KR20030041001A - Mobile phone for storing voice data and method for using the same as a ring sound - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mobile communication terminal for voice data storage is provided to store various sounds with an intention of a user, and to use the stored sounds as receiving bells, thereby easily using a desirous sound as a receiving bell without using receiving bell music supplied with fee. CONSTITUTION: A keypad(211) inputs a user command for storing a voice and setting a receiving bell. A controller(212) controls the storing of the voice and the setting of the receiving bell according to a user's direction. A microphone(213) transmits the voice inputted from outside to the controller(212). A vocoder(214) compresses voice data transmitted through the controller(212), or restores the compressed voice data to transmit the data to the controller(212). An LCD(215) displays the user's action requested to store the voice and set the receiving bell under control of the controller(212). A storage(216) stores the compressed voice data. A speaker(217) outputs the restored voice to outside.

Description

Mobile phone for storing voice data and method for using the same as a ring sound}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for storing voice data and a ringing method and ringing method thereof, and in particular, a mobile communication capable of compressing and storing a human or animal sound and a natural sound and ringing the voice data with a ringing bell. The present invention relates to a terminal and a method of setting and ringing a ringing bell.

In general, a mobile communication terminal is used to perform a call through a wireless communication between a sender and a receiver, but recently, due to the development of mobile communication, various additional services such as background music output are provided through the mobile communication terminal.

For example, the mobile communication terminal reproduces MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) music stored in an embedded sound source chip according to a user's instruction by key manipulation.

Looking at the mobile communication terminal having such a midi music playback function in detail as shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal for playing MIDI music includes a keypad 111 for manipulating transmission and reception of a mobile communication terminal, reproduction of MIDI music, a sound source chip 112 for storing MIDI music, and MIDI music. A memory 113 for storing a program for reproducing the music, and a controller for reproducing the MIDI music stored in the sound source chip 112 by executing a program stored in the memory 113 according to an operation of the keypad 111 by a user ( 114, a speaker 115 for outputting MIDI music reproduced by the controller 114 to the outside, and a liquid crystal display 116 for displaying various menus required for reproduction of the MIDI music provided by the controller 114; It is provided.

The operation of a general mobile communication terminal having the structure as described above is as follows.

When the user operates the keypad 111 to select the MIDI music playback mode, the controller 114 displays contents to be selected by the user on the LCD screen 116 after setting the playback mode. When the contents necessary for the reproduction of the MIDI music are displayed on the LCD screen 116, the user operates the keypad 111 according to the displayed contents to set the MIDI music in the form desired by the user. Here, the content displayed on the LCD screen 116 includes an instrument type, a rhythm, a tempo, and the like.

When the keypad 111 operation by the user is completed, the controller 114 executes a program stored in the memory 113 to play the MIDI music stored in the sound source chip 112 at the user's instruction.

As described above, the controller 114 reproduces the MIDI music and outputs the reproduced music through the speaker 115 of the mobile communication terminal so that the user can listen to the reproduced music.

In addition, when the user sets such MIDI music as the ringtone of the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal rings the set MIDI music as the ringtone upon receiving a call signal.

However, in the conventional mobile communication terminal which rings the internally stored MIDI music as a ringtone, the memory capacity of the MIDI music storage device is limited, so the type of MIDI music stored in the mobile communication terminal is limited. Due to this, the type of music that the user can set as the ringing bell is also very limited, and there is a problem in that the ringtones cannot be provided to the users whose preferences are diversified by the development of advanced science.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal which can be easily stored by compressing external sounds such as human or animal sounds and natural sounds.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a ringing method and ringing method of a mobile communication terminal, which can ring voice data stored in the mobile communication terminal as a ringing tone when a call signal is received.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal for playing general MIDI music.

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

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting a ringing bell of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart for a ringing method ringing ring of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

211: keypad 212: control unit

213: microphone 214: vocoder

215: LCD screen 216: storage unit

217: speaker

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal for storing voice data input through a microphone, the keypad comprising: a keypad for inputting a user command for voice storage and a call ring setting; A control unit for controlling storage of a voice input through the microphone and setting a ringing bell according to a user's instruction by a keypad; A vocoder for compressing the voice data transmitted through the controller or restoring the compressed voice data and transmitting the compressed voice data to the controller; And a storage unit for storing the voice data compressed by the vocoder transmitted through the control unit.

