JP2544538Y2 - Equipment 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 equipment clock having a mechanism for ringing a bell in time with a time signal, and a mechanism for outputting music recorded on a compact disc from a speaker in accordance with the time signal. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, equipment clocks that play music at every hour or the like are often used in equipment clocks in order to inform many people that the clock is installed. Is amplified by an amplifier and output from a speaker, and recently, music recorded on a melody IC or a compact disc is played by an amplifier and a speaker.

Recently, a large number of bells having different sizes have been used. For example, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-13600, a solenoid coil and a hitting ball are provided for each bell, and an electric control circuit is used. In some cases, the tune is performed by sounding each bell at a predetermined rhythm.

[0004]

As described above, as described above, a melody IC and an amplifier and a speaker, or a compact disc player, an amplifier and a speaker, and a bell and a bell control are provided. Although it has already been done to set up a set of mechanisms and use each set alone, it has recently been possible to expand the range of performance by playing a bell in time with the music recorded on the compact disc. In the case where the music recording medium of the music is combined with a different sound source as described above, the compact disc is required so that the operation of the bell control mechanism and the start of the music on the compact disc always coincide exactly. If the operation of the player must be controlled and music is played with a bell and a compact disc, simply the bell and the bell control mechanism and the compact disc The incorporation of the Ya and the amplifier such as the equipment clock, if disturbed songs occurs an error in the music flowing from the performance and speakers Yokane occurs, there is not suitable for practical use drawbacks.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a master clock and a sound generator are provided.
In an equipment clock having a sound control unit and a hitting control unit,
The sound control unit has a compact disc player that starts playing using the time signal of the master clock as a start signal.
As the start position signal on the compact disc
Detecting means for detecting a rising signal of a song recorded in a non-audible frequency band and outputting a detection signal is provided, and a hitting control unit is provided.
Is ready to start based on the time signal of the master watch
And, the Dakane control unit having a start means for causing the start of the playing program by the detection signal from the detecting means.

[0006]

Since the present invention has a detecting means for detecting a rising signal of a music and outputting a detection signal, it is possible to accurately know the timing of starting the performance of the music by the compact disc by the detection signal. In addition, the striking control unit is
Since the start preparation is completed based on the time signal of the start signal and the performance program in the hitting control section is started by the detection signal, the start means
Music performance start to a pair of the program operation start at Dakane controller
And can always be matched exactly .

[0007]

In the embodiment according to the present invention, a plurality of speakers are arranged around a flower clock which is an example of the equipment clock, and the speakers are recorded on a compact disk (hereinafter simply abbreviated as CD). The music is played on a compact disc player (hereinafter simply abbreviated as CD player), and the music is played through an amplifier. The music recorded on the CD is played from the speaker, and the musical scale is placed around the flower clock. Twelve different bells are hit in accordance with the song from the speaker, and a specific melody is also played by the bell.

As shown in FIG. 1, the playing mechanism 20 has a hitting control section 21 for receiving a time signal from the master clock 11 and an acoustic control section 41, a detecting means 61 and twelve bells. 39 and a bell drive circuit 37, and a plurality of amplifiers 51 and speakers 53. And hitting control unit 2
Reference numeral 1 denotes a central processing unit as the control means 23, a read-only memory storing various scales constituting a plurality of melodies as the melody storage means 29, and reading of a melody by a time signal or a time signal. It has a program storage means 27 for storing a program to be processed and a timer means 25 for measuring the time.

The sound control unit 41 includes a CD player 43
And a CD timer 47 and a CD control IC 45.
The D control IC 45 reads the time measured by the CD timer 47 and receives a time signal from the master clock 11.
The CD player 43 is activated about 0 to 20 seconds ago, and one of a plurality of songs recorded on the CD is selected according to a time signal from the CD timer 47, and the CD player 43 is in a standby state. It is assumed that.

