Vehicle hands-free unit

• US 20030013504A1
• Filed: 05/31/2002
• Published: 01/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Park, June Ha, Hong, Jong Myeon
• Application Number:
  US10/160,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20030013504A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/569.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/02 of hand grips or straps
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0012 Seats or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0052 using screws, bolts, rivets or the like
• 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

Abstract

A vehicle hands-free unit is incorporated in an assist handle, which is mounted at a side of a driver'"'"'s seat for listening a voice of the other party, and includes a front part mounted with a speaker, a secret conversation button for transmitting telephone call signals to an ear microphone for personal telephone call, a reproduction button for reproducing recorded conversation contents, a recording button for partially recording conversation contents, a conversation button for receiving a telephone call, a side part mounted with a microphone sound level control lever for controlling a microphone level, a microphone connection jack for alternatively connecting the ear microphone, a sound level control lever for controlling the sound level of receiving, a microphone for converting sound signals to electric signals to be transmitted to the other party, and an interior part mounted with a main board including a voice recognition controller, a recording control part, a car stereo control part, a digital signal processing part, and a power supply part, wherein a space of the assist handle may be effectively utilized and the convenience and the safety of a driver may be guaranteed by carrying out all dial and mode setting functions with voice and automatically muting the output of a car stereo system during telephone conversation

Claims

1. A hands-free unit for a vehicle characterized in that the hands-free unit is incorporated in an assist handle and the assist handle comprises a front part mounted with a speaker, a secret conversation button, a reproduction button, a recording button, and a conversation button;

a side part mounted with a microphone sound level control lever, an ear-microphone connection jack, a sound level control lever; and

an interior part installed with a main board of a hands-free unit inside.

2. A hands-free unit according to claim 1, wherein the main board comprises a voice recognition controller for determining signals, which are output from a voice recognition microphone, to output control signals for determining an operation mode of the hands-free unit and simultaneously output a muting control signal for a car stereo control part;

a recording control part for controlling an operation of the recording/reproducing part according to a control signal output from the voice recognition controller to record or reproduce conversation content;

a car stereo to be muted according to the muting control signal output from the voice recognition controller for bypassing output sounds;

a digital signal processing part for processing signals, which are output from the conversation microphone, to digital signals to be supplied to a mobile phone and for supplying signals output from the mobile phone to the speaker; and

a power supply part for supplying power output from a vehicle battery to the mobile phone.