JP2001007895A - Wireless telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wireless telephone set where a user can more enjoy a moving picture displayed on a display means. SOLUTION: A control circuit of a mobile phone controls that a moving picture of a character displayed on a display device is switched synchronously with the tempo of a melody generated by a sound source section (steps S1, S6-S10). Thus, a user can view the moving picture display as if the character were dancing matching the rhythm of the melody in the case of generating a melody of an incoming call tone so that the user can enjoy seeing the motion of the character.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio system comprising a display means capable of displaying various information and a moving image of a character on a screen, and a melody generating means for generating a melody by a predetermined musical tone as required. Telephone equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some of such wireless telephone apparatuses, for example, portable telephone apparatuses, are configured to generate a melody such as an electronic sound as a ringtone to notify a user of an incoming call. In addition, the mobile phone device is L
A display means such as a CD (Liquid Crystal Display) is provided, and various information such as a telephone number to be dialed and a radio wave reception intensity is displayed on the LCD.

By the way, in a part of such a portable telephone device, a character such as a doll or an animal is displayed on the LCD, and a plurality of display screen patterns of the character are prepared, and the portable telephone device is provided with a plurality of patterns. For example, when the melody is generated, when a call is made (during a call), when an alarm is issued, and the like, the screen is continuously switched to display a moving image (animation) that makes it appear as if the character is operating. There is something.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional portable telephone device, the movement of the character by the moving image is performed independently without any relation to the state of occurrence of the melody. There was a problem.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a wireless telephone device that allows a user to enjoy a moving image displayed on a display means.

[0006]

According to the radio telephone apparatus of the present invention, the screen switching control means synchronizes the moving picture screen displayed by the display means with the tempo of the melody generated by the melody generating means. Control to switch. Therefore, for example, when the melody generating unit generates a melody as a ring tone, the user can enjoy the moving image displayed by the display unit by switching the moving image screen in accordance with the rhythm of the melody. Will be able to

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the moving image displayed by the display means is such that a predetermined character continuously moves, so that the melody generating means has the melody as a ring tone as described above. It is possible to display a moving image that acts as if the character is dancing to the rhythm of the melody, for example,
The user can enjoy watching the action of the character.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the tempo set for a plurality of melody selectively generated by the melody generating means is different, the screen switching control means adjusts the tempo to each tempo. Since the switching of the video screen is controlled to be synchronized, the switching timing of the screen is
It can be adjusted to be appropriate for the tempo at which each melody is played.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the storage means stores the length of a sound indicated by a specific note as a reference value (for example, 1). Is relative to a reference value (for example, 0.25, 0.
5, 2,...) Are stored as display time data in which the display time of each screen is set. Then, when the display switching data is read from the storage unit, the screen switching control means calculates the display time of each screen based on the display time data and the tempo set for each melody.

That is, the display time data stored in the storage means is represented by a relative time corresponding to the length of the sound indicated by each note, and the screen switching control means controls the relative time data and each melody. The actual display time (absolute time) of each screen can be easily calculated from each tempo. Therefore, when creating the display time data to be stored in the storage means, the creator can easily adjust the display switching timing to the rhythm of the melody. Further, the screen switching control means can easily perform a process of synchronizing one display time data with each tempo of a plurality of melodies.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the tempo of the melody is usually set with reference to a quarter note.
(How many quarter notes are played in a minute), so by making a specific note a quarter note, the creator of the display data can feel that the switching timing of the display matches the melody rhythm. Can be more easily grasped, and the production efficiency can be improved.

According to the wireless telephone device of the present invention, the user sets the display order of each screen by the setting means and creates a variation of the moving image display by setting the display time of each screen. Therefore, the displayed moving image can be further enjoyed.

According to the wireless telephone device of the present invention, since the download means is configured to be able to download moving image data from the outside, for example, it is assumed that the download means stores the moving image data in advance by a radio signal via a base station. Can download moving image data and display moving images, and can change the moving image data itself to enjoy more various ways.

According to the wireless telephone device of the present invention, the download means is configured so that the moving image display data including the display order of each screen and the display time of each moving image screen can be downloaded from the outside. Variations can also be obtained from outside.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the data downloaded from the outside by the download means is stored in an area different from the area of the data previously stored in the storage means. Thus, the data stored in advance and the data downloaded from the outside can be selected, so that the moving image data can be appropriately changed according to the user's preference, and the moving image can be displayed more variously.

