JP5176756B2 - Music data distribution system and music data distribution method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a music data distribution system and a music data distribution method, and more particularly, to a music data distribution system and a music data distribution method using a short-range wireless communication system typified by a Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication system.

  Conventionally, various communication forms for performing short-distance wireless communication using a short-range wireless communication method called Bluetooth (registered trademark) have been proposed. For example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-251745 “Hands-free telephone device” of Patent Document 1 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-140731 “Hands-free telephone device for vehicle” in Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. The in-vehicle device 40 installed in the vehicle is equipped with a communication port 41 compliant with the Bluetooth communication method 1a in addition to the speaker 42 and the microphone 43, and the mobile phone 1 is wirelessly connected to the communication port 41. Has proposed a mechanism that allows hands-free use to communicate with a mobile phone 2 or a fixed phone outside the vehicle. FIG. 4 is a connection configuration diagram showing an example of a conventional communication mode using the Bluetooth communication method, and shows an example in which a mobile phone and an in-vehicle device are wirelessly connected by the Bluetooth communication method to enable a hands-free call. ing.

  That is, in FIG. 4, when the driver uses the mobile phone 1 to make a call with the mobile phone 2 or the fixed phone outside the vehicle, the in-vehicle device 40 in the vehicle wirelessly connected using the Bluetooth communication method is When the driver operates, a telephone line is established between the mobile phone 1 and the mobile phone 2 outside the car of the other party or a fixed phone, and the microphone 43 for transmission and the receiver are connected to the in-vehicle device 40. The speaker 42 can be used to make a hands-free call with the other party.

Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-361838 “Music Information Transmission Method, Music Data Transmitting Device, and Music Data Receiving Device” of Patent Document 3, as shown in FIG. 5, a Bluetooth communication system 1a is used. The music data can be transferred from the audio device 50 to another audio device 40A at a short distance so that the music can be reproduced from the speaker 42 of the other audio device 40A. A mechanism that can transmit data and display it on the display unit 44 of another audio device 40A has been proposed. FIG. 5 is a connection configuration diagram showing another example of a conventional communication form using the Bluetooth communication system, in which two audio devices are wirelessly connected by the Bluetooth communication system and stored in one audio device. An example is shown in which music data is transferred to the other audio device and can be reproduced by the other audio device.
JP 2007-251745 A (page 4-5) JP 2004-140731 A (page 4-6) JP 2004-361838 A (page 8-10)

  Conventionally, as described in Patent Document 3, it was possible to distribute music between audio devices at short distances using the Bluetooth communication method, but it was easy to distribute music to music facilities at long distances. Could not do.

  The present invention uses a short-range wireless communication method capable of performing wireless communication at a short distance, as typified by a Bluetooth communication method, and distributes music to devices located far away. An object of the present invention is to provide a music data distribution system and a music data distribution method that can be performed.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the music data distribution system and music data distribution method according to the present invention employ the following characteristic configuration.

