JP2001077883A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately judge a caller only by hearing a calling tone at the time of termination by linking a registered opposite-party telephone number and storing a received voice or a voice inputted from the microphone of this device as a calling tone, and reproducing the voice as a calling tone when an incoming number is registered and the voice is stored as the calling tone. SOLUTION: When a telephone call is made, it is judged whether the notice of the number of the calling subscriber is given. When not, an ordinary calling sound is generated and the process is completed. When the notice of the number is given, the calling number is displayed on an LCD display unit 15. Retrieval from a telephone directory memory is performed to check whether the calling number is registered. When no matching number is found, the ordinary calling tone is generated and the process is completed. When it is judged that there is an index linked with the calling number and the voice linked with the calling number is stored in a calling tone memory, it is repeatedly reproduced as the calling tone.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone such as a mobile telephone and a home fixed telephone, and more particularly, to ringing of ringtones.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a mobile telephone such as a PHS telephone or a portable telephone, or a home fixed telephone, a telephone number is registered in a telephone directory, and a type of a ring tone is registered by linking to the telephone number. In other words, when an incoming call is made by the other party's number notification, if the incoming call number (the other party's phone number) is registered in the telephone directory, the ring tone can be sounded with an individual ring tone linked to that number. As a result, it is possible to know who the other party is from the ring tone without responding or without looking at the incoming call number or the other party name on the LCD display.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing in detail the conventional operation relating to the ringing of the ringtone. If there is an incoming call in step S1, the process proceeds to step S2 to determine whether there is a number notification. If it is determined in step S2 that there is no number notification, the process proceeds to step S3, where a common ring tone is sounded, and further proceeds to step S4 to end the process. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2 that there is a number notification, the process proceeds to step S5, where the called number is displayed on the LCD display, and further proceeds to step S6 to determine whether the called number is registered in the telephone directory. . If it is determined in step S6 that there is no registration, the process proceeds to step S3, where a common ring tone is sounded, and further proceeds to step S4 to end the process.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S6 that there is an incoming number registered, the name of the other party registered in the telephone directory together with the telephone number is read from the telephone directory, and the process proceeds to step S6.
It is displayed on the LCD display as shown at 7. further,
Proceeding to step S8, it is determined whether the type of ringing tone is registered in the telephone directory. If not registered, the process proceeds to step S3 to sound a common ringing tone, and further proceeds to step S4 to end the processing. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S8 that the type of ringtone has been registered, the process proceeds to step S8.
The process proceeds to step S9, and the registered individual ring tone is sounded. The process further proceeds to step S4 to end the process.

[0005]

By the way, several patterns of electronic sounds or several patterns of melody are prepared by the maker as ringtones and registered in a memory in the telephone in advance. Recently, telephone users have been able to input and register their favorite melody as ringtone by key operation.

However, in the case of ring tones such as electronic sounds and melodies, when individual ring tones are registered for a large number of parties, the relationship between the parties and the ring tones is remembered at the beginning of the registration, but is forgotten after a while. In many cases, it is often not possible to immediately determine who the other party is even if the individual ring tone sounds.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone capable of always accurately judging the current party from among a large number of persons only by listening to an individual ring tone at the time of an incoming call even when years have passed.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A telephone according to the present invention has a first telephone number which registers a telephone number of the other party and stores the received voice or the voice input from the microphone of the own device as a ring tone by linking to the telephone number. Means, when an incoming call, the incoming number by the number notification is registered in the first means, and if the voice is stored in the first means as a ringtone linked to the number, the voice As a ringtone.

[0009] In this telephone, it is preferable that the storing of the received voice by the first means is started by a key operation during a call. Further, the storage of the received voice by the first means can be automatically started upon receiving a call upon receiving a call. Further, it is preferable that the storage of the received voice by the first means is automatically ended at a set time after the start. Further, the first means can register the incoming call number by the number notification from the other party as the other party's telephone number.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the telephone according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiment of the present invention is a case where the present invention is applied to a mobile telephone. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a mobile telephone as an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a CPU that controls the entire apparatus, and executes a specified process using stored data from the RAM 13 and external information according to a program that defines an operation processing procedure stored in a ROM 12. Part of the RAM 13 is a telephone directory memory, and the telephone directory memory stores the telephone number of the other party, the name of the other party, and the like. The telephone directory memory can be built in the CPU 11. The key 14 is connected to the CPU 11, and performs input of a telephone number, registration of a telephone directory, setting of various operation modes, and the like. LC
The D display 15 is connected to the CPU 11, and displays various information input from the key 14, the telephone directory information stored in the telephone directory memory, and the incoming call number by the number notification from the other party.

The RF section 16 amplifies and frequency-converts a signal received by the antenna 17 to a baseband IC (BB).
An RF receiving circuit that outputs a demodulation signal to an IC 17), and an RF transmitting circuit that amplifies and frequency-converts a voice-modulated signal from a baseband IC and outputs it as a transmission signal to an antenna 17. Connection to the RF transmission circuit is made by a changeover switch (not shown). The baseband IC 18 is controlled by the CPU 11, and modulates and demodulates an audio signal and an RF signal. The audio signal output from the baseband IC 18 is converted from a digital signal to an analog signal by the AF circuit 19 and then amplified to drive the speaker 20. The audio signal from the microphone 21 is amplified and analog-to-digital converted by the AF circuit 19, is output to the baseband IC 18, and is transmitted from the antenna 17 via the RF unit 16 as a high-frequency signal. A ring tone memory 22 such as a flash memory connected to the CPU 11 links the received voice or the voice input from the microphone 21 with the other party's telephone number in the telephone directory memory and stores it as a ring tone.

