JP4061812B2 - Mobile phone and musical sound generation control method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  The present invention is a mobile phone.And to control the generation of musical soundsRelated.
[0002]
[Prior art]
  Mobile phones are widely used, and it is known that a ringing melody that is a ringing sound at the time of incoming call can be set. The performance data for this ringing melody assigns a pitch to each numeric key for phone number input provided on the phone terminal body, and specifies the pitch of each tone in the song by the user's manual operation. Specify note lengthOrTo do. Also, as a method of inputting performance data for a ringing melody, there is a method for registering a ringing melody by connecting a telephone terminal body to a device for performance data input.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional method of inputting performance data, when inputting manually, it is difficult to input smoothly unlike a normal musical instrument performance operation, and the operation is complicated. When using a device for inputting performance data, the input operation is easy, but a song composed by the user cannot be set as a ringing melody. In particular, those who have experienced playing a musical instrument feel that the input operation is more complicated because performance data cannot be input in the same manner as a musical instrument.
[0004]
On the other hand, a service for notifying a telephone number of a caller before answering a call is provided. Since this can be confirmed by the telephone number displayed on the display before the response, the safety of the call can be ensured.
[0005]
However, even if the sender is not desired to be known to the other party, the sender's telephone number is displayed, so that the other party can easily know the sender and the telephone number.
[0007]
  So bookAn object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone that can specify a caller both visually and auditorily when a call is receivedAnd musical sound generation control methodIs to provide.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  The present invention has the following features in order to achieve such a problem. In the explanation of the following meansThe sign ofThese are reference numerals for drawings to be described later.
[0009]
  A mobile phone according to the invention of claim 1 is provided.
  Receiving means for receiving performance data sent from the outside (wireless unit 13, CPU 8 in FIG. 2; S12 in FIG. 4);
  Storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and telephone number data associated with the reception means (storage units 11 and 11c in FIG. 2; FIGS. 3A and 3B; CPU 8 in FIG. 2, FIG. 4) S13)
  Input means for inputting performance data ( Key group 2 in FIGS. 1 and 2; CPU 8 in FIG. ) When,
  Data storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and operation guide data in association with each other (storage units 11 and 11b in FIG. 2; FIG. 3A; CPU 8 in FIG. 2; S7 in FIG. 4);
  Incoming call detection means (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; S14 in FIG. 4) for detecting that there is an incoming call;
  Whether or not the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the storage means when it is detected by the incoming call detection means that the incoming call is received Determining means (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; C2 in FIG. 7);
  When it is determined by the determination means that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the storage means, and according to the read performance data. Musical tone generation control means (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; FIG. 3B; C3 and C6 in FIG. 7) for generating musical tone;
  When the performance data is read from the storage means under the control of the musical tone generation control means, simultaneously, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is read, and the input means is optically controlled according to the read operation guide data. Display control means for visual display (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; FIG. 3A); C 3, C6 )When,
  It is characterized by providing.
[0010]
  The mobile phone according to the invention of claim 2 is
  Input means for inputting performance data (key group 2 in FIGS. 1 and 2; CPU 8 in FIG. 2);
  Transmitting means for transmitting performance data input by the input means to the outside (wireless unit 13, CPU 8 in FIG. 2; S8, S9 in FIG. 4; B6 in FIG. 6);
Receiving means for receiving performance data sent from the outside (wireless unit 13, CPU 8 in FIG. 2; S12 in FIG. 4);
  Storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and telephone number data associated with the reception means (storage units 11 and 11c in FIG. 2; FIGS. 3A and 3B; CPU 8 in FIG. 2, FIG. 4) S13)
  Data storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and operation guide data in association with each other (storage units 11 and 11b in FIG. 2; FIG. 3A; CPU 8 in FIG. 2; S7 in FIG. 4);
  Incoming call detection means (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; S14 in FIG. 4) for detecting that there is an incoming call;
  Whether or not the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the storage means when it is detected by the incoming call detection means that the incoming call is received Determining means (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; C2 in FIG. 7);
  When it is determined by the determination means that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the storage means, and according to the read performance data. Musical sound generation control means (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; FIG. 3B; C3 and C6 in FIG. 7) for generating musical sounds;
  When the performance data is read from the storage means under the control of the musical tone generation control means, simultaneously, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is read, and the input means is optically controlled according to the read operation guide data. Display control means for visual display (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; FIG. 3A); C 3, C6 )When,
  It is characterized by providing.
[0011]
  A mobile phone according to the invention of claim 3 is provided.
  Receiving means (wireless unit 13, CPU 8 in FIG. 2; S12 in FIG. 4) for accessing an external server (server 40 in FIG. 12) and receiving performance data distributed from the server;
Storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and telephone number data associated with the reception means (storage units 11 and 11c in FIG. 2; FIGS. 3A and 3B; CPU 8 in FIG. 2, FIG. 4) S13)
  Input means for inputting performance data ( Key group 2 in FIGS. 1 and 2; CPU 8 in FIG. ) When,
  Data storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and operation guide data in association with each other (storage units 11 and 11b in FIG. 2; FIG. 3A; CPU 8 in FIG. 2; S7 in FIG. 4);
  Incoming call detection means (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; S14 in FIG. 4) for detecting that there is an incoming call;
  Whether or not the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the storage means when it is detected by the incoming call detection means that the incoming call is received Determining means (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; C2 in FIG. 7);
  When it is determined by the determination means that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the storage means, and according to the read performance data. Musical tone generation control means (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; FIG. 3B; C3 and C6 in FIG. 7) for generating musical tone;
  When the performance data is read from the storage means under the control of the musical tone generation control means, simultaneously, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is read, and the input means is optically controlled according to the read operation guide data. Display control means for visual display (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; FIG. 3A); C 3, C6 )When,
  It is characterized by providing.
[0012]
  A mobile phone according to the invention of claim 4 is provided.
First data storage means (storage units 11 and 11c in FIG. 2; FIGS. 3A and 3B) storing a plurality of sets of first performance data and telephone number data in association with each other;
  Second data storage means (storage units 11 and 11a in FIG. 2) storing second performance data;
  Input means for inputting performance data ( Key group 2 in FIGS. 1 and 2; CPU 8 in FIG. ) When,
  Data storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and operation guide data in association with each other (storage units 11 and 11b in FIG. 2; FIG. 3A; CPU 8 in FIG. 2; S7 in FIG. 4);
  Incoming call detection means (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; S14 in FIG. 4) for detecting that there is an incoming call;
  When the incoming call detecting means detects that there is an incoming call, the caller's telephone number data contained in the detected incoming call incoming signal is stored in the first data storage means. Determination means for determining whether or not there is (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; C2 in FIG. 7);
  When it is determined by the determining means that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the first performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the first data storage means. When the musical tone is generated according to the read first performance data and it is determined that the telephone number data of the caller is not stored, the second performance data is read from the second data storage means. A tone generation control means (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; FIG. 3B; C2, C3, C5, C6 in FIG. 7) for reading out and generating a tone in accordance with the read second performance data;
  When the performance data is read from the storage means under the control of the musical tone generation control means, simultaneously, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is read, and the input means is optically controlled according to the read operation guide data. Display control means for visual display (CPU 8 in FIG. 2; FIG. 3A); C 3, C6 )When,
  It is characterized by providing.
[0014]
  The musical sound generation control method according to the invention of claim 5 is:
  In a musical sound generation control method used for a telephone having a musical sound generating unit (speech processing unit 10 in FIG. 2, speaker 7) that generates musical sounds,
  A receiving step (S12 in FIG. 4) for receiving performance data sent from outside;
Storage control step (FIG. 4) in which a plurality of sets are stored in the storage means (storage units 11 and 11c in FIG. 2; FIGS. 3A and 3B) in association with the performance data and telephone number data received in this reception step. S13)
  Key group for inputting performance data ( Key group 2 in FIGS. 1 and 2; CPU 8 in FIG. ) A storage control step (FIG. 4) in which a plurality of sets are stored in the data storage means (the storage units 11 and 11b in FIG. 2; FIG. 3 (A)) in association with the performance data input according to the input operation and the operation guide data. S 7) and
  An incoming call detection step (S14 in FIG. 4) for detecting that there is an incoming call;
  Whether or not the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the storage means when it is detected by the incoming call detection step that an incoming call has been received A determination step (C2 in FIG. 7) for determining
  When it is determined in this determination step that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the storage means, and according to the read performance data. A musical sound generation control step (C3, C6 in FIG. 7) for generating a musical sound from the musical sound generator;
  When the performance data is read from the storage means by the control of the musical tone generation control step, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is simultaneously read out, and the key group is optically read according to the read operation guide data. Display control step (in FIG. 7) C 3, C 6) and
  It is characterized by providing.
