Portable telephone capable of increasing facility of operation

• US RE41,131 E1
• Filed: 02/02/2006
• Issued: 02/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yoshihara, Shigeo
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh; Sonny
• Application Number:
  US11/345,692
• Time in Patent Office: 1,475 Days
• Field of Search: 455/355, 455/352, 455/569.1, 455/550.1, 455/69, 455/570, 455/200.1, 455/575.1, 455566-567, 379/420.02, 379/420.01
• US Class Current: 455/200.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/00 Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers subscriber services or facilities provided at exchanges H04M3/00; prepayment telephone coin boxes H04M17/00; current supply arrangements H04M19/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/605 involving control of the receiver volume to provide a dual operational mode at close or far distance from the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/14 Systems for two-way working H04N7/12, H04N7/173 take precedence

Abstract

In a portable telephone which transmits and receives data having at least one of a voice signal and an image datum which are radio signals, the controlling device controls an amplifier so that a user can hear, at a first state that an ear is not near to a speaker, the voice from the speaker when the data from a base station includes a discrimination datum which represents the image datum. The controlling device controls the amplifier so that the user can hear, at a second state that the ear is near to the speaker, the voice from the speaker when the data from the base station does not include the discrimination datum which represents the image datum.

Claims

1. A portable telephone which transmits data having at least one of a voice signal and an image datum which are radio signals to a communicating device through a base station and which receives said data from said communicating device through said base station, said portable telephone comprising:

amplifying means for amplifying said voice signal to produce an amplified voice signal;

voice outputting means connected to said amplifying means for outputting a voice when said amplified voice signal is provided thereto;

controlling means, connected to amplifying means for controlling said amplifying means to adjust an amplification amount applied to said voice signal depending on whether or not said data a call setting signal transmitted to said portable telephone from said base station in an establishment time of a data link include includes a discrimination datum which represents both of said voice signal and said image datum; and

displaying means for displaying said image datum.

2. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 1, said discrimination datum is defined by transmission capacity.

3. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 2, said transmission capacity represents a data transfer capacity and a data transfer velocity.

4. A portable telephone which transmits data having at least one of a voice signal and an image datum which are radio signals to a communicating device through a base station and which receives said data having at least one of said voice signal and said image datum from said communicating device through said base station, said portable telephone comprising:

amplifying means for amplifying said voice signal to produce an amplified voice signal;

voice outputting means connected to said amplifying means for outputting a voice when said voice outputting means is supplied with said amplified voice signal;

controlling means connected to said amplifying means for controlling said amplifying means in response to a discrimination datum which represents one kind of said voice signal and said image datum and which is included in a call setting datum signal which is sent, in a establishment time of a data link, from said base station; and

displaying means for displaying said image datum;

said controlling means controlling said amplifying means so that a user can hear, at a first state that an ear is not near to said voice outputting means, said voice from said voice outputting means when said data from said base station includes said discrimination datum which represents said image datum, said controlling means controlling said amplifying means so that said user can hear, at a second state that said ear is near to said voice outputting means, said voice from said voice outputting means when said data from said base station does not include said discrimination datum which represents said image datum.

5. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 4, said discrimination datum is defined by transmission capacity.

6. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 5, said transmission capacity represents a data transfer capacity and a data transfer velocity.

7. A portable telephone which transmits data having at least one of a voice signal and an image datum which are radio signals to a communicating device through a base station and which receives said data having at least one of said voice signal and said image datum from said communicating device through said base station, said portable telephone comprising:

amplifying means for amplifying said voice signal to produce an amplified voice signal;

first voice outputting means connected to said amplifying means for outputting a first voice when said first voice outputting means is supplied with said amplified voice signal so that a user can hear, at a first state that an ear is not near to said first voice outputting means, said first voice from said first voice outputting means when said data a call setting signal from said base station includes said discrimination datum which represents said image datum;

second voice outputting means for outputting a second voice when said second voice outputting means is supplied with said voice signal so that said user can hear, at a second state that said ear is near to said second voice outputting means, said second voice from said second voice outputting means when said data call setting signal from said base station does not include said discrimination datum which represents said image datum;

switching means connected to said amplifying means and second voice outputting means for selectively supplying said voice signal to said amplifying means and said second voice outputting means;

controlling means connected to said switching means for controlling said switching means in response to a discrimination datum which represents one kind of said voice signal and said image datum and which is included in a call setting datum signal which is sent, in a establishment time of a data link from said base station; and

displaying means for displaying said image datum.

8. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 7, said discrimination datum is defined by transmission capacity.

9. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 8, said transmission capacity represents a data transfer capacity and a data transfer velocity.

10. A portable telephone which transmits data having at least one of a voice signal and an image datum which are radio signals to a communicating device through a base station and which receives data having at least of said voice signal and said image datum from said communicating device through said base station, said portable telephone comprising:

amplifying means for amplifying said voice signal to produce an amplified voice signal;

first voice outputting means connected to said amplifying means for outputting a first voice when said first voice outputting means is supplied with said amplified voice signal so that a user can hear, at a first state that an ear is not near to said first voice outputting means, said first voice from said first voice outputting means when said data a call setting signal from said base station includes said a discrimination datum which represents said image datum;

second voice outputting means for outputting a second voice when said second voice outputting means is supplied with said voice signal so that said user can hear, at a second state that said ear is near to said second voice outputting means, said second voice from said second voice outputting means when said data call setting signal from said base station does not include said discrimination datum which represents said image datum;

switching means connected to said amplifying means and second voice outputting means for selectively supplying said voice signal to said amplifying means and said second voice outputting means;

controlling means connected to said switching means for controlling said switching means in response to a said discrimination datum which represents one kind of said voice signal and said image datum and which is included in a call setting datum signal which is sent, in a establishment time of a data link, from said base station; and

displaying means for displaying said image datum;

said switching means selectively supplying, in response to a first control signal and a second control signal, said voice signal to said amplifying means and said second voice outputting means;

said controlling means producing and supplying said first control signal to said switching means when said data call setting signal from said base station includes said discrimination datum which represents said image datum, said controlling means producing and supplying said second control signal to said switching means when said data call setting signal from said base station does not include said discrimination datum which represents said image datum.

11. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 10, said discrimination datum is defined by transmission capacity.

12. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 11, said transmission capacity represents a data transfer capacity and a data transfer velocity.

13. A portable telephone which receives data including at least one of a voice signal and an image datum from a base station, said portable telephone comprising:

amplifying means for amplifying said voice signal to be a voice outputting means for outputting said voice;

controlling means for controlling said amplifying means to adjust loudness of said voice depending on whether or not a signal transmitted to said portable telephone from said base station in the course of an establishment of a data link includes a discrimination datum which represents said image datum; and

displaying means for displaying said image datum.

14. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 13, wherein said discrimination datum is defined by a transmission capacity.

15. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 14, said transmission capacity represents at least one of a data transfer capacity or a data transfer velocity.

16. A portable telephone, comprising:

receiving means for receiving data from a base station;

first voice outputting means for outputting a first voice;

second voice outputting means for outputting a second voice; and

switching means for selecting one of said first voice outputting means and said second voice outputting means to output said first voice and said second voice, respectively, based on a kind of data from said base station,

wherein said receiving means receives a discrimination data from said base station in the course of and establishment of a data link, and

said discrimination data represents said kind of said data from said base station.

17. The portable telephone as claimed in claim 18, wherein said data from base station includes at least one of voice data and image data.

18. The portable telephone as claimed in claim 16, wherein said discrimination data is defined by a transmission capacity.

19. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 18, said transmission capacity represents at least one of a data transfer capacity or a data transfer velocity.

20. The portable telephone as claimed in claim 16, wherein said first voice and said second voice are different from each other in loudness.

21. A portable telephone, comprising:

receiving means for receiving data from a base station;

first voice outputting means for outputting a first voice;

second voice outputting means for outputting a second voice; and

switching means for selecting one of said first voice outputting means and said second voice outputting means to output said first voice and said second voice, respectively, based on a kind of data from said base station,

wherein said switching means selects said first voice outputting means if said data from said base station includes image data, and said switching means selects said second voice outputting means if said data from said base station does not include image data.

