JPH0755969A - Program timer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the registration of function program corresponding to each season or predetermined time period by providing period data. CONSTITUTION:When an annual program card 2 set for the term A of April to November and a weekly program card 2 set with a function program which rings a chime corresponding to channel 1 for 1 minute at 8, 12, 13, 17 o'clock on Monday to Saturday in the period A and at 8:30, 12, 13, 17:30 on Monday to Saturday, period data is stored in a period management memory circuit 14 and the function program is stored in a memory circuit 3. When the date in a timer circuit 5 is renewed, the day-of-week data in the function program operated at the day and the set period data are set in a control circuit 13 and the function program corresponding to the set data is executed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program timer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an annual program timer for setting a previously stored operation program to operate on a specific day, a weekly program card for setting a weekly program and an annual program card for setting an annual program are used. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-262293 discloses a technique for setting an annual program. In this case, the setting method of the annual program is to specify the program to be executed from the programs set by the weekly program card by the annual program card and set the date of execution of the program from January to 1 in the annual program card.
A method is used in which the date is selected from the dates provided by year in order until February. That is, the program to be executed is set on a daily basis.

[0003]

However, for example, in the case of designating a chime whose start time and end time differ depending on the season, or designating ON / OFF of an air conditioner used only for a predetermined period, the above Every time I changed, I had to re-register the weekly program, or I had to register once a day for the annual program, which made registration of the program very cumbersome.

An object of the present invention is to simplify registration of operation programs corresponding to each season or a predetermined period.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a first card for designating a period over a plurality of days by at least month and day, and a plurality of designation fields for designating a load operation program. A program timer for controlling the load by using a second card capable of designating a period designated by the first card as an operating period of the operating program for each column. A first memory circuit in which a period designated by this card is set by insertion, and an operating program of the above-mentioned load by the insertion of the second card. A second storage circuit for which period data is set for the second storage circuit;
And a control circuit for controlling the operation of the load based on the operation program within the period set in the first storage circuit when period data is specified in the operation program set in the storage circuit. By doing so, the above object is achieved.

A first card for designating a period over a plurality of days by at least a month and a plurality of designating columns for designating a load operation program are provided.
Using the second card capable of designating a period designated by the first card or a period other than the period designated by the first card as the operation period of the operation program for each of the designation fields, the load A program timer for controlling the first memory circuit, wherein a period designated by this card and a period other than those designated by the first card are set by inserting the first card; Second
When the operation program of the load is specified for a period by inserting the card of No. 2, the second storage circuit in which period data is set for the operation program and the second storage circuit are set. When the period data is designated in the specified operation program, a control circuit that controls the operation of the load based on the operation program within the period set in the first storage circuit is provided. Has achieved the purpose of.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a card reader, which reads a mark provided on the program card 2. As a specific configuration of the card reader 1, a large number of photo interrupters are arranged in parallel so as to correspond to the marks written on the card 2, and a card feeding device (not shown).
Is equipped with.

In this example, as the program card 2, a weekly program card 2b forming a second card as shown in FIG. 2 and an annual program card 2a forming a first card as shown in FIG. 3 are used. . The weekly program card 2b is for setting operation times of the weekly program and the special program, and the annual program card 2a is for setting an annual pattern and a period over a plurality of days by at least month and day.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a program storage circuit which constitutes a second storage circuit, which is composed of a RAM or the like and stores the week and special programs read by the card reader 1 from the weekly program card 2b in order of time.

An annual program storage circuit 4 is composed of a RAM or the like, has a storage area corresponding to the date for two years, and stores the annual pattern read by the card reader 1 from the annual program card 2a.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a clock circuit, which has calendar information and clocks the present time.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a display section, which is composed of a liquid crystal display device or the like,
The program information stored in the program memory circuit 3 and the annual program memory circuit 4 and the current time are displayed.

A melody storage circuit 7 is composed of a ROM or the like and stores a plurality of melody data.

Reference numeral 8 is a sounding circuit which constitutes a load and is composed of a D / A conversion circuit 9, an amplifier 10, a speaker 11 and the like,
The melody data read from the melody storage circuit 7 is D / A converted, amplified and output.

Reference numeral 12 denotes an output section which constitutes a load, and outputs an operation signal to an electric device (not shown) connected thereto.