[0015]
  A musical sound generation control method according to the invention of claim 6 is provided.
In a musical sound generation control method used for a telephone having a musical sound generating unit (speech processing unit 10 in FIG. 2, speaker 7) for generating musical sounds,
  A transmission step (B6 in FIG. 6) for transmitting performance data input in accordance with an input operation for inputting performance data;
  A receiving step (S12 in FIG. 4) for receiving performance data sent from outside;
  Storage control step (FIG. 4) in which a plurality of sets are stored in the storage means (storage units 11 and 11c in FIG. 2; FIGS. 3A and 3B) in association with the performance data and telephone number data received in this reception step. S13)
  Key group for inputting performance data ( Key group 2 in FIGS. 1 and 2; CPU 8 in FIG. ) A storage control step (FIG. 4) in which a plurality of sets are stored in the data storage means (the storage units 11 and 11b in FIG. 2; FIG. 3 (A)) in association with the performance data input according to the input operation and the operation guide data. S 7) and
  An incoming call detection step (S14 in FIG. 4) for detecting that there is an incoming call;
  Whether or not the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the storage means when it is detected by the incoming call detection step that an incoming call has been received A determination step (C2 in FIG. 7) for determining
  When it is determined in this determination step that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the storage means, and according to the read performance data. A musical sound generation control step (C3, C6 in FIG. 7) for generating a musical sound from the musical sound generator;
  When the performance data is read from the storage means by the control of the musical tone generation control step, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is simultaneously read out, and the key group is optically read according to the read operation guide data. Display control step (in FIG. 7) C 3, C 6) and
  It is characterized by providing.
[0016]
  A musical sound generation control method according to the invention of claim 7 is provided.
  In a musical sound generation control method used for a telephone having a musical sound generating unit (speech processing unit 10 in FIG. 2, speaker 7) for generating musical sounds,
  A receiving step (S12 in FIG. 4) for accessing an external server (server 40 in FIG. 12) and receiving performance data distributed from the server;
  A storage control step (in FIG. 4) in which a plurality of sets are stored in the storage means (storage units 11 and 11 c in FIG. 2; FIGS. 3A and 3B) in association with the performance data and telephone number data received in this reception step. S13)
  Key group for inputting performance data ( Key group 2 in FIGS. 1 and 2; CPU 8 in FIG. ) A storage control step (FIG. 4) in which a plurality of sets are stored in the data storage means (the storage units 11 and 11b in FIG. 2; FIG. 3 (A)) in association with the performance data input according to the input operation and the operation guide data. S 7) and
  An incoming call detection step (S14 in FIG. 4) for detecting that there is an incoming call;
  Whether or not the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the storage means when it is detected by the incoming call detection step that an incoming call has been received A determination step (C2 in FIG. 7) for determining
  When it is determined in this determination step that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the storage means, and according to the read performance data. A musical sound generation control step (C3, C6 in FIG. 7) for generating a musical sound from the musical sound generator;
  When the performance data is read from the storage means by the control of the musical tone generation control step, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is simultaneously read out, and the key group is optically read according to the read operation guide data. Display control step (in FIG. 7) C 3, C 6) and
  It is characterized by providing.
[0017]
  The musical sound generation control method according to the invention of claim 8 is:
  In a musical sound generation control method used for a telephone having a musical sound generating unit (speech processing unit 10 in FIG. 2, speaker 7) for generating musical sounds,
  Second data storage means (storage units 11 and 11a in FIG. 2) storing second performance data;
  Key group for inputting performance data ( Key group 2 in FIGS. 1 and 2; CPU 8 in FIG. ) A storage control step (FIG. 4) in which a plurality of sets are stored in the data storage means (the storage units 11 and 11b in FIG. 2; FIG. 3 (A)) in association with the performance data input according to the input operation and the operation guide data. S 7) and
  An incoming call detection step (S14 in FIG. 4) for detecting that there is an incoming call;
  When it is detected in this incoming call detection step that there is an incoming call, first data storage means (stored in FIG. 2) stores a plurality of sets of first performance data and telephone number data in association with each other. 3 (A) and (B)), the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the first data storage means. A determination step (C2 in FIG. 7) for determining whether or not
  When it is determined in this determination step that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the first performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the first data storage means. In accordance with the read first performance data, a musical sound is generated from the musical sound generator, and on the other hand, when it is determined that the telephone number data of the caller is not stored, the second performance data is stored in the first performance data. A musical tone generation control step (C2, C3, C5, C6 in FIG. 7) for reading out the musical tone from the musical tone generator in accordance with the read second performance data;
  When the performance data is read from the storage means by the control of the musical tone generation control step, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is simultaneously read out, and the key group is optically read according to the read operation guide data. Display control step (in FIG. 7) C 3, C 6) and
  It is characterized by providing.
[0021]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a mobile phone according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. Although details will be described later, the mobile phone according to the present invention not only has a telephone function but also functions as an electronic musical instrument.
[0022]
[First Embodiment]
In the first embodiment, a keyboard instrument type mobile phone 1 to which the present invention is applied will be described.
First, the configuration will be described.
[0023]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1 includes a display unit 4 including a key group 2 (to be described later), an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and the like on the surface of the housing 1 </ b> A. 6) A microphone (sending part) 5 is provided below the key group 2. In addition, a speaker 7 that outputs musical sounds is provided on the right shoulder of the housing 1A. In addition, an antenna 14 is provided at the top of the housing 1A so as to be extendable and retractable so that the antenna 14 is pulled out when making a call. A power supply unit (not shown) such as a charging pack is provided on the back surface of the housing 1A. Each of these components is connected to an electronic circuit (see FIG. 2) of a circuit board housed in the housing 1A, and the operation of each part is controlled by a CPU 8 described later.
[0024]
The key group 2 is composed of a plurality of light emitting keys 2a to 2l arranged in a keyboard shape, a response key 2m that is pressed when making a call or answering a call, a mode key 2n, and a registration key 2o. A signal is output to the CPU 8.
[0025]
The light emission keys 2a to 2l are ten-keys for inputting telephone number data in the telephone number mode, and are pitch / tone length / velocity designation keys for inputting performance data in the performance mode. The above modes are switched and set every time the mode key 2n is pressed.
[0026]
For example, the light emission key 2a is assigned a key code designating the pitch “C3” in the performance mode, and assigned a key code designating the numerical value “0” in the telephone number mode. Similarly, the light emission key 2b is assigned a key code designating the pitch “C3 #” in the performance mode, and is assigned a key code designating the numerical value “1” in the telephone number mode. Similarly, the key codes for designating the pitches “D” to “B4” are sequentially assigned in the performance mode for the light emission keys 2c to 2l, and the numerical values “2” to “9” and the symbol “ Key codes specifying “#” and “*” are assigned.
[0027]
Further, since each of the light emission keys 2a to 2l is arranged in a keyboard shape, the light emission keys for designating the pitches “C3”, “D3”, “E3”, “F3”, “G3”, “A4”, “B4”. 2a, 2c, 2e, 2f, 2h, 2j, 2l are white, light emitting keys 2b, 2d, 2g for designating "C3 #", "D3 #", "F3 #", "G3 #", "A4 #" , 2i, 2k are black.
[0028]
Each of the light emitting keys 2a to 2l incorporates light emitting elements 3a to 3l (hereinafter referred to as LEDs 3a to 3l) constituted by LEDs or the like and press sensors 16a to 16l for detecting the strength of the key press.
[0029]
The LEDs 3a to 3l are turned on or off in accordance with a lighting signal output from the LED drive circuit 3B, and the performance operation is guided by optical visual display. Further, light is emitted in response to a key pressing operation of the light emission keys 2a to 2l. When guiding the performance operation, the LED drive circuit 3B is based on a lighting signal generated by the CPU 8 in accordance with operation guide data described later, and the LEDs 3a to 3l (operation guides) corresponding to the light emission keys 2a to 2l to be pressed at the time of performance. The data “lighting LED instruction data”; refer to 11b in FIG. 3A) is caused to emit light at the timing to be depressed (“lighting timing data” in operation guide data; refer to 11b in FIG. 3A). In addition, when the incoming melody (performance data) is sounded when a call is received, the light emission keys 2a to 2l having pitches corresponding to the musical sound to be sounded are caused to emit light.
