US006990334B1
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`(12) United States Patent
`US 6,990,334 B1
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`(45) Date of Patent:
`Jan. 24, 2006
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`(54) WIRELESS INFORMATION
`COMMUNICATION METHOD AND ITS
`DEVICE
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`(75)
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`Inventor:
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`Seigo Ito, Tokyo (JP)
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`(73) Assignee: Sony Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
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`( * ) Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
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`(21) Appl. No.: 09/136,822
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`FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`EP
`EP
`JP
`WO
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`0782364
`0786876
`0879381
`WO9525409
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`7/1997
`7/1997
`3/1996
`9/1995
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`(22)
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`Filed:
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`Aug. 19, 1998
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`* cited by examiner
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`(30)
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`Foreign Application Priority Data
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`Aug. 21, 1997
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`(JP)
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`................................. P9-225435
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`(51)
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`Int. Cl.
`(2006.01)
`H04M 11/10
`(52) US. Cl.
`...............................
`455/414.3; 455/552.1;
`455/556.1; 455/557; 455/566
`(58) Field Of Classification Search ............. 455/414.2,
`455/414.3, 456.1, 456.3, 457, 552.1, 556.1,
`455/557, 566, 567, 569.1, 569.2
`See application file for complete search history.
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`(56)
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`Primary Examiner—Temica Beamer
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Jay H. Maioli
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`(57)
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`ABSTRACT
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`A Wireless acoustic transmission device used in an acoustic
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`offering service having superior convenience, includes Wire-
`less transmitter for transmitting the service request signal to
`request the desired acoustic signal, a Wireless receiver for
`receiving the transmission signal containing the acoustic
`signal to be transmitted in response to the service request
`signal, a demodulator and decoder for restoring the acoustic
`signal applying the demodulation and/or decoding process-
`ing to the receiving signal transmitted from the Wireless
`receiver, and an electro-acoustic transformer for transform-
`ing the acoustic signal restored by the demodulator and
`decoder the radio waves and for outputting. Accordingly, the
`desired acoustic signal can be easily obtained Without hav-
`ing the recording medium on Which the acoustic signal is
`recorded, and the acoustic offering service having superior
`convenience can be realized.
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`30 Claims, 17 Drawing Sheets
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`WIRELESS INFORMATION
`COMMUNICATION METHOD AND ITS
`DEVICE
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`1. Field of the Invention
`This invention relates to a wireless information commu-
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`nication method and its device, and more particularly, is
`applicable to such as an acoustic receiving device for
`receiving music data via wireless circuit.
`2. Description of the Related Art
`In recent years, peoples frequently listen to musics and
`other information on the move. For example, a compact
`radio equipment and a headphone stereo device equipped
`with a cassette tape, a mini disc or a compact disc have come
`into widespread use in recent years and the users can listen
`to the radio broadcasting or music in the commuter train
`carrying these equipments with them. Also,
`it
`is being
`widely practiced that the user listens to radio broadcasting
`using the car radio equipment while he is driving the car, or
`he listens to music by playing back the music recorded on
`the recording medium such as cassette tape, mini disc or
`compact disc, using the car audio device.
`However,
`in the conventional
`information acquisition
`method on the move, its usability is not sufficient for the
`user. For example, in the case of radio broadcasting, since
`this is the broadcasting for the general public,
`it cannot
`reflect the personal taste of information and music, and this
`causes the inconvenience since the user has to listen to the
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`talk or music that he does not want to hear. Moreover, in the
`method to reproduce the music from the recording medium,
`the personal taste can be reflected to the contents listening,
`such as music, however, it is necessary to purchase or edit
`the recording medium, and it causes problems because it
`becomes necessary to have more time, expense and the
`storage place, and if the recording medium is produced or
`purchased,
`it becomes obsolete or the user gets tired of
`hearing the same music repeatedly.
`As a method to solve such problems, a method for
`offering information and music service using the wireless
`telephone such as PHS (personal handy-phone system, that
`is simplified portable telephone system) has been proposed
`in the Japanese Patent Application No. 207433/1996, and
`according to this method, weak points described above can
`be completely solved and the information offering service
`reflecting personal tastes can be realized without the record-
`ing medium.
`However, the wireless telephone circuit of PES has the
`reproduction frequency band narrower than the music repro-
`duction method using the recording medium such as ordi-
`nary compact disc and mini disc, and furthermore,
`its
`communication conditions are not necessarily satisfactory.