Reference numeral 13 is a control circuit, which is a CPU, ROM, RA.
It consists of M etc. and controls various operations.

Reference numeral 14 is a management period storage circuit which constitutes the first storage circuit, and is composed of a RAM or the like, has a storage area corresponding to the date for one year, and is a period read by the card reader 1 from the annual program card 2a. Store data. In addition,
In this example, four types of period data can be stored.

Next, the program card 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

FIG. 2 shows a weekly program card 2b. The weekly program card 2b is provided with a plurality of designation fields 200 for designating operation programs of the sounding circuit 8 and the output section 12, and the day of the week on which the program is further operated. , A special program number designation field 202 for designating a special program number, a channel designation field 203 for designating a channel to be operated, an output designation field 204 for designating time output or keep output, and time period Time-of-day time designation field 205 for specifying the time-of-day time is specified when time-of-day output is specified, and when keep-out is specified The time designation column 206 for designating the time, the day designation column 207 for designating the day of the week designated at the time designation field 206, and the program for the report time are designated. An unspecified setting field for setting not to specify only one of "ON" or "OFF" that is paired when the output is kept when setting the program specifying field 208 and the special program 20
9, a timing mark 210, a weekly program card identification mark 211, a period designation column 212 for designating a period for operating the program, an amplifier (not shown) for reporting.
A rising designation field 213 or the like for designating the rising time of. It should be noted that the period designation column 212 is for each designation column 20.
It is provided according to 0, [A], [B], [C],
In addition to the four types of periods shown in [D], [a] showing periods not set in [A], [B], [C],
Periods [b], [c], and [d], which indicate periods not set in [D], are provided.

FIG. 3 shows an annual program card 2a. In the annual program card 2a, a program designation column 214 for designating a program to be operated, a date designation column 215 for 12 months for designating a date, each date. A month designation column 216 that designates the month of the designation column 215, a year designation column 217 that designates the year (this year or next year) of each date designation column 215,
A timing mark 218, an annual program card identification mark 219, a period setting column 220 for setting a desired period, etc. are provided, and a program designation column 214 is provided with a day designation column 214a and a special program number designation column 214b. In this example, the month designation column 216 and the year designation column 21
The year and month specified by 7 and 7 are set as the start year and month of the date specification field 215, and the date information from this year and month to 12 months is expressed every month in the direction indicated by arrow A in FIG. That is,
The date designation column 215 at the left end of FIG. 3 becomes the date designation column of the start year and month designated above, and thereafter, programs for 12 months can be designated. Further, the date designation column 215 for 12 months is provided with an all-day designation column 215a for designating all days of each month.

Next, the program setting operation by the weekly program card 2b and the annual program card 2a will be specifically described.

In this example, the chime corresponding to the channel 1 is sounded for 1 minute from 8:00, 12:00, 13:00, and 17:00 from Monday to Saturday from April 1 to November 30, every year.
From Monday to Saturday from February 1st to March 31st, 8am
Ring the chime for 1 minute at 0, 12, 13 and 17:30 and connect to channel 2 from December 1 to March 31 and from June 15 to September 15 from Monday to Saturday Turn on the air conditioner (not shown) at 8:00
The case where the contents of the weekly program change depending on the season when it is turned off at 7:30 will be explained.

First, the setting of the period will be described.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, [A] in the period setting field 220 of the annual program card 2a is marked. Then, [4] in the month designation column 216 is marked. By this designation, the start date of the date designation field 215 is April. That is, in FIG. 4, the date designation field 215 on the left end corresponds to April, and thereafter, in the direction of arrow A, January, May, June,
July, August, September, October, November, December, next year's 1
The month, February, and March and the month in each date designation field 215 are set.

The date designation field 215 set as described above
April, May, June, July, August, September, October, 11
The all day designation field 215a of the month is marked as shown in FIG.

With the above settings, the period A is April to 1
January is set, and December-March is set as the period a.

Next, setting of the weekly program will be described.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 5, in the weekly program card 2b, [Month] [Tues] in the day designation column 201 is selected.
Mark water, wood, gold, and soil.

[1] of the channel designation column 203 corresponding to channel 1 is marked, and the output designation column 204 is marked.
Mark [Out] of the report. Further, the ones digit [1] and the ones digit [0] of the time-of-day designation column 205 are marked, and the rising designation column 213 is marked [-3].

