KR960011827B1 - Karaoke apparatus using telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

The apparatus for adding the karaoke system to the telephone with an auto response function includes a CPU controlling the general function of the phone and karaoke function, a keypad including karaoke function key, a micro tape storing music data, a control circuit part mixing voice and music and outputting for a speaker, to realize the karaoke function cheaper and more convenient without an audio system.

Description

Karaoke Device Using Telephone

1 is a block diagram of a karaoke apparatus using a telephone according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the fixing apparatus side in the karaoke apparatus using the telephone shown in FIG.

3 is a detailed block diagram of the portable device side in the karaoke apparatus using the telephone shown in FIG.

4a and b are diagrams of keypads respectively provided on the fixing device side and the portable device side.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10, 50: central processing unit (CPU) 12: micro tape

14, 40: keypad 20: control circuit

21: Deck Drive 22: Microphone Control

23: voice mixing unit 24: amplification control unit

25: amplification unit 30, 60: variation demodulation unit

66: microphone 34, 64: modulator

The present invention relates to a device in which a karaoke device is added to a telephone having an automatic answering function. In particular, the present invention relates to a karaoke using a telephone that allows a user to sing using a microphone attached to a fixed device of a wireless telephone or a microphone attached to a portable device. Relates to a device.

Recently, there has been a widespread spread of places where people can enjoy commercial karaoke, also known as `` karaoke room. '' However, in order to implement such a home karaoke device, it is necessary to purchase expensive audio equipment.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke apparatus using a telephone that can be enjoyed cheaply and conveniently using a telephone.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention, the central processing unit for performing the normal telephone control functions such as key input detection and control of the telephone, voice call control, power control, and during the telephone call A karaoke apparatus for performing a karaoke function using a telephone having a speaker for performing a voice transmission function to the inside and outside of the telephone under the control of the central processing unit, the plurality of songs mounted on the telephone set Storage means for accompaniment data recorded therein; A keypad for inputting a key signal required to perform the karaoke function and having a plurality of operation keys for setting and adjusting the accompaniment of a song to be sung among a plurality of songs stored in the storage means; Connected to a circuit of the telephone, in response to an operation key input signal from the keypad, to control reading of accompaniment data of a plurality of preset songs recorded in the storage means, and from a microphone jack provided outside the telephone; The central processing unit which performs audio signal input switching control; And a control for mixing accompaniment data of a set song read out from the storage means and an audio signal input through the external microphone jack based on a control signal from the central processing unit, and then outputting the result to the outside through the speaker. There is provided a karaoke apparatus using a telephone, comprising a circuit portion.

The present invention according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a karaoke apparatus for performing a karaoke function using a wireless telephone having a portable device capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from the fixed device through a fixed device, an antenna. The portable apparatus includes a plurality of numeric keys and function keys, and a plurality of operation keys for setting and adjusting the accompaniment of a song to be sung among a plurality of preset music signals required for performing a karaoke function. A first keypad having a; A microphone connected to the portable device through a jack to input a user voice signal; A first center for performing a normal telephone control function such as key input sensing and control of the radiotelephone, voice call path control, power control, etc., and controlling the voice signal input from the microphone to be transmitted to the fixed device; Processing apparatus; And modulating and demodulating data for transmission and reception with the fixed device based on a control signal from the first central processing unit, and modulating the voice signal and transmitting the modulated voice signal to the fixed device through an antenna. And a modulation / demodulation unit, wherein the fixing unit comprises: storage means for recording accompaniment data for a plurality of preset songs; A second keypad for inputting a key signal required for performing the karaoke function and having a plurality of operation keys for setting and adjusting an accompaniment of a song to be sung among a plurality of songs stored in the storage means; Connected to a circuit of the radiotelephone to perform a normal telephone control function, and in response to an operation key input signal from the second keypad, reading accompaniment data of a plurality of preset songs recorded in the storage means; A second central processing unit for controlling input and switching of a voice signal from a microphone jack provided outside the fixing device or a voice signal transmitted and received from the portable device; A second signal for performing modulation and demodulation for data transmission and reception with the portable device and restoring the audio signal received from the portable device to the original signal before modulation based on the control signal from the second CPU; Modulation and demodulation unit; And based on a control signal from the second central processing unit, accompaniment data of the set music read out from the storage means and outputted from the external microphone jack or voice from the restored portable device. It provides a karaoke apparatus using a wireless telephone, characterized in that it comprises a control circuit unit for mixing the signal and then output to the outside through the speaker.

