Apparatus for producing sound in phone and method of doing the same

• US 20060069572A1
• Filed: 09/13/2005
• Published: 03/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Komata, Nobuhiro
• Application Number:
  US11/224,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20060069572A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6016 in the receiver circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions

Abstract

An apparatus for producing sound in an electronic device which has a function of making communication with another electronic device or to which a function of making communication with another electronic device can be applied, includes a first mixer for mixing sound transmitted from a sound source with voices with which communication is made between the apparatus and the another apparatus, while the communication is being made.

Claims

1. An apparatus for producing sound in an electronic device which has a function of making communication with another electronic device or to which a function of making communication with another electronic device can be applied,

said apparatus comprising a first mixer for mixing sound transmitted from a sound source with voices with which communication is made between said apparatus and said another apparatus, while said communication is being made.

2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said voices are voices transmitted from said another electronic device to said electronic device.

3. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said voices are voices transmitted from said electronic device to said another electronic device.

4. The apparatus as set forth in claim 2, further comprising a second mixer for mixing said sound transmitted from said sound source with voices transmitted from said electronic device to said another electronic device.

5. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said apparatus comprises a board type device applicable to a slot of an electric device.

6. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said apparatus comprises a non-volatile memory applicable to a slot of an electronic device, and said first mixer is comprised of a program stored in said non-volatile memory.

7. The apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein said apparatus comprises a non-volatile memory applicable to a slot of an electronic device, and each of said first and second mixers is comprised of a program stored in said non-volatile memory.

8. An apparatus for producing sound with which a device makes communication with another device, comprising a transmission data provider which outputs, as data to be transmitted to said another device, control data indicative of what sound is output from a sound source of said another device and how said sound is output, while said device and said another device make communication with each other.

9. The apparatus as set forth in claim 8, wherein said apparatus comprises a board type device applicable to a slot of an electric device.

10. An apparatus for producing sound with which a device makes communication with another device, comprising a transmission data provider which outputs control data indicative of what sound is output from a sound source of said device and how said sound is output, while said device and said another device make communication with each other.

11. The apparatus as set forth in claim 10, wherein said transmission data provider further outputs, as data to be transmitted to said another device, control data indicative of what sound is output from a sound source of said another device and how said sound is output.

12. The apparatus as set forth in claim 10, wherein said apparatus comprises a board type device applicable to a slot of an electric device.

13. An apparatus for producing sound with which a device makes communication with another device, comprising a sound producer/mixer which produces sound in accordance with control data received from said another device, and mixes the thus produced sound with voices transmitted of said another device.

14. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13, wherein said apparatus comprises a board type device applicable to a slot of an electric device.

15. A program for causing a computer to carry out a method of producing sound with which a device makes communication with another device, wherein steps executed by said computer in accordance with said program include mixing sound transmitted from a sound source with voices with which communication is made between said device and said another device, while said communication is being made.

16. The program as set forth in claim 15, wherein said voices are voices transmitted from said another device to said device.

17. The program as set forth in claim 15, wherein said voices are voices transmitted from said device to said another device.

18. The program as set forth in claim 16, wherein said steps further include mixing sound transmitted from a sound source with voices transmitted from said device to said another device.

19. A program for causing a computer to carry out a method of producing sound with which a device makes communication with another device, wherein steps executed by said computer in accordance with said program include outputting, as data to be transmitted to said another device, control data indicative of what sound is output from a sound source of said another device and how said sound is output, while said device and said another device make communication with each other.

20. A program for causing a computer to carry out a method of producing sound with which a device makes communication with another device, wherein steps executed by said computer in accordance with said program include outputting control data indicative of what sound is output from a sound source of said device and how said sound is output, while said device and said another device make communication with each other.

21. The program as set forth in claim 20, wherein said steps further include outputting, as data to be transmitted to said another device, control data indicative of what sound is output from a sound source of said another device and how said sound is output.

22. A program for causing a computer to carry out a method of producing sound with which a device makes communication with another device, wherein steps executed by said computer in accordance with said program include:

producing sound in accordance with control data received from said another device; and

mixing the thus produced sound with voices transmitted of said another device.

23. A method of producing sound with which a device makes communication with another device, comprising:

producing sound in said device; and

mixing the thus produced sound with voices of a user of said device to thereby produce sound to be transmitted to said another device from said device.

24. A method of producing sound with which a device makes communication with another device, comprising:

producing sound in said device; and

mixing the thus produced sound with voices of a user of said another device, transmitted from said another device.

25. A method of producing sound with which a device makes communication with another device, comprising:

producing sound in accordance with control data stored in said device; and

mixing the thus produced sound with voices of a user of said device to thereby produce sound to be transmitted to said another device from said device.

26. A method of producing sound with which a device makes communication with another device, comprising:

producing sound in accordance with control data transmitted said another device; and

mixing the thus produced sound with voices of a user of said another device, transmitted from said another device.

27. An electronic device comprising:

a communicator for making communication with another electronic device;

a source of sound;

a controller for controlling production of sound from said source, while said electronic device makes communication with said another electronic device through said communicator; and

a mixer for mixing sound transmitted from said source with voices received from said another electronic device.

28. An electronic device comprising:

a communicator for making communication with another electronic device;

a source of sound;

a controller for controlling production of sound from said source, while said electronic device makes communication with said another electronic device through said communicator; and

a mixer for mixing sound transmitted from said source with voices of a user of said device,

wherein said sound output from said mixer is transmitted to said another electronic device through said communicator.