JP2005117698A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to freely register a ring tone by making the ring tone easily distinguishable from the ring tone of a cellular phone of the other person. <P>SOLUTION: The telephone set comprises a means for storing a sound from a microphone and a means for reproducing the stored sound as a ring tone, and the sound inputted from the microphone is stored, extracted and used as the ring tone. The inputted sound is compressed and stored, thereby reducing memory capacity. An interface with an audio apparatus is provided to use the sound of the audio apparatus as the ring tone as it is. Ring tones registered in center equipment can be easily used. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cellular phone and a cellular phone system, and in particular, it is possible to freely set the ringing tone of the same or similar cellular phone, and to clarify the ringing tone of others and their own. The present invention relates to a portable telephone set and a system thereof.

As an apparatus that allows an unspecified number of people to obtain desired information from a mobile phone or the like, there is one described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-354458 (Patent Document 1). According to this, an information providing center storing information on a tape recorder or a hard disk is arranged, and an information magazine describing an outline of information and a code corresponding to the information is issued from this center. The user calls the center via the telephone network using a facsimile and sends a code and a facsimile number corresponding to the desired information, so that the information corresponding to the code is returned from the center by facsimile.
In this apparatus, it is necessary to know an outline of information to be obtained in advance, and it is necessary to investigate a code corresponding to the information, which is troublesome.
Moreover, as an apparatus for listening to music or the like at the time of holding with respect to mobile phones or the like possessed by an unspecified number of people, there is one described in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-16850 (Patent Document 2). According to this, the phone has two or more music generators to be sent at the time of hold, and when called from the other party by dialing, the hold key is pressed because the person does not immediately come out of the handset When this is done, the music from the music generator is selected by the selection control circuit and sent to the other party.
In this apparatus, two or more music signals are switched and sent to the other party as a hold sound, but there is a problem that the music signal cannot be changed.
In this way, it is possible to obtain desired information using mobile phones possessed by an unspecified number of people, and to send music to these mobile phones, etc. Each had problems.

JP-A-4-354458 JP-A-2-16850

(1) Since the ringtone of a conventional mobile phone uses a pre-registered pattern voice, the ringtone of one's own mobile phone and the ringtones of the mobile phones of the people around There were many cases where they were the same or very similar, and there was a problem that they were difficult to distinguish.
In addition, (2) the ringing sound of the mobile phone device requires a large memory capacity because the sound of the microphone is directly stored in the memory.
In addition, (3) the ringing tone of the mobile phone has a problem that the sound quality is not so good because the voice is inputted from the microphone.
Furthermore, (4) the ringing tone of the mobile phone has a problem that the range of selection of usable data is narrow only by using the voice from the microphone.
Furthermore, (5) since the ringing tone of the mobile phone is input through a microphone or a voice input interface, the user has to prepare and create the voice himself.
Furthermore, (6) the ringing tone of the cellular phone stores voice data in a nonvolatile memory built in the cellular phone. However, since the nonvolatile memory is large, it is difficult to reduce the size and cost of the device. It was.
Further, (7) when the ringing tone of the mobile phone is downloaded from the center device, it has not been possible to confirm which ringing tone has been set by the user and whether the ringing has been correctly downloaded.
Further, (8) when downloading the ringing tone of the mobile phone from the center device, it is impossible to enjoy a different ringing tone every time because the ringing tone does not change unless the user changes the setting.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to solve these conventional problems and allow a user to freely register so that a mobile phone and a mobile phone system can be easily distinguished from the ringing tone of another person's mobile phone. Is to provide.
A second object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone and a mobile phone system that can select and register a ring tone from many options.
A third object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone and a mobile phone system that can reduce the memory capacity for storing ringing tone data and reduce the cost of the device. .
A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone and a mobile phone system that can be shared and miniaturized with a voice circuit for calls.

