JPH075280A - Electronic clock with alarm - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To identify a job required at the time by indicating an illustration showing the job at the alarm time when it comes. CONSTITUTION:A timer 14 counts time and the present time can be known. A pointing device PD13 executes the inputting operation for specifying a position on the display, the setting of alarm and 'with' or 'without' alarm sound, the selection of the illustration shown at the alarm time and the cancellation of the alarm, etc. A program existing in ROM2, FD10, HD12 or RAM3 is read by CPU 1 from ROM2, FD10, HD12 or RAM3 sequentially through a system bus and the program indicates the selected illustration on a CRT8 at the alarm time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic timepiece with an alarm.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional electronic timepiece with an alarm, an alarm sound always sounds at the time of an alarm because the alarm sound cannot be permitted or prohibited.
Also, I was able to announce the alarm time by pronouncing the alarm sound or displaying an illustration at the time of the alarm,
You can always know the time, but the requirement for that time is
did not understand.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Although it has been possible to notify the time by setting an alarm and reaching the alarm time and sounding an alarm sound or displaying an illustration, it is not possible to notify the requirement of the time. There wasn't.

In view of the above problems of the prior art, the present invention provides an electronic timepiece with an alarm capable of displaying an illustration that allows the user to visually understand the subject of the alarm time when the alarm time comes. To aim.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems Storage means for storing an illustration to be displayed at an alarm time, selection means for selecting an illustration stored in the storage means, setting means for setting an alarm time, and clocking the current time. And an illustration display means for displaying the illustration selected by the selection means when the alarm time set by the setting means matches the current time.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when the alarm time is reached, the illustration of the message of the alarm time can be displayed visually so that the message of the time can be known.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail and specifically with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of this embodiment. Reference numeral 1 is a central processing unit (CPU), 2 is a read-only memory (ROM), 3 is a readable / writable memory (RAM), and 4 is an external read-only memory (external ROM). Yes, 5 is a keyboard control device (KBC), 6 is a keyboard (KB), 7 is a display device control device (CRTC), and 8 is a display device (CRT). Reference numeral 9 denotes an FD (movable external storage device), which is, for example, a 3.5-inch flexible disk here. The FD 9 records and saves document information, document management information, and the like according to a command from the CPU 1 via an FDC (FD controller) 10, or loads a prerecorded main clock program or the like onto the RAM 3.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an HD (fixed external storage device), which is, for example, a hard disk which has a storage capacity of 10 megabytes and can be accessed at high speed. This HD11
CPU1 through the HDC (HD controller) 12
Command, the information program of the same type as the FD 9 and information commonly available to the user (user) are recorded.

Reference numeral 13 is a pointing device (hereinafter referred to as PD
Call), specify the position of the display screen, set the alarm, set the alarm sound “Yes” and “No”, select the illustration to be displayed at the alarm time, and cancel the alarm.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a timer, which measures time. With this timer, the current time can be known.
It is also used as a timer for alarm release.

The program of this clock (FIG. 2) is stored in ROM2.
It exists on FD10, HD12 or RAM3, and CP
U1 ROM for temporary program through system bus
2, the target processing is performed while reading from the FD 10, HD 12, or RAM 3 (FIG. 2 shows an overall flow chart when applied to the electronic timepiece of the present invention).

In S1 of FIG. 2, first, an initial setting for operating the electronic timepiece with an alarm is performed. Start the timer for the clock, and set the alarm sound to "Yes" (alarmFlg = ON) as the default value.
The comment input buffer is cleared by NULL.

Next, in S2, the alarm sound "Yes",
Select “None”. This can be selected by PD or the like from the pull-down menu of (FIG. 7). (FIG. 3) S101
If you select “Alarm sound” in, alarmFlg
Turn on. If you select "No alarm sound", a
Turn off larmFlg.

Next, in S4, it is selected whether or not to set the alarm. If you want to set, go to S5. The alarm set sets the alarm time in S201 in the flowchart of FIG. This asks for the time input from the panel shown in (Fig. 8).

Next, in S202, it is determined whether or not an illustration is selected on the panel shown in FIG. 9 (FIG. 9). If the illustration is selected, the selected illustration number is set in S203, and if the comment is selected, the comment is selected in S204, and the panel of FIG. 15 appears. And S2
At 05, the comment input here (FIG. 10) is stored in the comment buffer. Then, the procedure goes to S206, and the flag when the alarm is set (alarmSetFl
Turn on g).

