KR20030012186A - Phone bell & standby sound maker - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for allowing a user to convert a ringing ringing when a call is made into a variety of sounds desired by a user, as in the case of a mobile phone, and also to use the ringtone as a call waiting sound. .

In particular, the present invention is characterized in that the user can variously select the sound used as the ringtone and call waiting sound, such as the user directly recorded and output the sound used as the ringtone and call waiting sound or downloaded directly through the ARS service company or computer. have. When downloading via a computer, use the universal format such as mp3, ra, rm, wav.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to connect the apparatus between a trunk line and a landline telephone and a keypad telephone to use with an existing product.

Description

PHONE BELL & STANDBY SOUND MAKER

The present invention relates to a device for outputting the telephone ringing sound and the standby sound of a telephone, and in particular, when receiving a telephone call from a counterpart using a conventional telephone and making a telephone call, a user's desired sound can be used as a telephone ringing tone instead of the existing telephone ringing. The present invention relates to a telephone ringing tone output device that can use the sound as a call waiting tone.

As the most basic living necessities for modern people facing the information age, telephones are widely used and used, and with the development of technology such as wireless phones, mobile phones, Internet phones, web phones, etc. Developments in additional services and functions are also continuing. Telephone users, who are frequently faced with such various technological developments, are constantly demanding not only functional development but also problems using the telephone, that is, the development of additional services and functions. In particular, mobile phone users often encounter cutting-edge technological developments such as text transmission, data transmission, and image transmission. In addition, it is common to download and use ringtones of mobile phones.

At the same time, when you make a phone call with the other party, you have to make a call waiting for changing someone or looking for something, and the sound used for call waiting is mostly limited to a few kinds. In most cases, the user and the other party were fed up with monotonous melody, and it was necessary to purchase a replacement phone and a key phone for the above functions. There has been the inconvenience of having to buy a telephone.

In the conventional ringtone and call waiting sound switching methods, there are problems such as not being able to use various ringtones as call waiting sounds, not being able to connect to an existing phone, and not being able to download sounds from a plurality of stored storage devices. .

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention, as in the case of a mobile phone, even in the telephone, the telephone ringing ringing when the incoming call can be switched to various types of sounds desired by the user In addition, the ringtone can also be used as a call waiting sound, thereby providing a higher quality communication service by using various sounds as ringtones and call waiting sounds when a user uses various types of telephones and keys.

Many mobile phone users use their ringtones in various forms, and the ringtone switching function as described above is hardly applied to wired communication. Accordingly, the present invention is to block the existing ringtone when the call from the other party to the various types of music and melody, the latest song selected by the user and to output the sound selected by the user as a ringtone and the sound to be output to the call waiting sound This function allows you to download the ringtones that are output instead of the existing ringtones from 700 service or download them from your computer in the format of mp3, ra, rm, etc. By providing the user, a higher level call function is provided to users.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a CPU and a telephone station for controlling to output an internally stored sound after interrupting an alerting signal from a telephone station or outputting a call waiting sound as a self-stored sound when a call is made with the other party. Signal input unit for transmitting the signal transmitted from the phone without distortion, a memory for storing the signal output unit and the sound to switch the existing ring tone and call waiting sound, so that the user can directly record the sound to be output as a ring tone and call waiting sound The user can select a specific sound from the downloading interface unit and the memory in which the sound is stored in a plurality of sounds, such as a voice signal processor and a computer or a 700 service. Output with control LCD and speakers Key control signals, is accomplished by the configuration including a power supply control unit comprises a battery and a DC external power source to drive the unit.

In addition, the present invention solves the national and personal waste caused by purchasing a new product by plugging it into a modular jack of the existing telephone and key-phone telephone that the user is using and using the existing product. It is characterized by improving the mood of the call with the other party by listening to the cheerful music desired by the user before or during the call.

1 is a perspective view showing a situation in which the telephone ringing and call waiting sound output device and the general telephone is fastened according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a telephone ring tone and call waiting sound output device according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow diagram illustrating the operation of the telephone telephone ring tone and call waiting sound output device according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing

10: phone ringer and call waiting sound output device

20: conventional regular telephone

30: telephone exchange

40: signal input unit

50: signal output unit

60: C.P.U.

70: voice signal processing unit

80: memory

90: power control unit

100: Battery

110: DC external power

120: output unit

130: LCD

140: speaker

150: signal control key

160: downloading interface unit

170: microphone

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the configuration and operation according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which a general telephone 20 and a telephone ringing tone and a call waiting sound output device 10 are fastened.

Referring to the internal structure of a conventional conventional telephone 20, a ring signal detecting unit for detecting a ring signal applied from a user station apparatus through the trunk line connection terminal connected to the external trunk line 30 and the trunk line connection terminal And a tone generating unit for ringing a telephone ring to the other party based on the detected ring signal, and a loop for performing an interface function of overall communication signals inputted to and outputted from inside and outside the device and the connection with the telephone terminal 20. A circuit, a trunk line connection detecting unit for detecting a connection state with a counterpart terminal, and an interface circuit for performing an interface function.

In addition, the receiver and the hook detection unit for detecting the off hook or on hook state of the hook switch according to the control of the microcomputer and the on / off switching according to the user picking up or releasing the handset. And a switching unit for opening and closing a communication path between the telephone line 20 and the trunk line 30, and a network circuit for processing the voice signal of the sender or the user's voice signal transmitted from the counterpart phone 30 through the interface circuit and the switching unit. It consists of.

