Portable remote terminal apparatus

• US 6,198,820 B1
• Filed: 12/17/1997
• Issued: 03/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Tetsushi, Kumamoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing F.
• Application Number:
  US08/992,413
• Time in Patent Office: 1,175 Days
• Field of Search: 379/413, 379/361, 379/418, 455/574, 455/312, 455/466, 713/322, 713/501
• US Class Current: 379/413
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/029 reducing the clock frequency of the controller
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The portable remote terminal apparatus comprises a CPU, a clock oscillating means and a keyboard for operation, and is arranged to execute communication in a time sharing system. In the present portable remote terminal apparatus, there are provided key input detecting circuit for detecting that the keyboard has been operated, and an interrupt controller; and, when the present portable remote terminal apparatus is put into an intermittent receiving state, the CPU outputs a stop signal to thereby stop the operation of the clock oscillating means so that the CPU is switched over into the sleep mode, if the keyboard is operated, then the key input detecting circuit detects such keyboard operation so that it not only transmits data to the CPU but also outputs a signal to the interrupt controller, in response to this, the interrupt controller activates the clock oscillating means, and, after the output of the clock oscillating means is stabilized, a clock signal is supplied to the CPU and a signal is transmitted to the CPU so that the CPU is switched from the sleep mode over to the normal mode.

Claims

1. A portable remote terminal apparatus comprising:

a clock oscillator for generating a high-frequency clock signal;

a CPU switching between a normal operating mode and a sleep mode in response to the high-frequency clock signal;

an input device;

an input detecting circuit for detecting an input from the input device; and

an interrupt controller connected to the input detecting circuit,

wherein when the portable remote terminal apparatus enters an intermittent receiving state, the CPU outputs a stop signal to stop the operation of the clock oscillator to switch the CPU into the sleep mode, and

wherein in response to detecting an input signal from the input device, the input detecting circuit transmits the input signal to the CPU and outputs a signal to the interrupt controller, the interrupt controller activates the clock oscillator in response to the signal from the input detecting circuit, and the CPU switches to the normal operating mode in response to the clock signal from the clock oscillator.

2. A portable remote terminal apparatus comprising:

a low-frequency clock oscillator for generating a first clock signal for clock;

a high-frequency clock oscillator for generating a second clock signal for data transmission; and

a start-stop synchronous data transmission and receiving device operable to transmit and receive data at a plurality of transmission speeds, comprising;

a data transmission control device for setting the data transmission speed; and

a switching device for selecting the output of one of the low-frequency and the high-frequency clock oscillators according to the transmission speed set by the data transmission control device,

wherein when the transmission speed is set at a predetermined speed, the start-stop synchronous data transmission and receiving device stops the operation of the high-frequency clock oscillator, and selects the output of the low-frequency clock oscillator for use in data transmission.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a frequency divider for dividing the frequency of the low-frequency clock to generate a sampling clock and a baud rate clock when the transmission speed is set at the predetermined speed, the sampling clock and the baud rate clock each having a predetermined degree of accuracy.

4. A portable remote terminal apparatus comprising:

a CPU operable in a normal mode and a sleep mode in response to the first clock signal from the high-frequency oscillator;

a low-frequency clock oscillator for generating a first clock signal; and

a control section for switching the operation of the apparatus between an intermittent state and a normal state, the control section comprising;

an intermittent enable bit;

a clock management section including a high-frequency clock oscillator for generating a second clock signal having a frequency higher than that of the first clock signal;

a receiving section for dividing the frequency of the second clock signal; and

a return position control section,

wherein when the portable remote terminal apparatus enters an intermittent receiving state, the CPU sets the intermittent enable bit to an intermittent state, sets a return timing in the return position control section, the return timing being set at least partly based on an oscillation stabilizing time of the high-frequency clock oscillator, and stops the operation of the high-frequency oscillator so the CPU turns into the sleep mode, and

wherein when the apparatus is in the intermittent receiving state, the return position control section resets the intermittent enable bit and starts the operation of the high-frequency oscillator to return the CPU from the sleep mode to the normal mode based on the return timing set by the CPU and the first clock signal generated by the low-frequency clock oscillator.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the return position control section comprises a selector for selecting between the first and second clock signals, a slot counter that counts the selected clock signal, a register for storing the return timing set by the CPU, and a comparator for comparing the output of the slot counter with the return timing stored in the register to generate a return trigger signal for the clock management section.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the clock management section comprises a VCO having an oscillating element, a PLL synthesizer coupled to the VCO, and a timing generator for controlling the VCO and the PLL synthesizer, wherein the timing generator turns off the VCO and the PLL synthesizer in response to a signal from the CPU, and turns on the VCO and the PLL synthesizer in response to the return trigger signal from the return position control section.