GB2491635A - Reducing a user's exposure to radiation from a mobile phone - Google Patents
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Abstract
In a first embodiment reduced exposure to radiation from a mobile phone is achieved by omitting a permanently fixed ear-piece speaker from the mobile phone so that the user is forced to use a headset or to use the phone in a hands-free mode taking advantage of the phone's built-in loudspeaker. In one embodiment the headset may form part of the phone and can be retracted. In another embodiment the phone may be used with an external headset which can be detachably connected to the phone. Alternatively, the headset may be a wireless headset. In another embodiment the phone does have an ear-piece speaker but this may be disabled by software or by a hardware switch. In yet another embodiment the phone may prevent the user from using it if it detects radiation levels are too high, or if the user has been exposed to the radiation for too long. In a further embodiment usage is rationed on the basis of proximity.
Description
iMPROVED MOBILE PHONE WiTH
REDUCED RADIATION EFFECTS
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to mobile telephones in general and in particular to mobile telephones with reduced radiation effects.
BACKGROUND ART
Mobile phones (aka mobile telephones or cell phones) have become an integral part of people's lives, being intensely used both professionally and personally. Many people carry a mobile phone permanently on their bodies (typically inside a pocket or attached to the belt in a pouch). The average talking time on the mobile phone is constantly increasing with the decrease in per minute charges and more generous monthly packages. Another phenomenon happening is that many people have opted to abandon a landline telephone at home and make all their communications via their mobile phone.
A mobile phone operates by communicating wirelessly with a neighboring receiver I transmitter known as base station or cellular tower. The strength of the signal generated by the mobile phone depends on the location and availability of the nearest base station as well as the technical characteristics of the mobile phone and its transmission system (GSM, CDMA etc.). When a base station is not available, for example, when a person is inside a building where the walls are blocking reception or when a person is outdoors in a rural area far from a base station, the mobile phone typically increases the transmission signal to the maximal level in order to try and connect to a base station. Every mobile phone, when turned on and even when not engaged in a communication (conversation), maintains on and off communication with a base station communicating to the base station the mobile phone's location in the cellular network.
The long-term effects on the human body and especially on the human brain of the constant exposure to mobile phone radiation are yet to be determined. Since mobile phones have not been in usage for a long time, and especially in such intense usage as we see today with some users, the long-term effect of being exposed daily to such mobile telephone radiation is yet to be determined. However, more and more research tiying to estimate the effect, for example, of being exposed to mobile phone radiation for 20-25 years, suggests that its effects on the human body and most particularly on the human brain are damaging. Of particular concern, are the possible effects of exposure to mobile phone radiation on the brains of young children, It is not uncommon to see today a child of 7 or 8 years old with a personal mobile phone. The possible effect on the developing brain of a child of daily exposure to mobile phone radiation is of high concern. Children's skulls and scalps are thinner. So the radiation can penetrate deeper into the brain of children and young adults. Their cells are at a dividing faster rate, so the impact of radiation can be much larger.
Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The agency now lists mobile telephone usc in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.
Before its announcement in May 2011, WHO had assured consumers that no adverse health effects had been established. A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, including the United States, made the decision after reviewing peer-reviewed studies on cell telephone safety. The team found enough evidence to categorize personal exposure as "possibly carcinogenic to humans." The research found some evidence of increase in gliorna and acoustic neuroma brain cancer for mobile telephone users.
It is suggested that moving the mobile phone 20 centimeters away from a user's head can reduce radiation doses absorbed by the brain by about 98%.
Since mobile phones have become an integral part of the modern life style, it would be highly desirable to introduce new methods that will reduce the exposure of people and more particularly of children to mobile phone radiation. Even more desirable would be to reduce the exposure of the head to mobile phone radiation by providing a mobile phone that is used without attaching it to the ear, thus reducing the amount of radiation the head is exposed to.
