Patent ID: 7067731
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: G10H,H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable telephone terminal that generates an incoming call sound based on an incoming call or that generates a hold sound based on a hold sound reproduction instruction, said portable terminal comprising: a storage device for storing musical tone data representing tone pitches of musical tones; a control device for sequentially reading the musical tone data from the storage device; a sound source circuit for generating musical tone signals based on the read musical tone data; and a musical tone generation device for generating the incoming call sound or the hold sound based on the musical tone signals, wherein said sound source circuit includes: a conversion device to convert first musical tone data representing a first tone pitch, which is read by the control device, into second musical tone data representing a second tone pitch, which differs from the first tone pitch; a periodic signal generation device to generate a periodic signal having a high frequency; a selection device to alternately select the first musical tone data and the second musical tone data in response to the periodic signal; and a musical tone signal formation device to produce modulated waves having frequencies corresponding to the first musical tone data and the second musical tone data, which are alternatively selected by the selection device, thus forming musical tone signals, wherein the musical tone signal formation device alternatively and repeatedly outputs the modulated wave having the frequency of the first musical tone data and the modulated wave having the frequency of the second musical tone data based on a period of the periodic signal.