Wireless hands-free conference telephone system
First Claim
1. A wireless hands-free conference telephone accessory system adapted for use with a telephone, said system comprising:
- a wireless microphone/transmitter unit constructed for receiving sounds generated from anywhere peripherally around the microphone unit both level with and above any surface on which the unit is positioned, said unit including a microphone/transmitter circuit for receiving sounds generated over a significant distance, converting said sounds received into a first corresponding signal and radiating same from a position spatially related to the remainder of said telephone systema unitary control module includinga receiver circuit for receiving said radiated first corresponding signal and transferring same via a first signal path to an output adapted for connection to said telephone;
a loudspeaker circuit for producing sound from a second corresponding signal via a second signal path from an input adapted for connection to said telephone; and
a voice switching circuit acting between said telephone and both said loudspeaker circuit and said receiver circuit on said first and second signal paths for increasing the gain in said loudspeaker circuit when said second corresponding signal is greater than said first corresponding signal, and for increasing the gain in said receiver circuit when said first corresponding signal is greater than said second corresponding signal.
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Abstract
A wireless hands-free conference telephone system includes an FM transmitter having multi-directional sound pick-up capability and battery power is adapted for remote wireless transmission of sounds originating in the area adjacent the transmitter to a unitary receiver, amplifier and voice switcher adapted for signal conducting connection to a conventional telephone system. The receiver portion of the unitary system is adapted for receiving the signal from the FM transmitter. The amplifier provides power to drive loudspeakers which radiate the sound incoming from the telephone system. A voice switching circuit is positioned between the telephone, the transmitter and the loudspeaker circuit, and is able to ascertain signal strength from the transmitter circuit and the incoming telephone line, discern which is the stronger signal, and increase the gain of that signal while decreasing the gain of the opposing signal.
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6 Claims
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1. A wireless hands-free conference telephone accessory system adapted for use with a telephone, said system comprising:
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a wireless microphone/transmitter unit constructed for receiving sounds generated from anywhere peripherally around the microphone unit both level with and above any surface on which the unit is positioned, said unit including a microphone/transmitter circuit for receiving sounds generated over a significant distance, converting said sounds received into a first corresponding signal and radiating same from a position spatially related to the remainder of said telephone system a unitary control module including a receiver circuit for receiving said radiated first corresponding signal and transferring same via a first signal path to an output adapted for connection to said telephone; a loudspeaker circuit for producing sound from a second corresponding signal via a second signal path from an input adapted for connection to said telephone; and a voice switching circuit acting between said telephone and both said loudspeaker circuit and said receiver circuit on said first and second signal paths for increasing the gain in said loudspeaker circuit when said second corresponding signal is greater than said first corresponding signal, and for increasing the gain in said receiver circuit when said first corresponding signal is greater than said second corresponding signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A wireless hands-free conference telephone accessory system adapted for use with a telephone, said system comprising:
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a wireless microphone/transmitter unit constructed for receiving sounds generated from anywhere around the microphone unit, said unit including a wireless microphone/transmitter circuit; and a receiver circuit, a loudspeaker circuit; and a voice switching circuit, all defining portions of a unitary control module; said wireless microphone/transmitter circuit including an electret microphone, a transmitter, a power supply and a first antenna for converting sounds received in said microphone into a first corresponding signal in said transmitter and radiating same from said first antenna from a position remote from said receiver circuit; said receiver circuit including an FM receiver having a second antenna for receiving said remotely radiated first corresponding signal and transferring same along a conductive signal path to an output adapted for conductive connection to said telephone; said loudspeaker circuit including an amplifier adapted for wired connection to a loudspeaker for producing audible sound from a second corresponding signal by an electrically conductive path from an input adapted for conductive connection to said telephone; and said voice switching circuit including means for sensing a level of background or ambient signal forming at least a part of said first corresponding signal from said receiver circuit; and means responsive to voice-like signals, when present in said first corresponding signal, which are greater in amplitude than said ambient signal for increasing the gain in said receiver circuit proportional to the difference in amplitude between said voice-like signal and said ambient signal, and likewise proportionally decreasing the gain in said loudspeaker circuit.
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