JP2002111799A - Semiconductor memory recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To connect a portable radio terminal. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a portable telephone set connection part 3 to be connected to a portable telephone set 2 and an external equipment connection part 4 to be connected to external equipment. A semiconductor memory 5 is mounted, the voice processing function and image processing function of the portable telephone set 2 are used and data are recorded and/or reproduced to/from the semiconductor memory 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus, and more particularly, to a semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus connected to a portable wireless terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, semiconductor memories having a flash memory and capable of recording data of a plurality of formats such as still image data, moving image data, and audio data (music data) in a mixed manner have become widespread.
The user does not need to use a separate recording medium corresponding to each of a plurality of electronic devices that handle data of different formats, and can use such a semiconductor memory between the electronic devices.

On the other hand, the spread of portable wireless terminals represented by portable telephones has been remarkable, and in addition to the conventional call function, connection to a network, transmission and reception of data such as e-mail, schedule management function, memo function, etc. , Mobile phones to which "" is added.

Also, content data such as video data and music data can be received via the so-called Internet, in which a large-scale network is constructed by connecting a plurality of networks to each other. Such content data is directly stored and used in a personal computer or the like, and is also stored and used in a recording medium or a data recording device such as the aforementioned semiconductor memory.

[0005] For example, in the case of music data, a user stores music data distributed (downloaded) from the Internet in a dedicated reproducing device provided with a semiconductor memory or the like, and reproduces music from the reproducing device when desired. are doing.

[0006]

However, such a playback device is a dedicated playback device for music data, including a semiconductor memory as a recording device and a battery, a display unit, etc. In most cases, it cannot be used for purposes other than reproduction, and thus has poor functionality.

On the other hand, if a portable terminal such as a portable personal computer is used, not only such music data but also data other than music data can be used, but music data and other data can be used. Carrying a portable personal computer only for reproduction places a heavy burden on the user.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is connected to a widely used portable wireless terminal, particularly a portable telephone, and has an audio processing function of the portable telephone. It is another object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and / or reproducing data with respect to a semiconductor memory using an image processing function.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention is a semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus for recording and / or reproducing data in a semiconductor memory. And a connection unit connected to a portable wireless terminal that transmits and receives data wirelessly.

[0010] Here, the semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus may include a second connecting means connected to an external electronic device.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

A semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention records and / or writes data to / from a semiconductor memory.
Or a recording / reproducing apparatus for performing reproduction, which is connected to a portable wireless terminal, particularly a portable telephone, and reproduces music data and image data by using an audio processing function and an image processing function of the portable telephone; Alternatively, music data and image data distributed via a portable telephone are recorded in a semiconductor memory.

FIG. 1 shows a semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus 1 according to the present invention.

The semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus 1 includes a portable telephone connection unit 3 for connecting to the portable telephone 2 and an external device connection unit 4 for connecting to an external device (not shown). It is mounted and records and / or reproduces data with respect to the semiconductor memory 5.

Here, the portable telephone connection section 3 is configured to be connectable regardless of the manufacturer of the portable telephone and the type of the portable telephone.

In the present embodiment, the external device connection section 4 is a USB (Universal Serial Bus) compliant USB
A connector such as a personal computer (P
It can be connected to other electronic devices such as C).

The external device connection unit 4 is a USB
Although shown as a connector, other commonly used general purpose connectors may be used.

The semiconductor memory 5 includes a flash memory having a storage capacity of several megabytes to several tens of megabytes, and includes data of a plurality of types of formats such as still image data, moving image data, and audio data (music data). It can be recorded. By using such a recording medium, the user does not need to use a recording medium corresponding to each of a plurality of electronic devices that handle data of different formats, and uses the semiconductor memory 5 mutually between the electronic devices. be able to.

A headphone 6 is connected to the portable telephone 2. The music data reproduced in the semiconductor memory recording / reproducing device 1 is subjected to audio processing in the portable telephone 2 and output to the headphones 6, and the user reproduces the music data from the semiconductor memory 5 by the headphones 6. You can listen to music data.

Such a semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus 1
Is connected to the mobile phone 2 to use the display unit, the voice processing function, and the image processing function provided in the mobile phone 2 to store audio data, image data, and video data stored in the semiconductor memory 5. Etc. can be reproduced.

The semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is also capable of downloading content data such as video data and music data and connecting to the semiconductor memory 5 by connecting to the Internet via a portable telephone network. .

Therefore, the semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus 1
Can be connected to a widely used portable telephone 2 so that the user can purchase a dedicated portable device for reproducing music data from the semiconductor memory 5 without purchasing a dedicated reproducing device. Semiconductor memory 5 in portable telephone 2
A wide variety of functions using can be added.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a portable telephone has been exemplified as a portable wireless terminal. However, the portable telephone can be applied without being limited to a maker and a model. The so-called PHS (Personal Handyp
hone System), PDA (Personal D) with communication function
digital assistant), a portable personal computer with a wireless communication function, or the like.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to only the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0025]

As described in detail above, the semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention is a semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus for recording and / or reproducing data in and from a semiconductor memory. Connection means connected to a portable wireless terminal for transmitting and receiving data.

Here, the semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus may include a second connection unit connected to an external electronic device.

Therefore, the semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention can be connected to a widely used portable wireless terminal, particularly a portable telephone, so that a user can store specific content data from the semiconductor memory. A variety of functions using a semiconductor memory can be added to a mobile phone owned in advance without purchasing a dedicated playback device for playing back the.

Further, the semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention executes audio processing and image processing in the processing functions of the portable radio terminal, and can be realized at a lower cost than a dedicated recording / reproducing apparatus.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of a semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus shown as an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus 2 Portable telephone 3 Portable telephone connection part 4 External equipment connection part 5 Semiconductor memory 6 Headphone

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus for recording and / or reproducing data in / from a semiconductor memory, comprising a connection means with a portable wireless terminal for transmitting / receiving data wirelessly. Semiconductor memory recording / reproducing device. 2. The semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising second connection means for connecting an external electronic device. 3. The second connection means is a USB (Universal).
3. The semiconductor memory recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the apparatus conforms to a Serial Bus standard.