JP2000324228A - Portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispense with a job required for confirming the name of a caller by looking at a display part and also a job required for storing the relation between a registered name and an incoming subscriber by generating a prescribed voice signal from the originator prescribed information, when the incoming originator data match with the registered originator data. SOLUTION: If an originating number is stored in a memory 3, when an incoming call is received, a Japanese phonetic reading Kana (Japanese syllabary) is connected to a fixed character string and a corresponding voice signal is generated at an ADPCM decoder part 4 from the originator prescribed information stored in response to the originating number. This voice signal is reproduced properly into a voice, to notify a user of the reception of the incoming call from a speaker 5 via an amplifying part. Ordinary incoming tones are used for the incoming calls which are not stored in the memory 3. The speaker 5 reproduces the ordinary ring tones or produces the name of a person, corresponding to the call voice signals with the call notifying voices used as the ring tones.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone having a telephone directory function, and more particularly, to a portable telephone using a voice to notify an incoming call.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A ring tone setting in an incoming call notification function provided in a conventional portable telephone is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-1907.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 79, it is possible to set a predetermined ring tone for each registered person's name associated with the registration number by checking the caller number with a previously registered number. There is something.

However, when a plurality of ring tones are associated with a caller, the user must memorize the correspondence between the registered name (caller) and the set ring tone. This becomes cumbersome for the user as the number of registrations increases, and is inconvenient.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to propose a portable telephone capable of easily identifying a large number of registered callers by a ringing tone at the time of an incoming call, and to further facilitate caller identification. And to propose a similar mobile phone.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a portable telephone is provided with a radio unit to which an antenna is connected,
A memory for pre-registering caller identification information in association with caller data transmitted together with a call signal transmitted from the base station, and that incoming caller data matches the caller data registered in the storage means. An ADPCM decoder unit that generates a predetermined audio signal based on the caller identification information, a speaker that emits the audio signal as a notification voice, a display unit that displays the state of the mobile phone, reception information, and the like, And a control unit configured to include the CPU and control the above units.

[0006] The ADPCM decoder section generates a voice signal corresponding to the reading kana data in the caller identification information. Further, the ADPCM decoder unit generates a voice signal sequentially corresponding to the reading kana data in the caller identification information and a character string specified in advance. The audio signal may be generated at a predetermined height for each syllable of the audio signal to be generated by the ADPCM decoder unit.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In a portable telephone according to the present invention, at the time of an incoming call, caller identification information such as the name of the person making the call (reading pseudonym data or abbreviations of names registered in a telephone directory) is carried by the portable telephone. An ADPCM decoder unit 4 provided in the telephone generates an audio signal and reproduces it as a ring tone from a speaker, thereby facilitating identification of the person who made the call.

[0008] The ADPCM decoder generates the character string specified in advance together with the reading kana data as a voice signal and uses it as a ring tone, thereby making it easier to identify the caller. Further, by utilizing the features of the ADPCM decoder, the voice signal is generated at a predetermined height for each syllable of the voice signal so that the ringtone has an inflection or a melody, so that there is a feature for each caller. A ring tone can be used for easier identification.

[Embodiment] A portable telephone according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of contents stored in a memory.

The portable telephone of the embodiment includes an antenna 1, a radio unit 2 connected thereto, and a CPU.
, A control unit 8 connected to the control unit 8, a memory 3, an ADPCM decoding unit 4, a speaker 5, a display unit 6, and a key input unit 7. The control unit 8 controls each unit.

An antenna 1 transmits and receives a radio wave from a mobile phone communication network, and a radio unit 2 modulates the radio wave or demodulates the radio wave into a transmission radio wave. The memory 3 stores programs and variable data necessary for the operation of the mobile phone, and can be arbitrarily registered by the user. Caller data (telephone number) transmitted together with a call signal transmitted from the base station. )
The name or abbreviation of the other party of this number is read and stored in such a way that the pseudonym can be used.

The ADPCM decoder unit 4 generates an arbitrary voice specified based on the ADPCM system which is a known time domain coding system. In the embodiment, if there is an incoming call, if the calling number is stored in the memory 3, the reading kana and the fixed character string are connected based on the caller identification information stored in association with the calling number (for example, "Satokun"). "Kara, Odenwades" etc.) to generate a corresponding audio signal.

This voice signal is reproduced as a voice for notifying that a call has arrived from the speaker 5 via an amplifying unit, and the user is notified of the call. For incoming calls that are not stored in the memory 3, a normal ring tone is used. The loudspeaker 5 reproduces a normal ringing sound or, instead, utters a person name or the like corresponding to the calling sound signal as a calling notification sound (ringing sound).

The display section 6 is for displaying information such as dial data, the state of the mobile phone, various messages such as operation instructions, reception information, and the like. Generally, a liquid crystal display is used. The control unit 8 controls the operation of each unit of the mobile phone according to a predetermined program, and processes the instruction according to the user's operation performed via the key input unit 7.