Next, in S6, the selection of the alarm sound can be judged here. If the alarm sound is not selected, the process goes to S8. If the alarm sound is selected, it operates as in the flow chart of FIG. 3 as described above. This allows the selection of the alarm sound before and after setting the alarm.

Next, in S9, it is judged whether or not an alarm is set. If it is set, then the alarm time is compared with the current time. If they match as a result of comparison (if the alarm time is reached), the alarm operation of S10 is started.

In the alarm operation, it is determined in S301 in the flowchart of FIG. 5 whether a comment is selected.
If the comment is selected, the number of characters of the comment is checked in S302. Then, in S303, the display size of the comment character is set. This is set, for example, as shown in FIG. Although the table is used in the present embodiment, the display size of characters may be calculated according to the size of the display screen and the number of input characters. If the comment is not selected in S301, the illustration number is checked in S304 and the illustration bitmap is set in S305.

Next, in S306, a timer for canceling the alarm is started. Then, in step S307, a flag indicating whether or not an alarm sound is present is checked, and if alarmFlg is ON, an alarm sound is generated.

Next, in S309, it is determined whether an illustration or a comment is selected. If it is selected, in S310, use of another application is disabled. As a result, for example, in the present embodiment, when an illustration or comment is displayed during execution of a word processor application as shown in FIGS. 11, 12, and 13, first, the alarm cannot be stopped unless the alarm is stopped. Can be displayed so as not to be hidden from the screen. Therefore, the operator can surely notice what was planned at the alarm time. Then, in S311, an illustration or comment is displayed.

Next, in S312, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has passed by the timer for releasing the alarm or whether a stop command for stopping the alarm has been issued. Therefore, if a certain time has passed or a stop command for stopping the alarm (in this embodiment, by clicking the illustration (comment) window on the PD 13) comes, the process proceeds to S313.

In step S313, it is determined whether an illustration or comment is displayed. If it is displayed, S
Going to 314, the use of another application is permitted.

In S315, in order to end the alarm, if there is an alarm sound, it is silenced, and if an illustration or comment is displayed, it is erased. And N in the comment buffer
Clear the ULL and turn off alarmSetFlg.

Next, in S11 (FIG. 2), it is selected whether or not the electronic timepiece with alarm is ended. If finished, S1
At 2, the timer for the clock is turned off and the process ends.

As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, in the electronic timepiece with the alarm, it is possible to select whether or not to generate the alarm sound at the time of the alarm.
Depending on the time and the case, it is possible to use them properly, and by selecting and displaying an illustration that suits the requirement from among a plurality of illustrations, it is possible to inform what the requirement is as shown in (FIG. 11). In FIG. 11, it can be seen that it is time to eat. Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 14, an illustration corresponding to each message is stored in the ROM 2, the FD 10, the HD 12, or the like. Also, by displaying the comment entered by oneself, it is possible to inform the user of the contents that cannot be expressed by the illustration as shown in FIG. Also, even if you forget to enter a comment and set it in the state of Fig. 15, by displaying the default message as shown in (Fig. 13), you can inform that the time when the alarm is set has come I was able to provide an electronic watch.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case where it is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the alarm time comes, an electronic timepiece with an alarm capable of displaying an illustration in which the message of the alarm time can be visually understood can be provided. There is an effect that can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is an overall view of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall flowchart when the present invention is applied to a character processing device.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for setting “present” and “absent” of an alarm sound.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an alarm setting unit.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an alarm operation at an alarm time.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a character size setting table.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a pull-down menu for selecting “with” or “without” of an alarm sound.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a panel for setting an alarm time.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an illustration selection panel.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a comment input panel.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example when a meal illustration is displayed during an alarm.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example when a comment is displayed during an alarm.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example when a default message is displayed during an alarm.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an illustration corresponding to each message when an illustration is selected.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a comment input panel.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Storage means for storing an illustration to be displayed at an alarm time, selection means for selecting an illustration stored in the storage means, setting means for setting an alarm time, and timing means for measuring the current time. An electronic timepiece with an alarm, comprising: an illustration display unit for displaying the illustration selected by the selection unit when the alarm time set by the setting unit matches the current time. 2. A selection means for selecting whether to display an illustration or a comment at the alarm time, and an input means for inputting a comment when the display of the comment is selected by the selection means. An electronic timepiece with an alarm according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The electronic timepiece with an alarm according to claim 2, wherein the character size to be displayed is set by the number of characters of the comment input by the input means. 4. The electronic timepiece with an alarm according to claim 2, wherein when the comment is desired to be input by the input means, the comment is stored in advance.