CA2083712C - Control apparatus for a mobile radiotelephone - Google Patents
Control apparatus for a mobile radiotelephoneInfo
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Abstract
The radiotelephone control apparatus of the present invention is comprised of a number of status indicators (104) and control buttons (103 and 105) on one surface (110) as well as a microphone (102) for hands-free radiotelephone operation. A second surface (111) has a keypad (101) for entering data such as telephone numbers. a display (106) for displaying the entered data in addition to various other control buttons (108) to operate the radiotelephone. The apparatus is mounted in a recess of a vehicle instrument panel with the front surface exposed at all times thus providing limited operation of the radiotelephone. The apparatus can be released from the recess, thereby exposing the surface having the more detailed radiotelephone controls.
Description
CONl'ROL APPARAI~IS FO~ A MOBII,E
RADIOTE:LEPHONE
Field of the ~nvention The present invention rrelste~ generally ta the field of co.l,l..unications and particlllarl~ to cellular radiotelephones.
R:l-'~rO11~ of tlle In~n*nn Mobile r~A~iot~t~tl~Aos are typically rno--nte1 in the configuration of the control head locatet in the vehicle pas senger co~p&, L,.-ent and the t.~ iver mounted remotely i~
t~e ~ehicle tmnk. T~ p~ the problem of where to 15 mount the control head for the con~nience of the u~er nnd to require the least ~rno~nt of space. l~pical mounting loc~tior are on a center congole or on a ~talk on the floor bet~ ~en ~he dri~er and ~ront seat ~assen8er. 80th these configuratiQns can be incor~venient for usin~ the . I otelephone and re~l~ire 2 0 space that can be u~ed for other pu~es. There i9 a result-in~ need for a radiotel~phone con~rolling apparatu~ that re quires rnir~imot space and i9 con~e~ent ~o U9Q.
mmslrv nf t~e tn~ntion The control apparatus of the presQnt invQntion i~ com pri~ed of a plurality of ~ u~ indic~ton, a kQypsd for ant~nng data such as t~l~phon~ num~n. ~ displa,~ for di~pla~ring the Qnt~red d~ts, a microphone ~or ~nd~rQ~ opQrDtion~ as WQII
RADIOTE:LEPHONE
Field of the ~nvention The present invention rrelste~ generally ta the field of co.l,l..unications and particlllarl~ to cellular radiotelephones.
R:l-'~rO11~ of tlle In~n*nn Mobile r~A~iot~t~tl~Aos are typically rno--nte1 in the configuration of the control head locatet in the vehicle pas senger co~p&, L,.-ent and the t.~ iver mounted remotely i~
t~e ~ehicle tmnk. T~ p~ the problem of where to 15 mount the control head for the con~nience of the u~er nnd to require the least ~rno~nt of space. l~pical mounting loc~tior are on a center congole or on a ~talk on the floor bet~ ~en ~he dri~er and ~ront seat ~assen8er. 80th these configuratiQns can be incor~venient for usin~ the . I otelephone and re~l~ire 2 0 space that can be u~ed for other pu~es. There i9 a result-in~ need for a radiotel~phone con~rolling apparatu~ that re quires rnir~imot space and i9 con~e~ent ~o U9Q.
mmslrv nf t~e tn~ntion The control apparatus of the presQnt invQntion i~ com pri~ed of a plurality of ~ u~ indic~ton, a kQypsd for ant~nng data such as t~l~phon~ num~n. ~ displa,~ for di~pla~ring the Qnt~red d~ts, a microphone ~or ~nd~rQ~ opQrDtion~ as WQII
3 0 a~ ~ ariau~ other control button~ ~o op~ratQ the radiot~l~phone.
Th~ npparatu~ i~ moun~ed in a ~c~ Or a vahicle in~ment panQl. ~ertain of the r~atur~ of ~ apparatus ar~ in ~riQW at all time!~ while othen may b~ hidden whilQ the apparatu~ is containQd in the reces~.
