JP3966465B2 - Portable terminal device and voice generation program - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, mobile phones have become widespread in general, and recently, a graphical user interface environment that facilitates the operation so that users can feel the fun of mobile phones, ringtones composed of multiple chords There are many mobile phones that are provided with entertainment by adding various functions such as functions, game execution environment using Java (registered trademark) engine, and data download functions to the basic functions (for example, patents) Reference 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-195067
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the mobile phones provided up to now are configured to output only a simple click sound with the meaning of confirmation of the key operation content when the user performs the key operation. Thus, the user does not find the mobile phone interesting when operating the keys.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object thereof is to provide a mobile terminal device and a sound generation program that have entertainment properties that allow the user to feel fun when operating keys. It is in.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A mobile terminal device according to the present invention is based on an operation input unit having a plurality of key buttons operated by a user, a telephone number storage unit that stores a plurality of telephone numbers, and a telephone call based on an operation of the operation input unit by a user. An arrangement pattern of numbers constituting an arbitrary telephone number stored in the number storage unit and desired voice data among a plurality of voice data including melody data are stored in association with each other, and input by operation of the operation input unit A database unit that stores an arrangement pattern of numbers constituting a telephone number and desired voice data among a plurality of voice data in association with each other, and a telephone number selected from the telephone number storage unit according to the operation of the operation input unit Numbers that make up the phone number entered by operating the operation input unit by extracting the voice data associated with the number pattern that constitutes from the database unit By having a control unit for extracting audio data corresponding to the arrangement pattern from the database unit, and an audio output unit for outputting the audio data control portion is extracted, to solve the problems described above.
The portable terminal device according to the present invention is based on an operation input unit having a plurality of key buttons operated by a user, a telephone number storage unit for storing a plurality of telephone numbers, and an operation of the operation input unit by a user. An operation of the operation input unit, a database unit that stores an arrangement pattern of numbers constituting an arbitrary telephone number stored in the telephone number storage unit and desired audio data among a plurality of audio data including melody data in association with each other Voice data associated with an arrangement pattern of numbers constituting a telephone number selected from the telephone number storage unit in response to an operation of the operation input unit Is extracted from the database unit according to the frequency of use of the arrangement pattern of numbers constituting the telephone number. And a control unit that performs control to change the audio data extracted from the database unit, by having a sound output unit for outputting the audio data control portion is extracted, to solve the problems described above.
[0007]
That is, the portable terminal device and the voice generation program according to the present invention extract and reproduce voice data corresponding to the key button pressing pattern pressed by the user. And according to such a structure, the user can feel interesting with respect to a portable terminal device at the time of key operation.
[0008]
Note that the content of the audio data to be reproduced is desirably changed according to the frequency of occurrence of the pressing pattern. The audio data to be reproduced may be arbitrarily selected regardless of the key button pressing pattern. According to such a configuration, the user can always feel fun when operating the keys without getting bored.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention can be applied to, for example, a mobile phone as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, a configuration and operation of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0010]
[Overview of mobile phone]
First, with reference to FIG. 1, an overview configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile phone 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit 2, an operation input unit 3, an earpiece 4, and a mouthpiece 5 as main components. The display unit 2 is configured by a general display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an EL (ElectroLuminescence) panel, and according to a control signal output by a CPU (see FIG. 2) described later, letters, numbers, and symbols Visually display information such as icons, cursors, images, and moving images.
[0012]
The operation input unit 3 is used for input operations such as input of numbers from “0” to “9”, input of characters, input of symbols, transmission and reception instruction input, power on / off instruction input, and the like. A plurality of key buttons 6 are provided. The operation input unit 3 includes a dial (jog dial) 7 used for operations such as a cursor moving operation and a screen scrolling operation displayed on the display unit 2. The earpiece 4 and the mouthpiece 5 are respectively connected to a speaker and a microphone (see FIG. 2), which will be described later, and are used when the user makes a voice call with the other party.
[0013]
[Internal configuration and basic operation of mobile phone]
Next, the internal configuration of the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, since the structure of the display part 2 and the operation input part 3 in a figure is the same as that shown in FIG. 1, the description is abbreviate | omitted below.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 includes a communication unit 11, an antenna 12, a ROM 13, a RAM 14, a CPU 15, a microphone 16, a speaker 17, and a melody speaker 18 as main internal components, and these internal components Are electrically connected to each other via a data line 19 or a control line 20.
