JPH03188740A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To store a holding tone melody composed by a user accurately as it is along with the music score and to send the melody by providing a holding tone data write means writing a music scale data, a tone length data and a pause data entered in response to the operation of a dial button in the order of prescribed addresses in a memory. CONSTITUTION:When a code for registering a holding tone is entered by operating a dial button 1, a CPU 10 enters the registration mode of a holding tone, and while the user observes a music score of a music composed by itself or a preferred music, the user inputs codes sequentially for the music scale so as to arrange a tone length data in succession to a scale data. A CPU 10 writes the code to a RAM 16 in response to the input operation from the dial button 1 while designating addresses sequentially. When the user stores the music composed by the user to the RAM 16 in this way, the registration mode is restored to a usual talking mode and the telephone set is used as a conventional telephone set.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a telephone set that can store hold music composed by a user and transmit the hold sound to a telephone line when a call is put on hold.

<Prior Art> Generally used telephones are usually stored with one or more hold tunes (hold melodies) by the manufacturer.
The selected hold tone is sent to the telephone line during a hold operation.

<Problem to be solved by the invention> In recent years, as the hobbies of telephone users have diversified, telephones have been developed that allow users to record hold music, and even use dial buttons to record melodies composed by users. A telephone has been proposed that stores the information in the memory of the telephone and transmits it when the line is on hold (for example, Utility Model Application Publication No. 63-149652).
However, with conventional telephones that can store music on hold composed by the user, the user operates the telephone's dial buttons (key buttons corresponding to the scale) to input scale data in order, and then stores the data in memory. When storing and reproducing, the scale data is sequentially read out at a constant speed to generate a scale signal and then sent out.

Therefore, it is relatively easy to manually create a melody by simply operating the dial buttons in order, but since data on the length and rests are not added to each scale, the melodies on hold become extremely monotonous, making it difficult to compose wonderful pieces of music. Even in cases where the music was created, there was a problem in that the song could not be memorized as it was, and the meaning of the composition could not be fully utilized.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone capable of accurately storing and transmitting a holding tone melody composed by a user exactly as it is in the musical score.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, the telephone of the present invention has the following features:
As shown in the figure, it has a dial button 1 and a hold switch,
On-hold music data that sequentially writes scale data, note length data, and rest mark data input in response to the operation of dial button 1 to a predetermined address in memory 3 in a telephone that sends on-hold music to the line when the hold switch is operated. A writing means 2, a memory 3 for storing scale data, note length data, and rest mark data, a data reading means 4 for sequentially reading out the scale data, note length data, and rest mark data from the memory 3 when on hold; musical tone generating means 5 that sequentially generates musical tone signals based on the scale data, note length data, and rest mark data read from the memory;
It is composed of:

<Function> When a user etc. wants to register a piece of music that he or she has composed as a hold tone on a telephone, the user puts the telephone in registration mode, operates the dial button L, and sequentially records the musical scale, that is, the scale data, note length data, and rest data of the song. We will use human resources. In this data manual, each scale, note length, and rest are coded in advance, and the codes are input in order. Data such as musical scales manually entered by operating the dial button 1 are sequentially written into the memory 3 by the data writing means 2.

When the hold switch is turned on during a telephone conversation and the telephone is put on hold, the data reading means 4 reads data such as musical scales from the memory 3 and sends it to the musical tone generating means 5. The musical tone generating means 5 generates a musical tone signal including a silent state based on the inputted scale, tone length, and pause data, and sends the held melody to the calling party.

<Example> Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the telephone, in which a rectifier circuit 7 is connected to the telephone line terminal via a hook switch H3, and a DC closing circuit 8 for connecting the line in a DC manner is further connected to the DC side of the rectifier circuit 7. , a hybrid circuit 9 having a hybrid transformer and making good separation between sending and receiving calls during a call is connected.

10 is a CPU that performs control processing necessary for the telephone, and includes a microprocessor, a ROM for storing basic programs, a RAM for storing time, and the like. Also, based on a pre-stored program, this cputo writes data such as a scale to the RAM 16 in the hold and hold notes registration mode, reads data such as a scale from the RAM 16 during a hold operation, and outputs musical tones via the decoder 18. A process for sending the data to the generation circuit 19 is performed.

The RAM 16 is a temporary memory that stores data such as scales for music on hold, and as mentioned above, in the registration mode of music on hold, scale data, data such as notes, and rest data are written, and when performing a hold operation, data such as the scale is stored. To read out, 1 is a button-type dial button, number buttons from "0" to "9", "*
” and “#” function buttons, and sends a code signal corresponding to each button to cputo.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a dial control circuit connected to the hybrid circuit 9, which receives a control signal from the CPU10 and outputs a corresponding dial signal to the line.

