JP2001211237A - Telephone terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone terminal device that can appeal to visual sense of a user at the arrival of an incoming call. SOLUTION: A display section consist of a display device 18 and a backlight 20. A music reproducing section 15 selects which of divisions of the backlight 20 is to be lighted, on the basis of notes and octave information of music tones reproduced by the music reproducing section 15 at the arrival of an incoming call and the music reproduction section 15 outputs its drive control signal to a driver 16, which generates a signal to drive the selected division of the backlight 20, to apply lighting control to the backlight 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone terminal device suitable for use in an automobile telephone, a portable telephone, or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art PDC (Personal D) which is known as an analog cellular system or a digital cellular system.
mobile phone systems such as the digital cellular telecommunication system (igital Cellular telecommunication system) and simplified mobile phone systems (PHS: Pe)
In the rsonal Handyphone System, when an incoming call arrives at a telephone terminal device carried by the user, a ring tone is emitted to notify the user of the incoming call. Conventionally, a beep sound has been emitted as the ring tone. However, since the beep sound is unpleasant, a melody sound has recently been used instead of the beep sound.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional telephone terminal device, it is only possible to generate a melody sound upon receiving an incoming call. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone terminal device that can appeal visually when an incoming call is received.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a telephone terminal device according to the present invention is a telephone terminal device capable of emitting a melody for notifying an incoming call when receiving an incoming signal. Means, music playback means, and at least a display means divided into a plurality of backlight means for displaying various information, when a melody is played back by the music playback means when an incoming signal is received, The octave and the note information of the music data reproduced by the music reproducing means are detected, and the backlight means at a position corresponding to the detected octave and the note information among the plurality of divided backlight means is one. By performing one or more light emission controls, the light emission mode of the backlight means changes in accordance with the progress of the melody.

In the above-mentioned telephone terminal apparatus of the present invention, various buttons each having button light means are further provided, and a button at a position corresponding to the detected octave and note information among the button light means is provided. The light emission mode of the button light means may be changed according to the progress of the melody by controlling the light emission of one or more light means.

Further, in the telephone terminal device of the present invention, the display means is capable of emitting color light, and the backlight means is adapted to emit light in a color corresponding to the detected octave and note information. May be controlled to emit light. Still further, in the telephone terminal device of the present invention, the button light means is capable of emitting color light, and the button light means is adapted to emit light in a color corresponding to the detected octave and note information. May be controlled to emit light.

According to the present invention, when an incoming call is notified by a melody sound at the time of an incoming call, the light emission mode of the display means changes in accordance with the melody along with the sound of the melody sound. Therefore, the incoming call can be known not only by listening but also by watching, and the telephone terminal device can be viewed and enjoyable and playful. In addition, if the light emitting mode of the various buttons together with the display means is changed in accordance with the melody, it is possible to make the telephone terminal device more enjoyable to watch. Further, when the display means and various buttons are made to emit light in color, a telephone terminal device that can appeal more visually can be obtained.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the telephone terminal device of the present invention is applied to a portable telephone will be described below. FIG. 1 shows an appearance of a configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1 has a display unit 3.
And a telephone body 2 having various buttons 4 and an antenna 6 which can be extended and contracted. In the telephone main body 2, hardware for realizing a telephone function unit, a music reproducing unit, and the like is housed. The display unit 3 displays a menu screen for performing various settings, a display of a telephone number input when making a call, and a telephone number of a destination when a call is received. Further, when a melody for notifying an incoming call is set at the time of an incoming call, the light emission of the backlight provided on the display unit 3 is performed in accordance with the melody to be emitted. Note that the backlight of the display unit 3 can be divided into a plurality of parts to emit light, and the light emission mode of the backlight changes as the melody progresses.

