JP2002141974A - Portable communication apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To variously change the flickering timing and flickering color, etc., of a lamp for lighting notification by linking them with the ringing of melody sound reproduced in an incoming call or the like. SOLUTION: In synchronism with the melody sound reproduced in a melody reproduction part 3, melody reproduction control signals 31 indicating the information of the melody sound are outputted to the light emission control parts 45-47 of a control part 4. In the light emission control parts 45-47, melody synchronized lighting control signals 42-44 indicating the timing and the color corresponding to the information of the melody sound are generated and outputted to an LED drive part 2. In the LED drive part 2, in an incoming call LED drive part 21, a liquid crystal backlight drive part 22 and a key LED drive part 23, drive signals 24-26 corresponding to the reproduction information of the melody sound are generated and outputted on the basis of the melody synchronized lighting control signals 42-44 and respectively supplied to the incoming call LED 11, liquid crystal backlight LED 12 and key LED 13 of a light emission output part 1 and the respective LEDs are driven to be lighted linked with the melody sound.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable communication apparatus having an incoming call notification function for notifying a user of an incoming call by ringing a ringtone or lighting a lamp when an incoming call is received from, for example, a portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a portable communication device of this type normally turns on or blinks a lamp such as an LED when an incoming call is received, and at the same time, sounds a ring tone such as a melody sound to receive the incoming call. However, it merely informs the user that there was a problem. That is, conventionally, as a method of notifying that there is an incoming call, a method of turning on or blinking a lamp,
The technique of ringing a ringtone has only been applied to a mobile communication device such as a mobile phone.

[0003] For this reason, the lighting or blinking of the lamp and the ringing of the ringtone are not related at all, and the lamp always lights or flashes in a uniform manner when an incoming call arrives. In this state, the ringtone sounds simultaneously. The same was true in the case. Further, even in the case where the vibration is combined with the vibration by the vibrator, the vibrator simply vibrates at a fixed timing at the time of an incoming call irrespective of the ringing of the ring tone.

On the other hand, although there is no direct connection with this kind of portable communication device, a technique for flashing a light emitting member at a constant timing every period in synchronization with a melody reproduction period is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model. No. 8-1513.

[0005] An example of a conventional portable communication device to which the disclosed technique is applied is shown in a block diagram of FIG. This conventional portable communication device includes a light emission output unit 101, an LED drive unit 102, a melody reproduction unit 10 as basic components.
3, control unit 104, key operation unit 105, wireless communication unit 10
6. The light emission output unit 101 includes a plurality of LEDs 111 to 113 serving as light emission output destinations. Each of the LEDs 111 to 113 receives a drive current from the LED drive unit 102 and emits light. Of the LEDs 111 to 113, the incoming LED 111
Is blinking when an incoming call is received. The liquid crystal backlight LED 112 is turned on to illuminate the liquid crystal display unit when various operations are performed on the key operation unit 105 or when an incoming call is received.
The key LED 113 illuminates the keys of the key operation unit 105 when various operations are performed on the key operation unit 105.

The control unit 104 has a key recognizing unit 145. The key recognizing unit 145 recognizes a key operation based on a key operation signal from the key operation unit 105, and outputs a key lighting control signal 141. In addition, it has an incoming call control unit 146, and based on a received signal output from the wireless communication unit 106, the incoming call control unit 146 recognizes an incoming call state and outputs an incoming call lighting control signal 142.

The LED driving section 102 has an incoming LED driving section 121, a liquid crystal backlight driving section 122, and a key LED driving section 123. These driving sections 121 to 123 control the incoming LED 111 of the light emitting output section 101, the liquid crystal backlight, and the like. The light LED 112 and the key LED 113 are turned on or off, respectively. The melody playback unit 103
It reproduces a melody sound such as a ringtone at the time of an incoming call or as needed. When reproducing and outputting a melody sound, a sound control signal 144 is input / output to / from the incoming call control unit 146 of the control unit 104. An incoming call lighting control signal 143 is output to the incoming LED drive section 121 of the LED drive section 102. When the LEDs 111 to 113 are turned on, the key lighting control signal 141 and the incoming lighting control signals 142 and 143 are used.
, The driving units 12 in the LED driving unit 102
Drive signals 124, 125, and 126 are output from 1 to 123, respectively.

