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`EXHIBIT 7
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`(12) United States Patent
`Matsuda et al.
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`USOO6928.306 B2
`(10) Patent No.:
`US 6,928,306 B2
`(45) Date of Patent:
`Aug. 9, 2005
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`(54) PORTABLE MOBILE UNIT
`(75) Inventors: Masayuki Matsuda, Tokyo (JP);
`Tomohiro Esaki, Tokyo (JP);
`s
`TDs. A 1-
`SE
`E. Akio
`inagawa, Tokyo (JP); Chikako
`Takada, Tokyo (JP)
`(73) Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
`(*) Notice:
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 575 days.
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`(21) Appl. No.: 09/755,878
`(22) Filed:
`Jan. 4, 2001
`(65)
`Prior Publication Data
`US 2001/0014616 A1 Aug. 16, 2001
`• u-Y/2
`Foreign Application Priority Data
`(30)
`Jan. 7, 2000 (JP) ....................................... 2OOO-OO5858
`51) Int. Cl." .................................................. H04B 1/38
`(52) U.S. Cl. ........................................ 455/567; 455/418
`(58) Field of Search ................................. 455/567, 450,
`455/564, 418, 90, 189.1, 209, 326; 381/24;
`379/88.19, 252, 418; 84/615
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`56
`(56)
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`References Cited
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`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
`5,563,951 A * 10/1996 Wang et al. ................ 455/100
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`5,771,001 A * 6/1998 Cobb ...................... 340/573.1
`5,870,684. A * 2/1999 Hoashi et al. .............. 455/567
`6,175,721 B1 * 1/2001 Hayato ...................... 340/7.58
`RE37,281 E * 7/2001 Motegi .................. 340/636.15
`6,308,086 B1 10/2001 Yoshino ..................... 455/567
`6,463,278 B2 * 10/2002 Kraft et al. .......
`... 455/418
`2001/0051536 A1 12/2001 Muramatsu .......
`... 455/567
`2003/0110928 A1
`6/2003 Yamaki et al. ................ 84/615
`* cited by examiner
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`Primary Examiner Nay Maung
`Assistant Examiner Tu X Nguyen
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm Townsend and Townsend
`and Crew LLP
`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`A portable mobile unit for alerting on incoming of a signal
`by a ringing Sound, comprises: a ringing Sound generator for
`generating the ringing Sound in a plurality of patterns, and
`a controller for controlling operations of the portable mobile
`unit, wherein the controller Select one pattern from the a
`plurality of patterns based on conditions which are set up in
`advance, when the Signal comes in, So as to control the
`9.
`ringing Sound generator to generate the ringing Sound for
`alerting a user of the incoming call, thereby providing the
`portable mobile unit being Superior in the usability, with
`which various conditions can be grasped by means of
`change in the ringing Sound when the telephone call comes
`in, while achieving the discrimination of the ringing Sound
`9.
`ging
`for alerting of the incoming call.
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`15 Claims, 8 Drawing Sheets
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`SOUND DATA OF FM
`SOUND SOURCE
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`3a
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`SOUND DATA
`REPRODUCTION PORTION
`OF FM SOUND SOURCE
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`REPRODUCTION
`TIMING MEMORY
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`SOUND DATA OF PCM
`SOUND SOURCE
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`CONTROLLER
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`SOUND DATA
`REPRODUCTION PORTION
`OF PCM SOUND SOURCE
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`SPEAKER
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`4b.
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`5
`MIXER OD
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`SOUND DATA OF MIDI
`SOUND SOURCE
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`SOUND DATA
`REPRODUCTION PORTION
`OF MIDI SOUND SOURCE
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`Sheet 1 of 8
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`FIG. 1
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`SOUND DATA OF FM
`SOUND SOURCE
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`1
`REPRODUCTION
`TIMING MEMORY
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`2
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`CONTROLLER
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`SOUND DATA
`REPRODUCTION PORTION
`OF FM SOUND SOURCE
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`SOUND DATA OF PCM
`SOUND SOURCE
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`SOUND DATA
`REPRODUCTION PORTION
`OF PCM SOUND SOURCE
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`SOUND DATA OF MIDI
`SOUND SOURCE
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`SOUND DATA
`REPRODUCTION PORTION
`OF MIDI SOUND SOURCE
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`SPEAKER
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`PATTERN
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`Sheet 2 of 8
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`RADIO-WAVE
`SGNAL
`3.