`Accordingly, the music offering method using the wireless
`telephone circuit has inferior sound quality as compared
`with the method by the reproduction from the recording
`medium and the high speed transmission rate cannot be
`obtained steadily due to various disturbances such as fading.
`The Japanese Patent Application No. 207433/1996 has dealt
`with this point by switching the frequency characteristics or
`switching the signal output system from stereo to monopho-
`nic. However, this only changes the sound quality and the
`contents of service, and it is still insufficient in operability
`from the user’s point of view.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`In view of the foregoing, an object of this invention is to
`provide a wireless information communication method and
`its device having further improved operability.
`The foregoing object and other objects of the invention
`have been achieved by the provision of a wireless informa-
`tion communication method and its device.
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`According to this invention, a wireless acoustic receiving
`device comprises: wireless transmission means for transmit-
`ting a service request signal to request the desired acoustic
`signal; wireless receiving means for receiving a transmission
`signal containing the acoustic signal
`to be transmitted
`responding to the service request signal; demodulation/
`decoding means for applying the demodulation and/or
`decoding processing to the receiving signal transmitted from
`the wireless receiving means; and electro-acoustic transform
`means for transforming the acoustic signal restored by the
`demodulation/decoding means to a sound wave to be output.
`Further, a vehicle-loaded acoustic device, comprises:
`wireless transmission means for
`transmitting a service
`request signal to request the desired acoustic signal; wireless
`receiving means for receiving transmission signal contain-
`ing the acoustic signal to be transmitted responding to the
`service request signal; demodulation/decoding means for
`restoring the acoustic signal by applying the demodulation
`and/or decoding processing to the receiving signal transmit-
`ted from the wireless receiving means; and electro-acoustic
`transform means having at least two or more electro-acous-
`tic transform elements, for transforming the acoustic signal
`restored by the demodulation/decoding means to a sound
`wave to be output in stereo sound.
`Further, a portable acoustic output device, comprises:
`wireless transmission means for
`transmitting a service
`request signal to request the desired acoustic signal; wireless
`receiving means for receiving a transmission signal contain-
`ing the acoustic signal to be transmitted responding to the
`service request signal; demodulation/decoding means for
`restoring the acoustic signal upon applying the demodula-
`tion and/or decoding processing to the receiving signal
`transmitted from the wireless receiving means; electro-
`acoustic transform means having at
`least
`two or more
`electro-acoustic transform elements, for transforming the
`acoustic signal
`restored by the demodulation/decoding
`means to a sound wave to be output in stereo sound; and a
`battery for driving.
`Further, a wireless information retransmission device,
`comprises: wireless transmission means for transmitting a
`service request signal to request the desired acoustic signal;
`wireless receiving means for receiving a transmission signal
`containing the acoustic signal to be transmitted responding
`to the service request signal; demodulation/decoding means
`for restoring the acoustic signal by applying the demodula-
`tion and/or decoding processing to the receiving signal
`transmitted from the wireless receiving means; re-modula-
`tion means for re-modulating and transmitting the acoustic
`signal transmitted from the demodulation/decoding means;
`and retransmission means for retransmitting the output sig-
`nal of the re-modulation means.
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`Further, a portable acoustic output communication device,
`comprises: wireless transmission means for transmitting a
`service request signal to request the desired acoustic signal;
`wireless receiving means for receiving a transmission signal
`containing the acoustic signal to be transmitted responding
`to the service request signal; demodulation/decoding means
`for restoring the acoustic signal by applying the demodula-
`tion and/or decoding processing to the receiving signal sent
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`transform means having at least two or more human body-
`attachable type electro-acoustic transform elements,
`for
`transforming the acoustic signal restored by the demodula-
`tion/decoding means to a sound wave and outputting in
`stereo sound; and a battery for driving. While a telephone
`call is in progress, the vibrations of a part of human body or
`the voice of a sender is detected by the electro-acoustic
`transform element of the electro-acoustic transform means
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`to form audio signal and the audio signal is transmitted via
`the Wireless transmission means, and the audio signal from
`the other party of the call
`is received by the Wireless
`receiving means to be output this from the electro-acoustic
`transform element of the electro-acoustic transform means,
`so that both the sound receiving and the telephone call can
`be conducted.
