JP2002073023A - Portable telephone and method for creating melody in portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for creating a melody for a portable telephone in which an input operation is simplified. SOLUTION: In a method for creating a melody for a portable telephone in which a musical note is inputted and a melody is created by depressing a key assigned with a note on a melody creation screen, the scale adjustment of the note inputted by depressing a direction key to displace the cursor is performed.

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 a melody creating method for the portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a recent portable telephone, a melody to sound when an incoming call or mail is attached can be created by a key operation of the portable telephone itself. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation surface of the mobile phone. Melody creation is performed using a dial key and a direction key. In this case, note input is performed by assigning each scale to a dial key. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing key assignment of notes. As shown in the figure, each scale is assigned to the numeric keys 1 to 7. The up and down direction keys are assigned a function of increasing or decreasing the tempo of a note. A conventional melody creation method according to such key assignment will be described.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a procedure for creating an original ring tone that can be used as a ring tone or an attached sound of mail for a song created by oneself. By pressing the MODE / SET key, a setting mode screen 801 is displayed. Here, by pressing the numeric key 3, the melody creation screen 802 is displayed.
Is displayed. Next, after the numeric key 3 is pressed, the left and right direction keys are pressed to select a ringtone or a mail attached sound.

On the screen 803, when a left icon is selected, a ring tone is created, and when a center icon is selected, a mail attached tone is created. When the right icon is selected, the state returns to the original state. MODE /
After the user presses the SET key to transit to the state of the screen 804, the user selects a registration destination using the numeric keys. Next, a song title is input from the song title input screen 805 using numeric keys. Next, when the MODE / SET key is pressed, the screen transitions to a melody editing screen 806. Here, sound input is performed using the numeric keys 0 to 7 and the numeric keys 9. Numeric keys 1
Each time you press 7, the scale changes. Each time the numeric key 9 is pressed, the length of the note (rest) changes.

After inputting one sound, the cursor is moved with the right direction key, and the next key is input by pressing the numeric keys 0 to 7 and the numeric key 9 again (screen 807). 200 for ringtone
Up to 124 tones can be input for a sound attached to an e-mail. By pressing the up and down direction keys, the tempo of the music can be changed (screen 808). In the case of a ringtone, four steps 1-4 can be used, and in the case of a mail attached sound, two steps 1-2 can be used. When the creation of the melody is completed, a transition is made to a registration completion screen 809 by pressing the MODE / SET key.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional melody creation method for a portable telephone, each scale is assigned to a dial key, so that the position of the key changes for each note and the input operation is complicated. was there. Since the input of the note and the movement to the changed position are performed by pressing the left and right direction keys, there is a problem that when the movement and the input are repeated, the operation becomes complicated. The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and has as its object to provide a mobile phone capable of easily performing key operations and a melody creating method in the mobile phone.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a melody creation method for a portable telephone in which a melody is created by pressing a key to which a note is assigned on a melody creation screen. By pressing a direction key, the scale of a musical note input is adjusted. In the melody creation method, the scale adjustment may be performed by pressing the up and down keys of the direction keys, and the cursor may be moved to the note input position by pressing the left and right keys.

Further, according to the present invention, in a portable telephone which performs note input by pressing a key to which a note is assigned on a melody creation screen and creates a melody, the input is achieved by pressing a direction key for moving a cursor. Means for adjusting the scale of a given note.

Further, the present invention provides a portable computer in which a program for executing a process of adjusting a scale of an inputted note and creating a melody by pressing a direction key for moving a cursor on a melody creating screen is provided. A recording medium for a phone melody creation program is provided.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the present invention, when assigning a melody input key, the scale previously assigned to the numeric keys is abolished, the scale adjustment is assigned to the up and down direction keys, and the cursor movement is assigned to the left and right direction keys. . That is, by pressing the up and down keys, it is possible to input notes and adjust the scale. By pressing the left and right keys, note input / movement to the scale change position can be performed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing melody input key assignment according to the present invention. In the present invention, when the up key is pressed, the entered scale is raised by one semitone, and when the down key is pressed, the input scale is lowered by one semitone. A note insertion is assigned to the numeric key 1 and a rest is assigned to the numeric key 2. Numeric key 3 is assigned tie insertion, numeric key 4 is assigned space insertion, and numeric key 5 is assigned tempo change.