In order to achieve each of the above objects, the cellular phone of the present invention includes (1) a microphone (M in FIG. 1) for inputting sound to the device, and a storage device (B5) for storing the sound input from the microphone. And output means (B12, S) for reading out the voice stored in the storage device, reproducing the voice as a ringing tone, and outputting it. Also,
(2) In addition to the above means, storage means (B5 in FIG. 3) for temporarily storing the sound input from the microphone, and compression means (B8) for reading the temporarily stored sound and performing compression processing And an output means (B8, B12, and S) that takes out the stored compressed voice, reproduces the voice as a ringing tone, and outputs it. It is also characterized by having. Also,
(3) In addition to the above means, an audio input terminal (A in FIG. 4) serving as an interface with an audio device, and an audio signal from the audio device connected to the audio input terminal are input, and the audio signal is input It is also characterized by comprising a storage device (B5) for storing and means (B12, S) for reading out the stored voice signal, reproducing the voice signal as a ringing tone, and outputting it. Also,
(4) In addition to the above means, an earphone microphone terminal (EM in FIG. 5) for connecting one of the earphone and the microphone, and a storage device (B5) for storing an audio signal input from the earphone microphone terminal And a means for reproducing and outputting the stored voice signal as a ringing tone (B12, S). Also,
(5) In addition to the above means, a serial communication interface terminal (S in FIG. 6) serving as an interface for serial communication and a storage device (B5) for storing audio data from the serial communication interface terminal are stored. The present invention is also characterized by comprising means (denoted B12, S) for decoding the audio data being reproduced, reproducing the decoded data as a ringing tone, and outputting it. Also,
The cellular phone system of the present invention includes (6) a storage device (C7 in FIG. 7) for registering the ring tone of the cellular phone and an interface for uploading the stored ring tone in response to a request from the cellular phone ( C4), an interface (B2 in FIG. 1) for downloading a ring tone from the center device, storage means (B5) for storing and storing the downloaded ring tone, and It is characterized by comprising a mobile phone provided with means (B12, S) for reproducing and outputting a ringing tone. Also,
(7) An interface (B2 in FIG. 1) for downloading a ring tone from the center device. When the power is turned on, the center device is automatically accessed and a means for downloading the ring tone (B2) is downloaded. It is also characterized by comprising storage means (same as B5) for storing and storing the ringing sound, and a mobile phone provided with means (B12, S) for reproducing and outputting the stored ringing sound. It is said. further,
(8) An interface for downloading a ring tone from the center device, means for automatically accessing the center device when the power is turned on, means for downloading the ring tone, and when the ring tone is downloaded, the ring tone It is also characterized by comprising a means for ringing, a storage means for storing and storing a downloaded ringing tone, and a mobile phone provided with means for reproducing and outputting the stored ringing tone. further,
(9) An interface for downloading a ring tone from the center device, a means for automatically accessing the center device when the power is turned on, a means for downloading the ring tone, a means for randomly selecting voice data to be downloaded, Mobile device comprising means for ringing a ringing tone when downloaded, a storage unit for storing and storing the downloaded ringing tone, and a means for reproducing and outputting the stored ringing tone It also features a phone.