22. A portable telephone which receives data including at least one of a voice signal and an image datum from a base station, said portable telephone comprising:

an amplifier circuit that amplifies said voice signal to be a voice a speaker circuit that outputs said voice;

a control circuit that controls said amplifier circuit to adjust loudness of said voice depending on whether or not a signal transmitted to said portable telephone from said base station in the course of an establishment of a data link includes a discrimination datum which represents said image datum; and

a display circuit that displays said image datum.

23. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 22, wherein said discrimination datum is defined by a transmission capacity.

24. A portable telephone, comprising:

a receiver circuit that receives data from a base station;

a first speaker circuit that outputs a first voice;

a second speaker circuit that outputs a second voice; and

a switch circuit that selects one of said first speaker circuit and said second speaker circuit to output said first voice and said second voice, respectively, based on a kind of data from said base station,

wherein said data from said base station includes at least one of voice data and image data, and

said data from said base station is a transmission capacity that represents at least one of a data transfer capacity or a data transfer velocity.

25. A portable telephone, comprising:

a receiver circuit that receives data from a base station;

a first speaker circuit that outputs a first voice;

a second speaker circuit that outputs a second voice; and

a switch circuit that selects one of said first speaker circuit and said second speaker circuit to output said first voice and said second voice, respectively, based on a kind of data from said base station,

wherein said receiver circuit receives a discrimination data from said base station in the course of an establishment of a data link, and said discrimination data represents said kind of said data from said base station.

26. The portable telephone as claimed in claim 25, wherein said data from said base station includes at least one of voice data and image data.

27. The portable telephone as claimed in claim 25, wherein said discrimination data is defined by a transmission capacity.

28. The portable telephone as claimed in claim 25, wherein said first voice and said second voice are different from each other in loudness.

29. A portable telephone, comprising:

a receiver circuit that receives data from a base station;

a first speaker circuit that outputs a first voice;

a second speaker circuit that outputs a second voice; and

a switch circuit that selects one of said first speaker circuit and said second speaker circuit to output said first voice and said second voice, respectively, based on a kind of data from said base station,

wherein said switch circuit selects said first speaker circuit if said data from said base station includes image data, and said switch circuit selects said second speaker circuit if said data from said base station does not include image data.

30. A method for a portable telephone, comprising:

receiving data including at least one of a voice signal and an image datum from a base station;

amplifying said voice signal to be a voice;

outputting said voice;

adjusting loudness of said voice depending on whether or not a signal transmitted to said portable telephone from said base station in the course of an establishment of a data link includes a discrimination datum which represents said image datum; and

displaying said image datum.

31. A method, comprising:

receiving data from a base station;

outputting a first voice from a first speaker;

outputting a second voice from a second speaker;

receiving a discrimination data from said base station, wherein said discrimination data represents a kind of said data from said base station; and

selecting one of said first speaker and said second speaker to output said first voice and said second voice, respectively, based on said kind of data from said base station.

32. A portable telephone, comprising:

a receiver circuit that receives data from a base station in the course of establishment of a data link, said data including discrimination data representing a kind of data from said base station;

a speaker circuit that outputs a voice;

a control circuit that adjusts loudness of said voice based on said kind of data from said base station.

33. The portable telephone as claimed in claim 32, wherein said data from base station includes at least one of voice data and image data.

34. A portable telephone, comprising:

a receiver circuit that receives data from a base station;

a speaker circuit that outputs a voice;

a control circuit that adjusts loudness of said voice based on a kind of said data from said base station,

wherein said receiver circuit receives a discrimination data from said base station in the course of an establishment of a data link, and

said discrimination data represents said kind of said data from said base station.

35. The portable telephone as claimed in claim 34, wherein said discrimination data is defined by a transmission capacity.

36. A portable telephone as claimed in claim 35, said transmission capacity represents at least one of a data transfer capacity or a data transfer velocity.

37. A portable telephone, comprising:

receiving means for receiving data from a base station said data including discrimination data received from said base station in the course of establishment of a data link;

voice outputting means for outputting a voice; and

controlling means for adjusting loudness of said voice based on a kind of data from said base station as indicated by said discrimination data.

38. A method, comprising:

receiving data from a base station;

receiving discrimination data from said base station in the course of establishment of a data link;

outputting a voice; and

adjusting loudness of said voice based on a kind of said data from said base station as indicated by said discrimination data.