JP2003108128A - Portable telephone device, music game device, music game program, and program for portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily enjoy a music game and also to use a metronome function at an arbitrary place. SOLUTION: To a RAM 33 of a portable telephone device 10, programs for various music games and a metronome program are downloaded from outside through an antenna 25. A CPU 30 executes those programs to actualize the music games and metronome function on the portable telephone device 10. In a music game, images are displayed on a display unit 22, a musical sound signal is generated by a sound source circuit 44, and the music game is advanced according to user's operation for an operation switch 21. The metronome function generates the musical sound signal by the sound source circuit 4 for each timing of a beat and changes the display mode of the display unit 22 and the case of the portable telephone device 10 vibrates.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile phone device having a music game function or a metronome function, a music game device, a music game program, and a program for a mobile phone device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-49509.
Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-49510 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 63-63
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 197483, some electronic musical instruments and the like have a game function having musicality. In addition, an electronic musical instrument is also known in which a function of causing a light emitting element to emit light at a beat timing and displaying a tempo, that is, a metronome function, is attached in association with an automatic rhythm function and an automatic accompaniment function.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, the electronic musical instrument itself is large and heavy, so that it cannot be easily carried. Also, many games were simple, and they were not enough in terms of fun and effects on music education.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its object is a portable telephone device owned by many people or a portable telephone device program applied to the portable telephone device. The present invention provides a music game function or a metronome function so that a music game can be easily played anywhere or the metronome function can be easily activated. Another object is to provide a new music game device and a new music game program that are both interesting and excellent in music education.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the structural features of the present invention include a display for displaying an image, a musical sound producing means for producing a musical sound, a plurality of operation switches operated by a user, and an external device. In a mobile phone device provided with wireless communication means for wireless communication, a memory device for externally acquiring and storing a music game program by communication with the outside via the wireless communication means, and music stored in the memory device. There is provided game control means for executing the game program to display an image on the display, causing the musical sound producing means to produce a musical sound, and advancing the music game in accordance with the operation of the operation switch by the user.

In this case, for example, the game control means assigns different musical sounds and operation switches to a plurality of types of characters, selects any one of the plurality of types of characters, and selects the selected character. The musical sound assigned to the is sounded from the musical sound producing means, and the selected character is displayed on the display,
The game is configured to proceed on the condition that the user operates the operation switch assigned to the selected character. In this case, the character can be set as a mole. The tones to be sounded may be a single tone, a chord consisting of a plurality of tones sounded at the same time, or a short melody consisting of a plurality of tones to be sequentially pronounced.

The game control means may, for example, first make a plurality of different musical tones sound in a predetermined order within a short period of time by the musical tone producing means, and then successively produce a plurality of musical tones one by one from the musical tone producing means. At the same time as the sound is generated, the first image element corresponding to the sounded sound is displayed while being moved on the display, and the user operates the operation switch to freely move the second image element on the display. The game is advanced by moving the second image element to match the display position of the first image element in the predetermined order. In this case, the first image element can be set to a note and the second image element can be set to a human or an animal.

Further, the game control means displays, for example, a plurality of panels in which the same musical sound is assigned to a pair of panels on a display unit, and the operation switch is operated to
In response to the selection of one panel by the user, the musical tones assigned to the two selected panels are sounded by the musical sound producing means, and the game is advanced on the condition that the two musical sounds produced by the same sound are matched. Is composed of. The tones to be sounded may be a single tone, a chord consisting of a plurality of tones sounded at the same time, or a short melody consisting of a plurality of tones to be sequentially pronounced.

The mobile phone device is widely owned by many people, and the device is easily portable. Also, in this mobile phone device, a music game program can be loaded into the memory device from the outside,
Users can easily obtain various music games. Therefore, according to the present invention, the user can easily enjoy various music games at any place and can expect an effect on music education.

Another feature of the present invention is that a plurality of types of music game apparatus are provided, which include a display for displaying an image, a musical sound producing means for producing a musical sound, and a plurality of operation switches operated by a user. By causing the musical sound producing means to generate a musical sound assigned to each of the characters, and displaying information indicating the operating switches respectively assigned to the same plurality of types of the plurality of operating switches on the display, And a musical sound and an operation switch, the allocation relationship presenting means for presenting the allocation relationship to the user in advance, and any one character is selected from a plurality of types of characters, and the musical sound assigned to the selected character is selected. Sound is generated from the sounding means, and the selected character is displayed on the display after a lapse of a predetermined time from the sounding. The problem presenting means for presenting a problem to the user, the judging means for judging whether the manipulator operated by the user is the manipulator assigned to the selected character, and the operated manipulator is selected When the determination means determines that the operation is assigned to the character, the operation of the operation is displayed on the display device, and the operation of the operation is displayed on the display device. It is because there is provided a score giving means for giving a higher score than that after the display.

From another point of view of the invention of the above music game device, another feature of the present invention is a music game program applied to a device provided with the above-mentioned display, musical sound producing means and a plurality of operation switches. In (1), while causing the musical sound producing means to generate musical tones respectively assigned to a plurality of types of characters, displaying on the display device information indicating the operating switches respectively assigned to the same types of a plurality of operating switches. With this, the allocation relationship between the character and the musical sound and the operation switch is presented to the user in advance, any one character is selected from a plurality of types of characters, and the musical sound assigned to the selected character is sounded from the sounding means. By displaying the selected character on the display after a lapse of a predetermined time from the same sound It presents a problem to the user, determines whether the manipulator operated by the user is the manipulator assigned to the selected character, and the operated manipulator is the manipulator assigned to the selected character. When it is determined by the determination, if the operation of the operator is before displaying the character on the display, the operation of the operator is higher than when the operation is after displaying the character on the display. The point is to give points.

In these cases, the character can be set as a mole. In addition,
It may be a single tone, a chord consisting of a plurality of tones simultaneously pronounced, or a short melody consisting of a plurality of tones successively pronounced.

In these inventions, the user can obtain a high score only by listening to the musical tone and operating the operation switch assigned to the musical tone. Further, when the user operates the operation switch assigned to the character after the character appears on the display, a low score is obtained. Therefore, according to the present invention, the game property is high and the effect on the auditory education is excellent, so that the user can enjoy the game while receiving the music education.

Another feature of the present invention is that a display for displaying an image, a musical sound producing means for producing a musical sound, a plurality of operation switches operated by a user, and a wireless communication means for wireless communication with the outside. In a mobile phone device equipped with
A metronome function is realized by providing tempo setting means for setting the tempo of music by the operation of the operation switch by the user and sound generation control means for causing the musical sound generating means to generate a musical sound at each beat timing according to the set tempo. I have done so.

According to this, the portable telephone device, which many people own and is convenient to carry, is provided with the metronome function, so that the metronome function can be easily activated anywhere, which is convenient for the user.

Another feature of the present invention is to provide a display mode changing means for changing the display mode of the display for each beat timing. According to this, the user is visually informed of the beat timing, which is interesting and more convenient for the user.

Another feature of the present invention is that a vibrating means for vibrating the case of the portable telephone device and a vibration control means for operating the vibrating means at each beat timing to vibrate the portable telephone case are provided. It is in. According to this, even if the user puts the mobile phone device in a pocket or the like,
It is more convenient because you can know the beat timing by vibrating. Also, visually impaired persons and hearing impaired persons can easily know the beat timing.