  As described above, according to the present invention, since the user memorizes the voice inputted from the microphone of the mobile phone and uses this as the ringing tone, the user can easily distinguish it from the ringing tone of the mobile phone of another person. And no mistakes are made. In addition, since the audio data is compressed and stored, the required amount of memory can be reduced and the cost of the apparatus can be reduced. In addition, since a general audio device, a serial communication interface, or an earphone microphone is provided, the sound of the audio device or the sound created and processed by a personal computer or the like can be used as it is as a ringing tone for a mobile phone. Further, the ringing tone registered in the center device can be easily used, and the ringing tone can be automatically downloaded when the power is turned on, so that a non-volatile memory is not required, and the cost of the device can be reduced. Further, it is possible to obtain a sense of expectation by confirming which sound is set as the ringing tone to be downloaded, or changing randomly every time.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a cellular phone showing a first embodiment of the present invention. The cellular phone (TEL) of the present embodiment is connected to a telephone unit circuit B1 that performs telephone operations, a radio unit circuit B2 that is connected to an antenna (ANT) and performs wireless modulation and demodulation, and a display unit control circuit B3 that controls a display device. , Key control unit circuit B4 for determining the input of a key (button) of a cellular phone, a storage unit for various data, a storage unit B5 composed of a semiconductor storage element (ROM, RAM), a ringing tone, etc. A sound / light emitting unit circuit B6 for controlling elements and the like and a central processing unit (CPU) B7 are included.
The telephone circuit B1 is provided with hardware necessary for connection of a circuit for voice input B11 and voice output B12, a telephone line, and the like. A microphone M is connected to the audio input B11, and a speaker S is connected to the audio output B12. The radio unit circuit B2 transmits and receives radio waves via an antenna in accordance with an analog or digital cellular phone standard. A display device such as a liquid crystal display device (LCD) is connected to the display unit control circuit B3. Each key K is connected to the key control unit circuit B4, and the key control unit circuit B4 determines the input content of a signal generated by pressing the key. The sounding / light emitting circuit B6 controls sounding of a ringing tone and the like, and the light emitting element. Each of these modules is operated and controlled by executing a program stored in the storage device B5 by the CPU B7.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation example of a method for a user to register a ring tone in the present invention.
Initially, it is in the normal mode (step S1), and when the user operates the registration key (step S2), the * key or 1 key is pressed (step S3), and the mode shifts to the ringing tone registration mode (step S3). S4). The user inputs voice from the microphone (step S5) and presses a registration key (# key) (step S6), thereby completing registration of the ringing tone (step S7).
When a key other than the registration key is pressed (step S8), the other mode is set (step S9).
In this way, in the first embodiment, the user's original ringing tone can be created by storing the voice input from the microphone of the mobile phone and using it as the ringing tone. It can be easily distinguished from the ringing tone of another person's mobile phone. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether or not the call is on the telephone, and the convenience of the mobile phone is improved.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a cellular phone showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 3, in addition to the configuration of FIG. 1, an audio compression / decompression circuit B8 is added.
The voice compression / decompression circuit B8 has a function of compressing the voice input from the voice input circuit B11 and a function of restoring the voice and outputting it to the voice output circuit B12. A temporary storage device (RAM) necessary for compression / decompression may be incorporated. Further, as a method for compressing / decompressing audio, it may be performed by software in addition to dedicated hardware as shown in FIG. The compression / decompression method is performed by ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation) or the like in the case of a digital system.
Characteristic components of the present embodiment are a storage device B5 that temporarily stores the sound from the microphone M, a sound compression / decompression circuit B8 that compresses the temporarily stored sound, a storage device B5 that stores the compressed sound, There are a circuit B8 for extracting and restoring the compressed and stored voice, and a voice output circuit B12 for reproducing the restored voice as a ringing tone.
According to this embodiment, since the voice data is compressed and stored, the amount of memory necessary for storing the ringing tone data can be reduced, so that the cost of the apparatus can be reduced.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a cellular phone showing a third embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 4, in addition to the configuration of FIG. 1, an audio input terminal A is added. The signal from the audio input terminal A is sent to the audio input circuit B11 and processed in the same manner as the audio from the microphone M. That is, it is stored in the storage device B5 from the voice input circuit B11 via the CPU · B7. Although not shown, the compression / decompression circuit of FIG. 3 can also be incorporated.
According to this embodiment, since an interface with a general audio device is provided, the sound of an audio device such as a compact disk or television can be stored and used as it is as a ringing tone for a mobile phone. The ringing tone can be stored with a clearer voice, and the audio data can be transmitted through the mobile phone by connecting the signal from the audio input terminal A to the voice transmission circuit.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a cellular phone showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 5, an earphone microphone terminal EM is added in addition to the configuration of FIG. 1. An input signal from the earphone microphone terminal EM is sent to the sound input circuit B11 and processed in the same manner as the sound from the microphone M. The output signal from the audio output circuit B12 is sent to the earphone when an earphone microphone is connected to the terminal. Although not shown, the compression / decompression circuit of FIG. 3 can be incorporated.
According to the present embodiment, since the sound from the earphone microphone terminal can be stored, a microphone connected to the terminal or a sound source such as another audio device can be used as a ringing sound for the mobile phone. Then, by storing and using the audio signal from the earphone microphone terminal EM, it is possible to realize commonality and miniaturization with the audio circuit of the call.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a cellular phone showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 6, a serial communication interface S is added to the configuration of FIG. The digitized audio signal from the serial communication interface S is sent to the storage device B5 via the CPU • B7. The audio data is decoded and converted into audio according to the encoded scheme. The encoding method is, for example, the WAVE method.
According to the present embodiment, since the serial communication interface is provided, voice data created and processed by a personal computer or the like can be downloaded to the storage device of the mobile phone and used as a ringing tone. Thereby, the selection range of the data which can be utilized can be expanded.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a mobile phone system showing a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
Radio data is exchanged between the mobile phone TEL and the base station by radio waves. The base station is connected to the center device via a public telephone network.
The center device includes a tape recorder C1, a hard disk C2, a CD-ROM drive C3, a telephone circuit C4, a storage device C7, and a CPU / C6.
In storage devices such as the tape recorder C1, the hard disk C2, and the CD-ROM drive C3, analog or digitized ringing tone data, voice guidance data, and the like are stored. The stored audio data is organized into tables for each category so that the user can easily access them. These voice data are appropriately taken out according to a request from the mobile phone, and are converted into digital-analog conversion or analog-digital conversion as necessary, and are sent from the telephone circuit C4 to the public telephone network. These modules are controlled by the CPU C6, and the operation is performed by the CPU executing a program stored in the storage device C7.
As described above, in this embodiment, the storage device C7 that stores the ringing tone of the telephone in the center device, and the interface (telephone unit circuit) C4 that uploads the ringing tone in response to a request from the mobile phone. One mobile phone includes an interface for downloading a ringing tone from the center device, and stores and stores the downloaded ringing tone (EEPROM), and a portion for reproducing the stored ringing tone. .
As a result, the user can access the center device and easily use the registered ringing tone, so that the user does not have to create his own voice, and can easily switch and use the ringing tone. Can do. In addition, the ringing tone can be easily registered in the center device.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example in which a user downloads voice data for a ringing tone in the present invention.
Initially, it is in the normal mode (step S1). If the * key and 1 key are pressed (step S3) following the pressing of the registration key (step S2), the ringing tone registration mode is set (step S4). In this case, a voice is input (step S5), and the # key is operated (step S6) to complete registration of the ringing tone (step S7).
On the other hand, when audio data is downloaded from the center device, if the * key and the 2 key are pressed (step S10), the center device is automatically accessed and a state of downloading audio is entered (step S11). Alternatively, this operation may be performed by calling the center device in advance. Next, the user performs a key operation on the telephone according to the voice guidance from the center apparatus, and downloads a desired ringing tone voice (step S12). When the download is completed, a predetermined key operation is performed (# key pressed) (step S13), and the download is terminated. If the download is successful, registration is automatically completed (step S14).
If another key is pressed in the normal mode state (step S8), the other mode state is entered (step S9).

