JP5648470B2 - Alarm clock - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an alarm clock that reproduces acoustic data at a predetermined date and time.

  An alarm clock that reproduces acoustic data at a preset alarm time by attaching a card-type memory that records acoustic data has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, in such an alarm clock, a data table in which a plurality of alarm date / time and setting data of acoustic data to be reproduced is registered is written into the alarm clock from an external computer, and which acoustic data is reproduced at which date / time. A technique that can be set is also proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2002-243871 A JP 2002-131457 A

  In an alarm clock having a sound data playback function, for example, different sound data can be played back on weekdays and Saturdays, special sound data can be played back only on specific days, and depending on the alarm date and time. Therefore, it is considered that an interesting alarm function can be provided by making it possible to reproduce different acoustic data and making various settings.

  However, in order to make complicated settings in the alarm clock, it is necessary to provide a display panel with a relatively large number of pixels that can display file names of acoustic data, etc., and complicated settings can be made with few operation buttons. Therefore, the setting operation itself becomes difficult and the problem that it becomes difficult to give favorable operability arises.

  Also, in the method of setting alarms by writing setting data in a predetermined format from the outside, even if you want to add one alarm setting, you can edit the setting data in which multiple pieces of alarm setting information are registered at once. There are problems such as having to be corrected, and editing alarm settings only on a general-purpose computer that can handle the format of the setting data.

  An object of the present invention is to enable various alarm settings to be easily performed in an alarm clock that reproduces acoustic data at a predetermined date and time.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1
In an alarm clock having alarm reproduction means for reproducing acoustic data stored in the storage means at a predetermined date and time,
Analysis means for analyzing the file name or path name of the acoustic data stored in the storage means;
Reproduction control means for selecting acoustic data to be reproduced by the alarm reproduction means and setting the predetermined date and time based on the analysis result of the analysis means;
It is characterized by having.

The invention according to claim 2 is the alarm timepiece according to claim 1,
The analysis means includes
Analyzing date division information that divides dates contained in the file name or path name of the acoustic data,
The reproduction control means includes
The alarm reproducing means selects the acoustic data including the date division information corresponding to the date on which the acoustic data is reproduced as the acoustic data to be reproduced on the date.

The invention according to claim 3 is the alarm timepiece according to claim 2,
The date classification information is information representing any one of a date, a day of the week, a date, and a month.

The invention according to claim 4 is the alarm timepiece according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The analysis means includes
Analyzing date and time information representing the date and time included in the file name or path name of the acoustic data,
The reproduction control means includes
The alarm reproduction means sets the predetermined date and time for reproducing the acoustic data based on the date and time information, and selects the acoustic data including the date and time information as the acoustic data to be reproduced at the date and time. It is characterized by.

The invention according to claim 5 is the alarm timepiece according to claim 4,
The date and time information is information representing time only, time and date, time and day of the week, time and date, or time and month.

The invention according to claim 6 is the alarm timepiece according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Connection means for connecting the storage means for storing the acoustic data so as to be insertable / removable is provided.

The invention according to claim 7 is the alarm timepiece according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
A wireless communication means capable of wireless connection with a predetermined information terminal;
Sound data can be written from the information terminal to the storage means via the wireless communication means.

  According to the present invention, setting information related to alarm reproduction is recorded in the file name or path name of the acoustic data, so that this information is analyzed, and the reproduction processing of the alarm reproducing means is performed according to this information. Therefore, the user can easily set various alarm reproduction settings by editing the file name and path name of the acoustic data that can be handled by various information terminals.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration | structure containing the alarm clock of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of an alarm clock. It is a figure explaining an example of the file name of alarm data, and the alarm setting content. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure of the process at the time of the acoustic data reception performed by CPU for data control. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure of the alarm reproduction | regeneration processing performed by CPU for data control. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed control procedure of the acoustic data comparison process with $ of step S13 of FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration including an alarm clock 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The alarm clock 10 according to this embodiment is a clock that generates an alarm at an alarm time or alarm date and time set by a user, and further has a memory card 30 (refer to FIG. 2) as a storage means in which acoustic data is recorded. By inserting it into 25a, it has a function of reproducing the sound data recorded on the memory card 30 as an alarm.