Further, another feature of the present invention is to provide a program obtaining means for obtaining a program for realizing the metronome function from the outside by communicating with the outside through the wireless communicating means and storing it in the memory device. Especially. According to this, it becomes possible to easily add the metronome function to a mobile phone device that does not have the metronome function.

From another point of view of the invention of the portable telephone device, another feature of the present invention is that the portable telephone device is provided with the display, the musical tone producing means, a plurality of operation switches and the wireless communication means. In the applied mobile phone device program, the tempo of the music is set by the operation of the operation switch by the user, and a musical sound is generated from the musical sound generating means at each beat timing corresponding to the set tempo, thereby realizing the metronome function. I have tried to do it. This also makes it possible to give the metronome function to the portable telephone device that many people own and is convenient to carry, so that the metronome function can be easily activated anywhere, which is convenient for the user.

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a communication system including a mobile phone device 10 according to the present invention.

The mobile telephone device 10 can communicate with the carrier server computer 12 via relay stations 11 provided in various places, and can receive contents from the carrier server computer 12. Communication between the mobile phone device 10 and the relay station 11 is performed by wireless communication. The relay station 11 and the carrier server computer 12 communicate with each other by wireless or wire. The carrier server computer 12 receives and stores a large number of contents from the contents server computer 14 of the contents provider via the dedicated line 13. Further, the carrier server computer 12 is connected to the internet line 1
The content server computer 14 is also connected to the content server 5, and can provide the content to various users via the Internet line 15 and receive the content from the content server computer 14.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the portable telephone device 10 has a plurality of operation switches 21, a display 22, a microphone 23, a speaker 24 for communication and an antenna 2.
It is equipped with 5. The operation switch 21 is operated by the user to instruct the operation of the mobile phone device 10. The display 22 is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like and displays various images. The operation switch 21 and the display 22 are connected to the CPU 30. The microphone 23 inputs an audio signal, and is connected to the CPU 21 via the A / D converter 26. The call speaker 24 generates a received voice signal, and is connected to the CPU 30 via the D / A converter 27. The antenna 25 is used for transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from the outside, and includes the radio transmitter 28 and the radio receiver 2.
It is connected to the CPU 30 via 9.

The CPU 30 constitutes a main part of the microcomputer together with the timer 31, the ROM 32 and the RAM 33, and controls the operation of various functions of this portable telephone device by executing the program. The timer 31 measures time. The ROM 32 stores a part of the program and constants. RAM3
3 stores a part of the program and variables used when the program is executed.

An example of the data format of the RAM 33 will be described with reference to FIG. The RAM 33 includes a recording RAM 33a and an execution RAM 33b.
The recording RAM 33a is composed of a nonvolatile and rewritable memory such as a flash memory, and has a general download area and a program storage area. In the general download area, for example, ringing melody data for producing a ringing melody, standby screen data for displaying a standby screen, and the like are stored.
In the program storage area, various programs such as game software and music software, for example, "melody mole tap program", "melody catch program", "melody matching program", and "metronome program" described in detail in this embodiment. Is stored. In order to reduce the storage capacity of these programs, a program part for execution and a sound control data part (including sound and sound sound control data)
And the image data portion for image display are integrated and stored in an encoded (compressed) form.

The recording RAM 33a is also provided with an E-mail storage area, an attached file storage area, an address storage area, and the like. The E-mail storage area is
This is for storing the contents of the received E-mail. The attached file storage area is for storing an attached file attached to an E-mail or the like. The address etc. storage area is for storing addresses of friends, business partners and the like. The recording RAM 33a is not limited to the flash memory,
Other EEP if nonvolatile and rewritable memory
ROM can also be used.

The execution RAM 33b is composed of a rewritable volatile memory and has a working area, a program area, a resource area and the like. The working area is for temporarily storing variables when executing various programs. The program area and the resource area are for temporarily storing an execution program portion obtained by decoding the encoded program, and a sound generation control data portion and an image data portion, respectively.

Further, the portable telephone device 10 has a CPU
A vibrator 41, a light emitter 42, and a musical sound speaker 43 connected to 30 are also provided. The vibrator 41 is the CPU 30.
The case of the mobile phone device 10 is vibrated under the control of. The light emitter 42 is composed of a light emitting diode or the like, and its turning on and off is controlled by the CPU 30.

The musical sound speaker 43 converts the digital musical sound signal generated by the sound source circuit 44 into a D / A converter 45.
Is input through to generate a musical tone corresponding to the musical tone signal. The tone generator circuit 44 generates a digital tone signal based on the tone control data supplied from the CPU 30. A decoder 46 is also connected to the D / A converter 45. The decoder 46 inputs the encoded voice signal and musical tone signal from the CPU 30, converts them into a digital signal that directly represents the voice signal and musical tone signal, and performs D / A.
It is supplied to the converter 45.

The carrier server computer 12 and the content server computer 14 are, as shown in FIG. 4, a keyboard 51 and a display device 5 connected to a bus 50.
2, display control circuit 53, RAM 54, ROM 55, CP
It is configured by a general computer device including a U56, a timer 57, a storage device 58, a communication interface 61 and the like. The storage device 58 is a hard disk H.
It is equipped with a large-capacity recording medium such as a D or a compact disc CD, and stores a large number of contents such as various programs. Communication interface 61
Is configured to be connectable to a communication network 62 such as the dedicated line 13 or the Internet line 15. In this embodiment, the private line 13 is connected.

The carrier server computer 12 and the content server computer 14 also include a tone generator circuit 63 connected to the bus 50 to generate a digital tone signal. This sound source circuit 63 has a D / A
A sound system 65 is connected via the converter 64. The sound system 65 is composed of an amplifier, a speaker, etc., and produces a musical tone corresponding to the musical tone signal generated by the sound source circuit 63 and then converted into an analog signal by the D / A converter 64. A decoder 66 is also connected to the D / A converter 64. The decoder 66 inputs the encoded voice signal and musical tone signal from the CPU 56, converts the encoded voice signal and musical tone signal into a digital signal that directly represents the voice signal and musical tone signal, and supplies the digital signal to the D / A converter 64.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described. First, by constructing a system as shown in FIG. 1, various contents created by the content provider and stored in the content server computer 14 are requested by the carrier server computer 12 or presented from the content server computer 14 to store various contents in the carrier server. It is supplied to the computer 12 via a dedicated line 13. This content includes various programs such as game software and music software such as "Melody Mole Swatter Program", "Melody Catch Program", "Melody Matching Program" and "Metronome Program". Then, contents including these various programs are accumulated and stored in the storage device 58 of the carrier server computer 12. Note that these programs are expressed in an encoded (compressed) form in which a program part for execution, a sound control data part, and an image data part for image display are integrated.

Next, an operation in which each user loads contents (program) from the carrier server computer 12 into the mobile phone device 10 will be described. The user operates the operation switch 21 of the mobile phone device 10 to cause the CPU 30 to display the "content acquisition program" of FIG.
To execute. The execution of this "content acquisition program" is started in step 100, and in step 102, the CPU 30 accesses the service site of the carrier server computer 12 based on the operation of the operation switch 21 by the user, and selects the desired type. A signal representing a request for downloading the content is transmitted via the radio wave transmitter 28 and the antenna 25. This transmitted signal is transmitted via the relay station 11 to the carrier server computer 1
Received by 2.

In response to this reception, the CPU 56 of the carrier server computer 12 starts executing the content providing program in step 200. After the execution of this program is started, the CPU 56 receives the request for downloading the content in step 202, and sends a signal representing the list screen of the content belonging to the type requested in step 204 via the relay station 11 to the mobile phone. Device 10
Send to.

