JPS645274B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention is capable of audibly announcing an alarm message such as "It's time for a meeting" at an alarm time set according to a schedule, etc. Concerning the voice clock.

<Prior art and its problems> In general, in a voice clock, it is important to audibly notify as many different types of alarm messages as possible. However, in order to store the audio data of various alarm messages in a conventional audio clock, the number of memory elements must be increased, which leads to problems such as an increase in the area of the circuit board and an increase in price. was.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a voice clock that is capable of audibly announcing various alarm messages with a minimum required storage capacity.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In the present invention, as a technical means for achieving the above-described object, an audio clock is configured as follows. That is, a plurality of message input magnetic cards on which audio data representing the contents of an alarm message are magnetically recorded, and the message input magnetic cards are transported along a card feed groove by the drive of a card feed motor. a card data reading means for sequentially reading the recorded contents of the card with a reading head; a temporary storage means for alarm message audio data read by the card data reading means and a set alarm time; A means for detecting coincidence between the alarm time and the current time by the clock means, and a voice synthesis output for outputting the content of the alarm message as a voice based on the voice data read and transferred from the temporary storage means when the coincidence detecting means detects a coincidence between the two times. It is characterized by comprising means.

<Function> When setting an alarm, when a magnetic card for message input with desired message contents stored is selected and set in the card feeding groove of the card data reading means, this magnetic card is transported along the feeding groove by the feeding motor. , and the recorded contents of the magnetic card are stored in the temporary storage means by the reading head. Furthermore, the alarm time set by key input operation is also stored in this temporary storage means.
When the alarm message voice data and its alarm time are temporarily stored in this way, in the timekeeping mode, the coincidence detection means constantly monitors whether the current time has reached the alarm time or not. At the time when the alarm message voice data stored in the temporary storage means is read out and transferred to the voice synthesis output means, the content of the alarm message is output as voice. In this audio clock, various alarm messages are recorded for each type on separate magnetic cards for inputting messages, and the necessary one is selected and the alarm message on this magnetic card is stored in the temporary storage means. The storage means only needs to have a capacity that can store the necessary voice data, so it does not need to be bulky or expensive, and by increasing the types of magnetic cards, the number of alarm messages can be increased as desired. .

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

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the above embodiment. Second
The figure is a top view of the above embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the above embodiment.

A display surface 21 of a display device 2, an opening 3 of a speaker 17, and an input key group 41 are provided on the surface of the main body 1. The key group 41 is connected to the key input device 4, and includes a reading key, an "hour" input key,
"Minute" input key, numeric key (not shown)
Consists of etc. The card feeding groove 5 is formed substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the main body 1.

The magnetic card 6 for inputting an alarm message has a magnetic recording section 7 provided parallel to the bottom side of the card and on which message contents are written. Also,
In the upper part 61 of the front side of the card, a title indicating the content of the message, such as "It's time for a meeting", is written.

A card feeding device 8 and an audio data reading device 9 are built into the main body 1. The card feeding device 8 includes a feeding motor 81 that moves the magnetic card 6 along the groove 5 when the card 6 is inserted into the groove 5 . The reading device 9 includes a magnetic head 91 that sequentially reads the contents of the magnetic recording section 7 of the card 6 as the card 6 is transferred. The display device 2 displays the time on the display surface 21.

The CPU 11 counts the reference clock signal from the crystal oscillator 12 to measure time. The outputs of the sending device 8, the audio data reading device 9, the display device 2, and the key input device 4 are respectively introduced into the CPU 11 via the interface 10.

Also, ROM13 and RAM14 are
It is connected to the. The ROM 13 stores timekeeping algorithms, time notification audio data, and the like. For example, a message prompting you to set the time, a message prompting you to finish setting the alarm time, etc.
It is stored in 3. The RAM 14 temporarily stores alarm message voice data and alarm time. That is, the RAM 14 has an alarm message storage area 20 that stores the contents of the magnetic recording section 7.
and a register 21 for storing the "hour" of the alarm time.
and a register 22 for storing the "minute" of the alarm time.
and time registers 23 and 24. Two-digit numbers are stored in registers 20 and 21.
In other words, for any number N, if the number input to those registers is X ₀ , the value (10N+X ₀ ) will be stored, and if the value is 3 or more digits,
Only the digit is stored.