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`Further, an automobile comprises: Wireless transmission
`means for transmitting a service request signal to request the
`desired acoustic signal; Wireless receiving means for receiv-
`ing a transmission signal containing the acoustic signal to be
`transmitted responding to the
`service request
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`demodulation/decoding means for restoring the acoustic
`signal by applying the demodulation and/or decoding pro-
`cessing to the receiving signal sent out from the Wireless
`receiving means; and electro-acoustic transform means hav-
`ing at least two or more electro-acoustic transform elements,
`for transforming the acoustic signal restored by the demodu-
`lation/decoding means to a sound wave and outputting it in
`stereo sound.
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`Further, an information transmission device comprises:
`information source coding means for information source
`coding the input signal; feature extracting means for extract-
`ing the feature information of the input signal; quantization
`means for vector quantizing the output data of the informa-
`tion source coding means using the feature information
`extracted by the feature extracting means; modulation means
`for modulating the output signal of the quantization means;
`Wireless transmission means for transmitting the output
`signal of the modulation means to a terminal device; Wire-
`less receiving means for receiving the output signal from the
`terminal device; and demodulation means for applying the
`demodulation and/or decoding processing to the receiving
`signal sent out from the Wireless receiving means. The
`contents of the input signal are changed based on the
`contents of output signal of the demodulation/decoding
`means.
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`Further, a Wireless acoustic receiving method, comprises
`the steps of: transmitting a service request signal for request-
`ing the desired acoustic signal; receiving a transmission
`signal containing the desired acoustic signal to be transmit-
`ted responding to the service request signal; restoring the
`acoustic signal by applying the demodulation and/or decod-
`ing processing to the received signal; and outputting the
`restored acoustic signal upon transforming to a sound wave.
`Further, a Wireless acoustic receiving method, comprises
`the steps of: separating main information and sub informa-
`tion from the receiving signal; restoring feature information
`from the sub information; and restoring the main informa-
`tion using the restored feature information, and by informa-
`tion source decoding the restoration result, restoring the
`acoustic signal from the receiving signal.
`Further, a Wireless acoustic receiving method, comprises
`the steps of: transmitting a service request signal to request
`the desired acoustic signal; receiving a transmission signal
`containing the acoustic signal to be transmitted responding
`to the service request signal; restoring the acoustic signal by
`applying the demodulation and/or decoding processing to
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`the receiving signal received; retransmitting the restored
`acoustic signal upon re-modulating; and receiving the
`retransmitted acoustic signal to be demodulated and trans-
`forming the acoustic signal to a sound wave to be output.
`Further, a Wireless information retransmission method,
`comprises the steps of: transmitting a service request signal
`to request the desired acoustic signal; receiving a transmis-
`sion signal containing the acoustic signal to be transmitted
`responding to the service request signal; restoring the acous-
`tic signal by applying the demodulation and/or decoding
`processing to the receiving signal received; and retransmit-
`ting the restored acoustic signal upon re-modulating.
`Further,
`a portable
`acoustic output communication
`method, comprises the steps of:
`transmitting a service
`request signal to request the desired acoustic signal; receiv-
`ing transmission signal containing the acoustic signal to be
`transmitted responding to the service request signal; restor-
`ing the acoustic signal by applying the demodulation and/or
`decoding processing to the receiving signal received; trans-
`forming the restored acoustic signal to a sound wave using
`the predetermined electro-acoustic transform element and
`outputting this; and during a telephone conversation, detect-
`ing the vibration of a part of human body or the voice of a
`sender by the electro-acoustic transform element to form the
`audio signal to be output, and receiving the audio signal
`from the other party to output this from the electro-acoustic
`transform element.
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`Further, an information transmission method, comprises
`the steps of: information source coding the input signal, and
`extracting the feature information of the input signal; con-
`ducting the vector quantization onto the output data based on
`the information source coding in utilizing the feature infor-
`mation; modulating an output signal based on the vector
`quantization, and transmitting it to a terminal device; receiv-
`ing transmission signal from the terminal device; and restor-
`ing the data transmitted from the terminal device after
`applying the demodulation and/or decoding processing to
`the receiving signal received, and changing the contents of
`the input signal based on the contents of the data.
