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Salat time alarm electronic timepiece
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1981-10-21
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Granted: 1983-08-02
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Expires: 2001-10-21
Abstract
Abstract A salat time alarm electronic timepiece is implemented with a one chip microcomputer. An outer read only memory is installed in the electronic timepiece for storing the sunrise time data and the sunset time data at various cities in world. The system reads out sunrise time and sunset time data from the outer read only memory and calculates five salat times of the present day. The thus calculated salat time data is stored in a storage means and compared with the current time data to provide an alarm sound when the current time reaches one of the five salat times.
Inventors
- 👤 Takatoshi Mizoguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 18:38
CPC Classifications
G; G04; G04G; G04G99/00; G04G99/006; G04B; G04B19/00; G04B19/26; G04G9/00; G04G9/0064; G04G9/0076; G09; G09D; G09D3/00; G09D3/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
205 words
A salat time alarm electronic timepiece comprising: current time keeping means for storing current time data and current calendar data; main memory means for storing sunrise time and sunset time data associated with various cities in in the world; city selection means for selecting a desired city from said various cities in the world; date determining means for determining date data representative of the actual date; read out control means for reading out said sunrise time and sunset time data stored in said main memory in response to output signals derived from said city selection means and said date determining means; calculation means for calculating a plurality of salat times through the use of the data read out by said read out control means; salat time storage means for storing the plurality of salat times obtained by said calculation means; comparison means for comparing the plurality of salat times stored in said salat time storage means with said current time data stored in said current time keeping means and for developing a detection output when the current time reaches one of said plurality of salat times; and alarm means for providing an alarm display in response to said detection output developed from said comparison means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
205 words
A salat time alarm electronic timepiece comprising: current time keeping means for storing current time data and current calendar data; main memory means for storing sunrise time and sunset time data associated with various cities in in the world; city selection means for selecting a desired city from said various cities in the world; date determining means for determining date data representative of the actual date; read out control means for reading out said sunrise time and sunset time data stored in said main memory in response to output signals derived from said city selection means and said date determining means; calculation means for calculating a plurality of salat times through the use of the data read out by said read out control means; salat time storage means for storing the plurality of salat times obtained by said calculation means; comparison means for comparing the plurality of salat times stored in said salat time storage means with said current time data stored in said current time keeping means and for developing a detection output when the current time reaches one of said plurality of salat times; and alarm means for providing an alarm display in response to said detection output developed from said comparison means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The salat time alarm electronic timepiece of claim 1, wherein said alarm means includes an alarm sound generator, and a driver circuit for activating said alarm sound generator in response to said detection output developed from said comparison means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The salat time alarm electronic timepiece of claim 2, wherein said driver circuit develops different activating signals for each of said plurality of salat times, thereby generating different alarm sounds for each of said plurality of salat times.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
68 words
The electronic timepiece of claim 1, wherein said date determining means comprises: first counter means connected to receive a date signal derived from said current time keeping means and for developing an output signal when seven days have passed; and second counter means for counting said output signal derived from said first counter means, the contents stored in said second counter means being used as said date data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
64 words
The salat time alarm electronic timepiece of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, further comprising: a digital display panel for displaying at least said current time data and said alarm display associated with said alarm means; and a display drive system for providing a display on said digital display panel of present prayer data concerning at least one of said plurality of salat times.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
The salat time alarm electronic timepiece of claim 5, wherein said digital display panel includes: a first section for displaying a salat number from said plurality of salat times; a second section for displaying the salat time data; and a third section for indicating whether the prayer corresponding to said salat number has already been conducted.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
The salat time alarm electronic timepiece of claim 6, further comprising: a key matrix array for introducing desired commands into said salat time alarm electronic timepiece, said key matrix array including a salat check key; and salat check driving means for disabling said third section when said salat check key is actuated.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
58 words
The salat time alarm electronic timepiece of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, further comprising: a summer time key for entering a summer time mode; and summer time mode control means responsive to said summer time key for increasing the hour data stored in said current time keeping means and said salat time storage means by one hour.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
67 words
The salat time alarm electronic timepiece of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, further comprising: daily alarm time storage means for storing a preset daily alarm time; daily alarm time comparison means for developing a daily alarm detection output when the current time reaches said preset daily alarm time; and daily alarm means for providing a daily alarm display in response to said daily alarm detection output.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
The salat time alarm electronic timepiece of claim 9, further comprising: priority determination means for applying the priority to said daily alarm means when said preset daily alarm time is identical to one of said plurality of salat times.
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