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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2005
Shinji Usuba, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromi Aoyagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yumiko Araki, Chiba, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A telephone communications apparatus for mixing a music signal with a speech signal, in which the gamut of music that may be enjoyed, such as a calling/called party, or the sorts of telephone terminal, can be expanded as compared to a conventional system. The apparatus includes a reproducing circuit for reading out a music signal recorded in a recording medium loaded thereon from the recording medium to reproduce the read out music signal, a setting circuit responsive to an operation by an operator for setting whether or not the music signal is to be mixed with a transmitting signal and/or a received signal, a mixer for mixing the music signal reproduced with the transmitting signal and/or the received signal, and a control circuit operative in response to the setting circuit for determining whether or not to enable the mixer to mix.