WO2005053283A1 - Methode et dispositif de communication radio fermable - Google Patents

Methode et dispositif de communication radio fermable Download PDF

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WO2005053283A1
WO2005053283A1 PCT/US2004/036733 US2004036733W WO2005053283A1 WO 2005053283 A1 WO2005053283 A1 WO 2005053283A1 US 2004036733 W US2004036733 W US 2004036733W WO 2005053283 A1 WO2005053283 A1 WO 2005053283A1
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Gui-Wu Yuan
Yat Leng Koh
Yu-Shan Li
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Motorola Inc.
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0206—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings
    • H04M1/0208—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings characterized by the relative motions of the body parts
    • H04M1/0214—Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0206—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings
    • H04M1/0241—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call
    • H04M1/0245—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call using open/close detection
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2250/00—Details of telephonic subscriber devices
    • H04M2250/12—Details of telephonic subscriber devices including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2250/00—Details of telephonic subscriber devices
    • H04M2250/16—Details of telephonic subscriber devices including more than one display unit

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  • This invention relates a closeable communications device and associated method for initiating an outgoing communication call. .
  • the invention is particularly useful for automatically initiating outgoing communication calls for closeable communications devices when moved from a closed to, or towards, an opened position.
  • One communication device that is easy to transport is a closeable cellular telephone having an opened position and a closed position.
  • a conventional cellular telephone user interface of the cellular telephone which includes a speaker, a microphone, a display, and a keypad, is fully exposed and the cellular telephone has a length that is sufficient to allow the ear and mouth of the user to align with the speaker and microphone, respectively.
  • the conventional user keypad is usually hidden, or inaccessible, thereby making the cellular telephone shorter in length.
  • a user when a user wishes to make a call, they first adjust the telephone to the opened position and then dial a number and press a dial button. This may be inconvenient and it would therefore be desirable to provide an alternative method or device that does not necessarily require the telephone to be opened before dialling a number and pressing the dial button.
  • the terms 'comprises', 'comprising' or similar terms are intended to mean a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a method or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include those elements solely, but may well include other elements not listed.
  • a closeable radio communications device comprising: a housing having at least two portions movably mounted to each other to allow relative movement of the portions between a closed position and an opened position; a user interface accessible by a user when the housing is in the closed position; a housing position detector; a transceiver disposed in the housing; and a processor disposed in the housing and coupled to the user interface and the housing position detector, wherein in use, when the housing is moved from the closed position, the position detector provides an outgoing call request signal to the processor to initiate an outgoing communication call through the transceiver, the outgoing communication call destination being selected by operation of the user interface prior to the housing being moved from the closed position.
  • the two portions are pivotally mounted to each other.
  • the user interface includes a display screen.
  • the user interface includes a keypad.
  • the display screen is a touch screen.
  • the detector may suitably only provide the outgoing call request signal when the housing is in the opened position.
  • the user interface is an outer user interface and there is an inner user interface that is at least partially hidden when the housing is in the closed position.
  • a method for initiating an outward outgoing communication call for a closeable radio communication device with a housing having at least two portions movably mounted to each other to allow relative movement of the portions between a closed position and an opened position comprising: receiving an outgoing communication call destination number selected at a user interface of the device. Detecting when the housing is moved from the closed position to provide an outgoing call request signal thereby initiating an outgoing communication call, through a transceiver of the device, the outgoing communication call being directed by the call destination number.
  • the outgoing call request signal is provided when the device is in the opened position.
  • Fig. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a closeable radio communications device in accordance with the invention
  • Fig. 2 illustrates the closeable radio communications device of Fig. 1 when in a closed position
  • Fig. 3 illustrates the closeable radio communications device of Fig. 1 when in an opened position
  • Fig. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for initiating an outward outgoing communication call by the closeable radio communications device of Fig. 1.
  • an closeable radio communications device 1 comprising a radio frequency communications unit 2 coupled to be in communication with a processor 3.
  • the device 1 also has an outer user interface 5a with a screen 5c and a keypad 5b and an inner user interface 6a with a screen 6c and a keypad ⁇ b.
  • the respective screens 5c, 6c and keypads 5b, 6b of interfaces 5a, 6a are coupled to be in communication with the processor 3.
  • a housing position detector 19 is also coupled to the processor 3 to provide an outgoing call request signal (CRS) , the position detector 19 typically being a mechanically actuated push button switch, however, the position detector 19 can be any detector such as a magnetic sensor (reed switch) , capacitance sensor, inductance sensor or a photo sensor.
  • the processor 3 includes an encoder/decoder 11 with an associated Read Only Memory (ROM) 12 storing data for encoding and decoding voice or other signals that may be transmitted or received by the radio telephone 1.
  • ROM Read Only Memory
  • the processor 3 also includes a microprocessor 13 coupled, by a common data and address bus 17, to the encoder/decoder 11, a character Read Only Memory (ROM) 14, a Random Access Memory (RAM) 4, static programmable memory 16 and a removable SIM module 18.