[0015]
The communication unit 11 performs analog / digital conversion on the user's voice data input to the microphone 16 via the mouthpiece 5 shown in FIG. 1, and then performs encoding processing and modulation processing to convert the digital data into high-frequency data. Convert to Then, the communication unit 11 transmits the high frequency data to the designated transmission destination via the antenna 12. Further, the communication unit 11 takes in the high-frequency data received by the antenna 12 and performs demodulation processing and decoding processing on the taken-in high-frequency data. Then, the communication unit 11 performs digital / analog conversion on the decoded audio data, and then emits analog audio data from the speaker 17.
[0016]
The ROM (Read Only Memory) 13 includes various computer programs such as a control program (not shown) for the CPU 15 to control each unit and a melody generation program 21 (speech generation program) for realizing a melody generation process to be described later. Various initial setting values, font data, address book data, incoming / outgoing call history data, and a melody database 22 configured as described later are stored. The ROM 13 may be a rewritable ROM such as an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory).
[0017]
The RAM (Random Access Memory) 14 functions as a working area when the CPU 15 performs various processes, and stores data related to processes executed by the CPU 15 as needed. The CPU (Central Processing Unit) 15 executes the computer program stored in the ROM 13 to control the operation of each unit in the mobile phone according to the code in the computer program and perform various arithmetic processes.
[0018]
The microphone 16 converts voice data uttered by the user through the mouthpiece 5 shown in FIG. 1 into an electrical signal and outputs the electrical signal to the communication unit 11. The speaker 17 outputs the audio data output from the communication unit 11 as audio. The melody speaker 18 outputs a ring tone and voice data generated by a melody generation process described later. The data line 19 is a signal line that transmits various types of data such as text data, image data, and audio data. The control line is a signal line that transmits a control signal output from the operation input unit 3, the communication unit 11, the CPU 15, and the like.
[0019]
[Composition of melody database]
The melody database 22 has a structure as shown in FIG. 3, and stores an arrangement pattern of numeric keys “0” to “9” such as telephone numbers in association with melody data. Then, the user can operate the operation input unit 3 to associate an arbitrary arrangement pattern with desired melody data.
[0020]
Note that the arrangement pattern associated with the melody data is not limited to the entire phone number. For example, “184”, “186”, “090”, “070”, “104”, “1416”, etc. May be associated with a part of the arrangement pattern of the numbers constituting. Further, for example, the melody data associated with the arrangement pattern may be changed according to the use frequency of the arrangement pattern of the numeric keys, such as the melody data F, for a telephone number having a call history of 5 times or more. Further, the data associated with the numeric key array pattern is not limited to the melody, and may be voice data such as “Not notified!”, “Mobile”!
[0021]
[Melody generation processing]
In the mobile phone 1 having the above configuration, the user operates the operation input unit 3 to select a telephone number from the telephone directory, or to the telephone number selected or input according to the input of the telephone number. Corresponding melody data is output from the melody speaker 18 (hereinafter, the operation of the mobile phone 1 is expressed as melody generation processing).
[0022]
Hereinafter, the internal operation of the mobile phone 1 when executing the melody generation process will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
[0023]
The flowchart shown in FIG. 4 starts when the user operates the operation input unit 3 to select a telephone number from the telephone book or input a telephone number, and the melody generation process is a process of step S1. Proceed to The following operation of the CPU 15 is realized by the CPU 15 loading the melody generation program 21 from the ROM 13 to the RAM 14 via the data line 19 and executing the program code described in the loaded melody generation program 21. Is done.
[0024]
In step S1, the CPU 15 refers to the melody database 22 to determine whether or not melody data corresponding to the selected or input telephone number is stored in the melody database 22. If it is determined that the melody data is stored in the melody database 22, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from the process of step S1 to the process of step S2. On the other hand, if the melody data is not stored in the melody database 22, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from the process of step S1 to the process of step S6.
[0025]
In the process of step S2, the CPU 15 extracts melody data corresponding to the telephone number from the melody database 22, and outputs the extracted melody data to the melody speaker 18 via the data line 19, thereby extracting the extracted melody data. Start playing. Thereby, the process of step S2 is completed, and the melody generation process proceeds from the process of step S2 to the process of step S3.
[0026]
In the process of step S3, the CPU 15 determines whether or not the call key has already been pressed by the user. If the call key is already pressed as a result of the determination, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from the process of step S3 to the process of step S4. On the other hand, if the call key has not been pressed, the CPU 15 stands by until the user presses the call key, and the melody generation process from step S3 to step S4 is performed in response to the call key being pressed. Proceed to processing.
[0027]
In step S4, the CPU 15 determines whether or not the melody data extracted from the melody database 22 has been reproduced a predetermined number of times. If the extracted melody data is reproduced a predetermined number of times as a result of determination, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from the process of step S4 to the process of step S5. On the other hand, if the extracted melody data has not been reproduced a predetermined number of times, the CPU 15 reproduces the melody data a predetermined number of times, and then advances the melody generation process from the process of step S4 to the process of step S5.
