JP2008092210A - Reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reproducing device which performs reproduction control in accordance with a state of another device having a telephone function. <P>SOLUTION: The reproducing device 2 acquires a portable telephone function state from an HFP (hands-free profile), for example, of Bluetooth (S302 or S303). When the telephone function state changes (yes in S304), the state of its own device is acquired at the same time (S305), and reproduction processing corresponding to the telephone function state is performed (S306 and S310). For example, processing such as a hold of reproducing music data and video data due to a speech communication start of a portable telephone 3 and a video recording start of television broadcast data in response to an incoming call of the portable telephone 3 are performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a playback apparatus that wirelessly communicates with another wireless communication apparatus.

In recent years, devices having a telephone function such as mobile phones have become widespread. Among these devices, there are also devices that have a function of receiving broadcast waves and playing them, or playing music data and video data stored in a built-in storage medium (for example, patents). Reference 1).

Patent Document 1 is an information device having a function of transmitting and receiving a phone call, using a telephone reception detection signal as a recording start signal, automatically starting recording for a cause of interruption due to reception of the telephone, A technique is disclosed that allows viewing from a subsequent scene while recording is continued after completion.
JP-A-7-130150

However, in the method described in Patent Document 1, since the mobile phone body and the device that controls the processing for the video signal are in the same device, the incoming call can be easily detected in the device.

On the other hand, there are many users who have a mobile phone and a playback device that plays back music data and video data separately for reasons such as usability and functions. In such a case, the playback device cannot detect incoming calls or outgoing calls on the telephone side. Therefore, for example, when an incoming call is received, it is necessary to operate each device such as taking out the telephone from the pocket, pressing the call button, and stopping the playback of the playback device, which is inconvenient for the user.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a playback apparatus that can perform playback control according to the situation of another apparatus having a telephone function.

To achieve the above object, a playback device according to claim 1 is a playback device that wirelessly communicates with a first wireless communication device having a telephone function, and a storage unit that stores AV (Audio / Visual) data; A reproduction unit that reproduces AV data stored in the storage unit, a wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with the first wireless communication device and acquires a telephone function state related to a telephone function from the first wireless communication device; And a control unit that changes a playback state of the playback unit when the wireless communication unit detects a change in a telephone function state of the first wireless communication device.

The reproduction device according to claim 9 is a wireless communication device that wirelessly communicates with the first wireless communication device having a telephone function, and is obtained by receiving a broadcast wave at the tuner unit that receives the broadcast wave. A reproduction unit for reproducing the AV data to be reproduced, and A obtained by receiving the broadcast wave in the tuner unit
A recording unit that records V data in a storage medium, a wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with the first wireless communication device and obtains a telephone function state related to a telephone function from the first wireless communication device, and the wireless communication unit And a control unit that, when detecting a change in the telephone function state of the first wireless communication device, causes the playback unit to stop playback and causes the recording unit to start recording.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the reproducing | regenerating apparatus which can perform reproduction | regeneration control according to the condition of the other apparatus which has a telephone function can be provided.

  Hereinafter, the reproducing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a wireless communication system that is an embodiment of the present invention. A wireless communication system 1 in FIG. 1 includes a playback device 1, a mobile phone 3 that is a wireless communication device having a telephone function, and a wireless headphone 4 that is also a wireless communication device.

The playback device 2 includes both the mobile phone 3 and the wireless headphones 2 and, for example, Bluetooth.
It communicates by near field communication, such as oth. This near field communication is Bluetooth
Although not limited to this, the following description will be made assuming that it is Bluetooth.

In addition, although the mobile phone 3 which is an embodiment of the first wireless communication device is described as a device that can be carried by the user, the present invention is not limited to this, and any wireless communication device having a telephone function may be used.

Similarly, although it will be described below as a wireless headphone 4 which is an embodiment of the second wireless communication device, other devices may be used as long as they can be wirelessly connected to the playback device 2. Further, the streaming data transmitted / received between the playback device 2 and the wireless headphones 4 need not be audio data. For example, video data may be transmitted as streaming data.

The playback device 2 has a storage medium inside and has a function of playing back AV data such as music data and video data recorded on the storage medium. It also has a tuner for receiving television broadcasts, and has a function of reproducing television broadcast data (AV data) obtained by receiving broadcast waves.

The video obtained by the reproduction process is displayed on the display unit 21 owned by itself. The audio streaming data obtained by reproducing the music data is transmitted by Bluetooth, and the audio is output from the speaker of the wireless headphones 2. For example, an audio signal between the playback device 2 and the headphones 4 is A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution).
control signal for playing back or stopping audio data, etc.
It is conceivable to perform communication by Bluetooth communication based on CP (Audio / Video Remote Control Profile).

