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Timing alarm device and method for arranging timer therein

A technology of alarm device and timer, which is applied in the direction of generating time signal, instrument, and indicating time at a predetermined time, which can solve the problems of inaccurate timing, timer delay, increasing system burden, etc., and achieve the effect of saving system resources

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-06-22
APPLE INC
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[0006] However, these two prior art conventional methods of setting timers have some disadvantages
Since the first traditional method sets the timer to the length of the entire remaining time, the timer may be delayed so that the timing is inaccurate if the system of the handheld portable device is busy, the system is hibernated, or for other reasons
And the second traditional method is set to 1 minute by the duration of the timer, and then timer is set to 1 minute and timed when each timer expires, until the remaining duration is less than 1 minute, just set the timer to 1 minute. The duration is set as the remaining duration. In the case that the user sets a longer alarm clock, the number of steps of comparing the remaining duration with 1 minute and setting the duration of the timer increases because the duration of the timer is too short. thus increasing the burden on the system

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[0020] figure 1 is a flowchart describing a method of setting a timer in a timer alarm device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0021] Such as figure 1 As shown, in step S101, the set alarm time for which a predetermined alarm operation is to be performed is acquired. In step S102, the current remaining duration between the current time and the alarm time is calculated. In step S103, the duration of the timer is set to a timing period less than or equal to the current remaining duration, and timing is started. When the timer expires, in step S104, the current remaining duration between the current time when the timer expires and the alarm time is calculated. In step S105, compare the current remaining duration with the predetermined time threshold, wherein, if the current remaining duration is greater than the predetermined time threshold, then repeat steps S103, S104, S105; if the current remaining duration is less than or equal to the predete...

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[0040] figure 2 It is a flow chart describing the method for setting a timer in a timing alarm device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, wherein except that step S203 is different from step S103 in the first embodiment, the remaining steps (S201-S202, S204 -S209) are the same as in the first embodiment. A description of the same steps is omitted here.

[0041] Step S203 in the second embodiment will be described in detail below. In step S203, the duration of the timer is set to half of the current remaining duration and timing starts.

[0042] That is to say, assuming that, as in the example of the first embodiment, the alarm time obtained and set in step S101 is 18:30:00, and the current time is known to be 8:00:00, then the current remaining duration at this time is 10 hours 30 minutes, then the duration of the timer can be set to 1 / 2 of the current remaining duration, namely 5 hours and 15 minutes, and start counting. When the current remainin...

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[0045] image 3 is part of a flowchart describing a method of setting a timer in a timed alarm device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Except that step S303 of the third embodiment is different from step S103 of the first embodiment, other steps (S301-S302, S304-S309) (not shown) are the same as those of the first embodiment. A description of the same steps is omitted here.

[0046] Step S303 in the third embodiment will be described in detail. In step S303, in step S3031, compare the provided multiple predetermined timing durations with different sizes and the current remaining duration. In step S3032, the largest predetermined duration among all the predetermined timing durations less than or equal to the current remaining duration is selected from the plurality of predetermined timing durations as the duration of the timing period. Here, multiple predetermined timing durations with different sizes may be provided in advance, or provided according...

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Abstract

The invention provides a timing alarm device and a method for arranging a timer therein. The method comprises the following steps: (a) acquiring the alarm time needing preset alarm operation; (b) calculating current residual time length between current time and the alarm time; (c) setting the time length of the timer to be less than or equal to the timing section of the current residual time length and starting to time; (d) calculating current residual time length between the current time and the alarm time when the timer becomes due; and (e) comparing the current residual time length and thepreset time threshold. If the current residual time length is greater than the preset time threshold, steps (c), (d) and (e) are repeated; if the current residual time length is less than the preset time threshold, step (f) is carried out. The step (f) is as follows: determining whether the current residual time length is 0 or not, if the current residual time length is 0, carrying out the presetalarm operation, if the current residual time length is not 0, setting the time length of the timer to be the current residual time length, and carrying out the preset alarm operation when the timer becomes due.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a timed alarm device and a method of setting a timer therein, and more particularly, to a timed alarm device in a communication device and a method of setting a timer therein. Background technique [0002] Today, people are increasingly using various handheld or portable electronic devices, such as mobile phones, video cameras, portable audio and video players, game consoles, GPS, and the like. These electronic devices can obtain the current time from a network such as a mobile communication network, a wireless local area network (WLAN), or a built-in real time clock chip (RTC) of the electronic device, so that people can check the current time conveniently. Moreover, usually these electronic devices can be equipped with a timing alarm device such as an alarm clock to send an alarm at a predetermined alarm time to remind people that they have reached a certain time. [0003] Generally, the purpose of timing alarm is ac...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G04G15/00G04C23/00
Inventor 张艳丽
Owner APPLE INC