CA1293049C - Electronic signal recording device - Google Patents
Electronic signal recording deviceInfo
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- CA1293049C CA1293049C CA000498877A CA498877A CA1293049C CA 1293049 C CA1293049 C CA 1293049C CA 000498877 A CA000498877 A CA 000498877A CA 498877 A CA498877 A CA 498877A CA 1293049 C CA1293049 C CA 1293049C
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Abstract
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a device (1) for elec-tronic information technology, comprising a mouth piece (3) and an ear piece (4), provided remote from each other on either side of a handgrip (2), the handgrip, the ear piece and the mouth piece (3) being part of a housing (5) of the telephone handset type. The housing (5) includes a tape transport mechanism (6) for magnetic tape cassettes.
As regards its function, the device is implemented as a dictating machine.
The invention relates to a device (1) for elec-tronic information technology, comprising a mouth piece (3) and an ear piece (4), provided remote from each other on either side of a handgrip (2), the handgrip, the ear piece and the mouth piece (3) being part of a housing (5) of the telephone handset type. The housing (5) includes a tape transport mechanism (6) for magnetic tape cassettes.
As regards its function, the device is implemented as a dictating machine.
Description
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PHQ 85.021 10.12.19~5 "Electronic signal recording device."
The invention relates to a device for electronic information technology, comprising a mouth piece and an ear piece provided remote from each other on either side of a handgrip, the handgrip, the ear piece and the mouth piece being part of a housing of the telephone hand set type.
Such handsets are generally known and customary. There are telephone handsets intended for cordless operation. Telephone handsets of such a type are extended to a complete telephone set by incorpora-ting the dialling mechanism in the handgrip. The dialling mechanism isconstituted by a numerical keyboard whose circuit arrangement is inclu-ded in the handgrip.
What is commonly referred to as a car-telephone is known, in which the handset can be accommodated on a cradle on the dashboard of a motorcar. The connecting cable of the car-telephone hand set is connected to a transmitter and receiver arrangement provided in an appropriate place in the motorcar.
In addition, pocket dictating machines are known, with which a message spoken into a microphone can be recorded on a magnetic tape.
The message stored on the magnetic tape can then be reproduced again via a loudspeaker. Pocket dictating machines of such a type are gene-rally of a compact, rectangular shape, so that they are light and easy to transport.
The invention has for its object to provide a device of the type defined in the opening paragraph, which is implemented as a dicta-ting machine and can more specifically be used as if it were the hand-set of a car-telephone in a motorcar.
According to the invention this object is accomplished in that the housing includes a recording device for magnetic tape casset-tes.
By incorporating a recording device for magnetic tape cas-settes, the device in the shape of a telephone hand set can be used as a dictating machine, the mouth piece including the recording microphone 1293~ ~9 2010~-7952 and the ear piece including the reproduction loudspeaker or the receiver. Such a device can be used in a motorcar as if it were a car-telephone; with this device it is also possible to pretend as if the motorcar were provided with a car-telephone connection.
In accordance with a further embodiment of the invention the recording device is incorporated in the handgrip of the housing. Cordless telephones have a housing that in the region of the handgrip already has such a width that a tape transport mechanism of a magnetic tape cassette device can be accommodated therein without any further measures.
In accordance with a further embodiment of the invention it is provided that the control keys of the recording device are provided in the transition area between the handgrip and the ear piece or the mouth piece, respectively. In such a configuration, the operating keys can be appropriately operated without visual control of the fingers of the relevant hand.
In accordance with a further embodiment of the invention it is provided that a coiled connection cable has a plug for insertion in a socket in a motorcar. When this socket is, for example, the jack of a cigarette lighter, then no special provisions need to be built into the car for operating the device.
Only the carrier must be provided somewhere in the dashboard of the motorcar to enable locating of the dictating machine as if it were a car-telephone.