SUMMARY OF iNVENTiON
It is an object of the present invention to present a mobile phone with reduced radiation effects on a user.
it is another object of the present invention to present a mobile phone with reduced radiation effects on a user by forcing the user to talk on the mobile phone only in a way that the mobile phone is not touching the users head.
it is a further object of the present invention to present a mobile phone with reduccd radiation effects on a user by limiting the amount of time per day (or another predetermined period of time) the user can talk on the mobile phone when the mobile phone is touching the user's head.
it is yet another object of the present invention to present a mobile phone with reduced radiation effects on a user by forcing the user to talk on the mobile phone only in a way that the mobile phone is further than a predetermined safety distance from the user's head.
is it is a further object of the present invention to present a mobile phone with reduced radiation effects on a user by limiting the amount of time per day (or another predetermined period of time) the user can talk on the mobile phone when the mobile phone is closer than a predetermined safety distance from the user's head.
The present invention thus relates to an improved mobile phone with reduced radiation effects on a user, wherein the improvement consists of providing a mobile phone that forces the user to engage in a mobile phone conversation only in a manner where the mobile phone is not touching the user's ear thus reducing the effects of the mobile phone's radiation on the user's head.
in some embodiments the improvement consists a of providing a mobile phone without a built-in ear-piece speaker, effectively forcing the user to speak on the mobile phone only using a headset or in hands-free mode (using the phone's built-in loud-speaker and microphone) thus reducing the effects of the mobile phone's radiation on the user's head.
in some embodiments the mobile phone's ear-piece speaker is placed on a
retractable headset.
in some embodiments the mobile phone's microphone is placed on a
retractable headset.
in some embodiments the headset is detachable from the mobile phone.
in some embodiments the mobile phone's ear-piece speaker or microphone or both are placed on a wireless headset.
in some embodiments the mobile phone's ear-piece speaker is disabled and/or enabled by a software module and/or hardware switch effectively forcing the user to speak on the mobile phone only using a headset thus reducing the effects of the mobile phone's radiation on the user's head.
in some embodiments an authentication process such as providing a password must be successfully completed before the mobile phone's ear-piece speaker is enabled and/or disabled.
iS in some embodiments when an incoming call is received said headset is automatically retracted or at least partially retracted from said mobile phone.
in some embodiments when an incoming call is received, pulling on the partially retracted headset accepts the incoming call.
in some embodiments the mobile phone's cannot initiate or receive a call when the mobile phone's radiation exceeds a predetermined radiation value.
in some embodiments a voice conversation is allowed to last only a predetermined amount of time when the mobile phone's radiation exceeds a predetermined radiation value.
in some embodiments a conversation on the mobile phone is automatically disconnected after a predetermined amount of time.
in some embodiments the mobile phone frirther comprises one or more sensors for detecting when the mobile phone is touching the useis head or detecting the distance the mobile phone is from the user's head or body.
in some embodiments conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head, is limited to predetermined amount of time per time period, such that conversation on the mobile phone when touching the user's head is disconnected after said one or more sensors detect that the mobile phone has been in touch with the user's head for a period longer than said predetermined amount of time per time period.
In some embodiments conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head or close by a predetermined distance value, is limited to predetermined amount of time per time period, such that conversation on the mobile phone when touching the user's head is disconnected after said one or more sensors detect that the mobile phone has been close or in touch with the user's head for a period longer than said predetermined amount of time per time period.
In some embodiments a conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head or close by a predetermined distance value, cannot exceed a predetermined amount of time per one conversation.
In some embodiments conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head or close by a predetermined distance value, is only enabled after a predetermined amount of time after the previous conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head or close by a predetermined distance value.
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Fig. I is an illustration of a mobile phone of the invention built without a phone ear-piece speaker.
Fig. 2 is an illustration of a mobile phone of the invention built without a phone microphone.
Fig. 3 is an illustration of a mobile phone of the invention built with an earpiece and microphone that can be disabled when desired.
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In the following detailed description of various embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part thereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. it is understood that othcr embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
All the embodiments described herein may be disclosed separately for brevity purposes, but it should be understood that the current description covers all combinations of the embodiments disclosed.
The long term effects of exposure to mobile phone (handset) radiation are not known for sure, since it will actually take 20 or 30 years of mobile phones usage to know the precise effect such exposure to radiation has on humans. However, more and more studies point to the potential danger of such exposure and encourage people to limit such exposure. In particular, children and younger people are in particular danger since their brains have not completed development yet. The tendency in the world today is increase usage of mobile phones both in terms of the number of people using a mobile phone, and the number of hours per day that people are talking on the phone. More and more people are canceling their landline is telephone lines and using only their mobile phone for communication.
