Communication system using short range radio communication headset

• US 7,110,800 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2002
• Issued: 09/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanaka, Shinichi, Momosaki, Kohei, Nagayasu, Katsuyoshi, Takebayashi, Yoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Anderson, Matthew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yun, Eugene
• Application Number:
  US10/325,934
• Publication Number:
  US 20030118197A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,366 Days
• Field of Search: 455/575.2, 455/569.1, 455/570, 455/41.2, 381/74, 381/309, 381/310, 381/311, 381/313, 381/317
• US Class Current: 455/575.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3866 carried on the head
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6008 in the transmitter circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1083 Reduction of ambient noise active noise reduction per se G10K11/175; protective devices for the ear, e.g. providing acoustic protection A61F11/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/107 Monophonic and stereophonic headphones with microphone for two-way hands free communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/033 Headphones for stereophonic communication details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/0335 Earpiece support, e.g. headbands or neckrests for monophonic headphones H04R1/105

Abstract

In a short range radio communication headset, signals transmitted by the short range radio communications are received while direct sounds propagated from an external are detected. Then, a digital signal adaptation processing using either received signals or the direct sounds as reference signals are applied, and a ratio between the received signals and the direct sounds is controlled by correlating the reference signals and another one of the received signals and the direct sounds that are not used as the reference signals and extracting necessary components.

Claims

1. A short range radio communication headset, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit or receive signals by short range radio communications;

an external sound detection microphone configured to detect direct sounds propagated from an external;

a speech processing unit configured to receive inputs of received signals received by the transceiver and the direct sounds detected by the external sound detection microphone, and selectively control a ratio between the received signals and the direct sounds; and

a speaker configured to output speeches with the ratio controlled by the speech processing unit,

wherein the speech processing unit comprises a unit configured to detect whether an emergency ID signal is attached to the received signals of the transceiver or not, and the speech processing unit does not reduce a ratio of the received signals when the emergency ID signal is attached to the received signals.

2. The short range radio communication headset of claim 1, wherein the speech processing unit has:

an A/D converter configured to convert the direct sounds into digital signals;

an adaptation processing unit configured carry out an adaptation processing using either the received signals of the transceiver or the digital signals converted from the direct sounds as reference signals; and

a correlation processing unit configured to extract desired components by correlating the reference signals with another one of the received signals of the transceiver or the digital signals converted from the direct sounds that are not used as the reference signals.

3. The short range radio communication headset of claim 2, wherein the speech processing unit outputs the received signals of the transceiver to the speaker in a reinforced form obtained by the correlation processing unit.

4. The short range radio communication headset of claim 2, wherein the speech processing unit outputs the direct sounds to the speaker in a reinforced form obtained by the correlation processing unit.

5. The short range radio communication headset of claim 2, wherein the speech processing unit uses the received signals of the transceiver as the reference signals, and the correlation processing unit extracts the desired components by correlating the direct sounds with the reference signals and sends a correlation result to the adaptation processing unit.

6. The short range radio communication headset of claim 2, wherein the speech processing unit also has a delay circuit for giving a delay to the received signals of the transceiver, and uses the direct sounds as the reference signals, and the correlation processing unit extracts the desired components by correlating the received signals delayed by the delay circuit with the reference signals and sends a correlation result to the adaptation processing unit.

7. The short range radio communication headset of claim 1, further comprising an opening/shutting controller configured to shut out the direct sounds propagated from the external according to needs.

8. A short range radio communication headset comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit or receive signals by short range radio communications;

an external sound detection microphone configured to detect direct sound propagated from an external;

a speech processing unit configured to receive inputs of received signals received by the transceiver and the direct sounds detected by the external sound detection microphone, and selectively control a ratio between the received signals and the direct sounds; and

a speaker configured to output speeches with the ratio controlled by the speech processing unit,

wherein the speech processing unit has;

an A/D converter configured to convert the direct sounds into digital signals;

an adaptation processing unit configured carry out an adaptation processing using either the received signals of the transceiver or the digital signals converted from the direct sounds as reference signals; and

a correlation processing unit configured to extract desired components by correlating the reference signals with another one of the received signals of the transceiver or the digital signals converted from the direct sounds that are not used as the reference signals, and

wherein the speech processing unit has a first mode for outputting the received signals of the transceiver in a reinforced form, and a second mode for outputting the direct sounds in a reinforced form, as obtained by the correlation processing unit, and the short range radio communication headset further comprises a mode changing switch for switching the first mode and the second mode.

9. The short range radio communication headset of claim 8, wherein the speech processing unit outputs the received signals of the transceiver to the speaker in a reinforced form obtained by the correlation processing unit.

10. The short range radio communication headset of claim 8, wherein the speech processing unit outputs the direct sounds to the speaker in a reinforced form obtained by the correlation processing unit.

11. The short range radio communication headset of claim 8, wherein the speech processing unit uses the received signals of the transceiver as the reference signals, and the correlation processing unit extracts the desired components by correlating the direct sounds with the reference signals and sends a correlation result to the adaptation processing unit.

12. The short range radio communication headset of claim 8, wherein the speech processing unit comprises a delay circuit for giving a delay to the received signals of the transceiver, and uses the direct sounds as the reference signals, and the correlation processing unit extracts the desired components by correlating the received signals delayed by the delay circuit with the reference signals and sends a correlation result to the adaptation processing unit.

13. The short range radio communication headset of claim 8, further comprising an opening/shutting controller configured to shut out the direct sounds propagated from the external according to needs.