[0016]

(First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the mobile phone device. In FIG. 3, a call start key, a call end key, a redial key, numeric keys "0" to "9", * (asterisk) are provided on a front portion of a housing 2 constituting a mobile phone device (wireless phone device) 1. ) Key, a # (sharp) key, a scroll key, and various keys such as a key operation unit 3, a microphone 4, a speaker 5, and a display (LCD, display means) 6 for displaying a telephone number and the like. A telescopic rod antenna (hereinafter simply referred to as an antenna) 7 is arranged on the upper surface of the housing 2.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the portable telephone device 1. In FIG. 2, the mobile phone device 1 is mainly configured with a control circuit (screen switching control means) 8 including a microcomputer or the like, and the control circuit 8 receives an operation signal from the key operation unit 3. It has become. The control circuit 8 controls display on the display 6.

When the audio signal input to the microphone 4 is supplied to the audio processing unit 9 and A / D converted, the data conversion unit 10 performs, for example, a π / 4 shift DQPSK (Differe
ntial Quadrature (Phase Shift Keying) signal. The transmission data converted (digitally modulated) into a DQPSK signal is orthogonally modulated by a carrier signal in the 800 MHz band when supplied to the transmission / reception unit 11, and is transmitted from the antenna 8 to the outside as a radio signal.

When the antenna 8 receives a radio signal, the received signal is transmitted to the transmitting / receiving unit 11 and the data converting unit 1.
The signal is demodulated at 0 and supplied to the audio processing unit 9. When D / A conversion is performed in the audio processing unit 9, the audio signal is output from the speaker 5 as an audio signal.

The control circuit 8 controls the audio processing unit 9, the data conversion unit 10, the transmission / reception unit 11, and the sound source unit 12. The sound source unit 12 generates a melody (melody) when a ring tone or a set alarm is reported. The ring tone output by the sound source unit 12 is output from the speaker 16. Sound source section 1
Reference numeral 2 designates an electronic sound having a pitch corresponding to the pitch data provided by the control circuit 8 (here, a musical tone generated by an electronic circuit mechanism) in accordance with the length of a simultaneously supplied drive signal. Is what is generated.
The details will be described later.

On the other hand, information such as detection of an incoming signal and a detection value of a transmission signal or a reception signal level is given from the transmission / reception section 11 to the control circuit 8.
The control circuit 8 is connected to a storage unit (storage means) 13 such as a RAM or an EEPROM.
Is configured to write and read data to and from the storage unit 13 as necessary.

The storage unit 13 stores a plurality of melodies for causing the sound source unit 12 to generate different melodies according to, for example, a case of generating a ring tone or a case of notifying a preset message alarm. Data is stored. By operating the key operation unit 3, the user can select and set a melody to be generated at the time of an incoming call, a melody to be generated at the time of message alarm notification, and the like from among the melody data. ing. The control circuit 8, the tone generator 12, and the storage 13 constitute a melody generator 14.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, screen data of the character 15 to be displayed on the display 6 is stored in the storage unit 13 as dot image data of about several tens × several tens. As the screen data, a plurality of screen data in which the pose of the character 15 is slightly different are stored, and constitute moving image data. And the control circuit 8
The character 1 is switched by switching the screen of the moving image data at an appropriate timing when executing a predetermined process.
5 displays a moving image (animation) as if it were operating continuously.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the control contents when the control circuit 8 controls the screen display of the display 6 at the same time when the melody is generated when the sound source unit 12 generates a melody such as a ring tone.
Hereinafter, the data of one screen displayed on the display 6 is “screen data”, and a group of screen data expressing a moving image by the “screen data” is moving image data, and a screen set for expressing the moving image. The data of the display order and the display time of the data is referred to as moving image display data.

In FIG. 1, the control circuit 8 first selects melody data to be read from the storage unit 13 in accordance with the processing (step S0). Hereinafter, for example, a melody of a ringtone is generated. Next, the control circuit 8
Reads the tempo data stored at the beginning of the melody data of the ring tone from the storage unit 13 (step S
1) Then, one melody data is read (step S2).

