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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sigeaki Masuzawa, Nara, JP;
Mituhiro Saizi, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B / ; G04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
368 63 ; 368 75 ;
Abstract
A speech-synthesizer timepiece is adapted to produce audible sounds indicative of updated time information at a desired point in time through the use of the speech synthesizing technique. To avoid the user's failure to listen to the audible sounds or to avoid the user's error in dictating the audible sounds, an advance announcement is generated which includes a monotonous sound, a simple phrase or sentence. This advance announcement is provided when the audible sounds indicative of updated time is about to develop.