220A - Alarm generator and alarm generating program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an alarm generator with a setting of repeated alarms automatically revised according to the situation. <P>SOLUTION: An alarm setting part 11 sets alarm times for a clock part 15 to generate alarms. When a situation change detecting part 14 detects a change in the situation after the alarm setting, an alarm setting altering part 13 alters the set times only once according to the result of the detection by the detecting part 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an alarm generation device that generates an alarm at a set time and an alarm generation program therefor.

  As one function of the mobile phone terminal device having various functions, there is an alarm generation function for generating an alarm at a set time. (Hereinafter, the terminal device is also simply referred to as a terminal.) This alarm generation function can be used in place of an alarm clock. The mobile phone terminal alarm function can be set repeatedly. For example, it is possible to set an alarm to be generated at the same time every day. Such repeated setting is convenient because it saves the trouble of resetting the alarm time every day.

Although not related to the occurrence of an alarm, Patent Document 1 discloses that the current time of the cradle is triggered by the fact that a portable electronic device such as a digital still camera is connected to a cradle (charger) with a built-in radio clock. And the current time of the camera are compared, and when “shooting country” is set as the camera time, a technique of changing the setting to “home country” is disclosed.
JP 2005-109554 A

  While the repeated setting of the alarm function as described above is convenient, it may be annoying and uniform. For example, if the user comes home late at a later time than usual, an alarm sounds at the same time as usual the next morning if nothing is done. Therefore, an alarm will be generated in a shorter sleeping time than usual.

  However, you may want to get up later than usual the next morning because you came home late. In such a case, in order to avoid the occurrence of an alarm at the usual time, it is necessary to redo the alarm setting. Such an operation is not only cumbersome, but can also be forgotten.

  In this background, an object of the present invention is to provide an alarm generation device and an alarm generation program that can automatically correct an alarm setting according to a situation.

  An alarm generation device according to the present invention generates a clock unit, an alarm setting unit for setting an alarm time for generating an alarm for the clock unit, and an alarm when the current time of the clock unit reaches the alarm time. An alarm generation unit, a situation change detection unit that detects a change in situation after setting an alarm, and an alarm setting change unit that changes the alarm time according to the detection result of the situation change detection unit.

  In this configuration, the situation fluctuation detection unit detects the situation fluctuation after the alarm is set. The alarm setting changing unit changes the alarm time according to the detection result of the situation fluctuation detecting unit.

  The situation fluctuation detection unit is, for example, a means for detecting the occurrence of a predetermined event, a means for calculating the time from the current time when the occurrence of the predetermined event is detected to the alarm time, and this calculation. The alarm setting changing unit is configured to compare the alarm time with a later time when the calculated time is shorter than the predetermined time as a result of the comparison. Change to

  An alarm generation program according to the present invention is an alarm generation program for realizing an alarm function of an alarm generation device, the step of setting an alarm time for generating an alarm, and when the current time of the clock unit reaches the alarm time A computer is caused to execute a step of generating an alarm, a step of detecting a change in the situation after the alarm is set, and a step of changing the alarm time according to the detection result of the situation change.

  Other configurations and operational effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of embodiments.

  According to the present invention, since the alarm setting can be automatically corrected according to the situation, the convenience of the alarm generating device is improved.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main functions of the alarm generator of the present invention.

  This alarm generation device includes a clock unit 15, an alarm setting unit 11 that sets an alarm time for generating an alarm, an alarm generation unit 12 that generates an alarm when the current time of the clock unit 15 reaches a set time, , A situation fluctuation detection unit 14 for detecting a situation fluctuation after setting an alarm, and an alarm setting changing unit 13 for changing the set time according to the detection result of the situation fluctuation detection unit 14.

  FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of a mobile phone terminal as an embodiment of the alarm generating device of the present invention.

  The mobile phone terminal 200 is connected to the control unit 201, the communication unit 203, the display unit 204, the operation unit 205, the storage unit 206, the charging circuit 207, the audio processing unit 210, and the audio processing unit 210 connected to each other via the bus 215. A speaker 211 and a microphone 212 connected, a clock unit 213 (corresponding to the clock unit 15 in FIG. 1), and a charger detection unit 208 connected to the charging circuit 207 are included. The charger 220 is detachably connected to the charger detector 208 via a connector (not shown). The charger incorporates an AC-DC converter 221.

  The control unit 201 includes a CPU and the like, and controls each unit of the mobile phone terminal 200.