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Rnef llescnDtion of the I~rawins~s FIG. 1 shows a preferred ~mho~liment of the control ap-5 paraLu~ of the prese~t invelltion.
F IG. 2 ~hows an alternate ~m~lim~nt of the control al~a. dt~9 of the present in~ention.
FIG. 3 shows a preferred ~m~iment of the control ap-paratus of the l~rese~ erltion in the stowed con~iguration.
1 0 FlG. 4 shows a block diagram of a typical radiotele-phone i~ accordance with the pres~t invention.
F'IG, 5 shows another alternate Pmho~lim~nt of the con-trol apt,s~dtus of the present in~ention.
F'IG. 6 show~ still ~ t}~?r alternate Pmh~limP~t of t.he 15 control apparatu~ of the pre~ent in~fention.
FIG. 7 ~hows yet anot~er alternate embodiment of the control app~ralus of the present in~ention.
I~etniled n~q~riotion ~f the Pre~erred F.mh--~iment The control apparatu~ of the pre~ent in~ention can ~e stowQd in a rQces~ of a ~ehicle g ins~rument panel. When a call is to be made. cert~in radiotelephone côntrol ~nction~
can be ~c~plished while in the tece~s or the apparatus c~n 2 5 be reposi~ioned to u~e tlle ke~pad and other e~panded i;~c-tions.
I1~Q control apparstu~ ot the pre~ent inv~n~ion. illu~-trated in FIG. 1, i9 compri~d af ~ rec~ngular ~n~ ure in thè preferrQd emha~im~nt O~ IUrfSlCQ ~1 ~O) of thQ enclosurQ
3 0 h~ ~ limited nuunbQt of buttans 3nd ~tatus indicaton for quick opQrntion of a r ~ ot~lltphone. ~he button~. in t~e pre-fe~Ted e~ ment~ include the of~ ~k bu~on ~103~ and onQ
or morQ qui~k di~l bu-~on~ ~105~ fior ~sling, for Q~PIq ~mQr~ency n~ 2~ A quiclt d~al button ~ l06~, in ar~ altQr nate embodiment, can be used to redial the last number di-aled. The status indicators ~104), in ~he preferred embocli-ment, include: NO SER~ICE. ROM~I, and a power indicator.
The inr1icators can be light emitting diodes (LEDs) or other 5 light~ that are illl.min~ted when those statuses are true.
Addi~onally, this surface (110) has a microphone (102) for hands-firee operation of the radiotelephone. By using this mi-crophone (102) and an e~ernal speaker, for the recei~ed por-tion of a call, the radiotelephone user can conduct a ca~l with-10 out holding a handsee.
A second surface ~ ) of the enclosure contains alarger number of controls far more detailed operation of the radiotelephone, These controls. in the preferred embodiment, include a telephone keypad ~101) for manually dialing 8 tele-1 5 phone number, memo:~ acce~s keys ~108~ for s~oring and re-calling telephone num~er~ ir~ the radiotelephone's memor~f.
and a display ( 106) for di~plsy~ng the dialed telephone r~um ber. Thi~ play (106) can b~ a light emitting diode di3play (LED~, a liquid crystal display ~LCD~. or a ~tac~lum tlor~c~nt 2 0 display (~JF~).
The displa5~ ~106~ can al~o be u~ed for displaying other info~matior~ includin~ name~ or labei~ associ~ted with each memory location. The label~ a~lo~ a u~er to as~ociate a tele-phone number in memQr~f ~nth a n~me or s~bj~ct Th~ di~
2 5 play ( lOfi) can additionall51~ indicate the ~amQ statu~ h-nction~
that are on the front surfacQ ~ I t~. Thi~ i9 accompli~hQd b$
h~n thn word~ ROAi~t~ NO SERt;lCE. QtC. in th~ di~play and onl~ ~cti~atnd wh~n tho~ cond~tion~ ~r~ tr~
The control apparatu~ o~ tha pr~ant in~f~ntion. in tha 3 0 preferred ~mbadim~nt~ rlnc~nc3~1ly coupled to a ramot&ly mountQd radiot~l~phono tr3n~c~ er~ ~hi~ tran~c~t~er i~ typl-cally mou~ntQd in th~ tn~nk o~ Y~hicl~.