Further, the playback device 2 itself does not have a telephone function or a call function, but the playback device 2 is not equipped with a mobile phone 3.
And, for example, Bluetooth based on HFP (Hands-Free Profile)
The following description will be made on the assumption that the notification of the telephone function state of the mobile phone 3 is received by communication. However, as described above, a communication method other than Bluetooth may be used, or the command may be uniquely defined and used by Bluetooth SPP (Serial Port Profile) or the like.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the playback device 2. The playback apparatus 2 includes a control unit 23 and a recording unit 24.
And a battery 25, a wireless communication unit 26, an audio output unit 27, a tuner unit 28, and a decoding / encoding unit 29.

The playback device 2 is driven by a battery 25, and the control unit 23 records an operation control program 24a, a recording / playback control program 24b, and a wireless communication control program 24 recorded in the storage unit 24.
c, the telephone state control program 24d, and other programs (not shown) are read and executed.

The operation control program 24a performs various controls based on operation signals input by the user operating the operation unit 22.
The recording / playback control program 24b is a decoder / encoder 29 that decodes music data 24e and video data 24f recorded in the recorder 24 or television broadcast data obtained by receiving broadcast waves at the tuner 28. The video is decoded and the video by the video data 24 f is displayed on the display unit 21. Further, the recording / playback control program 24b transmits the streaming data obtained by encoding the above-described data by the decoding / encoding unit 29 to the headphones 4, and the headphones 4
To output. However, for example, the audio obtained by decoding the audio data 24e by the decoding / encoding unit 29 may be output from the audio output unit 27 such as a speaker or an earphone terminal.

The recording / playback control program 24b also has a function of recording the television broadcast data received by the tuner unit 28 in the recording unit 24 as video data 24f.
The wireless communication unit 26 controlled by the wireless communication control program 24 c performs Bluetooth communication with the mobile phone 3 having a telephone function or additionally with the headphone 4.

When the user operates the operation unit 22 or the operation unit (not shown) of the wireless headphones 4 to instruct wireless connection with the mobile phone 3, or the operation control program 24a carries the mobile phone without any instruction from the user. If the wireless communication unit 26 is set in advance so as to be wirelessly connected to the telephone 3, the wireless communication unit 26 is connected to the mobile telephone 3 under the control of the wireless communication control program 24c.
The connection is established by the method defined in the FP, and the control signal can be communicated bidirectionally.

In the HFP, a service level connection (Service) for communicating information such as a telephone function state (indicator) such as incoming call, outgoing call, call start, and standby as a control command.
e Level Connection) and an audio connection (Audio Connection) for communicating a voice signal of a call voice are defined, but the playback device 2 of the present embodiment has only a playback function, and has a call function. Since the playback apparatus 2 does not have an HFP connection with the mobile phone 3, there is no need to establish an audio connection.

However, when the headphones 4 make a call on the mobile phone 3 via the playback device 2, an audio connection is required. In this case, the playback device 2 also connects with the headphones 4 by HFP with audio connection.

The decoding / encoding unit 29 corresponds to at least one encoding method. Under the control of the recording / playback control program 24b, the music data 24e, the video data 24f, and the like are decoded, and at the time of recording to the storage unit 24e and transmission of streaming data to the headphones 4, a predetermined encoding is performed. A process of encoding into a system is performed.

The playback device 2 of the present embodiment has a telephone state control program 24d for acquiring the telephone function state of the mobile phone 3, and is an incoming call, outgoing call, call start, call in progress, which is the telephone function state of the mobile phone 3. It is possible to acquire at least one state among a held call and a call end.

In this embodiment, the following description will be made on the assumption that a telephone state (indicator) acquisition command or network state acquisition command in HFP is used. As described above, for example, an original command is defined and acquired in SPP or the like. It doesn't matter if you do. However, in this embodiment, since a control command predetermined by the HFP is used, the versatility is high and a wider mobile phone 3 can be used.

Here, the telephone function state of the mobile phone 3 may be transmitted by the telephone state control program 24d to send a control command for acquiring the telephone function state, or may be notified to the mobile phone 3. In the standard procedure in HFP, since it is determined to notify from the mobile phone 3 side, a wider mobile phone 3 can be used.

The telephone state control program 24d stores the contents of processing executed in the playback device 1 in accordance with the acquired telephone function state. An example of processing information of the playback device 2 corresponding to the telephone function state of the mobile phone 3 is shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 3, a set of the acquired telephone function state of the mobile phone 3, the state of the playback device 1 and the processing to be executed is prepared in advance as a table.

Some of the processes illustrated in FIG. 3 will be briefly described.
For example, when the telephone state control program 24d detects that a call on the mobile phone 3 is started during the reproduction of the video data 24e or the video data 24f, the recording / reproduction control program 24b is set to the telephone state control program 24d. Playback is paused based on the instruction from. Thereafter, for example, when the playback device 2 detects the end of the mobile phone 3, the pause is canceled and the playback is resumed.

