GB2331889A - Cellular telephone having an additional earphone/microphone - Google Patents

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GB2331889A
GB2331889A GB9826117A GB9826117A GB2331889A GB 2331889 A GB2331889 A GB 2331889A GB 9826117 A GB9826117 A GB 9826117A GB 9826117 A GB9826117 A GB 9826117A GB 2331889 A GB2331889 A GB 2331889A
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04MTELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/04Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
    • H04M1/05Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04MTELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/15Protecting or guiding telephone cords
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04MTELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/60Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers
    • H04M1/6033Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers for providing handsfree use or a loudspeaker mode in telephone sets
    • H04M1/6041Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use

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Abstract

A cellular telephone set 4 has transmitter 7 and receiver 6. The set also includes an additional earphone/microphone 1 which is electrically connected to the phone body by means of a cable 2 and may be stored within a housing portion 8 when not in use. The telephone set utilises a switch for automatically switching the speech communication line from the transmitter/receiver portions of the telephone set body to the earphone/microphone when the cable is pulled out of the housing portion.

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1 2-5 1 - CELLLTLAR TELEPHONE SET 2331889
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
S The present invention relates to a cellular telephone set having transmitter and receiver portions and, more particularly, to a cellular telephone set having a speech communication means using an earphone/microphone.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
A conventional cellular telephone set that allows an earphone /microphone to be detachably connected to a jack on the cellular telephone set body as shown in Fig. 1 known. Referring to F-Ja. 1, an earphcne/microphcne 1 a connection cable 2 and a plug 3. The plug 3 is inserted into a jack 5 on a cellular telephone set body 4 to connect the earphone/microphone I to the cellular telephone set body 4. 'When the user puts the earphone vortion on his/her ear, and places the microphone portion at his/her mouth, he/she can perform speech communication without holding the cellular telephone set body 4 with his/her hand.
The user can perform speech communication through a transmitter portion 7 and receiver portion 6 inccrvorated in the cellular telephone set body 4 without using the earphone/microphone 1. When the cellular telephone set i c 2 body 4 is to be carried in a pocket, a bag, or the like, the plug 3 is disconnected from the jack 5 to separate the earphone/microphone 1 from the cellular telephone set body 4. This improves the convenience for storage and portability of the cellular telephone set.
As a cellular telephone set designed to improve the compactness and portability of the earphone/microphone 1, a cellular telephone set incorporating only a earphone/microphone without mounting a transmitter and receiver in the cellular telephone set body is also known (for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication Nos. 3-258061 and 414323).
The above conventional celluia-- teler-hcne set with the detachable earphone/microphone allows the user to selectively use the transmitter and receiver incorporated in the cellular telephone set body or the earphone/microphone, as needed. In addition, since the eariphone/microphone and the cellular telephone set body can he separately stored, this cellular telephone set is convenient for storage. On the other hand, the cellular telephone set body and the earphone /microphone must be connected or disconnected on occasion. This operation is cumbersome. In addition, the earphone/micro- phone may be lost. That is, problems are posed in terms of operability and storage.
1 r_ When a cellular telephone set incorporating only an earphone /microphone receives an incoming call, the user must pull cut the earphone /microphone from the cellular telephone set body with one hand while holding the cellular telephone set body with the other hand. For this reason, the user cannot immediately answer the call, posing a problem in terms of operability.
Assume that the user is to perform speech communication by using the earphone/microphone of the above conventional cellular telephone set. In this case, the user must performs off-hook operation, e.g./ depressing the speech communication button, after inserting the plulg cl' the e-=rzhcne/m-icrc-ihone into the jack on the cellular telephone set body or pulling out the earphone /microphone from the cellular telephone set body. The number of operation steps is larger in this case than that in the case wherein speech communication is performed by using the transmitter and receiver portions of the cellular telephone set body, resulting in a deterioration in operability.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a cellular telephone set which allows a user to perform speech communication through either the transmitter and j -1 4 - receiver portions of the cellular telephone set body or the earphone/microphone, allows the user to easily store/carry the earphone /microphone, improves operability in using the earphone/microphone, and can prevent the loss 5 of the earphone/microphone.
