JP2000032169A - Portable telephone with memory card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone which can record a conversation and confirm contents of a talk. SOLUTION: It is made possible to confirm contents of a conversation at a later time by fitting a memory card, which is easy to exchange, to a portable telephone and recording a talk of another party and that of oneself. Automatic transmission is enabled by using the memory card in which a telephone number is registered, and, when a telephone set is changed, it is possible to save a work for reregistering by only replacing the memory card fitted to a used telephone set. A portable telephone 1 is composed of a microphone 11 for voice input of a conventional function, a speaker 12 for generating a reception voice, an operation key 13 for telephone number input or the like, an antenna 14 for transmission/reception, a job dial 15 for performing selection of the registered telephone number or the like, a display device 16 for displaying the telephone number or the like, and a card insertion port 17 for housing the memory card 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a portable telephone using a memory card as a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a large amount of information such as computer data, video information, and music information has been recorded on recording media such as magnetic tapes, magnetic disks, and optical disks.
Further, as a recording medium, there is a recording medium formed of a semiconductor element, which is extremely excellent in high-speed operation and random operability. However, this recording medium was more expensive than magnetic tapes, magnetic disks, optical disks, and the like.

[0003] In recent years, the degree of integration of the semiconductor memory element has been rapidly increasing, and the price has been accordingly reduced. Under such high integration and low price, a device using a semiconductor storage element for recording a voice such as a conversation for a short time has been commercialized. Although the unit price of the medium is higher than that of the magnetic tape, a certain product genre is being formed due to its convenience.

[0004] Under the circumstances described above, semiconductor storage elements are put together in a card form, and a recording medium having a predetermined storage capacity, that is, a memory card, is attracting attention. Due to its large recording capacity, low cost, and interchangeability as a recording medium, it is expected that it will be used similarly to recording media such as magnetic tapes in the future.

On the other hand, there has been a remarkable recent spread of mobile phones. In particular, it has been developed to have not only a call function but also an e-mail function, a position search function, and the like, and it is expected that the functions and usability will further improve in the future.

There is a case where a user wants to make a memo while talking on a mobile phone. For example, there are the address and telephone number of the partner, the meeting place and time, the content of the story, etc., but it is often difficult to take notes by hand outside, and it is often necessary to check with the partner and remember it many times It is. However, this can bother others and the memories are not perfect, and relying on it is generally dangerous.

[0007] The functions of mobile phones have also been improved with the spread of mobile phones, but it is necessary to replace conventional telephones in order to obtain the functions. At this time, the telephone number registered in the old telephone must be registered again in the new telephone. This requires a lot of time, and there is a risk of incorrect registration.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to record a conversation on a portable telephone so that the contents of the conversation can be confirmed and to further improve the usability of the portable telephone.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and has a recording means for recording a memory card mounting means, a transmitted voice, and a transmitted voice on the memory card. And a reproducing means for reproducing the sound recorded on the memory card.

[0010] The apparatus further comprises means for mounting a memory card on which a telephone number is recorded, selecting means for selecting a predetermined telephone number from the mounted memory card, and transmitting means for making a call to the selected telephone number. In order to solve the above problem, a portable telephone with a memory card is provided with a recording means for recording a telephone number on the memory card.

According to the portable telephone with a memory card according to the first aspect of the present invention, the conversation of the other party is recorded and the conversation of the self is recorded at the same time, so that the contents of the conversation can be confirmed.

Further, according to the portable telephone with a memory card according to the second and third aspects, when the portable telephone is changed, the memory in which the telephone number registered in the conventional portable telephone is registered. By changing the card, the work of registering again can be omitted. In addition, when another telephone is used, this memory card can be inserted to make an automatic call.

[0013]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is an external view of a mobile phone according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an example of a memory card used in the mobile phone, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile phone. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an auto dial of a mobile phone using a memory card, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a memory card editing device.

According to the present invention, an easily exchangeable memory card is mounted on a mobile phone to record the conversation of the other party and also record the conversation of oneself at the same time so that the contents of the conversation can be confirmed later. is there. In addition, by using a memory card with a registered phone number, it is possible to make automatic calls,
When changing the telephone, the work of re-registering can be omitted by replacing the memory card attached to the old telephone, and furthermore, the memory card can be transferred to a playback device with an editing function, for example, for each talker, or for a theme. The feature is that the conversation contents can be edited every time.