Various buttons 4 are provided below the display unit 3 of the telephone body 2, and "0" to "9" are provided therein.
Dial buttons 5 are provided.
By operating the various buttons 4, various settings and input of a telephone number and the like can be performed while viewing the display screen of the display unit 3. A button light for illuminating the various buttons 4 is provided in the various buttons 4. When a melody for notifying the incoming call is set at the time of the incoming call, the various buttons 4 are synchronized with the melody to be emitted.
The light emission display of the button light provided in is provided.
An antenna 6 is provided on the upper part of the telephone body 2 so as to be extendable and retractable. The antenna 6 is housed in a standby state, and is extended during a call to improve the antenna gain. An earpiece 7 for outputting the voice of the other party during a call is provided on the display unit 3.
A mouthpiece 9 for inputting a voice is provided below. Further, an incoming call lamp 8 for notifying an incoming call is provided on the upper part of the telephone body 2.

Next, FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the portable telephone 1 housed in the telephone main body 2. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, an antenna 6 provided in the mobile phone 1 is connected to a communication unit 13 having a modulation / demodulation function. Central Processing Unit (Central Processing U
A nit (CPU) 10 is a system control unit that controls the operation of each unit of the mobile phone 1 by executing a telephone function program, and indicates an elapsed time during operation or generates a timer interrupt at a specific time interval. Timer.
Further, the CPU 10 performs a process for assisting the music reproduction process. The RAM 11 is a RAM (Random Access Memory) in which a storage area for music data including downloaded musical score data and tone data, a user setting data storage area, a work area of the CPU 10, and the like are set. The ROM 12 is a process for assisting the transmission and reception of various telephone function programs executed by the CPU 10 and the music reproduction process, and a process of sequentially emitting the backlight / button light 20 of the display unit 3 and the various buttons 4 as the melody progresses. And a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which various data such as preset musical score data and tone color data are stored.

The communication section 13 demodulates a signal received by the antenna 6, modulates a signal to be transmitted, and supplies the modulated signal to the antenna 6. The reception signal demodulated by the communication unit 13 is decoded by an audio processing unit (coder / decoder) 14, and the transmission signal input from the microphone 21 is compression-coded by the audio processing unit 14. Voice processing unit 14
Performs highly efficient compression encoding / decoding of voice for transmission, for example, CELP (Code Excited LPC) system and ADP
It is a coder / decoder of the CM (adaptive differential PCM coding) system. The music reproduction section 15 emits a reception signal from the audio processing section 14 from the reception speaker 22 or reproduces music data and outputs it as a ringtone or a hold tone. The ring tone is emitted from the incoming speaker 23, and the hold tone is mixed with the receiving signal and emitted from the receiving speaker 22. The sound emitted from the receiving speaker 22 is emitted from the earpiece 7 of the telephone body 2.

When a predetermined amount of free space is generated in the music score data storage means provided inside the music reproducing unit 15 while reproducing the music data, the music reproducing unit 15
Gives an interrupt request signal (IRQ) to the CPU 10,
Reference numeral 10 reads the continuation of the musical score data stored in the RAM 11 or the ROM 12 and transfers the read musical score data to the music reproducing unit 15. The driver 16 is a driving unit that receives the light emission control signal and causes the backlight / button light 20 to emit light according to the light emission control signal. Backlight / button light 2
Numerals 0 are provided in the display unit 3 and the various buttons 4. The backlight 20 is divided into a plurality of parts in the display unit 3 and can emit light independently.
The input unit 17 includes “0” to “9” provided on the telephone body 2.
Input means for detecting an input from various buttons 4 including the dial button 5 of FIG. The display 18 is a display such as a liquid crystal display for displaying a menu of telephone functions and various buttons 4 such as dial buttons 5.
The display unit 3 includes the display unit 8 and the backlight 20.
The vibrator 19 is a vibrator for notifying a user of an incoming call by vibrating the telephone main body 2 instead of a ring tone at the time of an incoming call. Each functional block is connected to the bus 24.
The exchange of data and instructions is performed via.