Here, the format of the melody data is defined, for example, as follows (note that each data is described for the sake of convenience of description, and is notation corresponding to an actual physical data image). is not). 120 /
M, de, 1 / M, mi, 0.5 / M, so, 0.5 / X, 1
/..."120 "located at the beginning of the data string
Is data indicating the tempo when the melody is reproduced, and is indicated by how many quarter notes are played in one minute. That is, in the case of "120", the tempo is such that "120" quarter notes are played in one minute. In other words, the length of one quarter note is 500 msec.

The data after the first tempo data is data representing each note constituting the melody, and are parameters representing / octave, pitch, sounding time /, respectively. “Octave” indicates, for example, “H, M, L” indicating high, medium and low in a three octave range, and “pitch” is a scale name. The “toning time” is represented by a relative numerical value when a quarter note is “1”, and “0.5” is an eighth note, “2”
Indicates a half note, and "1.5" indicates a dotted quarter note. Also,
When "octave" is described as "X", for example, it indicates a rest, that is, / X, 1 / is a quarter rest. Therefore, in the case of the above-mentioned data string, in step S2 executed first, /
Read M, DO, 1 /.

Next, the control circuit 8 calculates the actual sounding time of the data read in step S2 (step S2).
3). That is, as described above, if the tempo data read in step S1 is "120", the pronunciation time of a quarter note "1" is calculated to be 500 ms. Then, the control circuit 8 outputs the melody data to the sound source unit 12 (Step S4). Note that the point in time when the first sound of the melody data is output is a reference for time control thereafter.

In step S4, the melody data output from the control circuit 8 to the sound source unit 12 includes absolute pitch data corresponding to / M and de / (for the sound source unit 12) and, for example, output of the absolute pitch data. This is a high-level drive signal. Then, the sound source unit 12 generates an electronic sound of the corresponding absolute pitch and outputs the generated electronic sound via the audio processing unit 9 and the speaker 5. Subsequently, the control circuit 8 determines in step S3
It is determined whether or not the sounding time (500 msec) calculated in (1) has elapsed (step S5). If the sounding time has not elapsed, “NO” is determined, and the process proceeds to step S6.

In step S6, the control circuit 8 determines whether or not the display time calculated in step S10, which will be described later, has elapsed. When the process first passes step S6, "YES" is set as an initial condition. The process is set to make a determination, and the process proceeds to the next step S8, where the first screen data of the moving image data is read from the storage unit 13 and output to the display 6. As described above, the screen data is dot image data of about several tens × several tens, so that the reading and output processing here is executed by a plurality of accesses. Then, a screen in which the character 15 is in a predetermined pose is displayed on the display 6 as shown in FIG.

Further, time data (display data) for displaying the screen data is added to each screen data of the moving image data. The display data is expressed as a relative numerical value when the quarter note is set to "1", similarly to the sounding time of the melody data, and the control circuit 8 reads the display data (step S9). S
The display time according to the tempo data obtained in step 1 is calculated (step S10). Then, the process proceeds to step S6.

If the display time has not elapsed in step S6, the control circuit 8 determines "NO" and proceeds to step S7.
Then, it is determined whether or not a P (pending) flag described later is set. If the P flag has not been set, the process proceeds to step S5. Therefore,
Hereinafter, the sound generation time in step S5 or step S5
If none of the display times in step 6 has elapsed, the process stands by while looping through steps S5, S6, and S7.

The control circuit 8 measures each time by counting the number of timer interrupts generated by a system timer (not shown) every predetermined period (for example, about 10 ms). When it is necessary to determine a detailed time of 10 ms or less, the measurement is performed by referring to a count value of a free-run timer that counts at a period of, for example, 10 μs.

In the state where the loop of steps S5 to S7 is being performed, if 500 ms has elapsed from step S4, the control circuit 8 determines "YES" in step S5 and shifts to step S11. In step S11, the control circuit 8 makes the same determination as in step 1S10, in order to cope with the case where the setting of the sound generation time and the display time may have the same value.

That is, the sound generation time and display time for the first melody data and screen data are both 500 m.
Since the value is the same in seconds, the determination is "YES" in this case, and a P flag indicating that the processing for the moving image data is pending is set in a predetermined area of the storage unit 13. Then, the process proceeds to step S13, and if all the melody data has not been output, “NO” is determined, and the process proceeds to step S2. Then, the next melody data / M, mi, 0.5 / is read.

