JP2893592B2 - clock - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a timepiece.

[Prior art and its problems] Conventionally, there is a so-called mechanical clock in which a doll or the like operates according to a melody every time the hour comes and informs of the time. By the way, the above operation of this type of timepiece is limited to once every hour. for that reason,
If the user wants to watch it again after the above operation, there is no other method than waiting for one hour to see the next hour or performing a complicated operation such as operating a demo key.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a clock that allows the user to continue to watch the operation within a certain period of time after the operation at every hour ends.

[Summary of the Invention] The operating unit is operated again only when it is detected that there is a clapping sound having a sound pressure of a certain level or more for a certain time after the end of the specific operation of the operating unit at a predetermined time. Is the gist.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described based on an example shown in the drawings.

Configuration FIG. 1 shows the external appearance of the present embodiment. FIG. 1 (a) shows the external appearance other than the hour, and FIG. 1 (b) shows the external appearance at the hour. That is, the hour hand 3 and the minute hand 4 are arranged on the pointer display section 2 on the front of the watch case 1. Further, at the hour, the stage 5 supported by the left and right columns 6 descends from the opening on the lower surface of the watch case 1 to a predetermined position. Although not shown in FIG. 1B, five dolls described later are mounted on the stage 5.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the above-mentioned five dolls and their placement on the stage 5. That is, on stage 5,
First violin player doll 16, second violin player doll 1
7, cello player doll 18, viola player doll 19 and conductor doll 15 standing in front of them are placed, but conductor doll
Only 15 is placed on a turntable 13 whose upper surface is provided at the same height as the upper surface of the stage in the hole on the stage 5. The turntable 13 is a rotating shaft 12 of a gear 11 meshing with a pinion 10 attached to a motor rotating shaft 85a of a doll rotating motor 85.
The rotation of the doll rotation motor 85 causes
The turntable 13 rotates, and the conductor doll 15 placed on the turntable 13
Is directed to the front or the player doll side. The left arm of each doll holds each musical instrument (except for the conductor doll 15), and the right arm has a bow or tact for bowing, and the forearm can rotate around the elbow. Has become. In other words, the bow is able to perform a bowed gesture or a tactile gesture.

FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view showing the configuration of the right arm of each doll. That is, a solenoid 21 having a yoke 22 is mounted in the upper arm portion 20, and a lower end of the upper arm portion 20, that is, an elbow portion on the upper arm portion 20 side is rotatably pivoted by a shaft 23 so that an elbow portion of a forearm portion 25 is rotatable. Supported. A magnetic body 24 is fixed to a part of the elbow on the side of the forearm 25, and when a current is applied to the solenoid 21, the yoke 22 of the solenoid 21 is magnetized, and the magnetic body 24 is attracted to this. The forearm 25 is axis 23
Is rotated around the center by a fixed angle.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the lifting mechanism of the stage 5 provided in the watch case 1. That is, the two columns 6 that support the stage 5 and move it up and down are guided by column guides 32a, 32b, 32c and 32d attached to the back of the dial, and are provided on one outer side of the column 6. The rack part 6a is a gear rotatably mounted on the back of the dial
31 is in mesh. The gear 31 is a stage elevating motor 81
, And rotates by receiving torque from a stage elevating motor 81 to move up and down the column 6 and the stage 5 supported by the column. In addition, a projection 6b is provided on the other support 6 on which the rack 6a is not provided,
When the stage 5 and the support 6 are lifted and the stage 5 is stored in the watch case 1, the rising limit detection switch 33 attached to the back of the dial is pressed, and conversely, the stage 5 and the support 6 are moved. When the stage 5 descends and reaches the predetermined position, the lower limit detection switch 34 attached to the back of the dial is set.
Is pressed. Note that reference numeral 35 in FIG.
Is an analog movement.

