Portable miniature high fidelity stereo tape player and cordless radio telephone system

• US 4,993,061 A
• Filed: 07/20/1989
• Issued: 02/12/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Monet Group, Inc. (Tapestry, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: YON Lux Limited
• Inventors: Hsieh, Sheng-Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Jin F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shehata, M.
• Application Number:
  US07/382,443
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• Field of Search: 379/61, 379/62, 379/58, 369/6
• US Class Current: 455/403
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/82 Line monitoring circuits for call progress or status discrimination for detecting caller identity H04M1/573

Abstract

A portable high fidelity tape player and cordless radio telephone system includes a base unit, a handset unit and a stereo unit, in which the stereo unit includes a carrier filter, a carrier receiver, a pilot tone filter, a pilot tone decorder, a modulation circuit, a set of pilot tone oscillators, and a set of integrated circuits. When a ringing signal in the service line enters the base unit while the stereo unit is playing a recording tape, the operation of the motor of the stereo unit stops and the listener is enabled to proceed with the telephone conversation. Upon completing the conversation or after the party at the end of the line has hung up, the stereo unit returns to its operating state and the user may resume listening to the recording tape.

Claims

1. A portable tape player and radio telephone system, comprising a telephone base unit, a telephone handset unit and tape player,

said tape player including a receiver having means for receiving a carrier signal transmitted from the base unit, and means for demodulating the carrier signal;

pilot signal filter means for filtering the demodulated signal;

pilot signal decoder means for comparing a frequency of the demodulated signal with a frequency of a pilot signal decoder;

a tape drive motor;

means for stopping said tape drive motor if the demodulated signal frequency matches said frequency of the pilot signal decoder;

a set of pilot signal oscillators;

means for causing said pilot signal osscillators to oscillate upon stoppage of said tape drive motor;

a microphone and microphone amplifier means for causing a signal from said microphone to be amplified and modulated by an output signal of said set of pilot signal oscillators; and

means for transmitting said modulated signal from said tape player to said base unit,

said base unit including a receiver having means for receiving a carrier signal transmitted from said tape player and means for demodulating said carrier signal;

pilot signal filter means for filtering the demodulated signal transmitted from the tape player;

pilot signal decoder means for comparing a frequency of the demodulated signal transmitted from the tape player with a frequency of a pilot signal decoder;

a tape player lock circuit;

means for locking up the tape player lock circuit if the frequency of the demodulated signal transmitted from the tape player is the same as the frequency of the pilot signal decoder;

a relay switchable between a service line and the tape player lock circuit;

means for switching the relay to connect the service line with the tape player lock circuit; and

transmitter means for transmitting a signal from said service line to said tape player;

such that said signal from said service line is demodulated and played through said tape player.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, said base unit further comprising an on hook detector including means for cutting off a pilot signal, causing said tape drive motor to resume operation, causing the tape player lock circuit of the base unit to open, and causing said relay to open when a party at another end of a telephone line hangs up.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising means for causing the speaking voice of a user to be transmitted by the transmitter of the player via the microphone and microphone amplifier means of the tape player, and means in said base unit for demodulating the speaking voice;

audio microphone amplifier means for amplifying the demodulated voice signal; and

means for coupling said service line to said amplifier means via an output transformer.

4. A system as claimed in claim 1, said base unit further comprising a hook detector including means for outputting a high electric potential to cut off the tape player pilot signal;

means for causing a transmitting circuit of the handset unit to open upon failure to receive the pilot signal;

means for causing the motor to restart upon opening of the handset unit transmitting circuit;

means for opening the tape player lock circuit of the base unit upon failure to receive the pilot signal; and

means for causing said relay to return to an open state upon failure receive the pilot signal, thereby returning said system to its original state.