JP2004219744A - Equipment which emits input operation sound, and method for controlling the sound - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of giving amusement to an operation sound in input operation sound emission-type equipment such as a mobile telephone terminal. <P>SOLUTION: Sound pattern data in which the reproduction order of a plurality of previously set sound source data is prescribed are stored, the sound source data are read in the reproduction order each time a unit input operation is done, and one melody, etc., is outputted as a generated sound. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an input operation sound generation device that can generate an input operation sound for each unit input operation.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a prior art related to the present invention, for example, there is a mobile phone terminal having a so-called ringtone function of notifying an incoming call by a melody at the time of an incoming call. Many of them have a configuration that holds a plurality of incoming melody patterns and is freely set according to the other party of the call and the type of communication (telephone, mail, etc.). In a mobile phone terminal, this provides one entertainment. Further, as a conventional technique described in the literature, for example, JP-A-2001-251391 (Patent Document 1), JP-A-2002-27052 (Patent Document 2), and JP-A-2001-212369 (Patent Document 3) And JP-A-11-151380 (Patent Document 4). JP-A-2001-251391 and JP-A-2002-27052 describe a technique in which not only an incoming notification sound but also various alarm sounds and key operation sounds can be arbitrarily set. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-212369 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-151380 disclose a typing practice apparatus and a game machine that prompt key input at a timing determined according to BGM as an example of adding entertainment to key input operation. The technology is described.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-251391 A [Patent Document 2]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-27052 [Patent Document 3]
JP 2001-212369 A [Patent Document 4]
JP-A-11-151380
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
For example, in a conventional mobile phone terminal, it is general that a key input operation is difficult to perform due to a small terminal size and a small number of keys. In particular, in a terminal having a mail function, there is a possibility that a character input operation may make a user feel troublesome. In the technology of the mobile phone terminal described in JP-A-2001-251391 and JP-A-2002-27052, an input operation sound is assigned to each key. When the operation is performed, sounds that are not related to each other are output intermittently. Further, according to the techniques described in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-212369 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-151380, a predetermined music is reproduced only when a key input is performed at a predetermined timing.
The problem of the present invention is that in view of the state of the prior art, in an input operation sound generation type device such as a mobile phone terminal, even when a random key operation such as a character input operation is performed, an input operation sound is generated. That is, the sound is output as a sound having entertainment such as a preset melody.
An object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of solving such a problem.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, an input operation sound generation type device such as a mobile phone terminal basically stores sound pattern data defining a reproduction order of a plurality of preset sound source data. The sound source data is read out in accordance with the reproduction order for each single input operation, and can be output as a sound forming one melody or the like. Specifically, (1) As an input operation sound generation type device capable of generating an input operation sound for each unit input operation corresponding to the unit information, a plurality of preset sound source data and a reproduction order of the sound source data are set. Storage means capable of holding sound pattern data including prescribed reproduction order information; and reading out the sound source data from the storage means based on the reproduction order information for each of the unit input operations, and emitting the read out sound source data. Control means for inputting to the means, when a plurality of unit input operations are performed, a plurality of sound source data read out from the storage means in a time-series manner in response to the plurality of unit input operations. In addition, a sound based on the combined sound source data can be output from the sound emitting means. (2) As an input operation sound generation type device, a storage means capable of holding preset sound pattern data including a plurality of preset sound source data and reproduction order information defining a reproduction order of the plurality of sound source data. And control means for reading the sound source data from the storage means based on the reproduction order information for each of the unit input operations, and for inputting the read sound source data to the sound emitting means. When a plurality of unit input operations are performed, a plurality of sound source data read out from the storage unit in time series are combined in time series, and a sound based on the combined sound source data is output from the sound emitting unit. First input operation sound generation means, storage means capable of holding sound source data set corresponding to an operation section for performing