Channel selection and clarity improvement for digital cordless telephones operating in an overlapped range
    21.
    发明授权
    Channel selection and clarity improvement for digital cordless telephones operating in an overlapped range 有权
    在重叠范围内工作的数字无绳电话的频道选择和清晰度提升

    公开(公告)号:US06498935B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-24

    申请号:US09293850

    申请日:1999-04-19

    IPC分类号: H04Q720

    CPC分类号: H04W16/16

    摘要: When a plurality of cordless telephones (e.g., digital cordless telephones) are used within range of one another, base units of one or more of the digital cordless telephones may receive transmissions from others of the digital cordless telephones. Conventionally, the base unit would simply ignore information relating to that received from an unintended remote handset, i.e., a remote handset having a security code which fails to match that of the receiving base unit. However, in accordance with the principles of the present invention, information regarding the unique security code received with respect to other remote handsets (i.e., those having security codes which do not match that of the receiving base unit), are logged and used in a way which provides a unique best available channel list to each of the digital cordless telephones so that similar digital cordless telephones operating in a similar environment do not attempt selection of channels in a similar way (causing channel inclarity and/or interference). In a first embodiment, the list of best available channels is randomized based on the unique security code of the relevant digital cordless telephone. In a second embodiment, the list of best available channels is randomized only when another digital cordless telephone becomes within transmission range of the relevant digital cordless telephone. In a third embodiment, a list of best available channels is uniquely indexed for each digital cordless telephone based on a ranking of the digital cordless telephones within transmission range of one another. For instance, the highest ranking digital telephone in an environment with three digital cordless telephones attempts use of, preferably in order, the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, etc. channels.

    摘要翻译: 当在彼此的范围内使用多个无绳电话(例如,数字无绳电话)时,一个或多个数字无绳电话的基本单元可以接收来自数字无绳电话中的其他人的传输。 通常,基本单元将简单地忽略与从非预期的远程手机(即,具有不匹配接收基站单元的安全码的远程手机)接收到的信息有关的信息。 然而,根据本发明的原理,关于与其他远程手机(即,具有与接收基站单元不匹配的安全代码的那些)相关的唯一安全密码的信息被记录并使用在 为每个数字无绳电话提供独特的最佳可用频道列表,使得在类似环境中操作的类似数字无绳电话不以类似的方式尝试选择频道(导致频道内容和/或干扰)。 在第一实施例中,基于相关数字无绳电话的唯一安全码,将最佳可用频道的列表随机化。 在第二实施例中,只有当另一数字无绳电话变成相关数字无绳电话的传输范围内时,最佳可用频道的列表是随机化的。 在第三实施例中,基于数字无绳电话在彼此的传输范围内的等级,为每个数字无绳电话唯一索引最佳可用信道的列表。 例如,在具有三个数字无绳电话的环境中的最高等级的数字电话尝试优选地使用第一,第四,第七,第十等等频道。

    Low power consumption quick charge for wireless device
    22.
    发明授权
    Low power consumption quick charge for wireless device 有权
    无线设备低功耗快速充电

    公开(公告)号:US06445936B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-09-03

    申请号:US09441078

    申请日:1999-11-16

    IPC分类号: H04Q720

    摘要: The current draw of a wireless device, e.g., a cordless telephone, is minimized for a cradled remote handset drawing power from an AC outlet. This allows a greater portion of the total current amperage provided by the AC to DC converter to be allowed to charge the battery in the remote unit, and reduces the overall maximum or peak value of the current draw of the wireless device. With an improved peak power budget, a smaller (and presumably less expensive) AC to DC adapter than otherwise necessary may be used to power the wireless device. In one aspect, sniff operations of the remote handset are disabled or otherwise suppressed while the remote handset is in the cradle of the base unit, e.g., receiving a quick charge or trickle charge to its battery. In a second aspect, sniff operations of the base unit are disabled or otherwise suppressed while the remote handset is in the cradle of the base unit. In a last aspect, the charging mode of the battery in the remote handset of a wireless device changes based on activity in the remote handset.

