JPH0519073A - Alarm clock - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make simple and easy a process for setting an alarm time, by providing a means of conducting alarm information when a time counting means counts the time before a necessary time stored in a storage means, for a required time from the time set by a setting means. CONSTITUTION:First a necessary time is set by a switch element 8. For instance, a time required from getting-up to going out from home is set as a first necessary time and a time required from home to the station as a second necessary time, and they are stored in a necessary time storing circuit 4. Next, a mode is set at alarm and timetable data are read out from a timetable data storing circuit 2 and displayed in a display element 6. Desired timetable data are selected by a key operation through the intermediary of a control circuit 7 and stored in an alarm data storing circuit 3. When the time obtained by subtracting the first necessary time stored by the circuit 4 from a train time stored in the circuit 3 coincides with the current time, the train time being later than the time of the current time plus the second necessary time and nearest to the alarm time after this is retrieved from the data in the circuit 2, and it is made known through a voice synthesizing circuit 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an alarm clock for issuing an alarm at an alarm time according to a timetable, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, there is a so-called electronic timetable in which train schedules are digitized and stored as data.

When the alarm clock is used to set the alarm time, for example, if it is desired to board a train around 7:00 AM, the timetable is checked to find the departure time closest to 7:00 AM, and the wakeup time in time is calculated. It is common to set it as the alarm time.

[0004]

In the above, in order to set the alarm time, first, the time required from leaving the house to leaving the house and the time from the house to the station are calculated, and the added time is calculated from the train time. It requires a complicated procedure of subtracting.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the complicated procedure for setting the alarm time.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has the above-mentioned object by providing an alarm means for issuing an alarm when a time which is before the time set by the setting means and stored by the required time storage means is measured. Has been achieved.

When the setting means is composed of the timetable data storing means and the selecting means, the desired timetable data is selected by the selecting means from the timetable data stored in the timetable data storing means. The above object is achieved by setting the timetable data as the alarm time.

Further, the first required time which is a long time of the two required times stored in the required time storage means from the time when the desired timetable data is selected and set from the timetable data as described above. The alarm means is notified by the alarm means at the time just before, and the second time shorter than the first required time at the current time.
The above object is achieved by providing alarm means for alarming the time of the next timetable data when the time added with the required time exceeds the time of the desired timetable data.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a current time clock circuit which constitutes a timekeeping means, and 2 is a timetable data storage circuit which constitutes a timetable data storage means, which stores the departure time of a train at the nearest station as timetable data. There is. Reference numeral 3 denotes an alarm data storage circuit which constitutes an alarm time storage means and stores desired timetable data as an alarm time. Reference numeral 4 denotes a required time storage circuit that constitutes required time storage means. In this example, a time Ta required for getting out of the house from getting up and a time Tb required for getting out of the house and reaching the station (Ta +
Tb) is stored as the first required time, and time Tb is stored as the second required time. Reference numeral 5 is a voice synthesizing circuit, and 6 is a display unit for displaying the current time, timetable data, and desired time.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a control circuit for controlling the entire operation, which is composed of a CPU and the like. Reference numeral 8 denotes a switch section which constitutes a selecting means, and is composed of a mode switch, an alarm set, an up / down key and the like. Reference numeral 9 is a voice data storage circuit. Reference numeral 10 denotes a speaker which constitutes an alarm means to output sound. Next, the operation of the alarm set will be described with reference to FIG. 2 and the alarm operation with reference to FIG.

First, the switch unit 8 sets a required time.
For example, 45 minutes is set as the time Ta required to get out of the house after getting up, and 15 minutes is set as the second required time Tb to reach the station from the house. As a result, the required time storage circuit 4 stores 60 minutes as the first required time and 15 minutes as the second required time.

