RADIO RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING FREQUENCIES OF RADIO STATIONS

• US 20150357996A1
• Filed: 08/12/2014
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Hu, Yung-Chang, Chang, Wei-En, Cheng, Wei-Yu
• Application Number:
  US14/457,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20150357996A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 1/0075 where the receiving frequencies of the stations are stored in a permanent memory, e.g. ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 2200/12 Radio receiver combined with a GPS receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 7/183 combined with selection between different stations transmitting the same programm, e.g. by analysis of the received signal strength

Abstract

A radio receiving device, including a positioning module, a radio receiver, a speaker device, and a control unit, and a method of switching frequencies of radio stations are provided. The positioning module obtains a geographic location of the radio receiving device. The radio receiver plays radio information through the speaker device at a first frequency of a radio. The control unit detects a first signal strength of the radio information at the first frequency. When the first signal strength is smaller than a default value, the control unit checks a radio network frequency list according to the geographic location to obtain a second frequency, and detects a second signal strength of the radio information at the second frequency. When the second signal strength is larger than the first signal strength, the radio receiver plays the radio information through the speaker device at the second frequency of the radio.

Claims

1. A radio receiving device, comprising:

a positioning module configured to obtain a geographic location of the radio receiving device;

a radio receiver;

a speaker device coupled to the radio receiver; and

a control unit coupled to the positioning module and the radio receiver, wherein

the radio receiver receives radio information at a first frequency of a radio and plays the radio information through the speaker device, and the control unit detects a first signal strength of the radio information at the first frequency, wherein the control unit checks a radio network frequency list according to geographic location information to obtain a second frequency of the radio corresponding to the geographic location information and detect a second signal strength of the radio information at the second frequency when the first signal strength is smaller than a default value, and the control unit controls the radio receiver to receive the radio information at the second frequency of the radio and plays the radio information through the speaker device when the second signal strength is larger than the first signal strength.

2. The radio receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the radio network frequency list comprises a plurality of radio names, a plurality of geographic areas respectively corresponding to the radio names, and a plurality of frequencies respectively corresponding to the radio names in the geographic areas, wherein the radio is one of the radio names.

3. The radio receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit coupled to the control unit for storing the radio network frequency list.

4. The radio receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display screen coupled to the control unit for displaying an operational interface for controlling the control unit.

5. The radio receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the radio receiving device is installed in a vehicle.

6. The radio receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit communicates with the radio receiver and the positioning module via a chip hardware communication interface, and the positioning module is a global positioning system.

7. The radio receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines whether the second signal strength is larger than a minimum signal strength when the second signal strength is larger than the first signal strength;

the control unit receives the radio information at the second frequency of the radio and plays the radio information through the speaker device when the second signal strength is larger than the first signal strength and the minimum signal strength; and

the control unit obtains the current geographic location information through the positioning module again and checks the radio network frequency list according to the geographic location information to obtain a third frequency of the radio corresponding to the geographic location information so as to receive the radio information at the third frequency of the radio and play the radio information through the speaker device when the second signal strength is larger than the first signal strength but smaller than the minimum signal strength.

8. A radio frequency switching method, comprising:

receiving radio information at a first frequency of a radio and playing the radio information;

detecting a first signal strength of the radio information at the first frequency and determining whether the first signal strength is smaller than a default value;

obtaining geographic location information through a positioning module and checking a radio network frequency list according to the geographic location information to obtain a second frequency of the radio corresponding to the geographic location information when the first signal strength is smaller than the default value, wherein the radio network frequency list comprises a plurality of radio names, a plurality of geographic areas respectively corresponding to the radio names, and a plurality of frequencies respectively corresponding to the radio names in the geographic areas;

detecting a second signal strength of the radio information at the second frequency; and

receiving the radio information at the second frequency of the radio and playing the radio information when the second signal strength is larger than the first signal strength.

9. The radio frequency switching method according to claim 8, further comprising:

maintaining receiving the radio information at the first frequency and playing the radio information when unable to check the radio network frequency list according to the geographic location information to obtain the second frequency corresponding to the radio.

10. The radio frequency switching method according to claim 8, further comprising:

determining whether the second signal strength is larger than a minimum signal strength when the second signal strength is larger than the first signal strength;

receiving the radio information at the second frequency of the radio and playing the radio information when the second signal strength is larger than the first signal strength and the minimum signal strength; and

obtaining the current geographic location information through the positioning module again and checking the radio network frequency list according to the geographic location information to obtain a third frequency of the radio corresponding to the geographic location information when the second signal strength is larger than the first signal strength but smaller than the minimum signal strength.