FIG. 5 shows a circuit configuration of the present embodiment. That is, CPU5
A clock unit 60 that measures the current time and displays a hand, etc., a surrounding state detecting unit 70 that detects the surrounding state of the watch, and a clock case 1 to a stage 5 every hour. Doll movement control unit 80
And a melody generating circuit 90 that generates a melody in accordance with the operation of the doll.

First, the clock unit 60 will be described. The oscillation circuit 61 is a circuit that always sends out a signal of a constant frequency,
Reference numeral 62 denotes a circuit which divides the above-mentioned signal to a predetermined frequency and supplies it to a motor drive circuit 63. The motor drive circuit 63 is a circuit that drives a step motor 64 based on a given signal. The step motor 64 is driven by the motor drive circuit 63 to move a hand 66 via a wheel train mechanism 65. The hour detector 67 also detects, at each hour, that the hour has arrived, based on the state of the train wheel mechanism 65, and sends a signal r indicating that to the CPU 50, and at the same time as the hour data, that is, at what time. This is a circuit unit that obtains whether or not it has reached and supplies it to the CPU 50 via the data bus RT.

Next, the surrounding state detection unit 70 will be described. Illuminance sensor
71, the A / D conversion circuit 72 starts upon receiving a start command signal from the CPU 50, and the illuminance sensor 71 detects the illuminance around the timepiece and sends the detection result to the A / D conversion circuit 72 as an analog signal. The A / D conversion circuit 72 is a circuit that digitizes the received analog signal and sends it to the CPU 50. In addition, the sound sensor 73 and the A / D conversion circuit 74 are also started upon receiving a start command signal from the CPU 50, and the sound sensor 73 detects sound around the timepiece and converts the detection result into an analog signal as an analog signal. The A / D conversion circuit 74 is a circuit for digitizing the transmitted analog signal and transmitting it to the CPU 50.

In the doll movement control unit 80, the stage
Numeral 81 denotes a motor for obtaining the drive signal d from the CPU 50 and moving the stage 5 up and down.
When the level is at the level, the stage 5 rotates in the direction in which the stage 5 descends. When the level is at the L level, the stage 5 rotates in the direction in which the stage 5 rises. The position detection switch unit 82 is a circuit that includes the above-described ascending limit detection switch 33 (see FIG. 4) and sends out a signal _Lu when the ascending limit detection switch 33 is operated. Position detecting switch unit 83 is provided with a lowering limit detection switch 34 described above, is a circuit for transmitting a signal L _d when lower descending limit detecting switch 34 is operated. The clock striking device 84 is a device that receives a signal from the CPU 50 every hour and performs striking. As described above, the doll rotation motor 85 is a motor for rotating the turntable 13 on which the conductor doll 15 is placed. Each time the starter signal from the CPU 50 is received, the turntable 13
That is, the conductor doll 15 is rotated by 180 °. Each of the solenoid circuits 86a, 86b, 86c, 86d, and 86e includes the aforementioned solenoid 21 attached to the right arm of each doll,
This is a circuit for supplying a current to the solenoid 21 every time a signal from the U50 is obtained.

Melody sound data storage RO in melody generation circuit 90
The M91 has a total of 14 songs, 12 songs to be played at each hour, 1 song to be played when the stage 5 descends at every hour (that is, theme music), and 1 song for encore. The tune is stored, and the melody sound data of the tune specified by the melody selection signal SM from the CPU 5 is sequentially sent to the sound synthesis circuit 92 every time the specified signal MA is sent, and all of the tunes of the tune are further transmitted. When the melody sound data has been sent to the sound synthesis circuit 92, the end signal OV is sent to the CPU 50. The sound synthesizing circuit 92 is a circuit for synthesizing an electric signal corresponding to the melody sound based on the melody sound data sent from the melody sound data storage ROM 91 and sending it to the amplifier circuit 93. The amplifying circuit 93 is a circuit that amplifies the electric signal and supplies the amplified electric signal to the speaker 94. The speaker 94 generates a melody sound based on the transmitted electric signal.

