KR100360899B1 - Method for playing music in phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The music playback method of the telephone according to the present invention comprises the steps of: in a telephone having a music playback function, determining whether to stop music playback when a telephone call is started while playing music stored in the telephone; In the continuous mode, the music volume being played is adjusted to a predetermined level, and a call is made with the other party while the music is being played; and when the telephone call is completed, the music volume is adjusted to a volume level before the call. Here, in the step of talking with the counterpart, it is preferable that the music can be listened to by transmitting playback music to the counterpart during the telephone call under the control of the microcomputer according to the background music setting mode of the phone. In addition, when the music playback stop mode determines that the music playback stop mode, the music playback position at the start of the telephone call is stored in the memory, and the music is played back from the music playback position stored in the memory at the end of the telephone call. Is based on the telephone ring signal generation time, or in the music playback stop mode, it is preferable to store the music played at the start of the telephone call in the memory and to play the music from the start of the music stored in the memory at the end of the telephone call.

According to the present invention as described above, by interoperating with the music playback function and the telephone function can operate the telephone call and music playback in various ways, there is an advantage that can satisfy a variety of needs of the user.

Description

{Method for playing music in phone}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for reproducing music in a telephone, and more particularly, to a method for reproducing music in a telephone capable of receiving a telephone call during music reproduction and reproducing music upon receiving a telephone call.

Today, with the remarkable development of the information and communication field, the information and communication environment is undergoing a drastic change, and among such changes, mobile communication is used as much as it is considered a necessity in modern society. With the expansion of the base of such mobile communication, various functions are added to the terminal, and now, as well as a telephone, various text services such as message transmission and reception, data storage function, weather, and stocks are received. It is also possible to use the Internet.

As the storage capacity of the data and the processing speed of the microcomputer are gradually improved, the music data can be stored and reproduced so that the music can be enjoyed in the mobile communication terminal.

On the other hand, in recent years, the storage and existence form of information has been digitalized from analog, and in particular, the size of digital image data is gradually increased due to the development of Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) technology, which is a compression standard of video data. It is getting smaller, so that a lot of data can be stored in the small memory used in the portable terminal. Also, the audio data as well as the video data are being digitized. The analog audio data is converted into digital voice data, and the MPEG compression technology MP3, which can be applied to audio compression to listen to music with a small amount of digital data, is drawing attention. As the spread of MP3 music spreads, MP3 player having a means for storing MP3 data and means for playing and storing MP3 data to be widely listened to has been widely spread.

In this manner, the MP3 composite mobile phone, which has MP3 data storage means and MP3 playback and storage means, can receive MP3 music in the mobile communication terminal.

1 is a block diagram of an MP3 mobile phone capable of playing MP3 music previously filed by the same applicant.

Referring to Figure 1, MP3 mobile phone (application number: Patent 99-63824), the MSM 101 as a microprocessor to perform the main function, the microphone 103 for inputting a voice signal, and outputs a voice signal A speaker 104, a codec 102 for converting data between the MSM 101 and the microphone 103 and the speaker 104, and a multimedia card (MMC, Multi) for storing MP3 music data. Media Card) 109, Micom 105 for playing MP3 music stored in the multimedia card 109, and digital audio signals of MP3 music output from the microcomputer 105. A decoder 106 for decoding, a digital analog converter 107 for converting the decoded digital audio signal into an analog audio signal, and the external earphone 110 for converting the converted analog audio signal. And kite Following is configured to include a jack 108 which.

Here, the ear jack 108 is provided separately for listening to MP3 music, and is different from the ear jacks that are generally provided for phone calls. The ear jack for the telephone call is connected to the microphone 103 and the speaker 104 to transmit and receive voice to make a telephone call.

Referring to the operation of the MP3 composite mobile phone having the above configuration, when transmitting a voice for a telephone call of a general mobile phone, a voice signal is input through the microphone 103, and the input voice signal is codec 102. ) Is coded and transmitted to the MSM 101, which is coded and compressed by the MSM 101 and transmitted via a transmitter (not shown). When receiving a voice, the voice signal received from the other party is decoded by the MSM 101, decompressed, and transmitted to the codec 102. Then, the codec 102 decodes the voice signal through the speaker 104. The audio will be output.

