JPH0555835B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention]

(Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an audio clock with a snooze function that generates a different sound for each snooze operation, and in particular, the present invention relates to an audio clock with a snooze function that generates different sounds for each snooze operation. The present invention also relates to a system in which the notification can be switched as necessary to generate a different notification sound in sequence each time the snooze switch is operated. (Prior Art) Conventionally, watches having a snooze function that stops the generation of an alarm sound for a certain period of time have been commercialized. This snooze function is a function that stops the generation of the alarm sound for a certain period of time, so in order to explain or confirm the function and the notification sound after pausing at a store, it is necessary to wait until a certain period of time has actually elapsed. I had to. Therefore, like the clock disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-4071, the clock circuit for counting the snooze time is configured to fast-forward the contents, so that the snooze operation can be performed even if the watch is not held for a long time. It has been proposed that this can be done. On the other hand, in recent years, watches that notify alarms by sound have been commercialized, and among these watches, such as the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. Sho 61-18997, which changes the sound for each snob operation has been proposed. (Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In the case of a watch that generates a single notification sound, such as a general snooze watch, the snooze timing circuit is fast-forwarded to generate the notification sound once, as described above. You can explain and confirm the snooze by simply pressing the button, but in the case of a watch that generates different sounds each time it snoozes, such as the watch mentioned above, all the sounds will be generated unless you repeat the fast-forward operation many times. I can't. For this reason, it took too much time to provide explanations at the store, and store staff and customers were forced to perform extremely troublesome operations, so improvements were needed. Furthermore, demonstrations are sometimes performed at stores by emitting audible notification sounds one after another, but conventional clocks have the problem of requiring staff to operate them one by one. The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to generate all the sounds automatically or one after another with a simple switch operation, even if the watch has a different sound to notify each time the snooze operation is performed, thereby eliminating the need for complicated operations. To provide an audio clock with a snooze function, which can switch the form of monitor notification without having to do so. (Means for Solving the Problems) The audio clock with snooze of the present invention includes a clock section, an indication switch, a ringing stop switch, and a first device that allows an on signal from the indication switch to pass through when the ringing is not stopped. gate, an alarm on signal when an on signal is generated, and a first alarm when it occurs and disappears, respectively.
an alarm-on signal generation circuit that outputs a second trigger signal; a snooze switch; a snooze signal generation circuit that generates first and second snooze signals in response to the operation of the snooze switch; A snooze mode signal generation circuit that outputs a snooze mode signal in response to generation of a second snooze signal, and a power on signal generation circuit that outputs a power on signal when only one of the alarm on signal and the snooze mode signal is generated. and,
A snooze counter outputs a count-up signal that counts only when an alarm-on signal and a snooze mode signal are generated and stops generating the snooze mode signal after a certain period of time, and a second trigger signal, a count-up signal, and an alarm-on signal are generated. a start signal generation circuit that outputs a start signal in response to generation of a second snooze signal when the snooze signal is generated; and a stop signal that generates a stop signal when the second trigger signal, alarm on signal, and first snooze signal are generated. a generating circuit; an audio selection counter that counts in response to the generation of the first snooze signal when the count-up signal or the alarm-on signal is generated; An audio clock with snooze, which includes an audio circuit that outputs an audio signal and a display output signal indicating the output thereof, and an alarm circuit that notifies audio in response to the audio signal from the audio circuit only when a power-on signal is generated. A mode switching circuit that generates first and second monitor mode signals by external operation, and a display output from the audio circuit from the time when the first and second monitor mode signals are generated until the count value of the audio selection counter reaches a predetermined value. a monitor audio switching pulse generation circuit that detects the stoppage of signal generation and outputs a detection signal that increments an audio selection counter; a monitor mode switching circuit that outputs a snooze mode signal to a snooze mode signal generation circuit; a notification end detection circuit that stops the generation of the snooze mode signal from the snooze mode signal generation circuit in response to the detection signal generation from the switching pulse generation circuit; and a start signal in response to the generation of a detection signal from the monitor audio switching pulse generation circuit when the snooze mode signal is generated and in response to the generation of the second snooze signal when the second monitor mode signal is generated. A monitor start signal generation circuit outputs a start signal to the generation circuit, and a count output signal from the middle stage of the snooze counter is input, and only when the second monitor mode signal is generated, the count output signal from the middle stage is input to the audio selection counter. It consists of a count signal switching circuit that outputs a signal to clear the count value, and. (Function) When the first monitor mode signal is output from the mode switching circuit, the audio clock with snooze configured as described above automatically enters the monitor I state that notifies all audio with one operation of the snooze switch. When the second monitor mode signal is output, a monitor state is entered in which an audio notification is issued each time the snooze switch is operated. That is, when the monitor state is entered, the monitor start signal generation circuit causes the start signal generation circuit to output a start signal, and the audio stop detection circuit increments the count of the audio selection counter to sequentially output a plurality of audio signals from the audio circuit. output. Also, almost at the same time, the monitor mode switching circuit outputs a snooze mode signal from the snooze mode signal generating circuit, and repeatedly automatically puts the device in the snooze state. Thereby, voices are announced one after another until the voice selection counter reaches a predetermined count number. Then, when the audio selection counter reaches a predetermined count, the notification end detection circuit stops generating the snooze mode signal and ends the monitoring operation. In addition, when the monitor state is entered, the monitor start signal generation circuit outputs a start signal from the start signal generation circuit in response to the second snooze signal output from the snooze signal generation circuit by operating the snooze switch, and the audio signal is output from the audio circuit. output. When the output of this audio signal stops, a detection signal is output from the monitor audio switching pulse generation circuit.