Operation Next, the main operation of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6 and the pointer and operation transition diagram of FIG.

For example, now, it is the hour, and when the signal r is sent from the above-mentioned hour detection unit 67, it is detected in step S1, and a start command signal for illuminance detection is sent to the illuminance sensors 71 and A / A.
The data is sent to the D conversion circuit 72, the illuminance data is fetched from the surrounding state detecting unit 70 (step S2), and the surrounding brightness is checked (step S3). During sleep, the following operations are stopped to eliminate waste and avoid sleep disturbance due to the melody sound.) If it is sufficiently bright, the process proceeds to the next step S4.
In this step S4, the hourly data sent via the data bus RT from the hourly hour detection 67 is set in the register T incorporated in the CPU 50, and then in step S5, the CPU 50
The flag F built in is lowered. After the above processing,
In step S6, the stage lift motor 81 is rotated forward to start lowering the stage 5 (see FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b)). Then, confirm that the flag F has been lowered (step
S7) The melody selection signal S is stored in the melody sound data storage ROM 91.
Send M to select a theme song and generate this melody (step S8). Next, in step S9, it is checked whether the descent limit detection switch 34 has been operated and the stage 5 has been lowered to a predetermined position.
The operations of S7, S8 and S9 are repeated. And the above steps S7 and S
8.The operation of S9 is repeated several times, and when it is detected in step S9 that it has dropped to the predetermined position,
The rotation of 81 is stopped (step S10). Then, in step S11, it is confirmed that the flag F has been lowered, and the occurrence of the theme melody is stopped (step S1).
2). After the above operation, the state on the stage 5 is as shown in FIG.
It becomes as shown in. Next, the conductor doll 15 is rotated by 180 ° by the doll rotation motor 85 and turned toward the performer doll (step S13), and the music to be played at the current hour is selected based on the flag F and the register T. Then, a melody selection signal SM for designating the song is sent to the melody sound data storage ROM 91 (step S14), and a designation signal MA is sent.
Specify the melody sound data and send the melody sound to the speaker.
Generated from 94 (step S15). Next, a signal is sent to the solenoids 86a, 86b,..., 86e in accordance with the melody sound to drive the right arm of each doll (step S16).
Then, it is confirmed that the performance of the current music has not been completed (step S17), and the process returns to step S15. Hereinafter, the operations of steps S15 to S17 are repeated, and FIG. 7 (d) shows the state on the stage 5 at this time. When all the melody sounds of the music have been generated as described above,
By the end signal OV from the melody sound data storage ROM 91,
Detecting that, proceed from step S17 to step S18,
The beating is performed a number of times related to the hour set in the register T (that is, the beating is performed three times at three o'clock, four times at four o'clock). FIG. 7E shows the state on the stage 5 at this time. Thereafter, in step S19, the conductor doll 15 is again rotated by 180 ° (see FIG. 7 (f)), the stage elevating motor 81 is reversed to raise the stage 5 (step S20), and then the step In S21, the detection is repeated until the ascending limit detection switch 33 is operated to detect that the ascending limit detection switch 33 has risen to the predetermined position. The state during this detection is shown in FIG. 7 (g). When it is detected that the stage has been raised to the predetermined position, the rotation of the stage elevating motor 81 is stopped (step S22), and it is confirmed that the flag F has been lowered (step S23). , And drives them to detect the ambient sound of the timepiece, and repeatedly checks whether the sound pressure level is equal to or higher than a predetermined value for a predetermined time, for example, 20 seconds (steps S24 and S25). , S26, S24). And
During this time, if no sound pressure level equal to or higher than the predetermined value is detected, the current operation ends.

