Hands free device for a cellular phone

• US 7,756,550 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2006
• Issued: 07/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BURY Spzoo
• Original Assignee: BURY Sp. z o.o.
• Inventors: Piekarz, Roman
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah; Charles N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vu; Michael T
• Application Number:
  US11/419,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20060264246A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,513 Days
• Field of Search: 455/569.1, 455/564, 455/41.1, 455/116, 342/357.06
• US Class Current: 455/569.1
• 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

A hands free device for a cellular phone which has a telephone transceiving unit for a mobile radio network and in addition a communication device for the wireless transmission of audio and data signals, with a housing in which a communication device forming a wireless communication connection with the communication device of the cellular phone is located, provides for the activation by a cellular phone without or at least without voluminous permanent installations in a motor vehicle in that a telephone transceiving unit for a mobile radio network is integrated in the housing, which telephone transceiving unit is set up for receiving user-specific data from a cellular phone via the communication device and providing a user-specific cellular phone function, specified by the user-specific data, through the telephone transceiving unit, the telephone transceiving unit is connected to a display in the housing and the housing has a power supply connection and an antenna connection.

Claims

1. A hands free device for a cellular phone, comprising:

a telephone transceiving unit for a mobile radio network;

a communication device for wireless transmission of audio and data signals, said communication device being configured to communicate by wireless communication with a cellular phone; and

a housing, wherein said telephone transceiving unit and said communication device are located in the housing, wherein the telephone transceiving unit is set up for receiving user-specific data from a cellular phone via the communication device and for providing a user-specific cellular phone function specified by the user-specific data, through the telephone transceiving unit, wherein said housing has a display and the telephone transceiving unit is connected to the display, wherein the housing has a power supply connection and an antenna connection, and wherein the housing is constructed of two parts and includes a permanently mounted plug-in foot and a display part which can be connected thereto in a locking manner.

2. The hands free device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing has at least one inbuilt loudspeaker.

3. The hands free device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing has at least one inbuilt loudspeaker and the at least one loudspeaker is built into the display part of the housing.

4. The hands free device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing is provided with a connection socket for an external microphone.

5. The hands free device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing is provided with a connection socket and the connection socket is arranged on the display part.

6. The hands free device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a power supply cable with a connector for contacting a cigarette lighter, said power supply cable providing power to said housing.

7. The hands free device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a power supply cable connected to a connection box, configured for permanent installation, to which one or more of a supply voltage, loudspeakers, and microphone can be connected.

8. The hands free device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a power supply cable and an antenna connection cable respectively connectable to the power supply connection and the antenna connection at the plug-in foot by plug-in connections.

9. The hands free device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising, an antenna arranged in the plug-in foot of the housing.

10. The hands free device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an antenna which receives traffic radio messages, and an evaluating circuit which decodes the traffic radio messages arranged in the housing.

11. The hands free device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an operating unit arranged on a top side of the housing.

12. The hands free device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an operating unit constructed as a wireless remote control for the hands fee device.