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the start-up operation of the mobile phone system showing the seventh embodiment of the present invention.
First, when the power key is pressed (step S2), the center device is automatically accessed and audio data is downloaded (step S3). As a method for this, the mobile phone stores a management number on the center device of the ringing tone registered when the power was turned off last time. In the process of step S3, the mobile phone transmits this management number to the center device, and the center device transmits voice data corresponding to this number to the mobile phone.
That is, as a component of the present embodiment, the center device includes a storage device that stores a telephone ringing tone, and an interface that uploads a ringing tone in response to a request from the mobile phone. The device includes an interface for downloading a ring tone from the center device, a RAM for storing and storing the downloaded ring tone, a means for reproducing the stored ring tone, and a center automatically when the power is turned on. Means for accessing the device and downloading a ringing tone.
Thus, by automatically downloading the ring tone data from the center device when the power is turned on, it is not necessary to store the ring tone data in the nonvolatile memory, so that the cost of the device can be reduced.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the start-up operation of the mobile phone according to the present invention.
In FIG. 10, in addition to the processing steps of FIG. 9, a process (step S5) for ringing a ringing tone is added. That is, when the power key is pressed (step S2), the center device is automatically accessed and a ringing tone is downloaded (step S3). Next, the downloaded ringing sound data is automatically sounded (step S5). And it returns to normal mode (step S4).
As a result, when the power is turned on, the ring tone data is automatically downloaded from the center device. At that time, by playing the ring tone, the ring tone of the current mobile phone is set to which sound. Can be confirmed. You can also check if it was downloaded correctly.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the start-up operation of the cellular phone showing the ninth embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 11, the process of step S6 is added instead of step S3 of FIG. In step S6, a management number on the center device to be downloaded is selected at random, and audio data is downloaded.
As a result, the audio data to be downloaded is set at random every time the power is turned on, so there is a pleasure to expect what kind of audio will be downloaded.

