Cellular phone that exposes the user's brain to much less microwave radiation than ordinary cellular phones with the help of a proxy (intermediary) device

• US 20030083058A1
• Filed: 10/09/2002
• Published: 05/01/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yaron Mayer
• Original Assignee: Yaron Mayer
• Inventors: Mayer, Yaron
• Application Number:
  US10/270,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20030083058A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/422.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3838 Arrangements for reducing RF exposure to the user, e.g. by changing the shape of the transceiver while in use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/00 Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1016 Earpieces of the intra-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1025 Accumulators or arrangements for charging secondary cells per se H01M10/00; charging in general H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1075 Mountings of transducers in earphones or headphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/342 for microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/345 for loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/107 Monophonic and stereophonic headphones with microphone for two-way hands free communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/03 Aspects of the reduction of energy consumption in hearing devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

Abstract

Cellular phones are becoming more common and popular amongst all sectors of the population for business and private conversations, including many children, with about 500 Million users worldwide, and about 300,000 new joiners each day. There is much concern and there is already some accumulating evidence that the Microwave emission transmitted by the cellular antenna that is held close to user'"'"'s head may have deleterious effects on the user, such as for example brain or eye cancer, and possibly even more so for children. One of the most common ways to try to avoid these problems has been the usage of personal earphones with microphone, but on Apr. 4, 2000 it was published worldwide that a research conducted by the “Which?” consumer Magazine in Britain found that in fact the earphone and its cable can act as an Antenna and also expose the user to the microwave radiation. The present invention solves the above problem in using earphones with cellular phones by a reverse and more sophisticated solution than short range wireless earphones, and also solves the problem that many people don'"'"'t like using headsets at all.

Claims

1. A system for reducing the level of microwave radiation that the user'"'"'s brain is exposed to while using cellular phones, comprising:

A cellular phone;

A proxy device which can communicate on one hand with the cellular phone at a short range without a metallic wire between them and on the other hand can communicate with the cellular company'"'"'s cells at least in one operation mode.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said cellular phone works with its normal antenna and is used directly by the user and said proxy device works at a small distance from the user by imitating on one hand the cellular company'"'"'s cell, thus making the phone behave as if it is talking with a very close cell and thus automatically adjust its radiation level to minimum, and on the other hand said proxy device communicates normally with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said proxy device uses two cellular antennas, one to communicate with said cellular phone and one to communicate with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein said proxy device uses one cellular antenna with fast timeslicing to communicate intermittently both with said cellular phone and with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein said proxy device has one cellular antenna and uses different frequencies to communicate at the same time both with said cellular phone and with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said cellular phone has instead of its normal cellular antenna a short range low energy wireless communication device for communicating with said proxy device and is used directly by the user and said proxy device works at a small distance from the user by using a second short range low energy wireless communication device on one hand, and on the other hand said proxy device communicates through a normal cellphone antenna with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said cellular phone has, in addition to its normal cellular antenna, a short range low energy wireless communication device added to it for communicating with said proxy device and is used directly by the user and said proxy device works at a small distance from the user by using a second short range low energy wireless communication device on one hand, and on the other hand said proxy device communicates through a normal cellphone antenna with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein additionally when said cellular phone is temporarily unable to communicate with said proxy device, it can switch to normal operation (using its cellular antenna) and can alert the user that he is exposed to the normal cellular microwave radiation.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein said proxy device has also a microphone and an earphone and is at least in one operation mode in the shape of a headset, and said cellular phone and said proxy device can both operate in two modes and detect the correct mode and communicate their current mode to each other through the short range low energy wireless communication that exists between them:

Mode 1, in which both said cellular phone and said proxy device function as described in the device of claim 7;

Mode 2, in which said proxy device is being used as a headset and thus deactivates its cellular antenna and activates its earphone and microphone, and said cellular phone deactivates its built-in speaker and microphone and reactivates its cellular antenna and uses it to communicate with the cellular company'"'"'s cells and regards the proxy device as a headset.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein said proxy device has also a microphone and an earphone and is at least in one operation mode in the shape of a headset, and said cellular phone and said proxy device can both operate in two modes and detect the correct mode and communicate their current mode to each other through the short range low energy wireless communication that exists between them:

Mode 1, in which both said cellular phone and said proxy device function as described in the device of claim 8;