(1) A music data distribution system comprising an audio device that reproduces music and a mobile terminal that communicates with a remote communication device via a telephone line, wherein the audio device and the mobile terminal are short-range wireless communication systems. And the music piece transferred by transferring music data or AV data from the audio device to the portable terminal by wireless communication using a short-range wireless communication method via the communication port. A music data distribution system that distributes data or the AV data from the portable terminal to the remote communication device via a telephone line.
(2) The audio device registers in advance a mobile terminal to which music data or AV data is to be transferred, and detects the mobile terminal pre-registered in the audio device within a wireless communication range by a short-range wireless communication method The music data distribution system according to (1) above, in which the music data or AV data is transferred to the portable terminal.
(3) As a music distribution format for distributing the music data or the AV data to the communication device remote from the portable terminal via a telephone line, a music data file or AV attached to an audio signal or AV signal, or an e-mail The music data distribution system according to (1) or (2), wherein the music data is distributed in any format of data file.
(4) The remote communication device is composed of a portable terminal or a fixed telephone, or an audio device that can be wirelessly connected to the portable terminal or the fixed telephone and the portable terminal or the fixed telephone by a short-range wireless communication method. Then, the music data or AV data that has been distributed is reproduced and output by the portable terminal or the fixed telephone, or by the audio device that is wirelessly connected to the portable terminal or the fixed telephone. ) Any music data distribution system.
(5) The music data distribution system according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the short-range wireless communication system is a Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication system.
(6) A music data distribution method comprising an audio device for reproducing music and a mobile terminal that communicates with a remote communication device via a telephone line, and distributing music data or AV data from the audio device to the remote communication device The audio data and the portable terminal are provided with the music data or the music data by the short distance wireless communication method from the audio device to the portable terminal via the communication port conforming to the short distance wireless communication method. A music data delivery method for delivering the transferred music data or the AV data from the portable terminal to a remote communication device by transferring AV data.
(7) The audio device registers in advance a portable terminal to which music data or AV data is to be transferred, and detects the portable terminal registered in the audio device within a wireless communication range by a short-range wireless communication method. (6) The music data distribution method according to (6) above, in which the music data or AV data is transferred to the portable terminal.
(8) As a music distribution format for distributing the music data or the AV data to the remote communication device from the portable terminal via a telephone line, a music data file or AV attached to an audio signal or AV signal, or an e-mail The music data distribution method according to (6) or (7), wherein the music data is distributed in any format of the data file.
(9) The remote communication device is composed of a portable terminal or a fixed telephone, or an audio device that can be wirelessly connected to the portable terminal or the fixed telephone and the portable terminal or the fixed telephone by a short-range wireless communication method. The music data or AV data that has been distributed is reproduced and output by the portable terminal or fixed telephone or by the audio device wirelessly connected to the portable terminal or fixed telephone. ) Any music data distribution method.

  According to the music data distribution system and music data distribution method of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

  According to the present invention, if there is an audio device and a mobile phone that are compatible with a short-range wireless communication method represented by the Bluetooth communication method, the music currently being viewed by the audio device can be converted into a telephone voice using a telephone line. Or, you can send it as an email attachment and play it on the mobile phone of a far-distance caller to enjoy music at the same time as the caller. If the same environment of the audio device corresponding to the communication method and the mobile phone are provided, it can be easily played back by the audio device of the other party.

  Preferred embodiments of a music data distribution system and music data distribution method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(Features of the present invention)
Prior to the description of the embodiments of the present invention, an outline of the features of the present invention will be described first. In the prior art, as in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, a hands-free mobile phone in a vehicle via an in-vehicle audio device, that is, an audio device, equipped with a short-range wireless communication function typified by a Bluetooth communication function. In the present invention, conversely, the present invention transfers various music played by an audio device (acoustic device) to a mobile phone via a short-range wireless communication method such as a Bluetooth communication method. It is characterized in that the same music can be heard from a remote caller by distributing it from a mobile phone to a mobile phone or audio device of a remote caller using a telephone line.

  In the following description of the embodiment, a case where the Bluetooth communication method is used as the short-range wireless communication method will be described as an example. Here, when music data is transferred between the audio device and the mobile phone by the Bluetooth communication method, for example, A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) standardized as a Bluetooth AV profile, This is performed in accordance with AVRCP (Audio / Video Remote Control Profile).

(First embodiment)
A system configuration according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a system configuration of a first embodiment of a music data distribution system according to the present invention. In the music data distribution system 100 of FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1 wirelessly connected to the audio device 10 using the Bluetooth communication system 1a is connected to the remote mobile phone 2 via a telephone line, as in the case of FIG. 4 in the prior art. Has been configured.

  The audio device 10 has at least a function of acquiring music data from a music recording medium such as a CD, a DVD, an MD, or a cassette tape, or receiving AM / FM radio broadcast and reproducing and outputting from the speaker 12. Yes.

  Furthermore, the audio device 10 is provided with a communication port 11 that performs wireless communication in conformity with the Bluetooth communication standard, and can be wirelessly connected to the cellular phone 1 or the like existing in the vicinity via the communication port 11. The music data can be transferred to the mobile phone 1 using a Bluetooth AV profile such as A2DP or AVRCP.

  The audio device 10 is pre-registered with a device detection unit 10a that automatically detects a nearby mobile phone 1 and the mobile phone 1 detected by the device detection unit 10a based on the Bluetooth communication method. A device verification unit 10b for verifying whether or not the mobile phone is a mobile phone, and when the device verification unit 10b identifies a mobile phone registered in advance, music data from a music recording medium or AM / FM radio broadcast At least a music data transfer unit 10c that transfers contents to the mobile phone 1 wirelessly connected by the Bluetooth communication method is provided.