[0030]
In addition, you may provide so that LED3a-3l may be exposed outside the light emission keys 2a-2l. In particular, the light emitting keys 2b, 2d, 2g, 2i, and 2k, which are black keys, do not stand out as operation guides when the LEDs 3b, 3d, 3g, 3i, and 3k are built in. LEDs 3b, 3d, 3g, 3i and 3k are provided at positions close to the light emitting keys 2b, 2d, 2g, 2i and 2 respectively, and the light emitting keys 2a, 2c, 2e, 2f, 2h, 2j and 2l serving as white keys are inside. LED 2a, 3c, 3e, 3f, 3h, 3j, 3l may be provided.
[0031]
The press sensors 16a to 16l detect the force (velocity “VEL”) applied at the time of the key pressing operation and output it to the CPU 8.
[0032]
The response button 2m is operated when making a call or answering an incoming call. The registration key 2o is operated when registering the input performance data or registering the input telephone number data.
[0033]
The display unit 4 is configured by an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and displays display data generated in accordance with a display instruction from the CPU 8. For example, when a phone call is received, the caller's phone number is displayed, the phone number or name entered when registering the phone number is displayed, music is output according to performance data, or the operation guide is emitted Displays the song name.
[0034]
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an electronic circuit mounted on a circuit board housed in the housing 1A. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 includes a key group 2 including light emitting keys 2 a to 2 l including LEDs 3 a to 3 l and press sensors 16 a to 16 l, a display unit 4, a microphone 5, a receiver 6, a speaker 7, a CPU 8, The sound source 9, the sound processing unit 10, the storage unit 11, the ROM 12, the wireless unit 13, and the antenna 14 are configured.
[0035]
The CPU 8 controls each part of the mobile phone 1 in order to execute each process according to the key operation signal input from the key group 2. That is, according to the overall processing (see FIG. 4) described later, performance data registration processing (see FIG. 5), telephone number registration processing (step S7 in FIG. 4), performance data transmission processing (see FIG. 6), and call processing (Step S11 in FIG. 4), reception registration processing of performance data from outside (S13 in FIG. 4), processing upon incoming call (see FIG. 7), and the like are executed and controlled.
[0036]
In the performance data registration process (see FIG. 5), the CPU 8 obtains tone data “ONSYOKU” and pitch data “ONKOU” from the light emission keys 2a to 2l pressed by the performance operation, and the light emission keys 2a to 2l. The velocity sensor “VEL” is obtained by detecting the key-pressing strength with the press sensors 16a to 16l provided in the, and the time length from the key-pressing time to the key-release time is counted to obtain the sound length data “ONTYOU”. get. Also, the sound generation timing “t”, which is the key pressing time, is acquired. The note data determined by these parameters is acquired along with the performance operation, and stored as performance data in the performance data memory 11a of the storage unit 11 (see FIG. 3A).
[0037]
At the time of performance data registration, the CPU 8 generates operation guide data according to the performance data and stores it in the operation guide data memory 11 b of the storage unit 11. That is, “lighting LED instruction data” is generated from the pitch data “ONKOU” of each note data, and “lighting timing data” is generated from the sound generation timing “t”. The musical note data is stored in association with performance data as operation guide data (see FIG. 3A).
[0038]
In the telephone number registration process (step S7 in FIG. 4), the CPU 8 stores the telephone number data input by operating the light emission keys 2a to 2l in the telephone number mode in the telephone number data memory 11c of the storage unit 11. The telephone number data may be associated with a name and stored. Although details will be described later, incoming telephone performance data is stored in association with each telephone number data as an incoming melody that rings when an incoming call is received.
[0039]
In the performance data transmission process (see FIG. 6), the CPU 8 designates arbitrary performance data from the performance data stored in the storage unit 11, and the designated performance data is input by operating the light emission keys 2a to 2l. Sent to the phone number. At this time, the corresponding operation guide data is transmitted together.
[0040]
In the call processing (step S11 in FIG. 4), the CPU 8 transmits a call signal to the telephone number input by operating the light emission keys 2a to 2l, and when the other party's response is detected, the wireless unit 13 and the voice processing unit 10 Call voice is sent and received.
[0041]
In the reception registration process of performance data from outside (S13 in FIG. 4), the CPU 8 stores the performance data received from the outside in the storage unit 11. Further, the operation guide data received from the outside is stored in the storage unit 11. At this time, performance data and operation guide data are stored in association with the telephone number data of the caller (see FIG. 3B).
[0042]
At the time of incoming call (see FIG. 7), the CPU 8 displays the caller's telephone number on the display unit 4 and reads out the performance data stored in association with the caller's telephone number from the storage unit 11. Control the sound to be emitted according to the data. Further, operation guide data corresponding to the performance data is also read from the storage unit 11, and the light emission keys 2a to 2l are caused to emit light according to the operation guide data.
[0043]
That is, when the light emitting keys 2a to 2l are caused to emit light, the CPU 8 generates a lighting signal for lighting predetermined LEDs 3a to 3l at a predetermined timing in accordance with the read operation guide data, and outputs it to the LED drive circuit 3B. The LED drive circuit 3 causes the LEDs 3a to 3l built in the light emission keys 2a to 2l to emit light according to the lighting signal.
[0044]
In the performance data registration process described above, it is also possible to input performance data in accordance with a performance operation guide by light emission of the light emission keys 2a to 2l. That is, the CPU 8 reads operation guide data corresponding to the designated music piece from the storage unit 11, and emits the light emission keys 2a to 2l according to the read operation guide data. When the light emitting keys 2a to 2l designated at the timing designated by the operation guide are pressed, the CPU 8 generates a corresponding musical sound in the sound source 9 and emits the sound from the speaker 7.
[0045]
The sound source 9 is composed of, for example, a PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) sound source, and has a waveform data ROM (Read Only Memory) in which PCM waveform data of a predetermined tone color is stored. When a predetermined pitch is designated by pressing the light emission keys 2 a to 2 l, the CPU 8 reads PCM waveform data corresponding to the designated pitch from the waveform data ROM 9 a and passes it to the voice processing unit 10. The audio processing unit 10 performs D / A conversion on the input PCM waveform data, cuts a signal in a frequency band of a predetermined frequency or higher by a low pass filter (LPF; Low Pass Filter), removes noise, and passes through an amplifier. Output to the speaker 7. The speaker 7 emits a musical tone having a predetermined tone color and pitch output from the voice processing unit 10. Note that the musical sound to be emitted may be a single sound or may emit a plurality of musical sounds simultaneously.
[0046]
The timbre of the waveform data stored in the waveform data ROM 9a is preset to the timbre of a keyboard instrument such as a piano or organ in the case of a keyboard instrument type mobile phone 1 as shown in FIG. Further, waveform data of a plurality of timbres may be stored, and a desired timbre can be selected from a plurality of timbres by operating the key group 2.
[0047]
The audio processing unit 10 includes an A / D converter, a D / A converter, an LPF, an amplifier, and the like. The voice input from the microphone 5 during a call is converted into voice digital data by the A / D converter and output to the radio unit 13.
[0048]
The radio unit 13 includes a modulation / demodulation circuit that modulates and demodulates audio data. The radio unit 13 modulates the audio digital data input from the audio processing unit 10 so as to be compatible with the communication system of the mobile phone, and is connected to the base via the antenna 14. Send to the station. In addition, when the radio unit 13 receives the incoming signal transmitted from the base station through the antenna 14, the radio unit 13 gives the incoming detection signal to the CPU 8, demodulates the received audio data, and passes it to the audio processing unit 10. The voice processing unit 10 converts the demodulated voice digital data into voice analog data by a D / A converter, and outputs the voice analog data from the receiver 6 through an amplifier.
[0049]
The storage unit 11 is configured by a storage medium such as a nonvolatile semiconductor memory in order to store performance data, telephone number data, and operation guide data registered by the performance operation.
[0050]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a storage example of operation guide data, performance data, and telephone number data stored in the storage unit 11. (A) shows the data contents of each note data included in the performance data of the song name “A” and the corresponding operation guide data, and (B) shows the correspondence between the registered telephone number data and the incoming performance data. An example is shown.
[0051]
As shown in FIG. 3 (A), the performance data of each song is composed of a combination of a plurality of notes. Note data and operation guide data are set for each note. The operation guide data includes lighting LED instruction data for designating a light emitting key to be lit and lighting timing data for designating light emission timing. The note data includes parameters related to musical sounds such as tone color data, pitch data, tone length data, velocity, and sounding timing. The CPU 8 generates a musical sound designated by the parameter in the sound source 9 according to the note data included in the performance data when the musical sound is emitted, and outputs it from the speaker 7.