  The communication unit 203 includes an RF unit, a modulation circuit, and the like, and performs wireless communication for calls, mails, WEB data, and the like with the base station via the antenna 202.

  The display unit 204 provides a display interface for presenting visible information to the user, and includes a display device such as an LCD or an organic EL.

  The operation unit 205 provides an input interface for a user to input instructions and data, and includes various operation keys such as a numeric keypad, a cursor movement key, a call key, and a power key.

  The storage unit 206 includes storage devices such as a ROM, a RAM, and an HDD, and stores programs such as an OS and various applications executed by the CPU, and various data. The ROM may include a rewritable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory. In addition, the storage unit 206 stores various setting data, schedule information, and the like, which will be described later.

  The audio processing unit 210 includes an audio encoder, decoder, DA converter, AD converter, and the like, and performs audio output to the speaker 211 (including earphones) and audio input from a microphone. Note that the communication unit 203 is an element that is not directly required in the present invention.

  FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the setting process of the mobile phone terminal 200.

  The terminal sets the alarm time Ta according to the operation of the operation unit by the user (S11). Similarly, the desired sleep time Td as “predetermined time” is set (S12).

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing for automatically changing the alarm time of the mobile phone terminal 200.

  It is assumed that the “repeated” alarm setting is made so that the set alarm time continues to be valid after the next day of arrival. However, the present invention cannot be applied to the setting of an alarm time that is effective only once, not repeatedly.

  The mobile phone terminal 200 waits for the occurrence of a predetermined event (S21). The predetermined event is, for example, one of charging started by connection to a charger, idle time becoming a predetermined value or more, and a predetermined user instruction to the operation unit. Specifically, an interrupt is generated for the control unit 201 based on such a factor.

  When a predetermined event occurs, the control unit 201 confirms the current time (Tc) (S22). Next, the sleep possible time (Tp = Ta−Tc), which is the difference between the alarm time and the current time, is calculated (S23).

  Therefore, the sleep possible time Tp is compared with the previously set desired sleep time Td to check whether the desired sleep time Td is secured by the currently set alarm time Ta when sleeping immediately (S24). .

  If secured, the process returns to step S21 without changing the alarm time Ta. If not secured, the alarm time is reset (corrected) only once so that the desired sleep time Td can be secured (S25). That is, a time obtained by adding an insufficient time (Td−Tp) to the currently set alarm time Ta is set as a new alarm time Ta. This resetting is temporary only for the next alarm, and returns to the original setting from the next time. For this purpose, the contents of the repeated alarm setting itself may be corrected, or the alarm setting may be temporarily invalidated to newly generate a one-time alarm setting. In the following, “reset” and “correction” may be any of these options.

  In this way, the alarm time Ta is automatically changed to the later side without requiring the user to perform a resetting operation under a predetermined condition. In addition, when a predetermined event occurs a plurality of times before the alarm time, the alarm time may be overlapped and changed. In such a case, the last processing result is valid.

  In the process of FIG. 4, the alarm time Ta is automatically reset when the desired sleep time Td cannot be ensured, but it may be inconvenient if the alarm time Ta is reset unconditionally. Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 5, a new setting item “sleep time priority” 51 may be provided on the alarm setting screen 50. When this setting item is turned on, resetting of the alarm time is allowed as described above, but when it is turned off, resetting of the alarm time is suppressed. Note that “time”, “alarm sound”, “volume”, “snooze”, and “ringing time”, which are other setting items on this screen, are well-known items and will not be described.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart of processing for changing the alarm time of the mobile phone terminal 200 in relation to “sleep time priority” shown in FIG. 5. Steps similar to those shown in FIG. 4 are given the same reference numerals, and redundant descriptions are omitted. After the occurrence of the predetermined event in step S21, the set content of the “sleep time priority” is confirmed (S31). If “sleep time priority” is OFF, nothing is done. If “sleep time priority” is ON, the process proceeds to step S22. The rest is the same as the processing of FIG.

  With this process, if the user sets “sleep time priority” to OFF, the alarm time is not automatically reset unintentionally.

  In the above processing, when the alarm time is reset, the alarm time is changed by the time difference between the desired sleep time Td and the sleep possible time Tp, that is, the shortage time (Td−Tp). Instead of this, an upper limit may be set for the changeable time. FIG. 7 shows a setting item of “maximum extension time” 52 as an upper limit of the extension time of the alarm time on the alarm setting screen 50.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart of processing for changing the alarm time of the mobile phone terminal 200 in relation to the “maximum extension time” shown in FIG. Steps similar to those shown in FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted. If it is determined in step S24 that the desired sleep time cannot be secured, the shortage time (Td−Tp) is compared with the maximum extension time (upper limit time) tmax (S41). If the shortage time (Td−Tp) is equal to or less than tmax, the alarm time Ta is changed (shifted backward) by that amount as in FIG. 4 (S25). However, if the shortage time (Td−Tp) exceeds tmax, the alarm time is changed by tmax (S42).