    摘要翻译: 无线设备(例如,无绳电话)的当前绘图被最小化,以便从一个交流电源插座中抽取电源的悬挂式远程手机。 这允许由AC至DC转换器提供的总电流安培数的更大部分被允许对远程单元中的电池充电,并且降低无线设备的电流消耗的总体最大值或峰值。 通过改进的峰值功率预算,可以使用比其他必要的更小(可能更便宜)的AC到DC适配器来为无线设备供电。 在一个方面,远程手持机的呼吸操作被禁用或以其它方式被抑制,而遥控手机位于基座的支架中,例如,接收到其电池的快速充电或涓流充电。 在第二方面,当远程手机位于基座的支架中时,基本单元的嗅探操作被禁用或以其它方式被抑制。 在最后一方面,无线设备的远程手机中的电池的充电模式基于远程手机中的活动而改变。

    Wireless piconet access to vehicle operational statistics
    23.
    发明授权
    Wireless piconet access to vehicle operational statistics 有权
    无线微微网访问车辆运行统计

    公开(公告)号:US06408232B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-18

    申请号:US09551553

    申请日:2000-04-18

    IPC分类号: G08G109

    CPC分类号: G08G1/017

    摘要: A wireless piconet transceiver is mounted in a vehicle, and a complementary fixed wireless piconet transceiver is mounted in a garage, service station, police squad car, etc., for communication with the vehicle when parked adjacent thereto. The vehicle establishes a temporary piconet network with the user's home piconet. Vehicle operational statistics are tracked and maintained in a centralized vehicle computer database. This database can be manipulated to store the data desired by the vehicle owner. Via a wireless piconet connection, this database can transmitted to another piconet device such as the owner's computer. This computer system can be part of a wireless piconet, such as Bluetooth, This provides the computer with the ability to communicate with external wireless devices such as a cell phone, PDA, computer, or a cordless telephone. This invention allows for the configuration, or selection of desired vehicle data to be tracked. This configuration can take place on the owner's home computer (or laptop) and consequently transmitted to the vehicle computer using a wireless piconet protocol, e.g., the Bluetooth protocol. Additionally, this configuration can be manipulated by a direct interface to the vehicle provided by the manufacturer. Exemplary vehicle statistics which may be tracked include, but are not limited to, miles per gallon, average miles per hour, maximum MPH, miles driven per trip, driving statistics based on time of day and/or on identified driver, rotations of the engine per minute (RPM), temperature of engine, fuel gauge level, oil pressure, tires, brakes, engine coolant, wiper fluid, global positioning satellite (GPS) system, and/or even compressed voice from inside car cockpit during operation of vehicle.

    摘要翻译: 无线微微网收发器安装在车辆中,并且互补的固定无线微微网收发器安装在车库,维修站,警察小汽车等中,用于在与其相邻时与车辆通信。 该车辆与用户的家庭微微网建立了一个临时微微网络。 在一个集中的车辆计算机数据库中跟踪和维护车辆操作统计数据。 该数据库可以被操纵以存储车主所需的数据。 通过无线微微网连接,该数据库可以传输到另一个微微网设备,如所有者的计算机。 该计算机系统可以是诸如蓝牙的无线微微网的一部分。这为计算机提供了与外部无线设备(如手机,PDA,计算机或无绳电话)进行通信的能力。 本发明允许对要跟踪的期望车辆数据的配置或选择。 该配置可以在所有者的家用计算机(或膝上型计算机)上进行,并且因此使用无线微微网协议(例如蓝牙协议)传输到车辆计算机。 此外,该配置可以通过由制造商提供的与车辆的直接接口来操纵。 可以跟踪的示例性车辆统计数据包括但不限于每加仑英里,每小时平均英里数,最大MPH,每行程驱动的英里数,基于一天中的驾驶统计数据和/或识别的驾驶员的驾驶统计数据,以及发动机的转速 发动机温度,油位计,油压,轮胎,制动器,发动机冷却液,刮水器,全球定位卫星(GPS)系统,和/或车辆驾驶舱内部甚至是压缩声音。