12 is a call control circuit connected to the hybrid circuit;
An audio signal from the transmitter of the handset 20 or a musical tone signal from a musical tone generation circuit 19 (described later) is sent to the line through the hybrid circuit 9, and an audio signal from the line is sent to the receiver of the handset 20 through the hybrid circuit 9. do.

13 is a ringer circuit connected to the telephone line, which receives a bell signal coming from the line and causes the ringer to ring. 1
Reference numeral 7 denotes a hold switch operated during hold, which sends a hold signal to CPU10.

The musical tone generation circuit 19 is a circuit that generates a musical tone signal constituting a held melody, and includes a tone source circuit that oscillates each fundamental frequency of the scale, a tone adding circuit, a musical tone envelope circuit, etc.
Based on the scale data, tone length data, and rest mark data sent from the CPU 10 through the decoder 18, the tone generator circuit, tone color circuit, etc. of each scale are controlled to generate a musical tone signal, and the generated tone signal is output to the call control circuit 12.

Next, we will explain the operation when registering the hold tone of this telephone in the third section.
This will be explained using the flowchart shown in the figure.

When the code for registering a hold music is entered manually by operating the dial button 1, the CPU 10 enters the hold music registration mode and proceeds from step 100 to step 110. In this state,
The user operates dial button 1 to input scale data, note length data, and rest mark data in order (step 11).
0 to 120) That is, for each scale of several octaves, for example, a two-digit code is determined in advance, and
For example, a two-digit code is determined for each note length such as partial notes and eighth notes, and codes for silence are also determined in the same way.
Data with pauses is composed of silence data and tone length data.

Therefore, while looking at the musical score of a song that he or she has composed or that he or she likes, the user enters the scale, etc. of the song in order, with the pitch data followed by the note length data.
In response to input operations from the dial buttons 1, the CPU 10 sequentially writes the codes into the RAM 16 by specifying addresses.

If a human error has been made, press a predetermined correction button (such as the "*" button), and when the correction button is turned on, proceed from step 130 to step 140, return the address counter by one, and then manually Then, the correct data such as the selected scale is written to the address (step 150).

Then, in step 160, the address counter is set to 1.
In step 170, it is determined whether the registration has been completed, and if it has not been completed, the process returns to step 110.
Similarly to the above, data such as scales, note lengths, and rest marks are written to the RAM 16 in accordance with the dial button 1 operated by the user.In this way, the songs composed by the user are stored in the RAM 16. If so, return the registration mode to normal call mode and use it as a normal phone.

Then, when the user operates the hold switch 17 during a call to put it on hold, the CPU 10 sequentially reads out the scale, note length, and rest data of the held tone from the RAM 16, and generates a musical tone via the decoder 18. Send the data to circuit 19. The musical tone generation circuit 19 operates the tone generator circuit, tone color circuit, etc. based on the data of the note length and the rest mark to generate musical tone signals, and sequentially outputs these musical tone signals to the call control circuit 12. The call control circuit 12 amplifies the musical tone signal and sends it to the telephone line as a hold tone.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, according to the telephone of the present invention, the music-on-hold data writing function sequentially writes the scale data, note length data, and rest mark data input in response to the operation of the dial button to a predetermined address in the memory. a memory for storing scale data, note length data, and rest mark data; data reading means for sequentially reading out the scale data, note length data, and rest mark data from the memory when on hold; Since it is equipped with a musical tone generating means that sequentially generates musical tone signals based on scale data, note length data, and rest mark data, the user can write songs composed or selected by the user accurately according to the musical score. The song can be written into memory, and when a call is on hold, the song can be easily sent to the telephone line as a hold tone.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a telephone showing an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the hold music registration mode. 1...Dial button, 2...Data writing means, 3...Memory, 4...Data reading means, 5...Music sound generation means. No. N170 2D

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A telephone that has a dial button and a hold switch and sends a hold tone to the line when the hold switch is operated on hold, the scale data and note length data input in response to the operation of the dial button. , a data writing means for sequentially writing rest mark data into predetermined addresses of a memory; a memory that stores the scale data, note length data, and rest mark data and can be written and read at any time; The present invention is characterized by comprising a data reading means for sequentially reading data, and a musical tone generating means for sequentially generating musical tone signals based on the scale data, note length data, and rest data read from the memory by the data reading means. telephone.