  Such processing can prevent the alarm time from shifting more than necessary.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing main hopes in another embodiment of the present invention. Constituent elements similar to those shown in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals, and redundant descriptions are omitted. In FIG. 9, the scheduler 16 is provided, and the alarm setting changing unit 13 refers to the contents of the scheduler 16 and determines whether or not the alarm time is changed and the amount of change. Usually, the clock unit 15 of the mobile phone terminal generates calendar information in addition to the time information. The scheduler 16 further includes a schedule information storage unit 17 that stores user schedule information corresponding to the calendar information. The schedule information storage unit 17 can correspond to, for example, an area of the storage unit 206 in FIG.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of the schedule setting screen 60 used in the embodiment of FIG. As is well known, the setting items of one schedule include schedule information such as the start date / time, end date / time, classification, business name (name), and location. Among these, the “start date / time” is referred to the alarm time. For example, if the time from the alarm time to the start date / time is less than or equal to a predetermined time, the alarm time is not changed or the time is shifted to a time at which the predetermined time can be secured.

  FIG. 11 shows another example of the alarm setting screen 50 related to the calendar function of the scheduler 16. In this screen, “day of the week designation” 53 is added as day information and holiday information that can be effectively set when “sleep time priority” 51 is ON. This “day of week designation” 53 is a function that can designate a day of the week when “sleep time priority” 51 is turned on. For example, individual days of the week and holidays can be specified in another window. The alarm time is not changed (that is, suppressed) for days of the week that are not turned on. In addition, the user may be able to specify an arbitrary date as the set date information.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a process for changing the alarm time of the mobile phone terminal 200 in relation to the alarm setting shown in FIGS. Steps similar to those shown in the flowcharts described above are given the same reference numerals, and redundant descriptions are omitted. In step S23, after calculating the sleep possible time Tp which is the time difference between the alarm time and the current time, the scheduler 16 is referred to (S51). It is determined whether the sleep time can be extended in light of the reference result in accordance with a predetermined condition (S52). If it cannot be extended, the process returns to step S21. If it can be extended, it is checked in step S24 whether the desired sleep time can be secured by comparing the sleep possible time Tp with the desired sleep time Td.

  Whether or not “extension is possible” in step S52 is determined based on whether or not the start date / time is greater than or equal to a predetermined time after the alarm time in the schedule information of FIG. Since the alarm time in this embodiment does not include a date, it is a time within 24 hours from the current time. In the schedule information of FIG. 11, as described above, determination is made based on whether or not the day to which the next incoming alarm time belongs corresponds to the day of the week set in “day of week designation”.

  As described above, when the alarm setting changing unit 13 refers to the schedule information and recognizes that the content that prevents the alarm time from being changed to a later time is set by the processing of the flowchart of FIG. Suppress changes to the set time. Alternatively, the set time is changed to a later time within an allowable range.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but various modifications and changes other than those mentioned above can be made. For example, the average sleep time for a certain period (for example, week or month) is calculated, and when this average sleep time is shorter than the desired sleep time by a predetermined time or more, it is changed to ON if “sleep time priority” is OFF. As a result, a recommendation message may be output.

  If “Sleep time priority” is OFF and the desired sleep time cannot be secured, the sleep time up to the alarm time will be shorter than usual, but the user must wake up at the original scheduled alarm time. Therefore, the type of alarm may be changed, or the level of alarm may be increased (in the case of sound, the volume level and ringing time are increased).

  A computer program for realizing the functions described in the above embodiments by a computer and a recording medium storing the program in a computer-readable manner are also included in the present invention. Examples of the “recording medium” for supplying the program include a magnetic storage medium (flexible disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, etc.), an optical disk (MO-optical disk such as MO and PD, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD- RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD + RW, etc.), semiconductor storage, paper tape, and the like.