While it is hard to imagine modern life without a mobile phone at all, the present invention aims to reduce the radiation effect on the brain by changing the way conversations are held on a mobile phone of the invention. The present invention relates to a mobile phone whose aim is to change the way people talk on the phone today, that is by attaching it to one's ear, in order to reduce the effects of mobile phone radiation on the head.
The present invention thus relates to an improved mobile phone with reduced radiation effects on a user, wherein the improvement consists of providing a mobile phone that forces the user to engage in a mobile phone conversation only in a.
manner where the mobile phone is not touching the users ear thus reducing the effects of the mobile phone's radiation on the usefs head.
in some embodiments, the mobile phone of the invention does not have a built-in ear-piece or microphone, thus the only way to engage in a mobile conversation is by using a headset. Using a headset guarantees that the phone is not touching the useis ear, thus reducing the amount of radiation entering the user's head.
Fig. I illustrates an embodiment of a mobile phone of the invention wherein the mobile phone ear-piece speaker has been removed, The mobile phone in this embodiment has a microphone 10 for speaking but since there is no phone ear-piece speaker, the user is obliged to use a headset 20 in order to engage in a conversation.
The headset in this embodiment may have a microphone 30, though not required since the user can use the phone's built-in microphone 10 in order to speak. The only way to engage in a mobile conversation in this embodiment is by using the headset 20 and listening through the headset earphones 40. Since the user uses the headset 20, the mobile phone is not attached to his car, thus effectively reducing the amount of radiation absorbed by the brain.
in some embodiments the mobile phone of the invention has a retractable headset 20 with the mobile phone's speakers in the shape of either one or two earphones 40. When the user wishes to talk on the phone, the user extracts the headset 20 and places the earphone 40 or earphones 40 on his car or ears. By doing so, the user does not need to attach the phone to its ear, and thus by placing the phone in a distance from the head (depending on the size of the cord of the retractable headset 20), the user's head is exposed to less radiation compared to the scenario where the same mobile phone is attached to the ear.
In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, the mobile phone's microphone 10 can either placed on the headset 20 or left on the phone. in some embodiments of the present invention, the microphone 10 is placed on the retractable headset 10 such that when the earphone 40 is placed in the ear, the microphone 10 is sufficiently close to the user's mouth so that it can capture the uscfs voice clearly.
in some embodiments of the present invention, the headset 20 is detachable from the mobile phone. This is convenient for replacing the headset 20 either when the headset 20 malfUnctions or when different types of headsets 20 are available and the user can purchase a headset 20 that best fits its needs, for example, a stereo headset 20 with two ear-pieces 40 in order to listen to music, a headset 20 adapted for being used while exercising etc. in some embodiments of the present invention, when an incoming call is received the headset 20 is automatically at least partially retracted from the mobile phone. This feature can be convenient in order to accelerate the time it takes a user to answer a call.
In some embodiments of the present invention, when an incoming call is received, pulling on the partially retracted headset 20 accepts the incoming call (equivalent to pressing the green button or send button of a mobile phone). Again, this feature can be convenient in order to accelerate the time it takes a. user to answer a call.
In some embodiments the mobile phone's ear-piece speaker 40 is placed on a wireless headset 20. Tn some embodiments, the mobile phone's microphone 10 is placed on a wireless headset 20. In some embodiments both the mobile phone's ear-ls piece speaker 40 and microphone 10 arc placed on a wireless headset 20.
Fig. 2 shows an embodiment of a mobile phone of the invention comprising a phone ear-piece 50 but not comprising a phone microphone 10. The mobile phone's car-piece 50 work only a speaker mode, that is similar to a hands-free usage with a mobile phone of the art. In hands-free mode, the ear-piece 50 outputs the audio loud enough so that a user can hear it clearly even from a distance of over 20 centimeters from the ear and the microphone 10 is also able to capt the user's voice from a distance of over 10 centimeters. in the scenario of Fig. 2, the user would listen to the conversation via the mobile phone's speaker (ear-piece) 50 and talk using the microphone 30 of the headset 10.