  • the static programmable memory 16 and SIM module 18 each can store, amongst other things, selected incoming text messages and a Telephone Number Database TND (phonebook) comprising a number field for telephone numbers and name field for identifiers associated with one the numbers in the name field. For instance, one entry in the Telephone Number Database TND may be 91999111111 (entered in the number field) with an associated identifier "Steven C at work" in the name field.
  • the micro-processor 13 has ports for coupling to interfaces 5a, 6a and an alert module 15 that typically contains a speaker, vibrator motor and associated drivers.
  • the character Read only memory 14 stores code for decoding or encoding text messages that may be received by the communication unit 2, input at the keypad 6. In this embodiment the character Read Only Memory 14 also stores operating code (OC) for micro-processor 13 and code for performing a method as described below with reference to Fig.4.
  • the radio frequency communications unit 2 is a combined receiver and transmitter having a common antenna 7.
  • the communications unit 2 has a transceiver 8 coupled to antenna 7 via a radio frequency amplifier 9.
  • the transceiver 8 is also coupled to a combined modulator/demodulator 10 that couples the communications unit 2 to the processor 3. Referring to Figs.
  • the closeable radio communications device 1 that has a housing 21 with two portions 22, 23 movably mounted to each other to allow relative movement of the portions 22,23 between a closed position of Fig 2 and an opened position of Fig 3. Disposed, or partially disposed, in the housing 21 are the components of Fig.l including the transceiver 8 and processor 3.
  • the relative movement as shown in this embodiment is achieved by the portions 22,23 being pivotally mounted about a pivotal axis A.
  • the outer user interface 5a of the screen 5c and the keypad 5b are visible and accessible by a user, the screen 5c and a keypad 5b being disposed in portion 22.
  • the inner user interface 6a of the screen 6c and the keypad 6b are totally hidden (sandwiched between portions 22,23) when the housing 21 is in the closed position.
  • the inner user interface 6a may be only partially hidden or partially accessible when the housing 21 is in the closed position.
  • the closeable radio communications device 1 has a protrusion 24, on the housing 21, for co-acting with the housing position detector 19 to generate the outgoing call request signal CRS when the housing 21 is moved to the opened position as shown in Fig. 3.
  • housing position detector 26 for providing the outgoing call request signal CRS when the housing has started movement between the closed and opened positions (but has not necessarily reached the opened position) .
  • the inner user interface 6a of the screen 6c and the keypad 6b that are totally accessible and visible.
  • the protrusion 24 is co-acting by abutting with the housing position detector 19 (not visible) thereby generating the outgoing call request signal CRS.
  • the method 40 after a start step 41 is invoked by a user activating the outer user interface 5a, thereafter the method 40 performs a step of receiving an outgoing communication call destination number 42 selected at the outer user interface 5a of the device.
  • a test step 43 determines if the housing 21 is in the closed position (by checking to see if detector 19 is providing an appropriate signal) and the method 40 has previously been re-selected as a desired dialling function by a user. If test step 43 provides a negative result (i.e. provides in a "NO"), the device 1 will allow a user to call a desired number.
  • the desired number is called by the conventional method of activating a call button on the keypad 6b when the device 1 is in the opened position at a call as normal step 44, the method 40 then ends.
  • test step 43 provides a positive result (i.e. a "YES")
  • a detecting step 45 provides for detecting when the housing 21 is moved from the closed position to provide the outgoing call request signal CRS thereby initiating an outgoing communication call, through the transceiver 8 of the device 1, the outgoing communication call being directed by the call destination number.
  • the detecting step 45 includes a test step 46 that determines if the housing 21 moves towards, or has moved to, the opened position.
  • This test step 46 uses the position detector 19 to determine if the housing 21 has moved to the opened position (where the protrusion 24 co-acts with detector 19) . Alternatively, if detector 26 is used then detection of movement of the housing from the closed position is possible as a test at step 46. If the housing remains closed then a call cancelled test 47 results where the processor 3 terminates the method 40 if the user cancels the call destination number by selection of one or more appropriate keys on keypad 5b. Otherwise, the method 40 returns to test step 46. If test step 46 detects the housing 21 has moved to, or towards, the opened position then a call the destination number step 48 is effected to automatically call the destination number without the user having to press a call button on inner interface 6a. The method 40 then ends at the end step 49.
  • the present invention provides for allowing a user to dial or select a call destination number, the number being automatically dialled when the housing is moved from the closed to the opened position.
  • the call destination number is typically selected by use of the Telephone Number Database TND, or simply keying in the number, by appropriate use of the outer user interface 5a.
  • the invention provides alternative approach to dialling that does not require the device (e.g. telephone) to be opened before dialling a number and thereafter pressing a dial button.
  • the detailed description provides a preferred exemplary embodiment only, and is not intended to limit the scope, applicability, or configuration of the invention. Rather, the detailed description of the preferred exemplary embodiment provides those skilled in the art with an enabling description for implementing preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention.

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L'invention concerne une méthode (40) de communication radio et un dispositif (1) de communication radio fermable, pour effectuer un appel de communication sortant, vers l'extérieur. Le dispositif (1) comprend un boîtier (21) présentant au moins deux parties (22, 23) montées mobiles l'une par rapport à l'autre, pour permettre un déplacement relatif de ces parties entre une position fermée et une position ouverte. La méthode (40) consiste à recevoir (42) un numéro de destination d'appel de communication sortant, sélectionné au niveau d'une interface d'utilisateur (5a) du dispositif (1). Ensuite, une étape de détection (45) permet de détecter le moment où le boîtier (21) est déplacé pour se retirer de la position fermée, pour fournir un signal de demande d'appel sortant, ce qui permet d'effectuer un appel de communication sortant, au moyen d'un émetteur-récepteur (8) du dispositif, l'appel de communication sortant étant dirigé par le numéro de destination d'appel.
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