The CPU 30 of the portable telephone device 10 receives the signal representing the list screen of the contents transmitted from the carrier server computer 12 in step 104, displays the received list screen on the display 22 and informs the user. Prompt for content selection. User operates operation switch 2
When the desired content is selected using 1, the CPU 3
0 transmits a signal representing the content name selected by the user in step 104 to the carrier server computer 12.

CPU of carrier server computer 12
56 receives the signal representing the content name transmitted from the mobile phone device 10 in step 206. Then, in step 208, the content (content selected by the user) corresponding to the received content name is read from the storage device 58, and the read content is transmitted to the mobile phone device 10.

The CPU 30 of the portable telephone device 10 receives the signal representing the content transmitted from the carrier server computer 12 in step 106, and then in step 1
08, the received content is recorded in the recording RAM 33a
Remember. After the processing of step 108, the CPU 30
Determines in step 110 whether the user has performed an end operation. If there is no end operation, step 11
When it is determined to be “NO” at 0, the circulation process including steps 104 to 110 is repeatedly executed.

On the other hand, the CPU 56 of the carrier server computer 12 determines whether or not the end instruction is received from the portable telephone device 10 in step 210 after the processing in step 208. Then, until the end instruction is received, it is determined to be “NO” in Step 210 and Steps 206 to 2
The circulation process consisting of 10 is repeatedly executed. This allows
The user can download a plurality of contents with one access to the carrier server computer 12.

When the user operates the operation switch 21 to instruct to end the acquisition of the content, the CPU 21 determines “YES” in step 110, and outputs a signal indicating the end instruction in step 112 to the carrier server computer 12. And the execution of this content acquisition program is terminated in step 114. Further, by transmitting the end instruction signal, the CPU 56 of the carrier server computer 12 also determines in step 210 that “YES”, that is, the end instruction signal is received, and in step 212 executes the content providing program. finish.

By the communication between the mobile phone device 10 and the carrier server computer 12 as described above, the content desired by the user is downloaded from the carrier server computer 12 to the mobile phone device 10. In this case, among the contents to be downloaded, the above-mentioned "melody mole tapping program", "melody catch program", "melody matching program",
Games and music programs such as the "metronome program" can also be included, and these games and music programs are stored in the recording RAM 33a (see FIG. 3).
(See (A)).

Next, the operation of the portable telephone device 10 that executes these game and music programs will be described. First, the user operates the operation switch to select and execute a desired program.

In this case, the game and music programs stored in the recording RAM 33a are encoded (compressed) by integrating the program part for execution, the sound control data part and the image data part for image display. )
Has been done. Therefore, when executing these game and music programs, the CPU 30 decodes the game and music programs by executing a decoding program (not shown). That is, the game and music programs are decompressed and divided into a program part for execution, a sound control data part and an image data part for image display, and the program part is executed in the RAM 3.
The musical tone control data portion and the image data portion are stored in the resource area as well as in the program area 3b (see FIG. 3B). When executing these game and music programs, the CPU 30 executes the program part stored in the program area of the execution RAM 33b, and the sound control data part and the image stored in the resource area of the execution RAM 33b. The data part is used to control the pronunciation of musical tones and sounds and also the image display.

The "melody mole tap program", "melody catch program",
The operation of the mobile phone device 10 when the "melody matching program" and the "metronome program" are executed will be described in detail in the order of the programs.

(A) "Melody Mole Swatter Program"
With regard to the “melody mole tapping game”, different musical sounds and numeric keys are assigned to a plurality of different moles (characters) in advance. One mole is randomly selected, a musical sound assigned to the selected mole is generated, and then the selected mole is displayed on the screen with a delay of a predetermined time. When the user correctly operates the numeric keys (a part of the operation switch 21) assigned to the selected mole, a score is given, and a higher score is obtained as the time from the generation of the musical sound to the operation is shorter. It is a thing. In particular, if the correct number key is operated before the mole is displayed as an image, a high score can be obtained. In this case, the musical sound may be a single musical instrument sound, a short melody sound composed of a plurality of musical sounds produced over time, or a chord composed of a plurality of musical sounds produced simultaneously. Good. In the following description of this game, the musical tone has the above meaning.

This "Melody Mole Swatter Program"
Execution of step 1 is started in step 300 of FIG. After this start, the CPU 30 initially sets the stage number ST to "1" in step 302, and at the same time, the count value C
Initialize T to "0". The stage number ST represents the number of the current stage among a plurality of stages (stages) in the game. In this embodiment, for example, three stages are prepared. The count value CT is
This represents the number of erroneous operations by the user, and in the present embodiment, the game is ended by, for example, three erroneous operations. The number of stages and the number of erroneous operations that cause the end of the game can be set to various values as appropriate.

After the initial setting in step 302, a task corresponding to the stage number ST is selected in step 304, and as shown in FIG. 7A, a predetermined number (for example, three) each having a different form. And the numbers assigned to each of the moles are simultaneously displayed on the display 22, and the musical tone assigned to each of the moles is pronounced while changing the display mode one by one.

The process of step 304 will be described in more detail. In this embodiment, six different moles are prepared in advance. Six different musical tones are assigned to each of these six moles for each stage. The assigned tone is the stage number ST
The ones that are difficult to distinguish from other musical tones are assigned as the value becomes larger. Then, in the processing of step 304, three moles are randomly selected from the six moles, and the three moles selected are displayed on the display unit 2.
It is displayed on 2 at the same time. Then, three number keys are regularly or randomly extracted from the number keys “0” to “9”, and the extracted number keys are assigned to the three moles respectively, and the assigned number keys indicate. The numbers are displayed on the display 22 in association with each mole. Next, the musical tone assigned to each mole is pronounced while changing the display mode of each mole one by one.

In the tone generation of this tone, the CPU 30 outputs to the tone generator circuit 44 tone control data for controlling the tone generation of the assigned tone. The tone generator circuit 44 generates a digital musical tone signal according to the supplied musical tone control data, and converts the digital musical tone signal into a D / A converter 4.
5, the musical tone corresponding to the analog musical tone signal converted by the D / A converter 45 is generated from the musical tone speaker 43. In this state, the user visually recognizes the three moles, and also auditorily recognizes the musical sound assigned to each of the three moles, and visually recognizes the numeric keys assigned to each of the three moles. To recognize.

After the processing of step 304, the CPU 30
In step 306, it is determined whether the user has performed a start operation. This start operation is performed by operating the operator assigned to the start instruction among the plurality of operation switches 21. If the start operation is not performed, the determination process of step 306 is continued. When the start operation is performed, it is determined to be "YES" in step 306, and the processes of step 308 and thereafter are started to be executed. In step 308, one mole is randomly selected from the selected three moles, and the notice image of the mole appearance is displayed on the display 22. Simultaneously with the display of the notice image, the musical sound assigned to the selected one mole is sounded as described above.

Next, the CPU 30 causes the timer 31 to start measuring the time from "0" in step 310.
Then, in step 312, a first predetermined time (for example, 2
Second) has elapsed. If the first predetermined time has not elapsed from the start of the time measurement, step 31
It is determined "NO" in 2 and it is determined in step 316 whether or not a predetermined second predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) longer than the first predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the time measurement by the timer 31. judge. If the second predetermined time has not elapsed since the start of the time measurement, it is determined as “NO” in step 316, and the process proceeds to step 318. In step 318, it is determined whether any one of the numeric keys of the plurality of operation switches 21 has been operated. If none of the numeric keys is operated, it is determined to be "NO" in step 318, the process returns to step 312, and steps 312, 31
The circulation process of 6,318 is continued.