a unit input operation, and storage means for storing the sound source data for each unit input operation Control means for inputting the read sound source data to the sound emitting means, reading the sound source data from the storage means for each unit input operation, and outputting an input operation sound based on the read sound source data from the sound emitting means. A second input operation sound generating means, and a selection means for selecting at least one of the first input operation sound generation means and the second input operation sound generation means. (3) One piece of information to be transmitted is formed as an aggregation of a plurality of unit information, and is preset as an input operation sound generation type device capable of generating an input operation sound for each unit input operation corresponding to the unit information. A storage unit capable of holding sound pattern data including a plurality of sound source data and reproduction order information that defines a reproduction order of the sound source data, and an input unit having an operation unit for performing the unit input operation when transmitting information, Sound emitting means for converting the sound source data into sound, and control means for reading the sound source data from the storage means based on the reproduction order information for each unit input operation, and inputting the read sound source data to the sound emitting means. Transmitting and receiving means for transmitting the sound pattern data and additional information for instructing reproduction of the sound pattern data to the other device side, and receiving from the other device side; Display means for displaying transmission information formed by the unit input operation, wherein when information is transmitted, when the unit input operation is performed a plurality of times, the transmission information formed by the unit input operation is displayed by the display means. And a plurality of sound source data read out from the storage means corresponding to the plurality of unit input operations are combined in time series, and a sound based on the combined sound source data is output from the sound emitting means. In addition, the sound pattern data and the accessory information of the sound pattern data can be transmitted and received. (4) As an input operation sound control method capable of generating an input operation sound for each unit input operation corresponding to the unit information, a plurality of preset sound source data and reproduction order information defining the reproduction order of the sound source data are provided. A first step of storing the sound pattern data including the sound pattern data in the storage means; a second step of reading the preset sound source data from the storage means for each unit input operation based on the reproduction order information; Through a third step of inputting the read sound source data to the sound emitting means, and a fourth step of repeating the second step and the third step, a plurality of unit inputs corresponding to the plurality of unit input operations are performed. Are combined in time series to generate a sound based on the combined sound source data.
[0006]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiment describes a case of a mobile phone terminal as an example of an input operation sound generation type device.
1 to 4 are explanatory diagrams of a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of sound pattern data used in the terminal configuration of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an operation procedure, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of transition of a display screen in operation sound mode setting.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a communication unit as a transmission / reception unit that establishes a communication line by radio, 12 denotes an audio processing unit that performs audio signal processing such as audio modulation / demodulation processing, and 13 denotes a microphone and a speaker as a sound emission unit A voice input / output unit, 14 is a control unit as a control unit for controlling the entire terminal, 15 is a storage unit as a storage unit for storing a main program and various user data, and 16 is an operation unit. An input unit 17 as an input unit that receives an input from a user via a key as a display unit 17 is a display unit as a display unit such as a liquid crystal display. The storage unit 15 includes sound pattern data 151 to be assigned as a series of key operation sounds. The input unit 16 includes a mode setting key 161 for switching between “normal mode” and “press melody mode”.
[0007]
FIG. 2 shows an example of the data structure of the sound pattern data 151. The sound pattern data 151 has a configuration in which data having two types of fields, “scale” and “length”, are arranged in chronological order. The scale field indicates the scale name (including information indicating the number of octaves) or a rest of the note, and the length field indicates the length of the note or the rest. For example, the first note in FIG. 2 represents a quarter note of C and the ninth note represents a half note of C, but these pitches differ by one octave. The sixth represents a two-part rest. The sound pattern data 151 is desirably the same as data generally used as a so-called “ringtone”, but may be dedicated data for the terminal of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows the case where the sound pattern data 151 is composed of a sequence of single tones, but may be composed of a plurality of parts, that is, a sequence of chords. Furthermore, the data may include tone color information such as a piano tone tone or a trumpet tone tone.