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`FIG. 3
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`RECEIVER
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`TELEPHONE
`NUMBER
`DETECTOR
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`PATTERN
`NUMBER
`MEMORY
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`REPRODUCTION
`TMING
`MEMORY
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`FIG. 4
`PATTERN NUMBER MEMORY
`PATTERN
`NUMBER
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`TELEPHONE NUMBER
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`0.12-345-6789
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`103b
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`FIG. 5
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`TIMER
`FUNCTION
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`RECEIVER
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`NCOMING
`CALL TIME
`DETECTOR
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`PATTERN
`NUMBER
`MEMORY
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`TIMING
`MEMORY
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`Sheet 3 of 8
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`FIG. 6
`PATTERN NUMBER MEMORY
`SET-UP TIME
`PATTERN
`NUMBER
`0:00 - 8:00
`17:15 - 21:30
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`203a
`203b
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`INCOMING
`CALL NUMBER
`MEMORY
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`PATTERN
`NUMBER
`MEMORY
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`REPRODUCTION
`TIMING
`MEMORY
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`TELEPHONE
`NUMBER
`DETECTOR
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`FIG. 8
`PATTERN NUMBER MEMORY
`NCOMING CALL
`PATTERN
`NUMBER
`| NUMBER
`1St TIME
`2nd TIME
`3rd TIME
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`Sheet 4 of 8
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`FIG. 9
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`403
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`1
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`RECEIVER
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`RINGING
`SOUND
`CONTROLLER
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`PATTERN
`NUMBER
`MEMORY
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`REPRODUCTION
`TIMING
`MEMORY
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`FIG. 10
`PATTERN NUMBER MEMORY
`PATTERN
`NUMBER
`1
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`MODE
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`BATTERY
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`RECEIVER
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`REMAINNG
`BATTERY
`CAPACITY
`DETECTOR
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`PATTERN
`NUMBER
`MEMORY
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`TMING
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`Sheet 5 of 8
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`FIG. 12
`PATTERN NUMBER MEMORY
`EAN BATERY RE
`NUMBER
`CAPACITY
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`CHARGE IS NEEDED ||
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`RECEIVER
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`FIG. 13
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`ENVIRONMENTAL
`NOISE
`DETECTOR
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`PATTERN
`NUMBER
`MEMORY
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`REPRODUCTION
`TMNG
`MEMORY
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`FIG. 14
`PATTERN NUMBER MEMORY
`ENVIRONMENTAL
`PATTERN
`NOISE LEVEL
`NUMBER
`VERY NOISY
`1
`RATHER NOISY
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`Sheet 6 of 8
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`FIG. 15
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`RADIO-WAVE
`PORTION
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`CODING/DECODING
`PROCESS PORTION
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`MEMORY FOR
`COMMUNICATION
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`COMMUNICATION
`CONTROLLER
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`RINGING
`SOUND
`GENERATOR
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`DECISION-KEY
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`LEFT-KEY
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`FUNCTION-KEY
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`SPEAKER
`1602
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`DISPLAY
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`UP-KEY
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`DOWN-KEY
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`Sheet 7 of 8
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`FIG. 17A
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`Y
`RINGING SOUND CHANGEMENU
`SELECTION --> 1. TELEPHONE NUMBER OF CALLER
`MARK
`2. DATE OF INCOMING CALL
`3. NUMBER OF TIMES OF ABSENT
`INCOMING CALLS
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`FIG. 17B
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`CHANGE UPON TELEPHONE NUMBER
`OF CALLER
`1 TARO HITACH
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`FIG. 17C
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`2. SETTING OF RINGING SOUND FOR
`PORTABLE (Ltd)
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`1 PATTERN NO.
