Mobile communication device and audio processing method thereof

• US 8,195,135 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• Issued: 06/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gold Charm Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Pei, Guang-Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Cordero, Marivelisse Santiago
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fahnert, Marisol
• Application Number:
  US12/346,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20100041436A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,252 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414, 455/414.1, 379/406, 379/392, 379/392.01, 370/200, 370/301, 370286-290
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/656 for recording conversations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set

Abstract

A mobile communication device capable of communicating with a remote communication device includes a communication unit, a microphone, an input unit, a control unit, and a switching unit. The communication unit is used for generating a remote audio signal according to remote audio information received from the remote communication device. The microphone is used for generating a local audio signal according to a local sound. The input unit is used for receiving a trigger signal. The control unit is configured for generating a switching signal in response to the trigger signal. The switching unit is configured for transmitting the remote and local audio signals to the remote communication device via the communication unit alternately according to the switching signal.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device capable of communicating with a remote communication device, the mobile communication device comprising:

a communication unit for generating a remote audio signal according to remote audio information received from the remote communication device;

a microphone for generating a local audio signal according to a local sound;

an input unit for receiving a trigger signal;

a control unit for generating a switching signal in response to the trigger signal; and

a switching unit for receiving the remote audio signal and the local audio signal, and transmitting the remote and local audio signals to the remote communication device via the communication unit in an alternating manner according to the switching signal in such a way that the remote communication device outputs a scrambled sound including an echo of the remote audio information and the local audio information.

2. The mobile communication device of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit;

a recorder for receiving the remote audio signal from the communication unit, and recording the remote audio information of the remote audio signal to the storage unit; and

a converter for reading the remote audio information from the storage unit, converting the remote audio information into the remote audio signal, and sending the remote audio signal to the switching unit.

3. The mobile communication device of claim 1, further comprising a clock for generating a clock signal, wherein the control unit is capable of generating the switching signal according to the clock signal when the control unit receives the trigger signal.

4. The mobile communication device of claim 3, wherein the clock signal has a predetermined frequency, the switching signal is a substantially square wave signal having the predetermined frequency, and the switching unit alternately transmits the remote and local audio signals to the remote communication device at the predetermined frequency.

5. An audio processing method for a mobile communication device which is capable of communicating with a remote communication device, the method comprising:

receiving audio information from the remote communication device;

generating a remote audio signal according to the remote audio information;

generating a local audio signal according to a local sound from a microphone of the mobile communication device;

receiving a user instruction; and

alternately transmitting the remote and local audio signals to the remote communication device according to the user instruction in such a way that the remote communication device outputs a scrambled sound including an echo of the remote audio information and the local audio information.

6. The audio processing method of claim 5, further comprising generating a clock signal having a predetermined frequency, wherein the remote and local audio signals are transmitted alternately at the predetermined frequency.

7. The audio processing method of claim 5, further comprising storing the remote audio information.