FIG. 1 shows a melody input screen in which a melody is input in accordance with the melody input key assignment shown in FIG. First, after pressing the numeric key 1 to insert a note, the scale is adjusted using the up and down direction keys. Therefore, in the method of the present invention, after a note is inserted by the numeric key 1, adjustment of the scale can all be performed only by the up and down direction keys.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method for creating an original ring tone according to an embodiment of the present invention. The melody creation screen 301 is displayed by a predetermined key operation, and then the ring tone creation screen 3 is displayed by pressing the numeric key 7.
02 is displayed. Pressing numeric key 1 on screen 302 selects a ringtone, and pressing numeric key 2 selects an attached tone. On the ringtone creation screen of the screen 303, one of new creation, editing, and moving harmony creation is selected using the up and down direction keys. MODE / S after selection
The user presses the ET key to input characters of the song name on the song title input screen 304.

Next, the MODE / SET key is depressed, and a sound is input using the numeric key 1 and the up and down direction keys as shown on a screen 305. Each time the numeric key 1 is pressed, the note length changes. Each time the up / down direction key is pressed, the scale changes. After inputting one sound, the cursor is moved rightward with the right direction key, and the next sound is input (screen 306). Up to 380 tones can be input for ringtones and up to 124 tones for attached sounds. Note that the number of songs that can be input varies depending on the number of characters in the song title. MO is completed when melody is input
When the DE / SET key is pressed, the screen transitions to a melody creation completion screen 307.

FIG. 4 shows a range of scales that can be input by the method of the present invention. The scale can be input in a range of about 4 octaves for a ring tone and about 2 octaves for an attached tone. is there. As described above, according to the present invention, since the scale adjustment after inputting a musical note using the numeric keys 1 can be all performed by the direction keys, the operation is simplified.

FIG. 5 shows an application example of the present invention, and is a diagram for explaining a method of inputting a character to which an input character is normally assigned to a dial key in character input by using the left and right keys. . On the message editing screen 501, a right direction key is pressed to select message insertion, and input character candidates are displayed as in a screen 502.
Next, a character is selected using the up / down direction keys (screen 50).
3) Then, by selecting the insertion position of the next message with the right direction key and inputting the next character with the up / down direction key (screen 504), the character input can be performed only with the direction key.

In this embodiment, the scale is adjusted using the up and down direction keys. However, the note length can be changed by the up and down direction keys. Also, the means for adjusting the scale of the input note by pressing the direction key is usually configured in a control unit in the mobile phone,
These functions are exhibited by a software program built in or written from outside.

[0018]

As described above, in the present invention, since the scale adjustment function of the inputted note is assigned to the direction key for moving the cursor, the self-made melody can be created by operating only the direction key. . The scale can be adjusted with only the up and down keys, and the scale of an already entered note can be moved to that location with the left and right keys, and the scale can be adjusted with the up and down keys, making it easier to create melodies visually. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a melody input screen on which a melody is input by a melody creating method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing melody input key assignment according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a method for creating a melody according to the method of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a range of scales that can be input according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a method of performing character input using a direction key by applying the method of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a key operation surface of the mobile phone.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing key assignment of notes in a conventional melody creation method.

FIG. 8 is a view for explaining a conventional melody creation method.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A melody creation method for a mobile phone in which a melody is created by depressing a key to which a note is assigned on a melody creation screen, and the melody is created by pressing a direction key for moving a cursor. A melody creation method, comprising adjusting the scale of a given note. 2. The melody creating method according to claim 1, wherein the scale adjustment is performed by pressing up and down keys of the direction keys, and the cursor is moved to a note input position by pressing left and right keys. Melody creation method characterized by the following. 3. A mobile phone for creating a melody by inputting a note by depressing a key to which a note is assigned on a melody creation screen. In the mobile phone, the user inputs a note by pressing a direction key for moving a cursor. A mobile phone provided with means for adjusting a scale. 4. A melody creation program for a mobile phone recording a program for executing a process of adjusting a scale of an inputted note and creating a melody by pressing a direction key for moving a cursor on a melody creation screen. Recording medium.