`> 2. PATTERN NO. 2
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`Sheet 8 of 8
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`FIG. 18
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`DETERMINE RINGING SOUND
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`START SEARCH FOR
`REPRODUCTION TIMING
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`S1
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`REPRODUCTION TIMING
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`REPRODUCTION TIMING
`OF SOUND DATA 3
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`REPRODUCTION TIMING
`OF SOUND DATA 2
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`READ-IN OF SOUND
`DATA OF FM
`SOUND SOURCE
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`READ-IN OF SOUND
`DATA OF MIDI
`SOUND SOURCE
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`READ-IN OF SOUND
`DATA OF PCM
`SOUND SOURCE
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`REPRODUCE FROMs S6
`SPEAKER BY
`MIXING
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`S7
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`DECIDE
`COMPLETON
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`TIMING
`YES
`END
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`NO
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`PORTABLE MOBILE UNIT
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`1. Field of the Invention
`The present invention relates to a portable mobile unit for
`alerting a user (or Subscriber) of incoming of a signal by
`means of ringing, and in particular to a portable mobile unit
`being Suitable for alerting of the condition when a phone call
`is coming in, through Such the ringing Sound.
`2. Prior Art
`With conventional cellular phones, it is common to gen
`erate the ringing Sound for alerting of incoming phone calls,
`from various tone data which are obtained by coding the
`tone signals digitally. The users of the cellular phone can
`easily recognize the incoming call (i.e., arrival of the tele
`phone call) to her/his own cellular phone by the ringing
`Sound. Recently, users of Such cellular phones are increasing
`in number very rapidly, which brings about cases that people
`having their own cellular phones happen to be within the
`Same place or area very often this results in confusion of the
`incoming call with that to others, and then there occurs a
`demand or a necessity for discriminating or differentiating
`the ringing Sound of each the cellular phone from others. For
`example, a melody generator, which is capable of producing
`different melodies according to a choice of the user, is
`widely prevailed and getting popular among cellular phone
`users to discriminate her/his cellular phone from others.
`with which each user can produce her/his own melody,
`thereby obtaining the discrimination thereof from others.
`Further, as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-open No. Hei
`10-4442 (1998), there is already known an apparatus having
`a function of renewing the melody by means of download
`thereof, and also, as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-open
`No. Hei 08-251258 (1996), there is already known an
`apparatus having a means for producing its own original
`Sound for alerting of the incoming call, by taking in Sounds
`from an external microphone in advance. Conventionally,
`for discriminating the ringing Sound, a beep Sound with its
`frequency range Simply expanded or with its tempo made
`variable is used So as to enable the melody to Sound more
`natural than that of a previous type using a beep Sound which
`Sounds rather mechanical. In addition, an apparatus utilizing
`a FM Sound Source, which can play tones of musical
`instruments by Synthesizing the Sounds from a Sound data
`base is manufactured or put on a market recently. However,
`this apparatus is designed to Synthesize not vocal Sounds but
`particular musical instrumental Sounds. Also, a PCM Sound
`Source enables to produce the Vocal Sounds or Sound effects
`(Such as, mimic Sounds), which can increase the number of
`the alerting Sounds infinitely. However, it brings about a
`demerit of requiring data capacity too much, particularly, for
`the cellular phone, which is demanded to be light-weighted
`and Small-sized.
`Also, alerting used in another purpose, Such as distin
`guishing callers by changing the ringing Sound or by chang
`ing a light-emission pattern instead, is shown in Japanese
`Patent Laid-open No. Hei 09-312684 (1997). This improves
`utility value thereof, because the user can know who is
`calling (i.e., a caller) only by hearing the ringing Sound.
`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
`An object of the present invention is to provide a portable
`mobile unit with improved usability, capable of discrimi
`nating the ringing Sound for alerting of the incoming call
`Sufficiently or enabling the user to grasp various conditions
`by changing the ringing Sound when the telephone call
`comes in.
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`According to the present invention, for accomplishing the
`above-mentioned object, there is provided a portable mobile
`unit for alerting the user on incoming of a signal by a ringing
`Sound, comprising: a ringing Sound generator having a
`plurality of Sound Sources there with; and a controller for
`controlling operations of the portable mobile unit, wherein
`the controller controls the ringing Sound generator, when the
`Signal comes in, So that it generates the ringing Sound with
`using at least one of the a plurality of Sound Sources, upon
`basis of a condition which is set up in advance.
`According to a preferable embodiment of the present
`invention, the ringing Sound generator comprises: a memory
`for Storing a plurality of Sound data which are generated with
`different generation methods, respectively; a plurality of
`reproducer for reproducing the plurality of Sound data Stored
`in accordance with the respective generation methods, and a
`reproduction timing memory for performing Selection of the
`Sound data to be reproduced among the plurality of Sound
`data and for Storing reproduction timings to form the pat
`terns for the respective Sound data Selected, wherein the
`controller controls the reproduction timing means, So as to
`reproduce the Sound data Selected in accordance with the
`reproduction timings, respectively.
