HANDS-FREE DEVICE IN A VEHICLE

• US 20100304758A1
• Filed: 05/27/2010
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BURY Spzoo
• Original Assignee: BURY Spzoo
• Inventors: Bury, Henryk
• Application Number:
  US12/788,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20100304758A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: B27B 5/075 characterised by having a plurality of saw blades, e.g. turning about perpendicular axes
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/35 Constructional details or hardware or software details of the signal processing chain
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6083 by interfacing with the vehicle audio system
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver

Abstract

The usefulness of a hands-free device in a vehicle having

• • a central controller (1, 41), which is fixedly installed in the vehicle and to which a loudspeaker (14) and/or a microphone (11, 51) which are/is installed in the vehicle can be connected,
  • an intermediate appliance (5; 45, 65), which is arranged on the vehicle within reach of a person transported by the vehicle, and at least one part of which is mechanically fixedly connected to the vehicle and is designed to produce a data and/or speech communication link between a telecommunications appliance and the central controller (1, 41),
    is extended in that a satellite position-finding module is provided in the intermediate appliance (5; 45, 65) and in that the intermediate appliance has a processing stage for association of position data with time details and has a memory device for at least short-term storage of satellite position data with associated time details.

Claims

1. Hands-free device in a vehicle, having

a central controller (1, 41), which is fixedly installed in the vehicle and to which a loudspeaker (14) and/or a microphone (11, 51) which are/is installed in the vehicle can be connected,

an intermediate appliance (5;

45, 65), which is arranged on the vehicle within reach of a person transported by the vehicle, and at least one part of which is mechanically fixedly connected to the vehicle and is designed to produce a data and/or speech communication link between a telecommunications appliance and the central controller (1, 41),

characterized in that a satellite position-finding module is provided in the intermediate appliance (5;

45, 65) and in that the intermediate appliance (5;

45, 65) has a processing stage for association of position data with time details and has a memory device for at least short-term storage of satellite position data with associated time details.

2. Hands-free device according to claim 1, characterized by a communication module (71) for a mobile radio network and a transmission device for periodic transmission of the position data via the mobile radio network.

3. Hands-free device according to claim 2, characterized by a read device for subscriber identification data which allows access to the mobile radio network.

4. Hands-free device according to claim 3, characterized in that the read device is a card read device for a SIM card (20, 70).

5. Hands-free device according to claim 1, characterized in that the intermediate appliance is a holding panel (5), which is installed on the vehicle, for holding the telecommunications appliance.

6. Hands-free device according to claim 1, characterized in that the intermediate appliance comprises a holder (45), which is installed fixedly in the vehicle, and a display appliance (65), which can be electrically and mechanically detachably connected to the holder and is designed for wire-free, short-ranging data and speech communication with the telecommunications appliance.

7. Hands-free device according to claim 6, characterized in that the satellite position-finding module and the processing stage are provided in the display appliance (65).

8. Hands-free device according to claim 1, characterized in that the intermediate appliance (5;

45, 65) has a memory card which is inserted into a card slot (19, 74) and in which satellite position data with associated time details is stored periodically.

9. Hands-free device according to claim 6, characterized in that the intermediate appliance (5;

45, 65) has a rechargeable battery (75) and a controller by means of which the processing stage remains active for a predetermined time when the display appliance (65) has been removed from its holder (45).

10. Hands-free device according to claim 9, characterized in that the display appliance (65) has a mechanically operable switch (69) which is arranged such that it is operated during insertion into the holder (45) and during removal from the holder (45).

11. Hands-free device according to claim 1, characterized in that the processing stage can be switched between at least two different operating modes.

12. Hands-free device according to claim 1, having a card slot (19, 74) for a SIM card (20, 70) or a memory card, characterized in that the accommodation slot (19, 74) is designed such that it can be locked after the insertion of the card, and in that the lock can be removed only by destroying it.

13. Hands-free device according to claim 2, characterized in that the communication module (71) compares an identified network with a stored network table and suppresses the periodic transmission of the position data via specific mobile radio networks.

14. Hands-free device according to claim 1, characterized in that the processing stage for the satellite position-finding module is designed to determine a current speed of the vehicle, and in that the determined current speed can be indicated via a display (66).