JPH01260393A - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To always precisely perform clocking of a time clocking means by automatically setting a timekeeper on the basis of a piece of time information supplied by speech transmitted from a time broadcasting service station. CONSTITUTION:A personal computer 4 is connected to a time broadcasting service station 7 through a line adapter 5 and a subscription telephone network 6. In the case where the time of a timer 1 is set, a CPU 9 calls the time broadcasting service station. The time information supplied by speech transmitted from the time broadcasting service station 7 is recognized by speech recognition device 2 and the time of the time 1 is corrected by a time setting program 3 according to this recognition result.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to electronic equipment, and particularly to electronic equipment that incorporates time measuring means.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, various electronic devices such as personal computers, facsimile machines, word processors, etc. have a timekeeping means, display the time, and perform various automatic controls using the timekeeping information. is known and disputed.

The time of the time measuring means is manually adjusted in response to a predetermined key operation or command input.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when setting the time by manual operation, there are problems in that operational errors may cause malfunctions during processing performed based on time information, and the operation is extremely troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problem of the northern part and to enable the time of the time measuring means to be reliably set without requiring troublesome operations.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, in an electronic device incorporating a time measuring means, a means for connecting the device to a time signal service station via an audio line, and a voice recognition method are provided. calling the time signal service station at a predetermined timing, and measuring the time based on the time information obtained by recognizing the voice signal of the device constituted by the time signal service station by the voice recognition means. We adopted a configuration that adjusts the means.

[Operation] According to the above configuration, the audio information transmitted from the time signal service station can be recognized, and the time of the time measuring means can be automatically adjusted based on the obtained time information.

[Example] The present invention will be described in detail below based on an example shown in one drawing. In the following embodiments, the structure of a personal computer will be shown as an example of an electronic device.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a personal computer employing the present invention. In FIG. 1, the hardware and software means of the personal computer 4 are shown as several blocks. First, reference numeral 9 is a CPU that controls the operation of the entire device, and is composed of a microprocessor or the like. During operation, the CPU 9 controls each piece of hardware and other software constituting the apparatus via an operating system (O8) 10 developed on a memory such as a RAM.

Here, a voice recognition device 2, a time setting program 3, and a timer 1 are shown as hardware and software. Of these, only one time setting program 3 is composed of software and is stored in a storage medium such as a ROM or a magnetic disk.

The speech recognition device 2 is constructed from a known speech recognition LSI or the like, and when an analog audio signal of a predetermined level is input, it generates a character code corresponding to the audio signal by performing known waveform processing or the like. Further, the timer I is constituted by a known LSI for timekeeping, etc., and inputs and outputs time information by inputting a predetermined command.

The time information of the timer 1 is outputted by the personal computer 4 to another output device, such as a CRT display or a printer. Further, it is also possible to automatically perform a predetermined process at a predetermined time using a timer interrupt or the like.

The personal computer 4 can further be connected to the subscriber telephone network 6 via a line adapter 5. It is possible to input and output data to and from.

In this embodiment, the line adapter 5 is assumed to have an analog input/output function capable of inputting at least a voice signal transmitted from the subscriber telephone network 6 to the voice recognition device 2. In FIG. 1, only the configuration necessary for time adjustment described later is illustrated, but it goes without saying that control devices other than those shown in the figure or peripheral devices (printer, disk drive, etc.) may be connected to the personal computer 4. It is.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained. In this embodiment, when setting the time of the timer 1, the time setting program is executed by the CPU 9, and the time setting program is automatically set via the line adapter 5 and subscriber telephone network 6. The 6 time signal service station that calls the time signal service station 7 is operated by a telephone company, for example, and is a station that transmits the current time by voice information every 10 seconds. By inputting this audio time information into the voice recognition device 2, time information expressed by a character code or the like is obtained, and the time of the timer 1 is adjusted based on this time information.

FIG. 2 shows the basic control flow of the time setting program 3. The procedure shown in Figure 2 is based on the automatic control described below.
Alternatively, it is executed in response to a predetermined key operation during initial settings.

First, in step S1, the telephone number of the time signal service station 7 is generated by the dial signal generation circuit of the line adapter 5, and transmitted to the subscriber telephone network 6, and the time signal service station 7 is called. Net 6
A line connection is established, and the time setting program 3 waits for the line connection to be established by detecting a reversal of the line polarity. If no connection is made, the process ends, but
When the connection is completed, the process moves to step S4.

