KR101221599B1 - Method for offering sound effect in a music file in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a sound effect to a music file being played in a mobile communication terminal. The method for reproducing a sound effect in a mobile communication terminal includes: checking whether a touch pad is touched by a user; And when the touch pad is touched by the user, recognizing a touch method of the user, searching for a sound corresponding to the recognized touch method in a storage unit, and playing a searched sound. Thus, by allowing the user to change the music being played in various ways, it is possible to provide a service that allows users to enjoy music more broadly to users whose level is increased by providing various services.

MP3, MP3 playback, sound, music file, touch sensor

Description

METHOOD FOR OFFERING SOUND EFFECT IN A MUSIC FILE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for adding a sound effect in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

3 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for applying a sound effect to music played when a music file is played in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method for imparting a sound effect to a music file in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly to a method for imparting a specific sound effect to playing music according to a method in which a touch pad is touched while playing the music file. will be.

Recently, due to the convenience of the portable terminal, the use of the mobile communication terminal is rapidly spreading. Accordingly, service providers (terminal manufacturers) are competitively developing terminals having more convenient functions to secure a large number of users.

For example, the mobile communication terminal may be a phone book, a game, a scheduler, a short message service, a multimedia message service, a broadcast message service. ), Internet service, e-mail, morning call, MP 3 (MPEG Layer 3), and digital camera.

In particular, the "MP3" function among the additional service functions of the mobile communication terminal is in the spotlight. Existing MP3 player has enjoyed a lot of popularity because of its light weight and small size. However, even if it is light and small, it is inconvenient for a user to move with two devices, the mobile communication terminal and the MP3 player. MP3 phones that combine the "MP3" function is in the spotlight.

As the use of the MP3 phone increases, as the MP3 function is widely used in the mobile communication terminal, users' expectations and demands for service functions that can enjoy various music in addition to the functions of the conventional MP3 are rising.

Therefore, the necessity of providing various service functions that can enjoy music widely in order to satisfy the high expectations and various preferences of the users is increasing.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for variously changing the played music by giving a specific sound effect to the music when playing a music file in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a more diverse music service to the user by varying the music by giving a sound effect according to the touch pad touch method when playing a music file in the mobile communication terminal.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for reproducing a sound effect in a mobile communication terminal, the process of checking whether the touch pad is touched by the user, and if the touch pad is touched by the user The method may include recognizing the user's touch method, searching for a sound corresponding to the recognized touch method in a storage unit, and reproducing the searched sound.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with respect to a method for providing a variety of music by giving a sound effect using a touch pad when playing a music file in a mobile communication terminal. In the following description, a sound effect means an effect that can variously change the music being played, such as beatbox or scratch, and the music file is an mp3 file, a wav file, an asf file, an ogg file, a mod file, a mid file, or the like. It means an audio file.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. The mobile communication terminal to be described below includes both a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), a personal data assistant (PDA), and an international mobile telecommunication-2000 (IMT2000) terminal. The following description will be given with the general configuration of the above examples.

Referring to FIG. 1, a control unit (MPU: Micro-Processer Unit) 100 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. For example, it performs processing and control for voice call and data communication, and plays back according to the touch method (eg, touch shape, touch direction, number of touches) of the touchpad 108 according to the present invention in addition to the usual functions. Performs a function to give a specific sound effect to the music. Therefore, in the following description, description about the process and control of the normal control part 100 is abbreviate | omitted.

The ROM 102 may store microcodes and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the controller 100. In particular, according to the present invention stores a program for providing a specific sound effect corresponding to the touch method. Random Access Memory (RAM) 104 is a working memory of the controller 100 and stores temporary data generated during various programs. The flash ROM 106 stores various updatable archiving data such as a phone book, an outgoing message, and a received message. In particular, according to the present invention stores a touch pad touch method and a table representing a sound effect to be given to a music file according to the touch method.

The keypad (key pad 110) is a numeric key buttons of 0-9, menu button (menu), cancel button (clear), confirmation button, call button (TALK), end button (END), Internet access button, A plurality of function keys such as navigation key (or direction key) buttons (▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶) and text input keys are provided, and key input data corresponding to a key pressed by a user is provided to the controller 100.

The touch pad 108 may provide a plurality of function keys as in the keypad, recognize the characteristics of the touched operation, and provide the same to the controller 100 to perform a corresponding function. In particular, according to the present invention, a method of touching the touch pad, that is, a direction of touch, a shape of touch, and a number of touches are recognized and provided to the controller 100.

The display unit 112 displays status information generated during the operation of the mobile communication terminal, a limited number of characters, a large amount of moving images and still images, and the like. The display unit 112 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD).

A coder (Coder-Decoder) 114 connected to the control unit 100, a speaker 118 and a microphone 116 connected to the codec 114 are voice input / output blocks used for phone calls and voice recording. . The codec 114 converts the PCM data provided from the controller 100 into an analog voice signal, transmits the same through the speaker 118, and converts the voice signal received through the microphone 116 into PCM data. Provided to the controller 100.