`Further, according to other preferable embodiment of the
`present invention, the plurality of Sound data contain therein
`a Sound data of a waveform coding method, in which
`quantization width is set up depending upon a level of
`amplitude or power, and a Sound data of an analytic com
`position coding method, in which the Signal is modeled, So
`as to be encoded into. With those means mentioned above,
`while using that which composes a main phrase from the
`Sound data base, Such as the FM Sound Source, the human
`voices or the like producing the sound effects of the PCM
`Sound Source can be used, additionally. Thereby, it is pos
`Sible to obtain an infinite number of variations, as well as to
`bring the capacity to be Small.
`Also, the condition which is set up in advance, includes:
`when the telephone number of a caller is coincident with the
`registered telephone number; when a portion of the tele
`phone number (for example, the area code, etc.) of the caller
`is coincident with a portion of the registered telephone
`number (for example, the area code, etc.); when a day of
`incoming of the Signal is contained within a period which is
`Set up in advance; when the number of times of the incoming
`calls in absence is contained within a range of number of
`times which is set up in advance, when the remaining battery
`capacity is contained within a range of capacity which is Set
`up in advance, when the Signal comes in; when an environ
`mental sound of the portable mobile unit is contained within
`a condition of Sound which is set up in advance, when the
`Signal comes in; when a Sound Volume level in an environ
`ment of the portable mobile unit is contained within a range
`of Sound Volume level which is Set up in advance, when the
`Signal comes in; and when it is detected that the portable
`mobile unit is held in a hand of a user, by means of at least
`either one of a heat Sensor and a pressure Sensor, etc.
`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
`FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main portion of a Sound
`data reproduction portion in a portable mobile unit, accord
`ing to a first embodiment of the present invention;
`FIG. 2 is a table of showing a relationship between Sound
`data number and reproduction timing thereof, respectively,
`in the portable mobile unit according to the first embodiment
`of the present invention;
`FIG. 3 is a block diagram of showing function blocks for
`performing Selection of the pattern number based on a
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`telephone number of a caller, in the portable mobile unit
`according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
`FIG. 4 is a table of showing a relationship between the
`telephone number of the caller and the pattern number, in the
`portable mobile unit according to the first embodiment of the
`present invention;
`FIG. 5 is a block diagram of showing function blocks for
`performing Selection of the pattern number based on a time
`of the incoming call to the portable mobile unit, according
`to a Second embodiment of the present invention;
`FIG. 6 is a table of showing a relationship between the
`time of the incoming call and the pattern number, in the
`portable mobile unit according to the Second embodiment of
`the present invention;
`FIG. 7 is a block diagram of showing function blocks for
`performing Selection of the pattern number based on the
`number of times of the telephone calls from a specific
`telephone number to the portable mobile unit, according to
`a third embodiment of the present invention;
`FIG. 8 is a table of showing a relationship between the
`number of times of the incoming calls from the Specific
`telephone number and the pattern number, in the portable
`mobile unit according to the Second embodiment of the
`present invention;
`FIG. 9 is a block diagram of showing function blocks for
`performing control on the ringing Sound based on a condi
`tion of Sound in an environment of the portable mobile unit,
`according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;
`FIG. 10 is a table of showing a relationship between a
`mode and the pattern number, for controlling the ringing
`Sound based on the condition of sound in the environment of
`the portable mobile unit, according to the fourth embodi
`ment of the present invention;
`FIG. 11 is a block diagram of showing function blocks for
`performing Selection of the pattern number based on remain
`ing power of a battery in the portable mobile unit, according
`to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;
`FIG. 12 is a table of showing a relationship between the
`remaining power of the battery and the pattern, in the
`portable mobile unit according to the fourth embodiment of
`the present invention;
`FIG. 13 is a block diagram of showing function blocks for
`performing control on the ringing Sound upon the basis a
`level of noises in the environment of the portable mobile
`unit, according to the fourth embodiment of the present
`invention;
`FIG. 14 is a table of showing a relationship between a
`mode and the pattern number for controlling the ringing
`Sound upon basis of the level of noises in the environment
`of the portable mobile unit, according to the fourth embodi
`ment of the present invention;
`FIG. 15 is a block diagram for showing the structure of the
`portable mobile unit, according to the first embodiment of
`the present invention;
`FIG. 16 is a front view for showing an outlook of the
`portable mobile unit, according to the first embodiment of
`the present invention;
`FIGS. 17A, 17B and 17C are views for showing examples
`of Screens displayed when Setting up the ringing Sound on
`the portable mobile unit, according to the first embodiment
`of the present invention, and in particular, FIG. 17A shows
`“Ringing sound change menu' display, FIG. 17B “Chang
`upon telephone number of caller” display, and FIG. 17C a
`pattern Selection display for the ringing Sound, respectively;
`and
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`FIG. 18 is a flow chart when the ringing Sound thereof is
`reproduced in the portable mobile unit, according to the first
`embodiment of the present invention.
`DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED
`EMBODIMENTS
`Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present inven
`tion will be fully explained by referring to the attached
`drawings, i.e., FIGS. 1 to 18. In the embodiments that will
`be mentioned below, explanation will be given on an
`example, wherein the present invention is applied to, in
`particular, a cellular phone as one kind of the portable
`mobile unit.
`The Structures of the cellular phone, according to a first
`embodiment of the present invention, will be shown in FIG.
`15, wherein a reference numeral 1510 indicates a transmis
`Sion antenna, 1511 a radio-wave portion for converting
`between transmission data and radio-wave Signals, 1512 a
`coding/decoding proceSS unit for converting the transmis
`sion data into audio signals, 1513 a microphone, 1514 a
`receiver, 1515 a memory for communication, holding
`programs, data, etc., therein, which are necessary for the
`control of operations as the cellular phone, 1516 a commu
`nication controller for controlling the present cellular phone,
`1517 a display, and 1518 a key-input portion. A reference
`numeral 1519 indicates a ringing Sound generator for gen
`erating the ringing Sound when it receives the radio-wave
`Signal, and 1520 a speaker for outputting the alerting Signal
`that is reproduced in the ringing Sound generator 1519,
`audibly. Further, in the explanation given below, "repro
`duce” means to output a Sound data that is Stored or a Sound
`data that is received with the incoming call, or to output an
`audible frequency signal that is converted from an inputted
`Sound data.
`FIG. 1 is a block diagram of showing details of the
`communication controller 1516 and the ringing Sound gen
`erator 1519 shown in the FIG. 15. The cellular phone in the
`present embodiment can reproduce a plurality of Sound data
`Simultaneously. According to the present embodiment, a
`plurality of memories are provided for Storing the Sound data
`corresponding to a plurality of the Sound data methods
`thereof. In more details, there are provided a Sound data
`memory 3a of the FM Sound Source, a Sound data memory
`3b of the PCM sound source and a sound data memory 3c
`of the MIDI method, and are also provided a sound data
`reproduction portion 4a of the FM Sound Source, a Sound
`data reproduction portion 4b of the PCM sound source, and
`a sound data reproduction portion 4c of the MIDI method,
`respectively, as the Sound data reproduction portions for
`reproducing the Sound data corresponding to those methods.
`Also, the Sound data reproduction portion 4a of the FM
`Sound Source, the Sound data reproduction portion 4b of the
`PCM Sound Source, and the Sound data reproduction portion
`4c of the MIDI method are connected to the controller 2. The
`controller 2 Selects the Sound data to be reproduced from the
`plurality of the Sound data Stored in a reproduction timing
`memory 1, and also determines a reproduction timing for the
`Sound data Selected, thereby making the Sound data repro
`duction portion reproduce the Selected Sound data at the
`reproduction timing determined, respectively. Outputs of the
`respective Sound reproduction portions are connected to a
`mixer 5, to be mixed with one another therein, and at the
`end, they are outputted outside, as the ringing Sound for
`alerting of the incoming call through a Speaker 6
`(corresponding to the speaker 1520 shown in the FIG. 15),
`which is connected to the mixer 5.