In step S4, since the time signal service station 7 transmits a time signal tone and a time guide voice signal, this voice signal is input to the voice recognition device 2. The voice recognition device 2 recognizes the input voice signal and outputs time information in character code to the CPU 9.

Next, in step S5, the CPU 9 sets the recognized time information in the timer and initializes the timer 1. In step S6, it is determined whether the time adjustment has been completed,
If the time cannot be set normally, step S4
Go back and repeat the same process.

The time information consists of a time signal sound and the time guide sound that precedes it, so first the guide sound is recognized, the time information in the character code is latched, and after setting it in timer 1, the timer l is synchronized with the time signal sound. In addition, in the judgment in step S6, it may be almost impossible to set the time depending on the line condition, so step 5
The loop from 4 to S6 may be performed only a predetermined number of times.

When step S6 is carried out, the process proceeds to step S7 to cut off the line connection, and in step S8 the line disconnection is confirmed by detecting the polarity reversal of the line, and the process ends.

The basic control of the time setting program 3 has been shown above, but by storing the routine shown in FIG. 3 as part of 0SIO, the time can be set at fixed intervals according to timer l It is also possible to start the program 3 and automatically adjust the time at regular intervals.

For example, in step S9, if you specify a mode in which the time is automatically set at regular intervals (for example, 24 hours, one week, etc.) by keyboard operation, the stage SI
In step O, the time interval for setting the time is read from the keyboard, etc., and in step Sll, the time for setting the time is set.0For example, in steps 510 and 511,
Settings can be made such as setting the time to pml2:00 every 24 hours.

In step S12, the time information of the timer 1 is read and it is determined whether the current time has reached the operating time set in step Sll. This determination may be made by interrupting timer l, whether the current time is equal to the operating time or not.
Or, when the time has passed, the process moves to step 513, and the time adjustment process shown in FIG. 2 is performed. When the process is completed, the process moves to step S14.

Step S14 is for preventing an endless loop of repeatedly calling the time signal service station if the timer 1 is ahead of the actual time.

For example, if the time signal service station 7 is called at pmll 2:00, but the actual time is pmll:55, the time will be adjusted to delay the timing of timer 1, so the timing of timer 1 will be delayed. If it becomes 12:00 pm again, the time signal service station 7 will make a call. Therefore, in step S14, the difference between the current time and the time set in the previous time setting is set in step SIO. Step 314 while less than half the operating interval
is looped, and when the time difference becomes larger than half of the designated operation interval, the process returns to step S12.

Through the processing described above, it is possible to automatically call the time signal service station 7 at regular intervals and automatically adjust the time of the timer 1 based on the transmitted audio time information.

According to the above embodiment, the time can be automatically set without any troublesome operations, and according to the procedure shown in Fig. 3, the advance and lag of timer 1 can be corrected at regular intervals. This has an excellent effect.

Although the configuration of a personal computer has been shown above, similar configurations can be used for facsimile machines, word processors, etc.
Of course, the present invention can be widely implemented in various electronic devices having built-in timers, clock circuits, etc.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above, according to the present invention, an electronic device having a built-in time measuring means includes a means for connecting the device to a time signal service station via an audio line and a voice recognition means. , calls the time signal service station at a predetermined timing,
The time clocking means is adjusted based on the time information obtained by recognizing the audio signal of the time signal transmitted from the time signal service station by the voice recognition means, so that the time signal transmitted from the time signal service station is adjusted. The time can be automatically set based on audio time information, which has the excellent effect of simplifying the operation of the device and ensuring that the time measuring means always measures time accurately.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a personal computer adopting the present invention, Fig. ff12 is a flowchart showing the flow of the time setting program shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 shows control when setting the time at regular intervals. FIG. ■...Timer 2...Voice recognition means 3...
・Time setting program 4...Personal computer 5...Line adapter 6...Subscription telephone network 7...
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) An electronic device having a built-in time clock means, which has a means for connecting the device to a time signal service station via an audio line and a voice recognition means, calls the time signal service station at a predetermined timing, and calls the time signal service station at a predetermined timing. An electronic device characterized in that the time measuring means is adjusted based on time information obtained by recognizing a time signal audio signal transmitted from a time signal service station using a voice recognition means.