`Further, a music transmission method, comprises the steps
`of: receiving a request signal from the terminal device; if the
`request signal is the first type signal, transmitting musics in
`the order predetermined at the transmitting end; and if the
`request signal is the second type signal,
`transmitting an
`optional music upon selecting from among the predeter-
`mined music group.
`Further, a music transmission method, comprises the steps
`of: receiving a request signal from the terminal device; if the
`request signal is the first type signal, transmitting musics in
`the order predetermined at the transmitting end; and if the
`request signal is the second type signal, transmitting music
`determined at the terminal device side.
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`Further, a music transmission device, comprises: receiv-
`ing means for receiving a request signal from the terminal
`device; and music information transmission means Which
`transmits musics in the order predetermined if the request
`signal is the first type signal, and transmits the music after
`selecting an optional music from among the prescribed
`music group if the request signal is the second type signal.
`Further, a music transmission device, comprises: receiv-
`ing means for receiving a request signal from the terminal
`device; and music information transmission means Which
`transmits the music in the predetermined order if the request
`signal is the first type signal, and if the request signal is the
`second type signal, transmits the music determined at the
`terminal device side.
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`Further, a music receiving device, comprises: transmis-
`sion means for transmitting the first request signal which
`requests the music transmission without specifying music or
`the second request signal which requests the music trans-
`mission specifying music; and receiving means for receiving
`the music signal transmitted responding to the first or the
`second request signal.
`Further, a music receiving device, comprises: transmis-
`sion means for transmitting a request signal to request the
`music transmission; receiving means for receiving the music
`signal responding to the request signal; extracting means for
`extracting the add-on information transmitted with the music
`signal from the output signal of the receiving means; and
`display means for selectively displaying the add-on infor-
`mation of the first type and the add-on information of the
`second type from among the add-on information.
`Further, an information selecting method, comprising the
`step of: displaying the information on which a virtual cursor
`is positioned by moving the virtual cursor on the two-
`dimensional
`information table in response to the input
`operation; and when the confirmation command is entered,
`selecting the information on which the virtual cursor is
`positioned.
`Further, a character input method, comprising the steps of:
`displaying the character on which a virtual cursor is position
`by moving the virtual cursor on the two-dimensional infor-
`mation table in response to the input operation; and when the
`confirmation command is entered, selecting the character on
`which the virtual cursor is positioned.
`Further, the data construction for specifying music data,
`characterized by: having at least one or more units data
`pairing the music name with the music code added to the
`music; and arranging the unit data in the desired order, and
`based on that order, the time sharing order of the music is
`specified.
`Furthermore, a music specification method in utilizing the
`communication circuit, comprises the steps of: transmitting
`material information for specifying music via the predeter-
`mined communication circuit;
`receiving the music list
`matching to the material information via the communication
`circuit; and specifying the desired music from among the
`music list and transmitting the information showing the
`specified music via the communication circuit.
`The nature, principle and utility of the invention will
`become more apparent from the following detailed descrip-
`tion when read in conjunction with the accompanying draw-
`ings in which like parts are designated by like reference
`numerals or characters.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`In the accompanying drawings:
`FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the construction of a
`music offering service system according to the present
`invention;
`FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the construction of an
`acoustic receiver device;
`FIG. 3 is a sketch explaining the usage pattern of an
`acoustic receiver device;
`FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the construction of the
`receiver/transmitter unit of the acoustic receiver device;
`FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the construction of the
`acoustic input/output unit of an acoustic receiver device;
`FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the construction of the
`PES base station;
`FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the construction of the
`data decoding block of a data processing circuit;
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`FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a menu screen for
`the music offering service;
`FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a music names
`display screen when receiving the music offering service;
`FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a music words
`display screen when receiving the music offering service;
`FIGS. 11A and 11B are schematic diagrams showing a
`display screen and a virtual character table of the program
`mode;
`FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen
`when the music list is displayed in the program mode;
`FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing the music name
`of the music specified in the program mode;
`FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing the procedure in the case
`of specifying music in the program mode;
`FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing the procedure in the case
`of receiving the music offering service;
`FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the external construction
`of an acoustic receiver device;
`FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram explaining the operation
`of a rotary push type operation key;
`FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing the system
`construction of the receiving end according to the second
`embodiment;
`FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing the construction of an
`acoustic receiver device according to the second embodi-
`ment;
`FIG. 20 is a sketch showing the usage pattern of an
`acoustic receiver according to the third embodiment;
`FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing the construction of
`the acoustic receiver according to the third embodiment;
`FIG. 22 is a block diagram showing the construction of
`the wireless earphone according to the third embodiment;
`and
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`FIGS. 23A and 23B are schematic diagram showing the
`operation keys according to other embodiment.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
`EMBODIMENT
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`Preferred embodiments of this invention will be described
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`with reference to the accompanying drawings:
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`(1) The First Embodiment
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`(1-1) Construction of Music Offering Service System
`In FIG. 1, 1 generally shows a music offering service
`system according to the present invention, and this system is
`roughly comprised of a service center 2, a PHS base station
`3 and an acoustic receiver device 4. The service center 2 is
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`the source of dispatching the music signal to offer and
`transmits music signal of the music that the user having the
`acoustic receiver device desires to the PES base station 3.
