JPH10313351A - Portable telephone set recording incoming-call tone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily identify a portable telephone set receiving an incoming-call by devising the portable telephone set to record freely an incoming-call tone and selecting the recorded incoming call tone from a conventional incoming call tone after the recording of the incoming-call tone is finished. SOLUTION: A recording start button of an input device 2 in the portable telephone set 1 is depressed, and a controller 3 detecting the depression stores an incoming-call tone received from an incoming-call tone input terminal 4 to an incoming call tone recording memory 5, and when the controller 3 detects the depression of a recording end button on the input device 2 or detects the excess of a recording available time, the controller 3 finishes the recording of the incoming-call tone. When an incoming-call tone changeover button of the input device 2 is depressed, the recorded incoming call tone is used thereafter.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention makes it possible to freely record a ringtone, and after the recording of the ringtone, switches from a general ringtone to the recorded ringtone to facilitate identification of the incoming portable telephone. The present invention relates to a mobile phone capable of recording a ringtone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile telephones have been remarkably popularized recently, and ringtones to the mobile telephones are ringing everywhere, even in trains and towns, and it is not possible to identify which mobile telephone has arrived. Mobile phone owners
Everyone misunderstands that it has arrived on their mobile phone. In such a situation, a mobile phone that can make a ringtone by itself has been developed.

In this portable telephone, a tone is assigned to a key, and by pressing the key, a ring tone can be composed.

[0004]

However, in the portable telephone according to the above-mentioned prior art, since only the combination of the scales assigned to the designated key can be used as the ring tone, the sound of the favorite musical instrument can be obtained. A song or the like can be freely set as a ring tone to make it more comfortable and cannot be identified as an incoming call to the user's mobile phone.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and allows a user to freely record a ring tone into his / her favorite sound. It is an object of the present invention to switch to a ring tone recorded from a telephone, and to facilitate identification of an incoming mobile phone.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a recording start button for starting recording of a ring tone, a recording end button for ending recording of a ring tone, and a general ring tone. An input device including a ring tone switching button for switching to a recorded ring tone, a key for transmitting a call, a recording start button, a recording end button,
A control device that detects that a ringtone switch button has been pressed and performs control based on the pressing, a ringtone input terminal for inputting a ringtone, and records an audio signal input from the ringtone input terminal. Ring memory for recording, a microphone for transmitting voice to the communication partner, a speaker for listening to the voice of the communication partner, and a display device for displaying a key input from the input device for transmitting. And an antenna for communication. After recording the ringtone,
By switching from a general ringtone to a recorded ringtone, it is possible to easily identify a mobile phone that has received a call.

According to the present invention, since a ring tone can be freely recorded from a ring tone input terminal, a portable telephone capable of recording a ring tone that can freely switch the ring tone to a favorite sound can be obtained. In addition, incoming calls with others can be clearly distinguished.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Since the ringtone can be freely recorded from the ringtone input terminal, it is possible to switch from a general ringtone to the recorded ringtone after the recording of the ringtone.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to record a plurality of ring tones by inputting a voice signal from a ring tone input terminal. However, it can be switched, and has the effect that the user can select his / her favorite ringtone without any hassle.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable telephone capable of recording a ringtone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A portable telephone 1 shown in FIG.
It comprises a control device 3, a ring tone input terminal 4, a ring tone recording memory 5, a microphone 6, a speaker 7, a display device 8, and an antenna 9.

As shown in FIG. 1, input device 2, microphone 6,
The speaker 7, the display device 8, and the antenna 9 are the control device 3
The control device 3 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and holds a general ring tone, an input device 2, a ring tone input terminal 4, a ring tone recording memory 5, a microphone 6, and a speaker 7 display. It controls the entire device other than the device 8 and the antenna 9.

