JPH0322596B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to an alarm clock.

[Prior Art] In recent years, with the development of voice synthesis technology, there are alarm clocks that repeatedly generate synthesized voices such as "Lililirin, wake up!" as an alarm sound.

This type of device generally requires a demonstration function to allow users to hear the alarm sound at the store.

Conventionally, there are devices with this function that cause the synthesized sound to sound only once when the alarm set switch is turned from the set state to the off state.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] With conventional products, when demonstrating at a store, etc., the alarm sound only sounds once, so the actual alarm sound ends after only one sound. Sometimes it is misunderstood.

In addition, devices have been devised that generate a confirmation sound such as "I won't wake you up again" when the alarm is turned off.
Until now, no idea had been made to hold demonstrations.

In the present invention, by providing a demonstration switch, an alarm sound can be made to sound for a required period of time for demonstration purposes, and a confirmation sound to stop ringing can also be heard.

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, an alarm sound is continuously generated when the alarm set switch is switched to the set state while the demonstration switch is in the on state.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a demonstration switch, 2 is an alarm set switch, and 3 is an alarm switch that is closed when the current time and alarm time match. 4 is a status determination circuit that determines the operating status of demonstration switch 1 and alarm set switch 2 and generates an output corresponding to the status; 5 is an operating status of alarm set switch 2 and alarm switch 3. This is a state determination circuit that determines the state and generates an output corresponding to the state. Reference numeral 6 indicates an alarm control circuit which selectively generates an alarm sound and a sound stop confirmation sound from the sound generating device 9 described below in accordance with the output signals from the status determination circuits 4 and 5, and 7 corresponds to a signal from the alarm control circuit 6. A voice synthesis circuit 8 outputs a voice signal, an amplifier circuit 8 amplifies the voice signal from the voice synthesis circuit 7, and a sound generating device 9 generates sound based on the signal from the amplifier circuit 8.

Next, the demonstration operation will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, turn on demonstration switch 1. The state determining circuit 4 determines the operating state of the demonstration switch 1, and when the switch is turned on, the process moves to determining the operating state of the alarm set switch 2. Then set the alarm.
When the switch 2 is turned from on to off, the judgment output causes the alarm control circuit 6 to output a selection sound for confirming that the alarm has stopped, the voice synthesis circuit 7 has produced a confirmation sound for confirming that the alarm has stopped, and the sound generating device 9 has issued the message "Please wake me up now." A confirmation sound such as "No." is heard only once.

Conversely, alarm set switch 2
When you switch from off to on, the
Wake up! An alarm sound such as "" is generated and continues until the alarm set switch 2 is turned off. If the sound stop operation is performed again here, the sound stop confirmation sound will be generated in the same manner as above.

When the demonstration switch 1 is off, the state determining circuit 4 does not operate, and the state determining circuit 5 operates as a normal alarm clock. That is, when the current time and the alarm time match and the alarm switch 3 is turned on, if the alarm set switch 2 is in the on state, an alarm sound is generated for a certain period of time, and during that time the alarm set switch is turned on. If you turn off 2, a ringing confirmation sound will be generated once.

With the above-described demonstration function, it is possible to demonstrate the alarm sound and the sound stop confirmation sound regardless of the state of the alarm switch, that is, without taking the trouble of matching the current time and the alarm time. Furthermore, the demonstration function is extremely user-friendly as the alarm sound is generated when the alarm is set, the alarm confirmation tone is generated when the alarm is turned off, and each sound is generated in response to the actual switch operation. becomes.

In addition, in the above example, the demonstration
The state of the switch must be confirmed by actually seeing it with the naked eye or by actually demonstrating it, but the state of the demonstration switch may also be displayed on a liquid crystal panel or the like. Further, the volume of the alarm sound and the sound stop confirmation sound may be changed between the demonstration and the actual sound.

Further, in the above example, a case was described in which synthesized speech was used, but the alarm sound and the ringing confirmation sound may be ordinary electronic sounds.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, by providing the demonstration switch, the alarm sound and the sound stop confirmation sound can be sounded regardless of the state of the alarm switch. This saves the trouble of matching the alarm time.

Moreover, during the demonstration, the alarm sound and sound stop confirmation sound are played in response to the actual alarm set switch operation, so the user can confirm the alarm in relation to the actual operation, making it easier for the user to understand. It becomes easier.

Furthermore, since the alarm sound can be emitted as many times as necessary during the demonstration, there is no possibility that the alarm sound will be misunderstood as something that will end in a short time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the main parts of the above embodiment. 1... Demonstration Switch, 2...
...Alarm set switch, 3...Alarm switch, 4...State determination circuit, 6...Alarm control circuit, 9...Sound generation device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A demonstration switch, an alarm set switch, a sounding device that generates an alarm sound and a sound confirmation sound, and when the demonstration switch is in an ON state, the alarm set switch is activated. An alarm that causes the sound generation device to continuously generate an alarm sound when the alarm set switch is switched to the alarm set state, and generates a sound stop confirmation sound from the sound production device when the alarm set switch is switched to the sound stop state. An alarm clock comprising a control circuit.