KR100531930B1 - Mobile terminal apparatus and control method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The portable terminal device according to the present invention is characterized in that when another incoming melody (ring tone) is reproduced by automatically switching music data according to the user's location at the time of incoming call. Here, the user associates the playback area with the music data of the desired incoming melody and stores it in the portable terminal device in advance. When designating a reproduction area, the portable terminal apparatus displays a map or a list of landmarks (specific places or facilities such as amusement parks and parks) on the screen. After the completion of the playback area setting processing, when an incoming call is generated to the portable terminal apparatus, the current position is specified by the position specifying means (GPS module) and the corresponding playback area is selected, so that the music data of the corresponding incoming melody is read and reproduced.

Description

Mobile terminal device and control method thereof {MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR}

The present invention relates to a portable terminal device having a telephone function and a current position specifying function and a control method thereof.

Background Art Conventionally, there are portable information terminal devices such as cellular phones such as cellular phones and PHS (Personal Handyphone System) and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). In recent years, portable information terminal devices, notebook personal computers, and the like, which have a telephone function or a television signal reception function, have also been developed.

In recent portable terminal apparatuses (i.e., cellular phones), when a call is announced, a predetermined piece of music (called a ringing melody or a ringing tone) is automatically reproduced. In this case, the portable terminal apparatus usually stores music data relating to a plurality of incoming melodies in the internal memory, and the selection of the music is made by the user (or the sender).

In addition, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-18159 discloses a mobile phone with a GPS device, and displays speed information and a call-in / out area on a screen in a mobile terminal device having a GPS (Global Positioning System) device. Control of the telephone line.

In the conventional portable terminal device, there is a problem that the incoming melody for notifying of the incoming call is fixed and there is little change, and the user is easily tired.

In addition, there is no idea that the conventional portable terminal apparatus changes the incoming melody in relation to the positional information obtained from the GPS apparatus or the like.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal device and a control method thereof that can be switched to automatically generate different ringing melodies according to the user's location.

The portable terminal device according to the present invention is characterized in that when another incoming melody (ring tone) is reproduced by automatically switching music data according to the user's location at the time of incoming call.

As a prerequisite for realizing the above functions, the portable terminal apparatus stores the music data for the incoming melody and the reproduction area thereof as desired in advance for the user. For this purpose, user-friendly software and a user-interface are incorporated, and various images are prepared as display screens of the portable terminal device. For example, when designating a playback area, a user can easily specify the playback area by displaying a map or selecting a desired landmark (a specific place or facility such as an amusement park or a park). The portable terminal apparatus is stored in correspondence with the selected music data for the incoming melody. After completion of the playback area setting, when an incoming call occurs to the portable terminal device, the current position of the own station is specified by the position specifying means (GPS module) built in the portable terminal device, and the corresponding playback area is selected in advance. The music data for the incoming call melody is automatically read. In this way, the ringing melody (ring tone) according to the current position of the user is automatically reproduced by the portable terminal device, so that the user can roughly grasp the current location and the notification of the incoming call. In addition, the incoming melody is not fixed, and a new taste that changes depending on the place can be realized in the portable terminal device.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION This invention is demonstrated in detail with reference to drawings with an Example.

1 is a flowchart showing the internal structure of a portable terminal device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. That is, the portable terminal device 1 shown in FIG. 1 can function as a mobile phone, a game device, or a music playback device, and executes various programs to implement desired functions, thereby executing various programs (or each CPU 100 for controlling the block), ROM 102 and RAM 104 for storing various data and fixed data, operation input unit 106, GPS module 108, electronic compass module 110, wireless communication unit ( 112, coder-decorder 114, music player 116, display unit 118, interface (I / F) 120, microphone 122, speaker for sign language 124, the incoming speaker 126 is provided. In addition, CPU 100 is corresponded to the control means of this invention.

The ROM 102 stores various programs as well as fixed data such as music data for incoming melody and application programs such as game software.

In addition, the RAM 104 includes various data downloaded through a network (not shown) such as the Internet, or music data relating to a ringing melody input from an external audio device or the like (not shown) via the interface 120. Data can be stored. Here, the RAM 104 corresponds to the storage means of the present invention.

