Method for controlling power in wireless telephone set

• US 9,119,161 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2011
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Park, Jae-Sun
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Lana N
• Application Number:
  US13/243,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20120015698A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,432 Days
• Field of Search: 4553431-3436, 455/574, 455/127.1, 455/127.5
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/40 Circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/028 switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method for controlling power in a wireless telephone set is provided. The method includes controlling a power supply to a receiving section and a transmitting section by using a transmitting section turn-on signal to turn on the transmitting section, when the transmitting section turn-on signal is received in a slot mode for alternating between a receiving condition and a sleeping condition at predetermined intervals, and when the transmitting section turn-on signal is not received, controlling the power supply to the receiving section according to the receiving condition of slot mode control signals during the slot mode when no interrupting signal has been detected.

Claims

1. A method for controlling power in a wireless telephone set, the method comprising the steps of:

operating, by the wireless telephone set, in a slot mode, in which the wireless telephone set alternates between a receiving condition and a sleeping condition at predetermined intervals;

converting from the slot mode into a user mode, when an interrupting signal is generated;

when a request for transmission of a signal is received in the user mode, operating, by the wireless telephone set, in a transmission condition; and

when a transmission operation in the transmission condition is terminated, operating, by the wireless telephone set, in the slot mode,

wherein in the user mode the wireless telephone set supplies power only to a section necessary for a predetermined operation according to an origin of the interrupting signal, and

wherein power consumed by the wireless telephone set operating in the user mode is less than power consumed by the wireless telephone set in the transmission condition, and power consumed by the wireless telephone set operating in the slot mode is less than the power consumed by the wireless telephone set in the user mode.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

when the predetermined operation is terminated, detecting whether or not there is a requirement for signal transmission; and

converting from the user mode into the slot mode, when there is no requirement for the signal transmission.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

when the predetermined operation is terminated, detecting whether or not there is a requirement for signal transmission; and

converting from the user mode into the transmission mode that supplies power to a transmitting section and a receiving section, when there is the requirement for the signal transmission.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the section necessary for the predetermined operation includes a display section of the wireless telephone set and a key input section of the wireless telephone set.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

controlling a power supply to a receiving section and a transmitting section by using a transmitting section turn-on signal to turn on the transmitting section, when the transmitting section turn-on signal is received before converting from the slot mode into the user mode.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the receiving section power supply is controlled by performing a logical OR operation on the transmitting section turn-on signal and the slot mode control signals to control the turning-on of the power supply.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

when the transmitting section turn-on signal is not received, controlling the power supply to the receiving section according to the receiving condition of slot mode control signals, when no interrupting signal has been detected, without converting from the slot mode into the user mode; and

when the transmitting section turn-on signal is not received, controlling the power supply to at least one section necessary for at least one predetermined operation according to an origin of the interrupting signal, when the interrupting signal has been detected without converting from the slot mode into the user mode.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein when the origin of the interrupting signal is a key input section of the wireless telephone set, the section necessary for the predetermined operation includes a display section of the wireless telephone set.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless telephone set alternates between the receiving condition and a user input condition at predetermined intervals.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein power consumed by the wireless telephone set operating in the receiving condition is less than power consumed by the wireless telephone set in the user input condition, and power consumed by the wireless telephone set operating in the sleeping condition is less than the power consumed by the wireless telephone set in the user input condition.

11. A wireless telephone set comprising:

a transmitting section for signal transmission;

a receiving section for signal reception; and

a controller configured to;

operate the wireless telephone set in a slot mode, in which the wireless telephone set alternates between a receiving condition and a sleeping condition at predetermined intervals,

convert from the slot mode into a user mode, when an interrupting signal is generated,

when a request for transmission of a signal is received in the user mode, operate in a transmission condition, and

when a transmission operation in the transmission condition is terminated, operate in the slot mode,

wherein in the user mode, the wireless telephone set supplies power only to a section necessary for a predetermined operation according to an origin of the interrupting signal, and

wherein power consumed by the wireless telephone set operating in the user mode is less than power consumed by the wireless telephone set in the transmission condition, and power consumed by the wireless telephone set operating in the slot mode is less than the power consumed by the wireless telephone set in the user mode.

12. The wireless telephone set of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect whether or not there is a requirement for the signal transmission, when the predetermined operation is terminated, and

convert from the user mode into the slot mode, when there is no requirement for the signal transmission.

13. The wireless telephone set of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect whether or not there is a requirement for the signal transmission, when the predetermined operation is terminated, and

convert from the user mode into a transmission mode that supplies power to the transmitting section and the receiving section, when there is the requirement for the signal transmission.

14. The wireless telephone set of claim 11, wherein the section necessary for the predetermined operation includes a display section of the wireless telephone set and a key input section of the wireless telephone set.

15. The wireless telephone set of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control power supply to the receiving section and the transmitting section by using a transmitting section turn-on signal to turn on the transmitting section, when the transmitting section turn-on signal is received before converting from the slot mode into the user mode.

16. The wireless telephone set of claim 15, wherein the power supply to the receiving section is controlled by performing a logical OR operation on the transmitting section turn-on signal and slot mode control signals to control turning-on of the power supply.

17. The wireless telephone set of claim 16, wherein, when the transmitting section turn-on signal is not received, the controller is further configured to:

control the power supply to the receiving section according to a receiving condition of the slot mode control signals, when no interrupting signal has been detected, without converting from the slot mode into the user mode; and

control the power supply to at least one section necessary for at least one predetermined operation according to an origin of the interrupting signal, when the interrupting signal has been detected, without converting from the slot mode into the user mode.

18. The wireless telephone set of claim 11, wherein when the origin of the interrupting signal is a key input section of the wireless telephone set, the section necessary for the predetermined operation includes a display section of the wireless telephone set.

19. The wireless telephone set of claim 11, wherein the wireless telephone set alternates between the receiving condition and a user input condition at predetermined intervals.

20. The wireless telephone set of claim 19, wherein power consumed by the wireless telephone set operating in the receiving condition is less than power consumed by the wireless telephone set in the user input condition, and power consumed by the wireless telephone set operating in the sleeping condition is less than the power consumed by the wireless telephone set in the user input condition.