Then, the control circuit 8 performs steps S3 and S
4 is executed in the same manner, and in the following steps S5 and S6, both are determined to be "NO". However, since the P flag is set in step S12, "YES" is determined in step S7, and the P flag is cleared. Move to S8. Then, the screen data shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display 6, so that the generation of the melody of the ringtone starts and the time of one quarter note elapses (simultaneously at the processing level of the control circuit 8). However, the display screen of the display 6 is switched at the same time at the user's audiovisual level).

Thereafter, when the melody data and each screen data of the moving image data are sequentially output, as shown in FIG. 4, the melody is synchronized with the melody tempo of the ring tone.
Since the screen data is switched in the order of →, the change in the pose of the character 15 is displayed to the user as if it were dancing on the melody rhythm. Then, when the reproduction of all the melody data is completed, “YES” is determined in the step S13, and the process is terminated.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the control circuit 8 controls the character 1 displayed on the display 6.
5 is controlled so as to be switched in synchronization with the tempo of the melody generated by the sound source unit 12, so that when the melody of the ringtone is generated, the character 15 dances to the rhythm of the melody. It is possible to display a moving image that operates as if the character 15 is moving, and the user can enjoy watching the operation of the character 15.

According to the present embodiment, the control circuit 8
When the tempos set for a plurality of melodies selectively generated by the sound source unit 12 are different, the switching of the moving image screen is controlled by calculating the display time in synchronization with each tempo. Specifically, the length of a sound indicated by a quarter note is set to a reference value “1”, and the length of a sound indicated by an eighth note or a half note is set to a relative value “0.5”.
The display time data is set based on the numerical data represented by “2” or the like and stored in the storage unit 13. When the display time data is read out from the storage unit 13, the control circuit 8 reads the display time data and the tempo of each melody. The actual display time of each screen is calculated based on the.

Therefore, when creating the display time data, the creator can easily adjust the display switching timing to the rhythm of the melody. Further, the control circuit 8 can easily perform a process of synchronizing one display time data with each tempo of a plurality of melody.

(Second Embodiment) FIGS. 5 to 7 show a second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment shows an example in which a user creates original moving image display data, and the configuration is basically the same as that of the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart when the control circuit 8 performs the moving image display data creation processing. When the user operates the key operation unit (setting means) 3 and selects creation of moving image display data from a menu, first, screen data to be displayed as a moving image is selected (step A1).

A plurality of (for example, 100) patterns are stored in the storage unit 13 for each screen data. As shown in FIG. 5, each screen data includes "D001", "D002",
Numbers such as “D003”,.
Then, the user operates the scroll keys or the like of the key operation unit 3 to sequentially display the respective screen data on the display 6 and selects the desired screen data by a “fix” operation. For example, the screen data selected first is “D001”
And

Then, the control circuit 8 is displayed on the display 6.
As a result, a display such as "D001 =?" Is displayed, so that the display time is set in the subsequent step A2. Here, the quarter note is set to the reference value “1” in the same manner as the display time data in the first embodiment.
The setting is made with the relative value as described above. When the user operates the numeric keys of the key operation unit 3 to input “1” and perform “OK”, “D001 = 1” is set, and the screen data of “D001” is displayed for a quarter note. Is set to the moving image display data. The control circuit 8 writes the set data in the storage unit 13 and stores it.

Next, the control circuit 8 urges the user to judge whether or not to end the input (step A3). If not, the control circuit 8 causes the display 6 to display the screen data again and prompts the user for the next screen data. Prompt for choice.

Similarly, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, D003 = 0.5, D062 = 0.5, D038 =
When the user sequentially performs input such as 1, D013 = 1,... And terminates the input, the control circuit 8 determines “YES” in step A3 and ends the process.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, the user operates the key operation unit 3 to set the display order of each screen data, and sets the display time of each screen, thereby displaying a moving image. Can be created, so that the displayed moving image can be further enjoyed.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above and shown in the drawings, and the following modifications or extensions are possible. The control circuit 8 may be configured as a download unit so that moving image data (a variation of the data shown in FIG. 4) different from the previously stored moving image data can be downloaded to the storage unit 13 from the outside. For example, it is downloaded from a base station via a radio signal, or a portable telephone device is connected to a personal computer or the like, and downloaded from a specific homepage or the like via the Internet. With such a configuration, the moving image data itself can be changed to provide more various ways of enjoying. In this case, the moving image display data may also be configured to be downloadable from the outside. With such a configuration, the variation of the moving image display can be obtained from the outside.