In the above conventional example, when an incoming call is received, the incoming call control unit 146 of the control unit 104 recognizes the incoming call, and sends the incoming call lighting control signal 142 to the liquid crystal backlight drive unit 122 and the key LED drive unit of the LED drive unit 102. 123, the liquid crystal backlight LED 112 and the key LE
D113 is turned on. In addition, the incoming call lighting control signal 143 is output from the melody reproducing unit 103 to the incoming call LED driving unit 121 so that the incoming call LED 111 blinks. In this case, simultaneously with the reproduction of the ringtone by the melody reproducing unit 103, the incoming LED 111 is blinked at a constant timing every period in synchronization with the melody reproduction period. Further, when the melody sound is reproduced by the melody reproducing unit 103 other than at the time of the incoming call, it is also possible to make only the incoming LED 111 blink at a constant timing in each cycle in synchronization with the melody reproducing cycle.

[0009]

As described above, the conventional portable communication apparatus merely blinks the incoming LED 111 at a constant timing every cycle in synchronization with the melody playback cycle. No matter what kind of melody sound is reproduced by the unit 103, it always blinks in a uniform manner.

However, recently, the melody sound of the ring tone has been progressing every day such as multi-tone, so that the LED at the time of the incoming
It is preferable that the lighting can be performed in various patterns like the melody sound. For example, there are demands from users who want to make the appearance at the time of incoming calls vivid or differentiate by using an LED lighting method different from that of others. If the LED blinks in a single manner as in the related art, it is not possible to cope with various demands and usage conditions of the user, and this is not interesting.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has been described in connection with the sounding of a melody sound reproduced by a melody reproducing means at the time of an incoming call or the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable communication device capable of changing a blinking color or the like in various ways.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A portable communication device according to the present invention comprises, firstly, a light emitting output means having a light emitting element for lighting notification, a light emitting driving means for driving the light emitting element, and a melody for voice notification. Melody reproducing means for reproducing and outputting sound;
Control means for outputting a melody synchronous lighting control signal including information for changing at least one of a blinking timing and a blinking color of the light emitting element, based on the information on the melody sound to be reproduced and output, and the light emission driving means comprises: On the basis of a melody synchronous lighting control signal from a control means, a drive signal is output to the light emission output means so that the light emitting element blinks in conjunction with the sounding of the melody sound.

[0013] Second, the light emission output means includes a light emitting element capable of emitting light in a plurality of colors, and the control means controls the flash timing and the flash color of the light emitting element to sound the melody sound. And outputting a melody synchronous lighting control signal including information that changes in synchronization with the melody.

Thirdly, the light emission output means has an incoming LED which lights up when an incoming call is received, and a backlight LED which illuminates a display unit.
A drive signal is output so as to blink an ED and a backlight LED in conjunction with the sound of the melody sound.

Fourthly, the light emission output means further has a key LED for illuminating a key operation section, and the light emission drive means causes the incoming LED, the backlight LED and the key LED to sound the melody sound. The driving signal is output so as to be blinked in conjunction with.

Fifthly, there is provided storage means for storing sound information on the melody sound and light emission information including information on a blinking color of the light emitting element corresponding to the melody sound,
The control means, based on the sound information and light emission information,
A melody synchronous lighting control signal including information for changing the blink timing and blink color of the light emitting element is output.

Sixth, the melody reproducing means includes:
The control means outputs a melody reproduction control signal for generating a melody synchronous lighting control signal in synchronization with the sounding timing of the melody sound to be reproduced and output.

Further, seventhly, the melody reproducing means has a timbre judging means for judging a timbre of a melody sound to be reproduced and outputting and outputting the melody reproduction control signal only in a specific timbre state. And

Eighthly, the melody reproducing means detects the volume level of the melody sound to be reproduced and outputted, and outputs the melody reproduction control signal when the melody sound level exceeds a specified value. It is characterized by having.

Ninth, a ninth feature is that the apparatus further comprises a vibrating means for vibrating the apparatus housing in conjunction with the sounding of the melody sound.