The invention may be summarized as a device for electronic information technology, and constituting a dictating machine, comprising an elongated housing, having a mouth piece and an ear piece remote from each other at respective ends of the housing, said pieces being disposed on a same side of said housing and facing in a same general direction so that the mouth piece may be adjacent a user's mouth when the ear piece is held against a user's ear; and a handgrip between said ear piece and mouth piece having a surface on said side, a tape cassette deck arranged in said handgrip on said same side, facing in said direction for access thereto through said surface, and a plurality of control keys arranged at least adjacent said handgrip, for controlling 3~ ~9 operation of said deck for recording of information spoken into said mouth piece and for playback of information through said ear piece, and located for engagement bv flanges of said user on a hand which is gripping the handgrip.
The invention will now be described in greater detail by means of example with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawing.
Therein:
Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a dictating machine in the form of a telephone handset, Fig. 2 shows the dictating machine of fig. 1 in a plan view from the operating side and Fig. 3 is an elevation side view of a dictating machine as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, provided in a motorcar dashboard.
,a 12t.~ g PHQ 85.021 3 The dictating machine l shown in Fig. 1 com-prises an elongated housing 5, having a mouth piece 3 and an ear piece 4 arranged, remote from each other, at oppo-site ends, and facing in the same general direction so that the mouth piece 3 may be adjacent a user's mouth when the ear piece 4 is held against the user's ear. Between the mouth piece and ear piece the housing 5 is shaped as a handgrip 2. The housing 5 of the dictating machine 1 has consequently the shape of a telephone handset.
Fig. 2 shows in a plan view the modified struc-ture of the dictating machine 1 as compared with a custom-ary dictating machine and as compared with a customary telephone handset. A recording device 6 of a dictating machine is arranged between the mouth piece 3, which includes a microphone, not shown, and the ear piece 4, which includes a loudspeaker capsule not shown, in the handgrip 2. The dictating machine is, for example, suit-able for using so-called mini or micro cassettes. Such a magnetic tape cassette 7 is accommodated behind a cover 8.
For operating the recording device 6 control keys 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 are provided, distributed over the transition a:rea 14 between the handgrip 2 and the ear piece 4 and also over the transition area 15 between the handgrip 2 and the mouth piece 3. In this embodiment the keys 9 and 11 for fast forward and rewind and also the recording keys 10 are arranged in the transition area 14. The on-off key 12 is located in the transition area 15. Preferably a large key 13 at the side of the handgrip 2 is used for starting and stopping the tape transport in the play/record mode.
As shown in Fig. 3, the dictating machine 1 can be placed by means of its housing 5 on a carrier 16 in the dashboard 17 of a motorcar. The connecting cable 18 for the dictating machine 1 is coiled and has at its free end l9 a plug 20 for insertion in a socket. When the machine is used in a motorcar, the plug 20 may, for example, be of such a structure that it fits in the socket of a cigarette lighter.
~Z~3~9 PHQ 85.021 4 With such a structure and such an arrangement of a dictating machine it can not be distinguished from a motorcar telephone. Consequently, such a dictating machine can be provided, ready to hand, in the customary location of a car-telephone in a motorcar.
PHQ 85.021 10.12.19~5 "Electronic signal recording device."
The invention relates to a device for electronic information technology, comprising a mouth piece and an ear piece provided remote from each other on either side of a handgrip, the handgrip, the ear piece and the mouth piece being part of a housing of the telephone hand set type.
Such handsets are generally known and customary. There are telephone handsets intended for cordless operation. Telephone handsets of such a type are extended to a complete telephone set by incorpora-ting the dialling mechanism in the handgrip. The dialling mechanism isconstituted by a numerical keyboard whose circuit arrangement is inclu-ded in the handgrip.
What is commonly referred to as a car-telephone is known, in which the handset can be accommodated on a cradle on the dashboard of a motorcar. The connecting cable of the car-telephone hand set is connected to a transmitter and receiver arrangement provided in an appropriate place in the motorcar.
In addition, pocket dictating machines are known, with which a message spoken into a microphone can be recorded on a magnetic tape.
The message stored on the magnetic tape can then be reproduced again via a loudspeaker. Pocket dictating machines of such a type are gene-rally of a compact, rectangular shape, so that they are light and easy to transport.
The invention has for its object to provide a device of the type defined in the opening paragraph, which is implemented as a dicta-ting machine and can more specifically be used as if it were the hand-set of a car-telephone in a motorcar.