During the circulation process, when the first predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the time measurement by the timer 31, it is judged "YES" in step 312, and the process proceeds to step 314.
In step 314, one mole selected at random in step 308 is displayed on the display screen of the display 22. Then, until the second predetermined time elapses from the start of the time measurement, unless the numeric key is operated, the determination of “NO” is continued in step 316, and the circulation processing of steps 312 to 318 is continuously executed.

Such steps 312, 316, 31
If any of the numeric keys is operated by the user during the cyclic processing of 8 or during the cyclic processing of steps 312 to 318, “YES” is determined in step 318 and the process proceeds to step 320.

In step 320, is the numeric key operated by the user a correct numeric key?
That is, it is determined whether or not the numeric key is assigned to the displayed mole. If the user operates the correct number key, it is determined to be “YES” in step 320,
In step 322, the notice image of the mole by the processing of step 308 or the image of the mole appearance by the processing of step 314 is switched to the image of hitting the mole as shown in FIG. 7B and displayed. In step 322, the correct sound is generated from the musical sound speaker 43.
In this case, as in the case described above, the musical tone control data for the correct answer may be output to the tone generator circuit 44 so that the correct answer can be generated.

Further, audio compressed data (encoded data) representing the correct sound is output to the decoder 46, and the decoder 46 decompresses (decodes) the audio compressed data, and the D / A converter 45 is used. The correct answer sound may be generated by supplying it to the musical sound speaker 43. Furthermore, in addition to or in place of this correct sound, a message praising the user may be displayed on the display 22, or the message may be sounded from the musical sound speaker 43 by a method of supplying the compressed audio data to the decoder 46. .

Next, in step 324, the score is updated by adding the current score to the score up to the previous time, and the updated score is displayed on the display 22. In this case, the score to be added is determined to be a higher value as the time measured by the timer 31 is shorter. In particular, when the measurement time is less than the first predetermined time, the user is given a high score as compared with the case where the measurement time exceeds the first predetermined time. This is because the mole does not appear on the display unit 22 until the measurement time reaches the first predetermined time, and only the musical sound assigned to the mole is produced, so that the user hears only the musical sound. This is because it is necessary to determine the mole.

After the processing of step 324, step 3
At 26, 1 stage (in this case, the 1st stage)
It is determined whether or not is completed. In this game,
Since a plurality of predetermined moles appear in one stage, it is determined in step 326 whether the plurality of predetermined moles have already appeared. Then, if one stage is not completed, it is determined to be “NO” in step 326, and the process returns to step 308.

The CPU 30 executes the above-mentioned steps 308-.
The process of 326 is executed again. As a result, the musical tones assigned to the new mole are pronounced and the mole is displayed, and the user operates the numeric keys assigned to the new mole. Then, if the user operates the correct number key, the user is given a score according to the time from the pronunciation of the musical sound assigned to the mole to the operation of the correct number key, and the score is used as the score. Is added. The processing of steps 308 to 326 is as follows.
It is repeatedly executed until one stage is completed.

When one stage is completed in this way,
It is determined to be “YES” in step 326, and step 32
Go to 8. In step 328, the stage number S
Based on T, it is determined whether the final stage has ended. In this embodiment, the stage number ST is “3”.
To determine if If the final stage has not ended (if the stage number ST is not "3"), it is determined to be "NO" in step 328, "1" is added to the stage number ST in step 330, and step 304
Return to.

In step 304, again 6
Three moles are randomly selected from among the three moles, and the selected three moles are simultaneously displayed on the display 22. Then, numerical keys are assigned to the three moles selected and displayed, and the musical tones assigned to each mole according to the stage number ST are sequentially sounded while changing the display mode of each mole. After that, the processing of steps 310 to 326 described above is executed,
Let the user play the next stage game. When the game of the next stage is completed by the processes of steps 310 to 326, the process returns to step 304 after the processes of steps 328 and 330 to allow the user to play the game of the next stage. When the user finishes the game of the final stage, “YE
It is determined to be "S", and the execution of this "melody mole tapping program" is ended in step 338.

On the other hand, during the cyclic processing in steps 312 to 318, that is, during the cyclic processing waiting for the user to operate the numeric keys, the user does not operate the correct numeric keys including not operating the numeric keys. regardless of,
When the second predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the time measurement of the timer 31 in step 310 (that is, the pronunciation of the musical sound newly assigned to the mole), "YES" in step 316.
Then, the process proceeds to step 326. Then, if one stage is not completed, it is determined to be “NO” in step 326, and the process returns to step 308. In step 308, a new mole is prepared as described above. As a result, if the user does not operate the correct number key by the time the second predetermined time elapses after the timer 31 starts measuring the time, the game automatically proceeds.

In the present embodiment, the program is directly advanced to step 326 when "YES" is determined in step 316. But instead of this,
When it is determined to be “YES” in step 316, the display 22 indicates that the time to be operated has elapsed, or a musical tone indicating that the time to be operated has elapsed. Alternatively, a voice may be generated.

Next, a case will be described in which the user operates a wrong numeric key during the circulation processing of steps 312 to 318. In this case, the CPU 30 determines “YES” in step 318 and advances the program to step 320, but in step 320, “NO”.
That is, it is determined that the correct numeric key is not operated, and the process proceeds to step 332. In step 332, the display image on the display 22 is switched so as to notify the user of an erroneous operation, and an incorrect sound, that is, a musical sound indicating that the correct number key has not been operated is sounded from the musical sound speaker 43. Also in this case, in addition to or in place of the incorrect sound, a message for notifying the user of the incorrect answer is displayed on the display device 22 or the compressed audio data is supplied to the decoder 46. The message may be sounded from the musical sound speaker 43.

After the processing of step 332, step 3
At 34, "1" is added to the count value CT, and step 3
At 36, it is determined whether the count value CT is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (for example, “3” in this embodiment). If the count value CT is less than the predetermined value, it is determined to be "NO" in the same step 336, the circulation process including steps 312 to 318 is executed again, and the game is continued. on the other hand,
When the count value CT becomes equal to or larger than the predetermined value, step 336
Then, in step 338, the execution of this "melody mole tapping program" is terminated.

In this embodiment, the count value CT
Represents the total value of misoperations over multiple stages. However, this count value CT may be used to count the number of erroneous operations for each stage. In this case, the count value CT may be cleared to “0” at the start of each stage, and if the count value CT becomes a predetermined value or more for each stage, the game may be ended at that stage.

By such a "melody mole beat game", the user can enjoy playing the game and at the same time enjoy learning music. In particular, the user can obtain a high score only by listening to the musical sound and operating the operation switch 21 assigned to the musical sound. Further, when the user operates the operation switch 21 assigned to the mole after the mole has appeared on the display 22, a low score is obtained. Therefore, since the game property is high and the effect on the hearing education is also excellent, the user can enjoy the game while receiving the music education.

(B) About "Melody Catch Program" In the "melody catch game", a short melody consisting of a plurality of notes is first pronounced and each note is displayed.
After that, the plurality of notes including notes not related to the melody are displayed in the melody order, and a musical tone corresponding to the notes is sounded at the start of display. The user avoids the notes unrelated to the melody and moves the characters to catch the notes in the order of appearance in the melody. Then, a score is given to the user according to the accuracy with which the user catches the note. In this case, in principle, a single musical tone is used, but a chord in which a plurality of musical tones are simultaneously generated may be used.

