JP3361304B2 - Mobile phone attachment and mobile phone with attachment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an earphone-mounted mobile phone attachment and a mobile phone with the attachment.
It relates telephones, and more particularly, entrainment code of the earphone microphone to the code winder built in the A Touch reinforcement body, drawers are freely wound, and worn on the ear pull the earphone microphone from A Touch reinforcement body, hands Wearing earphones that can be used free
Type mobile phone attachment, and with attachment
Regarding mobile phones .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Due to the recent liberalization of communication, mobile phones, PHSs, etc. have been remarkably spread, and telephones for that purpose have been actively studied and developed by many manufacturers.
Conventional mobile phones and cordless phones are equipped with a speaker and a microphone in a housing that fits in the palm of the hand, as well as circuits necessary for wireless communication, a switch unit, and a display unit such as a liquid crystal display. In a normal call, the phone body is held in one hand, the earpiece equipped with a speaker is placed near the ear, and the mouthpiece equipped with a microphone is located near the mouth. You may want to use earphones for various reasons. In such a case, since the conventional mobile phone is provided with a connection terminal for an earphone and a microphone, an earphone microphone equipped with a small microphone in the middle of the earphone cord is connected to the connection terminal to be provided in the phone body. It can be used instead of the microphone and speaker.

[0003]

However, the conventional mobile phone as described above has a circuit configuration in which the speaker built in the mobile phone is cut off when the earphone microphone is connected to the connection terminal. However, when it is desired to move to a call using the built-in speaker, the earphone microphone must be removed from the connection terminal, and there is a problem in that handling is troublesome. In addition, the removed earphone / microphone must be stored separately, which is easily lost or damaged. In addition, since using a mobile phone with one hand while driving a car violates the road law, the need for a device that uses a conventional mobile phone hands-free is increasing. The actual situation is that there is no suitable one that can be attached to a telephone and used.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the earphone microphone can be always connected to the mobile phone, and the cord of the earphone microphone is wound in the main body of the mobile phone. , By leaving only the earphones exposed from the body of the mobile phone, you can make a call similar to a conventional mobile phone using the built-in speaker, and pull the cord of the earphone microphone out of the body of the mobile phone to open the earphones. It is to enable the hands-free call used. It is another object of the present invention to provide a device that can be easily attached to an existing mobile phone as needed. Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone in which earphones are not used due to loss or annoyance of the earphones.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and a first technical means is that an earphone / microphone fixing portion is formed and a cord is wound.
The device was built in and the lid was rotatably provided.
Attachment body that can be attached to the back of the mobile phone
And, mobile phone Atatchimen consisting of the earphone-microphone
In DOO, the earphone microphone code is wound around the cord winder, when winding of the cord, the earphone is the earphone microphone fixing the earphone microphone
It is characterized by being fixed to the section .

The second technical means is a portable version of the first technical means.
With attachment with attached phone attachment
It is a mobile phone .

[0007]

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
Detailed description will be given based on first to third examples shown in FIGS. (First Embodiment) FIGS. 1A and 1B are views showing a mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a front view and FIG. 1B is a side view. The telephone body 1 is provided with a switch unit 2, a display unit 3 including a liquid crystal display, a mouthpiece 4 with a built-in microphone, an antenna 5, a pull-out earphone microphone 6, a transmitter / receiver circuit not shown, and a cord. A cord winding device 7 having a reel is built in. The pull-out type earphone microphone 6 includes an earphone 6a and a microphone 6b, and the microphone 6b is attached in the middle of a cord 6c connecting the earphone 6a and the telephone body 1. A battery pack 9 is detachably provided on the back surface of the telephone body 1. The cord 6c of the earphone microphone 6 is wound around a cord reel, and its base end is connected to a transmitter / receiver circuit (not shown) in the telephone body 1.

A concave portion 8 is formed at the upper end of the front surface of the telephone body 1, and a withdrawal hole for introducing the cord 6c into the telephone body 1 is formed at the deepest portion of the concave portion 8. When the earphone 6a is wound up to the end, the earphone 6a is fitted in the concave portion 8 exactly. The cord reel of the cord winding device 7 is urged in the winding direction of the cord 6c by the mainspring, and when the cord 6c is pulled out, it is fixed at that position by the ratchet mechanism and presses the winding button or the like provided at an appropriate position. As a result, the cord 6c is wound by a one-touch operation. The cord winding device 7 using a mainspring and a ratchet mechanism may be replaced with a cord winding device using a battery-driven motor, or a cord winding device driven by a manual handle. it can.