Other objects and various advantages of the invention will be apparent from the preferred embodiments of the invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of a karaoke apparatus using a telephone according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a karaoke apparatus using a telephone according to the present invention. The left side of the figure shows the stationary device side of the radiotelephone and the right side shows the portable device side.

In Fig. 1, the stationary side of the radiotelephone includes a central processing unit (CPU) 10, a micro tape 12, a keypad 14, a control circuit 20 and a modulator 30.

Referring to FIG. 1, the central processing unit 10 is connected to a telephone circuit (not shown) to perform at least three kinds of control functions. First, general control functions of the telephone, for example, key input detection and control, voice call, etc. Function control such as furnace control, power control, data transmission and processing with portable device, and second function control such as Incoming Message, Outgoing Message, In-call Recording, etc. And thirdly, function control as a karaoke apparatus according to the present invention.

In addition, the keypad 14 has a plurality of function keys, for example, karaoke keys, start keys, stop keys, slow keys, quick keys, and the like, as shown in FIG. Various function key operation signals according to the user operation are provided to the central processing unit 10 described above. Therefore, the user implements the karaoke using the fixing device of the radiotelephone to be pursued in the present invention by operating such a plurality of function keys, and more specifically, the user uses the keypad 14 to the micro tape 12 described later. An accompaniment of a song that a user wants to select for a song among a plurality of pre-recorded songs is set, and at the time of accompaniment of the set song, the accompaniment starts and stops, slow and fast.

The micro tape 12 stores accompaniment data (accompaniment sound without a human voice signal) of a plurality of pieces of music. Such a micro tape can be produced in advance by, for example, a record producer.

On the other hand, the control circuit unit 20, as shown in Figure 2 includes a deck drive unit 21, the microphone control unit 22, the voice mixing unit 23, the amplification control unit 24 and the amplifier 25 In accordance with the control signal from the CPU 10, the accompaniment sound of the music selected by the user read and output from the micro tape 12 and the audio signal input through the external microphone jack or later will be described in detail. The audio signal transmitted from the portable device side to be described is mixed, and the mixed signal (accompaniment sound + audio signal) is output through the speaker SP to the outside.

Referring to FIG. 2, the deck driver 21 controls the drive of the micro tape 12 based on the above-described drive control signal from the CPU 10, that is, records the micro tape 12 from the CPU 10 to the micro tape 12. FIG. When a user inputs a control signal for reading a song in which a user selects accompaniment, a deck (not shown) is driven to read (fetch) accompaniment data (accompaniment sound of the selected song) of the corresponding song. The accompaniment sound of the selected tune read as described above is provided to the audio mixing section 23 of the next stage.

Next, the microphone control unit 22 controls the voice signal (user's song sound) or the modulation / demodulation unit 30 input through the external microphone jack provided on the fixing device side based on the control signal from the CPU 10 described above. Selectively switching the contact point of the voice signal provided from the portable device side shown in the right side of FIG. 1 provided through the voice signal (the voice signal provided from the fixing device side micro or the mobile device side micro) To provide a voice mixing unit 23 to be described later.

That is, the microphone control unit 22 transfers the voice signal input through the fixed device side microphone to the voice mixing unit 23 based on the switching control signal from the CPU 10, according to an embodiment of the present invention. Alternatively, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the voice signal input through the portable device-side microphone provided from the modulation / demodulation unit 30 is transmitted to the voice mixing unit 23.