Then, in the first time designation column 206 (column of time information 1 in FIG. 5), [8] at the ones place of [hours] and [0] at the ones place of [minutes] are marked. At the same time, [A] in the period designation field 212 corresponding to the first time designation field 206 is marked.

Furthermore, in the second time designation column 206 (column of the report time 2 in FIG. 5), [8] at the ones place of [hours] and [3] at the tenths place of [minutes] are matched. Mark [0] of the place and [a] of the period designation column 212 corresponding to the second time designation column 206.

Furthermore, one of the tens digit [1] and the ones digit [2] and [minutes] of the [hours] of the third time designation column 206 (column of the time stamp 3 in FIG. 5). Mark [0] in place.

The fourth time designation field 206 (see FIG. 5) will be described below.
Mark the tens digit [1] and the tens digit [3] and [minutes] tens digit [0] of the [Time 4] of the
[Hour] in the second time designation field 206 (field for time 5 in FIG. 5)
The tens digit [1], the ones digit [7], and the [minutes] digit of the ones digit [0] are marked, and [5] of the period designation column 212 corresponding to the fifth time designation column 206 is displayed. A] mark, and the sixth time designation field 206 (the time report field 6 in FIG. 5)
In the tenth [1] and the ones [7] and [the tenths] [3] and the ones [0] of the [hour] and the sixth time designation field 206 of Mark [a] in the corresponding period designation column 212.

By marking in this way, 4
Monday to Saturday, November 1st to November 30th, 8am,
The chime corresponding to channel 1 is played for 1 minute at 12:00, 13:00 and 17:00, and from Monday to Saturday from December 1st to March 31st at 8:30, 12:00, 13:00 and 17:30. You can set the chime to ring for 1 minute. In addition,
The start-up time of the amplifier (not shown) is 3 seconds before the report time.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, [B] of the period setting field 220 of the annual program card 2a is marked.
Then, [12] in the month designation column 216 is marked. By this designation, the start date of the date designation field 215 is December. That is, in FIG. 6, the date designation field 215 on the left end corresponds to December, and thereafter, in the direction of arrow A, January and 2
Month, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, 10
The month and November and the month of each date designation column 215 are set.

The date designation field 215 set as described above
In December, January, February, March, July, and August, all-day designation column 215a is marked as shown in FIG. 6, and June 15 to June 30 and September 1 to September 15 Mark.

With the above settings, the period B is December 1
The dates are set to March 31 and June 15 to September 15, and the period b is April 1 to June 14 and 9
16th to 30th November are set.

Further, setting of the weekly program will be described.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, in the weekly program card 2b, [Month] [Tues] in the day designation column 201
Mark water, wood, gold, and soil.

[2] in the channel designation column 203 corresponding to channel 2 is marked, and the output designation column 204 is marked.
Mark [Exit] for keep.

Then, in the first time designation column 206 (column of the report time 1 in FIG. 7), the [8] and [0] of the 1st place of [hours] and [minutes] are marked. At the same time, [B] in the period designation field 212 corresponding to the first time designation field 206 is marked.

Further, in the second time designation column 206 (column of report time 2 in FIG. 7), the tens of [1] of the [hours], the [7] of the tens of ones, and the tens of the minutes of [minutes]. [3] of the place, [0] of the ones, and the period designation field 212 corresponding to the second time designation field 206.
Mark [B] of.

By marking in this way, the air conditioner connected to the channel 2 (not shown) from Monday to Saturday from December 1st to March 31st and June 15th to September 15th. It can be set to turn on at 8:00 and turn off at 17:30.

In the above, the weekly program card 2b is used to show an example of setting a program for each day of the week, but it is also possible to set a special program which is not restricted by the day of the week. Then, in the annual program card, it is possible to specify a special program and set it to operate on a specific day. In this case, the period cannot be designated.

For example, if the second timer switch circuit (not shown) connected to the channel 2 is set as the special program number 1 with the entry time set to 9 o'clock and the turn-off time set to 17:00, a weekly program Mark [1] in the number designation field 201b of the special program of the card 2b, mark [2] in the channel designation field 202 corresponding to channel 2, and mark [out] in the keep of the output designation field 203. Then, the first on-time designation field 205 (see FIG.
[Time] 1 column [9] and [minutes] 1s digit [0] are marked, and the first off-time designation column 205 (FIG. 4). [Time] 2 column) [1] of the tens of [1] and [7] of the 1s of [1], and [0] of the 1s of the [minute]
Mark.

