Time apparatus for alerting at times for taking medicines
First Claim
1. Timer apparatus (10) comprising a timer (11) and command means (12, 14, 15, 19) and alerting means (13) connected to the timer, in which at a starting time (tr) the timer (11) determines a first nominal alert interval (Tn) which starts at the starting time (tr) and which ends at a nominal alert time (tn) in a time window (Tw), in the time window (Tw) the timer (11) controls the alerting means (13) so that they deliver an alert signal until receipt of a reset signal at a reset time, and the command means then starts subsequent nominal alert intervals (Tn) with associated time windows (Tw) at a starting time in a present time window (Tw), characterized in that the reset time in a window (Tw) is made the starting time (tr) for a subsequent nominal alert interval (Tn), and the duration of a next window is made depended from a time difference between a starting time (tr) in a window and a nominal alert time (tn) of a preceding window.
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Abstract
Timer apparatus (10), comprising a timer (11) and command means (12, 14, 15, 19) and alerting means (13) connected to the timer, in which at a starting time (tr) the timer (11) determines a first nominal alert interval (Tn) which begins at the starting time (tr) and ends at a nominal alert time (tn), on the occurrence of the nominal alert time (tn) the timer (11) controls the alerting means (13) so that they deliver an alert signal, and on receipt of a starting signal from a starting command element (12) of the command means the timer (11) restarts with the current time (t) as the starting time (tr). On receipt of the starting signal the timer (11) determines a time window (Tw) which contains the nominal alert time (tn). The timer (11) controls the alerting means (13) so that they deliver the alert signal during the window (Tw).
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- 1. Timer apparatus (10) comprising a timer (11) and command means (12, 14, 15, 19) and alerting means (13) connected to the timer, in which at a starting time (tr) the timer (11) determines a first nominal alert interval (Tn) which starts at the starting time (tr) and which ends at a nominal alert time (tn) in a time window (Tw), in the time window (Tw) the timer (11) controls the alerting means (13) so that they deliver an alert signal until receipt of a reset signal at a reset time, and the command means then starts subsequent nominal alert intervals (Tn) with associated time windows (Tw) at a starting time in a present time window (Tw), characterized in that the reset time in a window (Tw) is made the starting time (tr) for a subsequent nominal alert interval (Tn), and the duration of a next window is made depended from a time difference between a starting time (tr) in a window and a nominal alert time (tn) of a preceding window.
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