FIG. 1 is an external view of a mobile phone 1 using a memory card, which is a conventional function of a microphone 11 for voice input, a speaker 12 for emitting received voice, and operation keys for inputting a telephone number and the like. 13, transmitting / receiving antenna 14,
In addition to a jog dial 15 for selecting registered telephone numbers and the like and a display device 16 for displaying telephone numbers and the like, a card insertion slot 17 for accommodating the memory card 2 is provided.

A memory card 2 used in the portable telephone 1 of the present invention is, for example, one shown in FIG. 2 and has a predetermined thickness and a terminal 3 for making an electrical connection to one side of the card.
Is provided. A semiconductor memory element, a control circuit, and the like are sealed inside.

As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile phone 1 receives a transmission signal from a system control unit 21 for controlling the entire system, an antenna 14, and transmits a sound input from the microphone 11 from the antenna 14. Transmitting and receiving unit 2
2. Voice demodulation unit 23 for demodulating received signal, microphone 1
Audio modulator 2 for modulating the audio input from 1 for transmission
4. An audio recording control unit 25 for recording the received audio and the audio to be transmitted on the memory card 2, and an audio reproduction control unit 26 for reproducing the audio from the memory card 2. The sound reproduced by the sound demodulation unit 23 is also guided to the speaker 12 and converted into sound. The memory card 2 is connected to the mobile phone 1 via the connector 18.

Next, the operation will be described. The voice of the other party received by the antenna 14 and the voice of the transmitting side input from the microphone 11 are transmitted to the voice recording control unit 25 by the voice recording control unit 25.
The data is digitized, encoded and recorded on the memory card 2 according to a predetermined rule. To start recording, the system control unit 21 receives a recording start input from the operation keys 13 and
The recording is started by controlling the audio recording control unit 25 and the like according to the instruction input.

The reproduction from the memory card 2 is similarly performed by inputting a reproduction start input from the operation key 13 to the system control unit 21.
And controls the audio reproduction control unit 26 and the like according to the instruction input to start reproduction. The audio reproduction control unit 26 demodulates data recorded according to a predetermined rule, and outputs the data from the output terminal 27 and the speaker 12.

Outputting from the output terminal 27 enables transmission to other devices. The output form from the output terminal 27 may be data as it is, or may be converted into audio. Selection of output to the speaker 12 and the output terminal 27 can be instructed from the operation keys 13.

Next, the auto dial function according to the present invention will be described. That is, a telephone number is recorded on the memory card 2, and the memory card 2 is mounted on another telephone and auto dialed to a target number.

As shown in FIG. 4, the memory card 2 on which the telephone number is recorded is mounted on the portable telephone 1 via the connector 18. Here, the user inputs an instruction using the operation keys 13 or the jog dial 15 or the like, and in accordance with the instruction, the system control unit 21 accesses the memory card 2 to read out the corresponding number, and displays it on the display device 16 to select a desired telephone number. I do. The selection process and the selection number are always displayed on the display device 16 via the system control unit 21 so that the number can be easily selected. When the target telephone number is displayed on the display device 16, the operation key 13 or the jog dial 15
In response to the instruction input from, the number is transmitted to the transmission / reception unit 22 via the system control unit 21, and the calling operation is started.

As described above, in order to record the telephone number on the removable memory card, even if the mobile phone is exchanged, by attaching the memory card to the exchanged mobile phone, the purpose of the telephone can be changed. It is possible to auto-dial to the telephone number. Also, even if the mobile phone is replaced with a new mobile phone for functional enhancement or the like, it is possible to perform auto dialing with the new mobile phone by securing a memory card. In other words, there is no need to register the telephone number again, and no registration error occurs.

Next, an editing apparatus for editing audio data recorded on the memory card 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The audio data recorded on the memory card 2 by the mobile phone 1 according to the present invention is transmitted to the editing device 4
By attaching it to a computer, editing can be performed easily and effectively.