  In addition, the alarm clock 10 is capable of data communication with a mobile phone 40 which is a predetermined information terminal by, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication, and transfers acoustic data from the mobile phone 40 to the alarm clock 10 to be a memory card. 30 can be recorded. When transferring the acoustic data, the user can freely edit the file name of the acoustic data by operating the operation key 44 while looking at the display unit 45 of the mobile phone 40.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the alarm clock 10.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the alarm clock 10 includes a clock CPU (central processing unit) 11 that mainly controls the clock function, and a ROM (Read Only) in which a control program and control data executed by the CPU 11 are stored. Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13 that provides a working memory space for the CPU 11, an operation key 14 that receives a user operation input, and a standard radio wave receiver 15 that receives a standard radio wave including time data. A liquid crystal display (LCD) 16 for displaying the date and day of the week, an analog pointer display 17 for displaying the time by driving the hands 2 to 4 (see FIG. 1) by a motor, and a timer for counting the current time 18 is provided.

  Further, the alarm clock 10 includes a data control CPU 21 that controls data such as acoustic data, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 22 that stores a control program executed by the CPU 21 and control data, and a CPU 21 for working. A RAM 23 that provides a memory space, a wireless communication unit 24 as a wireless communication unit that performs short-range wireless communication processing via an antenna AN such as Bluetooth communication, and a connection unit that connects the memory card 30 so that data can be read and written by the CPU 21 A socket 25, an acoustic data decoding unit 26 for decoding acoustic data, an amplifier and speaker 27 for performing acoustic output, and the like.

  The RAM 13 is provided with a storage area 13a for alarm date / time data representing the alarm date / time at which an alarm is generated. A plurality of alarm date and time data can be registered in the storage area 13a.

  The alarm date and time data includes data that specifies only the time, data that specifies the day of the week and time, data that specifies the date and time, data that specifies the date and time, data that specifies the month and time, etc. Can be registered.

  The ROM 12 has a date and time display processing program for operating the motor of the analog pointer display unit 17 and switching the display of the month and day of the liquid crystal display unit 16 in synchronization with the time measured by the time measuring unit 18, and operation keys 14. A setting input processing program for inputting alarm operation date and setting the alarm date and time, monitoring the clock time of the timer 18 and generating an alarm when the date and time of the alarm date and time registered in the storage area 13a is reached For this purpose, an alarm processing program for outputting the alarm command and the current date / time data to the data control CPU 21 is stored.

  The clock CPU 11 executes the date and time display process, the alarm date and time setting input process, and the alarm process by executing each of the programs stored in the ROM 12.

  The other ROM 22 transfers a file operation processing program for reading / writing data files to / from the memory card 30, a communication processing program for inputting / outputting communication data via the wireless communication unit 24, and acoustic data transferred by wireless communication. An acoustic data reception processing program that executes predetermined processing when it is received, an alarm reproduction control processing program that executes predetermined processing when an alarm command is received from the clock CPU 11, and the like are stored. . Among these, a part of the reproduction control means is constituted by the alarm reproduction control processing program and the CPU 21 executing the program.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the file name of the acoustic data recorded on the memory card 30 and the alarm setting contents.

  A plurality of acoustic data can be recorded in the memory card 30 as individual data files. Then, by inserting the memory card 30 in which the acoustic data is recorded into the slot 25a of the alarm clock 10 (connected to the socket 25), one acoustic data is selected at the alarm date and reproduced as an alarm. ing. As shown below, the sound data reproduced as an alarm is selected based on the file name of the sound data, and the alarm date and time can be set by the file name of the sound data.