Here, the input device 2 is controlled by the control device 3 from buttons or keys for performing an operation of starting recording of a ringtone, an operation of ending recording of a ringtone, and an operation of switching from a general ringtone to a recorded ringtone. Become. The ringtone input terminal 4 is a terminal that is connected to the control device 3 and receives voice input as a ringtone. The ring tone recording memory 5 is connected to the control device 3 and records voice input input from the ring tone input terminal 4.

The operation of the mobile phone constructed as described above will be described below.

(1) In a normal state of the mobile phone 1, a request is made to start recording a ringtone by pressing a recording start button (not shown) on the input device 2.

(2) When the control device 3 detects that the recording start button on the input device 2 has been pressed, the control device 3 notifies the display device 8 if the maximum number of recordable ringtones is reached. It is displayed for a few seconds, communicated to the user, and returns the mobile phone 1 to a normal state. If the number of recordable ringtones is not the maximum number, the control device 3 sets the ringtone to a recording state, and sets the voice signal input from the ringtone input terminal 4 as a ringtone as a ringtone recording memory. Start recording at 5.

(3) When the control device 3 detects that the recording end button (not shown) on the input device 2 has been pressed or that the recording time of one ringtone has passed, The device 3 finishes recording the ringtone in the ringtone recording memory 5, and returns the mobile phone 1 to the normal state.

(4) When the control device 3 detects that a ring tone switch button (not shown) on the input device 2 has been pressed,
The control device 3 causes the speaker 7 to sound the first ringtone already recorded in the ringtone recording memory 5 several times in order to have the user confirm the ringtone.

(5) If the user wants to switch to the next ring tone recorded in the ring tone recording memory 5 after the ring tone sounds several times in the operation (4), the incoming call When the sound switching button is pressed, the control device 3 that has detected the sound switches the ringing tone from the speaker 7 several times for the ringing tone in the same manner as in the operation (4). That is, by continuously pressing the ring tone switching button on the input device 2, the ring tone recorded in the ring tone recording memory 5 can be sequentially switched and heard. Also, when the last ring tone recorded in the ring tone recording memory 5 is selected,
When the ring tone switch button on the input device 2 is pressed, the sound is switched to a general ring tone.

After the ring tone selected by pressing the ring tone switch button sounds several times, the control device 3 determines that the ring tone switch button on the input device 2 has not been pressed even after the time limit has elapsed. Is detected, the ring tone is stored as a ring tone to be used in the future, and the ring tone is used thereafter.

(6) If it is desired to record a ringtone, the operation from (1) is repeated.

[0023]

As described above, the portable telephone capable of recording a ringtone according to the present invention can freely record a ringtone from a ringtone input terminal. By switching from the ringtone to the recorded ringtone, it is possible to freely set a ringtone that is comfortable for the user, and furthermore, it is easy to identify whether or not the mobile phone is ringing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... mobile phone, 2 ... input device, 3 ... control device,
4 ... Ring tone input terminal, 5 ... Ring tone recording memory, 6 ...
Microphone, 7 speaker, 8 display device, 9 antenna.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A recording start button for starting recording of a ringtone, a recording end button for ending recording of a ringtone, a ringtone switching button for switching from a general ringtone to a recorded ringtone, and calling. An input device including a key for performing a recording operation, a recording start button, a recording end button, and a ring tone switching button of the input device being detected.
A control device for performing control based thereon, a ringtone input terminal for inputting a ringtone, a ringtone recording memory for recording a voice signal input from the ringtone input terminal, Including a microphone for transmitting a message, a speaker for listening to the voice of the communication partner, a display device for displaying a key input from the input device for transmitting, and an antenna for communication, and a ringtone. A portable telephone capable of recording a ringtone, wherein the portable telephone switches from a general ringtone to a recorded one after the recording, thereby facilitating the identification of the received portable telephone. 2. The memory for recording a ring tone, wherein the control device detects an input from the input device, and records a plurality of ring tones for an audio signal input from the ring tone input terminal. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone can switch from a general ring tone to any of a plurality of ring tones recorded.