The operation input unit 106 is composed of various keys, for example, an opening key for starting a call, an end key for ending a call, numeric keypads, various function keys, and a power key (or power). switch).

The GPS module 108 receives position measurement radio waves transmitted from a plurality of (normally, three or more) GPS satellites every predetermined time, transmits the data to a GPS base station (not shown), and returns a measurement returned from the GPS base station. It has a function of receiving the operation result and storing and updating it in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 104. In addition, the GPS module 108 corresponds to the position specifying means of the present invention.

The electronic compass module 110 has a function of detecting a bearing angle of its own station, for example, every predetermined time, and storing and updating the azimuth data in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 104. In addition, detection of an azimuth angle is not limited to every predetermined time, You may always carry out.

The wireless communication unit 112 demodulates the received signal supplied through the antenna 20 or modulates a transmission signal to the outside and transmits the received signal through the antenna 20.

The voice codec 114 decodes the voice signal received from the wireless communication unit 112 and outputs the decoded voice signal to the sign language speaker 124, or compresses and encodes the voice signal obtained by the microphone 122 to the wireless communication unit 112. .

The music reproducing unit 116 reproduces the music as a ringing melody (or ring tone) to notify the incoming call and outputs it to the receiving speaker 126, or is stored in the ROM 102 or the RAM 104. Play the data. The music reproducing unit 116 corresponds to the music reproducing means of the present invention.

The display unit 118 is configured of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and displays various data, contents, map information, and the like. In addition, the interface (I / F) 120 is connected to an input terminal (not shown). By connecting the input terminal to an external audio device or the like, desired music data can be read and stored in the RAM 104. In addition, the display part 118 is corresponded to the display means of this invention.

The CPU 100, ROM 102, RAM 104, operation input unit 106, GPS module 108, electronic compass module 110, wireless communication unit 112, voice codec 114, music playback unit 116, display 118, and interface 120 are interconnected via bus 90.

The operation in the portable terminal device having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 3. Fig. 2 shows a process for setting a ringing melody reproducing area for reproducing the ringing melody in accordance with the current position of the local station, that is, the user's location. First, the user operates the operation input unit 106 to read out music data relating to the incoming melody from the ROM 102 or the RAM 104 and displays the summary on the display unit 118. Here, when the user selects a desired piece of music, the flow advances from step 200 to step 201, and the "playback area setting screen" shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the screen 118A of the display unit 118. FIG. After that, in step 202, it is determined whether or not the user sets the playback area.

If the determination result in step 202 is "NO" (i.e., the user selects "N" in the playback area setting screen shown in Fig. 4), all areas for which no other music is designated (set) are the playback area. The relationship between the music data relating to the incoming melody selected in the step 200 and the reproduction area is stored in the RAM 104 by determining that it corresponds to (step 207).

On the other hand, when the determination result in step 202 is "YES" (i.e., when the user selects "Y" in the playback area setting screen shown in Fig. 4), the flow advances to step 203 where the user selects the area selection method. It is determined whether or not to select "map".

When the user instructs and selects "map" in step 203, the flow advances to step 204, and the display unit 118 displays the "map selection screen" shown in FIG. This " map selection screen " is displayed when selecting a place on the map to reproduce the incoming melody at the time of reception, for example, a desired map is displayed. Here, the user of the portable terminal device 1 can scroll, enlarge and reduce the map by key operation of the operation input unit 106, and designate a desired playback area with a cursor or the like. The designation of this reproduction area is performed by, for example, drawing a line on a map displayed by a key operation of the operation input unit 106 or by wrapping a predetermined place with a line.

Subsequently, the flow advances to step 205, and whether or not to end the map selection in step 204, that is, whether or not the user ends the operation of designating the playback area of the incoming melody selected in step 200 on the map. Is determined. When the map selection is completed, the flow advances to step 206, where the music data of the selected incoming melody and its playback area are stored in the RAM 104 in correspondence and the execution of the playback area setting process is terminated.

If it is determined in step 203 that no map is selected for reproduction area setting, that is, if the user selects "landmark" on the reproduction area setting screen shown in Fig. 4, the flow advances to step 208. A "landmark selection screen" shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the screen 118A of the display unit 118.

