JPS5834384A - Voice electronic timepiece - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent watch-holder's feelings from being hurt, by voicing just o'clock time together with forenoon or afternoon information, and unjust o'clock without said information. CONSTITUTION:When a just o'clock detecting circuit 9 detects just o'clock a data selector 10 selects a signal 7a as forenoon/afternoon information and inputs it to a control ROM12. Then, the data selector 10 selects and inputs a signal 7b as time digit information to the control ROM12. The control ROM12 specifies voice data stored in a voice data ROM3 to voice just o'clock. When time is unjust o'clock the data selector 10 selects the signal 7b for the time digit information, a signal 7c for 10-digit information, and a signal 7d for minute-digit information successively and inputs them to the control ROM12 to control the voice data ROM.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a voice production method for a voice electronic watch and a voice electronic watch.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional audio electronic clock. In response to a signal from an external operating member 14 or a time signal request inside the clock circuit 1, a control circuit 2 controls a speech synthesis circuit 4 and an audio data ROM 5. The amplifier 5 was controlled and the desired audio output was obtained from the speaker 6. The speech synthesis circuit 4 is, for example, of the well-known PAROOR system, and the speech data RO
M5 stores necessary voice characteristic parameters, etc.
ROM (ReadOnjy Mθmory)
It is. The method of generating sound in this case is, for example,
If the clock tells you the time by voice, it is 12:59 am. 'It's 12:00 p.m.' or 12:00 p.m., etc., to notify the time by adding AM or PM each time.
For example, if you have to listen to it over and over again, it can be annoying and can make some VCs feel uncomfortable.

Therefore, when informing the time information by voice, pay attention to the fact that the frequency at which the voice is generated at non-hourly hours is much higher than the frequency at which the voice is generated entirely at the hour. The time is simply ``''12:59. ', and when it's on the hour, the IC should be ``1 am, 121 o'clock, 0 minutes,'' with AM or PM. If you say ``, even if you have to listen to it repeatedly, it won't be bothersome and won't make people feel uncomfortable. Also, saying the words ``am'' and ``afternoon'' at the top of the hour is meaningful in the sense of confirmation.

The present invention completely eliminates the above-mentioned troubles! The overall purpose of this invention is to improve a sound method and a sound electronic clock that does not cause discomfort to people who use it.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the present invention which is part of the control circuit. The operation will be explained in detail. First, the external operation member 14
When a time signal request is issued from inside the clock circuit 1, the clock circuit 1 outputs four 5TBI signals 1a. signal 1
b is time information, which is filled with 4-focus data. 5TB
1 Synchronizing with the first shot of signal 1a, minute digit information 4 pinto is output. Synchronized with the second shot, 10 minute digit JvI information 4 pinto is output, and synchronized with the 6th shot, hour digit information 4 is output.
The focus is output, and in synchronization with the 4th shot, 4 pintos of morning and afternoon information are output. The shift register 7 is for temporarily loading time information from the clock circuit 1, and is a known 4-pin 5TAT, 05HIFTR, 1, and 5TER. Therefore, timely time information is input to the shift register 7 by the signal 5TB1, and when the signal STB1 has finished outputting four times, the minute digit information is output to the signal 7d, which is the output of the shift register 7, and the information of the minute digit is output to the signal 7c. 10-digit information is output, signal 7b outputs hour digit information, and signal 7a outputs hour digit information.
The information for morning and afternoon is output. 8 is a known three-state bumper. The hour detection circuit 9 processes ``1'' to the JUST signal 9a' when a total of 8 bits of the signal 7d, which is the minute digit information, and the signal 7C, which is the tenth minute digit information, becomes 10''. The control counter 11 is a general 4-pinto binary counter with Re5et, and is an indispensable counter for assembling sentences. The data selector 10 selects one of the signals 7a, 7b, 7c, and 7d by manually combining the L eye direction signal 9a of the hour detection circuit 9 and the output signal 11a of the control counter 11. Signal 8a' (i7 output.

FIG. 5 is a truth table--an example diagram of the data selector 10. The input OT3. CT2. OTl.