In the mobile telephone configured as described above, if the storage key in the key 14 is operated during a call,
The called number based on the number notification from the other party is registered in the phonebook memory as the other party's phone number, and the other party's voice is linked to the phone number as the ring tone and the ring tone memory 22
To memorize. Further, at the time of an incoming call thereafter, the called number based on the number notification from the other party is registered in the telephone directory memory, and the other party's voice is linked to the telephone number and stored in the ringing tone memory 22 as the ringing tone. Then, the voice of the other party is reproduced as a ringtone. Such an operation will be described in detail below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, the operation during registration and storage will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

When the memory key of the key 14 is depressed during the telephone call in step S11 in response to the incoming call as shown in step S12, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S13 and uses the voice of the other party in the telephone call as a ring tone. Ringtone memory 22
At the same time, the time set by the user (for example, 5 seconds to 10 seconds) is stored, and at the same time, the process proceeds to step S14 to register the called number (other party telephone number) based on the number notification from the other party in the telephone directory memory. Then, when it is determined in step S15 that the time for storing the voice has expired, the CPU 11 adds an index to the currently stored voice in step S16, and simultaneously outputs the voice to the other party telephone number registered in the telephone directory memory. Link. On the other hand, the user operates the key 14 to add a temporary name to the current telephone number registration as shown in step S17. Then, the call is terminated in step S18, and if it is determined in step S19 that the telephone directory has been registered for the current call, the process proceeds to registration of the official name in step S20, so that the user changes the temporary name to the official name. And re-save. After the above, the process of step S21 ends.

The operation at the time of an incoming call after such registration and storage has been performed will be described next with reference to the flowchart of FIG. If there is an incoming call in step S31, step S3
Proceeding to 2, it is determined whether there is a number notification from the other party.
If it is determined in step S32 that there is no number notification, the process proceeds to step S33, where a normal ring tone is sounded,
The process further proceeds to step S34 to end the process. on the other hand,
If it is determined in step S32 that there is a number notification, the process proceeds to step S35, where the called number (other party telephone number) is displayed on the LCD display 15, and further proceeds to step S36, where the called number is registered in the telephone directory memory. Is searched for. If it is determined in step S37 that there is no matching number (not registered), the process proceeds to step S33, where a normal ringing tone is sounded, and further proceeds to step S34 to end the process.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S37 that there is a matching number (the incoming number is registered), the name of the other party registered in the telephone directory memory together with the telephone number is read from the telephone directory memory. Is displayed on the LCD display 15 as shown in step S38. Further, the process proceeds to step S39, where it is determined whether or not the index linked to the telephone number is present in the ring tone memory 22. If not, the process proceeds to step S33 to sound a normal ring tone, and further proceeds to step S34 to terminate the processing. Become. On the other hand, in step S39, it is determined that there is an index linked to the called number, and if the voice linked to the called number is stored in the ring tone memory 22, the voice (the other party's voice) is read as shown in step S40. Issued, step S41
Is repeatedly reproduced as a ringtone as shown by. Then, if a response is made, the process of step S34 ends.

As described above, in the above-mentioned mobile telephone, the voice of the other party stored in advance is reproduced as an individual ring tone. An opponent can always be judged accurately. In addition, storage of the other party's voice and registration of the other party's telephone number can be easily performed by operating one key.

In the above embodiment, the storage of the other party's voice is started by pressing the storage key during a call, but the first voice of the other party such as "Hello" is stored as a ring tone. At the time of an incoming call, storage of the voice of the other party can be automatically started simultaneously with the answer. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the called number obtained by the number notification from the other party is registered in the telephone directory memory as the other party's telephone number, but the other party's telephone number can be input by the user himself or herself by key operation.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the voice of the other party is stored as the ring tone, but the microphone 21 shown in FIG.
The user's own voice input from the user can be stored as a ringtone. In this case, by linking with the other party's phone number and storing the other party's last name, such as "Suzuki-san" or "Sato-san," as the ringtone, the same as when the other party's voice is memorized, Regardless, the current partner can always be determined accurately from a large number of people simply by listening to the ringtone. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to a mobile telephone, but the present invention can also be applied to a home fixed telephone.

[0019]

As described above in detail, according to the telephone set of the present invention, even if years have passed, the present party can always be determined accurately from a large number of persons only by listening to the ring tone. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an operation of a telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention when a call is received.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of registration and storage of the embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a conventional operation relating to ringing of ringtones.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 CPU 13 RAM (Phonebook Memory) 14 Key 21 Microphone 22 Ringtone Memory

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A first means for registering a telephone number of a partner and linking to the telephone number and storing a received voice or a voice input from a microphone of the own device as a ring tone; A second means for reproducing the voice as a ringtone if the incoming number is registered by the first means and the voice is linked to the number and stored as a ringtone in the first means; A telephone comprising: 2. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the storage of the received voice by the first means is started by a key operation during a call. 3. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the storage of the received voice by the first means is automatically started upon receiving a call upon receiving a call. 4. The telephone according to claim 2, wherein the storage of the received voice by the first means automatically ends at a set time after the start. 5. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the first means registers a called number notified by a number from the other party as the other party's telephone number.