This landmark selection screen is displayed when designating a place where the incoming melody is to be reproduced as a landmark (any specified place; for example, an amusement park or a facility such as a park). That is, the user of the portable terminal apparatus 1 designates the reproduction region of the incoming melody by selecting a desired facility from the landmarks listed on the landmark selection screen shown in Fig. 6 by the key operation of the operation input unit 106. . In this embodiment, a range of 100m around the facility of the selected landmark becomes the reproduction area of the selected incoming melody. The distance around the landmark facility is not necessarily limited to 100 m. For example, a predetermined distance input screen (not shown) is displayed on the display unit 118 to be set by the operation of the operation input unit 106 by the user. You may be able to.

When the user designates the reproduction area of the incoming melody by the landmark selection by the user, the flow advances to step 206 via step 209, and the music data of the selected incoming melody and its reproduction area are stored in RAM 104 in correspondence. Thus, execution of the reproduction area setting process is terminated. In addition, when reproduction areas corresponding to a plurality of pieces of music are set to overlap each other, the priority method may be determined in advance, such as giving priority to the landmarks or determining the priority in the set order.

Next, the process at the time of incoming call of the portable terminal apparatus 1 is demonstrated with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When an incoming call is made to the portable terminal device 1, an incoming call process (or task) is started, and in step 300, an area judgment is made as to which playback area the current position of the local station belongs. That is, based on the current position of the own station obtained from the GPS module 108, it is judged which area in the reproduction area stored in the RAM 104 is included.

If it is determined by the area judgment that the playback area to which the current position of the own station belongs is flowed, the flow advances to step 301, and music data of the incoming melody corresponding to the playback area is selected on the RAM 104. In the next step 302, the selected music data is read from the RAM 104 and reproduced by the music reproducing unit 116. Here, the sound source in the music reproducing unit 116 is driven and sound-proofed by the incoming speaker 126 (step 303).

After the sound source drive, it is determined in step 304 whether the portable terminal device 1 is in a response state. If it is not in the response state, the flow returns to step 302 and repeats the processing as described above. If it is determined in step 304 that the response state has been reached, the flow advances to step 305, where the incoming call process ends by ending the reproduction of the music data.

In the embodiment of the present invention, since the music data of a specific incoming melody in the music data relating to the plurality of incoming melodies is selected and reproduced according to the current position of the own station specified by the GPS module as the location specifying means at the time of the incoming call, the portable terminal apparatus ( Incoming melody can be reproduced by different musics by automatically switching the incoming melody for each user's current location.

In addition, according to the present invention, the user of the portable terminal apparatus can provide a new fun of setting the incoming melody (that is, setting a desired piece of music in correspondence with the playback area). Also, the user of the mobile terminal apparatus can roughly grasp the current position by the music automatically reproduced upon reception. In this case, since the music can be switched each time an incoming call is received, it is possible to realize that the user is in a different place than usual, and there is an effect that the portable terminal device does not get tired.

As described above, the present invention has various effects and technical features, which are listed below.

(1) When an incoming call occurs in a mobile terminal device such as a cellular phone, music data relating to a specific incoming melody in the music data relating to a plurality of incoming melodies according to the current position of the host specified by the position specifying means (GPS module) By automatically selecting and reproducing, the incoming melody can be automatically switched for each current location of the user of the portable terminal device to reproduce other music.

(2) In the above, the music data of the incoming melody previously selected by the user of the portable terminal apparatus and the position information of the reproduction area are stored in correspondence and are read out according to the position of the host.

(3) A map is displayed on the portable terminal device so that the user can easily designate a playback area, or is selected from a predetermined landmark (specific place such as an amusement park or a park). That is, the user can designate a playback area by simply instructing a desired area on the map displayed on the portable terminal device or by selecting a desired landmark, and the playback area and the music data for the incoming melody selected separately are associated with each other. It is stored in the terminal device.

In addition, this invention does not need to be limited to the said Example, A various change can be added within the range of invention.