The execution of this "melody catch program" is started in step 400 of FIG. After this start, the CPU 30 displays the initial screen on the display 22 in step 402. This initial screen is the screen of FIG. 9 (A) with the right notes and scores removed. Next, at step 402, the same stage number ST and count value CT as in the case of the "melody mole tapping program" are initialized to "1" and "0", respectively.

After the initial setting in step 402, the CPU
30 selects the task melody corresponding to the stage number ST in step 404. Specifically, a plurality of (for example, about 10 songs) short melodies are prepared in advance for each stage. Even in this case, as the stage gets higher, more difficult melody is prepared. And from these many melodies, the stage number ST
One of the plurality of melodies belonging to the stage represented by is randomly selected. Then, the musical tone with the pitch corresponding to the notes constituting the task melody is generated by the musical tone speaker 4
Proceed from 3 in order within a short time and display 2
By displaying in 2, the task melody is presented to the user. Note that the musical tones in the description of the "melody catch program" and the pronunciation of voices described later are also the same as in the case of the "melody mole tapping program".
This is performed by supplying tone control data to the tone generator circuit 44 or supplying compressed audio data to the decoder 46.

Display 2 for presenting this task melody
The display state of No. 2 is shown in the upper right of FIG. In this case, as an example of the task melody, "do""re""do"
The sound sequence "Fa" and "Do" is adopted. Then, the note displayed on the upper right of the display 22 by the presentation of the task melody is maintained as it is.

After the processing of step 406, the CPU 30
Repeats the circulation process including steps 408 to 414. In Step 408, in Step 4 above.
The notes included in the presented melody are made to appear one by one on the display screen of the display unit 22 in the pronunciation order at predetermined timings slower than the presentation of the task melody of 06. In the appearance of this note, a dummy note unrelated to the presented melody is included, and the note including the dummy note is randomly selected from the top, bottom, right, or left of the display screen of the display unit 22 (the first note). 1 image element) is introduced.
Further, at the initial stage of appearance of each note on the display screen, a musical tone having a pitch corresponding to each note is produced.

In step 410, the notes appearing on the display screen are irregularly moved vertically or horizontally to float the notes. Step 412
In, in detecting the operation of the direction key by the user,
The character (second image element) is moved to the left or right on the display screen according to the operation of the same direction key. Step 414
At, it is detected whether or not the jump key is operated by the user. The direction key is an operation switch assigned to move the character displayed on the display screen of the display device 22 to the left or right among the plurality of operation switches 21. Further, the jump key is an operation switch assigned to jump (move upward quickly) the character displayed on the display screen of the display 22 among the plurality of operation switches 21.

If the jump key is not operated, it is determined to be "NO" in step 414 and the process returns to step 408.
The circulation process of steps 408 to 414 is continuously executed. On the other hand, in this game, the user moves the character to the left or right by operating the direction keys, and jumps the character by operating the jump key under a floating note to catch the note. Note that the catch means that the display position of the character matches the display position of the note. Therefore, when the user operates the jump key after the character has moved to the left or right, the CPU 30 determines "YES" in step 414, and proceeds to step 416 and thereafter.

In step 416, the CPU 30 jumps the character and catches a musical note floating above the character. And step 418
Then, it is determined whether the caught floating note is a correct note, that is, a note corresponding to the sounding order of the presented melody. If the character catches a correct note, it is determined to be "YES" at step 418, and the displayed note is erased at step 420, and the correct sound is produced from the musical sound speaker 43. Further, the display of the notes arranged corresponding to the presented melody on the upper right of the display screen on the display 22 is also erased (FIG. 9).
(See (B)). Also in this case, a message praising the user may be displayed on the display 22 or the message may be sounded from the musical sound speaker 43, as in the case of the above-mentioned "melody mole tapping program".

Next, in step 422, the score is updated by adding the score of this time to the score up to the previous time, and the updated score is displayed on the display unit 22. Next, in step 424, it is determined whether all the notes belonging to the presented melody have been caught. If all the notes have not been caught, it is determined to be "NO" in step 424, the process returns to step 408, and the above-described circulation processing of steps 408 to 414 is executed again.
Therefore, the user continues the note catching operation by operating the direction keys and the jump key. Then, if the next note is successfully caught, the steps 416 to 42 are executed.
By the processing in step 2, the program is again returned to step 424.
Proceed to.

When all the notes have been caught, it is judged "YES" in step 424, and step 4
Go to 26 onward. Note that the end of catching all the notes means the end of one stage. Step 426
The processing of 428 is the same as the processing of steps 328 and 330 of the "melody mole tapping program" of FIG. With this, if the final stage is not finished,
In step 426, it is determined to be "NO", in step 428, "1" is added to the stage number ST, and step 40
Return to 6. And step 40 for the next stage
6 to 424 are executed. When the user finishes the game of the final stage, it is determined to be "YES" in step 426, and the execution of this "melody catch program" is terminated in step 436.

Next, a description will be given of a case where the user operates the jump key or causes the character to catch an erroneous note while the note is not directly above the character during the circulation processing of steps 408 to 414. . In this case, after the determination of “YES” in step 414 and the jump display of the character in step 416, step 41
In “8”, it is determined to be “NO”, that is, it is not a correct jump, and the process proceeds to step 430. In step 430, an incorrect sound, that is, a musical sound indicating that a correct operation has not been performed is sounded from the musical sound speaker 43. Also,
When the wrong note is caught by the user's operation, the display of the same note is restored. Also,
In this case as well, in addition to or instead of this incorrect sound, a message notifying the user of the incorrect answer may be displayed on the display 22, or the message may be sounded from the musical sound speaker 43. .

After the processing of step 430, step 4
32 and 434 are executed. These steps 43
The processings 2, 434 are the same as the processings of steps 334, 336 of the "melody mole tapping program" of FIG. 6, and if the count value CT is less than the predetermined value, it is determined as "NO" in step 434. Steps 408-42
The circulation process consisting of 4 is executed again to continue the game. On the other hand, when the count value CT becomes equal to or larger than the predetermined value, it is determined as “YES” in step 434 and step 436.
Then, the execution of this "melody catch program" is completed.

In the "melody catch program" as well, the count value CT may count the number of erroneous operations for each stage.

According to such a "melody catch game", the user needs to enjoy the game and at the same time listen to the melody to catch the musical notes, which improves the musical ability of the user to distinguish the musical tones. You can also enjoy learning.

(C) "Melody Matching Program" The "melody matching game" is a game similar to the nervous breakdown of the card game. A plurality of panels are arranged on the matrix, and the same musical sound (including the same single musical sound, melody and chord) is assigned to a pair of panels.
The user designates every two panels, and when the musical tones assigned to the designated two panels match, the correct answer is given.

The execution of this "melody matching program" is started in step 500 of FIG. After this start, the CPU 30 determines in step 502 the same stage number S as in the case of the "melody mole tapping program".
T and count value CT are set to "1" and "0", respectively.
Initialize to.