When the data downloaded from the outside is stored in the storage unit 13, it is stored in advance (FIG. 4).
) May be overwritten in the data area. Alternatively, the data can be stored in an area different from the data area, and the user can operate the key operation unit 3 (data selection means) to select data stored in advance or data downloaded from outside. May be configured. With such a configuration, the moving image data can be appropriately changed according to the user's preference, and moving image display can be performed more variously. The specific note is not limited to a quarter note, for example, 8
The quarter note may be “2”, the quarter note may be “4”, the quarter note may be “1”, the eighth note may be “2”, the quarter note may be “2”, and the quarter note may be “4”. . Further, the half note may be set to “1”. Also, for example, when the tempos of all of the plurality of melodies are the same,
If there is only one type, the real time may be directly set in the display time data (for example, “500” (msec)).

The moving image data is not limited to data in which the character 15 moves continuously. For example, the moving image data may change the scenery when the viewpoint moves.
A geometric symbol or a pattern in which a pattern changes may be used. Video data (dot image pattern)
You may comprise so that a user can create itself. The control circuit 8 may output the melody data read from the storage unit 13 to the sound source unit 12 as it is, and calculate the sounding time on the sound source unit 12 side.

The speaker 16 may be deleted, the output of the sound source unit 12 may be provided to the audio processing unit 9, and the signal may be switched inside to output a ringtone from the speaker 5 of the receiving unit. Further, instead of the speaker 16 and the sound source unit 12, a buzzer capable of outputting a different pitch and a buzzer driving unit that outputs a driving signal so that the buzzer sounds at the pitch of the melody of the ringtone may be arranged. . PHS (Personal Handyphone Sys.)
tem).

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a control circuit showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the mobile phone device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram conceptually illustrating an example of moving image data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of screen data according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a setting example of moving image display data.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing for setting moving image display data.

[Description of Signs] 1 is a mobile phone device (wireless phone device), 3 is a key operation unit (setting means, data selection means), 6 is a display (display means), 8 is a control circuit (screen switching control means, download means) ) And 13 indicate a storage unit (storage means), 14 indicates a melody generating means, and 15 indicates a character.

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Claims (9)

[Claims] A display unit configured to display various kinds of information on a screen and a moving image to be displayed on the screen; and a melody generating unit configured to generate a melody based on a predetermined musical tone as necessary. The wireless telephone device, comprising: a screen switching control unit that controls each screen of a moving image displayed by the display unit to be switched in synchronization with a tempo of the melody generated by the melody generating unit. Wireless telephone device. 2. The wireless telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the moving image displayed by the display means is one in which a predetermined character continuously moves. 3. The melody generating means is configured to be able to selectively generate a plurality of melody, and the screen switching control means is set for each of the melody selectively generated by the melody generating means. 3. The wireless telephone device according to claim 1, wherein when the tempos are different, switching of each of the screens is controlled so as to synchronize with each tempo. 4. Displaying each of the screens by numerical data in which the length of a sound indicated by a specific note is set as a reference value and the length of a sound indicated by other notes is represented by a relative value with respect to the reference value. A display unit that stores display time data in which a time is set, wherein the screen switching control unit reads the display time data from the storage unit, and stores the display time data and a tempo set for each melody. The wireless telephone device according to claim 3, wherein the display time of each screen is calculated based on the calculated time. 5. The wireless telephone device according to claim 4, wherein the specific note is a quarter note. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising setting means for setting a display order of each screen and a display time of each screen in which the display order is set.
The wireless telephone device according to any one of the above. 7. The wireless telephone device according to claim 1, further comprising a download unit configured to download the moving image data from outside. 8. The wireless telephone device according to claim 7, wherein said download means is configured to be able to externally download moving image display data including a display order and a display time of each screen. 9. The download means stores data to be downloaded from the outside in an area different from the area of the data stored in the storage means in advance, and downloads the data stored in the storage means and the data from the outside. 9. The wireless telephone device according to claim 7, further comprising a data selection unit for selecting the selected data.