According to the portable terminal apparatus of the present invention and the control method thereof, it is possible to switch to automatically generate another ringing melody according to the user's location.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a portable terminal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a reproduction area setting process of the incoming melody performed in the portable terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process upon reception performed in the portable terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a playback area setting screen displayed when the playback area setting process is executed in the portable terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a map selection screen displayed when the playback area setting process is executed in the portable terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a landmark selection screen displayed when the playback area setting process is executed in the portable terminal device shown in FIG.

(Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing)

One … Portable terminal apparatus 100. CPU

102. ROM 104. RAM

106. Operation input section 108. GPS module

110. Electronic compass module 112. Wireless communication department

114. Voice codec 116. Music player

118. Display unit 120.. interface

122... Microphone 124. Sign Language Speaker

126. Incoming speaker

Claims (10)

delete As a portable terminal device having a telephone function and a current position specifying function, Operation input means including various keys operated by a user, Display means for displaying various data, Storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of music data related to ringing tones; Selection means for selecting a desired piece of music data from among the plurality of pieces of music data; Indicating means for instructing whether or not to set a reproduction area for desired music data; When the instruction means instructs to set the reproduction area for the desired music data, the input means performs an operation of designating the reproduction area on the map displayed on the screen of the display means to reproduce the desired music data. Setting means for setting all of the playback areas corresponding to the desired music data when the area is set and instructed by the indicating means without setting the playback area for the desired music data; , Location-specific means for specifying the current location of the country; Music reproducing means for reproducing a ringing tone on the basis of music data read out from the storage means; and Control means for selectively reading out music data relating to a predetermined ringing tone from the storage means and supplying the music reproducing means to the music reproducing means in accordance with the current position of the own station specified by the position specifying means at the time of receiving; Portable terminal device comprising a. delete delete delete delete As a portable terminal device having a telephone function and a current position specifying function, Operation input means including various keys operated by a user, Display means for displaying various data, Storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of music data related to ringing tones; Selection means for selecting a desired piece of music data among a plurality of pieces of music data Indicating means for instructing whether or not to set a reproduction area for desired music data; When the instruction means instructs the reproduction area to be set for the desired music data, the input means performs an operation of designating any one of a plurality of specific position candidates displayed on the screen of the display means, and thereby desired music data. When a playback area is set for the music data, and instructed by the indicating means without setting the playback area for the desired music data, all playback areas for which other music data are not set are set corresponding to the desired music data. Setting means, Location-specific means for specifying the current location of the country; Music reproducing means for reproducing a ringing tone on the basis of music data read out from the storage means; and Control means for selectively reading out music data relating to a predetermined ringing tone from the storage means and supplying the music reproducing means to the music reproducing means in accordance with the current position of the own station specified by the position specifying means at the time of receiving; Portable terminal device comprising a. A control method of a mobile terminal device having a telephone function and a current position specifying function, Select the desired piece of music data from the plurality of pieces of music data, Instructing whether or not to set a playback area for desired music data, When instructing to set a playback area for the desired music data, a playback area is set for the desired music data by performing an operation of designating a playback area on a map displayed on the screen of the display means, and the instruction means sets the playback area. When instructing the desired music data without setting the playback area, all playback areas for which no music data setting is made are set corresponding to the desired music data, Specify the current location of the host, A control method of a portable terminal device which selects music data related to a predetermined ringing tone in accordance with a current position of a local station specified at the time of incoming call so as to reproduce the ringing tone based on the predetermined music data. A control method of a mobile terminal device having a telephone function and a current position specifying function, Select the desired piece of music data from the plurality of pieces of music data, Instructing whether or not to set a playback area for desired music data, When instructing to set a playback area for the desired music data, a playback area is set for the desired music data by designating any one of a plurality of specific position candidates displayed on the screen of the display means, and the instruction means When instructing the desired music data without setting the playback area, all playback areas for which no music data setting is made are set corresponding to the desired music data, Specify the current location of the host, A control method of a portable terminal device which selects music data related to a predetermined ringing tone in accordance with a current position of a local station specified at the time of incoming call so as to reproduce the ringing tone based on the predetermined music data. The method according to claim 2 or 7, wherein the display means selects one of a specific region setting by a map or a specific region setting by a plurality of specific region candidates when setting a specific region corresponding to the ringing tone. And a specific region of the ringing tone is designated.