  The selection of sound data to be reproduced as an alarm is performed based on date division information that divides dates contained in the file name. As shown in the four file names from the top of FIG. 3, the file name of the acoustic data having date division information can be identified by the leading “#” character.

  For example, if a 4-digit number is written after “#” as in the first file name “# 1229.mp3” in FIG. 3, the month and date represented by the 4-digit number is the date division information. Thus, this acoustic data is a candidate to be reproduced at the alarm time of the corresponding month and year.

  If the day of the week is written after “#” as in the second file name “# sun.mp3” from the top in FIG. This acoustic data is a candidate to be reproduced at the time.

  In addition, as in the third file name “# 20d.mp3” from the top in FIG. 3, if “#” is followed by the numbers “1 to 31” and the date symbol “d”. The date of this number becomes date division information, and this acoustic data is a candidate to be reproduced at the alarm time of the corresponding day of the month.

  Also, as in the fourth file name “# 5m.mp3” from the top of FIG. 3, if “#” is followed by a number “1-12” and a month symbol “m”. The month of this number becomes date division information, and this acoustic data is a candidate to be reproduced at the alarm time of the corresponding month every year.

  Note that the date division information as described above may have overlapping ranges for dividing dates. For example, if December 29 is a Sunday, this day is included in the range of the date division information of the first and second file names in FIG. Therefore, when the date is included in the range of the plurality of date division information in this way, one acoustic data is reproduced from the plurality of acoustic data having the corresponding date division information according to a predetermined priority order. To be selected for.

  This priority order is determined in the order of date / date date division information, day of the week date division information, date / date date division information, and month date division information.

  As shown in the lower three file names in FIG. 3, the alarm date and time by file name is set by including the character “$” and the subsequent four digits in the file name. The alarm time is represented by a digit.

  Furthermore, as shown in the lower two file names in FIG. 3, if a character with “&” is included in addition to the above “$” and the 4-digit character, the character following “&” Thus, the date, day, date, or month information can be added to the alarm date setting information (date information). For example, “& 5d $ 1010” represents the alarm date and time of “10:10 on the 5th of every month”, and “& 4 m $ 1010” represents the alarm date and time of “10:10 in April every year”.

  Next, the operation related to the alarm of the alarm clock 10 will be described.

[Processing when receiving acoustic data]
First, processing executed when the acoustic data is written from the mobile phone 40 to the memory card 30 by wireless communication will be described.

  FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of the sound data reception process executed by the data control CPU 21.

  When there is a data transfer request from the cellular phone 40 and the acoustic data is transmitted, the data control CPU 21 receives the acoustic data via the wireless communication unit 24 and writes it to the memory card 30 (step S1). . After the acoustic data is written, the file name of the voice data is then confirmed to determine whether the character “$” is included (step S2: analysis means).

  As a result, if the character “$” is not included, it is determined that there is no alarm date / time setting information in the file name, and the process at the time of receiving the acoustic data is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, if the character “$” is included, four numbers following “$” are extracted as the alarm date and time, and if there is a character following “&”, this character is extracted. The alarm date and time is converted into alarm date and time data representing the date and time when the alarm is generated as the month, day, day, or month (step S3: analysis means). The alarm date / time data is written into the storage area 13a of the RAM 13 via the clock CPU 11 (step S4: reproduction control means). And the process at the time of this acoustic data reception is complete | finished.

  In other words, when acoustic data whose file name includes alarm date and time setting information is transferred by the above processing when receiving acoustic data, the alarm date and time data setting registration is automatically performed. Yes.

[Alarm playback control processing]
Next, a process for generating an alarm at the alarm date will be described.

  FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of an alarm regeneration control process executed by the data control CPU 21.

  This alarm reproduction control process is started when an alarm command and current date / time data are sent from the clock CPU 11 to the data control CPU 21. The alarm command is sent when the time measured by the time measuring unit 18 matches the set alarm date (date and time represented by the alarm date data in the storage area 13a).

  When the alarm reproduction control process is started, first, the CPU 21 confirms the data recorded in the memory card 30 and determines the presence or absence of reproducible sound data (step S11). As a result, if there is no reproducible sound data, the CPU 21 sends default alarm sound data stored in the ROM 22 to the sound data decoding unit 26 and outputs the sound from the amplifier & speaker 27 (step S12: alarm replay means). ). Then, the alarm reproduction control process ends.

  On the other hand, if there is reproducible sound data, the CPU 21 first executes a $ -added sound data comparison process (step S13), and setting information of the alarm date and time that matches the current date and time is included in the file name. Search for acoustic data. Then, it is determined whether or not such acoustic data is selected (step S14), and if the matched acoustic data is selected, the selected acoustic data is reproduced as an alarm (step S15: alarm reproducing means). ). Thereafter, the alarm regeneration control process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the determination process in step S14 that there is no matched acoustic data, the CPU 21 next searches for a file name containing acoustic data including date classification information that matches the current date and time. The process proceeds to (Steps S16 to S26).

  When shifting to this series of processes, first, the CPU 21 executes a process of selecting, in order of priority, acoustic data whose file names begin with “#” from among a plurality of acoustic data recorded on the memory card 30. (Step S16). In this selection process, when the process loop is repeatedly executed a plurality of times, the previously selected sound data is excluded and other sound data is sequentially selected in the priority order. The order of selection of the acoustic data is, from the highest priority, the data file with “#” and four digits, the data file with “#” and day of the week, “#” and “1 to 31”. A data file in which numbers and “d” are written, and a data file in which numbers “#” and “1-12” and “m” are written.

  After the acoustic data selection processing is performed, the CPU 21 determines whether or not acoustic data starting with “#” has been selected and there is no acoustic data to be newly selected (No. Step S17).

  In the selection process of step S16, when the acoustic data starting with the file name “#” is selected, it is determined that the selection is not completed in the determination process of step S17. The process proceeds to a series of processes (steps S19 to S26: analysis means) for determining whether or not the corresponding date classification information is included.

  That is, first, it is determined whether or not the file name of the selected acoustic data is in the format of ““ # ”+ 4 digits” (step S19). It is determined whether the date and time data match (step S20).

  If it is determined in step S19 that the format is not the corresponding one, the CPU 21 determines whether the file name of the selected acoustic data is in the format “#” + day of the week ”(step S21). If so, it is determined whether the day of the week in the file name matches the current day of the week (step S22).

  If it is determined in step S21 that the format is not the corresponding format, then the CPU 21 determines whether the file name of the selected acoustic data is in the format of ““ # ”+ 1 to 31 number +“ d ””. (Step S23) If it is this format, it is determined whether or not this number matches the current date (step S24).

  If it is determined in step S23 that the format is not the corresponding format, then the CPU 21 determines whether the file name of the selected acoustic data is in the format of ““ # ”+ 1-12 numerals +“ m ””. (Step S25) If it is this format, it is determined whether or not it matches the current month with this number as the month (Step S26).

  As a result, when it is determined that they match in any of the determination processes of steps S20, S22, S24, and S26, the selected acoustic data is reproduced as an alarm (step S15). Then, this alarm regeneration control process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a mismatch in any of the determination processes in steps S20, S22, S24, and S26, the process returns to step S16 and is repeated from the acoustic data selection process. If it is determined in the determination process in step S25 that the format is not the corresponding one, the process returns to step S16 to repeat the acoustic data selection process again.

  That is, if there is acoustic data that includes date classification information that matches the current alarm date and time in the file name by the processing in steps S19 to S26 and S15, the acoustic data is reproduced as an alarm. Further, by selecting the acoustic data with “#” in the predetermined priority order in the selection process in step S16, even when there are a plurality of acoustic data having date classification information that matches the current alarm date and time, the priority order is changed. The higher acoustic data is played back as an alarm.

