Headset for hands-free wireless telephone
First Claim
1. A wireless telephone for receiving digitized voice information transmitted at a radio frequency, converting the received digitized voice information into a received audio signal on a speaker audio line, the wireless telephone comprising:
- a headset jack for receiving a headset plug, the headset jack having a ground conductor, a movable conductor, and a stationary conductor, wherein the movable conductor is electrically isolated from the stationary conductor when a headset is plugged into the headset jack and the movable conductor is electrically coupled to the stationary conductor when the headset is removed from the headset jack;
means coupled to the stationary conductor for generating a headset detect logic signal on the stationary conductor indicating when the headset plug is plugged into the headset jack; and
a digital logic circuit having an input coupled to the stationary conductor and at least one logic output, the digital logic circuit including means for generating a programmed response to a signal on the input.
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Abstract
A wireless telephone using an RF receiver unit and an RF transmitter unit and having a removable headset, the telephone and headset particularly suitable for applications where the RF transmitter unit is switched on and off at a frequency less than twenty kilohertz. The wireless telephone is coupled to the headset using a conventional stereo plug and jack. A headset detect logic signal is generated from the speaker audio line. A microphone current detect logic signal is generated from the microphone audio line. A digital logic circuit, preferably including a microprocessor, monitors the headset detect logic signal and microphone current detect logic signals and generates a programmed response to the headset detect logic signal. The programmed response reduces audible noise to the headset user, generates a ringing signal on the speaker audio line when an incoming call is received and allows the headset user to answer incoming calls, and place outgoing calls while touching only the headset. The wireless telephone and headset include circuitry to reject RF noise and circuitry to attenuate RF noise passed into the wireless telephone by a long multi-conductor wire coupling the headset to the wireless telephone.
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8 Claims
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1. A wireless telephone for receiving digitized voice information transmitted at a radio frequency, converting the received digitized voice information into a received audio signal on a speaker audio line, the wireless telephone comprising:
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a headset jack for receiving a headset plug, the headset jack having a ground conductor, a movable conductor, and a stationary conductor, wherein the movable conductor is electrically isolated from the stationary conductor when a headset is plugged into the headset jack and the movable conductor is electrically coupled to the stationary conductor when the headset is removed from the headset jack; means coupled to the stationary conductor for generating a headset detect logic signal on the stationary conductor indicating when the headset plug is plugged into the headset jack; and a digital logic circuit having an input coupled to the stationary conductor and at least one logic output, the digital logic circuit including means for generating a programmed response to a signal on the input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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