Electronic calendar

• US 5,764,597 A
• Filed: 04/10/1997
• Issued: 06/09/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wu Yung Shih
• Original Assignee: Wu Yung Shih
• Inventors: Shih, Wu Yung
• Primary Examiner(s): Miska, Vit W.
• Application Number:
  US08/843,612
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• Field of Search: 368/10, 368/28, 368/29, 368/82-84, 368/223, 366/705.08
• US Class Current: 368/29
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 3/00 Producing timing pulses driving circuits for stepping motors G04C3/14; producing preselected time intervals for use as timing standards G04F5/00; pulse technique in general H03K; control, synchronisation, or stabilisation of generators in general H03L
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0082 by building-up characters using a combination of indicating elements and by selecting desired characters out of a number of characters or by selecting indicating elements the positions of which represents the time, i.e. combinations of G04G9/02 and G04G9/08

Abstract

An electronic calendar for finding out the corresponding Lunar Calendar date from Gregorian Calendar/National Calendar of R.O.C. date includes a display screen for displaying the date in two different calendar systems at the same time. The display screen contains one set of display units for displaying National Calendar of R.O.C/Gregorian Calendar date, one set of display units for displaying Lunar Calendar date, one set of display units for displaying hour and minute, and one set of display units for displaying the day of the week. A central processor unit and a timing control circuit are used to perform the conversion between Lunar Calendar date and Gregorian Calendar/National Calendar of R.O.C. date, and supplies display information to the display units. A keypad consists of multiple keys, the keys are used for entering the date for conversion to the other calendar system. The entered date and the converted date will be displayed on the same display screen at the same time.

Claims

1. An electronic calendar for finding out a Chinese Lunar Calendar date corresponding to a Gregorian Calendar/National Calendar of R.O.C. date instantly and vice versa, comprising:

a system box;

a keypad control circuit for controlling entering date information to a central processing unit;

a timing control circuit which will provide time and date information to said central processing unit continuously, said central processing unit converting time and date information to Gregorian Calendar date/National Calendar of R.O.C. date and Lunar Calendar date information for displaying on display units on display screen;

a display screen consisting of display units for displaying the value of year, month and day for Lunar Calendar and Gregorian. Calendar/National Calendar of R.O.C., day of week, time of day, intercalary month, long month and short month informations for Lunar Calendar;

a memory for storing several sets of pre-set date alarms and daily alarms, alarm information being entered from said keypad control circuit, the central processing unit using said alarm information to control a loudspeaker for notifying a user;

a central processing unit for;

(a) processing information from timing control circuit and keypad control circuit;

(b) converting the Gregorian Calendar date/National Calendar of R.O.C. date into Lunar Calendar date, the converted Lunar Calendar date and Gregorian Calendar date/National Calendar of R.O.C. date being displayed on the display screen at the same time and showing whether the month of Lunar Calendar is an intercalary month, a short month or a long month,

(c) notifying a user when the pre-set alarm time and alarm date is arrived,

(d) converting timing information into the display information for displaying on the various display units on the display screen.

2. The electronic calendar as claimed in claim 1, wherein said keypad control circuit can be used for entering the pre-set alarm time/date and the entered alarm time/date is stored in the memory of central processing unit so that when the time/date information of the timing control circuit is the same as the pre-set alarm time/date, the central processing unit will trigger an audio integrated circuit and then an audio alarm created through a loudspeaker for notifying users for the arrival of the pre-set Lunar Calendar/National Calendar of R.O.C. date/time.

3. The electronic calender as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pre-set date/time alarms are driven by an audio integrated circuit, the hourly alarm is handled by the central processing unit and different type of sound is used for differentiating the hourly alarm from the pre-set date/time alarms.