[0052]
The performance data and operation guide data may be either received and stored from the outside, or created and registered by the user by operating the light emission key of the mobile phone 1.
[0053]
Further, the lighting timing data is set to a time earlier than the sounding timing data by taking into consideration the preparation time until the performer confirms the light emission of the light emission keys 2a to 2l and carries it out and presses the key. You may be made to do.
[0054]
As shown in FIG. 3B, the storage unit 11 stores a plurality of pieces of telephone number data, and stores the song titles of performance data to be ringed when an incoming call is associated with each telephone number data. Instead of the song name, the start address of the performance data may be set. Note that one incoming performance data may be stored in association with a plurality of telephone number data, or one-to-one correspondence.
[0055]
The ROM 12 includes a program ROM 12a for storing the basic program of the mobile phone 1 and various processing programs, and stores data necessary for each processing.
[0056]
The processing program includes, for example, overall processing (see FIG. 4), performance data registration processing (see FIG. 5), transmission processing (see FIG. 6), and incoming call processing (see FIG. 7). Each of these processing programs is stored in the program ROM 12a in the form of a readable program code, and the CPU 8 sequentially executes operations according to the program code.
[0057]
Next, the operation will be described.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the overall processing.
When a power button (not shown) of the cellular phone 1 is operated and the power is turned on, an entire processing program described below is read from the program ROM 12a and various operations according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 are executed.
[0058]
(Overall processing)
The CPU 8 monitors whether or not the mode key 2n is pressed, and when either the performance mode or the telephone number mode is set by the operation of the mode key 2n (step S1; Yes), the set mode is “performance”. It is determined whether the mode is “for use” or “for phone number”. When the “performance mode” is set (step S2; Yes), the CPU 8 switches so that the light emission keys 2a to 2l function as pitch / tone length / velocity designation keys. Then, the performance data registration process shown in FIG. 5 is executed (step S3).
[0059]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the performance data registration process.
In the performance data registration process, the CPU 8 first initializes each parameter of the note data. That is, the tone data “ONSYOKU” is set to a preset preset tone value (for example, piano tone value), and the pitch data “ONKOU”, tone length data “ONTYOU”, and velocity data “VEL” are cleared to zero (step) A1).
[0060]
Next, when a desired timbre is selected, the selected timbre value N is set to “ONSYOKU” (step A2). To set the timbre, for example, a timbre is assigned to each of the light emission keys 2a to 2l, and the sound color may be input by simultaneous operation of the "#" key and the light emission keys 2a to 2l. The key number N input at this time is set as a timbre value. After that, when any one of the light emission keys 2a to 2l is pressed and the pitch is designated (step A3; Yes), the CPU 8 extracts the key number N of the pressed key, and the pitch data “ONKOU”. (Step A4). At the same time, the key pressing time is counted and the sound generation timing “t” is set. Further, the velocity level R which is the strength of the key depression is detected by the pressure sensors 16a to 16l incorporated in the light emission keys 2a to 2l, and is set to velocity data “VEL” (step A5).
[0061]
Here, the CPU 8 outputs a sound generation instruction to the sound source 9 based on the set values of “ONSYOKU”, “ONKOU”, and “VEL”, reads the corresponding PCM waveform data from the waveform data ROM 9a, and performs the D / D in the voice processing unit 10. A conversion is performed, and a musical sound is emitted from the speaker 7 through an amplifier or the like (step A6).
[0062]
At the same time, the CPU 8 measures time data from the time when the light emission keys 2a to 2l are depressed until the key is released (OFF) (steps A7 to A8), and acquires the sound length data “ONTYOU”.
[0063]
Thereafter, when the emission keys 2a to 2l are released (step A8; Yes), the CPU 8 instructs the sound source 9 to mute the sound that is being generated (step A9) and mute the sound. After that, the note data (“ONSYOKU”, “ONKOU”, “ONTYOU”, “VEL”) set in the processing of steps A2 to A8 is written as the first note data in the storage unit 11 (step A10), and the performance ends. If not (step A11; No), that is, if there is a key pressing operation of the light emission keys 2a to 2l next, the process returns to step A2.
[0064]
Then, the processing of steps A2 to A10 is repeated, and the tone data “ONHSHOKU”, pitch data “ONKOU”, velocity data “VEL”, tone length data “ONTYOU”, and tone generation timing “t” of the note data to be sounded next are generated. Obtain and write to the storage unit 11. In this way, the parameters for the respective note data are acquired until the performance is completed, and when the performance is completed (step A11; Yes), it is determined whether or not the song name is registered (step A12). After performing the song name registration process (step A13), the series of performance data registration process is terminated, and the process returns to step S1 of the overall process shown in FIG.
[0065]
In the overall processing shown in FIG. 4, when the “telephone number mode” is set (step S4; Yes), the CPU 8 switches so that the light emission keys 2a to 2l function as telephone number input keys. Then, telephone number data is input in response to the key input (step S5). When the registration key 2o is pressed (step S6; Yes), the input telephone number data is stored in the telephone number data memory 11c of the storage unit 11. Store (step S7).
[0066]
If transmission of performance data is instructed without pressing the registration key 2o in step S6 (step S6; No → step S8; Yes), a transmission process for transmitting performance data (see FIG. 6) is executed.
[0067]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining performance data transmission processing.
When the transmission of performance data is instructed, the CPU 8 accepts designation of performance data to be sounded when an incoming call is received (step B1). The performance data is specified by, for example, reading the names of all pieces of performance data registered in the performance data memory 11a of the storage unit 11 and displaying them on the display unit 4 in a selectable manner. May be specified according to the selection operation, or a part or all of each piece of the registered performance data is read out, and each time a pressing of a function key (not shown) is performed, All musical sounds may be reproduced, and if a decision key (not shown) is operated during reproduction, the music being reproduced may be designated as a transmission target.
[0068]
When the performance data to be transmitted is designated, the CPU 8 reads the designated performance data from the performance data memory 11a (step B2) and reads operation guide data corresponding to the performance data (step B3). After that, a call is made to the telephone number input by the process of step S5 described above (step B4), communication connection is established if there is a response from the other party (step B5; Yes), and the read performance data and operation Guide data is transmitted to the other party (step B6). When the transmission of the performance data and the operation guide data ends, the transmission process ends and the process returns to step S1 of the overall process in FIG.
[0069]
In the overall processing of FIG. 4, when telephone number data is input by the processing of steps S4 to S5 and the response key 2m is pressed as it is (step S5 → step S6; No → step S8; No → step S10; Yes). Call processing is started (step S11). In the call processing, when a call is made to the input telephone number and a response from the other party is detected, the call processing voice input from the microphone 5 is A / D converted by the voice processing unit 10 and modulated by the radio unit 13. And transmitted to the base station via the antenna 14. When the other party's audio data is received from the antenna 14, the radio unit 13 demodulates the data, and the audio processing unit 10 performs D / A conversion, and outputs the audio from the receiver 6. When the call process is completed, the process returns to step S1.
[0070]
When performance data or operation guide data is received from the outside in the overall processing (step S12; Yes), the CPU 8 registers the telephone number data of the caller in the telephone number data memory 11c of the storage unit 11 and the registered telephone. The received performance data is stored in the performance data memory 11a in association with the number data, and the operation guide data is stored in the operation guide data memory 11b (step S13).
[0071]
When the incoming call is detected at the antenna 14 (step S14; Yes), the incoming call process shown in FIG. 7 is executed (step S15).
[0072]
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the incoming call processing.
When the wireless unit 13 detects an incoming call on the antenna 14, it outputs an incoming call detection signal to the CPU 8 and also outputs the telephone number of the caller. The CPU 8 displays the caller telephone number on the display unit 4 (step C1). Next, the CPU 8 determines whether or not the caller's telephone number is registered in the telephone number data memory 11c. If it is registered (step C2; Yes), it is stored in association with the caller's telephone number. The performance data being read is read out from the performance data memory 11a (step C3). Further, operation guide data corresponding to the performance data is read from the operation guide data memory 11b (step C4).
[0073]
In step C2, if the caller telephone number is not registered in the telephone number data memory 11c (step C2; No), preset performance data or arbitrary performance data is read from the performance data memory 11a (step S2). C5). Further, operation guide data corresponding to the performance data is read from the operation guide data memory 11b (step C4).
[0074]
Thereafter, a musical tone is emitted according to the read performance data, and an operation guide is visually displayed according to the read operation guide data (step C6).
