AU667144B2 - Control circuit for control of peripheral equipment of wireless communication appliance - Google Patents

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VIUU/11 2S/01 Regulation 3.2(2)

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990 667144

ORIGINAL

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT Application Number: Lodged: s Invention Title: CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR CONTROL OF PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPLIANCE The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to us NEQ~ sicl CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR CONTROL OF PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPLIACNE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a control circuit for use in control of peripheral equipment in operational association with a wireless communication appliance, such as a cellular phone, *and particularly to,a circuit which can function to distinguish the phone being used or not by way of picking up the electromagnetic waves produced by a cellular phone; and further to improve or extend the use.of the peripheral equipment thereof.

Wireless communication appliance such as cellular phones have been prevailantly used in recent years in modern cities all over the world. However, there are still some disadvantages associated with such mobile phones. For instance, the general cellular phones must be held by one hand while driving on the road, making the driving rather dangerous. The use of a handfree retainer on which a cellular phone is secured facilitates a driver to use the phone in driving, the phone is usually put in a, stand-by state so as to make the use of the phone ready and safe without turning on and off repeatedly the on/off switch, but the noise produced by the voice amplifying circuit and the speaker of the retainer is annoying to a driver. .The ringing .of a celluar phone in a public place such as a conference room, a theater, or a music hall, or places of the like, is annoying to other people. Moreover, in case a cellular phone is not carried along with the user, ringing of the same will not be heard, especially in a noisy working place.

Generally speaking, a wireless communication appliance such as a cellular phone will automatically send off high frequency signals to a base station on receiving a phone call signal from that station to effect a two-way communication. When not used and in a stand-by mode, the cellular phonq.will not send off such signal. Based on such feature) the present inventor designed a control circuit which can distinguish if a wireless communication appliance such as a cellular phone is being connected or in use or in a stand-by mode.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a control circuit for use in a S" wireless communication appliance which can actuate the peripheral equipment operationally associated with such wireless appliance to perform its individual function.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a control circuit equipped with an antenna which can pick up electromagnetic waves sent off from a wireless communication appliance and accordingly establish electric current in the control circuit, and the current is processed by a wave detector so as to obtain a rather minimal potential difference which is then amplified into a workable voltage by a voltage or a voltage comparator amplifier to actuate different devices.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the circuit of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the circuit of another embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the circuit of one further embodiment thereof.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS c:oo Referring to Fig. 1, the first embodiment is an application of the control circuit to a hand-free phone speaker. The control circuit is provided with an antenna 20 which can be replaced with a metallic rod, a coil, a conducting wire, or the copper coating on a circuit board or a connecting pin of a component. The antenna 10 can pick up electromagnetic waves sent off from a wireless communication appliance; on being inducted by electromagnetic waves, between the two ends of the antenna 10,an alternating potential difference will 25 be produced. since the potential difference is in an alternating form and the positive and negative values of the respective voltages at each end of the antenna are nearly identical, the average potential of the same will be approximately zero.

The antenna 10 is connected to one end 22 of a diode 20 which is grounded to COM at the other end 21. The diode 20 can only be one way actuated. As the antenna 10 is of a negative potential relative to the ground line COM, this potential is a forward bias relative to the diode 20, so a current from the ground COM will be led to the diode 20. In the meanwhile, the potential at point 0 will be kept at a value approximate to zero.

As the antenna 10 is of a positive potential relative to the grounded line COM, this positive potential constitutes a reverse bias with respect to the diode preventing current from flowing to COM via the diode 20. At the point 0, the average voltage thereat will be a half of that positive voltage.

In summary, as the antenna 10 detects electromagnetic waves, at point 0 there is a minimal voltage created, this voltage is amplified by a voltage amplifier or voltage comparator 30 to such a degree that it can controllably actuate the power connecting pin 51 of a voice amplifier 50 in connection to a phone retainer or to actuate a switch 40 in control of the input or output of voice signals.

In other words, this voltage produced by electromagnetic waves received by the antenna 10 will put the voice amplifier 50 in work. As long as the wireless communication appliance such as a cellular phone is working, it will continuously send off electromagnetic waves, making the voice amplifier function. Once the communication stops, or the appliance is put in a stand-by S 20 mode, the antenna 10 will receive no electromagnetic waves at all, resulting in disappearance of a current and the induced voltage in the control circuit, making the switch 40 return to an open loop and there is no output from the speaker of the phone retainer.

25 The above described control circuit employs an antenna 10, a diodG 20, a S" voltage amplifier 30 and a switch 40 to effect the muting of a speaker of a phone retainer when not used and the hand free operation of a cellular phone.

As shown in Fig. 2, another embodiment is given wherein the preceding control circuit is connected to an emitter 60 at the output terminal 31 of the voltage amplifier or voltage comparator 30. When the communication appliance is in use, as previously described, a voltage is established at the output terminal 31 I of the amplifier or comparator 30, actuating the emitter 60 to send off a signal which will be received by a receiver 70 so as to actuate an alarm means 80 (a vibration motor, a buzzer or a light emitter) carried along by a person who puts the wireless r,)mmunication appliance a certain distance away to get access to the same when a call comes in.

Referring to Fig. 3, a third embodiment is given wherein the output terminal 31 of the amplifier or comparator 30 is directly connected to the alarm means 80 or a phone recorder 90. As the appliance is in a receiving mode, there is a voltage generated at the output terminal 321 of the amplifier or comparator 30 which is used to actuate directly the alarm means 80 or the phone recorder 90 so as to enable the phone to receive message in a mute manner (the "mute" button of the phone is pressed down), preventing the income call from disturbing others, but the receiver can be alarmed of an income call or the phone recorder 90 can be turned on or off accordingly.

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Claims (4)

1. A control circuit for activating peripheral equipment to be used in association with a cellular phone; said control circuit including a wave detecting means adapted to detect a communication signal transmitted from said cellular phone to a signal receiver; said control circuit adapted to generate a control signal upon detecting said communication signal so as to activate said peripheral equipment.

2. The control circuit as claimed in Claim 1 including wherein said control circuit includes an amplifier means for amplifying said control signal to activate said peripheral equipment.

3. The control circuit as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said wave detecting means includes a non-linear device for de-modulating said transmitted signal.

4. The control circuit as claimed in Claim 3 wherein said non-linear device is a diode. DATED this 9th day of January 1996. E LEAD ELECTRONIUC CO. LTD. WATERMARK PATENT TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS LEVEL 4, AMORY GARDENS 2 CAVILL AVENUE ASHFIELD NSW 2131 AUSTRALIA RJD:GL DOC 12 AU5204693.WPC 7 ABSTRACT A control circuit is adapted for use in a wireless communication appliance, and particularly for an action phone. This circuit is-equipped with an antenna which can receive magnetic waves sent off from the appliance or phone so as to generate a current which is further processed by a wave detector so as .to obtain a very weak voltage. Such voltage is amplified into a large one, used to control the periphetal equipment operationally connected to the appliance or phone, such as a switch of a speaker of a handfree phone retainer, an alarm device or an automatic phone recorder, facilitating the operation of a wireless communication appliance or an action phone. 3