According to the invention this object is accomplished in that the housing includes a recording device for magnetic tape casset-tes.
By incorporating a recording device for magnetic tape cas-settes, the device in the shape of a telephone hand set can be used as a dictating machine, the mouth piece including the recording microphone 1293~ ~9 2010~-7952 and the ear piece including the reproduction loudspeaker or the receiver. Such a device can be used in a motorcar as if it were a car-telephone; with this device it is also possible to pretend as if the motorcar were provided with a car-telephone connection.
In accordance with a further embodiment of the invention the recording device is incorporated in the handgrip of the housing. Cordless telephones have a housing that in the region of the handgrip already has such a width that a tape transport mechanism of a magnetic tape cassette device can be accommodated therein without any further measures.
In accordance with a further embodiment of the invention it is provided that the control keys of the recording device are provided in the transition area between the handgrip and the ear piece or the mouth piece, respectively. In such a configuration, the operating keys can be appropriately operated without visual control of the fingers of the relevant hand.
In accordance with a further embodiment of the invention it is provided that a coiled connection cable has a plug for insertion in a socket in a motorcar. When this socket is, for example, the jack of a cigarette lighter, then no special provisions need to be built into the car for operating the device.
Only the carrier must be provided somewhere in the dashboard of the motorcar to enable locating of the dictating machine as if it were a car-telephone.
The invention may be summarized as a device for electronic information technology, and constituting a dictating machine, comprising an elongated housing, having a mouth piece and an ear piece remote from each other at respective ends of the housing, said pieces being disposed on a same side of said housing and facing in a same general direction so that the mouth piece may be adjacent a user's mouth when the ear piece is held against a user's ear; and a handgrip between said ear piece and mouth piece having a surface on said side, a tape cassette deck arranged in said handgrip on said same side, facing in said direction for access thereto through said surface, and a plurality of control keys arranged at least adjacent said handgrip, for controlling 3~ ~9 operation of said deck for recording of information spoken into said mouth piece and for playback of information through said ear piece, and located for engagement bv flanges of said user on a hand which is gripping the handgrip.
The invention will now be described in greater detail by means of example with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawing.
Therein:
Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a dictating machine in the form of a telephone handset, Fig. 2 shows the dictating machine of fig. 1 in a plan view from the operating side and Fig. 3 is an elevation side view of a dictating machine as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, provided in a motorcar dashboard.
,a 12t.~ g PHQ 85.021 3 The dictating machine l shown in Fig. 1 com-prises an elongated housing 5, having a mouth piece 3 and an ear piece 4 arranged, remote from each other, at oppo-site ends, and facing in the same general direction so that the mouth piece 3 may be adjacent a user's mouth when the ear piece 4 is held against the user's ear. Between the mouth piece and ear piece the housing 5 is shaped as a handgrip 2. The housing 5 of the dictating machine 1 has consequently the shape of a telephone handset.
Fig. 2 shows in a plan view the modified struc-ture of the dictating machine 1 as compared with a custom-ary dictating machine and as compared with a customary telephone handset. A recording device 6 of a dictating machine is arranged between the mouth piece 3, which includes a microphone, not shown, and the ear piece 4, which includes a loudspeaker capsule not shown, in the handgrip 2. The dictating machine is, for example, suit-able for using so-called mini or micro cassettes. Such a magnetic tape cassette 7 is accommodated behind a cover 8.
For operating the recording device 6 control keys 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 are provided, distributed over the transition a:rea 14 between the handgrip 2 and the ear piece 4 and also over the transition area 15 between the handgrip 2 and the mouth piece 3. In this embodiment the keys 9 and 11 for fast forward and rewind and also the recording keys 10 are arranged in the transition area 14. The on-off key 12 is located in the transition area 15. Preferably a large key 13 at the side of the handgrip 2 is used for starting and stopping the tape transport in the play/record mode.
As shown in Fig. 3, the dictating machine 1 can be placed by means of its housing 5 on a carrier 16 in the dashboard 17 of a motorcar. The connecting cable 18 for the dictating machine 1 is coiled and has at its free end l9 a plug 20 for insertion in a socket. When the machine is used in a motorcar, the plug 20 may, for example, be of such a structure that it fits in the socket of a cigarette lighter.