A cellular telephone set of the present invention includes an earphone/microphone portion made up of transmitter and receiver portions and an earlDhone/microphone which can be taken up and is formed from a cable including RXAF, TXAF, and COM signal lines. The earphone /mi croph one is pulled out from the cellular telephone set to be used when the earphone /microphone is to be used, and is housed in the cellular telephone set body when the earphone/microphone is not used.
This cellular telephone set is characterized by incorporating a switch for automatically switching the speech communication line of the cellular telephone set bodv from the transmitter and receiver portions to the earphone/microphone when the earphone/microphone is pulled out.
More specifically, the earphone/microphone and the connection cable are connected to the cellular telephone set bodv in advance. In addition, this cellular telephone set includes a take-up portion for housing the and the connection cable in the earphone/microphone cellular telephone set body when the earphone /microphone is not used, and an earphone/microphone housing portion.
When an incoming call is received while the earphone/microphone and the connection cable are housed in the cellular telephone set body, off-hook operation is performed by depressing the speech communication button as in the prior art to allow the user to perform speech communication by using the transmitter and receiver portions incorporated in the cellular telephone set body.
When speech communication is to be performed by using the earphone /microphone upon reception of an incoming call, the user pulls out the housed earphone/microphone to cause the switch to switch the snesch corrununication line including RXAF, TXAF, and COM signal lines from the -15 L transmitter and receiver portions of the cellular telephone set body to the earphone/microphone, thereby switching to a speech communication state in which the earphone/microphone is used. In addition, when the earphone/microphone is pulled out while speech communication is performed by using the transmitter and receiver portions of the cellular telephone set body, the speech communication line is automatically switched to the earphone/mi crophone.
According to earmhone/microphone is the present invention, when the pulled out from the cellular 6 - is telephone set body upon reception of an incoming call, the speech communication line is switched from the transmitter and receiver portions of the cellular telephone set body to the earphone/microphone, and off- hook operation is performed to start speech communication. This allows a quick shift to a speech communication state upon reception of an incoming call. If the earphone/microphone has already been pulled out from the cellular telephone set body when an incoming call is received, since the speech communication line has been switched from the transmitter and receiver portions of the cellular telephone set body to the earphone /microphone, the user can perform off-hook operation by dc-p--ess-ing the speech cernnunication and quickly start speech communication.
When the earphone/microphone is not to be used, the connection cable can be housed in the cellular telephone set body, ensuring convenience for storage and excellent portability. Furthermore, when an incoming call is received while the earphone/microphone is housed, the speech communication line has been switched to the transmitter and receiver portions of the cellular telephone set body. The user can therefore perform off-hock operation by depressing the speech communication button and start speech communication. This allows the user to use the cellular telephone set in the same manner as in the prior art.
In the present invention, when the earphone/microphone is pulled out from the cellular telephone set body, the cellular telephone set is set in an off-hook state to allow the user to perform speech communication. Therefore, when the user wants to perform speech communication by using the earphone/microphone upon reception of an incoming call, he/she can start speech communication through the earphone/microphone by simple 10 operation.
When the earphone/microphone is not used, the can perform speech communication as in the case with ccnventicnal cellular telephone set. in addition, the connection cable of the earphone /microphone can taken up by the connection cable take-up portion in cellular telephone set body and can be housed therein, nortabilitv and con enience for storace of user the since be the the the earphone/microphone greatly improve.
The above and many other objects, features and 20 advantages of the present invention will become manifest to those skilled in the art upon making reference to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings in which preferred embcdiments incorporating the principles of the present invention are shown by way of illustrative example.