`The PHS base station 3 is a base station device of PHS
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`i.e., simple portable tele-
`(personal handyphone system,
`phone system) and it transmits music signal supplied from
`the service center via the PHS wireless circuit.
`The acoustic receiver device 4 is a device in which the
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`construction for receiving the music offering service is
`added to the PHS telephone terminal device, and receiving
`the music signal transmitted from the PES base station 3,
`outputs this to the electro-acoustic transform means. Thus,
`the user having the acoustic receiver device 4 can receive
`and hear the music signal offered by the service center 2 and
`can hear the desired music without the recording medium
`such as mini disc and compact disc.
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`in the case of receiving the music
`In this connection,
`offering service, firstly, a service request signal showing
`such as music type is transmitted to the PES base station 3
`via the PHS wireless circuit. Receiving this, the PES base
`station transmits this service request signal to the service
`center 2. Thus, the service center 2 can grasp the music
`which the user wants to hear based on this service request
`signal and after reproducing the music signal of that music,
`can transmit this.
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`(1-2) General Construction of Acoustic Receiver Device
`In FIG. 2, 4 generally shows an acoustic receiver device
`according to the present
`invention, and this is roughly
`comprised of a receiver/transmitter unit 5, an acoustic input/
`output unit 6, a display unit 7, a memory unit 8, an operation
`unit 9 and a control unit 10.
`The receiver/transmitter unit 5 is a wireless receiver/
`transmitter unit fully compliant with the standard of PHS
`and this is a circuit block which transmits and receives audio
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`signal for conversation between the PHS base station 3 via
`the PHS wireless circuit, or receives the music signal
`transmitted from the PHS base station 3 via the PHS wireless
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`circuit as the music offering service.
`The acoustic input/output unit 6 is an input/output inter-
`face of the audio signal and music signal to the receiver/
`transmitter unit 5, and as well as collecting the audio signal
`for telephone call by a microphone and outputting the audio
`signal from the other party by a speaker, outputs the music
`signal received as the music offering service via the stereo-
`capable speaker or earphone.
`The display unit 7 is comprised of such as a liquid crystal
`display, and as well as displaying various kinds of data such
`as the telephone numbers of the telephone call partner and
`his own, the name of the other party, or the wave receiving
`condition and the battery condition when the acoustic
`receiver device 4 is utilized as a telephone terminal, displays
`data such as the title and words of the music (this data is
`transmitted from the service center 2 with the music signal)
`when receiving the music offering service.
`Moreover, the memory unit 8 is comprised of a memory
`and memorizes various data required for the telephone
`terminal such as the telephone numbers registered as abbre-
`viated dials and the name and the telephone number of the
`other party registered as the telephone directory list, or the
`telephone number of his own station, and various kinds of
`data such as the music code and the music order required for
`receiving the music offering service are memorized. Fur-
`thermore,
`the operation unit 9 is comprised of such as
`numeric keys and other operation keys. The operation com-
`mand from the user (specifically, the operation command
`when making a call or receiving a call and the operation
`command when receiving the music offering service) to this
`acoustic receiver device 4 can be entered via the numeric
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`keys and the other operation keys.
`The control unit 10 is a control block for controlling the
`overall operation of this acoustic receiving device 4 and
`adapted to control the operation of each unit supplying the
`control data to each unit via a data bus 11. Moreover, the
`control unit 10 memorizes various kinds of data in the
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`memory unit 8 via the data bus 11 or reads out vari