Therefore, in the voice mixing unit 23, the accompaniment sound of the song in which the accompaniment is selected by the user provided from the deck driving unit 21 and the voice signal provided from the microphone control unit 22 (voice from the fixing device side microphone jack) are provided. A signal (song) or a voice signal (song) provided from the microphone of the mobile device is mixed and provided to the amplifier 25 of the next stage, in which the amplifier is amplified to a predetermined level predetermined by the amplifier 25. The amplification degree adjustment of the signal is performed by the amplification control unit 24 based on the control signal from the CPU 10. Therefore, in the amplifier 25, the mixed signal amplified to a predetermined level is transmitted to the speaker SP. Here, the voice mixer 23 mixing the external voice signal and the set accompaniment sound is a technique well known in the art, for example, each signal (voice signal, accompaniment sound) received through each input buffer. Condenser couple It can be implemented through a method such as C-Coupling.

On the other hand, the demodulation section 30, as shown in FIG. 2, includes a modulator 34 and a demodulator 32, and as a normal function thereof, a dialing signal (ring tone) and a telephone station received through a telephone line. A device for modifying and demodulating the other party's telephone number dialing signal for a telephone call to be transmitted by a mobile telephone, and using a mobile device of a remote telephone of a remote party, It has a function of modulating or demodulating a voice signal for transmitting and receiving voice signals between portable devices, and also implements karaoke using another embodiment of the present invention, i.e., a portable device of a wireless telephone (shown on the right side of FIG. 1). According to another embodiment of the present invention, the original audio signal before the modulation is inputted through a microphone attached to the portable device, modulated, and then received through the antenna. Demodulating functions to provide in the above-described microphone control section 22.

On the other hand, referring to Figures 1 and 3, the portable device side for another embodiment of the present invention has a modulator 60 having a keypad 40, a CPU 50, a demodulator 62 and a modulator 64. ) And microphone 66.

First, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the keypad 40, for example, includes a plurality of numeric keys, function keys, and a plurality of function keys, that is, karaoke keys, required to implement karaoke according to another embodiment of the present invention. And a function key such as a start key, a stop key, a slow key, a fast key, and a call key. Set the accompaniment of the song that the user wants to select for the song among the plurality of songs previously recorded in (12), and perform the operation such as start and stop of the accompaniment of the set song, slow and fast. do.

At this time, various function key operation signals in the keypad 40 according to the user's operation are provided to the CPU 50, which is the same as the CPU 10 provided on the side of the fixing device. In addition to performing a general control function, and performing a karaoke function, it performs modulation control of an audio signal input from the microphone 66 to the modulator 64 in the modulation / demodulation unit 60 according to the present invention.

In addition, the demodulation unit 60, which includes a modulator 34 and a demodulator 32, performs a function substantially similar to that of the demodulation unit 30 provided on the fixed device side. Modulates and modulates the modulated dialing signal (ring tone) and the telephone number dialing signal for the telephone call to be sent to the telephone company, and between the remote party and the caller who wants to make a telephone call using the mobile device of the wireless telephone. It has a function of demodulating or modulating a voice signal for transmitting and receiving a voice signal between a stationary device of a radiotelephone and a portable device at the time of a telephone call, and also a portable device of a radiotelephone (the right side of FIG. According to another embodiment of the present invention for implementing karaoke using a) demodulated the audio signal input through the microphone attached to the portable device antenna Through and blown out into the retainer.

Next, a process of implementing a karaoke function by using a fixing device of an answering machine radio telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

First, when AC power is applied to the CPU 10 from the power supply unit (not shown), the CPU 10 initializes the states of all peripheral devices. When the user enters the `` karaoke '' key in the keypad 14 as shown in FIG. 4A in order to enjoy the karaoke in the initialized state, the CPU 10 of the `` karaoke '' key The signal lines a and c of the microphone controller 22 are connected to each other according to the input signal, and power is supplied to the amplifier 25 through the amplification controller 24.

