JPH09172472A - Audible calling signal preparing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inform a user of an incoming-call by means of a voice message or a calling sound which are registered by the user himself and are remarkably unique. SOLUTION: Some patterns of the speech signals or the voice messages inputted from MIC 1 are encoded by COD 2 and stored in MEM 3 by the control of CTL 9. Then the user previously select-specifies which of patterns of the voice calling signals or the voice messages should be used at the time of call- incoming in consideration of the using place and the using time zone of a portable terminal equipment by operating SEL 4. When DET 5 detects an incoming- call to the portable terminal equipment from the line in this state and informs CTL 9 of it, CTL 9 reads encoded voice data select-specified by SEL 4 from MEM 3 and sends it to CNV 6. CNV 6 reproduces voice from this encoded voice data and outputs it from SPK 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an audible ringing signal generating apparatus, and more particularly to an audible ringing signal generating apparatus which allows a user of a portable terminal to generate a unique ringing tone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional portable terminal, an incoming call is given to a user by a ringing tone whose frequency and on / off intervals are fixedly fixed at the time of incoming call, or by displaying the incoming call on an LED, or by vibrating a vibrator. I was informed.

As an example of a conventional method using a ringing tone, there is a "ringing tone generator" described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-258144.

This conventional ringing tone generator inputs an arbitrary ringing tone from a microphone or the like, records it, and reproduces the ringing tone recorded when an incoming signal from a telephone line is detected,
A means for emitting the reproduced ring back tone is provided, and the ringing tone created by the user himself / herself is emitted at the time of an incoming call, thereby improving the call identification ability.

[0005]

However, when an incoming call arrives at a place where a plurality of portable terminals equipped with the conventional ringing tone generators respectively gather, the ringing tones from each ringing tone generator are all received. Since the sounds are often similar, it is difficult to distinguish which mobile terminal the incoming call is coming from.

[0006] In addition, there is a conventional portable terminal that displays an incoming call on an LCD or the like to notify the user of the incoming call. When the user carries the portable terminal in a bag or pocket, he or she carries it. There was a problem that I had to take this out and look at the display.

An object of the present invention is to provide an audible call signal generating apparatus capable of notifying the user of an incoming call by a remarkably unique voice message or ringing tone registered by the user.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an audible call signal generating device which can be used as a timer or an alarm clock by generating an audible call signal when the time set in a built-in clock is reached. To do.

[0009]

According to the present invention, registration means for registering a plurality of types of audible call signals, and any one of the audible call signals when the plurality of types of audible call signals are registered. An audible ringing signal generating apparatus is provided, which comprises selection means for selectively designating and reproduction means for reproducing an audible ringing signal selected by the selection means when an incoming call is detected.

An input unit for inputting the audible call signal, a voice encoding unit for encoding the voice signal from the input unit, and a memory unit for storing the encoded voice data from the voice encoding unit. , A selecting unit for selectively designating one type from a plurality of types of encoded voice data in the memory unit, an incoming call detecting unit for detecting an incoming call, and a selecting unit designated by the selecting unit when the incoming call detecting unit detects an incoming call. An audible ringing signal producing apparatus is provided which comprises a voice reproducing unit for reproducing voice from encoded voice data, and a control unit for performing all sequence control in the present apparatus.

Further, the audible ringing signal includes a plurality of types of voice messages registered by the user and a plurality of types of ringing tones having different frequencies or ON / OFF intervals, respectively. Is obtained.

Furthermore, a clock for setting the time is built in, and the control unit activates the voice reproduction unit at the time when the time set in the clock is reached, and outputs the voice from the encoded voice data selected by the selection unit. An audible ringing signal producing device is obtained which is characterized in that

[0013]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an audible call signal generating apparatus of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the audible call signal generating apparatus according to the present embodiment has a microphone (MIC) 1 as an input unit for inputting an audible call signal, and a voice encoding for encoding a voice signal from the MIC 1. Unit (COD) 2, memory unit (MEM) 3 for storing encoded voice data from this COD 2, and selection unit (SEL) 4 for selecting and designating one type from a plurality of types of encoded voice data in this MEM 3.
And an incoming call detection unit (DET) 5 for detecting an incoming call, and this D
When the ET5 detects an incoming call, a voice reproduction unit (CNV) 6 that reproduces a voice from the encoded voice data selected and designated by the SEL 4, a speaker (SPK) 7 that outputs a voice output of the CNV 6, and a time are set. Clock (CL
K) 8 and a control unit (CTL) 9 for performing all sequence control in this apparatus.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When the user registers an arbitrary audible call signal, first, a recording mode is selected by SEL4 and a voice is input from MIC1. Here, the audible ringing signal is preferably a unique signal tone that is significantly different from the ringing signal (or ringing signal tone) of a general telephone. Therefore, it is desirable that the voice input from the MIC 1 is, for example, a chime sound or a voice message of the user's own voice.

