JP4221614B2 - Portable wireless telephone device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable radiotelephone apparatus in which a user can create music data to be played when an incoming call or an alarm is received, or the music data can be received by a download service.

  In recent mobile phone devices, it is becoming common to be able to reproduce a melody for notification as a ringtone or an alarm sound at the time of an incoming call or an alarm. The melody can be selected from a plurality of songs set in advance in the portable wireless telephone device, but the user can create data by programming data himself or access a predetermined service. By downloading the data, it is possible to set a melody such as a ringtone that the user likes more freely.

  By the way, when each user sets a melody such as a ringtone that is different from that of the other person in the mobile phone device in this way, it may be possible to request that the other person hear the melody. However, in the conventional mobile phone device, for example, when the incoming call occurs, the user sets the ringtone reproduction time and the alarm sound reproduction time in advance.

  Therefore, there are cases where excess or deficiency occurs in the time set by the user with respect to the playback time of all the melodies. Therefore, when trying to let others hear the melody set in the mobile phone device, the reproduction ends in the middle of the melody and it is difficult to hear all of the melody.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable radiotelephone device that can easily reproduce all of the music that the user wants others to hear.

According to the portable radio telephone apparatus according to claim 1, the reproduction time setting means acquires the timing at which the reproduction of all the music data is completed, and reproduces all the music data when the alarm time comes, and automatically The reproduction of the music data is stopped at the timing.

  Therefore, even if the user does not set the time by himself / herself, the playback time at the time of the alarm can be made coincident with the time when the entire music can be played back.

  In addition, according to the portable wireless telephone device of the second aspect, the music data can be set to be reproduced even when an incoming call is received.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vibrator that vibrates a casing as the notification operation at the time of the incoming call. It is characterized by stopping the vibrations.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the mobile phone device. In FIG. 1, a cellular phone device (portable wireless telephone device) 1 is composed mainly of a CPU (reproduction time calculation means, reproduction time setting means, control means) 2 and is composed of a call start key, a call end key, and “0”. A key unit 3 consisting of numeric keys of "9", etc. 3, a microphone for transmission 4, a speaker for reception 5, a display unit (display means) 6 such as an LCD, etc. are provided. An operation signal from the key unit 3 is given to the CPU 2, and the CPU 2 controls display on the display unit 6.

  When the audio signal input to the microphone 4 is given to the audio processing unit 7 and A / D converted, it is output to the radio unit 8 via the CPU 2. In the radio unit 8, for example, when the audio signal is converted into a π / 4 shift DQPSK (Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) signal, it is further orthogonally modulated by a carrier signal in the 800 MHz band, for example, and transmitted to the outside as a radio signal from the antenna 9. It has come to be.

  When the antenna 9 receives a radio signal, the received signal is demodulated by the radio unit 8 and given to the audio processing unit 7. When the audio processing unit 7 performs D / A conversion, the audio signal is output from the speaker 5 as an audio signal.

  The CPU 2 controls the audio processing unit 7 and the radio unit 8. On the other hand, information such as detection of an incoming signal and a detected value of a transmission signal or a reception signal level is given from the wireless unit 8 to the CPU 2. The CPU 2 is connected with a memory 10 made of RPM, RAM, EEPROM, or the like, and the CPU 2 writes and reads data to and from the memory 10 as necessary. The memory 10 also stores melody (music) data that is played when an incoming call or an alarm occurs.

  The CPU 2 also performs drive control of the LED 11 and the vibrator 12 for notifying the user of an incoming call or an alarm. The vibrator 12 is constituted by, for example, a small motor that rotationally drives an unbalanced weight, and transmits the generated vibration to the housing 13 of the mobile phone device 1.

  The voice processing unit 7 also has a built-in IC for melody reproduction, and is configured to output a musical sound by driving the sounder 14 based on the melody data given from the CPU 2. The power source 15 is a secondary battery or the like that supplies a power source for operation to each of the electrical components.

  Then, the CPU 2 stores the melody data created by the user operating the key switch 3 in the memory 10 in the melody creation mode such as a ringtone, and reads the data and outputs it to the voice processing unit 7 in a predetermined case. Thus, the melody created by the user can be reproduced. In addition, when the user calls a predetermined service special number prepared in advance on the system side and connects a communication line, the CPU 2 displays a plurality of ringtones prepared in the destination server or the like. Any data can be selectively downloaded and stored in the memory 10, and similarly read and reproduced.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process in which the CPU 2 calculates the reproduction time for the incoming melody data created by the user operating the key switch 3 or downloaded by the system service.

