Transmitter of wireless microphone, receiver for wireless microphone, portable information communication device, and wireless microphone communication system

• US 8,086,277 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2004
• Issued: 12/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TOA Corporation
• Original Assignee: TOA Corporation
• Inventors: Ganley, Richard, Tanaka, Tomohisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Nghi H
• Application Number:
  US10/564,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20070037606A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,724 Days
• Field of Search: 455/569.1, 455/575.1, 381/92, 381/122
• US Class Current: 455/569.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 15/10 for impotence
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 17/00 Drugs for dermatological disorders
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 17/10 Anti-acne agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 25/00 Drugs for disorders of the nervous system
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 25/28 for treating neurodegenerative disorders of the central nervous system, e.g. nootropic agents, cognition enhancers, drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 27/02 Ophthalmic agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 27/06 Antiglaucoma agents or miotics
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 27/16 Otologicals
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 3/00 Drugs for disorders of the metabolism of the blood or the extracellular fluid A61P7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 3/04 Anorexiants; Antiobesity agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 3/08 for glucose homeostasis pancreatic hormones A61P5/48
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 3/10 for hyperglycaemia, e.g. antidiabetics
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 31/04 Antibacterial agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 43/00 Drugs for specific purposes, not provided for in groups A61P1/00-A61P41/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/20 for coupling gramophone pick-up, recorder output, or microphone to receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/24 with feedback of measurements to the transmitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2410/00 Microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 29/004 for microphones H04R29/007 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 29/008 : Visual indication of individual signal levels visual indication of stereophonic sound image H04S7/40

Abstract

A wireless microphone communication system 1 comprises a transmitter 91b of a wireless microphone and a receiver 11 for the wireless microphone. The transmitter 91b of the wireless microphone includes an infrared interface 91c, a control portion 91d, and a function control portion 91e that controls a function of the wireless microphone. The control portion 91d controls the function control portion 91e according to information transmitted through the infrared interface 91c. The function of the transmitter 91b of the wireless microphone is controlled under this control. The receiver 11 of the wireless microphone has the infrared interface 11c. The receiver 11 of the wireless microphone sends, through the infrared interface 11c, information in the form of the infrared signal to control the function of the transmitter 91c of the wireless microphone.

Claims

1. A wireless microphone communication system comprising:

a wireless microphone including a sound receiving portion and a transmitter; and

a receiver for receiving a sound signal transmitted from the wireless microphone through a radio wave, characterized in that

the wireless microphone communication system further comprises a portable information communication device including a storage portion;

each of the transmitter, the receiver, and the portable information communication device has an infrared interface;

the receiver transmits to the portable information communication device through the infrared interface at least one piece of information selected from the group consisting of;

command information for commanding control of a function of the wireless microphone, request information for requesting the receiver to notify a setting state of the wireless microphone, and information regarding a type of a battery used in the transmitter of the wireless microphone;

the portable information communication device stores in the storage portion the at least one piece of information received from the receiver through the infrared interface and transmits to the transmitter through the infrared interface the at least one piece of information stored in the storage portion; and

the transmitter receives the at least one information from the portable communication device through the infrared interface.

2. The wireless microphone communication system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one piece of information is the command information, and the transmitter controls the function of the wireless microphone based on the command information.

3. The wireless microphone communication system according to claim 2, wherein the command information is information regarding an amplitude frequency characteristic of a sound signal, and the command information is to command the transmitter of the wireless microphone to control the amplitude frequency characteristic of the sound signal.

4. The wireless microphone communication system according to claim 2, wherein the command information is information regarding a gain of a sound signal, and the command information is to command the transmitter of the wireless microphone to control a gain given to the sound signal.

5. The wireless microphone communication system according to claim 2, wherein the command information is information regarding a frequency of a carrier wave, and the command information is to command the transmitter of the wireless microphone to control the frequency of the carrier wave.

6. The wireless microphone communication system according to claim 2, wherein the command information is information regarding an output level of a carrier wave, and the command information is to command the transmitter of the wireless microphone to control the output level of the carrier wave.

7. The wireless microphone communication system according to claim 2, wherein the command information is information regarding whether or not to permit a setting condition of the transmitter to be changed, and the command information is to command the transmitter of the wireless microphone to enable or disable an operation portion of the transmitter of the wireless microphone to change the setting condition.

8. The wireless microphone communication system according to claim 2, wherein the command information is information regarding deviation, and the command information is to command the transmitter of the wireless microphone to control the deviation.

9. The wireless microphone communication system according to claim 2, wherein the command information is information regarding a pilot tone, and the command information is to command the transmitter of the wireless microphone to start or stop transmission of the pilot tone.

10. The wireless microphone communication system according to claim 2, wherein the command information is information regarding a display, and the command information is to command the transmitter of the wireless microphone to cause the display into an operating state or a non-operating state.

11. The wireless microphone communication system according to claim 2, wherein the command information is information regarding a compander, and the command information is to command the transmitter of the wireless microphone to control a characteristic of the compander.

12. The wireless microphone communication system according to claim 2, wherein the command information is information regarding a mute function, and the command information is to command the transmitter of the wireless microphone to cause the mute function into an operating state or a non-operating state.