On the other hand, when the fact that the sound pressure level is equal to or higher than the predetermined value level is detected during the fixed time, that is, when there is applause or the like for encore for the above-mentioned doll operation, step S25 is performed. From step S27,
Set the flag F. Then, returning to step S6, the stage elevating motor 81 is rotated forward, the stage 5 is lowered again, it is confirmed that the flag F has not been lowered (step S7), and the step S8 is skipped (that is, the encore (There is no time to play the theme song), proceed to step S9, and confirm that it has not yet descended to the predetermined position (step S9).
9) Return to step S7. Thereafter, the operations of steps S7 and S9 are repeated, and when reaching the above position, the stage elevating motor 81 is stopped (step 10), it is confirmed that the flag F is already set (step S11), and the process proceeds to step S13. . Hereinafter, the processes of steps S13 to S22 are executed in the same manner as described above. In this case, since the flag F is set, in step S14, the song for the encore is selected and the song is played. . When the process in step S22 is completed, it is detected that the flag F is set, that is, the current performance is related to alcohol (step S23), and the current encore operation is completed. That is, the encore is limited to only once.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the present invention.
For example, in the present embodiment, after the predetermined operation at every hour, the ambient sound is detected using the sound sensor, and the predetermined operation is performed when the sound pressure is at a certain level. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Only the clap sound is extracted from the sound detected by the sound sensor based on the frequency and the envelope, and may be operated only when the sound pressure of the clap sound is equal to or higher than a certain level.Also, an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared sensor, or It is a matter of course that the temperature sensor may detect whether there is a person around or not, and perform a predetermined operation when there is a person around.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, the present invention provides an operation unit that performs a specific operation at a predetermined time, a certain time after the end of the specific operation of the operation unit at the predetermined time, and a certain level. Detecting means for detecting whether or not there is a clapping sound having the above sound pressure; and re-starting the operation section only when the detecting means detects that there is a clapping sound having a sound pressure of a certain level or more within the certain time. Means for operating the watch, and when there is a clapping sound of a certain level or higher within a certain period of time after the specific operation of the operating part is completed, no switch operation is performed. It is possible to provide a timepiece that can restart its specific operation without need.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the front appearance of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the arrangement of dolls operating at every hour and after encore, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of the right arm of each doll. FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a lifting structure of a stage on which a doll is placed, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of the above embodiment, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the present embodiment, FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the operation of the doll performed every hour or the like. 5 ... stage, 6 ... post, 6a ... rack, 6b ... projection, 15 ... conductor doll, 16 ... first violin player doll, 17 ... second violin player doll, 18 ... Cello player doll, 19 ... Viola player doll, 20 ... Upper arm, 21 ... Solenoid, 22 ... Yoke, 24 ... Magnetic body, 25 ... Forearm, 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d ... Support guide , 33 ... Up limit detection switch, 34 ... Down limit detection switch, 35 ...
Analog movement, 50… CPU, 60… Clock, 61
…… Oscillation circuit, 62 …… Division circuit, 63 …… Motor drive circuit, 64 …… Step motor, 65 …… wheel train mechanism, 66 …… Pointer, 67 …… Hour detection part, 70 …… Ambient condition Detector, 71 ……
Illuminance sensor, 72, 74 A / D conversion circuit, 73 Sound sensor, 80 Doll control unit, 81 Stage up / down motor,
82, 83 ... Position detection switch section, 84 ... Punching device, 85
…… Doll rotation motor, 85a …… Motor rotation shaft, 86a, 86
b, 86c, 86d, 86e: Solenoid circuit, 90: Melody generation circuit, 91: Melody sound data storage ROM, 92: Sound synthesis circuit, 93: Amplifier circuit, 94: Speaker, d: Drive signal, l ...... forward and reverse control signal, L _u, L _d ...... signal, SM ......
Melody selection signal, MA …… Designation signal, OV …… End signal.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An operation unit that performs a specific operation at a predetermined time, and whether there is a clapping sound having a sound pressure of a predetermined level or more for a predetermined time after the end of the specific operation of the operation unit at the predetermined time. Detecting means for detecting whether or not there is a clapping sound having a sound pressure of a certain level or higher within the certain time by the detecting means. And watch.