JP2002185570A - Portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that a termination melody sounding upon termination at a portable telephone is always playbacked at the beginning, this making a user hard to distinguish the sounding termination melody at own portable telephone from those at other portable telephones, and that a incoming call melody always takes phrases of the same part and the user becomes satiated with the melody. SOLUTION: The portable telephone comprises a playback unit (13) for outputting an incoming melody, based on data of the incoming melody, a melody data memory (182) for storing data of the incoming melody and a playback position memory (181) for storing information about the playback position of the incoming melody. Upon the termination, the playback unit (13) playbacks data of the incoming melody, starting from the rest of address information at a previous playback stop position stored in the playback position memory 181.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for playing a ring tone for notifying a call on a portable telephone or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable telephones have rapidly become widespread due to their small size and light weight, and accordingly, various services for portable telephones have been developed. The mobile phone plays the ring melody (generally called ringtone) when receiving a call,
Informing the user of the incoming call has been actively performed, and a service of providing the data of the incoming melody by the mobile phone carrier has also been provided. Using these services, there is a mobile phone or the like that can select and download a ring melody, or register a desired song as a ring melody by directly inputting note data by the user himself. Provided.

[0003]

Normally, a ringing melody that rings when a mobile phone receives a call is always reproduced from the beginning of the song. Therefore, if a very popular song is used for the ring tone, it is difficult to distinguish between the ring tone of another person's mobile phone or the ring tone of your own mobile phone, The melody is always the same part of the phrase, and there is a problem that the user gets tired of the incoming melody immediately.

In order to solve the above problems, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2944493,
A mobile phone configured to freely set the melody and rhythm of the ringtone and the notification sound has also been proposed,
Even with this, the above-mentioned problem that the ring melody played back is always the same part of the phrase cannot be solved.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a reproducing section for outputting a ringing melody based on ringing melody data, a ringing melody data storing section for storing ringing melody data, A playback position storage unit for storing information on the playback position of the ringtone melody,
When an incoming call is received, the reproducing unit reproduces the data of the incoming melody stored in the incoming melody data storage unit based on the information stored in the reproduction position storage unit.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above configuration, information on a reproduction position of the incoming melody when the reproduction of the incoming melody by the reproducing unit is stopped is stored in the reproduction position storage unit. Further, according to the present invention, the information on the reproduction position of the incoming melody is address information of the data of the incoming melody when the reproduction of the incoming melody by the reproducing unit is stopped, and the reproducing unit starts the incoming call from the continuation of the address information. It is characterized in that the data of the incoming melody stored in the melody data storage section is reproduced.

Further, according to the present invention, the information on the reproduction position of the incoming melody is elapsed time information from the time when the reproduction of the incoming melody is started by the reproducing unit to the time when the reproduction is stopped. The incoming melody data stored in the incoming melody data storage section is reproduced from a position advanced in time by the time information.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone 10 according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes an input unit for inputting various information, which is constituted by operation keys and the like, and 12 denotes a display unit for displaying information and the like input by the input unit 11, such as a liquid crystal display device and a backlight. Etc.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a communication unit including a microphone and a speaker, 14 denotes an antenna, 15 denotes a transmission / reception unit including a radio wave transmission unit and a reception unit, 16 denotes a control unit including a CPU and the like,
Reference numeral 17 denotes a reproducing unit provided with a speaker for reproducing the incoming melody and a vibrator for notifying the incoming call by vibration. Reference numeral 18 denotes a RAM, which is a reproduction position storage unit 18 for storing a reproduction position of a ringing melody in addition to an area (not shown) for storing data such as address information and incoming call history.
1 (to be described in detail later) and a ring tone melody storage unit 182 that stores ring tone melody data.

Next, the portable telephone 1 constructed as described above
The operation of 0 will be described. First, when the control unit 16 detects that there is an incoming call to its own mobile phone via the antenna 14 and the transmission / reception unit 15, it turns on the backlight of the display unit 12 to brighten the display screen (liquid crystal display device),
The number of the called party is displayed on the display unit 12. At the same time, the input unit 11 waits for a key input.

[0011] Then, the incoming melody registered in advance in the incoming melody data storage section 182 of the storage section 18 is played back by the playback section 13 and sound is emitted using a speaker provided in the playback section 13 or simultaneously (not shown). The vibrator is driven to notify the user of the incoming call by vibration.
The notification by the vibration of the vibrator is not necessarily required.

If the same melody as that of the previous incoming call is set, the reproduction of the incoming melody is started from the reproduction position storage section 181 of the RAM 18 in order to start the reproduction from the continuation of the incoming melody. The location information (hereinafter, referred to as an address) is extracted, and the incoming melody stored in the incoming melody data storage unit 182 is reproduced from the middle based on the information. As a result, it is possible to play back from the middle of the tune of the ring tone melody (continuation from the previous song) and notify the user of the ring tone.

Further, if there is an input from the user while the incoming melody is being reproduced, the state shifts to the receiving state, and the reproduction of the incoming melody and the vibration of the vibrator are stopped. At this time, the address of the position where the reproduction of the incoming melody was interrupted is stored in the reproduction position storage unit 181. Thereby, the reproduction start position of the incoming melody when the incoming call is detected next time can be grasped.

Further, the operation of the portable telephone 10 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the ringing melody halfway playback function as described above is turned on or when the ringing melody data is changed, the leading address of the ringing melody data is stored in the playback position storage unit 181 in advance. Then, when it is detected that there is an incoming call (S1), an input from the input unit 11 is awaited, and the reproduction position address stored in the reproduction position storage unit 181 is set as the current address (S2). The current address is sequentially updated as the incoming melody is reproduced (S4), and if there is no input from the input unit 11 (S5: NO), the reproduction is performed until the end address of the incoming melody data is reached (S6). ).