Several patterns of voice signals or voice messages input from MIC1 are encoded by COD2 and stored in MEM3 under the control of CTL9.

Then, the user operates the SEL 4 to select and designate which pattern of the voice signal or voice message to use when receiving a call, considering the place of use and the time of use of the portable terminal.

In this state, when the DET 5 detects an incoming call to the portable terminal from a line (not shown) and informs the CTL 9, the CTL 9 reads out the encoded voice data selected and designated by the SEL 4 from the MEM 3 and outputs the CNV6. Sent to
The CNV6 reproduces the voice from this encoded voice data and S
Output from PK7.

In the present embodiment, the built-in CL
At the time set in K8, CLK8 informs CTL9 of that fact. The CTL 9 reads out the encoded voice data selected and designated by the SEL 4 from the MEM 3 and sends it to the CNV 6, as in the case of the incoming call, and the CNV 6 reproduces the voice from this encoded voice data and outputs it from the SPK 7.

Therefore, the user can use the portable terminal as a timer or an alarm clock.

By inputting the mute signal from the MIC 1, the encoded voice data previously registered in the MEM 3 can be easily deleted.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, registration means for registering a plurality of types of audible call signals and any one kind of audible call signals when a plurality of types of audible call signals are registered are selected and designated. By providing the selecting means and the reproducing means for reproducing the audible call signal selected by the selecting means when an incoming call is detected, and as an embodiment thereof, an input section for inputting the audible call signal, and 1 out of a plurality of types of encoded voice data in the memory unit, a voice encoding unit that encodes a voice signal from the input unit, a memory unit that stores the encoded voice data from the voice encoding unit
A selection unit that selects and specifies a type, an incoming call detection unit that detects an incoming call, an audio playback unit that plays back audio from the encoded audio data that is selected and designated by the selection unit when the incoming call detection unit detects an incoming call, and a book The audible ringing signal is provided with a plurality of types of voice messages registered by the user, and a plurality of types of ringing signals having different frequencies or ON / OFF intervals, respectively. By including the sound, the user can know the incoming call clearly by the unique signal sound or voice message created by him / her according to the usage environment and time of day of the portable terminal, and without looking at the incoming call display. It has the effect that

Also, a clock for setting the time is built-in, and the control unit activates the voice reproducing unit at the time when the time set in the clock is reached to reproduce the voice from the encoded voice data selected by the selecting unit. This has the effect that the user can use the audible call signal generating device as a unique timer or alarm clock.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an audible call signal generation device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Microphone (MIC) 2 Voice Coding Unit (COD) 3 Memory Unit (MEM) 4 Selection Unit (SEL) 5 Incoming Call Detection Unit (DET) 6 Voice Playback Unit (CNV) 7 Speaker (SPK) 8 Clock (CLK) 9 Control unit (CTL)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Registration means for registering a plurality of types of audible ringing signals, selection means for selecting and designating any one type of the audible ringing signals when the plurality of types of audible ringing signals are registered, and detecting an incoming call. An audible ringing signal producing device for playing back the audible ringing signal selected by the selecting means. 2. An input unit for inputting the audible call signal,
A voice encoding unit that encodes a voice signal from the input unit, a memory unit that stores the encoded voice data from the voice encoding unit, and one type from a plurality of types of encoded voice data in the memory unit. A selection unit for selecting and specifying, an incoming detection unit for detecting an incoming call, an audio reproduction unit for reproducing audio from the encoded audio data selected and specified by the selection unit when the incoming detection unit detects an incoming call, and this device 2. The audible call signal generating device according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit for performing all sequence control in the inside. 3. The audible call signal includes a plurality of types of voice messages registered by a user, and a frequency or an on-message, respectively.
The audible ringing signal generating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a plurality of types of ringing tones having different off intervals. 4. A built-in clock for setting the time, wherein the control unit activates the voice reproduction unit at the time set by the clock and outputs a voice from the encoded voice data selected by the selection unit. The audible ringing signal creating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the audible ringing signal creating apparatus reproduces the signal.