In the above configuration, a melody synchronous lighting control signal including information for changing at least one of a blink timing and a blink color of a light emitting element such as an LED in a light emitting output unit based on information on a melody sound reproduced by a melody reproducing unit. Is output by the control means, and based on the melody synchronous lighting control signal, the light emission drive means outputs a drive signal to the light emission output means so that the light emitting element blinks in conjunction with the sound of the melody sound to drive the light emission. . Thus, the light emitting element such as the incoming LED of the light emitting output means blinks in synchronization with the sound of the melody sound reproduced at the time of incoming call or the like. At this time, the blink timing and blink color of the light emitting element can be variously changed in conjunction with the melody sound.

Also, sound information relating to the melody sound and light emission information including information on the blinking color of the light emitting element corresponding to the melody sound are stored in the storage means so that the settings can be changed as appropriate, so that the melody sound can be reproduced during the melody reproduction. The user can easily change the blinking color and the like corresponding to the input operation by the user, and the blinking of the light emitting element can be linked to various melodies in various modes. In addition, it is also possible to vibrate the device housing in synchronization with the melody sound by vibrating means in conjunction with the blinking of the light emitting element. The blinking of the light emitting element can be synchronized with the melody sound to emit light in a predetermined tone state or at a volume level equal to or higher than a specified value.

[0023]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. [First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a portable communication device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The portable communication device according to the present embodiment includes, as basic components, a light emission output unit (corresponding to a light emission output unit) 1;
It has an LED driving unit (corresponding to a light emission driving unit) 2, a melody reproducing unit (corresponding to a melody reproducing unit) 3, a control unit (corresponding to a control unit) 4, a key operation unit 5, and a wireless communication unit 6.
As a portable communication device, the present embodiment is applicable to a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a PHS, a PDA having a communication function, and the like.

The light emitting output unit 1 includes a plurality of LEDs 11 to 13 serving as light emitting elements as light emitting elements. These LEDs 11 to 13 are supplied with a driving current from the LED driving unit 2 and emit light. ing. Each of the L
Among the EDs 11 to 13, the incoming LED 11 is turned on and off when an incoming call is received. LCD backlight LE
D12 illuminates the liquid crystal display unit when the key operation unit 5 performs various operations or an incoming call. Key LED
Reference numeral 13 illuminates the keys of the key operation unit 5 when various operations are performed on the key operation unit 5.

The control unit 4 has a key recognizing unit 48, and based on a key operation signal from the key operation unit 5, the key recognizing unit 48
To recognize a key operation and output a key lighting control signal 41. In addition, the wireless communication unit 6 includes an incoming call control unit 49.
The incoming call control unit 49 recognizes the incoming call state based on the output of the received signal from and outputs the ring tone control signal 32. further,
It has emission control units 45, 46, and 47 for controlling on / off of LED lighting and determination of emission colors, and melody synchronous lighting control signals 42, 43, and 4 including emission color information at the time of an incoming call.
4 is output.

The LED driving unit 2 is an incoming LED driving unit 2.
1, liquid crystal backlight drive unit 22, key LED drive unit 2
The driving LED 21 of the light emitting output unit 1 and the liquid crystal backlight LED 1
2. The key LED 13 is turned on or off. Further, there is provided a switching unit 27 for switching between the key lighting control signal 41 and the incoming lighting control signals 42 and 43 from the control unit 4 and inputting them to the incoming LED driving unit 21 and the liquid crystal backlight driving unit 22. The melody reproduction unit 3 reproduces a melody sound such as a ringtone upon arrival of an incoming call or as necessary, and inputs / outputs a ringtone control signal 32 with the incoming call control unit 49 to reproduce / output the melody sound. I do. When reproducing the melody sound, a melody reproduction control signal 31 including reproduction information of the melody sound is output to the light emission control units 45 to 47.

In the LED driving section 2, the key lighting control signal 41 and the melody synchronous lighting control signals 42 and 43 are switched by the switching section 27 in accordance with the setting and the operating state. The key lighting control signal 41 and the melody synchronous lighting control signals 42, 43,
Drive signals 24, 25, and 26 are output based on the respective signals. In each of the driving units 21 to 23 and the switching unit 27, each LED 11 to 13 of the light emission output unit 1 is linked to the sound of the melody sound in association with the information indicated by each of the control signals 41 to 44. Means for changing the blinking timing and the emission color of the image.