The present invention provides a method for setting a voice data input from the outside to a mobile communication terminal as a ring tone and ringing the set voice data as a ring tone. Compressing the input voice data; A second step of setting and storing the compressed voice data as a ring tone according to a user's ring tone setting instruction; A third step of restoring the compressed voice data set to the ringing bell as a call signal is received from the other party; And a fourth step of outputting the restored voice data to the call bell by the mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal of the present invention includes a keypad 211 for inputting a user command for voice storage and a call ring setting, and voice storage and reception according to a user instruction by the keypad 211. The controller 212 for controlling the bell setting, the microphone 213 for transmitting the voice input from the outside to the controller 212, and compresses the voice data transmitted through the control unit 212 or restores the compressed voice data The vocoder 214 to be transmitted to the control unit 212, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 215 for displaying a user's action required for storing a voice and setting a ringing ring under the control of the control unit 212, and the control unit ( A storage unit 216 for storing the voice data compressed by the vocoder 214 transmitted through the 212, and for outputting the voice restored by the vocoder 214 transmitted through the control unit 212 to the outside With speaker 217 The.

Referring to Figure 3, the procedure for the voice storage and the incoming call setting of the mobile communication terminal having the configuration as described above will be described in detail as follows.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, when a user sets a voice input mode by pressing a menu key of the keypad 211 (S301), the controller 212 may instruct a user to input a desired voice through the microphone 213. (S302).

According to the voice input instruction of the controller 212, when a user inputs a voice through the microphone 213 (S303), the controller 212 transfers the input voice data to the vocoder 214 (S304). Subsequently, the vocoder 214 compresses the voice data in a form that can be stored in the storage unit 216 transferred from the controller 212 and transmits the voice data to the controller 212 (S305).

In this way, after the input voice data is compressed, the control unit 212 displays a query content on the LCD screen 215 asking whether the input voice data is set as a ring tone (S306).

At this time, the control unit 212 determines whether the user requested the ringtone setting by pressing the keypad 211 (S307), and if so, the control unit 212 sets the compressed voice data as the ringtone to the storage unit 216. Save (S308).

If the user rejects the ringtone setting request in the determination process (S307), the control unit 212 stores the compressed voice data in the storage unit 216 without setting the ringtone ring (S309). Here, the stored voice data may be output through the speaker 217 or used as background music according to a user's instruction.

Referring to FIG. 4, a process in which the mobile communication terminal rings the ringing tone to the voice data set as the ringing tone through the same process as in FIG. 3 will be described below.

Referring to FIG. 4, when a call signal is received from the other party (S401), the controller 216 transfers the voice data compressed and stored in the storage unit 216 to the vocoder 214 (S402).

Subsequently, the vocoder 214 restores the compressed voice data transmitted from the controller 212 to the voice data output through the speaker 217 and transmits the compressed voice data to the controller 212 (S403).

When the compressed voice data is restored, the controller 212 outputs the restored voice data through the ringtone speaker 217 (S404).

Although the technical spirit of the present invention has been described in detail according to the above-described preferred embodiment, it should be noted that the above-described embodiment is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, by storing a sound such as a sound of a person or an animal and a sound of nature in a user's mobile communication terminal and using it as a ringtone, the user himself or herself does not use the ringtone music provided for a fee. The desired sound can be easily used as a ringtone for the mobile communication terminal, thereby significantly increasing the user's preference for the product.

Claims (4)

In the mobile communication terminal for storing the voice data input through the microphone from the outside, A keypad for inputting user commands for voice storage and ring tone setup; A control unit for controlling storage of a voice input through the microphone and setting a ringing bell according to a user's instruction by a keypad; A vocoder for compressing the voice data transmitted through the controller or restoring the compressed voice data and transmitting the compressed voice data to the controller; And A storage unit for storing voice data compressed by the vocoder transmitted through the control unit Mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, And the control unit stores voice data compressed by the vocoder in the storage unit as a ring tone according to a user's instruction. In the method of setting the voice data input from the outside to the mobile communication terminal to the ringing bell and ringing the set voice data to the ringing bell, A first step of the mobile communication terminal compressing voice data input from the outside after setting the voice input mode according to a user's instruction; A second step of setting and storing the compressed voice data as a ring tone according to a user's ring tone setting instruction; A third step of restoring the compressed voice data set to the ringing bell as a call signal is received from the other party; And A fourth step of the mobile communication terminal outputting the restored voice data to a ringing bell; Ringing and ringing method of the mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein And when the user refuses to set the compressed voice data as a ring tone, the mobile communication terminal stores the compressed voice data without setting the ring tone as a ring tone.