Next, FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the music reproducing section 15 shown in FIG. In the illustrated music reproducing unit 15, an interface (I / F) 30 is an interface for transmitting and receiving various data via the bus 24. When initializing music data, music data excluding timbre data is written / written. Under the control of the read controller (R / W controller) 31, the music data is stored in an empty area of the storage unit 32. The timbre data in the music data is supplied to and stored in a timbre data storage unit (Voice RAM) 36. The timbre data storage unit (Voice RAM) 36
This is storage means for storing tone color data supplied from 0, and has a storage capacity capable of storing, for example, tone color data for eight tone colors. Also, at the time of initial setting of the music data, the sequencer 33 interprets the music data, applies a timbre number designated for each part to a timbre data storage unit (Voice RAM) 36, and sets a timbre parameter corresponding to the timbre number to a timbre. The data is read from the data storage unit (Voice RAM) 36 and the sound source unit 3 is read out.
4 is set.

When music playback is started in order to emit a melody when a call arrives, the R / W controller 31
In response to a read request signal (Req) from the sequencer 33, the music data is sequentially read from the music data storage unit 32 and supplied to the sequencer 33. The storage capacity of the music data storage unit 32 is smaller than the storage capacity required for storing music data for one music piece, and is, for example, a storage capacity capable of storing music data for 32 words. The sequencer 33 sequentially receives the music data from the R / W controller 31, interprets the music data, and sets a sound source parameter corresponding to the music data in the sound source unit 34 so that the sound data is generated at the sound generation timing. The sound source parameters include pitch data, note on / off signals, and the like.

The sequencer 33 detects the octave data and note data of the musical tone to be note-on, and selects the backlight / button light 20 to emit light according to the octave data and note data. In this case, the sequencer 33 selects one of the backlight / button light 20 with reference to a predetermined table. A plurality of backlights / button lights 20 may be selected. Then, a drive control signal for driving the selected backlight / button light 20 is generated. FIG. 4 shows an example of the data format of the drive control signal. The drive control signal includes brightness data for determining the emission intensity of the backlight / button light 20, color data for determining the emission color of the backlight / button light 20, and the backlight / button light 20.
And designation data for designating which one of them is to emit light. Brightness data and color data are also generated from octave data and note data. Or,
The brightness data and the color data may be generated based on only the octave data.

The drive control signal thus generated is output to the sequencer 3 at the note-on sound generation timing.
3 is output as a drive control signal (Data) and sent to the driver 16 via the interface 30 and the bus 24. The driver 16 interprets the drive control signal and supplies the selected backlight / button light 20 with a drive signal capable of obtaining the specified brightness and color to emit light. In this case, by changing the duty of the drive signal according to the brightness data, it is possible to emit light at the designated intensity. In addition, by converting color data into RGB data and driving the device, it is possible to emit light in a designated color. The drive control signal (Data) may be directly supplied from the sequencer 33 to the driver 16 as shown by a broken line. In addition, instead of emitting light in color, light may be emitted in monochrome. Further, the brightness data and the color data may be generated in consideration of the timbre data of the musical tone to be generated, or which of the backlight / button light 20 may emit light in consideration of the timbre data. May be generated.

Referring back to FIG. 3, the tone generator 34 can simultaneously produce, for example, 12 tone signals, and the tone of each tone signal is set to the tone read from the tone data storage (Voice RAM) 34. The tone signal is generated according to the tone color and based on the sound source parameters set from the sequencer 33. The generated tone signal composed of a maximum of 12 tones is supplied to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) 35 at each predetermined reproduction timing, and is converted into an analog tone signal.

When reading of the music data from the music data storage unit 32 progresses and a predetermined amount of free area is generated in the music data storage unit 32, the R / W controller 31 transmits a transfer request signal (Req). ) To interface 3
0 to the bus 24. This transfer request signal (R
In step eq), the CPU 10 reads out music data that has been received continuously for a predetermined amount of data, for example, music data for 16 words corresponding to an empty area from the RAM 11 or the like, and sends it to the bus 24. The music data is written into an empty area of the music data storage unit 32 under the control of the R / W controller 31 via the interface 30. By repeating such an operation, the entire music can be reproduced even if the storage capacity of the music data storage unit 32 is smaller than the storage capacity required to store the music data for one music. Become.