    Enhanced wireless network security using GPS
    24.
    发明授权
    Enhanced wireless network security using GPS 有权
    使用GPS增强无线网络安全

    公开(公告)号:US07783257B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-24

    申请号:US11446166

    申请日:2006-06-05

    IPC分类号: H04B7/00

    摘要: A wireless piconet network device includes a GPS receiver to determine and provide earth coordinates to a gatekeeper of a wireless network so as to provide a level of security to wireless networks which requires accessing wireless devices to be within predefined boundary coordinates. The automatic restriction of access to a wireless network (e.g., a wireless local area network (LAN) such as a piconet network) by requiring a wireless network device to provide earth coordinates (e.g., GPS location information) as part of an establishment or maintenance of a connection to a wireless network, independent of a range of communication of any device in the wireless network. A wireless piconet network device outside of predetermined earth coordinates of a secured area (e.g., a building, a room in a building, a desk in a room in a building, etc.) may be denied access to resources on the wireless network, and/or required to provide additional authorization information so as to confirm authorized secured status of the entering wireless device.

    摘要翻译: 无线微微网络设备包括GPS接收机,用于确定无线网络的守门员并向其提供地球坐标,以便向需要接入无线设备的预定边界坐标内的无线网络提供一定程度的安全性。 通过要求无线网络设备提供地球坐标(例如,GPS位置信息)作为建立或维护的一部分,自动限制对诸如微微网的无线网络(例如,无线局域网(LAN))的接入 与无线网络的连接无关,与无线网络中的任何设备的通信范围无关。 在安全区域(例如,建筑物,建筑物中的房间,建筑物中的房间中的桌子等)的预定地球坐标之外的无线微微网络设备可能被拒绝访问无线网络上的资源,以及 /或需要提供额外的授权信息,以确认进入的无线设备的授权安全状态。

    Enhanced wireless network security using GPS
    26.
    发明申请
    Enhanced wireless network security using GPS 有权
    使用GPS增强无线网络安全

    公开(公告)号:US20070281615A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-06

    申请号:US11446166

    申请日:2006-06-05

    IPC分类号: H04B7/00 H04M1/66

    摘要: A wireless piconet network device includes a GPS receiver to determine and provide earth coordinates to a gatekeeper of a wireless network so as to provide a level of security to wireless networks which requires accessing wireless devices to be within predefined boundary coordinates. The automatic restriction of access to a wireless network (e.g., a wireless local area network (LAN) such as a piconet network) by requiring a wireless network device to provide earth coordinates (e.g., GPS location information) as part of an establishment or maintenance of a connection to a wireless network, independent of a range of communication of any device in the wireless network. A wireless piconet network device outside of predetermined earth coordinates of a secured area (e.g., a building, a room in a building, a desk in a room in a building, etc.) may be denied access to resources on the wireless network, and/or required to provide additional authorization information so as to confirm authorized secured status of the entering wireless device.

    摘要翻译: 无线微微网络设备包括GPS接收机,用于确定无线网络的守门员并向其提供地球坐标,以便向需要接入无线设备的预定边界坐标内的无线网络提供一定程度的安全性。 通过要求无线网络设备提供地球坐标(例如,GPS位置信息)作为建立或维护的一部分,自动限制对诸如微微网的无线网络(例如,无线局域网(LAN))的接入 与无线网络的连接无关,与无线网络中的任何设备的通信范围无关。 在安全区域(例如,建筑物,建筑物中的房间,建筑物中的房间中的桌子等)的预定地球坐标之外的无线微微网络设备可能被拒绝访问无线网络上的资源,以及 /或需要提供额外的授权信息,以确认进入的无线设备的授权安全状态。