When using such a mobile phone, when the pull-out type earphone microphone 6 is wound around the cord winding device 7 in the phone body 1, the mobile phone is held with one hand just like a conventional mobile phone. Earphone microphone 6
The earphone 6a of 1 is applied to the ear, and the earpiece of the telephone body 1 is brought close to the mouth to make a call. Further, when the cord 6c of the pull-out type earphone microphone 6 is pulled out from the cord winding device 7 in the telephone body 1 to an appropriate length, the cord is fixed to that length by the ratchet mechanism.
Put on your ears. Since the microphone 6b of the earphone microphone 6 is close to the mouth, it is not necessary to directly hold the telephone body 1 by hand, and it is possible to talk in a hands-free state. At this time, if the microphone (not shown) built in the telephone body 1 has a structure in which the cord 6c of the pull-out type earphone microphone 6 is cut off in association with pulling out the cord 6c from the cord winding device 7, the earphone microphone 6 does not pick up external noise during a call.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a portable telephone according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone of the second embodiment is different from the mobile phone of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 only in the configuration of the earphone microphone 11 and the configuration of the recess 12 that houses the earphone microphone 11, and the other configurations are the same. The configuration is similar to that of the first embodiment. That is,
The earphone microphone 11 includes an earphone 11a and a microphone 11b.
Is integrally formed via a connecting portion, and a cord 11c having an appropriate length is connected near the microphone 11b. On the other hand, a concave portion 12 is formed on the upper end of the telephone body 1, and the concave portion 12 includes a front surface concave portion 12a into which the earphone 11a is fitted, and a microphone 11.
This is a structure in which b and a vertically elongated rear surface side recess 12b into which the connecting portion is fitted are continuous in the intermediate recess 12c. Then, the cord 11c of the earphone microphone 11 enters the inside of the telephone body 1 through an unillustrated pull-out hole provided in the rear concave portion 12b of the telephone body 1, and the cord of the cord winding device is the same as that of the mobile phone of the first embodiment. It is wound around a reel and connected to a transmission / reception circuit.

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 3 is a side view showing a portable telephone in which the earphone microphone attachment of the third embodiment of the present invention is mounted. As shown in FIG.
The earphone microphone attachment (hereinafter, referred to as an attachment) 20 of the embodiment has an earphone microphone 26 and an earphone microphone plug 27, and is attached to the back surface of the conventional mobile phone 1 so as to overlap the attachment 20 and carry the earphone microphone plug 27. While connected to the earphone microphone jack of the telephone 1, the earphone microphone 26 is used to make a call.

4A and 4B are views showing only the attachment in which the attachment 20 is removed from the portable telephone in the state shown in FIG. 3, in which FIG. 4A is a side view, FIG. 4B is a rear view, and FIG. . The attachment 20 has an attachment body 21 having a shape that closely matches the shape of the back surface of the telephone body 1 as a center, and the earphone microphone 2 at the upper end thereof.
A concave-convex fitting type earphone microphone fixing portion 22 to which the cord 6 is detachably attached is provided, and a lid 23 having a cord winding device 28 built therein is provided at a lower end by a hinge 24 so as to be openable and closable. Note that the attachment body 21 is preferably formed of a material having appropriate flexibility so that the attachment body 21 closely follows the shape of the back surface of the telephone body 1. The hinge 24 of the lid 23 is used when the battery pack 9 provided on the back surface of the telephone body 1 is attached or detached, or when the battery of the battery pack 9 needs to be charged, or when the telephone body 1 is installed on a charging stand. Free to be used for free.

