BIDIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE SYSTEM

• US 20120302277A1
• Filed: 08/10/2012
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Gomet Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Taiwan Gomet Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: CHANG, SHENG-HSIUNG, CHANG, SHENG-YUAN
• Granted Patent: US 8,761,687 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/005 for combining the signals of two or more microphones specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407

Abstract

A bidirectional microphone system is disclosed, including a base station, a wireless microphone and an external control device. A bidirectional wireless communication may be performed between the wireless microphone and the base station. The external control device is connected to the wireless microphone for controlling the wireless microphone via at least one push button on the external control device. The external control device is also provided with light-emitting elements to show the function or status of the wireless microphone. The wireless microphone is provided with a global positioning system or a G-sensor for locating the coordinates of the wireless microphone under different situations. When the wireless microphone is in an emergency and located beyond the wireless communication range, the wireless microphone emits a high-power pulsed radio frequency signal for antenna of the base station to locate the position of the wireless microphone.

Claims

1. A bidirectional microphone system for easily operating and quickly performing various operating functions of a wireless microphone when the wireless microphone is covered by a heavy winter coat or a bulletproof vest, comprising:

a base station comprising a base-station wireless transceiver module;

the wireless microphone comprising;

a wireless transceiver module performing a bidirectional wireless communication with the base-station wireless transceiver module;

a voice processing module receiving a first sound signal around the wireless microphone or outputting a second sound signal transmitted from the base station;

a storage device storing the first sound signal or the second sound signal;

a microcontroller being connected to the wireless transceiver module, the voice processing module, and the storage device, and converting the first sound signal into a first RF signal for transmitting to the base station wirelessly; and

at least one wireless microphone push button controlling one of a plurality of operating functions of the wireless microphone; and

an external control device being capable of performing a communication with the wireless microphone and comprising;

at least one external control device push button, pushing each of the external control device push button or a pushing time period of each of the external control device push button corresponding to control one of the plurality of operating functions of the wireless microphone; and

at least one light-emitting element, different lighting conditions correspondingly indicating different states of the plurality of operating functions or a status of the wireless microphone.

2. The bidirectional microphone system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external control device further comprises an earphone for outputting the second sound signal.

3. The bidirectional microphone system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the external control device further comprises an earphone volume control.

4. The bidirectional microphone system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external control device further comprises a microphone for receiving the first sound signal.

5. The bidirectional microphone system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external control device and the wireless microphone are connected to each other wirelessly or via a cable.

6. A bidirectional microphone system, comprising:

a base station comprising a base-station wireless transceiver module and a base station G-sensor for measuring a phase or an acceleration change of the base station; and

a wireless microphone comprising;

a wireless transceiver module performing a bidirectional wireless communication with the base-station wireless transceiver module;

a voice processing module receiving a first sound signal around the wireless microphone or outputting a second sound signal transmitted from the base station;

a storage device storing the first sound signal or the second sound signal;

a microcontroller being connected to the wireless transceiver module, the voice processing module, and the storage device, and converting the first sound signal into a first RF signal for transmitting to the base station wirelessly; and

a wireless microphone G-sensor being connected to the microcontroller of the wireless microphone for measuring a phase or an acceleration change of the wireless microphone,

wherein in response to that the phase or the acceleration change detected by either the wireless microphone G-sensor or the base station G-sensor exceeds a threshold, the wireless microphone automatically actuates the voice processing module to receive the first sound signal and transmits the received first sound signal to the base station, and an in-car video system at the base station is actuated to proceed with video or audio recording.

7. The bidirectional microphone system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the wireless microphone further comprises a global positioning system (GPS) for locating coordinates of the wireless microphone.

8. The bidirectional microphone system as claimed in claim 7, wherein, in response to that the GPS of the wireless microphone fails to locate the coordinates of the wireless microphone, the wireless microphone transmits the phase and the acceleration change of the wireless microphone G-sensor to a computer connected to the base station to calculate a moving track of the wireless microphone.

9. The bidirectional microphone system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the base station transmits coordinates of the base station and a current almanac data to the wireless microphone as a start-point-coordinate parameter of the GPS to rapidly locate a position of the wireless microphone when the GPS of the wireless microphone is actuated.

10. A bidirectional microphone system, comprising:

a base station comprising a base-station wireless transceiver module; and

a wireless microphone comprising;

a wireless transceiver module performing a bidirectional wireless communication with the base-station wireless transceiver module;

a voice processing module receiving a first sound signal around the wireless microphone or outputting a second sound signal transmitted from the base station;

a storage device storing the first sound signal or the second sound signal;

a microcontroller being connected to the wireless transceiver module, the voice processing module, and the storage device, and converting the first sound signal into a first RF signal for transmitting to the base station wirelessly; and

an emergency button being connected to the microcontroller, when the wireless microphone is located beyond a communication range of the base station or the emergency button being pushed, the wireless transceiver module emitting a high-power pulsed radio frequency (RF) signal intermittently,

wherein the high-power pulsed RF signal is able to be received by an antenna to locate a position and a distance of the wireless microphone relative to the base station.

11. The bidirectional microphone system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the wireless microphone further comprises a power management module connected to the microcontroller, the microcontroller controlling the power management module to output a high working voltage for the wireless transceiver module to emit the high-power pulsed radio frequency signal.

12. The bidirectional microphone system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the antenna is a directional antenna or a phase scanning antenna.