    Extended power savings for electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US07007177B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-28

    申请号:US10263726

    申请日:2002-10-04

    IPC分类号: G06F1/26 G06F1/32 H04B1/38

    CPC分类号: H04W52/0229 Y02D70/00

    摘要: Apparatus and method to minimize power usage by electronic devices. In a particular disclosed example, the battery power of a remote handset is reduced by extending the sniff period of a cordless telephone when the remote handset is remote from its base unit and the user is not likely to use the cordless telephone (e.g., when away from the house or when asleep). A low power mode module causes the electronic device, e.g., the remote handset of a cordless telephone, to remain in an extended low power STANDBY mode, or to extends the period of the periodic transition to a receive only STANDBY mode to check status registers at the base unit, at appropriate times. In one embodiment, a low power mode table contains entries defining periods of time during which the remote handset may transition between the low power STANDBY mode and the receive only STANDBY mode. The remote handset transitions to a fully powered transmit/receive (TDD) ON mode, e.g., in response to an appropriate status condition, or in response to the activation of a particular button or sequence of buttons at the remote handset. The extended STANDBY mode may alternatively be activated in response to input from an external device such as a home security system indicating that the user of the cordless telephone is not willing or able to answering any incoming telephone calls. The extended STANDBY mode may also be entered upon determination by the cordless telephone that the telephone line is already in use by another extension (thereby rendering unlikely any receipt of a ring signal condition from the base unit).

    Methods and devices for controlling the connection of power supplies to circuitry within rechargeable devices
    28.
    发明授权
    Methods and devices for controlling the connection of power supplies to circuitry within rechargeable devices 有权
    用于控制电源连接到可充电装置内的电路的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06963763B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-08

    申请号:US09478883

    申请日:2000-01-07

    IPC分类号: H02J9/00 H04B1/38 H04M1/725

    摘要: The present invention provides a device for connecting a power supply to a rechargeable device, in which a detection unit is adapted to detect power levels of a battery to output a first signal when a low power level of the battery is detected, and a second signal when a sufficient power level of the battery is detected. A power control unit is adapted to receive the first and second signals, and to disconnect circuitry in the rechargeable device from the battery when the first signal is asserted, and to connect the circuitry in the rechargeable device to the battery when the second signal is asserted.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种用于将电源连接到可再充电装置的装置,其中检测单元适于在检测到电池的低功率电平时检测电池的功率电平以输出第一信号,以及第二信号 当检测到电池的足够功率电平时。 电源控制单元适于接收第一和第二信号,并且当第一信号被断言时,断开可再充电装置中的电路与电池的连接,并且当第二信号被断言时,将可再充电装置中的电路连接到电池 。

    Handset proximity muting
    29.
    发明授权
    Handset proximity muting 有权
    手机接近静音

    公开(公告)号:US06952471B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-04

    申请号:US09590684

    申请日:2000-06-09

    IPC分类号: H04M1/72 H04M1/725

    CPC分类号: H04M1/72502 H04M2250/10

    摘要: Apparatus and methods for automatically (i.e., without requiring manual user adjustment) reducing gain in one or both acoustic feedback paths of a cordless telephone when the handset and its base unit are operating in close proximity to one another, preventing uncontrolled feedback and audible howling even before it begins. A proximity detection module determines a distance between the handset and its base unit using an appropriate technique, e.g., using RSSI, round trip delay times, and/or GPS measurements. If the distance indicates that the handset is within close proximity to the base unit, appropriate attenuation of the microphone gain and/or speaker volume of the base unit and/or the handset will be implemented. One or more fixed levels of attenuation may be implemented based on a corresponding one or more measured close proximity distances between the handset and its base unit. Thus, the attenuation may result in a muting, a fixed amount of attenuation (e.g., 6 decibels (dB), 12 dB, or other appropriate fixed amount), or may be a variable amount dependent upon a relationship to the distance between the handset and the base unit.