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional cellular telephone set; Figs. 2A to 2C are perspective views showing a set according to an embodiment of the present in which Fig. 2C shows a state in which the earphone /microphone is housed, and Figs. 2A and 2B show a state in which the earphone/microphone is pulled out; Fig. 3 is a connection diagram of the earphone /microphone in the cellular telephone set of the present invention; and Fig. 4 is a flow c.-1a--"- show..na the opr=ra'--Jcn of cellular telephone set of the present invention which is ir to be performed when an incoming call is received.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIblENT
The present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figs. 2A to 2C show a cellular telephone set according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2C shows a state in which the earphone /microphone is housed. Figs. 2A and 2B show a state in which the earphone /microphone is pulled out. Fig. 3 is a circuit diagram of a switch section for switching between the built-in transmitter/receiver section and earphone /microphone of the cellular telephone set of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the cellular telephone set of the present invention which is to be performed upon reception of an 5 incoming call.
The same reference numerals in Fig. 2 denote the same parts as in Fig. 1. The present invention includes an earphone/microphone housing portion 8 for housing an earphone/microphone 1, a connection cable take-up portion 9 for taking up and housing a connection cable 2, an earphone/microphone state detecting section 10, a switch 11, and a control section 12. Reference numeral 13 denotes an antenna; 14, a diisplay, and 15, a F-ad including a speech communication button.
The operation of the present invention will be described next with reference to Figs. 2 to 4. The control section 12 monitors a state detection signal earphone/microphone state detecting section 10.
from, the If the earphone/microphone 1 has already been pulled out from the 20 earphone/microphone housing portion 8 of a cellular telephone set body 4 (step F-2) when the cellular telephone set receives an incoming call (step F-1), the control section 12 controls the switch 11 to switch the sneed communication line to the earphone/microphone 1 side (step 2 5 F-3), and sets the telephone set in an input wait state (step F-9) for an off-hook signal generated upon depression of the speech communication button (step F-4). When the speech communication button is depressed, off-hook operation is performed to start speech communication (step F-10).
if an incoming call is received while the earphone/inicrophone 1 and the connection cable 2 are housed in the telephone set body, the earphone/microphone state detecting section 10 outputs, to the control section 12, a signal indicating that the earphone/microphone 1 is housed.
Upon reception of this signal, the control section 12 controls the switch 11 to switch the speech communication line to a transmitter portion 7 and receiver portion 6 of the cial lu.1a= talephone sat bc&,- 4 (st=-P F-5), and sets the telephone set in an input wait state (step F-9) for an offhook signal generated upon depression of the speech communication button (step F-6).
If the speech communication button is depressed (step F-6) in this input wait state, the off-hook signal is input (step F-9) to start speech communication (step F-10) if the earphone/microphone 1 housed in the earphone /microphone housing portion 8 is pulled out from the cellular telephone set body 4 in this input wait state (step F-7), the connection cable 2 taken up by the connection cable take-up portion 9 is pulled out, and the earphone /n-Li crophone state detecting section 10 detects that the earphone /mi c- rophone 1 has been pulled out. Upon reception of this detection signal, the control section 12 controls the switch 11 to switch the speech communication line from the transmitter portion 7 and receiver portion 6 of the cellular telephone set body 4 to the earphone/microphone 1 side (step F-8), and performs off-hook operation (step F-9), thereby starting speech communication (step F-10) without depression of the speech communication button.
If the earphone/microphone 1 is pulled out (ster) F-7) while speech communication is performed through the transmitter portion 7 and receiver portion 6 of the cellular telephone set body 4, the earphone/microphone state detecting section 10 detects th-Js. As a rasult, the s,-tr-h 11 is controlled to automatically switch the speech signal route to the earphone/microphone 1 side (step F-8). In contrast to this, if the connection cable 2 it taken up and the earphone/microphone 1 is housed in the earphone/microphone housing portion 8 while s.Deech communication is performed through the earphone/microphone 1, the speech signal route is automatically switched to the transmitter portion 7 and receiver portion 6 of the cellular telephone set body 4 (step F-8).
According to the present invention, therefore, answering operation upon reception of an incoming call is facilitated. In addition, the transmitter and receiver portions incorporated in the telephone set body and the earphone/microphone can be selectively used. This improves the operability of the cellular telephone set. In addition, when the cellular telephone set is not used or the earphone/microphone 1 is not used, the connection cable 2 is housed in the connection cable take-up portion 9 of the cellular telephone set body 4, and the earphone/microphone I can be housed in the earphone/microphone housing portion 8, thereby ensuring convenience for storage and excellent portability.
