Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04B—TRANSMISSION
  • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
  • H04B1/38—Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
  • H04B1/40—Circuits
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
  • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
  • H04M3/428—Arrangements for placing incoming calls on hold
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
  • B60R11/02—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
  • H04M1/60—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers
  • H04M1/6033—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers for providing handsfree use or a loudspeaker mode in telephone sets
  • H04M1/6041—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
  • H04M1/6075—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle
  • H04M1/6083—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle by interfacing with the vehicle audio system
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
  • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
  • H04W4/16—Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
  • H04M1/66—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
  • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
  • H04M3/428—Arrangements for placing incoming calls on hold
  • H04M3/4285—Notifying, informing or entertaining a held party while on hold, e.g. Music On Hold

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a telephone communication system for a vehicle.
• a mobile phone In the state of technology, a mobile phone has already been incorporated into a vehicle. During an incoming call, a ring is played in the vehicle to warn the driver of the arrival of the call. If the driving situation is dangerous, the driver will first ring as a nuisance. Then, he answers by activating the telephone handset, or he loses the call if he does not answer. In both situations, the driver suffers a stress detrimental to driving safety on the one hand and the quality of telephone communication on the other.
• JP-A-1,130864 the problem of detecting the driving state of the vehicle for controlling the connection of a mobile phone on the basis of the detection of representative data driving state for controlling the connection or the line connection.
• the mobile phone is connected to a vehicle connection box by means of a connection section and a signal indicates that a transmission or reception of a radio signal is received by the vehicle.
• a signal representative of the speed of the vehicle is sent to a discriminating section.
• the discrimination section derives the driving state of a driver based on the speed and decides in a processing set whether the communication signal is to be transmitted. As a result, the ringing tone of an incoming call will not be emitted when the speed signal exceeds a certain threshold.
• JP-A-200270051 it has been proposed to solve the problem of taking into account driving safety when receiving a call by using a receiver on the vehicle which accepts an incoming call by according to the driver's driving load during the duration of the call.
• the driving load is considered low, an incoming call is signaled to the driver by a ringing signal.
• the driving load is considered important, the call signal is suppressed.
• the invention remedies these disadvantages of the state of the art. Indeed, the invention relates to a telephone communication system for a vehicle of the type comprising:
• a cradle for receiving a mobile phone
• a satellite under steering wheel to receive commands for use in a telephone conversation
• the invention is characterized in particular by the fact that the system further comprises a computer electrically and / or computerically connected with the cradle, the satellite and the interface and comprising:
• - a telephone communication circuit with the mobile telephone network; - A circuit for providing the telephone communication circuit a hold message during a driving situation unsuited to the execution of a telephone exchange.
• the system includes means for activating the circuit for producing a hold message by detecting an incoming call.
• the means for activating the production circuit of a hold message includes means for inputting a command detected on the dashboard or other driving load element for signaling by the driver the inappropriate driving situation.
• the means for entering a detected command comprises a "user" command taking satellite for a telephone communication system.
• the means for entering a detected command comprises means for addressing a telephone call waiting message memory which cooperates with a telephone call holding circuit and a transmission circuit. of telephone communication.
• the telephone call standby circuit cooperates with means for performing a stress test and an incoming call detection test so that when both situations occur simultaneously, a step to generate a waiting message is executed.
• the telephone call standby circuit cooperates while a telephone call is established with a stress situation detecting means, and means for transmitting an activation signal of reading the hold message memory so that a correct waiting message is then broadcast on the telephone transmission circuit.
• the telephone communication calculator also comprises means for producing the display of a message, an icon and or a list of data on the display device associated with the computer.
• the telephone communication system comprises a means of generating data lists comprising in particular:
• the stress situation detecting means comprises a switch disposed on the telephone communication control satellite disposed in relation to the driving position, and particularly with the steering wheel and in that it comprises at least one of the following means: a lever, a rocker button or a touch pad or any other device comprising an icon indicating a touch zone on a touch screen.
• the telephone communication system is placed with an active stress-state detection system so that the driver must place the stress-state detecting switch in a state of stress. disabling so that a telephone call can be initiated by the detection of incoming call or for a telephone call can proceed.
• FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication system embodying the invention
• FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a first situation in which the system of FIG. 1 is located;
• FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a second situation in which the system of FIG. 1 is located.
• Figure 1 there is shown the block diagram of a telephone communication system according to the invention.
• the system of the invention essentially uses components that are already used to make telephone communication systems on board a private vehicle.