Mode 2, in which said proxy device is being used as a headset and thus deactivates its cellular antenna and activates its earphone and microphone, and said cellular phone deactivates its built-in speaker and microphone and reactivates its cellular antenna and uses it to communicate with the cellular company'"'"'s cells and regards the proxy device as a headset; and

when said proxy is temporarily unable to communicate with said cellular phone, it can switch to communicating directly with the cellular company'"'"'s cells (using its cellular antenna) and can alert the user that he is exposed to the normal cellular microwave radiation.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said cellular phone has instead of its normal cellular antenna optic fiber technology for communicating with said proxy device and is used directly by the user and said proxy device works at a small distance from the user by fiber optic technology on one hand, and on the other hand said proxy device communicates through a normal cellphone antenna with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said cellular phone has, in addition to its normal cellular antenna, optic fiber technology for communicating with said proxy device and is used directly by the user and said proxy device works at a small distance from the user by fiber optic technology on one hand, and on the other hand said proxy device communicates through a normal cellphone antenna with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein additionally when said cellular phone is temporarily unable to communicate with said proxy device, it can switch to normal operation (using its cellular antenna) and can alert the user that he is exposed to the normal cellular microwave radiation.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein said proxy device has also a microphone and an earphone and is at least in one operation mode in the shape of a headset, and said cellular phone and said proxy device can both operate in two modes and detect the correct mode and communicate their current mode to each other through the fiber optic communication that exists between them:

Mode 1, in which both said cellular phone and said proxy device function as described in the device of claim 12;

Mode 2, in which said proxy device is being used as a headset and thus deactivates its cellular antenna and activates its earphone and microphone, and said cellular phone deactivates its built-in speaker and microphone and reactivates its cellular antenna and uses it to communicate with the cellular company'"'"'s cells and regards the proxy device as a headset.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein said proxy device has also a microphone and an earphone and is at least in one operation mode in the shape of a headset, and said cellular phone and said proxy device can both operate in two modes and detect the correct mode and communicate their current mode to each other through the fiber optic communication that exists between them:

Mode 1, in which both said cellular phone and said proxy device function as described in the device of claim 13;

Mode 2, in which said proxy device is being used as a headset and thus deactivates its cellular antenna and activates its earphone and microphone, and said cellular phone deactivates its built-in speaker and microphone and reactivates its cellular antenna and uses it to communicate with the cellular company'"'"'s cells and regards the proxy device as a headset; and

when said proxy is temporarily unable to communicate with said cellular phone, it can switch to communicating directly with the cellular company'"'"'s cells (using its cellular antenna) and can alert the user that he is exposed to the normal cellular microwave radiation.

16. The system of claim 6 wherein the proxy device is physically coupled to the cellular phone, and extends the position of the cellular antenna as far away from the brain as conveniently possible.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said proxy device can also be easily rotated by the user at various angles.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the user can also easily alter the length of the proxy device.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein said proxy device can also be easily removed from the phone, so that said proxy device can also be used further away from the user'"'"'s head, as in the device of claim 6.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein said proxy device is physically coupled to the cellular phone, and extends the position of the cellular antenna as far away from the brain as conveniently possible.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein said proxy device can also be easily rotated by the user at various angles.

22. The system of claim 20 wherein the user can also easily alter the length of the proxy device.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein said proxy device can also be easily removed from the phone and said the optic fiber can be folded and released, so that said proxy device can also be used further away from the user'"'"'s head.

36. The system of claim 6 wherein said cellular phone is light enough to be used also as a headset and can be conveniently hung on at least part of the user'"'"'s head as a hands-free headset.

37. The system of claim 36 wherein said proxy also has a screen and keyboard so that it can be held in the hand when accessing the Internet if the user is using said phone as a headset.

38. The system of claim 1 wherein the phone fits over the proxy like a phone cover, like a two-part phone, so when the user opens the phone to initiate or answer a call it feels like picking up the phone'"'"'s cover.

39. The system of claim 6 wherein the phone fits over the proxy like a phone cover, like a two-part phone, so when the user opens the phone to initiate or answer a call it feels like picking up the phone'"'"'s cover.

40. The system of claim 1 wherein the phone can communicate both with the proxy and with any of a normal headset or wireless headset or other types of headsets.

41. The system of claim 6 wherein the phone can communicate both with the proxy and with any of a normal headset or wireless headset or other types of headsets.

42. The system of claim 1 wherein any of the phone and the proxy are using any of PWM and/or a piezoelectric speaker and/or a small air tube that goes into the ear in order to save energy and allow longer times till recharge of the battery is needed.

43. The system of claim 1 wherein any of the phone and the proxy contain also any of volume control and pitch control.

44. The system of claim 9 wherein the proxy is composed of two easily detouchable parts, so that one part contains the heavier battery needed for cellular communications and the cellular antenna and its circuitry, and the other part contains at least the earphone and microphone and a lighter battery, and when the parts are physically coupled they are electrically connected, and when the user wants to use the proxy as headset he can remove and use just the needed part.

46. The system of claim 1 wherein any of the phone and the proxy can be used to signal to the other device to emit a sound so that the user can find it if he misplaced it and has in his hand just one of the two devices.

47. The system of claim 2 wherein the cellular phone is designed so that it can reduce the energy level of the normal antenna to the very low levels needed to communicate for example with a proxy device that is just a few meters or less away.

48. The system of claim 2 wherein the any of the phone and the proxy can use any of automatic frequency hoping and encryption in order to help privacy and/or avoid disturbances between near devices.