  The CPU 2 first clears the counter TOTAL to zero (step A1), and reads the melody data for one unit (for example, 1 byte, 1 word, etc.) from the memory 10 (step A2). Then, it is determined whether or not the read data is data relating to a note or rest (step A3). If the read data is other data indicating, for example, a playback tempo ("NO"), it is determined according to the data. (Step A5), and the process proceeds to step A8. In step A8, the CPU 2 determines whether or not all the melody data has been processed. If not all ("NO"), the CPU 2 returns to step A2 and reads the next data.

  In step A3, when the read data is data relating to a note or rest (“YES”), the CPU 2 determines whether or not extension data is attached to the data relating to the note or rest. Here, the extended data is data relating to a tuplet such as a triplet. If extended data is not attached ("NO"), a count value corresponding to the length indicated by the note or rest is added to the counter TOTAL (step A6). Then, the process proceeds to step A8.

  Here, the length indicated by the note or rest is, for example, “0.5” for the eighth note and “0.25” for the sixteenth note when the quarter note is set to “1”. The quarter note is “1.5” and the half note is “2”. The same applies to each rest. For example, when the minimum unit of the rhythm used in the ringtone is a sixteenth note, it goes without saying that each of the above numerical values may be multiplied by four and handled as an integer.

  If the extension data is attached at step A4 ("YES"), the CPU 2 corrects the length of the note or rest according to the extension data and adds it to the counter TOTAL (step A7). . Then, the process proceeds to step A8. For example, in the case of a triplet or quintuplet, the expression of a note is an eighth note, but if data indicating each tuplet is accompanied, the count value is 1/3 = "0. 33 ”, 1/5 =“ 0.2 ”.

As described above, when all the melody data are added (step A8, "YES"), the CPU 2 proceeds to step A9 and calculates the reproduction time of the melody data by the equation (1).
(Playback time) = (Playback time of 1 beat) × (TOTAL) (1)
Here, for example, if the playback tempo data is BPM (Beat Per Minute) = 120, the performance time of one beat, that is, a quarter note is 0.5 seconds. For example, if the count value TOTAL = 50, (reproduction time) = 0.5 × 50 = 25 (seconds)
It is calculated as follows.

  When the reproduction time of the melody data is calculated as described above, the CPU 2 displays the calculated reproduction time on the display unit 6 (step A10). Then, it is determined whether or not the user selects automatic setting for the playback time of the ringtone (step A11). If automatic setting is selected ("YES"), the playback time calculated in step A9 is used as it is for the ringtone. As the reproduction time, the user is allowed to select whether or not to confirm (step A13). When an operation for confirmation is performed by the user (“YES”), a confirmation process is performed (step A14) and the process is terminated. Further, if the confirmation operation is not performed by the user (“NO”), the process returns to step A11.

  On the other hand, if the user does not select automatic setting in step A11 ("NO"), the CPU 2 waits for manual setting by the user (step A15, "YES") and sets the ringtone playback time. As a manual setting value (step A16), the process proceeds to step A13.

  Here, FIG. 3 is an example of an operation when the user changes the ringing tone and the ringing time (calling time) that is the playback time, and shows the change of the display screen of the display unit 6. First, the user operates a function key of the key unit 3 to call a screen of “F11: Change ringtone” (see FIG. 3A). The screen displays the name of the currently selected ringtone “Song Spring / Summer Fall / Winter” and “1: YES”, “3: NO” to select whether or not to change the ringtone. Is displayed.

  When the user turns on the numeric key “1” of the key unit 3 and selects “YES”, the screen of the display unit 6 is switched to the ring tone selection screen (see FIG. 3B). The screen displays the name of the ringtone that is currently registered in the mobile phone device 1 and can be used as an option. For example, “1: Spring / Summer Fall / Winter”, “2: Love”, “3: Goodbye”, “4: Heart”, “5: Sun”, etc.

  Here, when the user turns on the numeric key “2” of the key unit 3 and selects “love”, the CPU 2 executes steps A1 to A10 of the flowchart of FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 3 (c), “(YES) 27 seconds” is displayed as the playback time, and “1: YES”, “3: NO” is selected in order to select whether to change the incoming time. Is displayed.

