KR20040046672A - Ring sound changing method in mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for changing a bell sound of a mobile communication terminal is provided to change a bell sound even when a mobile communication terminal is in manner mode, and to output the bell sound as call volume when the mobile communication terminal is in the manner mode, thereby preventing other people from being annoyed by noise. CONSTITUTION: A controller decides whether a user requests a bell sound to be changed(300). If so, the controller decides whether a terminal is in manner mode(302). If so, the controller displays a bell sound selection screen for changing the bell sound on a display(304). The controller decides whether the user selects the bell sound(308). If so, the controller outputs the selected bell sound as call volume through a speaker(310). The controller decides whether the user requests the selected bell sound to be changed(312). If so, the controller stores the selected bell sound in a memory as a reception bell(314).

Description

Ringtone change method in mobile communication terminal {RING SOUND CHANGING METHOD IN MOBILE TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a ringtone changing method when the mobile communication terminal is in silent mode.

These days, the number of mobile communication subscribers is gradually increasing, and there are many side effects. One of them is ringing in public places. In fact, many people often ring when using a mobile terminal in a public place. Therefore, users often suffer from noise. For this reason, a silent mode function has been added to a mobile communication terminal. The silent mode function refers to switching the alarm method from the mobile communication terminal to a method of generating vibration or flashing a lamp when an incoming call or an alarm occurs. In order to avoid harming the other party in situations requiring quietness, such as public places or other personal tasks (meetings, etc.), the user presses a key corresponding to switching to silent mode, for example, a "*" key to change the mode of the mobile terminal. You can switch to silent mode. That is, when the user presses the "*" key, the mode of the mobile communication terminal becomes silent mode, and when the user presses the "*" key once again, the silent mode is canceled.

However, according to the related art, when the mobile communication terminal is in silent mode, the user cannot change the ring tone or the alarm melody of the terminal.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on a display unit when a user wants to change a ring sound when a mobile communication terminal is in silent mode according to the related art.

Referring to FIG. 1, when a mobile communication terminal is in silent mode, for example, a user may select a menu item corresponding to a ringtone change among various menu items on the bell / vibration / size main menu screen as shown in FIG. Can be selected. Among the various menu items of the bell / vibration / size main menu screen, a menu item corresponding to a ring tone change is a “2: bell / melody type” menu item. When the user selects the "2: Bell / Melody Type" menu item, the mobile terminal displays the message "Please turn off the silent mode first" as shown in (b) of FIG. 1 instead of the screen for changing the ring tone on the display. Is displayed. That is, when the mobile wireless terminal is in silent mode, if a user tries to change the ring tone, the message “Please turn off silent mode first” is displayed and the ring tone cannot be changed.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of changing a ring tone in a mobile communication terminal so that the ring tone can be changed even when the mobile communication terminal is in silent mode.

Another object of the present invention is to output the ringtone to the call volume when changing the ringtone when the mobile terminal is in silent mode, the user can hear the ringtone and ringtone in the mobile communication terminal to avoid damage caused by noise to others To provide a change.

According to the above object, the present invention provides a method for changing a ring tone of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: determining whether a silent mode is requested by a user in silent mode; Displaying a ringtone, displaying a ringtone selection screen for changing a ringtone, outputting a selected ringtone at a predetermined volume when a user selects a ringtone on the ringtone selection screen, and requesting a ringtone change from a user to a selected ringtone. If so, the selected ringtone is stored in the memory as the ringtone.

1 is a screen diagram illustrating a method of changing a ringtone when a mobile communication terminal is in silent mode according to the related art.

2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a control flowchart illustrating a method of changing a ring tone when a mobile communication terminal is in silent mode according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 illustrates an example of a screen displayed on a display unit when a ring tone is changed when a mobile communication terminal is in silent mode according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same elements in the figures are represented by the same numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the controller 200 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. The operation of the controller 200 is determined by a program stored in the memory unit 206. The controller 200 performs a control operation for changing a ring tone through an interface with a user in a silent mode according to an embodiment of the present invention. The wireless unit 202 controls transmission and reception of voice data and control data under the control of the controller 200. The signal processor 204 may be configured to receive a signal received from the wireless unit 202 under the control of the controller 200, for example, a ring back tone signal, a busy signal, a voice signal, or the like. (speaker) Converts to an audible sound through the SPK (218) and outputs. The voice signal received from the microphone MIC 216 is converted into data and output to the wireless unit 202. The amplifier 214 amplifies the ring tone data stored in the memory unit 206 as the incoming signal is received by the wireless unit 202 under the control of the controller 200, and outputs the amplified ring data to the speaker 218. In general, when a received signal such as a ringback tone signal, a busy signal, or a voice signal is demodulated and output, the output is small, but when a ring tone data stored in the memory unit 206 is output, the user receives an incoming call or an alarm. The output is large. However, when the ringtone data is output in silent mode according to an embodiment of the present invention, the received signal is output at the same volume as the demodulated signal. The key input unit 212 is a device for interfacing with a user and includes various function keys and a plurality of keys for call or text input, and outputs key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user to the controller 200. do. In particular, the key input unit 212 is provided with a function key for use in changing the ringtone in silent mode according to an embodiment of the present invention. The memory unit 206 includes a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a voice memory, and the like for storing a plurality of programs and data necessary for controlling the operation of the mobile communication terminal. In addition, the memory unit 206 stores the ringtone data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and stores data generated during a ringtone change in silent mode. The display unit 12 may be formed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like, and outputs various display data generated in the terminal, for example, the current state of the terminal or the progress of the program. In particular, the display unit 208 displays a screen required for performing a ringtone change according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user may change the ring tone even when the mobile communication terminal is in silent mode. That is, in the silent mode, when the user requests a ringtone change, the mobile communication terminal displays a message indicating the silent mode on the display unit 208 and then displays a ringtone selection screen for changing the ringtone. The user may select a ringtone to be changed by using function keys of the key input unit 212 on the ringtone selection screen and change the ringtone to the selected ringtone. When the user selects a ringtone to change, the mobile terminal outputs the selected ringtone as a call volume. Therefore, the user can change the sound while listening to the ringtone even when the mobile terminal is in silent mode. The call volume is a volume when a signal received from the wireless unit 202, such as a ringback tone signal, busy signal, audio signal, etc., is output as an audible sound through the speaker SPK 218 and is generally small in size. Therefore, the user can change the ringtone in a library or public place requiring quietness without disturbing the noise caused by others.