Synthetic speech device (hereinafter referred to as VS) 15 is a CPU
A signal is inputted from the ROM 11, voice data is obtained from the ROM 13, voice synthesis is performed, and the synthesized voice is outputted from the speaker 17 via the amplifier 16.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

The flowchart in alarm setting mode is shown in FIG. By operating the reading key in the key group 41, the alarm setting mode is entered, and the feeder 8
Power is supplied to the feed motor 81 of the
100, 101). When the transfer of the card 6 begins, the first code (READ IN CODE) recorded in the magnetic recording section 7 of the card 6 is read by the magnetic head 91 (step 102), and is sequentially recorded in the magnetic recording section 7. The audio data is in area 2 of RAM14.
It is stored as 0 (step 103). When the last code (END CODE) recorded in the magnetic recording section 7 is input, the power supply to the feed motor is stopped (steps 104 and 105). When the message setting operation using the card 6 is completed in this way, a message prompting the user to set the time, such as audio data of the words "When is your scheduled time?" is displayed.
Read from ROM13 and further from CPU11
After the voice is transferred to the VS 15 and synthesized, a voice notification to that effect is made from the speaker 17 (step 106).

In step (107), key group 41 "hour"
It is determined whether there is an input operation using the input keys.
If the ``hour'' input key is not operated, the process moves to step (110), and it is determined whether or not the numeric key of the key group 41 has been inputted. When the number key is operated, if the input number is X ₀ , register 2
1 stores the value 10N+X ₀ (step
111). Therefore, if an input operation is performed using the "hour" input key, the contents of the register 21 at that time become the "hour" of the alarm setting time. Also, to set the "minute" of the alarm time, use the "minute" input key.
As in the case of the "hour", the contents of the register 22 become the "minute" of the alarm setting time through steps (108) to (112) and (113). Here, H and M
Suppose it is set to minutes. When the alarm time setting operation is completed, a message informing the completion of the alarm time setting, for example, audio data of the words "We will notify you at H o'clock M minute" is read from the ROM 13, and a voice notification to that effect is output from the speaker 17. (steps 109, 114).

Next, a flowchart in the watch mode is shown in FIG. In CPU11, crystal oscillator 1
2 reference clock signals are counted in units of 1 minute,
A "minute" pulse signal is input to the RAM 14. Therefore, the time is measured in steps (200) to (205). Minute unit register 2 of RAM14
4 is incremented by 1 in units of 1 minute, and the register 24 is
It is determined whether the content Y has reached 60. Y=
If it is 60, it will be reset as if one hour has passed,
When Y=0, 1 is added to the time unit register 23. Furthermore, the content X of register 23 is 24
It will be judged whether or not it has become. If X=24, it is assumed that the date has changed and is reset, and X=0.

In step (206), it is determined whether the current time is the alarm setting time. That is,
If X=H and Y=M, it is assumed that the time has reached the alarm setting time, and the audio data stored in the area 20 of the RAM 14 is transferred to the VS 15, and the speaker 17 makes an audio notification. If the content of the alarm message is, for example, "It's time for a meeting.", a voice notification to that effect is provided.

In addition, for timekeeping, the above "minute" pulse signal is RAM1.
4, the process continues through step (208).

Furthermore, speech synthesis using the message input magnetic card 6 used in the present invention can be easily carried out in any of the following embodiments.

Record voice data on a magnetic card for message input in pulse code modulation (PCM) format,
Store it as is in the RAM storage area. During playback, data in that area is read out, D/A converted, and then voice synthesized.

The message input magnetic card records audio data in a 50-sound code. Furthermore, the speech synthesis device is made to store enough data to individually notify each of the 50 syllables. During playback, a combination of 50 tones is voiced from the 50 tones code data read into the RAM storage area from the message input magnetic card.

The message input magnetic card records voice data for performing voice synthesis. The speech synthesis device performs speech synthesis based on the speech data read into the storage area of the RAM.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the present invention, audio notification is performed by reading the audio data of an alarm message from a magnetic card on which the audio data is written. It is possible to obtain a voice clock capable of audibly announcing many alarm messages. Furthermore, since the memory capacity is the minimum required and the area of the circuit board does not increase, it can be manufactured at low cost.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 2 is a top view of the above embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the above embodiment. 4 and 5 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the above embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Main body, 2... Display device, 4... Input device, 5... Feeding groove, 6... Magnetic card for message input, 7... Magnetic recording section, 8... Feeding device, 9
...Reading device, 11...Central processing unit (CPU), 12...Crystal oscillator, 13...ROM,
14...RAM, 15...speech synthesizer, 91...
...magnetic head.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A plurality of message input magnetic cards on which audio data representing the content of an alarm message are magnetically recorded, and these message input magnetic cards are transported along a card feed groove by the drive of a card feed motor, and a At the same time, a card data reading means for sequentially reading the recorded contents of the card by a reading head, a temporary storage means for the alarm message audio data read by the card data reading means and a set alarm time, and an alarm stored in the temporary storage means. A means for detecting coincidence between the time and the current time by the clock means, and a voice synthesis output for outputting the content of the alarm message as a voice based on the voice data read and transferred from the temporary storage means when the coincidence detecting means detects a coincidence between the two times. A voice clock comprising means.