    摘要翻译: 当手机及其基座单元彼此靠近操作时,自动(即,不需要手动用户调整)减少无绳电话的一个或两个声反馈路径中的增益的装置和方法,防止不受控制的反馈和可听见的啸叫甚至 在它开始之前。 接近检测模块使用适当的技术(例如使用RSSI,往返延迟时间和/或GPS测量)来确定手机与其基本单元之间的距离。 如果该距离表示手机位于基本单元附近,则将实现基本单元和/或手机的麦克风增益和/或扬声器音量的适当衰减。 可以基于手机与其基本单元之间的对应的一个或多个测量的近距离距离来实现一个或多个固定的衰减水平。 因此,衰减可能导致静音,固定量的衰减(例如,6分贝(dB),12dB或其他适当的固定量),或者可以是取决于与手机之间的距离的关系的可变量 和基本单位。

    Adjustment of period of real-time slow drift correction of alignment of handset's local oscillator for a cordless telephone
    30.
    发明授权
    Adjustment of period of real-time slow drift correction of alignment of handset's local oscillator for a cordless telephone 失效
    手机本地振荡器对于无绳电话的实时慢漂移校正周期的调整

    公开(公告)号:US06925314B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-02

    申请号:US10752704

    申请日:2004-01-08

    摘要: A method and apparatus to perform a real-time drift correction of a remote handset's local oscillator in a digital cordless telephone. The remote handset begins in a standby (sniff) mode. The remote handset periodically wakes from a sleep mode and goes into a normal link verification mode. Once in the link verification mode, the remote handset enters a time division duplexing (TDD) mode and attempts to establish a link with a base unit based on the timing of the TDD data frame. After the remote handset establishes a link with the base unit, the remote handset requests a security word from the base unit. Upon receiving the requested security word, the remote handset determines if the requested security word matches a security word of the remote handset. The remote handset implements a software frequency adjustment of its local oscillator. Once per frame, the remote handset enters a timing recovery state where the current state of the frame is compared with a previous state. When the cumulative timing slip is greater than a designated threshold, a frequency adjustment is made. During this exchange of commands between the remote handset and base unit, the remote handset continuously adjusts its local oscillator to achieve frequency alignment within, e.g., 1 part per million (ppm). Alternatively, frequency alignment may be achieved to a specified value. The period of the frequency alignment can be lengthened (or even suspended) during certain power critical modes to reduce power consumption. For example, the period of the link verify operations (and thus the frequency alignment) can be lengthened or suspended when the remote handset is being quick charged. Moreover, the period of the link verify operations can be adjusted based on a voltage level of the battery in the remote handset.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在数字无绳电话中执行远程手机的本地振荡器的实时漂移校正的方法和装置。 远程手机开始处于待机(嗅探)模式。 远程手机周期性地从休眠模式唤醒并进入正常的链路验证模式。 一旦处于链路验证模式,远程手机进入时分双工(TDD)模式,并尝试基于TDD数据帧的定时建立与基本单元的链路。 在远程手机与基本单元建立链接之后,远程手机从基本单元请求安全字。 在接收到所请求的安全字时,远程手机确定所请求的安全字是否与远程手机的安全字匹配。 远程手机实现其本地振荡器的软件频率调整。 每帧一次,远程手机进入定时恢复状态,其中帧的当前状态与先前状态进行比较。 当累积定时滑差大于指定的阈值时,进行频率调整。 在远程手机和基站单元之间的这种命令交换期间,远程手持机连续地调整其本地振荡器以实现例如百万分之一(ppm)内的频率对准。 或者,可以将频率对准实现为指定值。 在某些功率关键模式下,频率对准的周期可以延长(甚至暂停),以降低功耗。 例如,当远程手机被快速充电时,链接验证操作的周期(和因此的频率对准)可以被延长或暂停。 此外,可以基于远程手机中的电池的电压电平来调整链接验证操作的周期。