This is the output signal 11a of the OTφ control counter 11. Output D8φ, DSl, D82. DS3 is a signal 10a, a signal 10b, a signal 10C1 and a signal 10d, respectively. This truth table allows the data selector 10 to be easily constructed into a gate circuit. (Not shown) The control ROM 12 receives a combination of the input signals 8a selected and output by the data selector 10, the output signal 9a of the hour detection circuit 9, and the output signal 11a of the control counter 11. , which specifies the starting address of necessary audio data stored in the audio data ROM 3, and is made of, for example, a PLA.

The truth table of the control ROM 12 is not shown.

The address register 13 counts and amplifies addresses by the necessary amount of information from the address specified by the control ROM 12, and is a general 17mable under counter with Re5et. Next, specific examples of sentences will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 5.

First, assume that the time is 12:59 past the hour. 112
The information up to 112 o'clock, which is the part where you say '59 minutes', is the information of the hour digits, so data selector 10Vi, DS1
The signal 101) is set to %, 1 //, and the signal 7b to which the hour digit information is output is selected. Selected signal 7b
are manually input to the control ROM 12 as signals 8a and l~. Between the next 159 minutes and 112 o'clock, there is a rest period in which no sound is generated.The rest period is provided to bring out the naturalness of the sentences. In this case, since it is not time information, it is processed by control ROMI2, so
The signal of the data selector 10 may be selected. 15
When pronouncing the 10 minute digit of 9 minutes, press data selector 10.
is set to ns2 other number 10c';ii'1'' and selects signal 7cf which is 10 minute digit information.Selected signal 7C
is input to the control HOM 12 as a signal 8a. When uttering the entire 19th minute of the 59th minute, the data selector 10 sets the DS3 signal 10df:ゞ1'' and selects the signal 7d, which is the minute digit information.The selected signal 7d
is input manually to the control ROMI 2 as a signal 8a. The last 1 is the same as the rest time, and the data selector 10 can select either signal.Since it is not the hour at this time, the JUS 'I of the hour detection circuit 9
' Signal 9a is % 0//. By specifying the photometric address of the necessary information using the combination VC of the output signal 9a of the hour detection circuit 9, the output signal 11a of the control counter 11, and the input signal 8a selected by the data selector 10, the address is The counter 16 counts as many times as necessary to make sentences, and the voice data ROM 5
By controlling f7b, the sentence is necessarily completed.

Next, considering the case of the hour, if it is 12:00 a.m., it is 12:00 a.m. ', but first, for the part "1 am", the data selector 10 selects the signal 7a, which is the morning/afternoon information, and sends it to the control ROM as the output signal 8a.
Enter 12. Next, at "112 o'clock," the data selector 10 selects the signal 7b containing the hour digit information and selects the signal 8a.
The data is input to the control ROM 12 as follows. 10 minutes is the same for any time, so data selector 10
However, the control ROM 12 can also be used to select the desired signal.
The sentence is completed by processing within.

As described above, the present invention has great practical effects in that it makes the voice output method more natural, eliminates bothersomeness, and does not cause discomfort to people.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a block diagram of a conventional back door electronic clock, and Figure 2 is a block diagram of a conventional back door electronic clock.
Pronk diagram of the present invention, whistle diagram 6 is an embodiment of the truth table of the delta selector 15, 1... Clock circuit, 2... Control circuit, 3...
...Audio data ROM, 4...Speech synthesis circuit, 5.
...Amplifier, 6...Speaker, 7...
4 pinto 5TAT engineering (! 5i (IP'TRH+G
Engineering 5TFiR. 8... Three-state bumper, 9... Hourly detection circuit, 10... Data selector, 11... Control counter, 12... Control RC) M. 15...Address register. Applicant Daini Seikosha Co., Ltd. 9-

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In an audio electronic clock that includes at least a clock circuit and a voice synthesis circuit, and has a control circuit that controls the IC voice synthesis circuit, every hour on the hour, AM or PM is uttered, and then time information is uttered. , non-hourly rC is a sound generation method for an audio electronic clock in which AM or PM is omitted and the time information is uttered. (2) An audio electronic timepiece comprising at least a clock circuit, a control circuit receiving the output of the clock circuit, and a voice synthesis circuit t receiving the output of the control circuit and the output of the read-only memory; The device includes a circuit that detects at least part of time information emitted from the clock circuit, and when the detection circuit detects the hour, outputs morning or afternoon data from the read-only memory, and then outputs time information data. , when the detection circuit detects non-hourly time, the read-only memory outputs time information data by omitting morning or afternoon data.
Audio electronic clock with % indication.