ThQ control appnratu~ ~ moun~d on te1Q~COPjng. lock-ing slidQ bracket~ ( lO, ~ in ~ r~c~ in thQ in~tmm~n~ pan~l r f the vehicle. The brackets (107) are spring loaded for moving the control apparatus into operating position from the recess.
This mounting configura~or~ is iIlustrated in FIG. 1.
While the control apparatu3 i3 stowed in the recess. as 5 illustrated in FIG. 3, only the ~ront surface is e2posed. This allows the user to conduct li~uted radiotelephone operations such as answering a call by pushing the off-hoo~ 3witch and using the hands-free microphone. In tne recessed po~ition, the user can al90 push a q uc~ ~ial button to dial a ~ 3ele~led 10 number and again use the rnic~ophone to communicate.
When ea~ ~ operation of the r~Aiotalepllone i~ re-quired, she front of the apparatu3 can ~e pressed lightly. l his release~ the control apparatus and allows the spring loaded .~o~ ting ~ystem to ~po~ti~ the control apparatu~ from tl~e 15 reces~, thereby e~posing ~e 3econd ~urface containing the keypad, display. and other more detailed controls.
The control layout of ~he control apparatus may be aa in the prefe.~ ed er~ nt illusttated in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 illu9-trates an alternate en~;men~ for the control layout ha~ing 2 0 thè displa~ (201) to the side of th~ keypad ~202) insteat of abo~e.
This embodiment can be u~ed for in~mment panel~ that are not tQep enough for ~he deaign of ~ preferrad a~ Qn~
The cellular radiotelephone. ~g illustrated in FtG. ~.
may be any con~entional cellular ~elephonQ tran~c~ ar hav-25 in~ a radio transmitter ~-~01~. radio receiver ~402~ and logic unit (~0~, such as the tran~ceiver ~hown and de~ d in Motorola instruction ~an~n~ n~ t ~P8l066E~lO. ~nt~tled ~DY~A T'A'C Gellu~ar ~S~ T~ hona 8~ SHZ
Tr~-n~iver~. ThQ hand~ ft~e micto~hon~ (102~ i~ couplad to 0 the trnnsmittar por~ian ~ of ~hQ trnn~c~iver ~ pro~nda the transmit ed audio The k~ypad ~ t~ll of tha pras~nt i~ention ~nter~ dat~ that is read by the mic~oproce~or ~403~. Thi~ mi-c~oprocQ~r (4~ can al~qo cantrol the data di~play~d on tha ; ~;
,, , control apparatus' display (106) and lighting of the indicators (104) to in~licate the transceiver's status.
Other alternatP embo~liments of the present invention can have the indicators and control button~ located on differ-5 ent ~urfaces of the control apparatu~. Additionslly, incte~(3 ofa spr,ing loaded mountin~ brac~et to mo~e the apparstus into position, the apparatus can be pul~ed into po~ition manually or can ~e relea~ed from the recess bt~ pressing a release but-ton. Yet another atternate em~ ent of the present inven 10 tion can have a radiotelephone transceiYer built into the con-trol appalat~ in~ l of mo~ 'ed remotely. While a display is used in the p.efe,.~d e~ Tr?nt, an alternate em~odi-ment would not have a di~play. I)if~erent shapes from the pre~
ferred embo~mer, t'~ rec-sngul~r shape could also be used 1 5 w~thout departing from the ~cop~ of the present in~ention Atten~ate elubod~ènts do not require a recess in the instr~nent panel FlGs. 5, 6, and ~ sho~ alte~ate er~ nQnts for ~tow-ing the control spparatus of the presen~ in~ention in an in-2 0 ~trument panel. tf the control apparatu~ i~ mounted to theinstrument panet with a pi~foting mo~nt~ the apparatu~ cnn be swung into the full operation ~ition.