[0075]
In other words, the performance data and operation guide data received at the time of incoming call are registered in association with the telephone number, and the performance data and operation guide data stored in association with the telephone number of the caller are stored at the next incoming call. Play.
[0076]
An example of the visual display of the operation guide at the time of incoming is shown in FIG.
When a call is received, as shown in FIG. 8, the caller's telephone number “090XXXXXXXX” is displayed on the display unit 4, and the incoming performance data stored in association with the telephone number is stored in the storage unit 11. The musical sound according to the performance data is emitted from the speaker 7, and the operation guide data corresponding to the performance data is read, and the light emission keys 2a to 2l are caused to emit light according to the operation guide data. In the example shown in FIG. 8, the light emission keys 2a and 2e emit light simultaneously. Also, “C3” and “E3”, which are the pitches corresponding to the light emitting keys that emit light, are emitted from the speaker 7 with tone (for example, piano sound), tone length, and velocity according to the performance data. .
[0077]
Thereafter, when the response key 2m is pressed (step C7; Yes), the telephone is answered and the call process is started (step C8). Since the call process is the same as the call process in step S11 described above, a description thereof will be omitted. When the call process ends, the process returns to step S1 of the overall process shown in FIG.
[0078]
As described above, the cellular phone 1 of the present invention is arranged in a keyboard shape, and is provided with the light emitting keys 2a to 2l incorporating the LEDs 3a to 3l. When the performance data is input to the light emitting keys 2a to 2l, the pitch / sound length / It functions as a velocity designation key and functions as a numeric key for inputting telephone numbers when inputting telephone number data, enabling performance data to be input with the same fingering as the musical instrument performance operation. Further, operation guide data corresponding to the performance data is stored in the storage unit 11, and the corresponding light emission keys 2a to 2l are caused to emit light according to the operation guide data. Further, the light emission keys 2a to 2l are caused to emit light according to the operation guide data when performance data is input or when a call is received. Further, when the registered performance data and operation guide data are designated and transmitted to the other party, the designated performance data and operation guide data are transmitted to the other party. Further, the performance data is stored in the storage unit 11 in association with the telephone number of the caller, and the next time a call is received from the caller, the musical sound is played according to the performance data registered in association with the call. The operation guide is displayed according to the registered operation guide data.
[0079]
Therefore, since the user can input performance data by the same input operation as that of the musical instrument, the performance data can be easily input. Further, since performance data can be input according to an operation guide visually instructed, it is easy to input performance data. In addition, when the mobile phone 1 is carried, an operation guide is displayed so that the user can practice playing the instrument anytime and anywhere. In addition, it is useful for music production because it is possible to compose music and store it in the mobile phone as performance data whenever the mobile phone 1 is carried. Moreover, since the performance data created and registered can be transmitted easily, communication using the mobile phone 1 is activated.
[0080]
Further, when the incoming call is received, the light emission keys 2a to 2l are emitted according to the operation guide data stored in association with the telephone number to notify the incoming call, so that the light emission keys 2a to 2l can be used even in places where it is difficult to see the display of the caller's telephone number. The caller can be identified from the light emission pattern. At the same time, by emitting the corresponding musical sound, it is possible to specify the source from the auditory sense.
[0081]
In addition, although the example which displays the other party's telephone number at the time of the incoming call was shown, you may make it not display a telephone number. In this case, the user can discriminate the caller's partner audibly and visually by ringing the incoming melody and the light emission of the light emission keys 2a to 2l. The original telephone number is not known, privacy can be secured, and it is effective.
[0082]
[Second Embodiment]
Next, a mobile phone 100 according to a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the first embodiment, an example of a keyboard-type mobile phone has been described. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the present invention is applied to a mobile phone 100 having a normal key arrangement that does not have a keyboard-type key group. May be.
[0083]
As shown in FIG. 9, the mobile phone 100 according to the second embodiment includes a display unit 4 including a key group 2, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and the like on the surface of the housing 100 </ b> A. A receiver 6 is provided at the top and a microphone 5 is provided at the bottom of the key group 2. In addition, a speaker 7 that outputs a musical sound is provided on the right shoulder of the housing 100A. In addition, an antenna 14 is provided at the top of the housing 100A so as to be extendable and retractable so that the antenna 14 is pulled out when making a call. A power supply unit such as a charging pack is provided on the back surface of the housing 100A. Each of these components is connected to an electronic circuit (see FIG. 2) of a circuit board housed in the housing 100A, and the operation of each unit is controlled by a CPU 8 described later.
[0084]
In the description of the present embodiment, the same components as those of the mobile phone 1 described in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
[0085]
As shown in FIG. 9, the key group 2 of the mobile phone 100 of the second embodiment has the same external configuration as the conventional mobile phone, but the key group 2 is the mobile phone 1 of the first embodiment. As well as LED 3a to 3l and light emitting keys 102a to 102l each having built-in LEDs 3a to 3l and pressure sensors 16a to 16l, and functions as a pitch / tone length / velocity designation key when registering performance data, and when inputting a telephone number Functions as a numeric key.
[0086]
That is, characters such as “do”, “re”, “mi”,... Entered at the bottom of each light-emitting key 102b to 102i are pitches “C3”, “D3”, “E3”,. Is shown. Note that the “#” key 102l is set to “sharp”, the “*” key 102k is set to “flat”, and a pitch that rises by a half tone by simultaneous operation of the “#” key 102l or “*” key 102k and the light emission keys 102b to 102i. You can also specify a pitch that goes down by a semitone. Further, an octave key may be provided so that a pitch shifted by one octave can be designated by operating the octave key, or a rest key may be provided so that a rest can be input.
[0087]
Also in the mobile phone 100 of the second embodiment configured as described above, processing similar to that of the mobile phone 1 of the first embodiment is executed. That is, since the CPU 8 executes each process according to the key operation signal input from the key group 2, it controls the operation of each part of the mobile phone 1, and registers the performance data according to the above-described overall process (see FIG. 4). Processing (see FIG. 5), telephone number registration processing (step S7 in FIG. 4), performance data transmission processing (see FIG. 6), call processing (step S11 in FIG. 4), and reception registration processing of performance data from outside. (S13 in FIG. 4), processing upon call reception (see FIG. 7), and the like are executed and controlled.
[0088]
That is, the performance data can be input and registered in the storage unit 11 by pressing the light emission keys 102a to 102l, and the registered performance data and its operation guide data can be transmitted to the other party. Further, when a call is received, a tone is emitted according to the incoming performance data associated with the caller's telephone number, and the light emission keys 102a to 102l are emitted according to the operation guide data.
[0089]
In the example shown in FIG. 9, according to the operation guide data, the light emission keys 102b, 102d, and 102f emit light and the pitches “do (C3)”, “mi (E3)”, “so ( G3) "musical tones (chords) are emitted from the speaker 7 with tone color, tone length and velocity according to the performance data.
[0090]
FIG. 10 shows an example of the mobile phone 100 in which the soft keyboard 4 a is displayed on the display unit 4. In the mobile phone 100, a soft keyboard 4a may be displayed on the display unit 4 as shown in FIG. 10, and a soft key indicating a predetermined pitch of the soft keyboard may be displayed in reverse in accordance with the operation guide data. Further, guide marks 4c, 4c,... That move at a predetermined speed toward the reference line 4d are displayed in the guide mark display area 4b at the top of the soft keyboard 4a displayed on the display unit 4, and the guide mark 4c is displayed on the reference line 4d. The timing at which the key is reached may mean the key pressing timing.
[0091]
In FIG. 10, the horizontal axis of the guide mark display area 4b represents the pitch of the soft keyboard 4a, and the vertical axis represents the time until the key pressing timing. For example, when a guide mark is displayed on the leftmost reference line, it means that the timing for pressing the soft key (pitch “C3”) just below has arrived.
[0092]
As described above, according to the mobile phone 100 of the second embodiment, the LEDs 3a to 3l and the press sensors 16a to 16l are built in the light emitting keys 102a to 102l for inputting the telephone numbers, and the keys 102a to 102l are incorporated. It is possible to input telephone number data or performance data by assigning a pitch to each. As described in detail in the first embodiment, the operation guide data is stored in the storage unit 11, and the corresponding light emission keys 102a to 102l are caused to emit light according to the operation guide data when a call is received. In addition, a musical tone having a pitch corresponding to the emitted key is generated. Further, when the registered performance data and operation guide data are designated and transmitted to the other party, the designated performance data and operation guide data are transmitted to the other party. Further, the performance data is stored in the storage unit 11 in association with the telephone number of the caller, and the next time a call is received from the caller, the musical sound is played according to the performance data registered in association with the call. The operation guide is displayed according to the registered operation guide data. In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, a soft keyboard 4a may be displayed on the display unit 4 to guide performance operations on the display screen.
