Method and circuit arrangement for adjusting the volume in a mobile telephone

• US 5,313,661 A
• Filed: 01/31/1990
• Issued: 05/17/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Lajunen, Ari-Pekka, Malmi, Kalevi
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Charouel, Lisa
• Application Number:
  US07/473,666
• Time in Patent Office: 1,567 Days
• Field of Search: 455/200, 455/232, 455/89, 455/177, 455/248, 455/249, 455/355, 455/234.2, 455/232.1, 455/200.1, 455/234.2, 455/177.1, 455/248.1, 455/249.1, 455/300, 359/147, 359/148, 381/105, 381/109, 381/111-115, 379/407, 379/409, 379/412
• US Class Current: 455/232.1
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 1/02 Remote control of amplification, tone or bandwidth combined with remote tuning or selection of resonant circuits H03J
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6016 in the receiver circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/042 with variable loudness of the ringing tone, e.g. variable envelope or amplitude of ring signal

Abstract

Method and circuit arrangement for adjusting the volume in a mobile telephone. The telephone comprises a transceiver unit and on the other hand a physically separate operating device. A dc voltage level (DC) corresponding to the desired volume is adjusted with a potentiometer (1) in the operating device and the level is converted with an A/D-converter (2) into a corresponding digital control signal. The control signal is read with a microprocessor (3) in the transceiver unit, which further through the hold circuit (4) controls the gain of the audio amplifier (7). A multiplexer (5) may be provided for controlling and selecting a suitable feedback resistor (6) for the amplifier. The A/D-converter can be located in the operating device or in the transceiver unit. When it is located in the transceiver unit the dc voltage level (DC) is transmitted to the transceiver unit, preferably superimposed on the AC-signal received from the microphone, which then is filtered off before the A/D-converter. The connection between the operating device and the transceiver unit may be realized with a cable or a wireless infrared or radio connection.

Claims

1. Method for user adjustment of the volume of a mobile telephone including a transceiver unit and a physically separated operating device, comprising the steps of:

manually adjusting a dc voltage level of said telephone to provide a desired volume using circuit means in the operating device, said voltage level being variable in a preselected voltage range,

supplying a control signal corresponding to the dc voltage level to a microprocessor,

reading the control signal with the microprocessor,

adjusting the volume in relation to the control signal by controlling the gain of an audio amplifier through a multiplexer connected to the microprocessor, said multiplexer selecting an impedance connected in series with an input impedance of said audio amplifier.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the dc voltage level is converted to the control signal in the A/D-converter.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the converting to the control signal is provided in the operating device.

4. A method according to claim 2, wherein the converting to the control signal is provided in the transceiver unit.

5. A method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the dc voltage level or the control signal is transmitted to the transceiver unit through a cable.

6. A method according to claim 5, characterized in that the dc voltage level is transmitted on a same conductor together with an audio signal from a microphone.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein a second microprocessor is also provided in the operating device in connection with an A/D-converter, the second microprocessor transmitting the controls signal to a data bus between said operating device and said transceiver unit, thus providing volume control in accordance with the control signal.

8. A method according to claim 3, wherein the control signal is transmitted to the transceiver unit via one of more data lines.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein the transmission is provided as a wireless infrared connection.

10. A method according to claim 1 wherein the dc voltage level is selected with a potentiometer.

14. A method according to claim 8, wherein the transmission is provided via a radio connection.

15. A method according to claim 1, wherein the dc voltage level is selected by a rotary switch.

11. Circuit arrangement for user adjustment of the volume in a mobile telephone, comprising:

a transceiver unit;

a physically separated operating device having circuit means for creating a dc voltage level corresponding to a desired volume,

an A/D-converter for converting the dc voltage level to a digital control signal,

a microprocessor in the transceiver unit for controlling the gain of an audio amplifier, and

a multiplexer associated with said amplifier and connected to the microprocessor, said multiplexer selecting an impedance in series with in input impedance of said audio amplifier, and being selectably variable in accordance with the control digital signal to control the gain of the audio amplifier.

12. Circuit arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the circuit means of the circuit arrangement for creating the dc voltage level comprises a potentiometer.

16. Circuit arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the circuit means for creating the dc voltage comprises a rotary switch.

13. Method for adjusting the volume in a mobile telephone comprising a transceiver unit and a physically separated operating device, characterized by the steps of

adjusting a dc voltage level to correspond to a desired volume with circuit means in the operating device,

supplying a control signal corresponding to the dc level to a microprocessor,

reading the control signal with the microprocessor,

adjusting the volume in accordance with the control signal,

said control signal being generated by an A/D-converter in the operating device and sent to the transceiver unit through a cable and on the same conductor together with an audio signal from a microphone in said transceiver unit.