• such a telephone communication system is associated with the driving position and mainly comprises:
• a GSM 2 terminal cradle a "user" command-taking satellite 3 for a GSM-type telephone communication system;
• GSM telephone terminal 3 connected in the GSM terminal cradle 2.
• the GSM terminal cradle 2 comprises means for maintaining the GSM telephone terminal 3 mechanically.
• the GSM terminal 3 is a mobile telephone terminal which is generally worn by the driver when he is not in the driving position or does not wish to use the mobile phone resource. On the other hand, as soon as the driver wishes to use a mobile phone resource while driving, he must set up his telephony terminal.
• GSM 2 in the GSM terminal cradle 2 so that it is held securely.
• the GSM terminal cradle 2 also comprises means for providing a power supply to the telephone terminal GSM 3. In this situation, a charging circuit of the mobile telephone terminal 3 is then turned on to detect whether the GSM telephone terminal 3 needs charging.
• the GSM terminal cradle 2 also comprises means for supplying electrical signals to a signaling socket of the GSM telephone terminal 3.
• the telephone communication computer 1 may notably use the telephone communication card to detect the code identification and telephone number of the user of the GSM telephone terminal 3 and the call resources such as the telephone number book associated with the telephone terminal GSM 3.
• the microphone, the speaker and the display of the GSM telephone terminal 3 are not used during a communication session when the GSM telephone terminal 3 is installed in the GSM terminal cradle 2.
• the GSM communication computer 1 mainly comprises a GSM communication circuit 32 connected to an antenna 34.
• the GSM communication circuit 32 is connected to a GSM communication control circuit 36 which is connected to a plurality of circuits and memories by a central bus 20.
• a memory 22 message waiting for telephone communication there are: a memory 22 message waiting for telephone communication; an incoming call detection circuit 24; a circuit 26 for putting on hold of telephone communication; a GSM transmission circuit 28;
• a GSM reception circuit 30 A GSM reception circuit 30;
• circuit 16 for controlling the control of the microphones
• a circuit 18 for controlling the signaling devices of the telephone communication state In Figure 2, there is shown a flowchart of a first situation in which is located the telephone communication system of Figure 1.
• steps 40 and 44 respectively a test for detecting a stress situation and an incoming call detection test are executed.
• steps 42 and 44 respectively a test for detecting a stress situation and an incoming call detection test are executed.
• steps 42 and 44 respectively a test for detecting a stress situation and an incoming call detection test are executed.
• an additional step for generating a waiting message 48 is executed.
• the computer 1 see FIG. 1), by virtue of its communication control circuit 36, executes the reading of a suitable address of the memory 22 of the hold messages to pick up a hold message therein.
• FIG. 3 there is shown a flowchart of a second situation in which is located the telephone communication system of Figure 1.
• step 60 of starting the operation of the communication system of the invention the incoming call detection procedure as described above is used and the telephone communication is then established according to the usual procedures and protocols. .
• a signal activating the reading of the memory 22 waiting message (see Figure 1) is then issued and the correct waiting message is then broadcast on the GSM transmission circuit 28.
• the loop resumes to test the stress situation detection condition of step 62.
• the message standby is then repeated during step 64.
• the telephone communication computer 1 also comprises a means for producing the display of a message, an icon and or a list of data on the display device 7 associated with the computer 1, of so that the state in which the telephone communication system is located can be signaled, at least at certain times, to the attention of the driver.
• a message may indicate that a state of stress situation is currently active and that blocks the transmission or continuation of a call or a telephone call.
• An icon may be provided to indicate this state.
• a list is used to indicate: ⁇ the identity and / or number of the correspondent, and - the hold message that has been broadcast or its indication, and or
• the stress situation detection performed during the tests 42 (FIG. 2) or 62 (FIG. 3) is performed on the basis of the state of a switch disposed on the GSM control satellite 4.
• a GSM control satellite is arranged in relation to the driving position, and particularly with the steering wheel as it is already known.
• the stress situation detecting switch according to the invention may comprise a lever, a rocker button or a touch pad or any other device comprising an icon indicating a touch zone on a touch screen, which can then cooperate with the device 7 which is naturally incorporated in the telephone communication system of the invention.
• the stress situation is detected directly by the driver himself who then determines the state in which the communication system of the invention should be.
• the telephone communication system according to the invention is naturally placed with a stress situation detection system in the active state.
• the driver must set the stress state detecting switch to a state of disabling so that a telephone call can be initiated by the incoming call detection or else a telephone call can take place.
• the present invention is not exclusive of other stress situation detection systems.

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