To operate this special program number 1 on a desired day, mark [1] in the special program number designation field 210b of the annual program card 2a, and set the desired date designation field in the same manner as above. It can be set by marking the day.

Next, the operation will be described.

The weekly program card 2b is indicated by the arrow X in FIG.
When inserted into the card reader 1 from the direction, the card reader 1 drives a motor in a card feeding device (not shown) to feed the inserted card 2, and the photo interrupter displays the weekly program card identification mark 209. By detecting it, it is determined that the weekly program card 2b has been inserted, and according to a preset reading program,
The set mark data is read, and the read data (in this example, day of the week or number data, period data, time data, channel data, output format data) is stored in the program storage circuit 3 via a buffer in the control circuit 13. Set in time order. Since this operation is performed by the conventional technique, detailed description will be omitted.

Next, the operation when the annual program card 2a is inserted into the card reader 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

When the annual program card 2a is inserted into the card reader 1 from the direction of arrow Y in FIG. 3, the card reader 1 drives a motor in a card feeding device (not shown) to insert the card 2 into the card reader 1. Is sent (step 8a), the photo interrupter causes the annual program card identification mark 21
When 9 is detected, it is determined that the annual program card 2a is inserted, and the read data is stored in the buffer in the control circuit 13 (step 8b).

The control circuit 13 determines that the period data is included in the data stored in the buffer (step 8c).
Read the start month data specified in the month specification column 216,
An address designating a storage area of the management period storage circuit 14 corresponding to the read start month and period data is obtained (step 8d).

Based on the obtained address, the control circuit 13 sequentially stores the period data for one month, which is first read from the date designation column 215, in the period management storage circuit 14 (step 8e). Specifically, a flag provided in the storage area corresponding to the period data A to D and the date designated as the period is set.

When the storage for one month is completed, the control circuit 1
3 updates the address for one month (step 8f), and sequentially stores the period data for one month read from the next date designation field 215 in the period management storage circuit 14 in the same manner as above.

Hereinafter, until the processing for 12 months is completed,
When steps 8e and 8f are repeated and the processing for 12 months ends, the reading operation ends (step 8g).

If there is no period data in step 8c, the operation for setting the annual program is performed as in the conventional case. Since this operation is performed by the conventional technique, detailed description will be omitted.

Next, the setting operation of the program to be actually executed will be described with reference to FIG. The operation described below is performed every minute.

When the time of the clock circuit 5 is updated by 1 minute (step 9a), if the current time is AM0: 00 (step 9).
b) The control circuit 13 changes the date and the day of the week of the clock circuit 5 (step 9c), and obtains an address designating the storage area of the annual program storage circuit 4 corresponding to the changed date.

The control circuit 13 determines whether or not an annual program is designated in the storage area corresponding to the obtained address (step 9d), that is, whether day-of-week data of the day-of-the-week program to be operated or number data of the special program is stored. to decide.

In step 9d, if the day-of-week data of the day-of-the-week program to be operated or the number data of the special program is stored, the execution program setting section (memory 1) set in the RAM in the control circuit 13
The day of the week data or the number data stored therein is set in (step 9e).

In step 9d, if the day-of-week data of the day-of-the-week program to be operated or the number data of the special program is not stored, the day-of-the-week data of the day is set in the execution program setting section (memory 1) in the control circuit 13 ( Step 9f).

When the setting of the execution program setting unit (memory 1) is completed, the control circuit 13 obtains an address designating the storage area of the management period storage circuit 14 corresponding to the changed date, and corresponds to the obtained address. The period data stored in the storage area to be read is read, and R in the control circuit 13 is read.
Period data setting unit (memory 2) set in AM
(Step 9g).

When step 9g is completed, the execution address counter for reading the program corresponding to the data set in the execution program setting section (memory 1) from the program memory circuit 3 is reset (step 9h) and the program is executed. (Step 9i). The execution address counter is provided in the control circuit 13.

The execution address counter reads out the operation program stored in the program storage circuit 3 in order of time, and is reset in step 9h so that the program set in the program storage circuit 3 can be set to the time. The data is read out in ascending order.

Next, a program output process will be described with reference to FIG.