[0008]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation procedure of the mobile phone terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention. When any key is pressed while the terminal is in a state of waiting for a key input from the user (S301), the current mode is determined and processing corresponding to the mode is performed (S302). In the case of the normal mode, information indicating the pressed key type is obtained (S303), and sound data is obtained according to the obtained key type (S304). Further, the acquired sound data is emitted from the sound output device (S305). For example, sound data is emitted from the voice input / output unit 13 (FIG. 1) such as "do" when the key "1" is pressed, and "re" when the key "2" is pressed. . Thus, in the normal mode, a constant sound is emitted according to the type of the pressed key. On the other hand, if it is determined in the mode determination of S302 that the mode is the “press melody mode”, first, sound pattern data registered as a melody at the time of key input is acquired (S306). Next, a sequence number is obtained (S307). Here, the sequence number is information indicating how many times a key has been pressed from a certain point in time. Therefore, each time a key is pressed, the sequence number is updated. Subsequently, sound data to be output is obtained from the obtained sound pattern data and the sequence number (S308), and the obtained sound data is output as sound from the sound input / output unit 13 (FIG. 1) (S305). For example, if the sound pattern data shown in FIG. 2 is set as a melody at the time of key input and the key is pressed when the sequence number is "1", the first sound data of the sound pattern data shown in FIG. (Scale "do 2", length "1/4") is output as a sound from the voice input / output unit 13 (FIG. 1). When the key input operation is subsequently performed, since the sequence number is “2”, the second sound data of the sound pattern data shown in FIG. 2 (note “scale 2”, length “１ ／”) ) Is output as a sound from the voice input / output unit 13 (FIG. 1). Thus, the operation sound control is performed, and a preset melody or the like is output. Hereinafter, this mode is referred to as “push melody mode”. In the above description, the sound data includes the “length”. However, when the sound data is actually output as sound from the audio input / output unit 13 (FIG. 1) (sound emission), the “length” is set according to the “length”. The time for which the sound is continuously emitted may be changed, or the sound may be continuously emitted for a certain period of time with reference to only the “scale” of the sound data.
[0009]
When a rest is included in the sound pattern data, the following is performed. That is, for example, when the sound pattern data shown in FIG. 2 is set as the melody at the time of key input and the key is pressed when the sequence number is “6”, the obtained sound data is “rest”. Therefore, no sound is emitted even if the key is pressed. However, since the user may dislike that nothing is emitted even when the key is pressed, if the acquired sound data is “rest,” the next sound data (here, the scale “La 2 ", length" 1/4 ") may be taken out and emitted. In this case, the updated sequence number is “8”.
[0010]
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of screen transition when “press melody mode” is set in the operation sound mode setting. First, when “operation sound mode setting” is selected from the various setting screens (D401), the screen transits to an operation sound mode setting screen (D402). In the first embodiment, it is assumed that any of a so-called "normal mode" in which a key operation sound fixedly corresponding to an operated key is output and a "push melody mode" can be selected. When the "push melody mode" is selected, the screen transits to a screen for selecting the sound pattern data to be registered (D403). Here, the sound pattern data to be used as the key operation sound can be registered. When the mode that can be set is only two types of “normal mode” and “push melody mode”, the operation sound control is always performed when the mode setting is set to “push melody mode”. May be further limited. For example, there is a control method in which the operation sound control is performed only at the time of character input such as mail creation, and the operation sound control is not performed when a menu is selected. It is desirable that these settings can be set on the screen of D403.
The technique described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 is not only used in key operation when transmitting data to the other party for the first time, but also in key operation when replying to the other party after receiving information transmitted from the other party. Shall also apply.
