JPH09238374A - Receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To output a sound such as music set uniquely by the user as a call tone when the receiver receives a signal. SOLUTION: The user inputs sound data such as music desired to be used for a call tone to a sound input means 1 and stored in a storage means 2 as sound data. Upon the receipt of a signal by a reception section 3, when the signal reaches a control section 6, the control section 6 controls a sound output means 5 to output the sound. Based on the control, the sound output means 5 outputs the sound based on the sound data stored to the storage means 2 by the user as a call tone.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a receiver which outputs a voice such as music as a ringing tone and makes a user perceive that a signal addressed to the user is received.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some receivers output a voice such as music as a ringing tone to notify the user of the receiver when a signal to the receiver is received. A small paging receiver (pager) which is one of such receivers will be described with reference to FIG. In this small paging receiver, when the receiving unit 3 receives a signal addressed to itself and the received signal reaches the control unit 10, the control unit 10 demodulates the information from the signal and outputs the information to the display unit 4. Based on the voice data set in the ROM 10a, the voice output means 5 is caused to output a ringing tone. The voice data set in the ROM 10a is voice data such as music stored as digital data at the time of manufacturing the small paging receiver, and although some types of voice data may be selectably stored, a new voice data may be stored. The data could not be additionally stored after manufacturing.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional receiver, when a signal to the receiver is received, only the ringing tone of the voice based on the voice data set in the ROM when the receiver is manufactured is generated. Because it can not be done, the type of ringing tone was limited. For this reason, if another person has the same receiver, the ringing tone may be the same as that of another person's receiver. There was a situation in which it was not possible to distinguish whether it was the ringing sound of the receiver, and the troublesome situation of having to check the received display of the display means 4 each time. Further, even if the user does not like the ringing tone, there is no choice but to put up with the ringing tone set in the ROM and use it.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and provides a receiver capable of generating, as a ringing tone, a voice such as music uniquely set by a user when a signal is received by the receiver. It is intended to be provided. Further, when using the receiver, it may be necessary to record information in a memo manner, and it has been considered that it would be convenient if the receiver could record information. Therefore, another object of the present invention is to provide a receiver capable of effectively utilizing the above-mentioned receiver and recording and using information as voice.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a receiver according to claim 1 comprises a receiver for receiving a signal addressed to itself, and a receiver for notifying the reception of the signal by sounding. In, a voice input means for inputting voice data, a storage means for storing the input voice data, a voice output means for outputting a voice based on the voice data stored in the storage means, and a receiving section for receiving a signal And a control unit that causes the voice output unit to output a voice based on the above.

In the receiver according to the above-mentioned claim 1, the user inputs arbitrary voice data such as music desired to be used as a ringing tone from the voice input means and stores it in the storage means as voice data. Then, when the receiving unit receives the signal, the control unit causes the voice output unit to output a voice based on the voice data stored in the storage unit by the user as a ringing tone.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the receiver according to the first aspect, the identification means for storing the voice data input from the voice input means in the storage means in a distinguishable manner, and the voice output request are input. The control section causes the audio output means to output a sound based on the corresponding sound data based on the request input from the input means.

According to the above-mentioned receiver of claim 2,
When the user wants to record information, voice data is input by the voice input means, and the voice data is stored in the storage means so that the voice data can be identified by the identification means with an identifier or the like. When the user needs the stored information, he requests the input means to output the necessary sound, and the control means identifies the sound data of the sound requested to be output from the storage means, and outputs the sound. To output as voice based on the voice data.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A small paging receiver will be described as an embodiment of the receiver according to claim 1 of the present invention with reference to FIG. This small call receiver includes a voice input unit 1 for inputting voice data, a RAM 2 as a storage unit for storing voice data, a receiving unit 3 for receiving a signal, a display unit 4 for displaying information, and a voice. A voice output unit 5 that outputs a voice based on the data, and a control unit 6 that causes the voice output unit 5 to output a voice based on the reception of a signal addressed to itself.
And

The voice input means 1 takes in voice from the microphone 1a and converts it into an analog signal, and the A / D converter (analog / digital converter) 1b converts the analog signal into voice data of a digital signal and inputs it. . RAM2
Is a storage device that is readable and writable, and stores the voice data input from the voice input means 1. Receiver 3
Receives a communication wave by the antenna 3a, extracts a signal wave from the received communication wave by the high frequency receiver 3b, demodulates the signal wave by the demodulator 3c, extracts the signal, and inputs the signal to the controller 6.

The display means 4 outputs the information contained in the received signal for display on a liquid crystal panel or the like. The audio output means 5 converts the audio data of the digital signal stored in the RAM 2 into a D / A converter (digital / analog converter) 5
The analog signal is converted into an analog signal by a, and the analog signal is converted into a sound by the speaker 5b and output.

The control unit 6 is a program for controlling each of the above-mentioned units and means, and an ID (identification number) of the small call receiver.
ROM 6a for storing information such as information, and a data processing unit 6b for performing control and processing based on the information in ROM 6a
And When the receiving unit 3 receives the signal, the data processing unit 6b compares the receiver ID stored in the ROM 6a with the destination ID included in the received signal,
If the two IDs match, it is determined that the received signal is addressed to itself, information is extracted from the signal and displayed on the display unit 4, and at the same time, the voice output unit 5 is controlled to emit a ringing tone. .