[0093]
Therefore, since the user can input performance data according to the operation guide visually instructed, the performance data can be easily input. In addition, it is useful for music production because it is possible to compose music and register it in the mobile phone as performance data whenever and wherever the mobile phone 100 is carried. Moreover, since the performance data created and registered can be easily transmitted to a person, communication using the mobile phone 100 is activated.
[0094]
In addition, when an incoming call is received, the light emission keys 102a to 102l are emitted according to the operation guide data stored in association with the telephone number to notify the incoming call. The caller can be identified from the light emission pattern. At the same time, by emitting the corresponding musical sound, it is possible to specify the source from the auditory sense.
[0095]
When the soft keyboard 4a is displayed on the display unit 4 to guide the performance operation, the performance operation of the musical instrument can be learned with the mobile phone 100, and the musical instrument can be practiced anytime and anywhere.
[0096]
[Third Embodiment]
Next, an example in which the present invention is applied to a stringed musical instrument type mobile phone 200 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a stringed musical instrument type mobile phone 200.
[0097]
A mobile phone 200 according to the third embodiment includes a string instrument-type input panel 200B having picking operation buttons 201 and 202 and a fret button 203 on the surface of a housing 200A, a display unit including an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and the like. 4, a receiver 6 is provided above the display unit 4, and a microphone 5 is provided below the stringed instrument type input panel 200 </ b> B. In addition, a speaker 7 that outputs a musical sound is provided on the right shoulder of the housing 100A. In addition, an antenna 14 is provided at the top of the housing 200A so as to be extendable and retractable so that the antenna 14 is pulled out when making a call. A power supply unit such as a charging pack is provided on the back surface of the housing 200A. Further, a rotation switch 15 is provided on the side surface of the housing 200A. Each of these components is connected to an electronic circuit (see FIG. 2) of a circuit board housed in the housing 200A, and the operation of each part is controlled by a CPU 8 described later.
[0098]
In the description of the present embodiment, the same components as those of the mobile phone 1 described in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
[0099]
In the mobile phone 200 of the third embodiment, the stringed instrument type input panel 200B includes frets 204, 205, and 206 that are fixedly provided at predetermined intervals to imitate the frets of a stringed instrument (for example, a guitar), and the performance of the stringed instrument. A plurality of fret buttons 203a, 203b,... For designating the pitch of a musical tone by operation, and a down picking operation button 201 and an up picking operation button 202 for inputting a picking operation. In the following description, the fret buttons 203a, 203b,... Are collectively referred to as fret buttons 203 when it is not necessary to distinguish them.
[0100]
One fret is provided with six fret buttons 203. The fret button 203a,... Aligned at the left end is the sixth string, the fret button 203b aligned second from the left is the fifth string, 3 from the left The fret button 203c, arranged in the second is the fourth string, the fret button 203d, arranged in the fourth from the left, is the third string, the fret button 203e, arranged in the fifth from the left, is the second string, in the right end The aligned Freto buttons 203f,... Mean the first string.
[0101]
At the time of performance data input, the cellular phone 200 is regarded as a guitar and the casing 200A of the cellular phone 200 is supported by the left hand from the back side, the fret button 203 provided on the stringed instrument type input panel 200B is pressed with the finger of the left hand, and the right hand By pressing any one of the picking operation buttons 201 and 202 with the finger, the performance data can be input by the same operation as the performance of the guitar.
[0102]
The fret button 203 functions as a numeric key when inputting telephone number data.
[0103]
Further, the fret button 203 and the picking operation buttons 201 and 202 are light emitting buttons having an LED and a pressure sensor incorporated therein, and emit light according to the above-described operation guide data.
[0104]
For example, FIG. 11 shows an example of an operation guide with code “Am”. The fret button 203e located on the second string of the first fret 204, the fret button 203i located on the third string of the second fret 205, and the fret button 203j located on the fourth string of the second fret 205 emit light. Yes. At this time, when the fret button 203e, 203i, 203j that is lit with the left finger is pressed and the down-picking operation button 201 that is lit simultaneously is pressed, the CPU 8 plays the tone of the chord corresponding to the chord “Am” with the guitar tone. The sound is emitted from the speaker 7.
[0105]
As shown in FIG. 11, a code name display 401, a picking direction mark 402, and a picking mark 404 are displayed on the display unit 4 as an operation guide. Although not shown, these display data are included in the operation guide data and stored in the storage unit 11.
[0106]
The chord name display 401 displays the current chord “Am” and the next chord “C” at the same time, and guides smooth fingering with respect to the music flow. That is, by visually checking the next chord displayed while playing the current chord, preparations for smoothly playing the next chord can be made according to the flow of the music. The picking direction mark 402 indicates down picking as “→ (right arrow in the figure)”, up picking as “← (left arrow in the figure)”, and the down picking operation button 201 may be pressed or an up picking operation is performed. It is instructed whether to press the button 202.
[0107]
The picking mark 404 is a mark for distinguishing a string that should be picked from a string that is not picked in an actual guitar, and each string (row orthogonal to the frets 204, 205, and 206) is either “x” or “◯”. The mark is displayed. The mark “◯” means that the string is picked on an actual guitar, and the mark “x” means that the string is not picked on an actual guitar. The picking mark 404 is displayed while moving at a predetermined speed toward the reference line 403 displayed at the bottom of the display unit 4, and the light emitting fret button 203 is emitted when the picking mark 404 reaches the reference line 403. If one of the up-picking operation buttons 202 and the down-picking operation button 201 is pressed, a musical sound corresponding to the chord is emitted.
[0108]
The mobile phone 200 of the third embodiment also executes the same processing as that of the mobile phone 1 of the first embodiment. That is, since the CPU 8 executes each process according to a key operation signal input by operating each key arranged on the stringed instrument type input panel 200B, the CPU 8 controls the operation of each part of the mobile phone 1 and performs the above-described overall process. According to (see FIG. 4), performance data registration processing (see FIG. 5), telephone number registration processing (step S7 in FIG. 4), performance data transmission processing (see FIG. 6) and call processing (step S11 in FIG. 4). ), Reception registration processing of performance data from outside (S13 in FIG. 4), processing upon incoming call (see FIG. 7), and the like are executed and controlled.
[0109]
That is, performance data can be registered by pressing the fret button 203 and the picking operation buttons 201 and 202, and the registered performance data and its operation guide data can be transmitted to the other party. Further, when an incoming call is received, a musical tone is emitted according to the tone of the guitar according to the incoming performance data associated with the telephone number of the caller, and the fret button 203 and the picking operation buttons 201 and 202 are caused to emit light according to the operation guide data. .
[0110]
In the example shown in FIG. 11, according to the operation guide data, the fret button 203 corresponding to the current chord “Am” emits light, and the musical tone of the pitch (code “Am”) corresponding to the emitting fret button 203 is emitted from the speaker. The sound is emitted from 7.
[0111]
As described above, the cellular phone 200 according to the present invention includes the stringed instrument type input panel 200B formed by imitating a stringed instrument such as a guitar, and the stringed instrument type input panel 200B includes a plurality of fret buttons 203 incorporating LEDs and pressure sensors. And picking operation buttons 201 and 202. When inputting performance data, the fret button 203 functions as a pitch designation key, and the picking operation buttons 201 and 202 function as sound generation timing designation keys, thereby enabling performance data to be input. Further, when inputting telephone number data, the fret button 203 is made to function as a numerical key for inputting telephone numbers, thereby enabling the input of telephone numbers. Further, operation guide data corresponding to the performance data is stored in the storage unit 11, and the corresponding fret button 203 and picking operation buttons 201 and 202 are caused to emit light according to the operation guide data, or the chord name display 401 is displayed on the display unit 4. , Picking direction mark 402 and picking mark 404 are displayed.
[0112]
It is also possible to designate registered performance data and operation guide data and transmit it to the other party. Further, the performance data received from the outside is stored in the storage unit 11 in association with the telephone number of the caller, and when a call from the caller is received next time, the performance data stored in association with the telephone number is stored. A tone is emitted and an operation guide is displayed and emitted according to the corresponding operation guide data.
[0113]
Therefore, performance data can be easily input by playing the guitar. In addition, since an operation guide for inputting performance data is displayed, it is possible to easily input performance data according to the operation guide. In addition, it provides a visual guide to the performance of stringed instruments such as guitars, so you can carry them with you wherever you go and practice them. Moreover, not only can the source be identified by the musical sound (performance data) that rings when a call is received, but it can also be identified visually by the display pattern of the operation guide.