49. The system of claim 2 wherein the phone is able to indicate to the user if the proxy device cannot be reached or is malfunctioning, so that the user knows that he might now be exposed to the normal cellular radiation.

50. A cellular phone which communicates with any of a wireless headset or with a proxy such as the one defined in claim 1 wherein free air optical communication is used between the phone and the proxy, and automatic frequency selection is done by any of:

Using LED matrices (for example in a chip) with LEDs of different frequencies each, so that the appropriate LEDs can be easily chosen;

Using a set of differently colored filters in front of at least one LED that covers a certain range of frequencies, so that different filters can be automatically chosen and moved in order to change the frequency;

Using various power combinations to create the desired combined frequency, similar to a color pixel;

Using tunable diodes; and

Using different broadcast characteristics.

51. The system of claim 50 wherein said different broadcast characteristics are any of:

using fatter or thinner bits and using different bit placement within each frame of communication.

24. A method for reducing the level of microwave radiation that the user'"'"'s brain is exposed to while using cellular phones, comprising:

Using a cellular phone;

Using a proxy device which can communicate on one hand with the cellular phone at a short range without a metallic wire between them and on the other hand can communicate with the cellular company'"'"'s cells at least in one operation mode.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein said cellular phone works with its normal antenna and is used directly by the user and said proxy device works at a small distance from the user by imitating on one hand the cellular company'"'"'s cell, thus making the phone behave as if it is talking with a very close cell and thus automatically adjust its radiation level to minimum, and on the other hand said proxy device communicates normally with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein said proxy device uses two cellular antennas, one to communicate with said cellular phone and one to communicate with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein said proxy device uses one cellular antenna with fast timeslicing to communicate intermittently both with said cellular phone and with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein said proxy device has one cellular antenna and uses different frequencies to communicate at the same time both with said cellular phone and with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

29. The method of claim 24, wherein said cellular phone has instead of its normal cellular antenna a short range low energy wireless communication device for communicating with said proxy device and is used directly by the user and said proxy device works at a small distance from the user by using a second short range low energy wireless communication device on one hand, and on the other hand said proxy device communicates through a normal cellphone antenna with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

30. The method of claim 24, wherein said cellular phone has, in addition to its normal cellular antenna, a short range low energy wireless communication device added to it for communicating with said proxy device and is used directly by the user and said proxy device works at a small distance from the user by using a second short range low energy wireless communication device on one hand, and on the other hand said proxy device communicates through a normal cellphone antenna with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein additionally when said cellular phone is temporarily unable to communicate with said proxy device, it can switch to normal operation (using its cellular antenna) and can alert the user that he is exposed to the normal cellular microwave radiation.

32. The method of claim 30 wherein said proxy device has also a microphone and an earphone and is at least in one operation mode in the shape of a headset, and said cellular phone and said proxy device can both operate in two modes and detect the correct mode and communicate their current mode to each other through the short range low energy wireless communication that exists between them:

Mode 1, in which both said cellular phone and said proxy device function as described in the device of claim 30;

Mode 2, in which said proxy device is being used as a headset and thus deactivates its cellular antenna and activates its earphone and microphone, and said cellular phone deactivates its built-in speaker and microphone and reactivates its cellular antenna and uses it to communicate with the cellular company'"'"'s cells and regards the proxy device as a headset.

33. The method of claim 31 wherein said proxy device has also a microphone and an earphone and is at least in one operation mode in the shape of a headset, and said cellular phone and said proxy device can both operate in two modes and detect the correct mode and communicate their current mode to each other through the short range low energy wireless communication that exists between them:

Mode 1, in which both said cellular phone and said proxy device function as described in the device of claim 31;

Mode 2, in which said proxy device is being used as a headset and thus deactivates its cellular antenna and activates its earphone and microphone, and said cellular phone deactivates its built-in speaker and microphone and reactivates its cellular antenna and uses it to communicate with the cellular company'"'"'s cells and regards the proxy device as a headset; and

when said proxy is temporarily unable to communicate with said cellular phone, it can switch to communicating directly with the cellular company'"'"'s cells (using its cellular antenna) and can alert the user that he is exposed to the normal cellular microwave radiation.

34. The method of claim 32, wherein said cellular phone has instead of its normal cellular antenna optic fiber technology for communicating with said proxy device and is used directly by the user and said proxy device works at a small distance from the user by fiber optic technology on one hand, and on the other hand said proxy device communicates through a normal cellphone antenna with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

35. The method of claim 32, wherein said cellular phone has, in addition to its normal cellular antenna, optic fiber technology for communicating with said proxy device and is used directly by the user and said proxy device works at a small distance from the user by fiber optic technology on one hand, and on the other hand said proxy device communicates through a normal cellphone antenna with the cellular company'"'"'s cells.

45. A cellular phone with any of wireless or optic fiber headset wherein the headset fits over the phone like a two-part phone, so that when the user picks up the cover he is actually picking up the headset.