When the reproduced tone signal is emitted as a ring tone, the amplifier 40 is activated and emitted from the speaker 23 for ring tone. When the reproduced tone signal is a hold tone, the amplifier 37 is activated and output from the receiving speaker 22 via the mixer 38 via the earpiece 7 via the mixer 38. When the hold sound is set, the amplifier 41 is deactivated so that the reception signal decoded by the voice processing unit 14 is not output.

By inserting the tone color assignment data for each part into the musical score data, the tone color of each part can be arbitrarily changed during playback during playback. Further, the user can select the timbre data for eight timbres stored in the timbre data storage unit (Voice RAM) 34 from the timbre data stored in the RAM 11 and set the timbre data in the timbre data storage unit (Voice RAM) 34. Yes, at this time,
If various tone data are downloaded to the RAM 11, the tone data storage unit (Voice RAM) 34 can select and store any tone data from the various tone data. In this way, when generating the brightness data, the color data, and the designation data for designating which one of the backlight / button light 20 is to be emitted in consideration of the tone color data of the tone to be generated, the set tone color is used. Backlight / button light 2 according to data
0 light emission mode can be changed.

The music reproduced as the ringtone can be a music or tone corresponding to the telephone of the other party. Specifically, an incoming music song table in which a song number and a tone number are set for each telephone number of the other party's telephone is set to R.
Prepare it in AM11. Then, from the telephone number of the other party notified together with the incoming call signal, the music data including the corresponding timbre data is transmitted to the music reproducing unit 15 by referring to the incoming music music table. As a result, the music reproduction section 15 can reproduce the music or the tone of the tone corresponding to the telephone of the other party as the ringtone melody.
Therefore, the backlight / button light 20 depends on the other party.
Can be changed, and the other party can be recognized by listening to the incoming melody emitted from the incoming speaker 23.

Here, the backlight 2 in the display unit 3
FIGS. 5 and 6 show examples of the division mode of 0. FIG. FIG. 5 (a)
In the example shown in FIG. 7, the backlight 20 is divided into eight stages in the vertical direction, and as shown in the drawing, each of the divided stages has "do", "re",. The note “C” is assigned. FIG.
In the example shown in (b), the backlight 20 is divided into eight stages in the horizontal direction, and as shown in FIG. Octave "do" note is assigned. further,
In the example shown in FIG. 6A, the backlight 20 is divided into four stages in the vertical direction and two stages in the horizontal direction. ”And the note“ C ”in the next octave are assigned as shown.

Further, in the example shown in FIG. 6B, the backlight 20 is divided concentrically into eight stages, and each stage has one octave of "do", "le",. "
And the note “C” in the next octave are assigned as shown. Furthermore, in the example shown in FIG. 6C, the cells are divided into 16 squares, and each note is assigned a light emitting mode having a different pattern. The example illustrated in FIG. 6C is a light emission mode of a pattern assigned to the note “C”, and light emission modes of different patterns are assigned to other notes. In addition, the division | segmentation aspect of the backlight 20 is not limited to the example mentioned above, but can be various aspects. The backlight 20 is a light emitting diode (LED)
And electroluminescence (EL). In the case of color conversion, the backlight 2
The display 18 may be a color liquid crystal with 0 being white, or an LED capable of emitting RGB may be used as the backlight 20. Further, an LED is used as the button light 20, and an LE that can emit RGB light is used for colorization.
D may be used.