  Here, at least a BD address (Bluetooth Device Address) and device type information related to the mobile phone 1 are registered as information related to the mobile phone registered for verification by the device verification unit 10b, and the device detection unit 10a registers the BD address (Bluetooth Device Address) and device type information. It is possible to collate with the BD address and device type information returned from the detected mobile phone.

  Here, the case where only audio information is handled as the audio device 10 is shown, but the present invention may use an AV device capable of handling video information instead of the audio device 10. In such a case, instead of the music data transfer unit 10c, an AV data transfer unit that transfers AV data to the mobile phone 1 instead of the music data is provided.

  In addition to the function of making a call or sending / receiving information to / from an information terminal, the mobile phone 1 can communicate with a remote communication partner, such as a mobile phone 2 or a fixed phone, or via an information line. When the search information is received from the device detection unit 10a of the audio device 10 which has a short-range wireless communication function by the communication method and is wirelessly connected by the Bluetooth communication method, the BD address of the mobile phone 1, the device A device information return unit 1b that returns information about the device such as type information, music data transferred from the audio device 10, and the mobile phone 2 or fixed phone of the communication partner connected via the telephone line or information A music data reception / delivery unit 1c to be delivered to the terminal is provided.

  Here, the music data reception / delivery unit 1c may transmit the music data as a telephone audio signal when distributing the music data to the mobile phone 2 or the like of the communication partner, or as an audio file (music data file). For example, it may be delivered attached to an email. In addition, when receiving AV data instead of music data by the Bluetooth communication method, the AV data is received and distributed instead of the music data reception / delivery unit 1c, or attached to e-mail as an AV data file, for example. An AV data receiving / distributing unit for distribution is provided.

  In addition, here, a case where the mobile phone 1 is used as a device (mobile terminal) wirelessly connected to the audio device 10 is shown, but any form can be used as long as the mobile terminal can be connected to a remote communication terminal via a communication line. It may be a PHS (Personal Handy-Phone System) terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a portable music player, a portable notebook PC (Personal Computer), or the like.

  The remote mobile phone 2 as a communication partner at a remote location may be an ordinary general mobile phone, which reproduces music data distributed from the mobile phone 1 via a telephone line and outputs it from a built-in speaker (not shown). It has a function. Note that in the present embodiment, the case of the mobile phone 2 is shown as a remote communication device connected by a telephone line, but the remote communication device is also the case of the music distribution source mobile phone 1. Similarly to PHS terminal, it may be a PHS terminal, PDA, portable music player, portable notebook PC, or a fixed telephone.

  Next, the operation of the music data distribution system 100 having the system configuration as shown in FIG. 1 will be further described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the music data distribution system 100 in FIG. 1. Steps S1 to S5 show the operation on the audio device 10 side, and steps S11 to S15 show the operation on the mobile phone 1 side. ing.

  First, the operation on the audio device 10 side will be described. When the audio device 10 of FIG. 1 is turned on, the flowchart of FIG. 2 is activated, and the device detection unit 10a of the audio device 10 generates a search signal for searching for a device existing in the vicinity. It is transmitted from the communication port 11 conforming to 1a (step S1). When a response packet in response to the search signal is received from a device that exists in the vicinity of the audio device 10, the device verification unit 10b of the audio device 10 receives the BD address and device type included in the response packet. The information is extracted, and it is verified whether or not it matches the BD address and device type information of the mobile phone 1 registered in advance as the mobile phone for music data transfer (step S2).

  If the information does not match the pre-registered information and the registered mobile phone 1 is not detected as a mobile phone for music data transfer (No in step S2), the process returns to step S1 and exists in the vicinity. Repeat the device search operation.

  When the information matches the information registered in advance and the registered mobile phone 1 is detected (Yes in step S2), the transfer format for transferring the music data to the mobile phone 1 is confirmed (step S3). If the mobile phone 1 is set to be delivered as an email with an audio data file (music data file) attached to a communication partner on the telephone line, the transfer format of the music data to the mobile phone 1 is In this case, the audio data is registered as an audio data file (music data file) (in the case of “audio data” in step S3), and audio data obtained by encoding the music reproduced and output from the speaker 12 using a predetermined encoding method. The file (music data file) is transferred to the mobile phone 1 by the music data transfer unit 10c (step S4).

