VEHICLE-INSTALLED TELEPHONE APPARATUS

• US 20020065112A1
• Filed: 12/02/1998
• Published: 05/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation (Pioneer Corporation), Pioneer Electronics Corporation (Pioneer Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation (Pioneer Corporation)
• Inventors: YOSHIDA, MASAO, KAMIYA, KAZUHIRO, KAWAMURA, KATSUAKI, KAWABATA, MIKA, ENDOH, YOSHIAKI
• Granted Patent: US 6,453,180 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/66 with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling verifying user identity or authority in secret or secure digital communications H04L9/32

Abstract

A vehicle-installed telephone apparatus comprises a portable phone with announcing means controlled by a microcomputer, running detecting means which detects that a vehicle is running, incoming call detecting means which detects that an incoming call is received and control means which sends control signals to the portable phone. The control means sends control signals which invalidate the operation of the announcing means to the microcomputer within the portable phone, when the running detecting means detects that the vehicle is running and the incoming call detecting means detects that the incoming call is received at the same time, whereby a driver can concentrate on driving without being diverted his attention, even if an incoming call is received while driving.

Claims

1. A vehicle-installed telephone apparatus comprising:

running detecting means for detecting that a vehicle is running,

incoming call detecting means for detecting that an incoming call is received,

announcing means for announcing that the incoming call has been received, and

control means for controlling said announcing means,

wherein said control means controls in such a manner as to invalidate the operation of said announcing means, when said running detecting means detects that the vehicle is running and said incoming call detecting means detects that the incoming call is received at the same time.

2. The vehicle-installed telephone apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said detecting means is connected to a parking brake detecting switch.

3. The vehicle-installed telephone apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said detecting means is connected to a vehicle speed sensor.

4. The vehicle-installed telephone apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said announcing means is included in a portable phone or a car telephone.

5. The vehicle-installed telephone apparatus according to claims 1 to 4, said apparatus further comprising:

message generating means controlled by said control means,

wherein said control means controls in such a manner as to send messages stored in said message generating means to a sending-side, when said running detecting means detects that the vehicle is running and said incoming call detecting means detects that the incoming call is received at the same time.

6. The vehicle-installed telephone apparatus according to claims 1 to 5, said apparatus further comprising:

voice synthesizing means controlled by said control means, and

a memory for storing the data of incoming call records,

wherein said control means controls in such a manner as to convert messages according to the data of incoming call records stored in said memory into voice and to output it, when said running detecting means detects that the vehicle is not running.