That is, in the above configuration, when the ring signal transmitted from the trunk line 30 and sensed by the ring signal detecting unit is input to the tone generating unit, the ring signal is driven by the tone generating unit to be output as a predetermined ring tone through the speaker. . When the user hears the ringtone and receives the call, the user enters the off-hook state and sets the switching unit to the on state so that the user can make a phone call with the other party.

By the way, in the telephone 20 which consists of the above-mentioned structure, there exists a following problem. When the other party makes a call to the user, the ring line (Alerting Signal) is transmitted from the CO line 30 to the user's telephone 20. The ring signal detection unit of the user's telephone 20 detects this signal and inputs it to the tone generator to generate a tone. The ring signal is driven from the unit so that the ring signal is output through the phone speaker 140. At this time, the ringtone melody stored in the tone generator is extremely limited, so only a few monotone melodies are output as ringtones. In addition, the phone call with the other party is made by switching from the off-hook state to the on-hook state. The melody stored in the memory 80 is similarly used to generate a call waiting sound for the purpose of finding an object or changing another person. Due to the monotony, the user easily feels empirical or the other user feels uncomfortable.

In order to solve this problem, the telephone 20 and the main body of the phone provides a variety of ringtones or call waiting sounds, but in order to use these various types of ringtone conversion function, the conventional telephone ( 20) In addition to the need to purchase and use a new phone and key-phone phone, not only does not use the existing phone 20, the problem arises, these products only ring and call only limited melody stored at the time of manufacture There is no choice but to use the atmospheric sound.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and can be used by connecting the apparatus to the telephone 20 and the keypad telephone used by the user, and when the other party calls the user, the existing telephone 20 By blocking the ringtone of the) and outputting the melody and the latest song selected by the user as a ringtone and the ability to output the melody and the latest song stored in the memory 80 of the device as a call waiting in the situation of a telephone call with the other party The aim is to provide a higher level of monetary capability.

Telephone ring tone and call waiting sound output device 10 according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a signal input unit 40, the signal output unit 50 for transmitting the signal from the telephone station 30 to the telephone 20 without distortion ) And memory 80 to store the melody and the latest song used as the ringtone and call waiting sound, block the existing ringtone and output the melody and the latest song stored in the memory 80 or control to output the melody and the latest song as the call waiting sound The CPU 60, the voice signal processing unit 70 for controlling the user to directly record and output the sound used as the ring tone and call waiting sound and the microphone 170 used to record the user's sound, the latest melody and Downloading Interface Unit (160) which controls to download sound from a storage device (ARS 700 service company, computer) that stores a plurality of the latest songs And an output unit 120 including the LCD 130, a speaker 140, a signal control key 150, and a main body 10, which the user selects a sound stored in the memory 80 or processes other functions. It is characterized in that it is configured to include a power control unit 90 for controlling to supply the battery 100 power or DC external power 110.

That is, according to the present invention made up of the above configuration, the device 10 can be used with the existing phone 20 and the existing phone 20 by connecting to the existing phone 20 and the key phone used by the user, when the other party calls the user Existing ringtones do not ring on the user's phone 20 and the user's preset melody and newest songs are output as ringtones on the speaker 140 of the device, or when a user makes a phone call with the other party, the user finds an object or someone When the call waiting sound outputs the melody and the latest song stored in the device memory 80, the other party can hear the sound.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a phone ringer and call waiting sound output device 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a sound performing the same function as in the configuration of FIG. When the user receives the call by recognizing the ringtone, the user goes off-hook from on-hook and makes a call. When the operation button is pressed for the output of the call waiting sound in the call situation with the other party, the sound is output to the user's handset and the other party's handset. Pressing the call waiting button again stops the call waiting sound that was output to the user and the other party's handset and enables the call.

As described above, according to the present invention, ringtones and call waiting sounds can be used by switching to specific sounds such as various melodies and latest songs desired by the user, and the user directly records the sounds or stores a plurality of sounds. Can be downloaded from the storage device.

This device can be used by connecting to existing telephones and key-phones, and outputting specific sounds desired by users as ringtones and call waiting sounds, thereby providing a higher level of communication to users.

Although the present invention has been described in detail only with respect to the specific embodiments described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and variations can be made within the spirit and scope of the invention, and such variations or modifications are within the scope of the appended claims. Will belong.

Claims (3)

A telephone ring tone and a call waiting tone output device 10 connected between a telephone line and a telephone line; When the other party calls the user and the ring signal (alerting signal) is input from the telephone company trunk line 30, the signal is detected by the signal input unit 40 and connected to the signal output unit 50 through the control of the CPU 60 Blocking the transmission of signals to the telephone 20 and the telephone telephone, extracting the sound stored in the memory 80, outputting the sound to the speaker 140, and when the ring signal input is stopped, the signal from the telephone station 30 is completely distorted. Bypassing (10) to the telephone 20, it is characterized in that the telephone line trunk line 30 and the telephone 20 is operated as if directly connected, Phone ring tone and call waiting sound output, characterized in that the sound stored in the main body memory 80 and the other party, i.e., off-hook state, outputs the call waiting sound to the user handset and the other party through the operation of the signal control key 150. Device (10) The method of claim 1; A telephone ring tone and call waiting sound output device having a function of allowing a user to directly store the sound in the memory 80 through the control of the voice signal processing unit 70 by manipulating the signal control key 150 ( 10) The method of claim 1; Sounds such as melodies and newest songs stored in the memory 80 to be used as the ringtone or call waiting sound, from a storage device in which a plurality of sounds are stored (for example, ARS service company and computer) of the downloading interface unit 160 Telephone ring tone and call waiting sound output device having the function to download the sound directly through the control (10)