~Z~3~9 PHQ 85.021 4 With such a structure and such an arrangement of a dictating machine it can not be distinguished from a motorcar telephone. Consequently, such a dictating machine can be provided, ready to hand, in the customary location of a car-telephone in a motorcar.
Claims (16)
1. A device for electronic information technology, and constituting a dictating machine, comprising an elongated housing, having a mouth piece and an ear piece remote from each other at respective ends of the housing, said pieces being disposed on a same side of said housing and facing in a same general direction so that the mouth piece may be adjacent a user's mouth when the ear piece is held against a user's ear; and a handgrip between said ear piece and mouth piece having a surface on said side, a tape cassette deck arranged in said handgrip on said same side, facing in said direction for access thereto through said surface, and a plurality of control keys arranged at least adjacent said handgrip, for controlling operation of said deck for recording of information spoken into said mouth piece and for playback of information through said ear piece, and located for engagement by flanges of said user on a hand which is gripping the handgrip.
2. A device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said plurality of keys includes a start/stop key arranged on said handgrip on a second side adjoining said same side.
3. A device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that said surface is a generally flat face between said mouth piece and ear piece, facing in said direction, and said deck and at least one of said keys are arranged in said face.
4. A device as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that said face has at least one transition area between said deck and at least one of said pieces, and said plurality of keys includes at least one key disposed in a respective transition area.
5. A device as claimed in claim 4, having the external configuration of a telephone handset characterized by comprising an electrical power cable having a plug for insertion in a socket in a motorcar, said cable being a coiled connecting cable.
6. A device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said surface is a generally flat face between said mouth piece and ear piece, facing in said direction, and said deck and at least one of said keys are arranged in said face.
7. A device as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that said face has at least one transition area between said deck and at least one of said pieces, and said plurality of keys includes at least one key disposed in a respective transition area.
8. A device as claimed in claim 7, characterized by comprising an electrical power cable having a plug for insertion in a socket in a motorcar, said cable being a coiled connecting cable.
9. A device as claimed in claim 1, characterized by comprising an electrical power cable having a plug for insertion in a socket in a motorcar, said cable being a coiled connecting cable.
10. A telephone handset, comprising an elongated housing, having a mouth piece and an ear piece remote from each other at respective ends of the housing, said pieces being disposed on a same side of said housing and facing in a same general direction so that the mouth piece may be adjacent a user's mouth when the ear piece is held against a user's ear; and a handgrip between said ear piece and mouth piece, having a surface on said same side, means for making connection to said handset, a tape cassette deck arranged in said handgrip on said same side facing in said direction for access thereto through said surface, and a plurality of control keys arranged at least adjacent said handgrip, for controlling operation of said deck for recording of information spoken into said mouth piece and for playback of information through said ear piece, and located for engagement by fingers of said user on a hand which is gripping the handgrip.
11. A handset as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that said plurality of keys includes a start/stop key arranged on the side of said handgrip.
12. A handset as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that said surface is a generally flat face between said mouth piece and ear piece, facing in said direction, and said deck and at least one of said keys are arranged in said face.
13. A handset as claimed in claim 12, characterized in that said face has at least one transition area between said deck and at least one of said pieces, and said plurality of keys includes at least one key disposed in a respective transition area.
14. A handset as claimed in claim 13, characterized by comprising a connection cable having a plug for insertion in a socket in a motor car, said cable being a coiled connecting cable.
15. A handset as claimed in claim 11, characterized by comprising a connection cable having a plug for insertion in a socket in a motor car, said cable being a coiled connecting cable.
16. A handset as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that said surface is a generally flat face between said mouth piece and ear piece, facing in said direction, said deck and at least one of said keys are arranged in said face, said face has at least one transition area between said deck and at least one of said pieces, and said plurality of keys includes at least one key disposed in a respective transition area.
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| CA000498877A CA1293049C (en) | 1986-01-02 | 1986-01-02 | Electronic signal recording device |
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| CA000498877A CA1293049C (en) | 1986-01-02 | 1986-01-02 | Electronic signal recording device |
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