Then, when the user presses the `` start '' key in the keypad 14, the CPU 10 controls the deck drive unit 21 to output the accompaniment data from the micro tape 12. Accordingly, the audio signal input from the microphone jack is input to the voice mixing unit 23 via the signal line ca of the microphone control unit 22, and the accompaniment data set according to the operation signal of the keypad from the deck driver 21 is inputted to the voice mixing unit ( As input to 23, a signal in which voice and accompaniment are mixed in the voice mixer 23 is amplified by the amplifier 25 and then output to the outside through the speaker SP. Therefore, according to the present invention, the user can enjoy karaoke using the fixing device of the radiotelephone as described above.

Of course, when the user presses the stop key, slow key or quick key in the keypad 14 during the process of performing the karaoke function using the fixing device of the radiotelephone, the CPU 10 responds correspondingly. Will perform the operation control.

Next, a process of implementing a karaoke function using a portable device of an answering machine radio telephone according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, when DC power is applied to the CPU 50 from the power supply unit (not shown), the CPU 10 initializes the states of all peripheral devices. In this state, when the user inputs the `` karaoke '' key in the keypad 40 as shown in FIG. 4B to enjoy karaoke, the CPU 50 converts the key input signal into the modulation / demodulation unit 60. Modulation via modulator 64 is then carried on a carrier and transmitted via an antenna to the fixture shown in FIG. Accordingly, the `` karaoke '' key input signal received through the fixing device side antenna is restored to the original signal before modulation through the demodulator 32 in the demodulation unit 30 and then input to the CPU 10.

As a result, the CPU 10 controls the signal lines a and b of the microphone control unit 22 to be connected to each other on the basis of the `` karaoke '' key input signal from the portable apparatus side received through the demodulator 32. Power is supplied to the amplifying unit 25 via the amplifying control unit 24.

Next, when the user presses the `` start '' key on the keypad 40 of the portable device side shown in FIG. 3, the input signal of this `` start '' key is modulated by the modulator 64 to be antenna After being transmitted to the fixing device side through the demodulator 32 of the fixing device side is restored to the original signal is input to the CPU (10).

Therefore, the CPU 10 controls the deck driver 21 so that the accompaniment data is output from the micro tape 12 as described above. In this state, when the user sings through the microphone 66 for the wireless telephone built into the mobile device, the voice signal is transmitted to the mobile device side modulator 64 → the fixed device side demodulator 32 → the microphone control unit 22. → it is input to the voice synthesizer 23 and mixed with the accompaniment from the deck driver 21, and the mixed signal is amplified to a predetermined level by the amplifier 25 and then externally supplied through the speaker SP. Is output. Therefore, according to the present invention, the karaoke function can be enjoyed by using the portable device of the radiotelephone as described above.

Of course, even when the user presses the stop key, the slow key, or the quick key in the keypad 40 during the process of performing the karaoke function using the portable device of the wireless telephone as described above, the CPU 50 responds thereto. Therefore, the control signal for performing the corresponding operation control is transmitted to the fixed device side through the modulator 64 and the antenna. Accordingly, the CPU 10 of the fixed device performs an operation control corresponding to the received control signal. will be.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the present invention as described above has been described as an example of employing a karaoke function in a wireless answering telephone, but the present invention is not necessarily to be construed as being limited thereto. Those skilled in the art should be understood that various changes or modifications can be made within the scope without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, a karaoke function can be implemented inexpensively and conveniently by using a fixed device or a portable device of an existing answering machine, even without an expensive audio device.