The key input unit 7 includes a start key used for answering a call and an incoming call, a key used when a user registers dial data (name and telephone number to be registered) and the like, and a key for general operation. I have.

The control section 8 controls the above-described sections. The description of the control content of the general portion is omitted here, and only the portion of the control content relevant to the present invention will be described below.

Next, an example of an operation at the time of an incoming call in the portable telephone of the embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the incoming call control.

First, the structure of the contents stored in the area related to the incoming call in the memory 3 will be described. When the user of the mobile phone operates the key input unit 7, the input name and the corresponding telephone number are stored in the memory 3 as a set. FIG. 3 shows the detailed structure of the dial data (registered name and telephone number) stored in the memory 3, and shows a case where N dial data are registered. Each dial data to be registered includes name number 1 in addition to management number 9 (91 to 9n).
0 (101 to 10n), reading kana data 11 (11
1 to 11n), telephone number data 12 (121 to 12)
n), and are stored in a memory in a predetermined format so as to be referred to.

Next, the operation when an incoming call is actually received will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the waiting mobile phone receives the incoming signal from the network (step;
S1), the CPU of the control circuit 8 sets the SETUP in the incoming signal.
The calling number information included in the signal is extracted and stored in the memory 3.
Is compared with all of the N telephone number data 121 to 12n in the dial data group registered in step S1 to determine whether there is a match (S2).

If it is determined in step S2 that a telephone number matching the calling number information exists in the registered telephone number data group, the CPU sets the telephone number data (for example, 12
The reading kana data 111 corresponding to 1) is sent to the ADPCM code section 4 (S3).

Subsequently, the ADPCM decoding section 4 reproduces a voice (syllable string) corresponding to the read kana data 111 through the speaker 5 (S4). At this time, the display unit 6 displays the telephone number data 121 and the corresponding reading data 111 (and / or the name data 101). As a result, the mobile phone user can recognize that a call has been received by his or her own mobile phone, and enters a call state by a response operation such as pressing a start key of the key input unit 7 (S6).

On the other hand, if the telephone number matching the calling number information does not exist in the telephone number data group 12 in step 2, the CPU sounds a predetermined ringing tone through the speaker 5 (S5). As a result, the user can recognize that the mobile phone owned by the user has received a call, and again enters a call state by a response operation (S6). The display unit 6 displays the telephone number of the calling number information included in a part of the incoming signal SETUP signal.

The mobile phone of the present invention may perform control different from the control described above. For example, when receiving a call, ADPC
When the M-decoding unit reproduces the person name, instead of merely reproducing the person name, the M-decoding unit can make the utterance content to call attention without discomfort or have some characteristic.

As a specific example, when the name corresponding to the called telephone number is “Sato”, the ADPCM decoding section reproduces “Satokunkara, Odenwades” and the like at the time of an incoming call. It is possible to control "Odenwades" and the like other than "Satokun" so as to designate the intonation or to have a melody in order to have a certain characteristic. The pitch (pitch) of the entire generated voice may be specified.
Such reproduction can be easily realized by using the ADPCM method.

[0025]

As described above, in the portable telephone of the present invention, the ADPCM decoding section reproduces the registered name as a ring tone, so that the user can call the name of the person calling the user by looking at the display section when receiving a call. It is not necessary to check the name, and it is not necessary to memorize the relationship between the registered name and the ring tone. It is easy to distinguish that the call is from a person who is not registered in the memory.

In particular, since the ADPCM decoding unit is used to reproduce the registered name as a ring tone, the ring tone is provided with intonation or melody to make the ring tone unique to each caller, thereby making identification easier. Can be

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of contents stored in a memory according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of control of the mobile phone according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Antenna 2 ... Radio | wireless part 3 ... Memory 4 ... ADPCM decoder part 5 ... Speaker 6 ... Display part, 7 ... Key input part 8 ... Control part

Claims (4)

[Claims] A radio unit (2) to which an antenna (1) is connected
A memory (3) for pre-registering caller identification information in association with caller data transmitted together with a call signal transmitted from the base station, and the received caller data being registered in the storage means. An ADPCM decoder unit (4) for generating a predetermined audio signal based on the caller identification information when the data matches the caller data; a speaker (5) for notifying the audio signal as a notification sound; A portable unit including a display unit (6) for displaying information and the like, a key input unit (7) for inputting a user's operation, and a control unit (8) configured to include the CPU and control each of the above units; Phone. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the ADPCM decoder generates a voice signal corresponding to the reading kana data in the caller identification information. 3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the ADPCM decoder generates a voice signal corresponding to the reading kana data in the caller identification information and a predetermined character string in order. 4. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein said audio signal is generated at a predetermined height for each syllable of the audio signal to be generated by said ADPCM decoder section (4). .