Mobile telephone having a portable telephone, vehicle-mounted booster, vehicle-mounted battery and a voltage regulator

• US 5,524,044 A
• Filed: 09/10/1993
• Issued: 06/04/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Takeda, Mikio
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): CUMMING, WILLIAM D
• Application Number:
  US08/120,274
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: 379/58, 455/11, 455/89, 455/16, 455/17, 455/9, 455/20, 455/88, 330/127
• US Class Current: 455/571
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3833 Hand-held transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3877 Arrangements for enabling portable transceivers to be used in a fixed position, e.g. cradles or boosters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/46 in multi hop networks, e.g. wireless relay networks

Abstract

A mobile telephone apparatus connects a portable telephone terminal to a vehicle-mounted booster device and performs communication via a vehicle-mounted antenna. The apparatus includes means for detecting that the portable telephone terminal has been connected to the vehicle-mounted booster device, means for decreasing transmitting power of the portable telephone terminal to fixed level when the portable telephone terminal has been connected to the vehicle-mounted booster device, and means for performing control so as to vary the transmitting power of the booster device when the portable telephone terminal has been connected to the vehicle-mounted booster device.

Claims

1. In a mobile telephone apparatus comprising in combination a portable telephone terminal a vehicle-mounted booster device a vehicle-mounted battery and a voltage regulator for converting a voltage from the vehicle-mounted battery to a predetermined voltage and supplying the portable telephone terminal with the predetermined voltage, and performing communication with a wireless base station via a vehicle-mounted antenna,

said portable telephone terminal comprising:

means for detecting that the portable telephone terminal has been connected to the vehicle-mounted booster device;

means for decreasing transmitting power of the portable telephone terminal to a predetermined constant low level;

means for supplying transmitting power control data sent from the wireless base station to the vehicle mounted booster device; and

means for changing connection of a transceiver built in the portable telephone terminal from an own antenna thereof to said vehicle-mounted antenna, and

said booster device comprising

means for controlling the transmitting power of said booster device based upon data which is supplied from said supplying means so as to control the transmitting power of the booster device in accordance with the transmitting power control data which is sent to said portable telephone terminal from the wireless base station

wherein;

when said detecting means detects that the portable telephone terminal has been connected to the vehicle-mounted booster device, the voltage regulator supplies the predetermined voltage to the portable telephone terminal, said decreasing means decreases the transmitting power of the portable telephone terminal to the predetermined constant low level, said supplying means supplies the transmitting-power control data to the vehicle-mounted booster, said changing means changes the connection of the transceiver-to the vehicle-mounted antenna, and said controlling means of the booster device controls the transmitting power of said vehicle-mounted booster based upon the transmitting power control data.

2. In a mobile telephone apparatus comprising in combination a portable telephone terminal and a vehicle-mounted booster device and performing communication with a wireless base station via a vehicle-mounted antenna,

said portable telephone terminal comprising:

means for detecting that the portable telephone terminal has been connected to the vehicle-mounted booster device;

means for decreasing transmitting power of the portable telephone terminal to a predetermined constant level when said detecting means detects that the portable telephone terminal has been connected to the vehicle-mounted booster device; and

means for performing control so as to vary the transmitting power of the booster device when said detecting means detects that the portable telephone terminal has been connected to the vehicle-mounted booster device, and

said booster device comprising;

means for controlling the transmitting power of said booster device based upon data which is sent from said control performing means of said portable telephone terminal so as to control the transmitting power of the booster device in accordance with transmitting-power control data which is sent to said portable telephone terminal from the wireless base station; and

means for detecting whether or not the portable telephone terminal has been connected with said booster device, wherein;

said controlling means places the transmitting power of the booster device at a zero level if said portable telephone terminal has not been connected with said booster device, and

wherein said detecting means of the portable telephone terminal detects connection or nonconnection thereof with said booster device, based upon whether or not data transmitted from the booster device is being received, and said detecting means of said booster device detects connection or non-connection based upon whether or not data transmitted from the portable telephone terminal is being received.