`AS is shown in FIG. 2, in the reproduction timing memory
`1 are Stored Sound data numbers to be reproduced and the
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`respective timings for reproductions thereof, etc. With the
`Sound data numbers, it is assumed that No. 1 corresponds to
`the Sound data of the FM sound Source, No. 2 to the Sound
`data of the PCM sound Source, and No. 3 to the Sound data
`of the MIDI method, respectively. The Sound data should not
`be restricted only to the above, and also the sound data of the
`MP3 method can be used, and it may be given by No. 4 as
`the Sound data No. thereof, in Such the case. Hereinafter,
`every time when the sound data is further added to, the
`Sound data number, Such as No. 5 or No. 6, is allotted to the
`added Sound data. The pattern numbers can be changed
`depending upon the telephone number of a person who is
`Speaking to, or depending upon the number of times of the
`incoming calls (i.e., when the telephone calls arrive). Meth
`ods and kinds for presetting thereof will be explained in
`more details, later. The reproduction timing is controlled So
`as to be ON or OFF status, so that the Sound data will be
`reproduced at ON status, while no sound data at OFF status.
`Next, explanation will be given on the method for pre
`setting the pattern numbers. FIG. 16 is a front view for
`showing an outlook of the cellular phone, according to the
`present embodiment. On a front Surface (a Surface, on which
`are provided keys, a display, a microphone, a Speaker, etc,
`for operations by a user) of a main body 1601 of the
`telephone apparatus, a speaker 1602 as a receiver is provided
`at one end thereof, and in an area from this to the other end
`thereof are provided a display 1603 and various kinds of
`keys. The various kinds of keys include therein an up-key
`1604, a down-key 1605, a left-key 1606 and a right-key
`1607, for shifting a cursor displayed on the display into the
`up-side, the down-side, the left-hand Side and the right-hand
`side, respectively, a decision-key 1608 for deciding a con
`tent that is inputted, a clear-key 1609 for deleting or releas
`ing the content that is inputted, and a function-key 1610 for
`Selecting and executing various functions therewith. To the
`up-key 1604, the down-key 1605, the left-key 1606, the
`right-key 1607 and the decision-key 1608 are also assigned
`a part of numeral number keys for inputting the telephone
`number and/or time, etc., therewith. At the other end is
`provided the microphone 1513 as a mouthpiece, however it
`is omitted shown in the figure.
`Explanation will be given on a method for changing the
`ringing Sound for alerting of the incoming call, based on the
`telephone number of the caller, through operations of the
`above-mentioned keys. Exemplary Screens displayed on the
`display 1603 in this time are shown in FIGS. 17A, 17B and
`17C. First, when the function-key 1610 and the key that is
`assigned to Selection for a menu Screen are pushed down,
`then it is shifted to the Screen for "menu for changing ringing
`sound” (d1) shown in the FIG. 17A. On the screen is
`performed the Selection, on which items the ringing Sound
`should be changed, i.e., the change may be made upon the
`telephone number of the person who is speaking to (i.e., the
`caller), the time when the phone call comes in, and the
`number of times of the absent incoming calls. AS the cursor
`for indicating the item to be selected, a sign of inequity, Such
`as “a” is displayed at the left-hand side thereof. Then, by
`pushing down the up-key 1604 or the down-key 1605, so as
`to shift the cursor, an edge (i.e., an acute angle portion at the
`right-hand Side, in this case) of the sign of inequity ">" is
`aligned to the item to be Selected. In case of changing the
`ringing Sound for alerting of the incoming call based on the
`telephone number, “1. Telephone number of a caller' is
`Selected, and the decision-key is pushed down. Then, it is
`shifted to “Screen for changing ringing upon telephone
`number of caller” as shown in the FIG. 17B (d2). On this
`Screen, pushing down the up-key 1604 or the down-key
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`1605 shifts the cursor thereof, so as to select the telephone
`number to be changed in the ringing Sound, and pushing
`down the decision-key can make the Selection of the tele
`phone number of the caller. However, it may be also possible
`to input the telephone number of the caller, directly with
`using the numeral keys, in the place of the mentioned above.
`After the Selection of the telephone number is made, the
`Screen is shifted to “pattern Selection Screen for ringing
`sound” (d3) shown in the FIG. 17C when the decision-key
`is pushed down, wherein it is possible to Select the pattern
`of the ringing Sound for alerting of the incoming call,
`corresponding to the Selected telephone number. The pattern
`mentioned herein means, as is shown in the FIG. 2, what is
`reproduced at the predetermined reproduction timing from
`the Sound data generated by the different Sound Sources.
