Apparatus and method for quick control of portable phone infrared transmission

• US 20040204072A1
• Filed: 05/10/2002
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Iventec Appliances Corp.
• Original Assignee: Iventec Appliances Corp.
• Inventors: Han, Wei, Tsai, Shih-Kuang, Ho, Tai-Shui
• Application Number:
  US10/142,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20040204072A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/00 Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/737 Characterised by transmission of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. infrared waves
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/027 by controlling a display operation or backlight unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

An apparatus for quick control of portable phone infrared transmission. The apparatus includes an input module, an information process module, a data storage module, an infrared module, and a display module. The information process module couples to the input module to receive an infrared control signal, determines whether the portable phone is in standby mode, and sends an access signal, an infrared enable signal and a display signal to the data storage module, the infrared module and the display module respectively if the portable phone is in standby mode. Then, the data storage module accesses data, the infrared module receives/transmits the data and the display module displays the data or related information.

Claims

1. An apparatus for quick control of portable phone infrared transmission, comprising:

an input module to input an infrared control signal;

an information process module coupled to the input module to receive the infrared control signal, determine whether the portable phone is in standby mode in response to the infrared control signal, and, if so, send an access signal, an infrared enable signal and a display signal;

a data storage module coupled to the information process module to receive the access signal and access data in response to the access signal;

an infrared module coupled to the information process module to receive the infrared enable signal and receive/transmit the data in response to the infrared enable signal; and

a display module coupled to the information process module to receive the display signal and display the data or related information in response to the display signal.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the information process module is the CPU of the portable phone.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the data storage module is RAM.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the data storage module is ROM.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the data storage module is flash RAM.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the display module is the LCD monitor of the portable phone.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the input module is the keyboard of the portable phone.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7 wherein the keyboard comprises function keys, volume adjustment keys and CCITT keys.

9. A method for quick control of portable phone infrared transmission, comprising the steps of:

receiving an infrared control signal;

determining whether the portable phone is in standby mode in response to the infrared control signal;

sending an infrared enable signal if the portable phone is in standby mode; and

receiving/transmitting data in response to the infrared enable signal.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 further sending an access signal to access the data from a data storage module if the portable phone is in standby mode.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9 further displaying the data or related information.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9 wherein the infrared control signal is generated by operating a combination of function keys, volume adjustment keys and CCITT keys.