Assembly comprising a mobile telephone

• US 7,283,849 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2002
• Issued: 10/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Andreas Peiker
• Original Assignee: Andreas Peiker
• Inventors: Peiker, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban; Edward F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TU X
• Application Number:
  US10/466,624
• Publication Number:
  US 20040058704A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,097 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/569.1, 455/557, 455/552.1, 455/554.2, 455/556, 455/79, 455/563, 455/573, 455/569.2
• US Class Current: 455/569.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0052 using screws, bolts, rivets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0075 using a containment or docking space
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0078 Quick-disconnect two-parts mounting means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface

Abstract

An arrangement including a base station, an adapter coupled to the base station, and a mobile telephone coupled to the adapter. The adapter carries out information matching between the base station and the mobile telephone, including electrical and protocol matching between the mobile telephone and the base station.

Claims

1. An arrangement for use in a motor vehicle, comprising a base station, an adapter, and a mobile telephone, all electronically interconnected with one another, said base station comprising two interfaces and a module having a first controller that interfaces with a network in the motor vehicle and a second controller that operates in parallel with the first controller for interacting with the mobile telephone, said adapter comprising two interfaces and at least one module for adapting the mobile telephone to the base station and for adapting the base station to the mobile telephone,

wherein said base station is universal in that it can be used with a variety of different mobile telephones, and wherein said adapter is specifically matched with a particular mobile telephone and carries out matching of information between said base station and the particular mobile telephone and also carries out electrical and protocol matching between the particular mobile telephone and said base station, and wherein said adapter and said base station communicate wirelessly through their respective interfaces via electromagnetic radio waves and said mobile telephone and said adapter communicate wirelessly through their respective interfaces via electromagnetic radio waves.

2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base station further comprises a module for processing speech signals, including at least one of echo cancellation, noise suppression, and signal amplification.

3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an interface coupled to the base station for interfacing with the adapter;

a vehicle network controller coupled to the base station; and

a mobile telephone controller coupled to the base station,

wherein the interface is further coupled to at least one of the vehicle network controller and the mobile telephone controller.

4. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2, the adapter further including a module for matching a level of the speech signals to the base station.

5. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile telephone further includes a databus and wherein the adapter further includes an interface to the base station, the interface including at least one of a vehicle network protocol module and a mobile telephone protocol module, and an initialization module for matching to the databus.

6. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adapter further includes a charger operable as an energy source for the mobile telephone.

7. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base station is coupled to the adapter via at least one of a cable, a radio link, infrared, and Bluetooth.

8. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a memory medium coupled to at least one of the base station and the adapter unit for storing user-specific functions including at least one of hands-free operation, connection to a vehicle bus, noise cancellation, echo cancellation, speech recognition, text conversion to speech, and speech conversion to text.

9. The arrangement as claimed in claim 8, wherein the memory medium provides user-specific functions which are available in the mobile telephone, including at least one of speech recognition, noise cancellation, and echo cancellation for operation of the mobile telephone.

10. The arrangement as claimed in claim 8, wherein the memory medium comprises at least one of a removable and rewritable memory medium.

11. The arrangement as claimed in claim 8, wherein the memory medium is rewritable via a radio link.

12. The arrangement as claimed in claim 8, wherein the memory medium holds supplementary data for user-specific functions for at least one of the mobile telephone, the base station, and the adapter, and wherein the supplementary data includes an extended dictionary for text conversion to speech and/or speech conversion to text.

13. The arrangement as claimed in claim 10, wherein the memory medium is at least one of a memory board and a plug-in module.

15. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adapter further comprises an energy source to charge the mobile phone when the adapter is removed from the base station.

14. An arrangement for use in a motor vehicle, comprising a base station, an adapter, and a mobile telephone, all electronically interconnected with one another, said base station comprising two interfaces and a module having a first controller that interfaces with a network in the motor vehicle and a second controller that operates in parallel with the first controller for interfacing with the mobile telephone, said adapter comprising two interfaces and at least one module for adapting the mobile telephone to the base station and for adapting the base station to the mobile telephone,

wherein said base station is universal in th at it can be used with a variety of different mobile telephones, and wherein said adapter is specifically matched with a particular mobile telephone and carries out matching of information between said base station and the particular mobile telephone and also carries out electrical and protocol matching between the particular mobile telephone and said base station, and wherein said adapter and said base station communicate wirelessly through their respective interfaces via electromagnetic radio waves and said base station supplies energy to said adapter by induction.