Portable telephony apparatus with music tone generator

A portable terminal apparatus having a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating a sequence of music tones represented by music information in association with the first capability, the portable terminal comprising:

• a noise detection section that detects noise;
• a setting section that sets a maximum noise level according to the detected noise;
• an acquiring section that acquires a sample tone signal having a pitch sequence;
• a noise canceling section that deletes portions of the acquired sample tone signal below the set maximum noise level to thereby cancel any noise which may be contained in the acquired sample tone signal;
• an extracting section that extracts the pitch sequence from the sample tone signal after canceling any noise;
• and
• a creating section that creates the music information according to the pitch sequence.

A portable terminal apparatus having a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating a sequence of music tones represented by music information in association with the first capability, the portable terminal apparatus comprising:

• an acquiring section that acquires a sample tone signal having a pitch sequence;
• an extracting section that extracts the pitch sequence from the sample tone signal;
• a transposing section that transposes the extracted pitch sequence;
• and
• a creating section that creates the music information according to the transposed pitch sequence.

A portable terminal apparatus having a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating music tones in association with the first capability according to music information, the portable terminal apparatus comprising:

• a memory section that memorizes original music information representing a sequence of music tones having a chord progression;
• an analyzing section that analyzes the memorized original music information to detect therefrom the chord progression;
• and
• an automatic creating section that automatically creates new music information according to the detected chord progression in matching with the original music information.

A method of operating a portable terminal apparatus having a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating a music tone in association with the first capability according to music information, the method comprising the steps of:

• operating a memory for memorizing the music information representing the music tone;
• setting a mood of the music tone;
• and
• generating the music tone based on the memorized music information under the set mood.

A method of operating a portable terminal apparatus having a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating a sequence of music tones represented by music information in association with the first capability, the method comprising the steps of:

• detecting noise;
• setting a maximum noise level according to the detected noise;
• acquiring a sample tone signal having a pitch sequence;
• deleting portions of the acquired sample tone signal below the set maximum noise level to thereby cancel any noise which may be contained in the acquired sample tone signal;
• extracting the pitch sequence from the sample tone signal after canceling any noise;
• and
• creating the music information according to the pitch sequence.

A method of operating a portable terminal apparatus having a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating a sequence of music tones represented by music information in association with the first capability, the method comprising the steps of:

• acquiring a sample tone signal having a pitch sequence;
• extracting the pitch sequence from the sample tone signal;
• transposing the extracted pitch sequence;
• and
• creating the music information according to the transposed pitch sequence.

A method of operating a portable terminal apparatus having a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating music tones in association with the first capability according to music information, the method comprising the steps of:

• operating a memory for memorizing original music information representing a sequence of music tones having a chord progression;
• analyzing the memorized original music information to detect therefrom the chord progression;
• and
• automatically creating new music information according to the detected chord progression in matching with the original music information.

A machine readable medium for use in a portable terminal apparatus having a processor to provide a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating a music tone in association with the first capability according to music information, the medium containing program instructions executable by the processor for causing the portable terminal apparatus to perform a method comprising the steps of:

• operating a memory for memorizing the music information representing the music tone;
• setting a mood of the music tone;
• and
• generating the music tone based on the memorized music information under the set mood.

A machine readable medium for use in a portable terminal apparatus having a processor to provide a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating a sequence of music tones represented by music information in association with the first capability, the medium containing program instructions executable by the processor for causing the portable terminal apparatus to perform a method comprising the steps of:

• detecting noise;
• setting a maximum noise level according to the detected noise;
• acquiring a sample tone signal having a pitch sequence;
• deleting portions of the acquired sample tone signal below the set maximum noise level to thereby cancel any noise which may be contained in the acquired sample tone signal;
• extracting the pitch sequence from the sample tone signal after canceling any noise;
• and
• creating the music information according to the pitch sequence.

A machine readable medium for use in a portable terminal apparatus having a processor to provide a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating a sequence of music tones represented by music information in association with the first capability, the medium containing program instructions executable by the processor for causing the portable terminal apparatus to perform a method comprising the steps of:

• acquiring a sample tone signal having a pitch sequence;
• extracting the pitch sequence from the sample tone signal;
• transposing the extracted pitch sequence;
• and
• creating the music information according to the transposed pitch sequence.

A machine readable medium for use in a portable terminal apparatus having a processor to provide a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating music tones in association with the first capability according to music information, the medium containing program instructions executable by the processor for causing the portable terminal apparatus to perform a method comprising the steps of:

• operating a memory for memorizing original music information representing a sequence of music tones having a chord progression;
• analyzing the memorized original music information to detect therefrom the chord progression;
• and
• automatically creating new music information according to the detected chord progression in matching with the original music information.

A portable terminal apparatus having a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating a sequence of music tones represented by music information in association with the first capability, the portable terminal comprising:

• an acquiring section that acquires a sample tone signal having a pitch sequence;
• an extracting section that extracts the pitch sequence from the sample tone signal;
• a transposing section that operates when the extracted pitch sequence does not reach a predetermined interval, for totally transposing the extracted pitch sequence up to the predetermined interval;
• and
• a creating section that creates the music information according to the transposed pitch sequence.

A method of operating a portable terminal apparatus having a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating a sequence of music tones represented by music information in association with the first capability, the method comprising the steps of:

• acquiring a sample tone signal having a pitch sequence;
• extracting the pitch sequence from the sample tone signal;
• when the extracted pitch sequence does not reach a predetermined interval, transposing the extracted pitch sequence up to the predetermined interval;
• and
• creating the music information according to the transposed pitch sequence.

A machine readable medium for use in a portable terminal apparatus having a processor to provide a first capability of transmitting and receiving various information, and a second capability of generating a sequence of music tones represented by music information in association with the first capability, the medium containing program instructions executable by the processor for causing the portable terminal apparatus to perform a method comprising the steps of:

• acquiring a sample tone signal having a pitch sequence;
• extracting the pitch sequence from the sample tone signal;
• when the extracted pitch sequence does not reach a predetermined interval, transposing the extracted pitch sequence up to the predetermined interval;
• and
• creating the music information according to the transposed pitch sequence.