Alternatively, when the telephone state control program 24d detects that the mobile phone 3 has received a call while the recording / playback control program is playing back a television broadcast received by the tuner unit 28, the recording / playback control program 24 Based on an instruction from the telephone state control program 24d, the playback control program 24b temporarily stops output to the display unit 21 and the audio output unit 27 (may also meet the headphones 4), and starts recording the received broadcast. .

As described above, the playback device 2 having no telephone function can passively or actively know the state of the telephone function of the mobile phone 3 having the telephone function. By performing playback and recording control in consideration of the status of the playback device 2 and the status of the mobile phone 3 in accordance with the collected changes in the status of the phone function, the status of the phone function can be achieved even in the playback device 2 that does not have the phone function. Control can be performed in conjunction with.

Hereinafter, the flow of processing of the playback apparatus 2 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the playback device 2. In the example of FIG. 4, a method in which the playback device 2 takes the initiative to control the mobile phone 3 will be described, but the mobile phone 3 may take the initiative and perform the control.

First, the playback device 2 establishes a wireless connection with the mobile phone 3 according to a procedure defined in Bluetooth HFP (S301). In the present embodiment, the H 2 between the playback device 2 and the mobile phone 3 is
An FP service level connection is established. In the following, it is assumed that the wireless connection is maintained except when explicitly indicated.

Next, it is confirmed whether or not the telephone function state is notified from the mobile phone 3 (S302).
If the telephone function status is not notified here (No in S302), the telephone status control program 24d transmits the acquisition request control command for acquiring the status of the telephone function, thereby transmitting the telephone function status from the mobile phone 3. Is acquired (S303).

When the telephone function state is obtained from the mobile phone 3 (Yes in S302 or S303), it is confirmed whether or not the state of the telephone function has changed since the previous acquisition (S304). S301
After the initial wireless connection according to, in the first determination of S304, the telephone function state may be treated as always changing (that is, Yes in S304).

If the acquired telephone function status has not changed from the previous time (No in S304), S3
Return to 02 and repeat the process. If the acquired telephone function status has changed from the previous time (Yes in S304), the playback status is confirmed by the recording / playback control program 24b of the playback device 2 itself (S305). Further, the telephone state control program 24d is stored in the mobile phone 3
In accordance with the state of the telephone function and the state of the recording / playback control program 24b acquired from the above, predetermined processing contents (operation setting) are acquired as in the example of FIG. 3 (S306).

Next, in S306, it is determined whether or not the processing according to the state of the telephone function acquired from the mobile phone 3 and the state of the recording / playback control program 24b has been acquired (S307).
. If the processing for the corresponding condition has not been set (No in S307), S3
Return to 02 and repeat the process.

If the processing of the corresponding condition is set in S306 (Yes in S307), the processing from S308 is performed to perform the processing based on the processing content.
First, it is confirmed whether the processing content acquired in S306 needs to control the headphones 4 (S308). If the processing content requires the control of the headphones 4 (Yes in S308), a control signal or the like for the headphones 4 is transmitted by wireless connection such as Bluetooth. In the example of FIG. 3, the notification of the incoming call to the headphone 4 regarding “notification of incoming call to the headphones and continuing playback”, and “pause playback, send the reception request to the mobile phone, and A request for connection between the mobile phone 3 and the headphones 4 for making a call ready state between, and disconnection processing between the headphones 4 corresponds to the processing in S309.

Thereafter, the recording / reproduction control program 24b executes the processing content acquired in S306 (S310). In the example of FIG. 3, for example, pause playback, resume playback, start recording,
This is processing such as playback from the recording start position. In addition, playback processing such as playback stop and playback start can be considered.

After the execution of the processing contents is completed, it is confirmed whether or not a wireless disconnection or a function stop is instructed (S311). If wireless disconnection or function stop is instructed (Y in S311)
es) When the process is terminated and neither of the conditions is satisfied (No in S311), S
Return to 2 and repeat the process.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the state of the telephone function is acquired by wireless communication from another wireless communication device having a telephone function such as the mobile phone 3, and when the telephone function state changes, Based on the combination of the telephone function state and the state of the playback device, the processing of the recording / playback control program 24c is changed. As a result, even the playback device 2 that does not have a telephone function can execute control linked to the state of the telephone function of a device that has a telephone function in the vicinity.

For example, even when the user makes a phone call while gradually holding the mobile phone 3 while viewing the television broadcast on the playback device 2, the user does not need to operate the playback device 2.
Depending on the status, for example, processing such as automatically recording the program that was being watched is executed,
User convenience can be improved.

