SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND HANDS-FREE CALL DEVICE

• US 20090011800A1
• Filed: 08/22/2007
• Published: 01/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uniden Corporation (Cornwall Capital Management LP)
• Original Assignee: Uniden Corporation (Cornwall Capital Management LP)
• Inventors: Fujikura, Toshiaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,684,831 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/569.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72502 with one base station connected to a single line

Abstract

A signal processing device includes: a speaker amplifier for amplifying a reception voice; a reception voice attenuator for attenuating the reception voice inputted to the speaker amplifier during a voice transmission mode; a reception voice detection circuit for detecting the reception voice outputted from the speaker amplifier; a microphone amplifier for amplifying a transmission voice inputted to a microphone; a transmission voice attenuator for attenuating the transmission voice outputted by the microphone amplifier during a voice reception mode; a transmission voice detection circuit for detecting the transmission voice outputted by the microphone amplifier; and a discriminator for discriminating the mode to be operated among the voice transmission mode and the voice reception mode on the basis of detection outputs from the reception voice detection circuit and the transmission voice detection circuit.

Claims

1. A signal processing device, comprising:

a speaker amplifier for amplifying a reception voice;

a reception voice attenuator for attenuating the reception voice inputted to the speaker amplifier during a voice transmission mode;

a reception voice detection unit for detecting the reception voice outputted from the speaker amplifier;

a differentiating unit for differentiating a detection output signal from the reception voice detection unit;

a microphone amplifier for amplifying a transmission voice inputted to a microphone;

a transmission voice attenuator for attenuating the transmission voice outputted by the microphone amplifier during a voice reception mode;

a transmission voice detection unit for detecting the transmission voice outputted by the microphone amplifier;

an integrating unit for integrating a detection output signal from the transmission voice detection unit; and

a discrimination elevator for discriminating the mode to be operated among the voice transmission mode and the voice reception mode on the basis of respective detection output signals from the differentiating unit and the integrating unit.

2. A hands-free call device operated in a mode among a handset mode and a hands-free mode;

comprising;

a handset including the signal processing device as claimed in claim 1; and

a base set wirelessly connectable to the handset,

wherein in the hands-free mode, the handset handles all signal processing relating to hands-free operation.