When playing MP3 music, the corresponding music data is read from the multimedia card 109 in which the MP3 music data is stored in the microcomputer 105 for playing the MP3 music, and the corresponding digital audio signal is read. Transmit to decoder 106. Then, the decoder 106 decodes the transmitted digital audio signal, and the decoded digital audio signal is converted into an analog audio signal by the digital-to-analog converter 107 and output through the ear jack 108, whereby the earphone ( 110 may be connected to the ear jack 108 to listen to MP3 music.

Meanwhile, when the user operates the background music function, the MP3 music may be transmitted to the other party while playing the MP3 music. In this case, when the microcomputer 105 transmits the digital music data read from the multimedia card 109 to the decoder 106, the decoder 106 decodes the digital music data to the digital-to-analog converter 107. send. The digital-to-analog converter 107 converts MP3 music data transmitted from the decoder 106 into analog music data under the control of the microcomputer 105 and transmits the analog music data to the codec 102.

Then, the codec 102 mixes the analog music data transmitted from the digital analog converter 107 and the voice signal input from the microphone 103, converts the mixed analog voice signal into digital data, and converts the MSM 101 into digital data. Through the reverse process, the receiving side receives the transmitted MP3 music and the voice at the same time, and the user can listen to the music played on the mobile phone with the other party.

As described above, the MP3 music playback method of the present invention makes it possible to receive a call while playing MP3 music, and to stop the MP3 music being played and receive a call, thus preventing the user from freely listening to the music. do.

The present invention was created to solve the above problems, by interworking the telephone call function and the music playback function of the mobile phone, implement a variety of music playback methods to satisfy the various needs of the user of the phone music playback method The purpose is to provide.

1 is a block diagram of an MP3 mobile phone capable of playing MP3 music previously filed by the same applicant.

2 is a flow chart showing a music playback method of the telephone according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing another embodiment of the music playback method of the telephone according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

101 ... MSM 102 ... Codec

103.Microphone 104 ... Speaker

105 ... Microcomputer 106 ... Decoder

107 digital to analog converter

109 Multimedia Card 110 Earphones

In order to achieve the above object, the music reproducing method of the telephone according to the present invention, in a telephone having a music reproducing function, determines whether to stop the music playback when the telephone call is started while playing music stored in the telephone. Adjusting the volume of the music being played to a predetermined level if the music is to be continued in the step; and calling the other party while the music is being played; and adjusting to the volume level before the call after the telephone call is finished. Include.

Here, in the step of talking with the counterpart, it is preferable that the music can be listened to by transmitting playback music to the counterpart during the telephone call under the control of the microcomputer according to the background music setting mode of the phone.

In addition, when the music playback stop mode determines that the music playback stop mode, the music playback position at the start of the telephone call is stored in the memory, and the music is played back from the music playback position stored in the memory at the end of the telephone call. Is preferably based on the time of telephone ring signal generation.

In the music playback stop mode, the music playback stop mode is preferably used to store the music played at the start of the telephone call in the memory and to play the music from the start of the music stored in the memory at the end of the telephone call.

In addition, the music playback method of the telephone according to the present invention comprises the steps of setting the phone number and music so that the user plays the music when receiving a call to a specific number and proceeds to the background music mode, the background when the call is received Determining whether the music playing mode is a set number; and if the background music playing mode is a set number as a result of the determination, preset music is played and transmitted to the other party and talking to the other party.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reproducing music in a telephone is provided in a telephone having a music reproducing function, in which a user selects a specific phone number and a corresponding background music so that the user can play music when the telephone is received and proceed to the background music mode. Setting up; Checking whether the background music mode is set to a telephone number when a call is received while playing any music stored in a telephone; According to the present invention, if the set phone number is stopped, the play music is stopped, and the background music corresponding to the received phone number is automatically played at the set volume level and transmitted to the other party. By interoperating with the music playback function and the telephone function, it is possible to operate the phone call and music playback in various ways, there is an advantage that can satisfy the various needs of the user.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a music reproduction method of a telephone according to the present invention.

First, when a telephone is received from a telephone having a music playback function (step 201), it is determined whether music is being played on the telephone (step 202), and when the music is not being played, an operation at the time of general telephone reception is performed. When music is being played, it is determined whether the music being played is stopped during the telephone call (step 203).

At this time, the determination of whether to stop playing the music may be performed by the microcomputer's key input or by determining whether to continue playing the music when there is no key input for a predetermined time.

If it is determined in step 203 that the music playback continuation mode continues to play music during the phone call, the music is played according to the background music setting mode for setting whether to transmit music played on the phone to the other party during the call. It is determined whether or not to play the existing music to the other party (step 204).