[0114]
In the third embodiment described above, the stringed musical instrument type mobile phone 200 is provided with a plurality of fret buttons 203 in place of the strings, the pitch is designated by pressing the fret button 203, and the picking operation buttons 201 and 202 are used. The timing of sound generation is specified, but instead of picking operation buttons 201 and 202, six metal strings are stretched, and if these are dummy strings that are played or touched with a finger or pick, a musical tone is released. You may make it sound.
[0115]
In addition, the fret button 203 and the picking operation button that are pressed as an operation guide emit light, and the picking timing is indicated when the picking mark displayed on the display unit 4 reaches the reference point. A button may be provided to guide the arpeggio in addition to picking, or may include operations such as choking a string against the dummy string described above.
[0116]
Further, the external configuration of the mobile phone according to the present invention is not limited to those shown in FIGS. 1, 8, 9, 10, and 11, and can be appropriately changed. For example, the shape of the casing of a mobile phone imitates the shape of various instruments such as a keyboard instrument such as a piano, a stringed instrument such as a guitar, a brass instrument such as a trombone, a woodwind instrument such as a clarinet, or a percussion instrument such as a maraca. It is good. Further, a tone color corresponding to the shape of the housing may be preset.
[0117]
Further, the range of pitches that can be specified by the light emitting keys 2a to 2l, the fret button 203, and the like is arbitrary, and the specific shape of the casing, the type of keys to be arranged, the location of the arrangement, etc. As long as it does not deviate from the above, it can be appropriately changed.
[0118]
Further, the operation guide is not limited to visual display by LEDs, but may be any one that visually instruct operation, such as a liquid crystal display element.
[0119]
In the first to third embodiments, the performance data and the operation guide data are input by the user himself / herself or received from the call partner, and registered. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, it is connected to a host server 40 that distributes performance data via a network 30 such as a mobile communication network or a public network, so that performance data and operation guide data (hereinafter referred to as performance data) are connected. May be received).
[0120]
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a communication system 50 configured using the mobile phone 1 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, the cellular phone 1 is connected to the network 30 via the nearest base station 20 to access the host server 40 that distributes performance data and the like, and the performance data stored in the host server 40. The desired performance data and the like are downloaded from the above and stored in the storage unit 11.
[0121]
The host server 40 uses performance data / operation guide data ROM 43 storing performance data and a plurality of operation guide data corresponding to the performance data, performance data requested from the communication-connected mobile phone 1 and the like as a request source. A distribution unit 42 for distribution, a transfer unit 44 for transferring various data between the mobile phones 1 and 1, and a CPU 41 for controlling processing for distributing performance data stored in the performance data / operation guide data ROM 43 to a request source. It consists of.
[0122]
When the CPU 41 receives an application for distribution of performance data and the like from the mobile phone 1 connected to the communication, the CPU 41 performs performance (song name, composer name, performance time, etc.) related to the performance data that can be distributed in response to the application. Data / operation guide data is read from the ROM 43 and transmitted from the distribution unit 42 to the cellular phone 1 as the application source. Further, when a distribution request for performance data or the like is received from the mobile phone 1, billing data such as performance data is transmitted in response to the distribution request. When charging is accepted at the distribution request source and virtual currency data is received, the requested performance data and the like are read from the performance data / operation guide data ROM 43 and transmitted from the distribution unit 42.
[0123]
In this way, performance data and the like can be easily downloaded from the external host server 40 and set as the incoming melody of the mobile phone 1 owned by the user, or operation guide data can be easily obtained to practice the music performance operation. can do.
[0124]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to receive performance data sent from the outside before receiving a call and store a plurality of sets of the received performance data and telephone number data in association with each other. it can. Therefore, a plurality of sets of performance data input by another person can be stored in association with telephone number data, not performance data input by the user.
  In addition, when it is detected that an incoming call has been received and this incoming call has been detected, the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal Is stored, and when it is determined that the telephone number data of the caller is stored, the performance data associated with the telephone number data of the caller is read, Musical sounds can be generated according to the read performance data. Therefore, when it is detected that there is an incoming call, the musical sound is surely and quickly transmitted according to the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data included in the detected incoming call signal. Can be generated. For this reason, if a plurality of sets of performance data and telephone number data input by another person are stored in association with each other before the incoming call is received, when the incoming call is received, Musical sounds can be generated reliably and quickly according to the associated performance data.
  Further, when the performance data is read from the storage means, the stored operation guide data is simultaneously read, and the input means for inputting the performance data is optically visually displayed in accordance with the read operation guide data. it can. For this reason, it is possible to confirm surely and promptly that there is an incoming call both by generating a musical tone and optically displaying visually.
[0125]
  According to the second aspect of the present invention, performance data can be input and the input performance data can be transmitted to the outside. For this reason, the performance data input by the user can be transmitted to another person (for example, a friend).
  In addition, as in the case of the first aspect of the present invention, the performance data sent from the outside is received before the incoming call, and the received performance data is associated with the telephone number data. Multiple sets can be stored. Therefore, a plurality of sets of performance data input by another person can be stored in association with telephone number data, not performance data input by the user.
Further, when it is detected that there is an incoming call and when this incoming call is detected, the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored. If it is determined that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read, and the read performance Musical sounds can be generated according to the data. Therefore, when it is detected that there is an incoming call, the musical sound is surely and quickly transmitted according to the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data included in the detected incoming call signal. Can be generated. For this reason, if a plurality of sets of performance data and telephone number data input by another person are stored in association with each other before the incoming call is received, when the incoming call is received, Musical sounds can be generated reliably and quickly according to the associated performance data.
  Further, when the performance data is read from the storage means, the stored operation guide data is simultaneously read, and the input means for inputting the performance data is optically visually displayed in accordance with the read operation guide data. it can. For this reason, it is possible to confirm surely and promptly that there is an incoming call both by generating a musical tone and optically displaying visually.
[0126]
  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to access an external server, receive performance data distributed from the server, and store a plurality of sets of the received performance data and telephone number data in association with each other. it can. Therefore, a plurality of sets of performance data and telephone number data distributed from the server can be stored in association with each other before an incoming call. Therefore, a plurality of sets of performance data stored in an external server can be stored in association with telephone number data, not performance data input by the user.
  In addition, as in the case of the invention described in claim 1, when the incoming call is detected and the incoming call is detected, the detected incoming call is detected. It is determined whether or not the telephone number data of the sender included in the signal is stored, and when it is determined that the telephone number data of the sender is stored, the telephone number data of the sender The performance data associated with the music data can be read out, and a musical tone can be generated according to the read performance data. Therefore, when it is detected that there is an incoming call, the musical sound is surely and quickly transmitted according to the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data included in the detected incoming call signal. Can be generated. For this reason, if a plurality of sets of performance data and telephone number data input by another person are stored in association with each other before the incoming call is received, when the incoming call is received, Musical sounds can be generated reliably and quickly according to the associated performance data.
  Further, when the performance data is read from the storage means, the stored operation guide data is simultaneously read, and the input means for inputting the performance data is optically visually displayed in accordance with the read operation guide data. it can. For this reason, it is possible to confirm surely and promptly that there is an incoming call both by generating a musical tone and optically displaying visually.
[0127]
  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when it is detected that there is an incoming call, the telephone number data of the caller source included in the detected incoming call signal is the first performance data. And the first data storage means that stores a plurality of sets in association with telephone number data, and when it is determined that the telephone number data of the caller is stored Reads out the first performance data associated with the telephone number data of the caller and generates a tone according to the read first performance data, while the telephone number data of the caller is not stored. If it is determined, the second performance data is read from the second data storage means, and a musical tone can be generated according to the read second performance data. Therefore, depending on whether or not the first performance data and the telephone number data are stored in association with each other, the musical sound is generated according to the first performance data, or the musical sound is generated according to the second performance data. It can also be made.
  Further, when the performance data is read from the storage means, the stored operation guide data is simultaneously read, and the input means for inputting the performance data is optically visually displayed in accordance with the read operation guide data. it can. For this reason, it is possible to confirm surely and promptly that there is an incoming call both by generating a musical tone and optically displaying visually.