  On the other hand, when the mobile phone 1 is set to be delivered as telephone voice to the communication partner on the telephone line, the transfer format of the music data to the mobile telephone 1 is reproduced voice (voice signal). In the case of registration (in the case of “reproduced audio” in step S3), the music reproduced and output from the speaker 12 is transferred to the mobile phone 1 by the music data transfer unit 10c as it is as reproduced audio (audio signal). (Step S5).

  Next, the operation on the mobile phone 1 side will be described. By using the mobile phone 1, a user who makes a phone call with the remote mobile phone 2 through the telephone line moves to the vicinity of the audio device 10 that is going to play the music and turns on the power of the audio device, When the mobile phone 1 receives a device search signal from the audio device 10 (Yes in step S11), the device information return unit 1b receives at least information related to the device such as the BD address and device type information of the mobile phone 1. A response packet including the same is created and returned to the audio device 10 (step S12).

  Thereafter, the mobile phone 1 is trying to deliver the music being played back as it is by the audio device 10 to the remote mobile phone 2 as a music transfer format that has been set and registered in advance. Depending on whether you are trying to distribute as an attached file, different operations are performed. That is, when the music being played is being distributed as it is as a telephone voice (No in step S13), the voice information from the communication port of the audio device 10 is directly superimposed on the connection port of the telephone line as a voice signal. Thus, the reproduced voice (music) transferred from the audio device 10 is distributed to the remote mobile phone 2 through the telephone line.

  On the other hand, when the music being played back by the audio device 10 is to be distributed as an audio data file (music data file) attached to an email (Yes in step S13), it is transferred from the communication port of the audio device 10. The voice data file (music data file) is edited as an email attachment (step S14), and delivered to the email address of the mobile phone 2 of the transmission partner (step S15). Here, the mail transmission partner is not limited to the mobile phone 2 connected via the telephone line as the call partner of the mobile phone 1, but may be a transmission partner set and registered in advance in the mobile phone 1. Absent.

  On the side of the mobile phone 2 that receives the music from the mobile phone 1 as a telephone voice or as an attached file of an e-mail, the received music is reproduced and output from a speaker or earphone built in the mobile phone 2.

  By performing the operation as described above, the user selects a music source to be played back by the audio device 10 and selects it via the mobile phone 1 wirelessly connected to the audio device 10 by the Bluetooth communication method 1a. By calling the mobile phone 2 of the other party who wants to listen to the music, it is possible to enjoy the same music from a remote location at the same time even if the other party is a long distance.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, the system configuration of the second embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram showing a system configuration of the second embodiment of the music data distribution system according to the present invention. As in the case of FIG. 1, the music data distribution system 101 of FIG. 3 is configured such that the mobile phone 1 wirelessly connected to the audio device 10 using the Bluetooth communication method 1a is connected to the remote mobile phone 2 via a telephone line. However, in the present embodiment, a case where the audio device 20 wirelessly connected using the Bluetooth communication system 1a is connected to the mobile phone 2 at a remote location, similarly to the mobile phone 1 side. Show.

  In the case of the music data distribution system 101 in FIG. 3, the operations on the audio device 10 and mobile phone 1 side that are the music data distribution source are the same as those in the flowchart in FIG. 2 described in the music data distribution system 100 in FIG. Perform the delivery operation. On the other hand, when the music distribution destination mobile phone 2 to which the audio device 20 is wirelessly connected by the Bluetooth communication method receives the music distributed from the mobile phone 1 via the telephone line, the mobile phone 2 receives the music. Although it can be played back and output from a built-in speaker or the like, the music received from the mobile phone 1 is transferred to the communication port 21 of the wirelessly connected audio device 20 as a wireless signal compliant with the Bluetooth communication method. Thus, it can be reproduced and output from the speaker 22 of the audio device 20.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, by providing the distribution destination with the same environment as the mobile phone 1 and the audio device 10 as the distribution source as the mobile phone 2 and the audio device 20, the audio device 20 as a remote distribution destination is provided. In this case, music of the same music source as the music that is reproduced and output from the speaker 12 of the audio device 10 as the distribution source can be easily reproduced and output from the speaker 22 with the sound quality and volume adjusted.