As a result, the count number of the voice selection counter is incremented. Then, each time the snooze switch is operated, voice notification is made one after another, and each time the count number of the voice selection counter is incremented to switch the voice to be notified. The count value of this voice selection counter returns to the initial count value when it reaches a predetermined count number or when a predetermined time has elapsed since the snooze switch was operated. The sound notified by the above operation is as shown in the table, for example.

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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A clock unit that generates a reference signal to measure and display the time, an indicator switch that is turned on when the time from the clock unit reaches a set time, a ring stop switch, and a ring stop switch. a first gate that allows the ON signal from the reference switch to pass through when the switch is in a non-sounding state; and a first gate that outputs an alarm ON signal only when the ON signal is generated from the first gate; an alarm-on signal generation circuit that generates a first trigger signal and outputs a second trigger signal when the alarm-on signal disappears; a snooze switch; a snooze signal generation circuit that generates a second snooze signal; a snooze mode signal generation circuit that outputs a snus mode signal in response to generation of the second snus signal only when the alarm-on signal is generated; the alarm-on signal; A power-on signal generation circuit outputs a power-on signal only when one of the snooze mode signals is generated and the other is not generated, and a power-on signal generation circuit that outputs a power-on signal only when the alarm-on signal and the snooze mode signal are generated, and counts the reference signal from the clock section only when the alarm-on signal and the snooze mode signal are generated. a snooze counter that outputs a count-up signal that stops generating the snooze mode signal after a predetermined period of time; a start signal generation circuit that generates a stop signal when the second trigger signal, the alarm-on signal and the first snooze signal are generated; and the count-up signal or the alarm-on signal. a voice selection counter that counts in response to the generation of the first snooze signal at the time of generation; and a voice selection counter that stores a plurality of types of voice notification data and corresponds to the count value of the voice selection counter in response to the generation of the start signal. an audio circuit that outputs a display output signal indicating an audio signal and an audio signal output; and a notification circuit that notifies audio in response to the audio signal from the audio circuit only when the power-on signal is generated. The audio clock includes: a mode switching circuit that generates first and second monitor mode signals by external operation; a monitor audio switching pulse generation circuit that detects the stoppage of generation of a display output signal from the audio circuit and outputs a detection signal that increments the audio selection counter; a monitor mode switching circuit that causes the snooze mode signal generation circuit to output a snooze mode signal in response to generation of the snooze signal; and a count output of the audio selection counter becomes a constant value when the first monitor mode signal is generated. and a notification end detection circuit that stops generating the snooze mode signal from the snooze mode signal generation circuit in response to generation of a detection signal from the monitor audio switching pulse generation circuit when the second monitor mode signal is generated; On the condition that the first monitor mode signal is generated, when the snooze mode signal is not generated, the second monitor mode signal is generated.
and in response to the generation of a detection signal from the monitor audio switching pulse generation circuit when the snooze mode signal is generated, and in response to the generation of the second snooze signal when the second monitor mode signal is generated. a monitor start signal generation circuit that outputs a start signal to a start signal generation circuit; and a count output signal from an intermediate stage of the snooze counter is input, and the count output signal from the intermediate stage is input only when the second monitor mode signal is generated. A count signal switching circuit that outputs as a signal for clearing the count value of the voice selection counter; and a voice clock with a snooze function.