Apparatus for recording and reproducing audio data

• US 20020151324A1
• Filed: 04/16/2002
• Published: 10/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tatsumi, Kaoru
• Application Number:
  US10/122,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20020151324A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/656 for recording conversations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 1/00 Two-channel systems H04S5/00, H04S7/00 take precedence

Abstract

An apparatus for recording and reproducing received and transmission audio signal data comprises a memory and a decoding unit. The memory synchronously stores received and transmission signal data in compressed form in different areas stores. The decoding unit decodes the received and transmission signals data retrieved from the memory, and adjusts reproducing timings of the received and transmission signal data.

Claims

1. An apparatus for recording and reproducing audio signal data used in a mobile radio communication apparatus for communicating with a base station, comprising:

a memory configured to synchronously store received and transmission signal data in compressed form in different areas; and

a decoding unit configured to decode the received and transmission signals data retrieved from the memory, and adjust reproducing timings of the received and transmission signal data.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the received and transmission signals data are alternately output to the decoding unit in units of frames.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the memory stores the received and transmission signals data in compressed form on the basis of a time period required for demodulating the received audio signal data, and a time period required for encoding the transmission audio signal data.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the decoding unit includes:

a decoder configured to decode the received and transmission signals data;

a first buffer configured to temporarily store the decoded received audio signal data;

a second buffer configured to temporarily store the decoded transmission audio signal data; and

an interface configured to output the decoded received and transmission audio signals data output from the first and second buffers;

wherein the decoded received and transmission audio signals data being output from the first and second buffers are associated with each other.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the decoding unit also includes a switch configured to output the decoded received and transmission audio signals data to the first and second buffers, respectively, the switch detecting whether signal data output from the decoder is the compressed received signal data or the compressed transmission signal data, and distributing the detected signal data to a corresponding one of the first and second buffers.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a counter configured to count a number of frames to be input to the decoding unit and output the counted number of frames to the switch, the switch detecting whether the signal data output from the decoder is the compressed received signal data or the compressed transmission signal data on the basis of the counted number of frames.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

an assigning unit configured to assign a mark to the compressed received signal data when the compressed received signal data is stored, assign another mark to the compressed transmission signal data when the compressed transmission signal data is stored; and

a detector configured to detect each of the marks and determine which one of the compressed received and transmission signals data has been output;

wherein the switch detects whether the signal data output from the decoder is the compressed received signal data or the compressed transmission signal data on the basis of the assigned mark.

8. The apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising an adder configured to add the decoded received and transmission audio signals data output from the first and second buffers and output the added data to the interface, the adder adding the decoded received and transmission audio signals data in units of sampling data.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first and second buffers have their capacities set such that the decoded received and transmission audio signals data output from the first and second buffers are simultaneously input to the adder.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein timings for outputting the decoded received and transmission audio signals data from the first and second buffers are adjusted on the basis of synchronous information concerning the compressed received and transmission signals data stored in the memory.

11. The apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a first loudspeaker configured to output received voice corresponding to the decoded received audio signal data supplied from the first buffer via the interface; and

a second loudspeaker configured to output transmission voice corresponding to the decoded transmission audio signal data supplied from the second buffer via the interface.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein one of the received and transmission voices is processed via a left channel, and the other of the received and transmission voices is processed via a right channel.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the compressed received signal data corresponds to one of left-channel and right-channel signal components of a received stereo signal data, and the compressed transmission signal corresponds to the other of the left-channel and right-channel signal components of the received stereo signal data.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a microphone configured to record in stereo, the compressed received signal data corresponding to a received signal data input to one of left-channel and right-channel of the microphone, and the compressed transmission signal data corresponding to a transmission signal data input to the other of the left-channel and right-channel of the microphone.

15. An apparatus for recording and reproducing audio signal data used in a mobile radio communication apparatus for communicating with a base station, comprising:

memory means for synchronously storing received and transmission signal data in compressed form in different areas; and

decoding means for decoding the received and transmission signals data retrieved from the memory, and adjusting reproducing timings of the received and transmission signal data.