  As described in each of the above embodiments, if there is an audio device and a mobile phone that support the Bluetooth communication system, a phone line is used to make a call on the mobile phone using the mobile phone. It can be distributed to the other party's mobile phone or landline phone so that you can enjoy music from the same music source at the same time as the far-distance call partner, and also supports the Bluetooth communication system on the other party as well as the source. If the environment is equipped with an audio device and a mobile phone, it can be easily played back using the audio device of the other party.

  The configuration of the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, it should be noted that such examples are merely illustrative of the invention and do not limit the invention in any way. Those skilled in the art will readily understand that various modifications and changes can be made according to a specific application without departing from the gist of the present invention.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing a system configuration of a first embodiment of a music data distribution system according to the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the music data delivery system 100 of FIG. It is a system block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of 2nd Embodiment of the music data delivery system by this invention. It is a connection block diagram which shows an example of the conventional communication form which used the Bluetooth communication system. It is a connection block diagram which shows the other example of the conventional communication form using a Bluetooth communication system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone 1a Bluetooth communication system 1b Equipment information return part 1c Music data reception delivery part 2 Mobile phone 10 Audio equipment 10a Equipment detection part 10b Equipment collation part 10c Music data transfer part 11 Communication port 12 Speaker 20 Audio equipment 21 Communication port 22 Speaker 40 In-vehicle device 40A Audio device 41 Communication port 42 Speaker 43 Microphone 44 Display unit 50 Audio device 100 Music data distribution system 101 Music data distribution system

Claims (9)

  A music data distribution system comprising an audio device for reproducing music and a portable terminal that communicates with a remote communication device via a telephone line, wherein the audio device and the portable terminal are wirelessly connected by a short-range wireless communication method The music data or AV data is transferred from the audio device to the portable terminal by wireless communication using a short-range wireless communication system via the communication port, and the transferred music data or AV data is provided. Is transmitted from the portable terminal to the remote communication device as an audio signal or an AV signal via a telephone line, so that the music data or the AV data is simultaneously reproduced in the audio device and the communication device. Music data distribution system.   The audio device registers a portable terminal to which music data or AV data is to be transferred in advance, and detects the portable terminal registered in the audio device within a wireless communication range by a short-range wireless communication method. The music data distribution system according to claim 1, wherein music data or AV data is transferred to the portable terminal. Distributing the music data or the AV data as a music distribution format distributed via the telephone line from the mobile terminal to the remote the communication device, as an audio signal or the AV signal, a music data file or the AV data file attached to the email The music data distribution system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: The remote communication device is composed of a mobile terminal or a fixed telephone, or is composed of a mobile terminal or a fixed telephone and an audio device that can be wirelessly connected to the mobile terminal or the fixed telephone by a short-range wireless communication method. 2. The music data or the AV data that has been played and output by the portable terminal or a fixed telephone, or by the audio device wirelessly connected to the portable terminal or the fixed telephone.
4. The music data distribution system according to any one of items 3 to 3.   The music data distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the short-range wireless communication system is a Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication system.   A music data distribution method comprising an audio device for reproducing music and a portable terminal for communicating with a remote communication device via a telephone line, and distributing music data or AV data from the audio device to the remote communication device. The music data or AV data is transmitted from the audio device to the portable terminal by wireless communication using the short-range wireless communication method via the short-range wireless communication method-compliant communication port provided in the audio device and the portable terminal. And transferring the transferred music data or AV data from the portable terminal as a voice signal or AV signal to the remote communication device via a telephone line, so that the audio device and the communication device simultaneously A music data which reproduces the music data or the AV data Data delivery method.   The audio device registers a portable terminal to which music data or AV data is to be transferred in advance, and detects the portable terminal registered in the audio device within a wireless communication range by a short-range wireless communication method. The music data distribution method according to claim 6, wherein music data or AV data is transferred to the portable terminal. Distributing the music data or the AV data as a music distribution format distributed via the telephone line from the mobile terminal to the remote the communication device, as an audio signal or the AV signal, a music data file or the AV data file attached to the email The music data distribution method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that:   The remote communication device is composed of a mobile terminal or a fixed telephone, or is composed of a mobile terminal or a fixed telephone and an audio device that can be wirelessly connected to the mobile terminal or the fixed telephone by a short-range wireless communication method. 9. The music data or the AV data that has been played back and output by the portable terminal or fixed telephone, or by the audio device wirelessly connected to the portable terminal or fixed telephone. The music data delivery method according to any one of the above.

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