Adaptive battery saving controller with signal quality detecting means
First Claim
1. A communication receiver capable of receiving a carrier signal having a binary coded message signal modulated thereon and including address code words and message code words corresponding thereto, said communication receiver comprising:
- means for receiving and demodulating the transmitted coded message signal;
signal quality detecting means, coupled to said receiving means, for generating a quality indication signal indicating an acceptable carrier signal quality level when the magnitude of the received coded message signal is equal to or greater than a predetermined signal magnitude;
decoding means, coupled to said receiving means, for decoding the received address code words to identify the corresponding message code words intended therefore;
said decoding means further including distinguishing means for distinguishing address code words and message code words; and
battery saving means, responsive to said decoding means and the quality indication signal, for suspending the supply of power to said receiving means following substantially upon the detection by said distinguishing means of received message code words not intended for the communication receiver.
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Abstract
An adaptive battery saving controller for a battery powered communication receiver utilizes a signal quality detector for detecting strong signal and weak signal conditions. During strong signal conditions, the adaptive battery saving controller is capable of suspending the supply of power to the receiver during the reception of message code words not intended for the communication receiver. The adaptive battery saving controller is also capable of suspending the supply of power to the receiver following the detection of a hard address error. During weak signal conditions, the adaptive battery saving controller reverts to conventional battery saving techniques.
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20 Claims
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1. A communication receiver capable of receiving a carrier signal having a binary coded message signal modulated thereon and including address code words and message code words corresponding thereto, said communication receiver comprising:
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means for receiving and demodulating the transmitted coded message signal; signal quality detecting means, coupled to said receiving means, for generating a quality indication signal indicating an acceptable carrier signal quality level when the magnitude of the received coded message signal is equal to or greater than a predetermined signal magnitude; decoding means, coupled to said receiving means, for decoding the received address code words to identify the corresponding message code words intended therefore; said decoding means further including distinguishing means for distinguishing address code words and message code words; and battery saving means, responsive to said decoding means and the quality indication signal, for suspending the supply of power to said receiving means following substantially upon the detection by said distinguishing means of received message code words not intended for the communication receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An adaptive battery saving controller for a communication receiver capable of receiving transmitted coded message signals comprising address code words and message code words corresponding thereto, said adaptive battery saving controller comprising:
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signal quality detecting means, responsive to the received coded message signals, for generating a quality indication signal indicating an acceptable received signal quality level when the magnitude of the received coded message signal is equal to or greater than a predetermined signal magnitude; decoding means, for decoding the received address code words to identify the corresponding message code words intended therefore, said decoding means further including distinguishing means for distinguishing address code words and message code words; and battery saving means, responsive to said decoding means and to the quality indication signal, for suspending the supply of power to the communication receiver following substantially upon the detection by said distinguishing means of received message code words not intended for the communication receiver. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communication receiver capable of receiving a carrier signal having a binary coded message signal modulated thereon, the coded message signal comprising at least a binary address code word, said communication receiver comprising:
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means for receiving and demodulating the transmitted coded message signal; signal quality detecting means, coupled to said receiving means, for generating a quality indication signal indicating an acceptable carrier signal quality level when the magnitude of the received coded message signal is equal to or greater than a predetermined signal magnitude; code memory means, for storing a predetermined binary address code word assigned to the communication receiver; decoding means, coupled to said receiving means, for decoding the received address code word, said decoding means comprising bit error detecting means, coupled to said receiving means and to said code memory means, for generating a bit error signal when a data bit of the received address code word does not match a corresponding data bit of the predetermined address code word, and controller means, responsive to the bit error signal and the quality indication signal for generating a first control signal in response thereto; and battery saving means, responsive to the first control signal for suspending the supply of power to said receiver means following substantially upon the occurrence of the bit error signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. An adaptive battery saving controller for a communication receiver capable of receiving a transmitted coded message signal comprising at least an address code words, said adaptive battery saving controller comprising:
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signal quality detecting means, responsive to the received coded message signal, for generating a quality indication signal indicating an acceptable received signal quality level when the magnitude of the received coded message signal is equal to or greater than a predetermined signal magnitude; code memory means, for storing a predetermined address code word assigned to the communication receiver; decoding means, for decoding the received address code word, said decoding means comprising bit error detecting means, coupled to said said code memory means, for generating a bit error signal when a data bit of the received address code word does not match a corresponding data bit of the predetermined address code word, and controller means, responsive to the bit error signal and the quality indication signal for generating a first control signal in response thereto; and battery saving means, responsive to the first control signal, for suspending the supply of power to said receiver means following substantially upon the occurrence of the bit error signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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