In ~ummarS~, a rsdiotelephone controt apparalu~ has been shown that is mo~nted jQ ~he in~trument pan~i of a ~ehi 2 5 ClQ. The appsratus h~ ~ limi~d n~mb~r of control ~unction~
a~ai1~bIe in the ~towed configufation but can b~ r~ itioned within the instrument pamtl for more d~tail~d conttol o~ Lhe rsdiotetephonc The conetot ~ppar3~u~ of ~he pre~ent in~an tion, ther~for~, raducQ~ ~he ~pace ~ea~l~irQd for radiotel~phone 0 operation~
Th~ npparatu~ i~ moun~ed in a ~c~ Or a vahicle in~ment panQl. ~ertain of the r~atur~ of ~ apparatus ar~ in ~riQW at all time!~ while othen may b~ hidden whilQ the apparatu~ is containQd in the reces~.
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Rnef llescnDtion of the I~rawins~s FIG. 1 shows a preferred ~mho~liment of the control ap-5 paraLu~ of the prese~t invelltion.
F IG. 2 ~hows an alternate ~m~lim~nt of the control al~a. dt~9 of the present in~ention.
FIG. 3 shows a preferred ~m~iment of the control ap-paratus of the l~rese~ erltion in the stowed con~iguration.
1 0 FlG. 4 shows a block diagram of a typical radiotele-phone i~ accordance with the pres~t invention.
F'IG, 5 shows another alternate Pmho~lim~nt of the con-trol apt,s~dtus of the present in~ention.
F'IG. 6 show~ still ~ t}~?r alternate Pmh~limP~t of t.he 15 control apparatu~ of the pre~ent in~fention.
FIG. 7 ~hows yet anot~er alternate embodiment of the control app~ralus of the present in~ention.
I~etniled n~q~riotion ~f the Pre~erred F.mh--~iment The control apparatu~ of the pre~ent in~ention can ~e stowQd in a rQces~ of a ~ehicle g ins~rument panel. When a call is to be made. cert~in radiotelephone côntrol ~nction~
can be ~c~plished while in the tece~s or the apparatus c~n 2 5 be reposi~ioned to u~e tlle ke~pad and other e~panded i;~c-tions.
I1~Q control apparstu~ ot the pre~ent inv~n~ion. illu~-trated in FIG. 1, i9 compri~d af ~ rec~ngular ~n~ ure in thè preferrQd emha~im~nt O~ IUrfSlCQ ~1 ~O) of thQ enclosurQ
3 0 h~ ~ limited nuunbQt of buttans 3nd ~tatus indicaton for quick opQrntion of a r ~ ot~lltphone. ~he button~. in t~e pre-fe~Ted e~ ment~ include the of~ ~k bu~on ~103~ and onQ
or morQ qui~k di~l bu-~on~ ~105~ fior ~sling, for Q~PIq ~mQr~ency n~ 2~ A quiclt d~al button ~ l06~, in ar~ altQr nate embodiment, can be used to redial the last number di-aled. The status indicators ~104), in ~he preferred embocli-ment, include: NO SER~ICE. ROM~I, and a power indicator.
The inr1icators can be light emitting diodes (LEDs) or other 5 light~ that are illl.min~ted when those statuses are true.
Addi~onally, this surface (110) has a microphone (102) for hands-firee operation of the radiotelephone. By using this mi-crophone (102) and an e~ernal speaker, for the recei~ed por-tion of a call, the radiotelephone user can conduct a ca~l with-10 out holding a handsee.