[0011]
In the first embodiment, the input operation sound control according to the present invention is described as being applied to all keys of the terminal. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the input operation sound control is performed. The keys may be limited. For example, it may be applied only to a key for character input and not applied to other keys. Further, in the first embodiment, each time a key is pressed by a unit input operation, a sound is output (sound emitted) from the sound input / output unit 13 (FIG. 1) according to the sound pattern data. Further, for the purpose of giving more entertainment, etc., an image other than the input characters may be displayed on the display unit 17 (FIG. 1) in accordance with the output sound. If there is no sound, for example, inside a train, the image may be displayed without the output sound. If the image is displayed on, for example, a part of the periphery of the input character display portion on the display screen, the image does not disturb the input character display. The image content to be displayed may be, for example, a melody note corresponding to the sound pattern data, or a cartoon character or a portrait of a transmission destination person may be changed for each unit input operation. It is not particularly limited. In the first embodiment, the sequence number is increased by one each time a key is pressed. However, when a sound pattern data includes a rest, the sequence number may be increased by two or more. Therefore, the sequence number may be decreased by one when the backspace key is pressed. In addition, it is desirable to have an operation means for returning the sequence number to the initial value.
According to the first embodiment, a series of key operation sounds constitute one melody, and it is possible to provide entertainment to the key input operation.
[0012]
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment is an example of a mobile phone terminal having a configuration in which transmitted sound pattern data is received, registered as key operation sounds, and made usable as reproduction sounds.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a procedure when a mail is transmitted from the user A to the user B, and the user B replies to the mail.
In FIG. 5, first, a mail is created by a mail creating operation on the terminal on the user A side (step S501). Then, the sound pattern data to be transmitted to the other party is set as an attached file (step S502). Finally, a mail is transmitted with attached information indicating that the attached sound data file is data for the pressing melody mode (step S503). The terminal on the user B side that has received the mail reception notification receives the mail text first (step S504). At this time, if there is data attached by a normal method, it is assumed that the attached data can be received by a user operation. If the attached data is music data or image data, it can be reproduced. However, it is desirable that data to which additional information indicating that the data is for the “push melody mode” is added cannot be received by a user operation. If the user selects to create a reply mail in response to this mail (step S505), reception processing of the attached sound pattern data is started (step S506). Then, the received sound pattern data is registered as a key operation sound used in the “push melody mode” (step S507). If the mode is the “normal mode” at this point, the control section 14 (FIG. 1) forcibly switches to the “push melody mode”, and the received sound pattern data can be reproduced. When a reply mail starts to be created by a key pressing operation (step S508), a key operation sound is output according to the attached sound pattern data. The “push melody mode” can be returned to the normal mode again by the control unit 14 (FIG. 1). Further, an image other than the reply input character may be displayed on the display unit in accordance with the output sound for the purpose of giving more entertainment. When there is no sound, for example, inside a train, the image may be displayed without the output sound. For example, as in the case of the first embodiment, when the image is displayed on a part of the periphery of the input character display portion on the display screen, the image does not disturb the input character display. The image content to be performed may be, for example, a melody note or the like corresponding to the sound pattern data, or a cartoon character or a portrait of the person to whom the reply is made may be displayed for each key operation of the reply (for each unit input operation). ) May be changed. When the reply mail is completed and transmitted (step S509), the registration of the sound pattern data registered in step S507 is canceled (step S510), and the "press melody mode" is automatically switched to the "normal mode" as necessary. Switch to.
According to the second embodiment, when an e-mail to which sound pattern data is attached is received, the key operation sound at the time of creating a reply e-mail is automatically changed to a sound according to the attached sound pattern data such as a melody. The key operator can be provided with entertainment.
[0013]
In each of the above embodiments, the input operation sound generating device is a mobile phone terminal, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other devices are included in the scope. The sound according to the sound pattern data is not limited to the melody.
[0014]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the entertainment at the time of an input operation can be improved in an input operation sound generation type | mold apparatus.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of sound pattern data used in the terminal configuration of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operation procedure in the terminal configuration of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of transition of a display screen in operation sound mode setting.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 communication unit, 12 voice processing unit, 13 voice input / output unit, 14 control unit, 15 storage unit, 151 sound pattern data, 16 input unit, 161 mode setting key, 17 display unit.