In the portable communication device of the present embodiment configured as described above, when the melody reproducing unit 3 operates to reproduce a melody such as a ring tone, the same timing as when the melody tone is sounded is performed. Then, the melody reproduction control signal 31 indicating the reproduction information of the melody sound is output to the light emission control units 45 to 47 of the control unit 4. At this time, in the light emission control units 45 to 47, the blinking timing of the LED and the timbre linked to the light emission color of the LED are set in advance for each of the LEDs 11 to 13 of the light emission output unit 1, and the melody sound corresponds to the reproduction information. Melody synchronous lighting control signals 42 to 44 indicating timing and color are generated and output.

The LEDs 11 to 13 are, for example, R
It is composed of multicolor LEDs capable of emitting light of a plurality of colors provided with light emitting portions of three colors (red), G (green), and B (blue), and the LEDs of each color are used alone or in combination according to an input drive signal. To emit light. By using such an LED, lighting light of a desired color can be obtained. In addition, for each melody scale, for example, "do" may be set to a color corresponding to each scale such as "red", and the color may be changed according to the movement of the melody scale to emit light. It is possible.

In the LED driving section 2, when the LED backlight and the key LED 13 together with the incoming call LED 11 are set to be turned on so as to be linked with the sounding of the melody sound, the switching section 27 is turned from the state shown in FIG. The state is switched to the melody synchronous lighting control signal 42 to
44 is input to each of the drive units 21 to 23. Then, in each of the incoming LED drive unit 21, the liquid crystal backlight drive unit 22, and the key LED drive unit 23, the drive signals 24, 2 corresponding to the reproduction information of the melody sound based on the melody synchronous lighting control signals 42, 43, 44.
5 and 26 are generated and output.
ED11, LCD backlight LED12, key LED1
3, and each LED is driven to light. As a result, in the light emission output unit 1, each LED 11 is linked with the sound of the melody sound reproduced by the melody reproduction unit 3.
The blinking timing of the LED and the emission color of the LED can be changed every 13 to blink the LED.

Here, an example of a detailed configuration of the liquid crystal backlight drive section 22 will be described with reference to FIG. The same applies to the other incoming LED drive unit 21 and key LED drive unit 23, and here, the liquid crystal backlight drive unit 2
2 will be described as a representative, and others will be omitted.

The liquid crystal backlight drive section 22 has a switch circuit in which a plurality of switches SW1 to SWn are connected in parallel. In this example, a configuration using a switch element including a plurality of FETs whose sources are grounded and commonly connected is shown. A selector 51 is connected to control input terminals (gates) of these switches SW1 to SWn, and one or a predetermined combination of the switches SW1 to SWn is turned on / off according to a melody synchronous lighting control signal 43 input to the selector 51. It is turned off. Then, the liquid crystal backlight LED 12 is illuminated with a predetermined emission color by the driving signal 25 output from the liquid crystal backlight driving unit 22.

For example, when the switch SW1 is turned on,
This is an output for developing “red” and is input to the liquid crystal backlight LED 12 as a drive signal 25.
As a result, the liquid crystal backlight LED 12 emits “red”. One switch may be assigned to each color LED, or a plurality of switches may be assigned to each color LED so that each color is colored at multiple levels of gradation.

By setting the selection state in the switching section 27 of the LED driving section 2 to the state shown in FIG.
As in the related art, when a key operation is performed on the key operation unit 5, the liquid crystal backlight LED 12 and the key LED 13 can be continuously turned on for a predetermined time. In this case, when a key button signal is input from the key operation unit 5 to the key recognition unit 48 inside the control unit 4, the key recognition unit 48 turns on the liquid crystal backlight drive unit 22 inside the LED drive unit 2 and the key LED A key lighting control signal 41 is output to the driving unit 23. Then, based on the key lighting control signal 41, the corresponding liquid crystal backlight LE is transmitted from the liquid crystal backlight driver 22 and the key LED driver 23.
Driving signals 24 and 25 are input to D12 and the key LED 13, and these LEDs are turned on.

As described above, each driving unit 2 of the LED driving unit 2
By switching the control signals supplied to the LEDs 1 to 23, the specifications of the conventional LED lighting unit at the time of light emission are satisfied, and at the time of reproducing the melody sound, the melody is linked with the melody tone, melody, rhythm, etc. While synchronizing with the melody playback timing
D can blink.

