JP2001268181A - Mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile phone with excellent user-friendliness even when an incoming call arrives in the midst of hearing music. SOLUTION: At the arrival of the incoming call during reproduction of music (S5), the reproduction of the music is interrupted (S6), and a speech is started (S8). At the end of the speech, reproduction of the music is started from the interrupted part of the music (S9, S10).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone, and more particularly, to an improvement of a portable telephone having a music reproducing function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of information technology, mobile phones have begun to be used as terminals connectable to information communication networks such as the Internet. On the other hand, with the compression technology of digital audio data, music data can be distributed online. Against this background, recently, a mobile phone having a music playback function has been proposed so that music can be listened to on the mobile phone.

[0003]

However, how to handle an incoming call while listening to music has not yet been studied.

[0004] As a simple processing method, it is conceivable to prioritize a call by stopping the reproduction of music. However, in this method, the music must be listened to again from the beginning at the end of the call. It is thought that fast forward must be performed in order to start listening halfway.

An object of the present invention is to provide a portable telephone which is excellent in convenience even when there is an incoming call while listening to music.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a portable telephone comprises transmission / reception means, music reproduction means, and control means. The transmitting / receiving means communicates with the base station. The music reproducing means reproduces music. The control means controls the music playback means so as to interrupt the music playback when an incoming call is received during the music playback, and controls the transmission / reception means to start the communication. The music playback means is controlled so as to resume from the place where it was interrupted.

[0007] Therefore, even if there is an incoming call while listening to music with this portable telephone, and a call is made, if the call is finished, the music can be started to be listened to from the place where it was listening at the time of the incoming call.

[0008] Preferably, the portable telephone further includes an interface to which a memory storing music data can be connected. Alternatively, the mobile phone further comprises:
A memory for storing music data is provided. Thus, the memory for storing music data may be an external storage device or an internal storage device.

More preferably, the memory further comprises:
I remember the table. The table includes an elapsed time from the beginning of the music and an address of music data corresponding to the elapsed time. The control means includes means for resetting and starting a timer at the start of music playback by the music playback means, means for interrupting music playback when an incoming call is received during music playback, and means for interrupting music playback. Means for saving the elapsed time of the timer, means for referring to the table, reading an address corresponding to the saved elapsed time at the end of communication, reading music data according to the read address, and resuming music reproduction. And

According to this portable telephone, since the address of the music data whose reproduction is to be resumed is specified using the table, the reproduction of the music can be resumed immediately upon completion of the communication.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding portions have the same reference characters allotted, and description thereof will not be repeated.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile phone 10 includes an antenna 12 and an antenna 1.
2, a transmission / reception unit 14 for communicating with the base station via the communication unit 2, a music reproduction unit 16 for reproducing music, an audio reproduction unit 18 for reproducing audio, an output terminal 20 to which speakers and headphones can be connected, A microphone 21 for detecting voice, an interface 24 to which a memory card 22 can be connected, a display 26 for displaying various information, an input unit 28 including a keyboard and a touch panel, and the mobile phone 1
And a bus 3 for transferring data and control signals of various parts of the mobile phone 10.
2 is provided.

In the call mode, a voice signal is received from the base station by the transmitting / receiving section 14 via the antenna 12 and transmitted from the transmitting / receiving section 14 to the base station via the antenna 12. The transmission / reception unit 14 converts a high-frequency signal received by the antenna 12 into a baseband signal, modulates a data signal, and provides the data signal to the antenna 12. The received audio signal is supplied to the audio reproducing unit 18 via the bus 32, and the reproduced audio is supplied to a speaker or headphones via the output terminal 20.

On the other hand, in the music reproduction mode, music data is read from the memory card 22 and the music reproduction unit 16
Given to. Music is reproduced by the music reproducing unit 16 based on the music data, and is supplied to a speaker or headphones via the output terminal 20.

Here, a method for obtaining the memory card 22 storing music data will be briefly described.

First, a memory card 22 on which music data has not yet been recorded is connected to the interface 24.
Subsequently, the user operates the touch keys and dial keys of the input unit 28 to dial a provider that provides a music distribution service. When the user authentication and the like are completed, the music data is transmitted from the provider, and the antenna 12, the transmission / reception unit 14
And the memory card 22 via the interface 24
Is stored in When the music data thus distributed has been subjected to encryption or compression processing, processing such as decryption or decompression is performed.

Although a plurality of music data can be stored in the memory card 22, each music data is provided with a reproduction data index table as shown in FIG. This playback data index table includes the elapsed time from the head of the music and the address of the music data corresponding to the elapsed time. In this example, music data is divided every 0.5 seconds, and the head address of each divided data is registered in advance. For example,
After a lapse of 1.5 seconds from the start of music playback, the address "30
The music is reproduced based on the music data “0”. This reproduction data index table may be distributed from the provider together with the music data, or may be generated by internal arithmetic processing based on the distributed music data.

In the above description, the music data is directly downloaded to the memory card 22 via the mobile phone 10, but instead is downloaded once to a personal computer or the like.
It may be transferred to the memory card 22 and used. Alternatively, a memory card 22 in which music data is recorded in advance may be purchased and used.