After the initial setting in step 502, the CPU
The step 30 selects a task corresponding to the stage number ST in step 504. Specifically, from the plurality of prepared musical tones, different musical tones are randomly selected one by one, and two identical musical tones are assigned to a plurality of panels. Also in this case, musical sounds that are difficult to distinguish are prepared as the stage becomes higher. Next, in step 506, an initial screen in which a plurality of panels to which the musical tones are assigned are arranged in a matrix is displayed on the display 22 (see FIG. 11 (A)). Note that the musical tones in the description of the "melody matching program" and the pronunciation of voices to be described later also supply musical tone control data to the tone generator circuit 44 as in the case of the "melody mole tapping program".
Alternatively, it is performed by supplying compressed audio data to the decoder 46.

After the processing of step 506, the CPU 30
Repeats the circulation process consisting of steps 508 and 510. In step 508, the operation of the directional key by the user is detected, and the cursor is moved up, down, left, or right on the display screen in response to the operation of the directional key to indicate one of the plurality of panels. In step 510, it is detected whether or not the enter key is operated by the user. The direction key is an operation switch assigned to move the cursor displayed on the display screen of the display unit 22 up, down, left, and right among the plurality of operation switches 21. Further, the enter key is an operation switch assigned to determine the panel pointed by the cursor as the panel selected by the user.

If the enter key is not operated, step 5
When it is determined to be "NO" in step 10, the process returns to step 508, and the circulation processing of steps 508 and 510 is continuously executed. on the other hand,
If the user specifies one panel by operating the direction keys and selects the instruction panel by operating the enter key, it is determined to be “YES” in step 510 and the process proceeds to steps 512 and 514. In step 512, the musical tone assigned to the selection panel is pronounced. In step 514, the background of the selected panel is displayed (see FIG. 11 (B)).

After the processing of these steps 512 and 514, it is determined in step 516 whether the panel selected is the second panel. That is, it is determined whether one panel has already been selected and the background is displayed. If the user selects the first panel, step 51
It is determined to be "NO" at 6, and the process returns to step 508 to execute the circulation processing of steps 508 and 510. During this circulation process, if the user operates the enter key to select the second panel, after determining “YES” in step 510,
After the processing of steps 512 and 514, step 516
Proceed to.

At this time, the CPU 30 makes a “YES” determination at step 516, and the tone assigned to the panel selected for the first sheet at step 518 matches the tone assigned for the second sheet. Determine whether to do. If both assigned musical tones match, it is determined to be "YES" in step 518, and the correct answer tone is set to the musical tone speaker 4 in step 520.
Pronounce from 3. Also in this case, a message praising the user may be displayed on the display unit 22 or the message may be sounded from the musical sound speaker 43, as in the case of the above-mentioned "melody mole hitting program". In this case, the display on the two panels continues to be removed,
The background of them continues to be displayed.

Next, at step 522, it is judged whether the removal of all the panels has been completed. If the removal of all the panels has not been completed, it is determined to be “NO” in step 522, the process returns to step 508, and steps 508 to 508 described above are performed.
The circulation process of 516 is executed again. Then, if the user succeeds in selecting two panels to which the same musical tone is assigned, after the processing of steps 518 and 520, the program again proceeds to step 522.

When all the panels have been selected, it is judged "YES" in step 522, and step 52 is selected.
Go to 4 or later. In addition, the selection end of all the above panels,
It means the end of one stage. Step 524,526
6 is the same as the processing of steps 328 and 330 of the "melody mole tapping program" of FIG. As a result, if the final stage has not ended, it is determined to be "NO" in step 524, "1" is added to the stage number ST in step 526, and the process returns to step 504. Then, steps 504 to 5 regarding the next stage
22 is executed. When the user finishes the game of the final stage, it is determined to be "YES" in step 524, and the execution of this "melody matching program" is terminated in step 536. As a result, the background hidden by the panel appears on the display screen of the display 22.

Next, a description will be given of a case where the user selects two panels to which different musical tones are assigned during the circulation processing of steps 508 to 516. In this case, after the determination of “YES” in step 516, “NO” in step 518, that is, the musical tone assigned to the first panel and the musical tone assigned to the second panel selected by the user are When it is determined that they do not match, the process proceeds to step 528. In step 528, the musical sound speaker 43 produces a musical sound representing an incorrect sound. Also in this case, in addition to or instead of this incorrect sound, a message notifying the user of the incorrect answer is displayed on the display 22, and the message is displayed to the musical sound speaker 4.
You may pronounce from 3.

After the processing of step 528, step 5
Display the two panels selected by the user at 30
Redisplay on the display screen of. As a result, the backgrounds of the two panels that have been displayed so far are hidden by the panels again. Next, the CPU 30 executes steps 532 and 5
The processing of 34 is executed. These steps 532,53
The process of 4 is the same as the process of steps 334 and 336 of the "melody mole tap program" of FIG.
If the count value CT is less than the predetermined value, step 534
Is determined as "NO", the circulation process including steps 508 to 522 is executed again, and the game is continued. On the other hand, when the count value CT becomes equal to or greater than the predetermined value, step 5
It is judged "YES" at 34, and the execution of this "melody matching program" is ended at step 536.

Incidentally, this "melody matching program"
Also in the above, the count value CT may be configured to count the number of erroneous operations for each stage.

With such a "melody matching game", the user can enjoy the game and at the same time remember the musical tones and select two panels to which the same musical tone is assigned, and the musical tones can be distinguished. Since the user's musical ability is also improved, the music can be enjoyed and learned.

(D) About "Metronome Program" This "Metronome Program" is different from the above-mentioned game, in that the mobile phone device 10 has a metronome function.

The execution of the "metronome program" is started in step 600 of FIG. 12, and the CPU 30 displays the initial screen on the display 22 in step 602. In this case, on the initial screen, a tempo and an instruction mark for increasing / decreasing the tempo are displayed on the lower part of the initial screen, and an instruction mark for shifting to the mode setting screen is also displayed. When the user operates the operation switch corresponding to the instruction mark for shifting to the mode setting screen among the plurality of operation switches 21, the metronome mode setting routine of FIG. 13 is executed.

The execution of this metronome mode setting routine is started in step 650, and the CPU 30 executes a mode type selection process in step 652. In this mode type selection processing, a display for selecting each of the background, sound, vibration, and light emission modes is displayed on the display 22. The background mode defines the type of background screen of the display 22. The sound mode determines whether or not a musical tone is generated at the beat timing and the type of musical tone generated. The vibration mode determines whether or not the case of the mobile phone device 10 vibrates at the beat timing. The light emission mode determines whether or not the light emitter 42 emits light at the beat timing.
The selection of each of these modes by the user is performed by operating the cursor key and the enter key assigned to any of the plurality of operation switches 21.

When the user selects the background mode during the mode selection processing in step 652, step 65
In 4, multiple background types (stage, flower garden, wilderness, metronome) are displayed in text. Then, if the user selects one of the backgrounds by operating the cursor key and the enter key assigned to any of the plurality of operation switches 21, the selected background is used as the background screen of the display unit 22. It is determined.

When the user selects a sound mode during the mode selection processing in step 652, a plurality of sound types (metronome, metronome,
(Taiko, triangle) is displayed in characters,
“None” is also displayed in characters. If the user selects any sound type by operating the cursor key and the enter key assigned to any of the plurality of operation switches 21, the selected sound is sounded at the beat timing. Determined as a musical sound. Also,
If you select "None", no musical sound will be produced.

Further, when the user selects the vibration mode during the mode selection processing in step 652, the "presence" and "absence" of the vibration are displayed in characters in step 658. Then, the user operates the plurality of operation switches 21
If "Yes" is selected by operating the cursor key and the enter key assigned to any of the above, the case of the mobile phone device 10 vibrates at the beat timing. If "none" is selected, the case of the mobile phone device 10 will not vibrate.