Claims (9)

In an input operation sound generation type device capable of generating an input operation sound for each unit input operation corresponding to the unit information,
Storage means capable of holding sound pattern data including a plurality of preset sound source data and reproduction order information that defines the reproduction order of the sound source data,
Control means for reading the sound source data from the storage means based on the reproduction order information for each unit input operation, and inputting the read sound source data to a sound emitting means;
When the unit input operation is performed a plurality of times, a plurality of sound source data read out from the storage unit corresponding to the plurality of unit input operations are combined in time series, and the combined sound source An input operation sound generation type device characterized in that a sound based on data can be output from the sound emission means. In an input operation sound generation type device capable of generating an input operation sound for each unit input operation corresponding to the unit information,
A storage means capable of holding preset sound pattern data including a plurality of preset sound source data and reproduction order information defining a reproduction order of the plurality of sound source data, and storing the sound source data for each of the unit input operations Control means for reading from the storage means based on the reproduction order information and inputting the read sound source data to the sound emitting means, wherein when the unit input operation is performed a plurality of times, the unit input operation is performed a plurality of times. First input operation sound generating means for combining a plurality of sound source data read out from the storage means in a time series corresponding to the above, and outputting a sound based on the combined sound source data from the sound emitting means;
A storage unit capable of holding sound source data set corresponding to an operation unit for performing a unit input operation; reading the sound source data from the storage unit for each unit input operation and inputting the read sound source data to a sound emitting unit A second input operation sound generating means for reading out sound source data from the storage means for each unit input operation and outputting an input operation sound based on the read out sound source data from the sound emission means,
Selecting means for selecting at least one of the first input operation sound generating means and the second input operation sound generating means;
An input operation sound generation type device characterized by comprising: One piece of information to be transmitted is formed as a collection of a plurality of unit information, and in an input operation sound generation type device capable of generating an input operation sound for each unit input operation corresponding to the unit information,
Storage means capable of holding sound pattern data including a plurality of preset sound source data and reproduction order information that defines the reproduction order of the sound source data,
An input unit having an operation unit for performing the unit input operation at the time of transmitting information,
Sound emitting means for converting the sound source data into sound;
Control means for reading the sound source data from the storage means based on the reproduction order information for each of the unit input operations, and inputting the read sound source data to the sound emitting means; and controlling the sound pattern data and the sound pattern data. Transmitting / receiving means for transmitting the attached information instructing the reproduction to the other device side and receiving from the other device side,
Display means for displaying transmission information formed by the unit input operation;
When information is transmitted, when the unit input operation is performed a plurality of times, the transmission information formed by the unit input operation is displayed on the display unit, and in response to the plurality of unit input operations, A plurality of sound source data read out from the storage means are combined in time series, a sound based on the combined sound source data is output from the sound emitting means, and the sound pattern data and additional information of the sound pattern data are output. An input operation sound generating device characterized in that it can transmit and receive data. 4. The input operation sound generation type device according to claim 3, wherein the control means is configured to be able to switch so that the sound pattern data is automatically reproduced based on the attached information. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control means switches the sound pattern data to a non-playback state, and generates an input operation sound different from the input operation sound based on the sound pattern data in the non-playback state. Input operation sound generation type equipment. The input operation sound generation type device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the sound pattern data forms a melody. 4. The input operation sound generating device according to claim 3, wherein the control unit has a configuration in which an image corresponding to the unit input operation is displayed on the display unit. 5. 4. The input operation sound generation type device according to claim 1, wherein the control means has a configuration capable of changing the sound source data and changing sound pattern data stored in the storage means. In an input operation sound control method capable of generating an input operation sound for each unit input operation corresponding to unit information,
A first step of storing sound pattern data including a plurality of preset sound source data and reproduction order information defining a reproduction order of the sound source data in a storage unit;
A second step of reading the preset sound source data from the storage means for each unit input operation based on the reproduction order information;
A third step of inputting the read sound source data to sound emitting means;
A fourth step of repeating the second step and the third step,
A time-series combination of a plurality of sound source data corresponding to the plurality of unit input operations described above, and generating a sound based on the combined sound source data.

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