Next, the operation of the portable telephone 10 configured as described above will be described. First, when the mobile phone 10 is set to the music playback mode by operating the touch keys of the input unit 28, a playback start menu as shown in FIG. In this example, the titles of the three music pieces and their playback times are displayed. The data of the music title and the reproduction time are also stored in the memory card 22, and the main control unit 30 reads out the data and causes the display 26 to display such a reproduction start menu.

Subsequently, in step S1 shown in FIG. 4, the user operates the input unit 28 to instruct the start of reproduction. Specifically, the user presses the up or down button of the input unit 28 to move the cursor 34 shown in FIG. 3 up and down, and selects the music to be played.

Subsequently, in step S2, the main control unit 3
0 sets the "playback song ID" of the selected music, resets the timer, and sets the playback start position to the start address of the selected music data. Here, a soft timer is used, and specifically, “Start Time” is 0
Is set to This timer is incremented according to the internal clock.

Thus, the main control unit 30 reads out the music data from the memory card 22 and gives it to the music reproduction unit 16. In step S3, the music reproducing unit 16 reproduces music based on the given music data. The music signal generated by the music reproducing unit 16 is provided to a speaker or headphones via an output terminal 20.

In step S4, the user operates the input unit 28
Is operated, and unless an incoming call is detected in step S5, the reproduction process in step S3 is continued.

If there is an incoming call during the reproduction of music, the main control unit 30 controls the music reproduction unit 16 to interrupt the reproduction of music in step S6.

Subsequently, in step S7, the main control unit 3
0 saves the "reproduced music ID" set in step S2. More specifically, “Save music ID” is added to “Save music ID”.
D "is set. At the same time, the elapsed time of the timer is saved. Specifically, “Reproduction Time” is changed to “Sav
eTime ".

Subsequently, in step S8, the main control unit 3
0 controls the transmission / reception unit 14 to start a call. As a result, the transmission / reception unit 14 processes the incoming call and starts the call processing.

When the user ends the call and instructs the end of the call process by operating the input unit 28, the main control unit 30 sets the elapsed time "SaveTime" saved in step S7 to "start Time" in step S9. I do. At the same time, the main control unit 30 sets the “Save music ID” saved in step S7 to the “reproduction music ID”.

Subsequently, in step S10, the main control unit 30 reads an address corresponding to the saved elapsed time with reference to the reproduction data index table stored in the memory card 22, and according to the read address. The music data is read and the reproduction of the music is resumed. Specifically, the music whose reproduction has been interrupted is specified in accordance with the “reproduced music ID” set in step S9, and the reproduction data index table corresponding to the music data is specified. Then, "Start T" set in step S9
The address of the music data is specified from the reproduction data index table according to “im”, and the reading of the music data from the address of the memory card 22 is restarted. As a result, the music playback unit 16 starts playing music from the point where the playback was interrupted.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when there is an incoming call during the reproduction of music, the reproduction of the music is interrupted to start the call, and when the call ends, the reproduction of the music is stopped. It is configured to resume from the beginning, so if you receive a call while listening to music and make a call, if the call ends, you can start listening to the music from the place you were listening at the time of the call . As a result, the user does not need to fast-forward to listen to the music from the middle, which is very convenient when listening to music on the mobile phone.

In the above embodiment, when an incoming call is received, the reproduction of music is interrupted to start a telephone call. However, when an e-mail is received, the reproduction of music is interrupted to start downloading the e-mail. You may make it. Although an external storage device such as the memory card 22 is used to store the music data and the reproduction data index table, an internal memory may be used instead. In addition, a soft timer is used.
A hardware timer circuit 34 may be used as shown in FIG.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

[0032]

According to the present invention, when an incoming call is received during the reproduction of music, the reproduction of the music is interrupted to start the communication, and the reproduction of the music is resumed from the interrupted point at the end of the communication. With this configuration, the convenience of a mobile phone having a music playback function is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of a music data and playback data index table in the memory card shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a reproduction start menu displayed on the display of the mobile phone shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the mobile phone shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 mobile phone, 14 transceiver, 16 music player, 22 memory card, 24 interface, 3
0 Main control unit.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A transmission / reception unit for communicating with a base station, a music reproduction unit for reproducing music, and controlling the music reproduction unit to interrupt reproduction of the music when an incoming call is received during reproduction of the music. Control means for controlling the transmission / reception means so as to start the communication, and controlling the music reproduction means so as to resume reproduction of the music from the interrupted point when the communication ends. Phone. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an interface capable of connecting to a memory storing the music data.
A mobile phone according to claim 1. 3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising a memory for storing the music data. 4. The memory further stores a table including an elapsed time from the beginning of the music and an address of data of the music corresponding to the elapsed time, wherein the control means includes: Means for resetting and starting a timer when music playback is started, means for interrupting the music playback when an incoming call is received during the music playback, and the elapsed time of the timer when the music playback is interrupted. Means for saving the data, reading an address corresponding to the saved elapsed time at the end of the communication with reference to the table, reading music data according to the read address, and restarting reproduction of the music. 4. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein the mobile phone includes means.