`Herein, pushing down the up-key 1604 or the down-key
`1605 shifts the cursor, thereby selecting the pattern number
`at her/his desire. With the cellular phone of the present
`embodiment, the ringing Sound of that pattern is reproduced
`from the speaker 1602 every time when the pattern is
`Selected, thereby enabling confirmation of the pattern.
`Herein, by selecting “2. Pattern No. 2' as the desired pattern
`and by pushing down the decision-key, it is possible to Setup
`the ringing Sound for alerting of the incoming call. With the
`pattern No. 2, as shown in the FIG. 2, the sound data from
`the FM Sound Source of the Sound data No. 1, the PCM
`Sound Source of the Sound data No. 2 and the MP3 Sound
`Source of the Sound data No. 4 are reproduced at the timings
`shown in the same figure. When it is desired to turn the
`Screen back to the previous one, it can be shifted back to the
`screen (d2) by pushing down the clear-key 1609 on the
`Screen (d3). In the similar manner, it can be turned back to
`the screen (d1) by pushing down the clear-key 1609 on the
`Screen (d2).
`Next, explanation will be given on the processes up to the
`reproduction of the sound data, by referring to the FIGS. 1,
`2, 3, 4 and 18.
`Herein, explanation will be given on an example of the
`method, where the pattern number is Selected upon basis of
`the telephone number of the caller, thereby to reproduce it.
`FIG. 3 is a block diagram of showing function blocks,
`which are necessary for performing the Selection of the
`pattern numbers upon basis of the telephone number of the
`caller. Explaining by referring to the circuit constructions of
`the cellular phone shown in FIG. 15, a receiver 101 for
`receiving the radio-wave signals corresponds to a receiver
`circuit portion, which is contained within the radio-wave
`portion 1511 shown in the FIG. 15, and a telephone number
`detector 102 to the communication controller 1516 shown in
`the FIG. 15, which detects the telephone number after
`demodulation of the radio-wave Signals, in accordance with
`the program stored in the memory 1515 for communication.
`A portion of the memory area of the memory 1515 for
`communication shown in the FIG. 15 is assigned as a pattern
`number memory 103, in which are stored the telephone
`numbers and the pattern numbers of the ringing Sounds for
`alerting of the incoming calls corresponding thereto, as
`shown in FIG. 4. In the pattern number memory 103 can be
`Stored the pattern numbers of the ringing Sounds for alerting
`of the incoming calls corresponding to the incoming calls
`103a and 103b to the telephone numbers which are preset
`and Stored, or those corresponding to a certain portion of the
`telephone numbers, Such as the incoming calls 103c and
`103d to the area code of the telephone numbers of the
`callers, thereby enabling extensive variations of Services
`responding to the desires from the users. The communica
`tion controller 1516 determines the pattern number, corre
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`During the reproduction of the sound data No. “1” and the
`sound data No. “3”, after a minute (for example, at the time
`point b in the FIG. 2), also the sound data No. “2” is turned
`to ON at the reproduction timing of the time point b (S4b).
`Then, into the Sound data reproduction portion 4b for the
`PCM sound source, having the sound data No. “2, the
`Sound data 3b of the PCM Sound Source is read in, so as to
`be sent to the mixer (s5b). In the mixer 5, the transmitted
`three Sound data are mixed with one another, and are
`delivered to the Speaker 6. The Speaker 6 outputs the Sound
`data in the form of the ringing Sound for alerting of the
`incoming call (S6). Thereafter, decision is made on whether
`the search is conducted up to the end or not (s7) and if
`deciding that the Search is necessary for the next reproduc
`tion timing, the Search is conducted on for the next timing
`(S8), again. In case of deciding that the Search is completed
`up to the end, the reproduction of the ringing Sound for
`alerting of the incoming call is finished (s.9). Even in
`processing of all of those processes, the reproduction of the
`data of ringing Sound for alerting of the incoming call is
`completed (s.9), when the user thereof Starts communication
`by holding the cellular phone in her/his hand.
`With taking those Steps mentioned above, it is possible to
`reproduce the Sound data, Simultaneously, which are Stored
`in accordance with the a plurality of methods. Further, with
`using Such the methods, it is possible to Save the memory by
`Setting up the time for reproduction thereof to be short, in
`particular,