In some embodiments, a mobile phone may have two different audio output units: and ear-piece 50 for listening when attached to the ear and a loudspeaker for listening in hand-free mode. If not specified differently, the term "ear-piece" 50 as defined herein means both ear-piece only and ear-piece combined with a loud speaker function.
Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of a mobile phone of the invention wherein the mobile phone's ear-piece speaker 50 is disabled and/or enabled by a software module and/or hardware switch effectively forcing the user to speak on the mobile phone only using a headset 10 thus reducing the effects of the mobile phone's radiation on the user's head. in some embodiments, the mobile phone's microphone is also disabled and/or enabled by a software module and/or hardware switch.
In some embodiments, an authentication process such as providing a password must be suecessfrtlly completed before the mobile phone's ear-piece speaker 50 is enabled and/or disabled. For example, a parent might choose to be able to use the mobile phone "normally" by attaching the phone to the head when listening when used by him. Before passing the mobile phone to a child, the parent would use the software module and/or hardware switch to disable the mobile phone's ear-piece speaker 50 so that the child will only be able to use the mobile phone with a headset 10 or mobile phone loud-speaker 50. The operation of iS enabling or disabling the built-in ear-piece speaker 50 requires an authentication by the mobile phone's user or owner. The invention can usc any authentication method known in the art, for example, entering a password, swiping a card, using biometric authentication (voice recognition, finger prints etc.), identification via the phone's camera etc. in some embodiments, the mobile phone comprises a software and/or hardware module that tracks the amount of radiation emitted by the mobile phone.
The amount of radiation emitted is variable depending on the distance from the nearest base station and the user's location (outside, in the basement, elevator etc.).
When the phone's radiation is equal or greater than a predetermined value (radiation cut-off value), the mobile phone cannot initiate or receive a call. The radiation cut-off value can be configured in some embodiments by the mobile phone owner or user.
In some embodiments, a voice conversation is allowed to last only a predetermined amount of time when the mobile phone's radiation exceeds a predetermined radiation cut-of value. This predetermined amount of time, may be configured by the mobile phone's owner or user.
in some embodiments, a conversation on the mobile phone is automatically disconnected after a predetermined amount of time, regardless of the amount of radiation actually emitted. For example, it can be beneficial to limit children not to engage in mobile phone conversations exceeding 2 minutes. Children will have enough time to convey important or emergency information, but will not be able to use the phone for long conversations that will increase their radiation exposure.
In some embodiments, the mobile phone further comprises one or more sensors for detecting when the mobile phone is touching the user's head or detecting the distance the mobile phone is from the use? s head or body. The invention can use any sensors known in the art to measure contact with the head or distance from the user's head or body. For example, pressure sensors can be used to detect if the mobile phone is touching an area (assumed to be the person's ear). Heat sensors may be used to estimate the distance from the head. Radio Frequency type sensor can be used to estimate the distance to the nearest object in sight. Any combination of sensor can be used by the invention.
in some embodiments, conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head, is limited to predetermined amount of time per time period, such that conversation on the mobile phone when touching the user's head is disconnected after said one or more sensors detect that the mobile phone has been in touch with the user's head for a period longer than said predetermined amount of time per time period. For example, a child may have an allowance of say 10 minutes per 24 hours for talking without a headset 20, and when the child has spoken for 10 minutes in a 24-hour period without a headset 20, the mobile phone will not be able to receive or initiate calls without a headset 20 until the end of the 24-hour period.
Alternatively, once the allowance is exhausted, the child may initiate and/or receive calls without a headset 20 for a very short period of time, say only 30 seconds, so that important information can be communicated and the child may use the phone in case of an emergency.
in some embodiments conversation with the mobile phone, Mhen touching the user's head or close by a predetermined distance value, is limited to predetermined amount of time per time period, such that conversation on the mobile phone when touching the user's head is disconnected after said one or more sensors detect that the mobile phone has been close or in touch with the user's head for a period longer than said predetermined amount of time per time period. For example, a child may have an allowance of say 10 minutes per 24 hours for talking without a headset 20, and when the child has spoken for tO minutes in a 24-hour period without a headset 20, the mobile phone will not be able to receive or initiate calls without a headset 20 until the end of the 24-hour period. Alternatively, once the allowance is exhausted, the child may initiate andlor receive calls without a headset for a very short period of time, say only 30 seconds, so that important information can be communicated and the child may use the phone in case of an emergency.
iS in some embodiments, a conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head or close by a predetermined distance value, cannot exceed a predetermined amount of time per one conversation. For example, a child may be allowed to engage in mobile conversations without a headset 20 for up to 2 minutes.