In addition, the RF unit (Radio Frequency unit) 122 is provided by the frequency band down the radio frequency signal received through the antenna 120 to the baseband processing unit 124, the baseband signal from the baseband processing unit 124 The frequency is raised and transmitted through the antenna 120. The baseband processor 124 processes the baseband signal transmitted and received between the RF unit 122 and the controller 100. For example, in case of transmission, the channel coding and spreading of data to be transmitted are performed, and in case of reception, the function of despreading and channel decoding of the received signal is performed. .

2 illustrates a procedure for adding a sound effect in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the controller 100 determines whether a sound effect menu is selected by the user in step 201. If the sound effect menu is not selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 211 to perform a corresponding mode (eg, a standby mode).

On the other hand, if the sound effect menu is selected, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 203 to determine whether to add a sound effect to the music file. If the sound effect addition mode is not selected, the controller 100 ends the present algorithm.

If the sound effect addition mode is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 205 and checks whether a touch method of the touch pad is registered. In detail, after displaying a message requesting a touch method to be input to the display unit, if a touch pad is touched by a user, the touch method is checked and registered as a touch method for reproducing the sound effect.

In operation 207, the controller 100 determines whether a sound effect for the registered touch method is set. That is, after displaying a message requesting to set the sound effect corresponding to the touch method on the display unit, it is checked which sound effect is set by the user. The sound effect setting may be set to an effect provided by the mobile communication terminal, or may be set to an effect newly registered by the user.

When the sound effect is set according to the touch method, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 209 and adds and stores the touch method and the sound effect to the list of sound effects.

For example, after the touch method input request message is displayed, if the user touches the touch pad and moves in a clockwise direction, it is confirmed that the moving direction is the clockwise direction and the moving shape is round. Register with the method, and display the sound effect setting request message. Thereafter, if the scratch effect is set by the user, the controller stores the scratch effect as a touch method that is moved clockwise and a sound effect corresponding to the touch method.

Thereafter, the controller terminates the present algorithm.

Although the above description has been made of registering the touched method and setting the sound effect according to the registered touch method, it is also possible to change the sound effect according to the registered touch method.

3 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for applying a sound effect to music played when a music file is played in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the controller 100 checks whether a music file is played in step 301.

When the music file is played, the controller 100 proceeds to step 303 and checks whether a sound effect mode is set. That is, when the touch pad is touched when playing a music file, it is checked whether a mode for giving a specific sound effect to the playing music is set.

If the sound effect mode is not set, the controller 100 ends the present algorithm.

On the other hand, if the sound effect mode is set, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 305 to check whether the touch pad is touched by the user while playing the music file. If the touch pad is not touched, the controller 100 ends the present algorithm.

If the touch pad is touched, the controller 100 proceeds to step 307 to determine whether the touched method is a touch method registered in the sound effect list.

If the touched method is not registered in the touch method for giving the sound effect, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 311 and informs that the touch method is a touch method not registered in the sound effect. Is displayed on the display unit 112.

Thereafter, the controller 100 ends the present algorithm.

On the other hand, if the touched method is registered in the sound effect touch method in step 307, the controller 100 proceeds to step 309 and gives a sound effect corresponding to the touch method to the playing music. In other words, a sound effect corresponding to the touch method is applied to the playing music among the registered sound effects to play music modified by the sound effect.

For example, when the sound effect corresponding to the touch method of touching the touch pad and moving in a clockwise direction is set to a scratch effect, when the user touches the touchpad and moves in a clockwise direction while playing the music file, The scratch effect corresponding to the touch method which is moved in the clockwise direction while playing the music file is reproduced.

When a sound effect corresponding to the touch method is applied to the playing music, the controller 100 ends the present algorithm.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is capable of various modifications within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the mobile communication terminal recognizes how the touch pad is touched while playing a music file, and gives a sound effect according to the touch method to the playing music, so that the user can variously change the playing music. By providing a variety of services, it is possible to provide services that allow users to enjoy music more broadly.

Claims (10)

In the method for playing a sound effect in a mobile communication terminal, Checking whether the touch pad is touched by the user; When the touch pad is touched by the user, recognizing the touch method of the user; Searching for a sound corresponding to the recognized touch method in a storage unit; Play the searched sound, The touch method may include at least one of a touch direction, a touch shape, a touch count, and a touch time. The method of claim 1, Checking whether the recognized touch method is previously stored in a storage unit; And displaying a message indicating that the recognized touch method is not a pre-stored touch method when the recognized touch method is not stored in the storage unit in advance. The method of claim 1, It further includes the process of playing music files, Playing said retrieved sound during said music file playback. delete The method of claim 1, The sound may include at least one of a sound registered in advance in the mobile communication terminal and a sound registered by a user. In the device for reproducing a sound effect in a mobile communication terminal, A touch pad for recognizing a user's touch method, Storage unit for storing the sound for each touch method, And a controller configured to search for a sound corresponding to the user's touch type in the storage and to play a searched sound. The touch method may include at least one of a touch direction, a touch shape, a touch count, and a touch time. The method according to claim 6, The controller checks whether the recognized touch method is previously stored in the storage unit, and when the recognized touch method is not stored in the storage unit, the recognized touch method is not a pre-stored touch method. And control the function of displaying the message indicating. The method according to claim 6, The controller is characterized in that for playing the searched sound during music file playback. delete The method according to claim 6, The sound device may include at least one of a sound registered in advance in the mobile communication terminal and a sound registered by a user.

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