Next, FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of the incoming call processing executed by the CPU 10 in the mobile phone 1 according to the present invention. The incoming call process is started when an incoming call signal is received. In step S10, it is detected that there is an incoming call, and the telephone number information notified from the caller is stored in the RAM 1.
1 is executed. Next, in step S11, it is determined whether or not the setting of the ring tone melody for emitting the tone reproduced by the music playing section 15 as the ring tone is turned on. Here, if it is determined that the ring tone melody is set to ON, step S
Proceeding to 12, an initial setting process of the music data for the incoming melody is executed. In this initial setting process, the music data set as the ring tone is stored in the RAM 11 or the ROM.
12 and supplied to the music reproduction unit 15, where the music score data in the music data is stored in the storage unit 32.
The timbre data is stored in the timbre data storage unit (Voice RA
M) 36. The sequencer 33 interprets the tone color assignment data, reads out tone parameters for each part from the tone data storage unit (Voice RAM) 36, sets them in the tone generator unit 34, and stores the tempo data in the sequencer 3
Set to 3. However, the music data for the ringtone may be selected and initialized by referring to the incoming music song table from the telephone number information notified from the calling side.

When the initial setting process is completed, the reproduction of the incoming melody is started in step S13, and in step S14, the tone of each part based on the tone generator parameters given by the sequencer 33 is set as a ring tone by the tone generator 34. Will be played. Next, in step S15, a light emission process for causing the backlight / button light 20 to emit light is performed according to the musical note and the octave information to be reproduced, and the generated light emission control signal is output at the sound emission timing. . As a result, the tone reproduced by the sound source section 34 is emitted from the incoming speaker 23, and at the same time, the light emission is controlled in accordance with the tone emitted from the backlight / button light 20. If it is determined in step S11 that the ringing melody is not turned on, the process proceeds to step S17, where a standard ringing sound such as a beep sound is reproduced by the sound source unit 34 and emitted from the ringing speaker 23. Standard incoming call notification processing is executed. In the standard incoming call notification process, the vibrator 19 may be vibrated instead of the ring tone.

The above-described steps S14 and S
After the processing of step 15 is executed to emit the ringing melody and the light emission control of the backlight / button light 20 is performed, it is determined in step S16 whether the incoming call button is operated and the line is connected. You. Here, if it is determined that the incoming call button is not operated and the line is not connected, the processing of step S14 and step S15 is executed again, and the incoming melody reproducing the next music data is emitted and The light emission control of the backlight / button light 20 is performed according to the musical sound to be emitted. This repetition processing is repeatedly performed until the incoming call button is operated, and during the repeated execution, the incoming melody progresses, and the light emission of the backlight / button light 20 changes in accordance with the progress of the melody. I will go. In addition,
If the standard incoming call notification process is being performed, step S
The processing of step 14 and step S15 is not performed, and the standard ringtone continues to be sounded.

When the incoming call button is operated, it is determined in step S16 that the line has been connected, and
Proceeding to 18, a stop process is performed to stop the incoming melody or the standard incoming tone that is being emitted as the incoming tone. Further, the emission control of the backlight / button light 20 is stopped. Specifically, the reproduction in the music reproduction unit 15 is stopped, and the output of the drive control signal (Data) from the sequencer 33 is stopped. Then
In step S19, the in-call process is performed on the receiving side, and the call is started. And when this call ends,
In step S20, the line is disconnected, and the incoming call processing ends.

Next, FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of the light emission processing executed in step S15 of the incoming call processing. When the light emission process is started, the octave and the note information of the music data reproduced in step S30 are detected.
Next, the backlight / button light 20 at a position corresponding to the octave and the note information detected in step S31 is selected with reference to the table. Then, the color and emission intensity of the backlight / button light 20 selected in step S32 are determined in accordance with the octave and the note information. Then, step S33
Then, a drive control signal for the selected color and light emission intensity of the selected backlight / button light 20 is generated and output to the driver 16 at the tone generation timing of the reproduced musical tone. This terminates the light emission processing and returns to the incoming call processing.