The configuration of the editing device 4 includes a connector 18 for mounting the memory card 2, a system control unit 31 for controlling the operation of the editing device 4, a memory card reproduction control unit 32 for controlling the reproduction of the memory card 2, and a reproduced sound. It comprises a recording device 33 for recording data, operation keys 36 for instructing the operation of the editing device 4, and a display device 37 for displaying an operation state. The recording device 33 includes a management area 34 for managing data to be recorded, and a first recording area 3 which is a recording area for each classification.
5a to the n-th recording area 35n.

In the operation, first, the memory card 2 is mounted on the connector 18 and an item to be edited is designated by the operation keys 36. For example, a classification by a talking partner, a classification by a theme, a classification by a due date, and the like can be considered. This classification corresponds to each recording area, and audio data matching the recording area is sequentially recorded. In the management area 34, items of each recording area, recording capacity, additional code for search, and the like are recorded, and data management is performed.

The instruction from the operation key 36 is decoded by the system control unit 31 and the memory card reproduction control unit 32 is controlled to read out audio data of a predetermined item from the memory card 2 and record it in the recording device 33. System control unit 3
1 accesses the recording device 33, rewrites information in the management area 34, and designates a corresponding recording area or the like. The operation state of the editing device 4 is displayed on the display device 37 via the system control unit 31.

In the above description, the memory card 2
Although the information to be recorded in is described as being limited to audio, other image information and data may be used. At this time, it is natural that each circuit block needs to be configured to have a function of processing image information and data.

Therefore, according to the present invention, an easily exchangeable memory card is mounted on a mobile phone to record the conversation of the other party, and at the same time, to record the conversation of oneself, so that the content of the conversation can be confirmed later. Further, the contents of the conversation can be easily edited. Further, a system for registering a telephone number in a memory card enhances an auto dial function to further improve the function of a mobile phone.

[0030]

According to the present invention, it is possible to confirm a conversation on a portable telephone and to edit and record the conversation.

Also, even when the mobile phone is replaced, the "phone number registration" can be performed by inserting the memory card in which the telephone number is registered into a new mobile phone, and there is no need to perform the registration work again. .

Further, by attaching the memory card to a home telephone or another portable telephone, it is possible to perform an automatic dial from the telephone to a target party.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a memory card used in a mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an auto dial of a mobile phone using a memory card.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a memory card editing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile telephone, 2 ... Memory card, 3 ... Terminal, 4 ... Editing device, 11 ... Microphone, 12 ... Speaker, 13 ... Operation keys, 14 ... Antenna, 15 ... Jog dial, 16 ... Display device, 17 ... Card insertion slot , 18 ... Connector, 21
... System control unit, 22 ... Transceiving unit, 23 ... Audio demodulation unit, 24 ... Audio modulation unit, 25 ... Audio recording control unit, 26 ...
Audio reproduction control unit, 27 output terminal, 31 system control unit, 32 memory card reproduction control unit, 33 recording device,
34 management area, 36 operation keys, 37 display device

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Naofumi Yoneda 6-7-35 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Inside Sony Corporation (72) Inventor Akio Suzuki 6-35-35 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Stock Inside the company (72) Inventor Uso Nakayama 6-35, Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Corporation (72) Inventor Masakazu Kanaya 6-35, Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Corporation (72) Inventor Haruo Hayashi 6-7-35 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Corporation (72) Inventor Naofumi Hattori 6-35, Kita-Shinagawa-ku, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Corporation F Terms (reference) 5K036 AA07 BB01 DD01 DD11 DD16 DD24 DD26 DD32 5K067 AA34 BB03 BB04 BB08 DD16 DD51 EE02 FF40 GG01 HH22 HH23 KK15 KK17 5K101 KK06 LL12 NN05 NN25 NN40 PP05 QQ07 RR12

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A memory card mounting means, recording means for recording transmitted sound and outgoing sound on the memory card, and reproducing means for reproducing the sound recorded on the memory card. A mobile phone with a memory card. 2. A memory card mounting means for recording a telephone number, a selecting means for selecting a predetermined telephone number from the mounted memory card, and a transmitting means for making a call to the selected telephone number. A mobile phone with a memory card. 3. The mobile phone with a memory card according to claim 2, further comprising recording means for recording a telephone number on said memory card.