Here, in the music play continuation mode, it is possible to set to transmit the music being played automatically to the other party at the same time, or it is possible to selectively determine whether or not to transmit the music being played by the key input.

At this time, as a result of the determination in step 204, when not transmitting to the other party, the music volume being played is adjusted to a predetermined predetermined level and the other party is called while continuing to play the music being played (step 205). When transmitting to the other party, the music volume being played is adjusted to a predetermined predetermined level and the music being played is continuously transmitted to the other party, and the other party talks with the other party (step 205a).

Then, it is determined whether the call is over (step 206), and when the call is over, the adjusted volume level is restored to continue playing music (step 207).

On the other hand, as a result of determining whether to stop the music playback during the telephone call of step 203, if the music playback stop mode during the telephone call, the music playback position at the start of the telephone call or the playback music is stored in the memory (step 203a). The music being played is stopped (step 203b) and a call is made with the other party (step 205b). Then, it is determined whether the call is over (step 206a), and when the call is over, music is continuously played from the music playback position that was being played using the music playback position stored in the step 203a or the information of the played music; Playback starts from the beginning of the music being played (step 207a).

At this time, when the music reproduction position of the telephone call start point is stored in the memory in step 203a, the start point is preferably based on the telephone ring signal generation point.

In this way, a call can be received even during music playback, and music can be continuously listened to during a phone call.

Here, another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, a user sets whether to play music when receiving a call for a specific number among caller numbers of a received call, and plays music when receiving a call for a specific number. The phone number and music are set to proceed to step 301.

When a call is received (step 302), it is determined whether music reproduction at the time of telephone reception is a set number (step 303). If the number is not set, a call is made with the other party (step 304a). If the background music playing mode for playing music is the set number, the preset music is played and the playing music is also transmitted to the other party to make a call with the other party (step 304).

As the music reproducing means of the phone as described above, a general recording medium can be detached or built in the phone, or the music can be downloaded and used by a telephone service company.

At this time, the music played during the telephone call can be selected and played among various music stored in the memory.

In addition, the music played during the telephone call may automatically select and play the music played according to the caller number of the received telephone call among the various music stored in the memory of the telephone.

In this way, music can be automatically played when receiving a phone call, a user can select the played music, and various music can be automatically selected according to the caller.

As described above, the music playback method of the phone according to the present invention can automatically play music when receiving a phone call, and can also receive a call during music playback, and continuously listen to music while talking on the received phone. Since the music can be played in various ways such as to play, there is an advantage that can satisfy the various needs of the user.

Claims (7)

In a telephone having a music playback function, (a) determining whether to stop playing the music when initiating a telephone call while playing the music stored in the telephone; (b) adjusting the volume of music being played to a predetermined level if the music is to be played continuously in the step and talking to the other party while the music is being played; (c) after the telephone call, adjusting the volume level before the telephone call. The method of claim 1, In the step (b), the music playback method of the telephone, characterized in that by listening to the music to the other party during the telephone call by the control of the microcomputer according to the background music setting mode of the telephone to listen to the music. In a telephone having a music playback function, (a) determining whether to stop playing the music when initiating a telephone call while playing the music stored in the telephone; (b) storing the music playback position at the start of a telephone call in a memory when the music playback stop mode is performed in the step; (c) playing music from a music playback position stored in the memory at the end of a telephone call. The method of claim 3, wherein The telephone call start time is based on the telephone ring signal generation time. The method of claim 3, wherein As a result of the determination of step (a), if the music playback stop mode, the music of the telephone, characterized by storing the playback music at the beginning of the telephone call in the memory and from the beginning of the music stored in the memory at the end of the telephone call How to play. In a telephone having a music playback function, Setting a corresponding phone number and music to allow the user to play music in response to a call to a specific phone number and to proceed to a background music mode; Determining whether the background music playing mode is a set phone number when a call is received; And if the background music playing mode is the set phone number, the preset music is played and transmitted to the other party, and then calling the other party. In a telephone having a music playback function, Setting a specific phone number and corresponding background music so that the user can play music when receiving a call and proceed to the background music mode; Checking whether the background music mode is set to a telephone number when a call is received while playing any music stored in a telephone; Stopping the play music if the set phone number is set, and automatically playing back the background music corresponding to the received phone number at a set volume level and transmitting the same to a counterpart.