3 is a control flowchart illustrating a method of changing a ring tone in a mobile communication terminal in silent mode according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a change in ring tone when a mobile communication terminal is in silent mode according to an embodiment of the present invention. One example of a screen displayed on the display unit.

Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 2 to 4, when a user changes a ring tone in the manner mode of the mobile communication terminal, an operation of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail.

The controller 200 determines whether there is a ringtone change request from the user in step 300 of FIG. 3. If there is a request for changing a ring tone using a function key of the key input unit 212, the process proceeds to step 302 of FIG. The user responds to a ringtone change such as the "2: Bell / Melody type" menu item by using a function key of the key input unit 212 in the bell / vibration / size main menu screen as shown in FIG. 4 (a). You can make a ringtone change request by selecting the menu item. If the user selects the menu item "2: Bell / Melody" in the bell / vibration / size main menu screen of FIG. 4A, the control unit 200 proceeds to step 302 of FIG. The controller 200 determines whether the terminal is in silent mode in step 302 of FIG. 3. If the mode of the terminal is not the silent mode, the controller 200 proceeds to step 306 of FIG. 3 and performs a general ringtone changing procedure.

On the other hand, if the terminal is in silent mode, the controller 200 proceeds to step 304 of FIG. 3. The controller 200 displays a ringtone selection screen for changing the ringtone on the display unit 208 in step 304 of FIG. 3. At this time, as shown in (b) of FIG. 4, the controller 200 displays a message indicating that the terminal is in silent mode, for example, "silent mode is in operation" and then rings as shown in (c) of FIG. Displays the bell / melody type screen corresponding to the ringtone selection screen for change. The user may select a bell / melody type on the bell / melody type screen and change the bell / melody according to the selected bell / melody type.

When the bell / melody type screen for changing the ringtone is displayed on the display unit 208, the controller 200 determines whether the user selects the ringtone in step 308 of FIG. 3. For example, the user changes the type of the "bell / melody type" item on the bell / melody type screen shown in (C) of FIG. 4 using the key corresponding to the ringtone selection and changes the ringtone of the "find the bell / melody" item. You can select the ringtone. FIG. 4C shows a case in which the selected ring tone is "Canon Variation." If the user selects a ringtone by using a key corresponding to the ringtone selection of the key input unit 212, the controller 200 proceeds to step 310 of FIG. 3 and outputs the selected ringtone as a call volume through the speaker 218. The call volume is a volume of a call when a signal received from the wireless unit 202, such as a ring back tone signal, a busy signal, a voice signal, etc., is output as an audible sound through the speaker SPK 218, and generally has a small size.

On the other hand, after outputting the selected ringtone to the call volume through the speaker 218, the control unit 200 determines whether there is a ringtone change request from the user to the selected ringtone in step 312 of FIG. If the user requests to change the ringtone to the selected ringtone, the controller 200 stores the ringtone selected in step 314 of FIG. 3 in the ringtone memory unit 206.

In the above description of the present invention, a method of changing a ring tone when the mobile communication terminal is in silent mode has been described as an example. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above example. The present invention can be applied even when the alarm melody is changed when the mobile communication terminal is in silent mode.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention enables a ring tone change even when the mobile communication terminal is in silent mode. In addition, when the mobile communication terminal is in silent mode, when the user changes the ring tone, the ring tone may be output as the call volume so that the other person may not be disturbed due to noise. Meanwhile, when the mobile communication terminal is in silent mode, the present invention can be applied to change an alarm melody or listen to other melodies to facilitate user convenience.

Claims (2)

In the ringtone changing method of the mobile communication terminal, Determining whether the user is in silent mode when the user changes the ringtone; If it is determined that the manner mode is selected, displaying a message indicating that the manner mode is in the display unit and displaying a ringtone selection screen for changing a ringtone; If the user selects a ringtone on the ringtone selection screen, outputting the selected ringtone at a predetermined volume; If the ringtone change request from the user to the selected ringtone, the ringtone changing method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the process of storing the selected ringtone in the memory as a ringtone. The method of claim 1, And the predetermined volume is a volume of a call when a signal received from a wireless unit is output.