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Communication device transforming text message into speech - LG Electronics Inc.
United States Patent 8510114
Kim, Sun Ryang (Suwon-si, KR)
13/645232
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The present application is a 37 C.F.R. §1.53(b) continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/400,537 filed Mar. 9, 2009, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/035,043 filed on Mar. 10, 2008, the entire contents of all which are hereby incorporated by reference and for which priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. §120.
1. A method of processing a text message in a communication device, the method comprising: storing voice information corresponding to a counterpart during a telephone conversation with the counterpart if the voice information of counterpart has not been stored; receiving a text message from the counterpart; determining whether to transform the received text message into voice data according to control information, wherein the control information corresponds to a condition for transforming the text message into the voice data, selectively transforming the text message into the voice data using the stored voice information of the counterpart according to a result of the determining step; and transmitting the transformed voice data to a sound reproduction device.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the counterpart is a person whose telephone number has been stored in the storage.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: recording the voice of the counterpart during the telephone conversation with the counterpart.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising: sampling the recorded voice of the counterpart to be stored as the voice information of the counterpart.
5. A communication device comprising: a storage configured to store voice information; a receiver configured to receive a text message from the counterpart; and a controller configured to: store the voice information in the storage which correspond to a counterpart during a telephone conversation with the counterpart if the voice information of counterpart has not been stored, determine whether to transform the received text message into voice data according to control information, wherein the control information corresponds to a condition for transforming the text message into the voice data, selectively transform the received text message into the voice data using the stored voice information of the counterpart according to a result of the determination, and transmit the transformed voice data to a sound reproduction device.
6. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the counterpart is a person whose telephone number has been stored in the storage.
7. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the controller records the voice of the counterpart during the telephone conversation with the counterpart.
8. The communication device of claim 7, wherein the controller samples the recorded voice of the counterpart to be stored in the storage as the voice information of the counterpart.
9. A mobile device comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device; and a controller configured to execute control operations to: receive a text message from the external device, determine whether to transform the received text message into voice data according to control information, wherein the control information indicates whether to transform the text message into the voice data, selectively transform the text message into the voice data using voice information according to a result of the determining, and transmit the voice data to an external sound reproduction device when the external sound reproduction device is connected with the mobile terminal wirelessly, wherein the control information is set by a request to transform the text message into the voice data after the text message was received.
10. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the control information is set to transform the text message into the voice data when a caller ID of the text message corresponds to one of user-designated caller IDs.
11. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the control information is set not to transform the text message into the voice data when the mobile device is in an on-screen mode.
12. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the request is received from a user.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the present application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of the present application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the present application and together with the description serve to explain the principle of the present application. In the drawings:
On the contrary, when message information is received in a state in which the screen of the communication device is inactive, namely, in an off screen mode, it may be possible to additionally check whether the head set is connected. This checking may be achieved using software installed in the communication device. In accordance with the standard of a near field communication system applied to the wireless head set, for example, a Bluetooth system, a non-connection event may be automatically informed when no electric power is supplied to the head set, or when the head set is positioned beyond a communication possible area of the communication system supported by the communication device. On the other hand, when the head set is positioned within the communication possible area of the communication system supported by the communication device, and electric power is normally supplied to the head set, a connection event is automatically informed. Accordingly, the communication device can always check whether the head set is in a connected state. This will be described in detail. When information as to the current status of the head set 200 is sent from the head set 200 to the communication device 100 via the Bluetooth module 170, the information is transferred to the controller 110 as status information 110b. The controller 110 interprets the status information 110b, to identify the current status of the head set 200.
When it is determined at step S820 that the received text message is associated with a concatenate long text message, the controller 110 reorders short text messages constituting the concatenate long text message in an original order, namely, an order of reception of the short text messages (S830). That is, the short text messages constituting the concatenate long text message are reordered in order, starting from a first short text message, which was first received. The order of reordering corresponds to the order of text messages intended by the external sender. The reordered concatenate long text message is then transformed into a voice signal (S840). Thereafter, the same procedure as the procedure of the fourth embodiment starting from step S730 may be executed with regard to the transformed text message (B).
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