Externally attached handset of an end terminal used for mobile communication systems

• US 5,452,474 A
• Filed: 01/14/1994
• Issued: 09/19/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Kagawa, Tetsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WISLER, MARK
• Application Number:
  US08/181,444
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: 455/73, 455/74, 455/78, 455/79, 455/89, 455/90, 455/66, 455/93, 455/63, 379/58-61, 379/63, 379/96-98, 379/110, 379/93, 379/100, 358/442, 358/468, 358/434-439, 358/441
• US Class Current: 455/569.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32704 Establishing a communication with one of a facsimile and another telecommunication apparatus sharing a single line
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32708 Telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32721 facsimile protocol signals, e.g. DCS or TSI
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32732 within a predetermined time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32745 Generating messages, indications or warnings locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32752 Manual connection of one of the apparatus other than by putting a telephone off-hook
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32754 Automatically connecting another apparatus when a first one has finished
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An externally attached handset connected between an end terminal of a mobile communication system and a data communication end terminal which handset is connected via a speaker/microphone terminal on the end terminal of the mobile communication system. The handset comprises a speaker, a microphone, a detecting device detecting a data communication signal, and an on/off circuit device which automatically disconnects a microphone from a microphone signal line when data communication is performed. The handset may further includes a display device which indicates that data communication is being performed.

Claims

1. An externally attached handset, connected between an end terminal of a mobile communication system having a speaker/microphone terminal by which an externally attached speaker and microphone are connected and a data communication end terminal connected to the end terminal of the mobile communication system via the speaker/microphone terminal, which handset comprises:

a speaker signal line connecting said end terminal of said mobile communication system to said data communication end terminal via said speaker/microphone terminal;

a microphone signal line connecting said end terminal of said mobile communication system to said data communication end terminal via said speaker/microphone terminal;

a speaker, connected to said speaker signal line, converting a signal on the speaker signal line into an audio sound;

a microphone, connected to said microphone signal line, converting a sound into a sound signal and supplying the sound signal to said microphone signal line;

detecting means for detecting a called station identification signal and a data communication signal including a data communication protocol signal on said speaker signal line and on said microphone signal line; and

an on/off circuit device, connected between said microphone and said microphone signal line, disconnecting said microphone from said microphone signal line when said called station identification signal is detected by said detecting means on said speaker signal line or on said microphone signal line, said on/off circuit device reconnecting said microphone to said microphone signal line while said microphone is disconnected and when said data communication signal has not been detected by said detecting means for a predetermined period of time.

2. The handset as claimed in claim 1, wherein said detecting means comprises a tone detecting device connected to both said speaker signal line and said microphone signal line.

3. The handset as claimed in claim 1, wherein said detecting means is independently provided to both said speaker signal line and said microphone signal line.

4. The handset as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a notifying means for notifying a user that said call identification signal is detected by said detecting means.

5. The handset as claimed in claim 4, wherein said notifying means comprises a character displaying device, which displaying device displays a detection of said call identification signal and also displays an instruction of an operation procedure of said data communication end terminal.

6. The handset as claimed in claim 1, further including a manually operated switch which switches said on/off circuit device to a state where said microphone is disconnected from said microphone signal line.

7. The handset as claimed in claim 1, wherein said detecting means comprises first and second tone detecting devices, the first tone detecting device being connected to said speaker signal line and the second tone detecting device being connected to said microphone line, so as to determine whether said data communication end terminal is performing a transmitting operation or a receiving operation.

8. The handset as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a notifying means for notifying a user that said data communication end terminal is performing a transmitting operation or a receiving operation in accordance with a result of a detection performed by said first and second tone detecting devices.

9. An externally attached handset, connected between an end terminal of a portable radiotelephone having a speaker/microphone terminal by which an externally attached speaker and microphone are connected and a facsimile machine connected to the portable radiotelephone via the speaker/microphone terminal, which handset comprises:

a speaker signal line connecting said portable radiotelephone to said facsimile machine via said speaker/microphone terminal;

a microphone signal line connecting said portable radiotelephone to said facsimile machine via said speaker/microphone terminal;

a speaker, connected to said speaker signal line, converting a signal on the speaker signal line into an audio sound;

a microphone, connected to said microphone signal line, converting a sound into a sound signal and supplying the sound signal to said microphone signal line;

detecting means for detecting a data communication signal and a data communication protocol signal, including a communication-start protocol signal and a communication-end protocol signal, on said speaker signal line and on said microphone signal line; and

an on/off circuit device, connected between said microphone and said microphone signal line, disconnecting said microphone from said microphone signal line when said communication-start protocol signal for facsimile communication is detected by said detecting means, connecting said microphone to said microphone signal line when said communication-end protocol signal is detected by said detecting means, said on/off circuit device reconnecting said microphone to said microphone signal line while said microphone is disconnected and when said data communication signal has not been detected by said detecting means for a predetermined period of time.

10. The handset as claimed in claim 9, wherein said detecting means comprises a tone detecting device connected to both said speaker signal line and said microphone signal line.

11. The handset as claimed in claim 9, wherein said detecting means is independently provided to both said speaker signal line and said microphone signal line.

12. The handset as claimed in claim 9, wherein said detecting means comprises a filter connected to said speaker signal line and said microphone signal line, and a modem connected to said filter.

13. The handset as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a notifying means for notifying a user that said communication-start protocol signal is detected by said detecting means.

14. The handset as claimed in claim 13, wherein said notifying means comprises a character displaying device which displays a detection of said communication-start protocol signal and also displays an instruction of an operation procedure of said facsimile machine.

15. The handset as claimed in claim 9, further including a manually operated switch which switches said on/off circuit device to a state where said microphone is disconnected from said microphone signal line.

16. The handset as claimed in claim 9, wherein said detecting means comprises first and second tone detecting devices, the first tone detecting device being connected to said speaker signal line and the other second tone detecting device being connected to said microphone line, so as to determine whether said facsimile machine is performing a transmitting operation or a receiving operation.

17. The handset as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a notifying means for notifying a user that said facsimile machine is performing a transmitting operation or a receiving operation in accordance with a result of a detection performed by first and second tone detecting devices.