Voice announcement broadcasting technique for base station of CT-2 cordless telephone

• US 5,894,594 A
• Filed: 03/31/1997
• Issued: 04/13/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Chang-Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Armstrong, Darnell R.
• Application Number:
  US08/829,309
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414, 455/412, 455/426, 455/462-465, 455/561, 455/563, 455/567, 379/88.07, 379/88.28, 704/270, 704/272, 370/328, 370/329, 370/465, 370/466, 370/467
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0038 System on Chip
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72502 with one base station connected to a single line

Abstract

A voice announcement technique for directly accessing a memory containing voice announcement data stored therein at the final output stage of the base station unit of a CT-2 digital cordless telephone system includes: a memory for storing voice announcement data therein; a conversion unit for converting voice announcement data received from the memory into a radio signal according to a CT-2 format, and for outputting the radio signal, a direct memory access control unit for accessing the data from the memory in a direct memory access manner when receiving a transfer request signal, and for sending the accessed data to a data bus, and an interface unit coupled between the conversion unit and the direct memory access control unit, the interface unit dividing the frequency of a direct memory access clock output from the conversion unit, and for generating the transfer request signal, while sending the data on the data bus to the conversion unit when the direct memory access control unit generates a transfer acknowledge signal.

Claims

1. A voice announcement apparatus for a base station unit of a CT-2 cordless telephone system, comprising:

a memory for storing voice announcement data therein;

a conversion unit for converting voice announcement data received from said memory into a radio signal according to a CT-2 format, and for outputting said radio signal;

a direct memory access control unit for accessing the data from said memory in a direct memory access manner when receiving a transfer request signal, and for sending said accessed data to a data bus; and

an interface unit coupled between said conversion unit and said direct memory access control unit, said interface unit dividing the frequency of a direct memory access clock output from said conversion unit, and for generating said transfer request signal, while sending the data on the data bus to said conversion unit when said direct memory access control unit generates a transfer acknowledge signal.

2. A voice announcement apparatus for a base station unit of a CT-2 cordless telephone system, comprising:

a memory for storing voice announcement data therein in the form of adaptive differential pulse-coded modulation data;

a conversion unit for converting serial voice announcement data received from said memory into a radio signal according to a CT-2 format, and for outputting said radio signal;

a direct memory access control unit for accessing said memory in a direct memory access manner when receiving a transfer request signal, and for sending data accessed from said memory to a data bus; and

an interface unit coupled between said conversion unit and said direct memory access control unit, said interface unit dividing the frequency of a direct memory access clock output from said conversion unit, and for generating said transfer request signal, while converting parallel data on said data bus into serial data and sending said converted data to said conversion unit when said direct memory access control unit generates a transfer acknowledge signal.

3. A voice announcement method used in a base station unit of a CT-2 cordless telephone system, said base station unit including a memory for storing voice announcement data therein and a conversion unit for converting data supplied thereto into data according to a CT-2 format and outputting said converted data, the method comprising the steps of:

opening a data bus at said conversion unit when said conversion unit requests a direct memory access;

controlling said conversion unit to access the voice announcement data stored in said memory in a direct memory access manner; and

converting the accessed voice announcement data into data according to said CT-2 format, and broadcasting said converted data.

4. A voice announcement apparatus for a base station unit of a cordless telephone system, comprising:

a memory for storing voice announcement data therein;

a conversion unit for converting voice announcement data received from said memory into a radio signal according to a predetermined format, and for outputting said radio signal;

a direct memory access control unit for accessing the data from said memory in a direct memory access manner when receiving a transfer request signal, and for sending said accessed data to a data bus; and

an interface unit coupled between said conversion unit and said direct memory access control unit, said interface unit dividing the frequency of a direct memory access clock output from said conversion unit, and for generating said transfer request signal, while sending the data on the data bus to said conversion unit when said direct memory access control unit generates a transfer acknowledge signal.

5. A voice announcement apparatus for a base station unit of a cordless telephone system, comprising:

a memory for storing voice announcement data therein in the form of adaptive differential pulse-coded modulation data;

a conversion unit for converting serial voice announcement data received from said memory into a radio signal according to a predetermined format, and for outputting said radio signal;

a direct memory access control unit for accessing said memory in a direct memory access manner when receiving a transfer request signal, and for sending data accessed from said memory to a data bus; and

an interface unit coupled between said conversion unit and said direct memory access control unit, said interface unit dividing the frequency of a direct memory access clock output from said conversion unit, and for generating said transfer request signal, while converting parallel data on said data bus into serial data and sending said converted data to said conversion unit when said direct memory access control unit generates a transfer acknowledge signal.

6. A voice announcement method used in a base station unit of a cordless telephone system, said base station unit including a memory for storing voice announcement data therein and a conversion unit for converting data supplied thereto into data according to a predetermined format and outputting said converted data, the method comprising the steps of

opening a data bus at said conversion unit when said conversion unit requests a direct memory access;

controlling said conversion unit to access the voice announcement data stored in said memory in a direct memory access manner; and

converting the accessed voice announcement data into data according to said predetermined format, and broadcasting said converted data.