JPH02170087A - Time alarm device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To wake up a person without fail by generating a necessary nonrhythmical sound. CONSTITUTION:When a sound for searching that a man makes is made through a tape recorder associated with a timepiece or a buzzer sound is generated at random time intervals determined based upon a random number from a random number generator, the sound is not rhythmical, so the person is prevented from accustom himself to natural synchronism with rhythm, so the person is waken up without fail.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Industrial Application Field" The present invention relates to a device that uses sound to wake up a sleeping person.This may be, for example, an alarm clock linked to a clock; For example, it may be a device that wakes up a (napping) worker when the water level reaches a certain level while water is being poured into the pool.

[Prior Art] Traditionally, bells, buzzers, and radio sounds have been used as sounds for awakening.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, as most people have experienced, these sounds often fail to arouse people. In particular, it often happens that even if you fall into a light sleep for the first time when the sound starts, after a while you get ``used'' to the sound and end up continuing to sleep. The purpose of the present invention is to reduce such awakening failures.

If we study the causes of "getting used to" sounds mentioned above, we will find the following. First, in the case of steady sounds such as bells and buzzers, living things have the characteristic of becoming insensitive to steady stimuli, so even if there is a strong reaction at the beginning, the sound gradually becomes less sensitive. It stops being stimulating. In addition, in the case of radio, it mainly plays ``chat'' or music, and instead of having a constant sound like a bell, it has a ``rhythm.'' For example, ``Oshaheri'' means that all languages have a rhythm, so people (for example, English has this characteristic well) naturally ``synchronize'' to that rhythm. Instead of waking up, sometimes I even fall asleep.

[Means (and effects) for solving the problem] The wooden invention is
To reduce failures in arousal by using sounds that do not cause "habituation" or "synchronization" as described above. Studying responses to such sounds reveals that living organisms do not simply become habituated or attuned to the sounds, but rather actively increase their sensitivity to the sounds. In other words, not only is there no negative contribution, but there is also a positive contribution. As a result, a very large effect can be obtained.

The present invention can be applied to noises made when people clean up or search for things,
Alternatively, this can be realized by providing a means for generating sounds that are generated at random intervals, such that the intervals do not follow a fixed rhythm.

[Example] [Example 1] Record the sound of a person searching on a tape as a sound, or start playing it with a cheap recorder TR at a predetermined time that matches the poetic word T. Make sure to do so. In this case, the fewer the number of people searching, the better, and it is especially effective to make the sound of someone silently searching for something in a quiet room. This is because when there are many people, the sounds made by each person are averaged out and become close to a steady sound.Also, when there is background noise, the sound of people searching becomes less noticeable. This is because Such sounds are recorded on a tape recorder using a microphone M.

Now, if a sleeping person is made to hear this sound, unless he is in deep sleep, the tape recorder TR will be activated by the signal from the Jigen I-cho, as shown in Figure 1, and the message "Someone is listening to me! "There's something going on nearby," he senses sensitively. In contrast to the case of stationary sounds, our consciousness focuses on the sound as much as we want.

This is an instinctive reaction of human beings.

As a result, you can finally wake up.

[Example 2] Random time intervals (several seconds to tens of seconds) determined by random numbers generated by a random number generator instead of a tape recorder
device to sound a buzzer.

In this case, too, because the intervals are random, people are unable to "synchronize" to the rhythm, and their consciousness is focused on the sound.
Eventually he will wake up.

[Effects of the invention] By using irregular and rhythmless sounds, it is possible to wake people up without failure.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the present invention. Figure 2 is a block diagram 1...alarm clock T...Clock TR...tape recorder

Claims (1)

[Claims] A device for waking people up using sound (hereinafter referred to as "
When using an alarm device ("alarm device"), the sound that is emitted to wake people up is the sound of people cleaning up or searching for something, or the sound that is emitted at random intervals that do not follow a regular rhythm, or the sound that is emitted at random intervals. An alarm device characterized by having means for generating a loud sound.