In the third embodiment, the cord take-up device 28 is built in the lid 23, but it can be built in the attachment main body 21 if necessary, and the cord reel is attached to the earphone microphone 26. The connected cord 26c is wound. Further, the earphone microphone plug 27 is connected to the end of the cord 26c and is led out to the outside from the lid 23 or the attachment body 21. The earphone microphone 26 may have the same structure as the earphone microphones of the first and second embodiments, but the microphone 26a is integrally formed with a fixing portion 26d that engages with the earphone microphone fixing portion 22. It As the earphone microphone fixing portion 26d and the earphone microphone fixing portion 22 of the attachment body 21, those having an appropriate configuration other than the concave and convex fitting type shown in the drawing are used. As shown in FIG. 4 (B), the attachment body 21 is provided with a concave portion 21a in a portion facing the back surface of the telephone body 1 in order to save material, reduce weight, and increase flexibility. . By doing so, the attachment body 21 can be attached exactly to a mobile phone having a function key such as a memo button provided on the back surface of the phone body.
Further, if the portion corresponding to the function key is formed with a hole having a suitable size so that a finger can be inserted, the function key can be used.

The attachment 20 is attached to the mobile phone 1 and is used by connecting the earphone microphone plug 27 to an earphone microphone jack (not shown) of the phone body 1.
At that time, as a means for attaching the attachment 20 to the mobile phone 1, it is common to use a so-called double-sided adhesive tape in which pressure-sensitive adhesives are applied to both front and back surfaces of the base material, but it is common to attach the attachments. It is also possible to use the above adhesive, or it is also possible to use a hooking type that does not use an adhesive or a mechanical engaging means that uses a fixture. However, as described above, the attachment of the lid 23 is convenient when the battery pack 9 of the mobile phone 1 is replaced, or when the mobile phone 1 is set on a charging stand or the like.
For convenience of charging the battery, it is necessary to adopt a mounting method that can be easily attached and detached.

According to the earphone / microphone attachment 20 of the third embodiment, the earphone / microphone attachment 20 can be attached to the conventional mobile phone as required, and the earphone / microphone plug 27 is attached to the earphone / microphone jack (not shown) of the mobile phone. Just plug it in and you'll be able to make the following calls: When the earphone is attached, the earphone 26a is attached to the ear to receive a call, and the call is made by the microphone 26b. A microphone (not shown) inside the earpiece of the main body enables conversation. Therefore, the earphone microphone attachment 2 of the third embodiment
By attaching 0 to the mobile phone, it becomes unnecessary to attach and detach the earphone plug. In addition, since the earphone cord is used by being wound up in a wind-up type cord winder except when using hands-free, it does not get in the way and is not lost.

[0017]

Since the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, it has the following effects. (1) According to the invention of claim 1, the conventional mobile phone is required.
Attach the earphone / microphone attachment if necessary
The earphone microphone jack of the mobile phone.
Earphones simply by plugging in the microphone plug
Pull out the microphone and talk in a hands-free state
You can Also, the earphone cord is for hands-free use.
Other than that, roll it up into the cord winding device,
Always keep the mobile phone and earphone microphone integrated.
It will not get in the way because it will (2) According to the invention of claim 2, the conventional mobile phone has
The mic microphone attachment is installed
I wound up the earphone microphone in the cord retractor.
State, earphones and microphone built into the phone body
Call with and pull out the earphone microphone
Of the earphone and earphone microphone with the
Just pull out the code with the call using the microphone
It can be selected by operation, and it takes time and effort to handle the earphone cord.
Do not use it with one hand during normal use, and
You can easily select the free use, whichever method is used
However, there is no fear of losing the earphones. Also earphone
Use the cord winder except when using hands-free
Because it is stored, it does not get in the way.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a mobile phone according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which an attachment according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention is attached to a mobile phone.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an attachment according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Mobile phone main body, 2 ... Switch part, 3 ... Display part, 4
... mouthpiece, 5 ... antenna, 6, 11, 26 ... pull-out type earphone microphone, 7, 28 ... cord winding device, 8,
12 ... Earphone accommodating recessed portion, 9 ... Battery pack, 20 ... Earphone microphone attachment, 21 ... Attachment body, 22 ... Earphone microphone fixing portion, 23 ... Lid, 24 ...
Hinge, 27 ... Earphone microphone plug.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An earphone microphone fixing part is formed,
It has a built-in winding device and the lid is rotatably installed.
Attached to the back of the mobile phone
And the reinforcement body, the mobile phone A, which consists of an earphone microphone
In the attachment , the cord of the earphone microphone is wound around the cord winding device, and the cord is wound.
When plugged in , the earphone of the earphone microphone is the earphone.
Mobile phone characterized by being fixed to a microphone fixing part
Attachment . 2. A mobile phone attachment according to claim 1.
Attachment with mobile <br/> band phone, characterized in that the mounting and.