JPH0334714Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to an audio timepiece.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, there is a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 46791/1983 as a clock that notifies the time by voice, and which makes the notification volume variable. This system notifies you of the current time by instructing the notification by sound or voice, and controls the volume of the notification depending on the volume of the sound or voice at that time. . For example, the time can be announced audibly in response to the sound of clapping hands or words such as "What time is it?" and the volume of the time notification can be changed depending on the volume of the clapping sound or the words.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] In the above device, when the time is to be announced audibly, a sound or voice must be emitted, which annoys people nearby.

The present invention is capable of audibly announcing the time at any volume without bothering those around it and without special volume switching operations, and also provides an audible warning to that effect in the event of a severe impact. This is what I did.

[Means for solving the problem] The present invention provides a shock sensor in a part of the watch body,
The strength of the impact applied to the watch body is judged by a judgment circuit, and the time is announced audibly when the impact is above a predetermined level, and the volume of this audio notification is controlled depending on the intensity of the impact. It was designed to do so.

[Embodiment] In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes an impact sensor made of a piezoelectric element or the like, which is fixed to a part of the frame (not shown) of a watch. 2 is an amplifier, 3 is a judgment circuit that judges the strength of the impact, and its output terminal 3a produces an output when a shock of a predetermined level (lower limit) or higher is applied, and the output terminal 3b produces an output that is stronger than necessary. It produces an output when a shock level (upper limit) is applied. In addition, from the output terminal 3c, the shock level is divided into several stages from the lower limit to the upper limit.
This produces an output that determines the stage of the applied impact. Reference numeral 4 denotes a voice synthesis circuit which stores data for voice notification of time and specific words (described later), and is a well-known circuit for synthesizing this. 5 is a voice synthesis control circuit for performing voice synthesis, and 6 is a volume control circuit, which controls the volume of the time notification in accordance with the output from the determination circuit 3. Reference numeral 7 is a speaker, 8 is a clock circuit for keeping time, and 9 is a memory circuit, which stores data for selecting words that occur when an impact stronger than necessary is applied. Reference numeral 10 denotes a selection circuit that selects the output of either the clock circuit 8 or the memory circuit 9.

Next, the operation will be explained. When you want to know the time, you tap the watch body with your hand, but it is preferable to make the announcement at a high volume when the surroundings are noisy, and at a low volume when it is quiet or when there are people around. Therefore, if you want to be notified at a high volume, you tap the watch body strongly, and if you want to be notified at a low volume, you tap it lightly.

The output of the impact sensor 1 when the watch body is struck is supplied to a determination circuit 3 to determine the strength of the impact. If this is above the lower limit level, terminal 3a
An output is generated from the voice control circuit 5, and the voice control circuit 5 operates to perform a voice synthesis operation. In this case, the selection circuit 10
The output of the clock circuit 8 is selected and supplied to the speech synthesis circuit 4. As a result, an audio signal for notifying the current time is generated from the audio synthesis circuit 4 and is supplied to the volume control circuit 6. The volume control circuit 6 switches the volume of the notification sound according to the strength of the impact based on the output of the determination circuit 3. That is, depending on the level of the strength of the impact, a light tap will alert you at a low volume, and a strong tap will notify you at a high volume.

However, if the impact is too strong, an output is generated from the terminal 3b of the determination circuit 3, and the selection circuit 10 selects the output of the memory circuit 9. As a result, the speech synthesis circuit 4 selects and announces specific words such as "I want to" or "I want to hit you so hard."

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, the notification volume can be changed depending on the way the user taps, thereby eliminating the trouble of having to change the volume each time. Moreover, since it is not necessary to issue a notification command by voice, there is no need to disturb the people around you. Furthermore, when an impact exceeding an allowable level is applied, an audio notification to that effect is provided, thereby preventing the watch body from being damaged by the impact.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawing is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Shock sensor, 3... Judgment circuit, 4... Voice synthesis circuit, 5... Voice synthesis control circuit, 6... Volume control circuit, 7... Speaker, 8... Clock circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A shock sensor provided on a part of the watch body, a judgment circuit that receives the output of the shock sensor and judges the strength of the shock applied to the watch body, and this judgment circuit determines whether the shock is above a predetermined level. a notification means for audibly notifying the time when a determination has been made; a volume control circuit for controlling the volume of the audio notification by the notification means in accordance with the intensity of the impact determined by the determination circuit; Therefore, when an impact exceeding an allowable level is determined, a specific audio notification means is provided which notifies a specific audio stored in advance.