As described above, in the present embodiment, in addition to turning on the liquid crystal backlight LED and the key LED at the time of key operation and incoming call as in the related art, and blinking the incoming call LED in a uniform manner, When a melody such as a ringtone is reproduced, a blinking operation can be performed while changing the emission color of each LED in association with the timbre, melody, rhythm, and the like of the melody. Therefore, the blinking timing and blinking color can be varied by using the incoming LED, LCD backlight LED, key LED, etc. as lamps for lighting notification, such as interlocking with the ringing of the melody sound played by the melody playback unit at the time of an incoming call. , And it is possible to correspond to various requests and usage conditions of the user.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a portable communication device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the second embodiment, in addition to the configuration of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, there is provided a storage unit 7 for storing various setting information and the like, and stores melody sound information to be reproduced as a ring tone or the like. It has a sound information storage unit 73 and a light emission information storage unit 74 for recording light emission information such as a light emission color corresponding to a melody sound. The melody reproducing unit 3 includes a melody blinking control unit 3 for controlling blinking of an LED according to a melody to be reproduced.
Five. Other components are the same as in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will not be repeated.

The sound information storage unit 73 of the storage unit 7 stores sound information of one or a plurality of melodies. The user specifies a tone, a melody, a rhythm, and the like to be stored. The specified content is transmitted to the sound information storage unit 73, and the corresponding sound information is written and stored. Further, the luminescence information storage unit 74 stores luminescence information such as LED color information that blinks in synchronization with the melody sound, and allows the user to store the melody tone color or the color corresponding to the scale. By specifying, the specified content is transmitted to the light emission information storage unit 74, and the corresponding light emission information is written and stored. The sound information and the light emission information may be stored as one or several pieces of setting information in advance as initial settings, or may be arbitrarily rewritable by a user. Alternatively, the light emission color of the LED may be fixed and light emission information may not be provided, and only the blinking timing of the fixed color may be linked to the melody sound.

When the melody sound is reproduced and output at the time of an incoming call or the like, the sound information of the set melody is read out from the sound information storage section 73 and sent to the melody reproduction section 3 as a sound information signal. At the predetermined time, the melody sound is reproduced at a predetermined timing, and based on the sound information signal, the melody blinking control unit 35 outputs the ring tone control signal 3.
2 is output to the light emission control units 45, 46, 47 of the control unit 4. Then, the light emission control units 45 to 47 receive light emission information such as color information from the light emission information storage unit 74, and based on the light emission information and the ring tone control signal 32, include a melody including information of a corresponding light emission color and blinking timing. Synchronous lighting control signals 42 to 44 are generated, and these are
Is output to

At this time, the switching unit 27 of the LED driving unit 2
Is switched to the light emission control unit side during melody reproduction, and melody synchronous lighting control signals 42 to 44 having light emission information linked to the melody sound are transmitted to the respective drive units 21 to 2 respectively.
3 is input. Then, in each of the incoming LED drive unit 21, the liquid crystal backlight drive unit 22, and the key LED drive unit 23, the melody synchronous lighting control signals 42, 43,
Drive signals 24, 25, 26 corresponding to the melody sound reproduction information are generated and output based on the melody sound 44, and the light emission output unit 1
Are supplied to the incoming LED 11, the liquid crystal backlight LED 12, and the key LED 13, respectively, and each LED is driven to be lit. As a result, in the light emission output unit 1, each L is linked to the sound of the melody sound reproduced by the melody reproduction unit 3.
LED blink timing and LED for each ED11-13
Can be changed to flash.

As described above, in the present embodiment, various light emission information including the sound information of the melody to be reproduced and the color information necessary for changing the blink timing and blinking color of the LED so as to blink in conjunction with the melody. One or more are stored, and based on such information, the liquid crystal backlight LED and the key LED are turned on at the time of a conventional key operation or an incoming call, as in the first embodiment.
In addition to flashing in a uniform manner, when playing a melody such as a ringtone, the flashing operation is performed while changing the emission color of each LED in conjunction with the melody tone, melody, rhythm, etc. can do.

Further, just by the user performing an input operation using the key operation unit 5 under the control of the control unit 4, information on the melody and the LED blinking color appropriately selected in the storage unit 7 is stored. A desired blinking state can be easily set by the user for each LED. For this reason, even when the portable communication device of the same model is possessed, the blinking mode linked to the melody sound can be set differently for each user, and can be flexibly and easily adapted to various user requests. It is possible to correspond to.