1 is a block configuration diagram of a cellular phone showing a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. In FIG. 1, it is a flowchart of the method in which a user registers a ringing tone. It is a block block diagram of the mobile telephone which shows the 2nd Example of this invention. It is a block block diagram of the mobile telephone which shows the 3rd Example of this invention. It is a block block diagram of the mobile telephone which shows the 4th Example of this invention. It is a block block diagram of the mobile telephone which shows the 5th Example of this invention. It is a block block diagram of the mobile telephone system which shows the 6th Example of this invention. In FIG. 7, it is a flowchart which shows the example which the user downloads the audio | voice data for ringtones. It is a flowchart of the starting operation | movement of a mobile telephone which shows the 7th Example of this invention. It is a flowchart of the starting operation | movement of a mobile telephone which shows the 8th Example of this invention. It is a flowchart of the starting operation | movement of a mobile telephone which shows the 9th Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

B1 ... Telephone part circuit, B2 ... Radio part circuit, B3 ... Display part control circuit, B4 ... Key control part circuit, B5 ... Memory device, B6 ... Sound / light emitting part circuit, B7 ... CPU, M ... Microphone, S ... Speaker, ANT ... antenna, L ... liquid crystal display device, K ... key, B11 ... voice input circuit, B12 ... voice output circuit,
B8 ... Audio compression / decompression circuit, A ... Audio input terminal, EM ... Earphone microphone terminal, S ... Serial interface, C1 ... Tape recorder, C2 ... Hard disk, C3 ... CD-ROM drive,
C4: Telephone unit circuit, C41: Audio input circuit, C42: Audio output circuit, C6: CPU, C7: Storage device, TEL: Mobile phone.

Claims (9)

  A wireless transmitter / receiver that transmits and receives radio waves to and from the other party, a key controller that transmits instructions from the user to the processing unit, a ringing tone, and a sound / light emitting unit that controls the light emitting elements, etc. And a mobile phone having a display control unit for controlling the display device, a microphone for inputting sound to the device, a storage device for storing sound input from the microphone, and a sound stored in the storage device And an output means for reproducing and outputting the voice as a ringing tone.   2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein, in addition to each of the means, a storage means for temporarily storing voice input from the microphone, and a compression means for reading the temporarily stored voice and performing compression processing; A cellular phone comprising: a storage device for storing compressed voice again; and output means for taking out the stored compressed voice, reproducing the voice as a ringing tone, and outputting the ringing tone.   The cellular phone according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, in addition to the above means, an audio input terminal serving as an interface with an audio device, and an audio signal from the audio device connected to the audio input terminal are input. A cellular phone comprising: a storage device for storing the voice signal; and means for reading out the stored voice signal, reproducing the voice signal as a ringing tone, and outputting the ringing tone.   3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein, in addition to the means, an earphone microphone terminal for connecting one of the earphone and a microphone, and a storage device for storing an audio signal input from the earphone microphone terminal And a means for reproducing and outputting the stored voice signal as a ringing tone.   3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein, in addition to the above means, a serial communication interface terminal serving as an interface for serial communication, and a storage device for storing audio data from the serial communication interface terminal are stored. And a means for reproducing the decoded data as a ringing tone and outputting the decoded data.   A storage device for registering a ring tone of a mobile phone, a center device having an interface for uploading the stored ring tone in response to a request from the mobile phone, and a ring tone from the center device are downloaded. What is claimed is: 1. A mobile phone system comprising: an interface; storage means for storing and storing a downloaded ringing tone; and a mobile phone having a means for reproducing and outputting the stored ringing tone.   A storage device for registering a ring tone of a mobile phone, a center device having an interface for uploading the stored ring tone in response to a request from the mobile phone, and a ring tone from the center device are downloaded. Interface, means for automatically accessing the center device when the power is turned on, downloading the ringing tone, storing means for storing and storing the downloaded ringing tone, and reproducing the stored ringing tone And a mobile phone system having a means for outputting.   A storage device for registering a ring tone of a mobile phone, a center device having an interface for uploading the stored ring tone in response to a request from the mobile phone, and a ring tone from the center device are downloaded. Interface, means for automatically accessing the center device when the power is turned on, means for downloading a ringing tone, means for ringing the ringing tone when the ringing tone is downloaded, and storing the downloaded ringing tone A mobile phone system comprising: storage means for storing; and a mobile phone provided with means for reproducing and outputting the stored ringing tone.   A storage device for registering a ring tone of a mobile phone, a center device having an interface for uploading the stored ring tone in response to a request from the mobile phone, and a ring tone from the center device are downloaded. When the interface is turned on, the center device is automatically accessed and means for downloading the ring tone, means for randomly selecting the voice data to be downloaded, and ringing when the ring tone is downloaded A mobile phone system comprising: means for storing, storage means for storing and storing the downloaded ringing tone, and a mobile phone provided with means for reproducing and outputting the stored ringing tone .

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