When the user selects the light emission mode during the mode selection processing in step 652, “Yes” and “No” of light emission are displayed in characters in step 660. Then, the user operates the plurality of operation switches 21
If "YES" is selected by operating the cursor key and the enter key assigned to any of the above, the light emitter 42 emits light at the beat timing. If "none" is selected, the light emitter 42 will not emit light.

At the time of processing in each of the steps 652 to 660, the display 22 displays an instruction mark indicating "end", and by operating the operation switch corresponding to the mark,
The execution of the metronome mode setting routine is ended in step 662, and the process returns to step 602 of the "metronome program".
Further, during the processing of each step 654 to 660, the indicator 22 indicating the "return" is also displayed on the display 22, and the operation of the operation switch corresponding to the mark causes the metronome mode setting routine to proceed to the processing of step 652. I'm supposed to come back.

Returning again to the description of the "metronome program" in FIG. 12, after the initial screen display processing in step 602, in step 604 a plurality of operation switches 21
It is determined whether or not the increase / decrease key assigned for increasing / decreasing the tempo is operated. If the increase / decrease key is not operated, it is determined as "NO" in step 604,
Go to step 608. In step 608, it is determined whether the start / stop key assigned to start / stop the metronome among the plurality of operation switches 21 has been operated. If the start / stop key has not been operated, "NO" in step 608.
Then, the process proceeds to step 614.

In step 614, the run flag R
It is determined whether UN is “1”. The run flag RUN is "1" to indicate that the metronome function is in operation, "0" to indicate that the metronome function is stopped, and is initially set to "0". Therefore, in this state, it is determined as "NO" in step 614, and steps 602, 604, 60 are performed.
The cyclic processing consisting of 8,614 is repeatedly executed.

This step 602, 604, 608, 6
When the increase / decrease key is operated during the circulation processing consisting of 14, it is determined to be “YES” in step 604, and step 60
The tempo change processing of No. 6 is executed. In this tempo changing process, the display of the number of quarter notes (or other notes such as eighth notes) per minute displayed at the bottom of FIGS. Change according to the operation. At the same time as this display is changed, the tempo value TEMP representing the number of quarter notes (or other notes such as eighth notes) is changed according to the above display.

Further, steps 602, 604, 608,
If the start / stop key is operated during the circulation processing consisting of 614, it is judged "YES" at step 608 and the run flag RUN is inverted at step 610.
In this case, the run flag RUN is changed from "0" to "1". Next, at step 612, the tempo count value TCNT is cleared to "0". This tempo count value TC
NT counts a clock signal that is periodically supplied from the timer 31 at every minute time, and represents an elapsed time composed of an integer part and a decimal part. The unit of time represented by the tempo count value TCNT is “second”. Then, in step 614, it is determined whether or not the run flag RUN is "1" as described above. In this case, since the same flag RUN is "1", "YES" in step 614. And proceeds to step 616.

At step 616, the tempo count value TCNT is incremented by the clock signal from the timer 31. Next, at step 618, the tempo count value TCNT is used to determine whether or not the beat timing has been reached. Specifically, the tempo count value TCNT is
It is determined whether it is equal to a value (60 / TEMP) obtained by dividing "60" by the tempo value TEMP. For example, the tempo value TEMP is represented by the number of quarter notes per minute, and the value is "6.
If it is "0", the determination is established when the tempo count value TCNT reaches 1 second (TCNT = 60 / TEMP = 1). The tempo value TEMP is represented by the number of quarter notes per minute,
If the value is "120", the judgment is established when the tempo count value TCNT reaches 0.5 seconds (TCNT = 6).
0 / TEMP = 0.5).

If the result of the determination is "NO" in step 618 without the above determination being satisfied, the process returns to step 608, and unless the start / stop key is operated, step 6 is performed.
Since it is determined to be "NO" and "YES" at 08 and 614, respectively, the CPU 30 performs steps 608, 614 to 6
Continue the circulation process consisting of 18. During this circulation processing, when the tempo count value TCNT gradually increases and reaches the value indicating the beat timing, it is determined to be “YES” in step 618, and the process proceeds to step 620. In step 620, the tempo count value TCNT is cleared to "0".

After the processing of step 620, the processing of steps 622 to 628 is executed and step 60
Return to 8. After that, unless the start / stop key is operated, the circulation processing including the steps 608 and 614 to 618 is continued. Also in this circulation processing, when the tempo count value TCNT gradually increases from “0” and reaches the value indicating the beat timing, it is determined as “YES” in step 618, and the processing of step 620 and thereafter is executed. Become so. Therefore, in this state, the processes of steps 622 to 628 are executed at each beat timing.

At step 622, the display 22 is controlled to change the display screen. In this case, display 2
2 is in the display state of the mode set in step S654 of the metronome mode setting routine of FIG. 13, for example, an image of any of the stage, flower garden, wilderness, and metronome is displayed. It is changed at the beat timing. 14A and 14B show an example of this display mode change, and in this case, the stage is selected as the background mode. That is, in this display example, it is possible to obtain a display in which the character on the stage holds maracas and moves by moving the body at each beat timing.

At step 624, tone generation is controlled in accordance with the mode set by the processing at step S656 of the metronome mode setting routine shown in FIG. That is, by the processing of step 656,
If any one of the metronome, the drum, and the triangle is selected to be sounded, the sound control circuit 44 outputs the sound control data for controlling the sound generation of the selected sound. The tone generator circuit 44 forms a digital tone signal based on the supplied tone control data. The digital musical tone signal thus formed is converted into an analog musical tone signal by the D / A converter 45 and is sounded from the musical tone speaker 43. Note that the encoded tone data representing the tone selected by the CPU 30 is output to the decoder 46,
It is also possible to generate the musical sound by using the decoder function of the decoder 46. According to this, a musical sound is regularly generated in synchronization with the beat timing. If it is selected in step 656 that no musical tone is to be produced, no musical tone is produced.

At step 626, the portable telephone device 1 is selected according to the mode set by the processing at step S658 of the metronome mode setting routine shown in FIG.
Controls case 0 vibration. That is, if “with vibration” is selected by the processing of step 658, the CPU 30 outputs a start control signal to the vibrator 41. Therefore, for each beat timing, the mobile phone device 1
The case of 0 vibrates by the operation of the vibrator 41. When “no vibration” is selected, the vibrator 41 is not activated, and the case of the mobile phone device 10 does not vibrate.

In step 628, the emission of the light emitter 42 is controlled in accordance with the mode set by the process of step S660 of the metronome mode setting routine of FIG. That is, if “with light emission” is selected by the processing of step 660, the CPU 30
Outputs a light emission control signal to the light emitter 42. Therefore,
The light emitter 42 emits light at each beat timing. Also,
When “no light emission” is selected, the light emitter 42 does not emit light.

On the other hand, when the start / stop key is operated with the run flag RUN set to "1", the CPU 30 makes a "YES" determination at step 608 to proceed to step 610. Run flag R
Invert UN and change to "0". Therefore, it is determined as "NO" in step 614, the program is returned to step 602, and the processes of steps 616 to 628 are not executed until the start / stop key is operated again. The process will be executed.

According to this, a desired musical sound can be selectively generated for each beat timing according to the tempo set by the user, and the display mode on the display 22 can be changed according to the beat timing. . Further, the vibration function and the light emitting function of the mobile phone device 10 can be selectively used in accordance with the beat timing, and the visually impaired person and the hearing impaired person can easily recognize the beat timing. Furthermore, even if a healthy person uses the vibration function, he / she can grasp the beat timing even when the mobile phone device 10 is kept in a pocket or the like.