Each feature disclosed in this specification (which ten-n includes the claims) and/or shown in the drawings may be incorporated in the invention independently of other disclosed and/or illustrated features.
Statements in this specification of the "objects of the invention" relate to preferred embodiments of the invention, but not necessarily to all embodiments of the invention falling within the claims.
The description of the invention with reference to the drawings is by way of example only.
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The text of the abstract filed herewith is repeated here as part of the A cellular telephone set has transmitter and receiver portions. The cellular telephone set includes an earphone/microphone, a connection cable and parts, and an earphone/microphone housing portion. The connection cable and parts are used to electrically connect the earphone/microphone to the cellular telephone set body. The earphone/microphone housing portion is formed in the cellular telephone set body. A speech corrimunication method for this cellular telephone set is also directed.
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WHAT IS CLAIIvED IS:
1. A cellular telephone set having transmitter and receiver portions, comprising an earphone/microphone, a connection cable and connection means which electrically connect said earphone/microphone to said cellular telephone set body, and an earphone/microphone housing portion formed in said cellular telephone set body.
2. A cellular telephone set according to claim 1, further comprising a connection cable take-up portion for housing said connection cable in said cellular telephone set body and pulling out said connection cable from said cellular telephone set body.
3. A csilular tsienho--,ie set acccrd'ing tc claim 1, wherein said connection means comprises an earphone /microphone state detecting section for detecting whether said connection cable is pulled out from said cellular telephone set body or housed therein, and a switch for switching a speech communication line of said cellular telephone set to said earphone/microphone or said transmitter/receiver portion incorporated in said cellular telephone set body.
4. A cellular telephone set according to claim 3, further comprising control means for controlling said switch to switch the speech communication line of said cellular telephone set to said earphone/microphone when an 1 1 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - 14 incoming call is received while said earphone /microphone and said connection cable are pulled out from said cellular telephone set body, and to set said cellular telephone set in an input wait. state for an offhook signal generated upon depression of a speech communication button.
5. A cellular telephone set according to claim 3, further comprising control means for controlling said switch to switch the speech communication line of said cellular telephone set to said earphone/microphone in response to the operation of pulling out said connection cable from said cellular telephone set body when an incominc: call is received whi-le said c-=- r=hcr-e/,-.-'crcnhcne and said connection cable are housed in said cellular telephone set body, and to perform off-hook processing for said cellular telephone set.
6. A speech communication method for a cellular telephone set including transmitter and receiver portions and an earphone/microphone which can be taken up, comprising the step of pulling out said earphone/microphone from said cellular telephone set to be used when said earphone/microphone is to be used, and housing said earphone/microphone in said cellular telephone set body when said earphone /microphone is not used.
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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 6 17 18 - 7. A method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of, when said earphone /microphone is pulled out, automatically switching a speech communication line of said cellular telephone set body from sad transmitter and receiver portions incorporated in said cellular telephone set body to said earphone/microphone.
8. A method according to claim 6, further comprising the steps of: causing a user to depress a speech communication button to perform off-hook operation so as to perform speech communication by using said transmitter and receiver portions incorporated in said cellular telephone set body when an incoming call is received while said earmhone/rLi-crophone and a ccnnect-icn cable for electrically connecting said earphone /microphone to said cellular telephone set body are housed in said cellular telephone set body; causing the user to pull out said housed earphone/microphone to switch the speech and receiver body to said communication line from said transmitter portions of said cellular telephone set earphone/microphone so as to switch to a speech communication state in which said earphone /microphone is used when speech communication is to be performed by using said earphone /microphone upon reception of an incoming call; and automatically switching the speech communication line to said earphone/microphone when said 7 earphone/microphone is pulled out while speech communication is performed by using said transmitter and receiver portions of said cellular telephone set body.
9. A cellular telephone set or a method substantially as herein described with reference to any of figures 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
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