[0128]
  According to the invention described in claims 5 to 8, the same effects as in the invention described in claims 1 to 4 can be obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a mobile phone 1 according to a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an electronic circuit mounted on a circuit board housed in the housing 1A of the mobile phone 1;
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a storage example of operation guide data, performance data, and telephone number data stored in a storage unit 11;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an overall process.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining performance data registration processing;
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining performance data transmission processing;
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating incoming call processing.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a visual display example of an operation guide at the time of an incoming call.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a mobile phone 100 according to a second embodiment.
FIG. 10 is an example of a mobile phone 100 displaying a soft keyboard 4a.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an external configuration of a mobile phone 200 according to a third embodiment.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a communication system 50 configured using the mobile phone 1 according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Mobile phone
1A case
2 key group
2a ~ 2l Light emission key (pitch / pitch / velocity designation / phone number input)
2m response key
2n mode key
2o Registration key
3a-3l LED (light emitting element)
3B LED drive circuit
4 display section
5 Microphone
6 Receiver
7 Speaker
8 CPU
9 Sound source
9a Waveform data ROM
10 Audio processing part
11 Storage unit
11a Performance data memory
11b Operation guide data memory
11c Phone number data memory
12 ROM
12a Program ROM
13 Radio section
14 Antenna
16a-16l Press sensor
100 Mobile phone (second embodiment)
100A case
102a-102l pitch specification key
102m response key
102n mode key
102o registration key
4a Soft keyboard
4b Guide mark display area
4c Guide mark
4d reference line
200 Mobile phone (third embodiment)
200A case
200B Stringed instrument type input panel
201 Down picking operation button
202 Up picking operation button
203 fret button
204-205 frets
401 Code name display
402 Picking direction mark
403 Reference line
404 picking mark

Claims (8)

Receiving means for receiving performance data sent from outside;
Storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and telephone number data received by the receiving means in association with each other;
Input means for inputting performance data;
Data storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and operation guide data in association with each other;
An incoming call detection means for detecting that there was an incoming call;
Whether or not the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the storage means when it is detected by the incoming call detection means that the incoming call is received A judging means for judging
When it is determined by the determination means that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the storage means, and according to the read performance data. Musical sound generation control means for generating musical sounds;
When the performance data is read from the storage means under the control of the musical tone generation control means, simultaneously, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is read, and the input means is optically controlled according to the read operation guide data. Display control means for visual display,
A mobile phone comprising: Input means for inputting performance data;
Transmitting means for transmitting performance data input by the input means to the outside;
Receiving means for receiving performance data sent from outside;
Storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and telephone number data received by the receiving means in association with each other;
Data storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and operation guide data in association with each other;
An incoming call detection means for detecting that there was an incoming call;
Whether or not the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the storage means when it is detected by the incoming call detection means that the incoming call is received A judging means for judging
When it is determined by the determination means that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the storage means, and according to the read performance data. Musical sound generation control means for generating musical sounds;
When the performance data is read from the storage means under the control of the musical tone generation control means, simultaneously, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is read, and the input means is optically controlled according to the read operation guide data. Display control means for visual display,
A mobile phone comprising: Receiving means for accessing an external server and receiving performance data distributed from the server;
Storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and telephone number data received by the receiving means in association with each other;
Input means for inputting performance data;
Data storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and operation guide data in association with each other;
An incoming call detection means for detecting that there was an incoming call;
Whether or not the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the storage means when it is detected by the incoming call detection means that the incoming call is received A judging means for judging
When it is determined by the determination means that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the storage means, and according to the read performance data. Musical sound generation control means for generating musical sounds;
When the performance data is read from the storage means under the control of the musical tone generation control means, simultaneously, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is read, and the input means is optically controlled according to the read operation guide data. Display control means for visual display,
A mobile phone comprising: First data storage means for storing a plurality of sets of first performance data and telephone number data in association with each other;
Second data storage means for storing second performance data;
Input means for inputting performance data;
Data storage means for storing a plurality of sets of performance data and operation guide data in association with each other;
An incoming call detection means for detecting that there was an incoming call;
When the incoming call detecting means detects that there is an incoming call, the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call incoming signal is stored in the first data storage means. A determination means for determining whether or not
When it is determined by the determination means that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the first performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the first data storage means. When the musical tone is generated according to the read first performance data and it is determined that the telephone number data of the caller is not stored, the second performance data is read from the second data storage means. A tone generation control means for reading and generating a tone according to the read second performance data;
When the performance data is read from the storage means under the control of the musical tone generation control means, simultaneously, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is read, and the input means is optically controlled according to the read operation guide data. Display control means for visual display,
A mobile phone comprising: In a musical sound generation control method used for a phone having a musical sound generating unit for generating musical sounds,
A receiving step for receiving performance data sent from outside;
A storage control step of storing a plurality of sets in the storage means in association with the performance data and telephone number data received by the reception step;
A storage control step of associating the performance data input according to the input operation of the key group for inputting performance data and the operation guide data, and storing a plurality of sets in the data storage means;
An incoming call detection step for detecting that there was an incoming call;
Whether or not the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the storage means when it is detected by the incoming call detection step that an incoming call has been received A determination step for determining
When it is determined in this determination step that the telephone number data of the caller is stored, the performance data associated with the telephone number data of the caller is read from the storage means, and according to the read performance data , A musical sound generation control step for generating musical sounds from the musical sound generator;
When the performance data is read from the storage means by the control of the tone generation control step, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is simultaneously read out, and the key group is optically read according to the read operation guide data. Display control step for visual display,
A musical sound generation control method comprising: In a musical sound generation control method used for a phone having a musical sound generating unit for generating musical sounds,
A transmission step of transmitting performance data input in accordance with an input operation for inputting performance data to the outside;
A receiving step for receiving performance data sent from outside;
A storage control step of storing a plurality of sets in the storage means in association with the performance data and telephone number data received by the reception step;
A storage control step of associating the performance data input according to the input operation of the key group for inputting performance data and the operation guide data, and storing a plurality of sets in the data storage means;
An incoming call detection step for detecting that there was an incoming call;
Whether or not the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the storage means when it is detected by the incoming call detection step that an incoming call has been received A determination step for determining
When it is determined in this determination step that the telephone number data of the caller is stored, the performance data associated with the telephone number data of the caller is read from the storage means, and according to the read performance data , A musical sound generation control step for generating musical sounds from the musical sound generator;
When the performance data is read from the storage means by the control of the tone generation control step, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is simultaneously read out, and the key group is optically read according to the read operation guide data. Display control step for visual display,
A musical sound generation control method comprising: In a musical sound generation control method used for a phone having a musical sound generating unit for generating musical sounds,
A receiving step of accessing an external server and receiving performance data distributed from the server;
A storage control step of storing a plurality of sets in the storage means in association with the performance data and telephone number data received by the reception step;
A storage control step of associating the performance data input according to the input operation of the key group for inputting performance data and the operation guide data, and storing a plurality of sets in the data storage means;
An incoming call detection step for detecting that there was an incoming call;
Whether or not the telephone number data of the caller included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the storage means when it is detected by the incoming call detection step that an incoming call has been received A determination step for determining
When it is determined in this determination step that the telephone number data of the caller is stored, the performance data associated with the telephone number data of the caller is read from the storage means, and according to the read performance data , A musical sound generation control step for generating musical sounds from the musical sound generator;
When the performance data is read from the storage means by the control of the tone generation control step, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is simultaneously read out, and the key group is optically read according to the read operation guide data. Display control step for visual display,
A musical sound generation control method comprising: In a musical sound generation control method used for a phone having a musical sound generating unit for generating musical sounds,
Second data storage means for storing second performance data;
A storage control step of associating the performance data input according to the input operation of the key group for inputting performance data and the operation guide data, and storing a plurality of sets in the data storage means;
An incoming call detection step for detecting that there was an incoming call;
When it is detected that there is an incoming call by this incoming call detection step, the first data storage means storing a plurality of sets of first performance data and telephone number data in association with each other is accessed, and A determination step of determining whether or not the caller's telephone number data included in the detected incoming call signal is stored in the first data storage means;
When it is determined in this determination step that the caller's telephone number data is stored, the first performance data associated with the caller's telephone number data is read from the first data storage means. Then, according to the read first performance data, a musical sound is generated from the musical sound generation unit. On the other hand, when it is determined that the caller telephone number data is not stored, the second performance data is stored in the first performance data. A musical tone generation control step for generating a musical tone from the musical tone generator in accordance with the read second performance data;
When the performance data is read from the storage means by the control of the tone generation control step, the operation guide data stored in the data storage means is simultaneously read out, and the key group is optically read according to the read operation guide data. Display control step for visual display,
A musical sound generation control method comprising:

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