As described above, in the above embodiment,
Various music game programs such as a "melody mole tapping program", a "melody catch program", a "melody matching program" and a "metronome program" are externally loaded into the recording RAM 33a of the mobile phone device 10, 10 has various music game functions and metronome function. Therefore, many users who own the mobile phone device 10 can easily obtain various music games and metronome functions, easily enjoy various music games at any place, and easily perform metronome functions. It will be realized.

In the above embodiment, the "melody mole beat program", the "melody catch program", the "melody matching program" and the "metronome program" are loaded into the mobile phone device 10 and the "mobile phone device 10" is read. "Melody Mole Swatter Game", "Melody Catch Game", "Melody Matching Game" and "Metronome Function". However, these "melody mole tapping game", "melody catching game", "melody matching game" and "metronome function" are novel, and these games and metronome functions are provided for other devices such as simple game devices, It can also be applied to electronic musical instruments.

Further, in carrying out the present invention, various modifications or changes can be made to the above-described embodiment without departing from the object of the present invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a system including a mobile phone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the mobile phone device of FIG.

3A is a data format diagram of a recording RAM in the RAM of FIG. 2, and FIG. 3B is a data format diagram of an execution RAM in the RAM of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of the carrier server computer and the content server computer of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a content acquisition program executed by a mobile phone device and a content providing program executed by a carrier server computer.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a “melody mole tapping program” executed by the mobile phone device.

7A and 7B are diagrams showing display images in the "melody mole tapping program".

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a “melody catch program” executed by the mobile phone device.

9A and 9B are diagrams showing display images in the "melody catch program".

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a “melody matching program” executed by the mobile phone device.

11A and 11B are diagrams showing display images in the "melody matching program".

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a “metronome program” executed by the mobile phone device.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a “metronome mode setting program” executed by the mobile phone device.

14A and 14B are diagrams showing display images in the "metronome program".

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Mobile phone device, 12 ... Relay station, 12 ... Carrier server computer, 14 ... Content server computer, 30, 56 ... CPU, 21 ... Operation switch, 22 ...
Display, 23 ... Microphone, 24 ... Call speaker, 25 ... Antenna, 33, 54 ... RAM, 41 ... Vibrator, 42 ... Light emitter, 44, 63 ... Sound source circuit, 43 ... Music speaker, 51 ... Keyboard, 58 ... Storage device.

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[Claims] 1. A mobile phone device comprising a display for displaying an image, a musical sound producing means for producing a musical sound, a plurality of operation switches operated by a user, and a wireless communication means for wireless communication with the outside. A memory device for externally acquiring and storing a music game program by communication with the outside via the wireless communication means, and executing the music game program stored in the memory device to display an image on the display. While displaying
A mobile phone device, comprising: game control means for causing a musical sound to be generated from the musical sound generating means and advancing a music game in accordance with an operation of the operation switch by a user. 2. The mobile phone device according to claim 1, wherein the game control means assigns different musical sounds and operation switches to a plurality of types of characters, and selects one of the plurality of types of characters. A character is selected, the musical sound assigned to the selected character is sounded from the musical sound producing means, the selected character is displayed on the display, and the user operates the operation switch assigned to the selected character. A mobile phone device that advances the game on the condition. 3. The portable telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the game control means first causes a plurality of different musical sounds to be sounded from the musical sound generating means in a predetermined order within a short time, and then the musical sound generating means. A plurality of musical tones are sequentially produced one by one from the musical tone producing means, and at the same time, the first image element corresponding to the produced musical tones is displayed while being moved on the display, and the user operates the operation switch. To move the second image element freely on the display device to advance the game on condition that the second image element is aligned with the display position of the first image element in the predetermined order. Is a mobile phone device. 4. The portable telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the game control means displays a plurality of panels in which the same musical sound is respectively assigned to a pair of panels on the display, and the operation switch In response to the user's selection of the two panels by the operation, the musical tones assigned to the two selected panels are sounded from the musical sound producing means, and the two tones made to sound the same are matched. A mobile phone device that advances the game. 5. A music game apparatus comprising a display for displaying an image, a musical sound producing means for producing a musical sound, and a plurality of operation switches operated by a user, the musical sounds respectively assigned to a plurality of types of characters. Is generated from the musical sound generating means, and information indicating the operation switches respectively assigned to the same plurality of types of characters of the plurality of operation switches is displayed on the display device, whereby the character, the sound and the operation switch are displayed. And an assignment relationship presenting means for presenting the assignment relationship with the user to the user in advance, and selecting any one character from the plurality of types of characters, and the musical tone assigned to the selected character from the sounding means. Produce a sound and display the selected character on the display after a lapse of a predetermined time from the pronunciation. The problem presenting means for presenting a problem to the user, the determining means for determining whether the operator operated by the user is the operator assigned to the selected character, and the operated operator is the When it is determined by the determination means that the operation is assigned to the selected character, and the operation of the operation is before displaying the character on the display, the operation of the operation is performed by the character. And a score giving means for giving a score higher than that after the display on the display device. 6. A music game program applied to a device including a display for displaying an image, a musical sound producing means for producing a musical sound, and a plurality of operation switches operated by a user, wherein By causing each of the assigned musical tones to be generated by the musical tone producing means and displaying information indicating the operating switches respectively assigned to the same plurality of types of the plurality of operating switches on the display, the character To the user in advance, and by selecting one of the plurality of types of characters, the sound assigned to the selected character is made to sound from the sounding means. , The selected character may be displayed on the display device after a lapse of a predetermined time from the same pronunciation. By presenting a problem to the user, it is determined whether the manipulator operated by the user is the manipulator assigned to the selected character, and the operated manipulator is assigned to the selected character. When it is determined by the determination that it is a child, if the operation of the operator is before displaying the character on the display, after the operation of the operator displays the character on the display. A music game program characterized by being given a higher score than in some cases. 7. A mobile phone device comprising a display for displaying an image, a musical sound producing means for producing a musical sound, a plurality of operation switches operated by a user, and a wireless communication means for wirelessly communicating with the outside, A metronome function is provided by providing tempo setting means for setting the tempo of music by the operation of the operation switch by the user, and sound generation control means for causing the musical sound generating means to generate a musical sound at each beat timing according to the set tempo. A mobile phone device characterized by being realized. 8. The mobile phone device according to claim 7, further comprising display mode changing means for changing the display mode of the display for each beat timing. 9. The mobile phone device according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising a vibrating means for vibrating a case of the mobile phone device, and a case of the mobile phone by operating the vibrating means at each beat timing. And a vibration control means for vibrating the mobile phone. 10. The portable telephone device according to any one of claims 7 to 9, further comprising a program for realizing the metronome function from the outside through communication with the outside via the wireless communication means. A mobile phone device comprising a program acquisition means for acquiring and storing the program in a memory device. 11. A mobile telephone device comprising a display for displaying an image, a musical sound producing means for producing a musical sound, a plurality of operation switches operated by a user, and a wireless communication means for wirelessly communicating with the outside. In the program for the mobile phone device, the tempo of the music is set by the operation of the operation switch by the user, and a musical sound is produced from the musical sound producing means at each beat timing according to the set tempo, thereby providing a metronome function. A program for a mobile phone device characterized by being realized.