When the incoming melody is reproduced and arrives at the end address of the incoming melody data (S6:
(NO), the start address of the incoming melody data is updated to the current address, and further reproduction is performed (S7). As a result, the same incoming melody can be reproduced repeatedly even when a long-time call is made. If there is an input from the user in the step (S5) (S5: YES), the receiving state is set (S8), the reproduction of the incoming melody is stopped (S9), and the telephone conversation with the other party becomes possible. . Then, the address of the position where the reproduction of the incoming melody is stopped is stored in the reproduction position storage unit 181 (S1).
0).

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention. 3 is different from the portable telephone 10 shown in FIG. 1 in that the portable telephone 20 shown in FIG.
The storage unit 28 includes a timer 21 that counts the time during which the ringing melody is played, and a playback time storage unit 281 that stores playback time information of the ringing melody played back in the past. Note that, similarly to the above-described embodiment, the storage unit 28 is provided with a ringing melody data storage unit 282 in order to store ringing melody data.

Next, the operation of the mobile phone 20 shown in FIG. 3 will be described. When the control unit 16 detects that there is an incoming call via the antenna 14 and the transmission / reception unit 15, the display unit 12
Turn on the backlight of the display screen (liquid crystal display)
, Or the number of the called party is displayed on the display unit 12. At the same time, the input unit 11 waits for a key input.

Then, the incoming melody registered in advance in the incoming melody data storage section 282 of the storage section 28 is played back by the playback section 13 and sound is emitted using a speaker provided in the playback section 13 and, at the same time, the vibrator is vibrated. To notify the user of the incoming call by vibration. The notification by the vibration of the vibrator is not necessarily required. Then, the reproduction time information stored in the reproduction time storage unit 281 is extracted, and the incoming melody data for the extracted time is fast-forwarded (because the operation is performed on the memory, the address of the incoming melody data is updated by the time. After that, start playback.

If the same incoming melody as that of the previous incoming call is set, the melody data is played back from the middle of the incoming melody data in order to quickly forward the previous playing time and start playing the incoming melody from the continuation. be able to. As a result, the user can be notified of the incoming call by playing back from the middle of the tune of the incoming melody. During the reproduction of the incoming melody, the reproduction time is counted by the timer 21, and when there is an input from the user, the reception state is entered and the reproduction is stopped. The reproduction time information counted by the timer when the reproduction is interrupted is stored in the reproduction time storage unit 281.

Further, the operation of the mobile phone 20 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the ringing melody midway playback function as described above is turned on or when ringing melody data is changed, "0" is input to the playing time storage unit as an initial value of the playing time information. When it is detected that there is an incoming call (S21), it enters a state of waiting for input from the input unit 11, and retrieves the previous reproduction time information stored in the reproduction time storage unit 281 and inputs it to the variable T (S22). The incoming melody data is fast forwarded for the length of the previous playback time (S23).

The reproduction of the incoming melody is started from the fast-forward position as described above (S24), and the reproduction time is newly added and stored in the variable T (S25). When there is no input from the input unit 11 (S26: NO), and when the time information of the variable T is shorter than the total time of the incoming melody (S27:
(NO), the reproduction of the incoming melody is continued. On the other hand, when the time information stored in the variable T is larger than the total time of the ringing melody in the step (S27) (S27: YES), the time information of the variable T and the total time of the ringing melody are compared. The difference is obtained and substituted into a variable T (S2
8). As a result, even if the ringing melody data is reproduced to the end, the reproduction is continued by returning to the beginning of the ringing melody. If there is an input from the user in the step (S26) (S26: YES), the receiving state is set (S29), the reproduction of the incoming melody is interrupted (S30), and it is possible to talk with the other party. Become. And
The time information of the variable T when the reproduction of the incoming melody is interrupted is stored in the reproduction time storage unit 282 (S31).

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, the incoming melody is reproduced from the continuation of the previous incoming call.
Even if the ring tone is the same as another person, the user can easily identify whether or not the call is to his / her own mobile phone, and because it is hard to get tired of the ring tone, the cost of the effective use of the ring tone and the cost of downloading the ring tone The burden on the user can be reduced, for example, the labor and time required for registration by manual input can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 20 mobile phone 11 input unit 12 display unit 13 communication unit 14 antenna 15 transmission / reception unit 16 control unit 17 playback unit 18, 28 storage unit 182, 282 ringtone melody data storage unit 181 playback position storage unit 21 timer 281 playback time storage unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A reproducing section for outputting a ringing melody based on ringing melody data, a ringing melody data storing section for storing ringing melody data, and a reproducing position storing section for storing information relating to a ringing melody reproducing position. A mobile phone, wherein at the time of an incoming call, the playback unit plays back the incoming melody data stored in the incoming melody data storage unit based on the information stored in the playback position storage unit. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising information on a reproduction position of the ring tone when the reproduction of the ring tone is stopped by the reproduction unit. 3. The information on the reproduction position of the incoming melody is address information of the data of the incoming melody when the reproduction of the incoming melody is stopped by the reproducing unit, and the reproducing unit starts the incoming melody from the continuation of the address information. 3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the data of the incoming melody stored in the data storage unit is reproduced. 4. The information on the playback position of the ring tone melody is elapsed time information from the time when the playback of the ring tone melody is started by the playback unit to the time the playback is stopped,
2. The ringing melody data stored in the ringing melody data storage unit from the position temporally advanced by the elapsed time information.
The mobile phone according to claim 2.