In the operation of the alarm set, the timetable data stored in the timetable data storage circuit 2 is displayed by setting the mode to alarm (step 1) (steps 2 and 3). Next, desired timetable data is selected from the timetable data displayed by operating the up key and the down key via the control circuit 7 (steps 4, 5, 6, 7,
8). After the selected timetable data is displayed, the mode is locked (step 9), and the displayed time, that is, the selected timetable data is stored in the alarm data storage circuit 3 as the alarm time. For example, if the mode is set to alarm and the timetable data is AM7: 00, AM
When 7:10, AM7: 25 ... is displayed, AM7:
When I wanted to board 10 trains, AM was displayed.
If you select 7:10 timetable data and lock the mode,
The alarm data storage circuit 3 uses AM as the alarm time.
Memorize 7:10.

The alarm start operation is performed from the alarm time (AM7: 10) stored in the alarm data storage circuit 3 to the first required time (6) stored in the required time storage circuit 4.
Time when 0 minutes is subtracted (AM7: 10-60 minutes = AM6:
10) and when the match of the current time is detected (step 1
1, 12, 13), alarm start (step 1
4).

The alarm sound is determined by the following operation.
When a match between the current time and the alarm time minus the first required time is detected, the current time (AM6: 1
0) and the second required time (15 minutes) are added (Step 1
5, 16) Time (AM6: 10 + 15 minutes = AM6: 2)
5) Above, the closest train time after the alarm time is searched from the timetable data stored in the timetable data storage circuit 2 (step 17), and the time of the searched timetable data is notified by voice ( Step 18). In the case of this example, the train is available at 7:10 at the current time AM6: 10, and therefore, for example, the content such as "I can board the train at 7:10" is notified. At this time, if the snooze or the alarm-off operation is not performed, the process returns to step 15 after 1 minute, and the voice notification operation is repeated. Then, for example, if it takes time to go out and the train arrives at 6:55 AM, it will not be in time for the train at 7:10 AM, so a voice notification is given to the effect that the next train at 7:25 will be in time.

When the snooze switch (not shown) is turned on and the snooze is set after the alarm is generated, the snooze operation starts, and after a certain time (about 5 minutes), the current time and the second required time are added again. Returning to step 15, the above operation is started. The alarm is stopped by turning off the alarm switch to stop the alarm. If the alarm stop operation is not performed, the automatic stop operation is performed when a preset auto time-off (for example, 20 minutes to 1 hour) elapses.

[0016]

As described above in detail, in the alarm clock of the present invention, when the time measuring means measures the time before the desired time set by the setting means by the required time stored in the required time storage means, the alarm is notified. By providing an alarm means for performing, it is possible to eliminate the distributed procedure until the alarm setting.

In particular, by selecting and setting a desired one from the timetable data and selecting the time of the train that one wants to board, the alarm notification is given at a time in time, so the alarm setting operation is extremely difficult. It will be easy.

Further, after the alarm notification, when the time obtained by adding the second required time to the current time exceeds the time of the desired timetable data, by notifying the time of the next timetable data, As time passes, it is possible to know the departure time of a train or the like that is in time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Timekeeping means 2 Timetable data storage means 3 Alarm time storage means 4 Required time storage means 8 selection means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A time measuring means for obtaining current time information, a setting means for setting a desired time, a required time storing means for storing a required time, and a time before the time measuring means for the required time. An alarm clock consisting of an alarm means that notifies the alarm when the clock is timed. 2. The alarm according to claim 1, wherein the setting means includes timetable data storage means for storing timetable data, and selecting means for selecting desired timetable data from the timetable data. clock. 3. A timekeeping means for obtaining current time information, a timetable data storage means for storing timetable data, a selecting means for selecting desired timetable data from the timetable data, a first required time and it. The required time storage means for storing the second shorter required time and the timekeeping means are set to the first time from the time of the desired timetable data.
The alarm means for giving an alarm when the previous time is counted by the required time, and the next timetable data when the time obtained by adding the second required time to the current time exceeds the time of the desired timetable data. An alarm clock consisting of notification means for notifying the time of.