[0028]
In the process of step S5, the CPU 15 stops the reproduction of the melody data by stopping the output of the melody data to the melody speaker 18. Thereby, the process of step S5 is completed, and the melody generation process proceeds from the process of step S5 to the process of step S7.
[0029]
In the process of step S6, the CPU 15 determines whether or not the call key has already been pressed by the user. If the call key has already been pressed as a result of the determination, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from step S6 to step S7. On the other hand, if the call key has not been pressed, the CPU 15 waits until the user presses the call key, and the melody generation process is changed from step S6 to step S7 in response to the call key being pressed. Proceed to the process.
[0030]
In the process of step S7, the CPU 15 controls the communication unit 11 via the control line 20, and makes a call to the telephone number selected or input by the user. Thereby, the process of this step S7 is completed and a series of melody generation processes are completed.
[0031]
[Application example]
In the melody generation process, the CPU 15 extracts and reproduces the melody data corresponding to the telephone number, but the CPU 15 extracts and reproduces the melody data by referring to a part of the arrangement pattern of the numbers constituting the telephone number. Also good. Further, the CPU 15 may change the melody data to be extracted and reproduced according to the transmission frequency (usage frequency) of the telephone number with reference to the transmission history data stored in the ROM 13. Further, the CPU 15 may randomly extract and reproduce melody data from the melody database 22.
[0032]
Hereinafter, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, the internal operation of the mobile phone 1 when the above process is executed will be described in detail. The above process can be realized by adding codes corresponding to these processes to the melody generating program 21 and causing the CPU 15 to execute the melody generating program 21 to which the codes are added. In addition, it is desirable that the user can select either the melody generation process described above or the melody generation process described below through the operation input unit 3.
[0033]
The flowchart shown in FIG. 5 starts when the user operates the operation input unit 3 and presses the numeric key, and the melody generation process proceeds to step S11.
[0034]
In the process of step S <b> 11, the CPU 15 stores the pressed numeric key data in the RAM 14. Thereby, the process of step S11 is completed, and the melody generation process proceeds from the process of step S11 to the process of step S12.
[0035]
In the process of step S <b> 12, the CPU 15 refers to the melody database 22 and determines whether there is melody data corresponding to the numeric key arrangement pattern stored in the RAM 14. If it is determined that there is melody data, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from step S12 to step S13. On the other hand, if there is no melody data, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from the process of step S12 to the process of step S14.
[0036]
In step S 13, the CPU 15 extracts melody data corresponding to the numeric key arrangement pattern stored in the RAM 14 from the melody database 22, and outputs the extracted melody data to the melody speaker 18 via the data line 19. By doing so, the melody data is reproduced a predetermined number of times. Specifically, when the numeric key array pattern is “090”, the CPU 15 controls the audio output of data such as “It is mobile!”. Thereby, the process of step S13 is completed, and the melody generation process proceeds from the process of step S13 to the process of step S14.
[0037]
In the process of step S14, the CPU 15 determines which one of the outgoing key and the numeric key is pressed next by the user. As a result of the determination, if the call key is pressed by the user, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from the process of step S14 to the process of step S15. On the other hand, when the numeric key is pressed, the CPU 15 returns the melody generation process from the process of step S14 to the process of step S11. In the process of the next step S11, the CPU 15 arranges the numeric key data pressed by the user in the order of pressing and stores them in the RAM 14 so that the arrangement pattern of the numeric keys pressed by the user can be recognized.
[0038]
In the process of step S15, the CPU 15 refers to the transmission history data stored in the ROM 13, and determines whether or not the numeric key array pattern stored in the RAM 14 exists in the transmission history data. . As a result of the determination, if there is no array pattern in the outgoing call history data, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from the process of step S15 to the process of step S18. On the other hand, if there is an array pattern in the outgoing call history data, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from the process of step S15 to the process of step S16.
[0039]
In the process of step S16, the CPU 15 refers to the call history data and determines whether or not the frequency at which the numeric key array pattern is input is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. As a result of the determination, if the frequency is not equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from the process of step S16 to the process of step S18. On the other hand, when the frequency is equal to or higher than the predetermined value, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from the process of step S16 to the process of step S17.
[0040]
In the process of step S 17, the CPU 15 refers to the melody database 22 to extract melody data corresponding to the frequency with which the numeric key array pattern is input, and the extracted melody data is sent to the melody speaker 18 via the data line 19. To output the extracted melody data. Specifically, when there are five or more array patterns in the transmission history data, the CPU 15 controls the voice output of data such as “Maybe!”. Thereby, the process of step S17 is completed, and the melody generation process proceeds from the process of step S17 to the process of step S19.