[Third Embodiment] FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a portable communication device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

In the third embodiment, in addition to the configuration of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 3, a vibration unit (corresponding to a vibration means) 8 including a vibrator mechanism or the like is provided. Other components are the same as those of the first and second embodiments, and the description is omitted here.

A vibration signal 81 is input to the vibration section 8 in synchronization with the drive signal 24 from the LED drive section 2, and interlocks with the melody sounding by the melody reproduction section 3 and the blinking of the incoming LED 11. Is driven to vibrate, and the device housing is vibrated accordingly.

In this case, when the melody sound is reproduced by the melody reproducing unit 3, the light emission control units 45, 46, 4 of the control unit 4
7, the melody synchronous lighting control signals 42, 43, 44 are output.
1, liquid crystal backlight drive unit 22, key LED drive unit 2
3, the melody synchronous lighting control signals 42, 43,
Drive signals 24, 25, 26 are generated based on 44, and the incoming LED 11 of the light emitting output unit 1 and the liquid crystal backlight LE
D12 and the key LED13, respectively.
Is driven to light and flashes in conjunction with the melody sound. In addition, a vibration signal 81 is supplied to the vibration unit 8 in synchronization with the drive signal 24 from the incoming LED drive unit 21, and the vibration unit 8 vibrates. In addition, the incoming LED which blinks the incoming LED 11
In addition to synchronizing with the driving signal 24 from the driving unit 21, the liquid crystal backlight driving unit 22 and the key LED
The vibration signal 8 is included in the driving signals 25 and 26 from the driving unit 23.
1 and synchronize the LCD backlight LED12 and key LE
The vibration unit 8 may vibrate in conjunction with the blinking operation of D13.

As described above, in this embodiment, when a melody such as a ring tone is reproduced, each L is linked to the timbre, melody, rhythm, and the like of the melody as in the first and second embodiments.
The flashing operation is performed while changing the emission color of the ED, and at the same time, the portable communication device can be vibrated so as to be linked with the sound of the melody sound.

[Fourth Embodiment] FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a portable communication apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a time chart showing a level change when a melody sound is reproduced. .

The fourth embodiment is an example in which the configuration of the melody reproducing unit 3 is partially changed from the configuration of the first embodiment shown in FIG. The melody reproducing unit 3 of this example includes a timbre determining unit 36 that determines a timbre state of a melody sound to be reproduced. As shown in the melody sound reproduction time chart of FIG. 6, when a melody sound is reproduced from a sound source, generally, the steps of "attack", "sustain", and "release" are performed from the start to the stop of sounding. In the present embodiment, the LED is interlocked and blinked only in one of the three tone color states.

For example, the control is performed so that the LED blinks only at the time of "attack" at the start of sounding the melody sound or only at the time of "sustain" in which the melody sound continues. In this case, the timbre determination unit 36 determines the timbre of the melody tone to be reproduced, and outputs the melody reproduction control signal 31 to the control unit 4 only during a predetermined period of the corresponding timbre (for example, the “attack” period). Then, the light emission control unit 45 of the control unit 4
47 to 47 generate and output melody synchronous lighting control signals 42 to 44 based on the melody reproduction control signal 31. Each of the driving units 21 to 23 of the LED driving unit 2 generates a driving signal based on the melody synchronous lighting control signals 42 to 44, respectively. 24 to 26 are generated and supplied to the LEDs 11 to 13 of the light emission output unit 1, respectively, and the LEDs are driven to blink.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when a melody such as a ring tone is reproduced, a specific tone which is set in advance in accordance with the tone color of the melody such as "attack", "sustain", and "release". Only in the state, it is possible to blink each LED in conjunction with the melody sound.

[Fifth Embodiment] FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a portable communication device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

The fifth embodiment is another example in which the configuration of the melody reproducing unit 3 is partially changed from the configuration of the first embodiment shown in FIG. The melody reproducing section 3 of this example has a sound pressure detecting section 37 for detecting a sound pressure as a volume level of a melody sound to be reproduced. In the present embodiment, when the sound pressure at the time of reproducing the melody sound becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined specified value, the LED is caused to blink in conjunction with the melody sound.