It is a block diagram showing the main functions of the alarm generator of the present invention. It is the figure which showed schematic structure of the mobile telephone terminal as one Embodiment of the alarm generator of this invention. It is a flowchart of the setting process of the mobile telephone terminal shown in FIG. It is a flowchart of the process which changes automatically the alarm time of the mobile telephone terminal shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the alarm setting screen of the mobile telephone terminal shown in FIG. 6 is a flowchart of processing for changing an alarm time of a mobile phone terminal in relation to “sleep time priority” shown in FIG. 5. It is a figure which shows the other example of the alarm setting screen of the mobile telephone terminal shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of processing for changing the alarm time of the mobile phone terminal in relation to the “maximum extension time” shown in FIG. 7. It is a block diagram showing the main hope in other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the schedule setting screen used in embodiment of FIG. It is a figure which shows the other example of the alarm setting screen used in embodiment of FIG. 12 is a flowchart of processing for changing an alarm time of a mobile phone terminal in relation to the alarm setting in FIGS. 10 and 11.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Alarm setting part, 12 ... Alarm generation part, 13 ... Alarm setting change part, 14 ... Situation change detection part, 15 ... Clock part, 16 ... Scheduler, 17 ... Schedule information storage part, 200 ... Cell-phone terminal, 201 ... Control unit 202 ... Antenna 203 ... Communication unit 204 ... Display unit 205 ... Operation unit 206 ... Storage unit 207 ... Charging circuit 208 ... Charger detection unit 210 ... Audio processing unit 211 ... Speaker 212 ... Microphone, 213 ... Clock part, 215 ... Bus, 220 ... Charger, 221 ... AC-DC converter

Claims (14)

A clock part,
An alarm setting unit for setting an alarm time for generating an alarm for the clock unit;
An alarm generating unit that generates an alarm when the current time of the clock unit reaches the alarm time;
A situation fluctuation detection unit that detects a situation fluctuation after the alarm is set;
An alarm generating device comprising: an alarm setting changing unit that changes the alarm time according to a detection result of the situation fluctuation detecting unit.   When the alarm setting unit is set to continue to be valid after the next day after the arrival of the alarm time, the alarm setting change unit sets the alarm time once according to the detection result of the situation variation detection unit. The alarm generation device according to claim 1, wherein the alarm generation device is changed only to. The situation variation detection unit
Means for detecting the occurrence of a predetermined event;
Means for calculating a time from the current time when the occurrence of the predetermined event is detected to the alarm time;
Means for comparing the calculated time with a predetermined time set by the user;
The alarm generation device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the alarm setting changing unit changes the alarm time to a later time when the calculated time is shorter than the predetermined time as a result of the comparison. The alarm generation device according to claim 3, wherein the alarm setting change unit changes the alarm time to a later time by a time from the current time to the alarm time. The alarm setting change unit changes the alarm time to a later time by the upper limit time when the time from the current time to the alarm time exceeds a predetermined upper limit time. Alarm generator. The situation fluctuation detection unit detects a situation that suppresses a change in the setting of the alarm time,
The alarm setting change unit suppresses the change of the alarm time or detects the alarm time within an allowable range when a situation that suppresses the change of the alarm time setting is detected by the situation change detection unit. The alarm generation device according to claim 3, wherein the alarm is changed to a later time. Means for generating calendar information;
A schedule information storage unit that stores user schedule information corresponding to the calendar information;
The situation where the change of the setting of the alarm time is suppressed is that it is recognized that the schedule information includes a content that prevents the alarm time from being changed to a later time. Alarm generating device.   The alarm generation device according to claim 7, wherein the disturbing content is schedule information of a user.   The alarm generation device according to claim 7, wherein the disturbing content is any one of day information, holiday information, and user-set date information.   The alarm generation device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the predetermined event is any one of charging start, idle time becoming a predetermined value or more, and user instruction.   The alarm generation device according to claim 1, which is realized by an alarm function of a mobile phone terminal device. An alarm generation program for realizing an alarm function of an alarm generation device,
Setting an alarm time to generate an alarm;
Generating an alarm when the current time of the clock unit reaches the alarm time;
Detecting changes in the situation after setting the alarm;
An alarm generation program for causing a computer to execute the step of changing the alarm time according to the detection result of the situation change.   13. The alarm time is changed only once according to the detection result of the situation variation detection unit when the set alarm time is set to be valid after the next day after the arrival. Alarm generation program described in 1. The step of detecting the situation variation includes:
Detecting the occurrence of a predetermined event;
Calculating the time from the current time when the occurrence of this predetermined event is detected to the alarm time;
Comparing the calculated time with a predetermined time set by the user,
The alarm generation program according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the step of changing the alarm time includes a step of changing the alarm time to a later time when the calculated time is shorter than the predetermined time as a result of the comparison. .

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