[0041]
In step S18, the CPU 15 randomly extracts melody data from the melody database 22, and outputs the extracted melody data to the melody speaker 18 via the data line 19, thereby randomly extracting the melody data. Reproduce. Thereby, the process of step S18 is completed, and the melody generation process proceeds from the process of step S18 to the process of step S19.
[0042]
In the process of step S19, the CPU 15 determines whether or not the melody data has been reproduced a predetermined number of times. As a result of the determination, when the melody data is reproduced a predetermined number of times, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from the process of step S19 to the process of step S20. On the other hand, if the predetermined number of times has not been reproduced, the CPU 15 advances the melody generation process from the process of step S19 to the process of step S20 after reproducing the melody data a predetermined number of times.
[0043]
In the process of step S20, the CPU 15 stops the reproduction of the melody data by stopping the output of the melody data to the melody speaker 18. Thereby, the process of step S20 is completed, and the melody generation process proceeds from the process of step S20 to the process of step S21.
[0044]
In the process of step S21, the CPU 15 controls the communication unit 11 via the control line 20, and transmits the call to the destination indicated by the numeric key array pattern. Thereby, the process of this step S21 is completed and a series of melody generation processes are completed.
[0045]
[Effect of the embodiment]
As can be seen from the above description, the mobile phone 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention has a phone number input by the user by operating the operation input unit 3 or a part of an arrangement pattern of numbers constituting the phone number. Corresponding melody data is extracted from the melody database 22, and the extracted melody data is output from the melody speaker 18, so that the user feels fun when operating the operation input unit 3 to input a telephone number. Can do.
[0046]
In addition, the mobile phone 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention changes the melody data to be output according to the frequency of use of the telephone number by referring to the outgoing call history. In addition, the mobile phone 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention randomly extracts melody data to be output. According to such a configuration, since the user cannot predict the melody data output from the mobile phone 1, the user can always feel fun when operating the keys without getting bored.
[0047]
[Other Embodiments]
The configuration and operation of the embodiment to which the invention made by the present inventor is applied have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited by the description and drawings that form part of the disclosure of the present invention according to this embodiment. Absent. That is, it is added that other embodiments, examples, operational techniques, and the like made by those skilled in the art based on the above embodiments are all included in the scope of the present invention.
[0048]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the user can feel the fun of the mobile terminal device when operating the keys.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the mobile phone shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a melody database shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing melody generation processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an application example of the melody generation process shown in FIG. 4;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile telephone, 2 ... Display part, 3 ... Operation input part, 4 ... Earpiece, 5 ... Mouthpiece, 6 ... Key button, 7 ... Dial (jog dial), 11 ... Communication part, 12 ... Antenna, 13 ... ROM, 14 ... RAM, 15 ... CPU, 16 ... microphone, 17 ... speaker, 18 ... melody speaker, 19 ... data line, 20 ... control line, 21 ... melody generation program, 22 ... melody database

Claims (2)

An operation input unit having a plurality of key buttons operated by a user;
A telephone number storage unit for storing a plurality of telephone numbers;
Based on the operation of the operation input unit by the user, the desired voice data in the plurality of voice data including the arrangement pattern of numbers constituting the arbitrary telephone number stored in the telephone number storage unit and the melody data is obtained. A database unit that stores and associates and stores an array pattern of numbers constituting a telephone number input by an operation of the operation input unit and desired voice data among the plurality of voice data;
Voice data associated with an arrangement pattern of numbers constituting a telephone number selected from the telephone number storage unit in accordance with an operation of the operation input unit is extracted from the database unit and input by an operation of the operation input unit. A control unit that extracts voice data corresponding to an arrangement pattern of numbers constituting a telephone number from the database unit;
And a voice output unit that outputs voice data extracted by the control unit. An operation input unit having a plurality of key buttons operated by a user;
A telephone number storage unit for storing a plurality of telephone numbers;
Based on the operation of the operation input unit by the user, an arrangement pattern of numbers constituting an arbitrary telephone number stored in the telephone number storage unit, desired audio data among a plurality of audio data including melody data, and A database section for storing the information in association
A history storage unit for storing a transmission history of a telephone number transmitted in response to an operation of the operation input unit;
When the voice data associated with the arrangement pattern of the numbers constituting the telephone number selected from the telephone number storage unit according to the operation of the operation input unit is extracted from the database unit, it is stored in the history storage unit. A control unit that refers to the outgoing call history and performs control to change the voice data extracted from the database unit according to the frequency of use of the arrangement pattern of the numbers constituting the telephone number;
And a voice output unit that outputs voice data extracted by the control unit.

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