In this case, the sound pressure detecting section 37 detects the sound pressure of the melody sound to be reproduced, and outputs a melody reproduction control signal 31 to the control section 4 when a sound pressure higher than a predetermined value is detected. Is done. Then, the light emission control unit 45 of the control unit 4
47 to 47 generate and output melody synchronous lighting control signals 42 to 44 based on the melody reproduction control signal 31. Each of the driving units 21 to 23 of the LED driving unit 2 generates a driving signal based on the melody synchronous lighting control signals 42 to 44, respectively. 24 to 26 are generated and supplied to the LEDs 11 to 13 of the light emission output unit 1, respectively, and the LEDs are driven to blink.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the melody of a ring tone or the like is reproduced, the volume level becomes equal to or higher than the specified value according to the sound pressure (reproduction volume level) of the melody sound being reproduced. It becomes possible to blink each LED in conjunction with the melody sound.

[0058]

As described above, according to the present invention, the blink timing and blinking of the light emitting element for lighting notification, such as interlocking with the sound of the melody sound reproduced by the melody reproducing means at the time of an incoming call or the like. This has the effect of providing a portable communication device capable of changing colors and the like in various ways.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a mobile communication device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a detailed configuration of an LED driving unit.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a main part of a mobile communication device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a mobile communication device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a portable communication device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a time chart showing a level change during melody sound reproduction.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a mobile communication device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a conventional portable communication device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 light emission output unit 2 LED drive unit 3 melody playback unit 4 control unit 5 key operation unit 6 wireless communication unit 7 storage unit 8 vibrating unit 11 incoming LED 12 liquid crystal backlight LED 13 key LED 21 incoming LED drive unit 22 liquid crystal backlight drive Unit 23 key LED drive unit 24 to 26 drive signal 27 switching unit 31 melody reproduction control signal 32 ringtone control signal 41 key lighting control signal 42,43,44 melody synchronous lighting control signal 45,46,47 light emission control unit 48 key recognition Unit 49 incoming call control unit 73 sound information storage unit 74 emission information storage unit 81 vibration signal

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A light emitting output unit having a light emitting element for lighting notification, a light emitting driving unit for driving the light emitting element, a melody reproducing unit for reproducing and outputting a melody sound for voice notification, and a melody sound for reproducing and outputting Control means for outputting a melody synchronous lighting control signal including information for changing at least one of the blinking timing and the blinking color of the light emitting element, based on the information about the light emitting element. A portable communication device according to claim 1, wherein a driving signal is output to said light emission output means based on a lighting control signal so that said light emitting element blinks in conjunction with said melody sound. 2. The light emitting output means includes a light emitting element capable of emitting light in a plurality of colors, and the control means changes a blink timing and a blink color of the light emitting element in conjunction with a sound of the melody sound. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein a melody synchronous lighting control signal including information to be changed is output. 3. The light-emission output means includes an incoming LED that lights up when an incoming call is received, and a backlight LED that illuminates a display unit, and the light-emission driving means controls the incoming LED and the backlight LED to emit the melody sound. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the driving signal is output so as to blink in synchronization with the sound. 4. The light emission output means further includes a key LED for illuminating a key operation unit, and the light emission drive means switches the incoming LED, the backlight LED, and the key LED in conjunction with the sounding of the melody sound. The mobile communication device according to claim 3, wherein the driving signal is output so as to blink. 5. A storage unit for storing sound information relating to the melody sound and light emission information including information on a blinking color of the light emitting element corresponding to the melody sound, wherein the control unit controls the sound information and the light emission. Based on the information,
The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein a melody synchronous lighting control signal including information for changing a blinking timing and a blinking color of the light emitting element is output. 6. The melody reproduction means outputs a melody reproduction control signal for generating a melody synchronous lighting control signal in the control means in synchronization with a sounding timing of a melody sound to be reproduced and output. Item 1
A portable communication device according to claim 1. 7. The melody reproducing means includes a timbre judging means for judging a timbre of a melody sound to be reproduced and output and outputting the melody reproduction control signal only in a specific timbre state. 7. The mobile communication device according to 6. 8. The melody playback means includes a playback volume detection means for detecting a volume level of a melody sound to be played back and outputting the melody playback control signal when the volume level exceeds a specified value. The mobile communication device according to claim 6, wherein 9. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, further comprising a vibration unit that vibrates the device housing in conjunction with the sound of the melody sound.