The sound source section 34 in the music reproducing section 15 described above can be constituted by a frequency modulation type sound source, that is, an FM sound source. The FM sound source utilizes harmonics generated by frequency modulation for synthesis of musical tones, and can generate a waveform having harmonic components including non-harmonic sounds with a relatively simple circuit. The FM sound source can generate a wide range of musical sounds from synthetic sounds of natural musical instruments to electronic sounds. The FM sound source uses an oscillator called an operator that oscillates a sine wave equivalently, and an FM sound source can be configured by cascading a first operator and a second operator. Further, the FM sound source can be configured even when the operator's own output is fed back and input.

Further, the sound source system of the sound source unit 34 in the music reproducing unit 15 of the present invention is not limited to the FM sound source system, but may be a waveform memory sound source (PCM sound source) system.
A physical model sound source system or the like can be used, and the sound source may be a hardware sound source using a DSP or the like, or a software sound source that executes a sound source program. In the above description, the embodiment in which the telephone terminal device is applied to the mobile phone has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to reproduce a melody as a ringtone and to include a display unit. It can be applied to telephone terminal devices.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, when an incoming call is notified by a melody sound at the time of an incoming call, the light emission mode of the display means changes in accordance with the melody along with the emission of the melody sound. Therefore, the incoming call can be known not only by listening but also by watching, and the telephone terminal device can be viewed and enjoyable and playful.
In addition, if the light emitting mode of the various buttons together with the display means is changed in accordance with the melody, it is possible to make the telephone terminal device more enjoyable to watch. Further, when the display means and various buttons are made to emit light in color, a telephone terminal device that can appeal more visually can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external appearance of a configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment in which the telephone terminal device of the present invention is applied to a mobile phone.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a mobile phone according to the embodiment of the telephone terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a music playing unit of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the telephone terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data format of a drive control signal of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the telephone terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing two examples of a manner of dividing the backlight in the display unit according to the embodiment of the telephone terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows another example of the manner of dividing the backlight in the display unit according to the embodiment of the telephone terminal device of the present invention.
It is a figure showing an example.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flowchart of an incoming call process according to the embodiment of the telephone terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flowchart of light emission processing during incoming call processing according to the embodiment of the telephone terminal device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular phone, 2 Telephone main body, 3 Display part, 4 Various buttons, 5 Dial buttons, 6 Antenna, 7 Earpiece, 8 Ring lamp, 9 Earpiece, 10 CPU, 1
1 RAM, 12 ROM, 13 communication unit, 14 audio processing unit, 15 music playback unit, 16 driver, 17 input unit, 18 display, 19 vibrator, 20 backlight / button light, 21 microphone, 22 receiving speaker, 23 Incoming speaker, 24 bus, 30
Interface, 31 controller, 32 storage unit,
33 sequencer, 34 sound source section, 35 DAC, 36
Tone data storage, 37 amplifiers, 38 mixers, 4
0 amplifier, 41 amplifier

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A telephone terminal device capable of emitting a melody for notifying an incoming call when an incoming signal is received, wherein a communication unit, a music reproducing unit, and a backlight unit for displaying various information are divided into a plurality of units. When a melody is reproduced by the music reproducing means when an incoming signal is received, an octave and note information of the music data reproduced by the music reproducing means are detected. One or more of the backlight units at positions corresponding to the detected octave and the note information among the plurality of divided backlight units are controlled to emit light, so that the backlight unit is controlled according to the progress of the melody. A telephone terminal device wherein a light emission mode is changed. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising various buttons each having a button light unit, wherein at least one of the button light units at a position corresponding to the detected octave and note information is controlled to emit light. 2. The telephone terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the light emission mode of the button light means changes as the melody progresses. 3. The display means is capable of emitting color light, and the backlight means is controlled to emit light in a color emission mode corresponding to the detected octave and note information. Claim 1 characterized by the following:
The telephone terminal device according to the above. 4. The button light means is capable of emitting color light, and the button light means is controlled to emit light in a color corresponding to the detected octave and note information. 3. The telephone terminal device according to claim 2, wherein: