Electronic timepiece having recording function

• US 4,368,988 A
• Filed: 12/03/1980
• Issued: 01/18/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Tahara, Iwao, Takahashi, Naoki, Aihara, Toshiharu, Wakabayashi, legal representative, by Shigemasa, Matsuo, Yushin, Wakabayashi, deceased, Takuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Miska, Vit W.
• Application Number:
  US06/212,499
• Time in Patent Office: 776 Days
• Field of Search: 368/10, 368/62, 368/63, 368/72-75, 368/245, 368/250, 368/251, 368/261, 364/900, 364/705, 364/710, 179/1 SA, 179/1 SM, 360/32, 365/45
• US Class Current: 368/63
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/00 Producing acoustic time signals
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/02 at preselected times, e.g. alarm clocks

Abstract

An electronic timepiece has a plurality of alarm time memory circuits in a semiconductor memory means for memorizing different alarm times and a memory for memorizing voice data of messages telling for example what has to be done at alarm times memorized in the respective alarm time circuits.

The voice data memorized in the memory are obtained through conversion of externally coupled voice signals, and at the arrival of an alarm time the corresponding voice data is read out and coupled to a loudspeaker for reproducing the recorded message voice.

Claims

1. An electronic timepiece having recording function comprising:

a time counting means for producing time information through the counting of a reference frequency signal;

time display means for displaying said time information produced from said time counting means;

alarm time memory means including a plurality of memory sections for memorizing different alarm times;

first operation switch means for selecting one of the different alarm times stored in said alarm time memory means;

alarm time display means coupled to said first operation switch means for displaying the alarm time selected by the operation of said first operation switch means;

semiconductor memory means having a plurality of memory sections each adapted to be selected for cooperation with a desired one of said memory sections of said alarm time memory means, said memory sections of said semiconductor memory means being each capable of storing voice data of an externally coupled voice;

second operation switch means for enabling writing voice data in each of said memory sections of said semiconductor memory means;

voice data writing control means coupled to said second operation switch means and to said semiconductor memory means for writing said voice data of an externally coupled voice into memory sections of said semiconductor memory means in response to the operation of said second operation switch means, said voice data writing control means including conversion means for converting an externally coupled voice input into voice data, supply means coupled to said conversion means for supplying operation order signals to said conversion means in response to the operation of said second operation switch means, and selection and indication means coupled to said second operation switch means for selecting and indicating the memory section corresponding to an alarm time displayed on said alarm time display means,in response to the operation of said second operation switch means; and

voice reproducing means coupled to said semiconductor memory means for reading out voice data stored in one of the memory sections of said semiconductor memory means and reproducing the corresponding recorded voice when said time information obtained from said time counting means coincides with an alarm time stored in a corresponding one of the memory sections of said alarm time memory means.

2. The electronic timepiece of claim 1, where said plurality of memory sections of said semiconductor memory means have different memory capacities.

3. The electronic timepiece of claim 1, further comprising a display means for displaying the memory capacities of said plurality of memory sections of said semiconductor memory means.