  On the other hand, even if all the sound data whose file names begin with “#” are selected, if they are not determined to match in the determination processing in steps S20, S22, S24, and S26, the determination processing in step S17 of the next iteration processing is performed. It is determined that the selection has been completed. In this case, since it can be determined that there is no acoustic data including date classification information that matches the current alarm date and time, acoustic data that does not include “#” or “$” in the file name is reproduced as an alarm (step S18: Alarm). Reproduction means). Then, this alarm regeneration control process is terminated.

  FIG. 6 shows a detailed flowchart of the $ -added acoustic data comparison process in step S13 of FIG.

  The S-added acoustic data comparison process is a process of searching for acoustic data in which the setting information of the current alarm date is included in the file name from among a plurality of acoustic data recorded in the memory card 30.

  When the process shifts to the S-added acoustic data comparison process, the CPU 21 first selects the acoustic data including “$” in the file name one by one from the plurality of acoustic data recorded in the memory card 30 in order of priority. The process which performs is performed (step S31). In this selection processing, when the processing loop is executed a plurality of times, previously selected acoustic data is excluded and other acoustic data is sequentially selected. The order of selection of acoustic data includes those with setting information that specifies the alarm time and date, those with setting information that specifies the alarm time and day of the week, and alarm time and date from the highest priority The order includes the setting information, and the setting information that specifies the alarm time and month.

  After the acoustic data selection processing is performed, the CPU 21 has finished selecting all acoustic data including “$” in the file name, and whether or not there is no acoustic data to be newly selected. Is discriminated (step S32).

  If acoustic data including “$” is selected in the selection process in step S31, it is determined in step S32 that the selection has not been completed. Subsequently, the CPU 21 sets alarm date setting information of the acoustic data. Analysis is performed to determine whether the current date and time match (step S33: analysis means).

  As a result, if it is determined as a match, the $ -added acoustic data comparison process is terminated while retaining the matched acoustic data information. And it transfers to the following step S14 of FIG. On the other hand, if they do not match, the process returns to step S31 and repeats from the acoustic data selection process.

  If all the acoustic data including “$” is selected and it is not determined that all the acoustic data match in step S33, it is determined that the selection is completed in the determination process in step S32 following the repetition process. Is done. In this case, the $ -added acoustic data comparison process is terminated while retaining the information that there is no matched acoustic data. And it transfers to the following step S14 of FIG.

  That is, the alarm date and time corresponding to the current alarm date and time when the data control CPU 21 generates an alarm based on the alarm command by the alarm reproduction control process (FIG. 5) and the acoustic data comparison process with $ (FIG. 6). The sound data including the setting information or the date classification information included in the file name is searched, and if there is such sound data, the sound data is reproduced as an alarm.

  As described above, according to the alarm clock 10 of this embodiment, the alarm date and time is set by analyzing the file name of the sound data, or the sound data to be reproduced when the alarm is generated is selected. The alarm clock 10 can realize a wide variety of alarm operations, and can easily set a variety of alarm operations by editing the file name of the acoustic data.

  Specifically, by including the date division information in the file name of the acoustic data, the acoustic data is selected and reproduced as an alarm at the alarm time of the day matching the date division information. Yes. Therefore, it is easy to set the sound data to be played back as an alarm for each month, day of the week, month, day, etc. by including appropriate date classification information in the sound data file name. can do.

  In addition, since the date classification information is in a format that can represent the month, day of the week, date, and month, it is possible to easily realize the setting of performing various types of date classification and alarm reproduction of different acoustic data for each classification. . As the date classification information, a format that can classify weekdays and holidays may be introduced. Moreover, it is good also as a format which can include several days of the week and several days in one date division information.

