Computer peripheral device with the functions of a radio, a microphone, and a mouse

• US 6,647,254 B1
• Filed: 07/19/1999
• Issued: 11/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gemtek Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Gemtek Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Chen, Hung-Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Pablo N
• Application Number:
  US09/356,380
• Time in Patent Office: 1,576 Days
• Field of Search: 455/344, 455/557, 455/550.1, 455/90.3, 455/347, 455/128, 455/91, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/550, 455/525, 710/12, 710/1, 710/8, 710/15, 710/73, 710/106, 379/428, 379/433
• US Class Current: 455/344
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A computer peripheral device with the functions of a radio, a microphone, and a mouse consists of a USB control interface, a mouse circuit, a radio circuit, and a microphone. The USB control interface has a USB port for being connected to a computer. The mouse circuit and the radio circuit are connected to the USB control interface. The radio circuit consists of a phase lock loop, a frequency modulation circuit, an antenna, and an audio processing unit. The microphone circuit is connected to an audio processing unit. By the aforementioned structure, a coordinate signal is outputted from the USB control interface through the mouse circuit for controlling a computer program. The radio program serves to control the radio circuit through the USB control interface for receiving the broadcast program from a radio broadcasting station. Then, the audio processing unit serves to digitize the audio signal and then send the digital audio signal to the computer through the USB control interface for being converted back into an audio for being outputted. The microphone circuit serves to pick up a voice signal and then the signal is processed by the audio processing unit and then is sent to the computer through the USB control interface for being converted into voice for being outputted.

Claims

1. A computer peripheral device with the functions of a radio, a microphone, and a mouse comprising:

a USB control interface having a USB port for connecting to a computer;

a mouse circuit connected to the USB control interface for outputting a mouse coordinate signal; and

a radio circuit connected to the USB control interface, the radio circuit consists of a phase lock loop, a frequency modulation circuit, an antenna, and an audio processing unit, wherein

the phase lock loop is connected to the USB control interface for receiving the commands from the USB control interface and controlling the frequency modulation circuit;

the frequency modulation circuit is connected to the phase lock loop, the frequency modulation circuit consists of an amplifier, a mixer, and a demodulator, the amplifier serves to amplify the signal received by the antenna, and then signal passes through the mixer for generating a medium frequency (MF) signal, then the MF signal is amplified and passes through a demodulator for being demodulated as a pulse frequency signal;

the antenna is connected to a frequency modulation circuit and serves to receive the electromagnetic wave of a broadcasting station;

the audio processing unit is connected to the frequency modulation circuit, the audio processing unit consists of an amplifier, a filter, and an analog to digital converter;

the audio processing unit serves to process the pulse frequency signal and then output the signal to the USB control interface, and then the digitized audio signal is sent to the computer for being converted as audio for being outputted;

if the audio processing unit neglect the analog to digital converter, then the analog audio signal may be sent to the computer through the USB control interface; and

the microphone circuit is connected to the audio processing unit, the microphone circuit serves to pick up voice signals, then after processed by the audio processing unit, the digitized audio signals are sent to the computer for being converted into voices for being outputted.