The control circuit 13 judges whether the designated time of the program read by the execution address counter matches the current time measured by the time counting circuit 5 (step 10b).

When the designated time matches the current time, the day of the week data or number data of the program being read is
When the day data or the number data set in the execution program setting unit (memory 1) in the control circuit 13 matches (step 10c) and the program being read includes the period data (step 10d), the period data If there is a match with the period data set in the period data setting section (memory 2) in the control circuit 13 (step 10e), it is designated by the output format designated by the program being read. Generate output to channel and execute program (step 10)
f).

When the control circuit 13 starts output to the designated channel, it updates the execution address (step 10g), returns to step 10a, and performs the same operation as above.

If the designated time and the current time do not match in step 10b, the process returns to step 10a, the next program is read, and the same operation as above is performed.

Even if the designated time of the program being read and the current time match, the day of the week data or the number data of the program being read is still in the control circuit 13.
If it does not match the day of the week data or the number data set in the execution program setting section (memory 1) in the above, it is determined that the read program is not the program that should be operated, the process proceeds to step 10g, and the same operation as above is executed. To do.

In step 10d, if the read program does not include period data, step 1
Moving to 0f, the program is executed by generating output on the specified channel according to the output format specified by the program being read.

If the period data of the read program does not match the period data set in the control circuit 13 in step 10e, the process proceeds to step 10g and the same operation as above is executed.

Since it operates as described above, for example, as shown in FIG.
By inserting the program card 2 set as 5, 6, and 7 into the card reader 1, from April 1 every year, 1
From Monday to Saturday, January 30, 8:00, 12:00, 13
The chime corresponding to the channel 1 sounds for 1 minute at 17:00 and 1 minute at 8:30, 12:00, 13:00, and 17:30 from Monday to Saturday from December 1st to March 31st. It will ring. Further, from Monday to Saturday from December 1st to March 31st and from June 15th to September 15th, the air conditioner (not shown) connected to the channel 2 is turned on at 8 o'clock and 17:30. It can be set to turn off in minutes.

As described above, since the weekly program for each day of the week can be operated according to the period over a plurality of days, for example, the chime can be designated when the start time and the end time are different depending on the season, and the air conditioning can be used only for the predetermined period. If you want to specify the on / off of the machine, you can easily set the program.

[0075]

According to the present invention, the operation program can be operated according to the period over a plurality of days.
For example, when designating ON / OFF of an air conditioner or the like that is used only for a predetermined period, the operation program can be easily set.

Furthermore, since an operation program to be executed within the period designated by the first card or within the period other than the period designated by the first card can be set, in addition to the above effects, for example, chime in summer and winter. Even when the sounding time of the is different, it is possible to easily set the operation program.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a front view of a second card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the first card according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing an example of a mark writing state of the second card according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing an example of a mark writing state of the first card according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing another example of the mark writing state of the second card according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing another example of the mark writing state of the first card according to the embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG.

9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG.

10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2a 2nd card 2b 1st card 3 2nd memory circuit 200 Designation column 8, 12 Load 13 Control circuit 14 1st memory circuit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A first card for designating a period over a plurality of days by at least the month and day, and a plurality of designation fields for designating a load operation program, and the operation of the operation program for each of these designation fields. A program timer for controlling the load by using a second card capable of designating a period designated by the first card as a period, which is designated by this card when the first card is inserted. When the operation program of the load is specified and the operation program is specified for a period by inserting the first memory circuit in which the specified period is set and the second card, the period data is set for the operation program. When the period data is designated in the second storage circuit that is set in the second storage circuit and the operation program set in the second storage circuit, the second storage circuit is set in the first storage circuit. A program timer, comprising: a control circuit for controlling the operation of the load based on the operation program within a fixed period. 2. A first card for designating a period over a plurality of days by at least month and day, and a plurality of designation fields for designating a load operation program, and the operation of the operation program for each designation field. A program timer for controlling the load using a second card capable of designating a period designated by the first card or a period other than the period designated by the first card as a period, By inserting the first card, the first memory circuit in which the period designated by this card and the period other than the period designated by the first card are set, and by inserting the second card, Along with the operation program, a second memory circuit in which period data is set for the operation program when the operation program is designated for a period; And a control circuit for controlling the operation of the load based on the operation program within the period set in the first storage circuit when period data is specified in the operation program set in the storage circuit. A program timer characterized in that