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned small paging receiver will be described with reference to FIG. In this small call receiver, when a user inputs a voice such as music desired to be used as a ring tone to the voice input means 1, the voice is stored in the RAM 2 as voice data. The receiving unit 3 receives the signal and the control unit 6
When the signal is guided to, the control unit 6 detects whether the signal is a signal addressed to itself, and if the signal is addressed to itself, extracts information from the signal and causes the display unit 4 to display and output the information.
A ringing tone is generated by the voice output means 5. That is, the voice output means 5 outputs the voice data of the voice input by the user as R
The voice based on the voice data is output as a ringing tone after being taken out from the AM2. In this way, various voices can be set by the user, and the voice set by the user can be output as a ringing tone.
Various voices can be used as ring tones.

Next, a small paging receiver will be described as an embodiment of the receiver according to claim 2 with reference to FIG. The same parts as those of the receiver of claim 1 shown in FIG. This small call receiver has an identifying means 7 for storing voice data in a RAM 2 so that the voice data can be identified, and an input means 8 for requesting output of voice data.
And a control unit 9 for causing the voice output unit 5 to output a voice based on an output request from the input unit 8.

The identifying means 7 is means for setting information that allows the voice data to be identified when the voice data is input. For example, when the voice is input by the identifying means 7, "voice voice 1", " Identifyable information such as memo sound 2 "is displayed on the display means 4 so that the user can press any push button (not shown) to select any of the displayed identifiable information. Then, the selected identification information is input to the identification means 7 as "voice data A", "
The identification information is set as the identification information of the voice data B ". Then, the identification means 7 sets the identification information set together with the input voice data to" voice voice 1 for memo "as shown in FIG.
And "voice data A", "memo voice 2" and "voice data B" are stored in the RAM 2 in association with each other.

The identification means 7 stores only the identification information together with the voice data. However, when storing the voice data, not only the identification information but also the time and date when the voice is stored are stored together. The audio data stored by the user can be easily identified.

The input means 8 is, for example, the information for identifying the voice data stored in the RAM 2 on the display means 4 when the user of the small paging receiver wants to output the voice data stored in the RAM 2 as voice. Etc. is displayed, the user is made to select the necessary voice identification information by pressing the push button, and the control means 9 is requested to output the voice corresponding to the selected identification information. In addition to the function of the control unit 6 of the embodiment according to claim 1, the control means 9 identifies the voice data corresponding to the voice output by the input means 8 and causes the voice output means 5 to output the voice data as voice. It also controls the output.

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned small paging receiver will be described with reference to FIG. When it is desired to store information as voice in the small call receiver, when voice is input to the voice input unit 1 and the identification unit 7 sets the identification information, the voice data is stored in the RAM 2 together with the identification information. Then, when the user needs the stored voice information, the identification information of the voice data required by the input means 8 is input from the input means 8, and the control means 9 is input.
Request to output the voice corresponding to the identification information.
Upon receiving the request, the control unit 9 identifies the requested audio data from the audio data stored in the RAM 2,
The audio output device 5 is controlled to output the audio data as audio. Then, based on this control, the voice output means 5 outputs the identified voice data as voice. Therefore, the user can obtain necessary information as voice.

Therefore, not only the ringing tone set by the user can be output as in the embodiment according to claim 1, but information is stored as voice when necessary, and when necessary, The stored voice data can be output as voice to obtain information, and the small call receiver can be effectively used like a memo pad.

In the above-mentioned embodiment according to claim 2, the identification means 7 stores the identification information in the RAM together with the voice data.
The audio data is stored in the RAM 2 and the audio data is identified. However, the area for storing the audio data is set in advance in the RAM 2 for each identification information, and the identification unit 7 determines the audio data according to the identification information. When the input means 8 requests the output of voice, the control means 9 identifies the voice data based on the area in which the voice data is stored,
It is also possible to have the voice output means 5 output voice.

The voice input means 1 of the above embodiment
Includes a microphone 1a and an A / D converter 1b,
The configuration is not limited to these, and may be configured to input audio data of a digital signal that can be stored in the RAM 2. Further, in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, RA is used as the storage means.
Although the M2 is used, the present invention can be applied not only to the RAM but also to a readable / writable storage device. Further, the present invention can be applied not only to the small call receiver of the above-described embodiment but also to a receiver regardless of a wired or wireless line. In short, a ring tone is generated when a signal addressed to itself is received. Any receiver will do.
Furthermore, the present invention can be applied not only to the receiver but also to a communication device including the receiver.

[0022]

As described above, in the receiver according to the present invention, the user can store any voice as voice data, and the voice data stored when the user's own signal is received. Since the ring tone is output based on the ring tone, it is possible for the user to output a voice such as music set uniquely as the ring tone, and the ring tone output by the own receiver and the ringing of other receivers. The sound can be perceived without any mistake, and the voice liked by the user can be used as the ringing tone. Furthermore, since the receiver stores the voice data so that it can be identified, the voice data to be output is identified from the stored voice data according to the user's instruction, and the voice data can be output as voice. The sound can be set independently, the information can be stored as voice, and it can be taken out as voice when needed. It can be used like a memo pad and the receiver can be effectively used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a small paging receiver according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a small paging receiver according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data storage state of a storage unit according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a small paging receiver according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Voice input means, 2 ... storage means, 3 ... reception section, 5 ... voice output means, 6, 9 ... control section, 7 ...
.Identification means, 8 ... Input means,

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A receiver is provided for receiving a signal addressed to itself,
In a receiver for notifying the reception of the signal by sound, a voice input means for inputting voice data, a storage means for storing the input voice data, and a voice output based on the voice data stored in the storage means A receiver comprising: an audio output unit; and a control unit that causes the audio output unit to output audio based on the reception of a signal by the receiving unit. 2. The receiver according to claim 1, further comprising: identification means for storing the voice data input from the voice input means in the storage means in a distinguishable manner, and input means for inputting a voice output request. The receiver is characterized in that the control unit causes the audio output unit to output audio based on the corresponding audio data based on the request input from the input unit.