A second surface ~ ) of the enclosure contains alarger number of controls far more detailed operation of the radiotelephone, These controls. in the preferred embodiment, include a telephone keypad ~101) for manually dialing 8 tele-1 5 phone number, memo:~ acce~s keys ~108~ for s~oring and re-calling telephone num~er~ ir~ the radiotelephone's memor~f.
and a display ( 106) for di~plsy~ng the dialed telephone r~um ber. Thi~ play (106) can b~ a light emitting diode di3play (LED~, a liquid crystal display ~LCD~. or a ~tac~lum tlor~c~nt 2 0 display (~JF~).
The displa5~ ~106~ can al~o be u~ed for displaying other info~matior~ includin~ name~ or labei~ associ~ted with each memory location. The label~ a~lo~ a u~er to as~ociate a tele-phone number in memQr~f ~nth a n~me or s~bj~ct Th~ di~
2 5 play ( lOfi) can additionall51~ indicate the ~amQ statu~ h-nction~
that are on the front surfacQ ~ I t~. Thi~ i9 accompli~hQd b$
h~n thn word~ ROAi~t~ NO SERt;lCE. QtC. in th~ di~play and onl~ ~cti~atnd wh~n tho~ cond~tion~ ~r~ tr~
The control apparatu~ o~ tha pr~ant in~f~ntion. in tha 3 0 preferred ~mbadim~nt~ rlnc~nc3~1ly coupled to a ramot&ly mountQd radiot~l~phono tr3n~c~ er~ ~hi~ tran~c~t~er i~ typl-cally mou~ntQd in th~ tn~nk o~ Y~hicl~.
ThQ control appnratu~ ~ moun~d on te1Q~COPjng. lock-ing slidQ bracket~ ( lO, ~ in ~ r~c~ in thQ in~tmm~n~ pan~l r f the vehicle. The brackets (107) are spring loaded for moving the control apparatus into operating position from the recess.
This mounting configura~or~ is iIlustrated in FIG. 1.
While the control apparatu3 i3 stowed in the recess. as 5 illustrated in FIG. 3, only the ~ront surface is e2posed. This allows the user to conduct li~uted radiotelephone operations such as answering a call by pushing the off-hoo~ 3witch and using the hands-free microphone. In tne recessed po~ition, the user can al90 push a q uc~ ~ial button to dial a ~ 3ele~led 10 number and again use the rnic~ophone to communicate.
When ea~ ~ operation of the r~Aiotalepllone i~ re-quired, she front of the apparatu3 can ~e pressed lightly. l his release~ the control apparatus and allows the spring loaded .~o~ ting ~ystem to ~po~ti~ the control apparatu~ from tl~e 15 reces~, thereby e~posing ~e 3econd ~urface containing the keypad, display. and other more detailed controls.
The control layout of ~he control apparatus may be aa in the prefe.~ ed er~ nt illusttated in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 illu9-trates an alternate en~;men~ for the control layout ha~ing 2 0 thè displa~ (201) to the side of th~ keypad ~202) insteat of abo~e.
This embodiment can be u~ed for in~mment panel~ that are not tQep enough for ~he deaign of ~ preferrad a~ Qn~
The cellular radiotelephone. ~g illustrated in FtG. ~.
may be any con~entional cellular ~elephonQ tran~c~ ar hav-25 in~ a radio transmitter ~-~01~. radio receiver ~402~ and logic unit (~0~, such as the tran~ceiver ~hown and de~ d in Motorola instruction ~an~n~ n~ t ~P8l066E~lO. ~nt~tled ~DY~A T'A'C Gellu~ar ~S~ T~ hona 8~ SHZ
Tr~-n~iver~. ThQ hand~ ft~e micto~hon~ (102~ i~ couplad to 0 the trnnsmittar por~ian ~ of ~hQ trnn~c~iver ~ pro~nda the transmit ed audio The k~ypad ~ t~ll of tha pras~nt i~ention ~nter~ dat~ that is read by the mic~oproce~or ~403~. Thi~ mi-c~oprocQ~r (4~ can al~qo cantrol the data di~play~d on tha ; ~;
,, , control apparatus' display (106) and lighting of the indicators (104) to in~licate the transceiver's status.