  When the user turns on the numeric key “1” and selects “YES”, the screen of the display unit 6 is switched to the ringtone time setting screen (see FIG. 3D). Then, the user is prompted to select either “1: automatic time setting” or “3: manual time setting”. Here, when the user turns on the numeric key “1” and selects “automatic time setting” (step A11, “YES”), the screen of the display unit 6 is switched to an automatic setting screen of the ringtone time (see FIG. 3 (e)). When the start key “S” is turned on to confirm the user (step A13, “YES”), the automatic time setting is confirmed.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of an operation in which only the setting of the playback time of the ringtone currently selected by the user is changed. The user calls the “F10: Change ringtone” screen by operating the function keys of the key unit 3 (see FIG. 4A). The screen displays the currently selected ringtone song name “Song Spring Summer Fall Winter” and its playback time setting “Currently 31 seconds automatic”, and allows you to select whether or not to change the incoming time. Therefore, “1: YES” and “3: NO” are displayed.

  When the user turns on the numeric key “1” and selects “YES”, the screen of the display unit 6 is switched to a ringtone time setting screen (see FIG. 4B). Then, the user is prompted to select either “1: automatic time setting” or “3: manual time setting”. Here, when the user turns on the numeric key “3” and selects “manual time setting” (step A11, “NO”), the screen of the display unit 6 is switched to the manual setting screen for the ringing tone time (FIG. 4 (c)). Then, when the user manually sets the playback time to, for example, “20 seconds” and turns on the start key “S” to confirm, the manual setting is confirmed.

  Next, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a case where the CPU 2 reproduces the melody of the ringtone at the time of the incoming call based on the ringtone reproduction time set as described above. First, the CPU 2 stands by until an incoming call occurs (step B1), and when an incoming call occurs ("YES"), it starts playing a ringtone (step B2). That is, the output of melody data is started to the melody IC inside the voice processing unit 7. At the same time, the driving of the LED 11 and the vibrator 12 is started (step B2a). Then, the LED 11 starts blinking at a predetermined cycle, and the vibrator 12 vibrates the housing 13.

  Then, it is determined whether the user responds to the incoming call (step B3) or the set playback time has been reached (step B4). If both are “NO”, the loop of steps B3 and B4 is performed. Keep turning. When the user responds to the incoming call (step B3, “YES”), the reproduction of the ringtone is stopped at that time (step B5), and at the same time, the driving of the LED 11 and the vibrator 12 is stopped (step B5a). Normal call processing is performed (step B6).

  If the ring tone playback time is reached without user response (step B4, "YES"), the CPU 2 determines whether the answering machine function is set (step B7). If the above setting has not been made ("NO"), the process returns to step B2, and the melody of the ringtone is reproduced from the beginning.

  On the other hand, if the setting is made in step B7 (“YES”), the CPU 2 determines whether or not the number of ringtone reproduction has reached a predetermined number (for example, 2 times) (step B8). If not ("NO"), the process returns to Step B2 to reproduce the ringtone melody from the beginning. Thereafter, when the number of reproduction reaches a predetermined number, the CPU 2 determines “YES” in step B8 and stops the reproduction of the ringtone (step B9), and also stops the driving of the LED 11 and the vibrator 12 (step B9a). Then, after the response message is reproduced (step B10), a message from the caller is recorded (step B11). That is, the process shown in FIG. 5 is similar in appearance to the conventional process, but the ringing tone that is played between steps B2 and B4 is played back entirely when the automatic time is set. It has come to be.

  On the other hand, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a case where the CPU 2 reproduces the melody of the alarm sound in the alarm mode. The setting of the alarm sound time (alarm reproduction time) in the alarm mode is basically performed in the same manner as in FIG. In FIG. 6, the CPU 2 first stands by until an alarm condition is satisfied (for example, a set time) (step C1), and when the condition is satisfied (“YES”), the reproduction of the alarm sound is started ( Step C2). At the same time, driving of the LED 11 and the vibrator 12 is started (step C2a). Thereafter, it is determined whether the user releases the alarm (step C3) or the set playback time has been reached (step C4). If both are “NO”, the loop of steps C3 and C4 is performed. to continue.

  When the user cancels the alarm (step C3, “YES”), the reproduction of the alarm sound and the driving of the LED 11 and the vibrator 12 are stopped at that time (steps C5 and C5a), and the process is terminated. If the user reaches the alarm sound playback time without releasing the alarm (step C4, "YES"), the CPU 2 proceeds to step C2 and starts playing the ringtone again from the beginning. That is, the processing shown in FIG. 6 is also similar in appearance to the conventional processing, but the ringing tone played between steps C2 and C4 is repeated for all data when automatic time setting is made. It is supposed to be played.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the CPU 2 performs the reproduction time based on the ringtone to be reproduced at the time of an incoming call or alarm, or the melody data of the alarm sound, which is created by the user or received by the download service. And the calculated playback time is displayed on the display unit 6. Then, the ringing time at the time of incoming call or the alarm playback time at the time of alarm is automatically set to the calculated playback time. Therefore, the user can make the time for reproducing the ring tone and the like coincide with the time for reproducing all of the melody data without performing input setting by himself / herself.