After 2 minutes of conversation without a headset 20, the mobile phone will disconnect the conversation, preferably after warning the user before the cut-off, for example, by issue one or more beeps 15 seconds before the cut off in some embodiments conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head or close by a predetermined distance value, is only enabled after a predetermined amount of time after the previous conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the use?s head or close by a predetermined distance value.
For example, it can be determined that the child needs to wait at least 10 minutes between mobile phone conversations when talking without a headset 20, so when one conversation has ended, the mobile phone will be unable to initiate or receive a call without a headset 20 until 10 minutes have passed.
Although the invention has been described in detail, nevertheless changes and modifications, which do not depart from the teachings of the present invention, will be evident to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications are deemed to come within the purview of the present invention and the appended claims.
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- CLAIMS1. An improved mobile phone with reduced radiation effects on a user, wherein the improvement consists of providing a mobile phone that forces the uscr to engage in a mobile phone conversation only in a manner where the mobile phone is not touching the user's ear thus reducing the effects of the mobile phone's radiation on the user's head.
- 2. The improved mobile phone according to claim I, wherein the improvement consists a of providing a mobile phone without a built-in ear-piece speaker, effectively forcing the user to speak on the mobile phone only using a headset or in hands-free mode using the phone's built-in loudspeaker thus reducing the effects of the mobile phone's radiation on the user's head.
- 3. The improved mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein the mobile phone's ear-piece speaker is placed on a retractable headset.
- 4. The improved mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein the mobile phone's microphone is placed on a retractable headset.
- 5. The improved mobile phone according to claim 3, wherein said headset is detachable from said mobile phone.
- 6. The improved mobile phone according to claim 3, wherein when an incoming call is received said headset is automatically retracted or at least partially retracted from said mobile phone.
- 7. The improved mobile phone according to claim 6, wherein when an incoming call is received, pulling on the partially retracted headset accepts the incoming call.
- 8. The improved mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone's ear-piece speaker or microphone or both are placed on a wireless headset.
- 9. The improved mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone's ear-piece speaker is disabled and/or enabled by a software module and/or hardware switch effectively forcing the user to speak on the mobile phone only using a headset thus reducing the effects of the mobile phone's radiation on the user's head.
- 10. The improved mobile phone according to claim 9, wherein an authentication process such as providing a password must be successfully completed before the mobile phone's ear-piece speaker is enabled ancUor disabled.
- 11. The improved mobile phone according to any of claims 1 to 10, wherein the mobile phone's cannot initiate or receive a call when the mobile phone's radiation exceeds a predetermined radiation value.
- 12. The improved mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein a voice conversation is allowed to last only a predetermined amount of time when the mobile phone's radiation exceeds a predetermined radiation value.
- 13. The improved mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein a conversation on the mobile phone is automatically disconnected after a predetermined amount of time.
- 14. The improved mobile phone according to claim 1, fhrther comprising one or more sensors for detecting when the mobile phone is touching the user's head or detecting the distance the mobile phone is from the user's head or body.
- 15. The improved mobile phone according to claim 14, wherein conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head, is limited to predetermined amount of time per time period, such that conversation on the mobile phone when touching the user's head is disconnected after said one or more sensors detect that the mobile phone has been in touch with the user's head for a period longer than said predetermined amount of time per time period.
- 16. The improved mobile phone according to claim 14, wherein conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head or close by a predetermined distance value, is limited to predetermined amount of time per time period, such that conversation on the mobile phone when touching the user's head is disconnected after said one or more sensors detect that the mobile phone has been close or in touch with the useis head for a period longer than said predetermined amount of time per time period.
- 17. The improved mobile phone according to claim 14, wherein a conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head or close by a predetermined distance value, cannot exceed a predetermined amount of time per one conversation.
- 18. The improved mobile phone according to claim 14, wherein conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head or close by a predetermined distance value, is only enabled after a predetermined amount of time after the previous conversation with the mobile phone, when touching the user's head or close by a predetermined distance value.
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