Claims (6)

A central processing unit that performs normal telephone control functions such as key input detection and control of a telephone, voice call control, and power control; and voice transmission to and from the telephone under the control of the central processing unit during a telephone call A karaoke apparatus for performing a karaoke function by using a telephone having a speaker for performing a function, the apparatus comprising: storage means mounted to the telephone and recording accompaniment data for a plurality of preset songs; A keypad having a plurality of operation keys for inputting a key signal required to perform the karaoke function and for setting and adjusting the accompaniment of a song to be sung among a plurality of songs stored in the storage means; Connected to a circuit of the telephone, in response to an operation key input signal from the keypad, to control reading of accompaniment data of a plurality of preset songs recorded in the storage means, and from a microphone jack provided outside the telephone; The central processing unit which performs audio signal input switching control; And a control for mixing accompaniment data of a set song read out from the storage means and an audio signal input through the external microphone jack based on a control signal from the central processing unit, and then outputting the result to the outside through the speaker. Karaoke apparatus using a telephone comprising a circuit portion. The music accompaniment according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit unit controls the deck driving of the storage means on the basis of a drive control signal from the central processing unit, so that the user selects the accompaniment among the plurality of pieces of music recorded in the storage means. A deck driver for reading data; A microphone processing unit which controls on / off the input of the voice signal provided from the microphone jack based on an input switching control signal from the central processing unit; A voice mixing unit for mixing accompaniment data of the read music provided from the deck driving unit with a voice signal provided from the microphone control unit; And amplifying means for amplifying the mixed signal output from the voice mixing unit to a predetermined level based on a control signal from the central processing unit and outputting the mixed signal to the speaker. The karaoke apparatus using a telephone according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said storage means is a micro tape. A karaoke apparatus that performs a karaoke function by using a wireless telephone having a portable apparatus capable of transmitting and receiving data with the fixed apparatus through a fixing apparatus and an antenna, wherein the portable apparatus includes a plurality of numeric keys and function keys. A first keypad having a plurality of operation keys for setting and adjusting the accompaniment of a song to be sung among a plurality of preset songs, which are required for performing a karaoke function; A microphone connected to the portable device through a jack to input a user voice signal; A first center for performing normal telephone control functions such as key input detection and control of the wireless telephone, voice call control, power control, and the like, and controlling the voice signal input from the microphone to be transmitted to the fixed device; Processing apparatus; And modulating and demodulating data for transmission and reception with the fixed device based on a control signal from the first central processing unit, and modulating the voice signal and transmitting the modulated voice signal to the fixed device through an antenna. And a modulation / demodulation unit, wherein the fixing unit comprises: storage means for recording accompaniment data for a plurality of preset songs; A second keypad for inputting a key signal required for performing the karaoke function and having a plurality of operation keys for setting and adjusting an accompaniment of a song to be sung among a plurality of songs stored in the storage means; Connected to a circuit of the radiotelephone to perform a normal telephone control function, and in response to an operation key input signal from the second keypad, reading accompaniment data of a plurality of preset songs recorded in the storage means; A second central processing unit for controlling input and switching of a voice signal from a microphone jack provided outside the fixing device or a voice signal transmitted and received from the portable device; A second signal for performing modulation and demodulation for data transmission and reception with the portable device and restoring the audio signal received from the portable device to the original signal before modulation based on the control signal from the second central processing unit; Modulation and demodulation unit; And accompaniment data of the set music read out from the storage means and the audio signal input through the external microphone jack or the audio signal from the restored portable device based on the control signal from the second central processing unit. Karaoke device using a wireless telephone, characterized in that it comprises a control circuit unit for mixing and then output to the outside through the speaker. The music accompaniment according to claim 4, wherein the control circuit unit controls the deck driving of the storage means based on a drive control signal from the central processing unit, so that the user selects the accompaniment among the plurality of pieces of music recorded in the storage means. A deck driver for reading data; A microphone processing unit which controls on / off the input of the voice signal provided from the microphone jack based on an input switching control signal from the central processing unit; An audio mixing unit for mixing accompaniment data of the read music provided from the deck driving unit with an audio signal provided from the microphone control unit; And amplifying means for amplifying the mixed signal output from the voice mixing unit to a predetermined level based on a control signal from the central processing unit and outputting the mixed signal to the speaker. The karaoke apparatus using a telephone according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the storage means is a micro tape.