  In addition, when the alarm generation condition is satisfied and the reproduction of the alarm sound is started, the CPU 2 repeatedly reproduces the music in units of the alarm reproduction time unless the user performs the alarm release operation. Therefore, the user can repeatedly reproduce all of the melody data as an alarm.

  In addition, since the CPU 2 starts playing the response message after playing the melody a predetermined number of times based on the playing time calculated based on the occurrence of an incoming call when the answering machine function is valid, the user performs input setting himself / herself At least, all of the ringtone melodies can be played before the response message is played in the answering machine function.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the CPU 2 drives the vibrator 12 that vibrates the LED 11 and the housing 13 in synchronization with the reproduction time of the incoming ring tone or the like as a notification operation for the user about an incoming call or an alarm. The LED 11 and the vibrator 12 can be operated in conjunction with the reproduction of sound and the like.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and illustrated in the drawings, and the following modifications or expansions are possible. The timing for calculating the reproduction time is not limited to the above embodiment, and may be stored in the memory 10 immediately after the creation of the melody data by the user is completed or immediately after downloading. A function for automatically setting the playback time may be provided as necessary, and if the user inputs and sets the playback time of the music displayed on the display means, all the music is played at the time of an incoming call or an alarm. Will be able to.

For example, when time data such as 4/4 and playback bar number data are attached to the melody data, the playback time may be calculated as follows.
(Playback time) = (Time for one beat) × (Number of beats in one bar) × (Number of playback bars) (2)
Note that the “number of beats of one measure” is, for example, “4” when the time signature is 4/4, and “3” when the time is 6/8. In this case, it is also possible that the beginning of the song is not from the beginning of the first measure and the end of the song does not coincide with the end of the last measure. Therefore, only the first measure and the last measure are Calculate in the same way, and calculate the rest using equation (3)
(Remaining playback time) = (Time for one beat) × (Number of beats of one bar) × (Number of playback bars−2) (3)
You may calculate by adding both. In addition, when the head of the first measure is a series of rests, and when the end of the music is a series of rests for the last measure, the amount is subtracted from the playback time.

  It is not always necessary for the user to select whether to automatically set the ringtone playback time or to manually set the ringtone, and it may be set automatically. When the alarm sound is reproduced, it is not always necessary to reproduce it repeatedly, and it may be reproduced only once. You may comprise so that reproduction time, such as a ringtone, can also be set to predetermined fixed time (for example, 15 second etc.), and if it comprises in this way, a setting can be performed more variously. The LED 11 and the vibrator 12 may be configured to be able to be enabled / disabled based on the user setting by blinking the LED 11 and the driving of the vibrator 12 in synchronization with the ringing tone reproduction time. It can be operated as desired. Further, the drive level of the vibrator 12 may be adjusted based on the user's setting. With such a configuration, the magnitude of the vibration of the casing 13 caused by the vibrator 12 can be set as desired by the user. Can be adjusted. The portable radio telephone device is not limited to the mobile phone device 1 and may be a PHS (Personal Handyphone System).

1 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a mobile phone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. A flowchart showing a process for the CPU to calculate the playback time for incoming melody data The figure which is an example of operation when a user changes a ringtone and its playback time, and shows a change in the display screen of the display unit FIG. 3 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3, which is an operation example when changing only the setting of the playback time of the ringtone currently selected by the user A flowchart showing a case where the CPU plays a ring tone in the answering machine mode. A flowchart showing a case where the CPU reproduces an alarm sound in the alarm mode.

Explanation of symbols

  1 is a mobile phone device (portable wireless telephone device), 2 is a CPU (reproduction time calculation means, reproduction time setting means, control means), 6 is a display unit (display means), 11 is an LED, and 12 is a vibrator.

Claims (3)

In a portable wireless telephone device configured to be able to receive music data to be played at a set alarm time by a download service,
Retrieving time setting means for reproducing all of the music data at the alarm time by automatically acquiring the timing to end the reproduction of all the music data and automatically stopping the reproduction of the music data at the timing. A portable radiotelephone device characterized by that.   2. The portable radio telephone apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the music data can be set to be reproduced even when an incoming call is received. Having a vibrator that vibrates the housing as a notification operation at the time of the incoming call,
3. The portable radiotelephone device according to claim 2, wherein when the alarm time comes, the vibrator is vibrated and the vibration of the vibrator is stopped at the timing along with the reproduction of the music data.

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