When a time signal from the master clock 11 is input to the sound control unit 41, the CD control IC 45
Using this time signal as a start signal, the CD player 43
And the performance by the CD player 43 is started. In this way, the sound controller 41 controls the CD player 4
The music signal, which is an output signal from the music clock 3, is sent to the speaker 53 via the amplifier 51, and the speaker 53 can listen to music at an appropriate volume to people around the flower clock. Can change the music recorded on the CD so that the music and the like are changed according to the time so that people can hear the music.

In the present embodiment, the time signal from the master clock 11 is also input to the CD timer 47 to adjust the time, and the time difference between the CD timer 47 and the master clock 11 has an error. Is prevented from occurring. Further, the detecting unit 61 detects, as a rising signal, a head position signal of a song recorded on a CD at a frequency higher than the audible frequency band according to the CDI standard or the like, and is output from the acoustic control unit 41. The music signal is also input to the detection means 61, and the start signal is used to detect that the CD player 43 has started playing the tune, and the
1 outputs a detection signal.

The hitting control unit 21 includes a control unit 23
When the time signal from the master clock 11 is input to the CPU, the time signal from the timer means 25 is read in accordance with the program recorded in the program storage means 27, and one of the music pieces recorded in the melody storage means 29 is selected. And star
When the start preparation is completed and the detection signal from the detection means 61 is input to the start means 31, a program for outputting the melody signal of the selected music to the output means 35 is started.

Output means 3 to which the melody signal is input
Reference numeral 5 is a signal for outputting a hit signal to twelve bells 39 in response to the melody signal. The hit signal is sent to the drive circuit 37, and the drive circuit 37 including a relay or a non-contact switch is used. Activate the hit ball with each bell 39 via the bell 3
By ringing 9 and changing the scale of each bell 39, a predetermined melody is played by the bell 39.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the start of the performance is detected by the detecting means 61 using the rising signal of the beginning of the music played by the CD player 43, and the rising signal is output when the detecting means 61 detects the rising signal. The hitting control section 21 starts the program for outputting the hitting signal to the bell 39 in response to the detected detection signal.
The bell 39 can be sounded exactly in accordance with the music played by the.

In the above embodiment, the performance of the CD player 43 is started simultaneously with the input of the time signal from the master clock 11 to the sound controller 41.
The start of the performance by the CD player 43 is delayed by about several seconds from the start signal while the start signal of the sound control unit 41 is used.
9 is output, and a rising signal is detected by the detecting means 61 when the CD player 43 starts playing with a delay from the input of the time signal, and is recorded on the CD by the detection signal. You can also start a bell bell melody program that matches the song.

It is needless to say that the number of bells 39 is not limited to twelve, and the number of speakers 53 is not limited to four as shown in FIG.

[0017]

According to the present invention, there is provided a sound control unit provided with a compact disc player for starting a performance by using a time signal of a master clock as a start signal, and a detecting means for detecting a rising signal of a song and outputting a detection signal. And a start control unit having a start means for starting a program start of the hit control unit based on the detection signal. Detected and the start of the program that sounds the bell to the bell control unit via the start means can be started at the same time as the performance of the music by the compact disc player, and the melody of the bell is always played on the CD player. The bell can be sounded in a way that matches the song exactly, so that it can be matched to the song without disturbing the song
You can hit the bell.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 11 master clock 20 playing mechanism 21 hitting control unit 23 control means 25 timer means 27 program storage means 29 melody storage means 31 start means 35 output means 37 drive circuit 39 bell 41 sound control unit 43 compact disc player 45 for compact disc control IC 47 CD timer 51 Amplifier 53 Speaker 61 Detecting means

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A master clock, a sound control section, and a hitting control section.
A facility timepiece having the acoustic controller includes a compact disc player to begin playing a time signal of the master clock as a start signal, an inaudible frequency as the head position signal to a compact disc
Detecting means for detecting a rising signal of a song recorded in the band and outputting a detection signal, wherein the hitting control section starts the start based on a time signal of the master watch;
Complete over preparative preparation, Dakane control unit provided with a start means for causing the start of the playing program by pre-Symbol detection signal
Equipment clock, characterized in that the the.