Other alternatP embo~liments of the present invention can have the indicators and control button~ located on differ-5 ent ~urfaces of the control apparatu~. Additionslly, incte~(3 ofa spr,ing loaded mountin~ brac~et to mo~e the apparstus into position, the apparatus can be pul~ed into po~ition manually or can ~e relea~ed from the recess bt~ pressing a release but-ton. Yet another atternate em~ ent of the present inven 10 tion can have a radiotelephone transceiYer built into the con-trol appalat~ in~ l of mo~ 'ed remotely. While a display is used in the p.efe,.~d e~ Tr?nt, an alternate em~odi-ment would not have a di~play. I)if~erent shapes from the pre~
ferred embo~mer, t'~ rec-sngul~r shape could also be used 1 5 w~thout departing from the ~cop~ of the present in~ention Atten~ate elubod~ènts do not require a recess in the instr~nent panel FlGs. 5, 6, and ~ sho~ alte~ate er~ nQnts for ~tow-ing the control spparatus of the presen~ in~ention in an in-2 0 ~trument panel. tf the control apparatu~ i~ mounted to theinstrument panet with a pi~foting mo~nt~ the apparatu~ cnn be swung into the full operation ~ition.
In ~ummarS~, a rsdiotelephone controt apparalu~ has been shown that is mo~nted jQ ~he in~trument pan~i of a ~ehi 2 5 ClQ. The appsratus h~ ~ limi~d n~mb~r of control ~unction~
a~ai1~bIe in the ~towed configufation but can b~ r~ itioned within the instrument pamtl for more d~tail~d conttol o~ Lhe rsdiotetephonc The conetot ~ppar3~u~ of ~he pre~ent in~an tion, ther~for~, raducQ~ ~he ~pace ~ea~l~irQd for radiotel~phone 0 operation~
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PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A radiotelephone control apparatus, having a first surface and a second surface, for use in a vehicle having an instrument panel with a recess, the apparatus coupled to a radiotelephone transceiver having a plurality of statuses, the apparatus comprising:
a) first indication means, mounted on the first surface, for displaying the plurality of statuses;
b) switch means, mounted on the first surface, for controlling an off-hook function of the radiotelephone transceiver;
c) data entry means, mounted on the second surface, for entering data to the radiotelephone transceiver, the data including a telephone number tobe called by the radiotelephone transceiver; and d) slidable or turnable mounting means, coupling the radiotelephone control apparatus to the recess, for allowing the radiotelephone control apparatus to move from a stowed position at least partially in the recess to an extended position out of the recess, the stowed position exposing at least the first surface and the extended position exposing the first and second surfaces.
a) first indication means, mounted on the first surface, for displaying the plurality of statuses;
b) switch means, mounted on the first surface, for controlling an off-hook function of the radiotelephone transceiver;
c) data entry means, mounted on the second surface, for entering data to the radiotelephone transceiver, the data including a telephone number tobe called by the radiotelephone transceiver; and d) slidable or turnable mounting means, coupling the radiotelephone control apparatus to the recess, for allowing the radiotelephone control apparatus to move from a stowed position at least partially in the recess to an extended position out of the recess, the stowed position exposing at least the first surface and the extended position exposing the first and second surfaces.
2. The radiotelephone control apparatus of claim 1 and further including second indication means, mounted on the second surface, for displaying the data.
3. The radiotelephone control apparatus of claim 1 and further including audio transducer means, mounted on the first surface, for converting audio for transmission by the radiotelephone transceiver.
4. The radiotelephone control apparatus of claim 1 and further including release means for releasing the control apparatus from the stowed position.
5. The radiotelephone control apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first indication means are light emitting diodes and the plurality of statuses includepower on, roaming, and no service.
6. The radiotelephone control apparatus of claim 1 wherein the data entry means is a keypad.
7. The radiotelephone control apparatus of claim 2 wherein the second indication means is a liquid crystal display.
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