Classifications

• • 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
  • H04M1/6058—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
  • H04M1/6066—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone including a wireless connection

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a mobile telephone arrangement provided in a modular manner with a wristband module for attaching the wrist of the wearer of the control and handling means, as well as the earphone and microphone means and a communication module to establish and maintain a communications link with a mobile telephone network and with local wireless communication networks that are intended to be loose or coupled to other electronic equipment / s and whose wrist and communication modules are adapted to establish among them a proximity wireless communication link.
• the invention starts from the idea that in order to solve this problem of weight and volume reduction it is necessary to provide the telephone device in the form of an arrangement consisting of two separate modules, the module or element intended to be carried by the user being provided, for example in the form watch, bracelet, bracelet or similar, of reduced size and weight by having only a limited number of components, while in the other module the elements with greater weight and volume will be arranged, said modules being adapted to establish a link between them Wireless communication proximity to those available in the art.
• proximity wireless communication link is used herein to distinguish a wireless communication link based on Bluetooth® technologies or the like.
• this task is solved from an arrangement comprising at least two separate modules with respective power supply means and respective means for establishing a wireless proximity communication link between them, characterized in that: - the first module, provided with means for operation and control as well as with headphone and microphone means, is arranged to be coupled to the user's wrist; and - the second module, intended to establish and maintain a communication link with a mobile telephone network and / or a local wireless network, is arranged to be carried either loose or coupled to other electronic equipment / s conveniently prepared for it.
• in the first module there are additionally provided means for generating a warning signal to the user when the level of the signal of the wireless connection with the second module is below a predetermined threshold.
• the microphone and earpiece means of the first module are provided to be operatively oriented from the inner face of the wrist joint towards the palmar area of the user's hand. According to the previous feature, it can be provided that these microphone and / or earphone means are acoustically addressable towards the palmar area of the user's hand. Likewise, it would be possible to arrange the microphone and / or earpiece means to extend mechanically towards the palmar area of the user's hand.
• Figure 1 shows a connection scheme to a mobile telephone network and to wireless local networks of the modular arrangement according to the invention.
• Figure 2 illustrates respective block diagrams of the constituent modules of the arrangement according to the invention.
• Figure 3 schematically shows a preferred embodiment of the invention.
• Figures 4, 5 and 6 serve to illustrate a scheme of use of the arrangement according to the invention.
• the arrangement according to the invention designated in general with the numerical reference 1, consists of respective first and second separate modules 2 and 3 that are prepared to establish a wireless proximity connection, represented in line of points, based, for example, on Bluetooth® or similar technologies.
• respective proximity wireless link means 20, 30 are provided, with respective separate power supply sources 21, 31.
• the first module 2 additionally comprises operating and control means 22, as well as some headset 23 and microphone means 24 and according to the invention is arranged to be coupled to the user's wrist, for example, on a wrist support 4.
• the second module 3 additionally includes communication means 32 for the establishment and maintenance of a communication link with a mobile telephone network, such as GSM, GPRS, ÜMTS or similar, as well as with local wireless networks such as Wi-Fi, Airport and the like, and is intended to be carried loose or coupled to other equipment / s / s electronic / s.
• module 3 may be included as part of another electronic device 5, for example, a PDA, a portable PC, a Tablet PC, Smartphone, etc., or so that it can be electrically connected, through an appropriate connector, to any of these devices or even directly carried by the user in a briefcase or in accommodation of his clothes.
• the user can make use of the best features of said equipment in terms of, for example, greater and better keyboard , screen, speakers, battery, storage memory, process speed, etc., and in this way the electronic device so equipped is enabled as a mobile phone.
• the first module 2 is intended to be coupled onto a wristband or bracelet for the user's wrist joint, so that its earpiece and microphone means 23-24, are orient towards the palmar area of the user's hand to use the hand bowl as an "acoustic" box that favors the propagation of sound waves.
• these earpiece and microphone means 23-24 may be provided either to extend or deploy mechanically towards the palmar area of the user's hand or be configured to be acoustically addressable with respect to said palmar area.
• an arrangement in accordance with the foregoing could be used, as shown in Figure 6, without the need to orient said microphone and earpiece means towards the palmar area of the hand if not located on the back of the hand.
• the components of a mobile phone can be distributed over two separate elements connected wirelessly, one of them to adapt to the user's wrist with the precise means for control, handling and conversation and therefore of lightened weight, while in the other element that can be carried loose or coupled to another or other electronic equipment are included the means with greater weight and volume that are necessary to establish mobile phone links and / or with local wireless networks
• This provision results in numerous advantages of a general nature, such as lighter and more functional objects that are adaptable and capable of being combined. More particularly and with respect to the wristband element, simplification advantages result in weight and volume reduction and consequently greater comfort for the user and due to this the possibility of being carried by the user permanently with the consequent lower possibility of loss or theft.
• the elimination of controls and controls is advantageous in order to carry it in a bag, a briefcase or even in the user's clothing and, in particular, the possibility of coupling to electronic devices or equipment such as computers laptops, electronic agendas and the like.
• the communication module with the necessary reception-transmission means for connection via radio with the mobile telephone network it is provided as a separate element, that is, distanced from the user, it is provided as an additional advantage and not therefore of minor importance. , being able to avoid the user's exposure to radiation Ionizers such as the micro waves necessary for the communication link with mobile phone networks.

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  • 2004-02-12 WO PCT/ES2004/000060 patent/WO2005078946A1/es active Application Filing

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