In addition, since the mobile phone 3 having a telephone function and the playback device 2 that performs playback processing are mounted on separate devices that operate independently, complicated exclusive control and the like required when mounted in the same device There is no need to do this, which leads to improved user convenience.

The figure which shows the structure of the radio | wireless communications system in which the reproducing | regenerating apparatus based on Example 1 of this invention is used. The figure which shows the structure of the reproducing | regenerating apparatus which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. The figure which shows the processing content which the reproducing | regenerating apparatus which concerns on Example 1 of this invention performs. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the playback apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Wireless communication system 2 ... Playback apparatus 3 ... Mobile telephone 4 ... Headphone 21 ... Display part 22 ... Operation part 23 ... Control part 24 ... Memory | storage part 24a ..Operation control program 24b ... Recording / playback control program 24c ... Wireless communication control program 24d ... Phone state control program 24e ... Music data 24f ... Video data 25 ... Battery 26 ...・ Wireless communication unit 27 ... Audio output unit

Claims (15)

A playback device that wirelessly communicates with a first wireless communication device having a telephone function,
A storage unit for storing AV (Audio / Visual) data;
A playback unit for playing back AV data stored in the storage unit;
A wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with the first wireless communication device and acquires a telephone function state related to a telephone function from the first wireless communication device;
A playback device comprising: a control unit that changes a playback state of the playback unit when the wireless communication unit detects a change in a telephone function state of the first wireless communication device. The telephone function state acquired by the wireless communication unit from the first wireless communication device includes incoming call, outgoing call,
The playback apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the playback device is at least one of a call start, a call in progress, a hold, and a call end.   The wireless communication unit communicates with the first wireless communication device via Bluetooth (registered trademark, the same applies hereinafter) and transmits a control command in HFP (Hands-Free Profile) to establish a connection by a service level connection. 2. The playback apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the playback apparatus is connected to a communication apparatus and is not connected to the first wireless communication apparatus by an audio connection for communicating call voice data. When the wireless communication unit detects a change in the telephone function state of the first wireless communication device, the control unit causes the playback unit to play back at least one of playback start, stop, and pause states. The reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The reproduction according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication unit wirelessly communicates with a second wireless communication apparatus different from the first wireless communication apparatus, and transmits AV data to the second wireless communication apparatus. apparatus. 6. The playback apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the wireless communication unit notifies the second wireless communication apparatus of a telephone function state received from the first wireless communication apparatus. The wireless communication unit transmits call voice data received from the first wireless communication apparatus to the second wireless communication apparatus, and transmits call voice data received from the second wireless communication apparatus to the first wireless communication apparatus. 6. The playback apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the playback apparatus transmits to a wireless communication apparatus. The wireless communication unit disconnects the wireless connection with the second wireless communication device when receiving a change in the incoming telephone function state from the first wireless communication device, and 6. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a control command for making a wireless connection between the wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus is transmitted. A playback device that wirelessly communicates with a first wireless communication device having a telephone function,
A tuner unit for receiving broadcast waves;
A reproduction unit for reproducing AV data obtained by receiving broadcast waves in the tuner unit;
A recording unit for recording AV data obtained by receiving broadcast waves in the tuner unit in a storage medium;
A wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with the first wireless communication device and acquires a telephone function state related to a telephone function from the first wireless communication device;
A playback unit comprising: a control unit that causes the playback unit to stop playback and cause the recording unit to start recording when the wireless communication unit detects a change in a telephone function state of the first wireless communication device apparatus. The telephone function state acquired by the wireless communication unit from the first wireless communication device includes incoming call, outgoing call,
The playback device according to claim 9, wherein the playback device is at least one of a call start, a call in progress, a hold, and a call end. The wireless communication unit communicates with the first wireless communication device via Bluetooth, and HF
Connection with a service level connection for transmitting a control command in P (Hands-Free Profile) is performed with the first wireless communication apparatus, and connection with an audio connection for communication with the audio data is performed with the first wireless communication. The playback apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the playback apparatus is not performed with the apparatus. The reproduction according to claim 9, wherein the wireless communication unit wirelessly communicates with a second wireless communication device different from the first wireless communication device, and transmits AV data to the second wireless communication device. apparatus. 13. The playback apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the wireless communication unit notifies the second wireless communication apparatus of a telephone function state received from the first wireless communication apparatus. The wireless communication unit transmits call voice data received from the first wireless communication apparatus to the second wireless communication apparatus, and transmits call voice data received from the second wireless communication apparatus to the first wireless communication apparatus. 13. The playback apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the playback apparatus transmits to a wireless communication apparatus. The wireless communication unit disconnects the wireless connection with the second wireless communication device when receiving a change in the incoming telephone function state from the first wireless communication device, and 13. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein a control command for making a wireless connection between the wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus is transmitted.

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