  Furthermore, according to the alarm clock 10 of this embodiment, by including the alarm date and time setting information in the file name of the acoustic data, this date and time is set as the alarm date and time, and the acoustic data is reproduced at this date and time. It has come to be. Therefore, a setting for reproducing specified acoustic data at an arbitrary alarm date and time can be easily realized by editing the file name of the acoustic data.

  The alarm date and time setting information has a format that can represent only time, time and month, time and day of the week, time and date, time and month, respectively. Therefore, a setting for reproducing different sound data as an alarm for each day when an alarm is generated can be easily realized by editing the file name of the sound data.

  Moreover, according to the alarm clock 10 of this embodiment, since the memory card 30 for recording the acoustic data is configured to be insertable / removable, the memory card can be removed and the acoustic data can be written and the file name can be read by another information terminal Various alarm settings as described above can be made by editing.

  Further, according to the alarm clock 10 of this embodiment, acoustic data can be transferred from the mobile phone 40 by wireless communication and recorded in the memory card 30. Therefore, by editing the file name of the acoustic data with the mobile phone 40 and transferring it to the alarm clock 10, it is possible to easily realize an alarm setting for reproducing this acoustic data as an alarm.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which a setting function using sound data reproduction or a file name is applied to an alarm function that generates an alarm at an alarm time set by a user has been described. However, an alarm is generated at a predetermined time. A sound data selection function using reproduction of sound data or a file name may be applied to the time signal function to be generated.

  In the above embodiment, when the acoustic data is written to the memory card 30 via wireless communication, this setting information is obtained when the file name is analyzed and the setting information of the alarm date is included in the file name. However, when the memory card 30 is inserted / removed, it is confirmed whether or not the acoustic data is updated, and if it is updated, the updated acoustic data is The same processing may be performed.

  In the above embodiment, the file name includes date classification information and alarm date setting information, and these are analyzed. However, the above information is included in the path name (including the name of the directory or data folder). It is good also as a structure which analyzes these including these.

  In addition, the memory card may be built-in and fixed, and may be configured to be able to write acoustic data by connecting to an external information terminal by wire. In addition, the detailed configuration and the detailed method shown in the embodiments can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

10 Alarm clock 11 CPU for clock
12 ROM
13 RAM
13a Alarm date and time data 18 Timekeeping section 21 Data control CPU
22 ROM
23 RAM
24 Wireless Communication Unit 25 Socket 26 Acoustic Data Decoding Unit 27 Amplifier & Speaker 30 Memory Card

Claims (7)

In an alarm clock having alarm reproduction means for reproducing acoustic data stored in the storage means at a predetermined date and time,
Analysis means for analyzing the file name or path name of the acoustic data stored in the storage means;
Reproduction control means for selecting acoustic data to be reproduced by the alarm reproduction means and setting the predetermined date and time based on the analysis result of the analysis means;
An alarm clock characterized by comprising: The analysis means includes
Analyzing date division information that divides dates contained in the file name or path name of the acoustic data,
The reproduction control means includes
2. The acoustic data including the date division information corresponding to a date on which the alarm reproducing means reproduces acoustic data is selected as acoustic data to be reproduced on the date by the alarm reproducing means. Alarm clock.   3. The alarm clock according to claim 2, wherein the date classification information is information representing any one of a date, a day of the week, a date, and a month. The analysis means includes
Analyzing date and time information representing the date and time included in the file name or path name of the acoustic data,
The reproduction control means includes
The alarm reproduction means sets the predetermined date and time for reproducing the acoustic data based on the date and time information, and selects the acoustic data including the date and time information as the acoustic data to be reproduced at the date and time. The alarm timepiece according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:   5. The alarm clock according to claim 4, wherein the date and time information is information representing time only, time and date, time and day of the week, time and date, or time and month.   The alarm timepiece according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising connection means for connecting the storage means for storing the acoustic data so as to be insertable / removable. A wireless communication means capable of wireless connection with a predetermined information terminal;
The alarm timepiece according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein acoustic data can be written from the information terminal to the storage means via the wireless communication means.

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