JPH1117801A - Hands free communication equipment for portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve voice quality and to improve installation and use by providing a housing chamber for leaving a portable telephone inside the main body of sound system in a motor vehicle, providing a signal terminal inside this housing chamber and achieving an electric connection by coupling the signal terminal to the signal jack of the portable telephone when the portable telephone is inserted. SOLUTION: A sound system 4 in an automobile and hands free communication equipment are integrally constituted. A main body 4 of the sound system is formed so as to be housed at a sound system installation section in the car. The main body 4 of the sound system has one housing chamber 44 inside in addition to a control key 41, a cassette tape or an CD player 42 and control panel 43. This housing chamber 44 becomes a space for freely attachably and detachably housing a portable telephone 2. On the bottom of the housing chamber 44, a portable telephone signal terminal 45 is provided continuously in contact with an internal electric circuit module, and this portable telephone signal terminal 45 becomes the supply source of various signals required for the hands free communication equipment by mutually fitting with a signal jack 21 of the portable telephone 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a type of telephone device that does not need to be gripped by a portable telephone, and more particularly to a portable telephone that can be detachably set to an audio device provided in an automobile. In the state where the handset is set, the audio device has a function as a non-gripping communication device of a mobile phone, that is, a device in which a non-gripping communication device of a mobile phone and an automobile audio device are integrated. The sound equipment, which is a high-quality voice input / output equipment inside a car, that is, a stereo, the communication quality of a handset that does not need to be gripped using a mobile phone is improved by using an antenna, and the characteristics co-configured with the car sound apparatus. The present invention relates to an improvement over the disadvantage that a well-known handset that does not need to be gripped by a mobile phone requires a dedicated attachment and wiring for installation in a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The use of mobile phones in vehicles has already become widespread, but users have to provide a handset that does not need to hold mobile phones in vehicles for convenience and safety in use. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a handset of a known mobile phone is installed on a panel board 31 of a vehicle body 3 or an air outlet of an air conditioner or a side of a shift lever using a support 1 that provides a space for leaving the handset. However, if a user talks without holding the handset, it is necessary to connect the handset with the peripheral equipment for communication provided in the car by using a cord. Not only affect the operation of car panel board parts,
For example, if the above-mentioned support is installed at the air outlet of the air conditioner, the air cannot be smoothly blown out, and if it is installed beside the shift lever, the shift change operation of the driver may be obstructed. In addition, when using the above-mentioned peripheral equipment, a power supply inside the automobile is used. In general, the power supply is connected to a cigarette lighter or a separately provided power supply connector. Design changes had to be made, which not only required technically high-level changes, but also created safety issues. When a cigarette lighter is used as a power source, the cigarette lighter and other electric equipment in the vehicle cannot be used, which is inconvenient.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided an accommodating room suitable for leaving a portable telephone in a main body of an acoustic device in a car, a signal terminal provided in the accommodating room, and a portable terminal when the portable telephone is inserted. The signal terminal is coupled to the signal jack of the telephone so that an electrical connection can be achieved, and various signals required when the audio device is used as a non-grip communication device can be obtained. The device shall also have the function of a non-gripping communication device, thereby providing a separate, non-gripping communication device that has been required so far when talking in a car without holding the handset of a mobile phone. Eliminate the problem of obstruction of the user's operation of the panel board or shift lever due to necessity and installation, and the problem of wiring between the non-grip communication device and the mobile phone, and make the interior space of the car clear and comfortable. Task It is.

[0004] The present invention also improves the sound quality of a mobile phone by making use of the high sound quality characteristic of the sound device that emphasizes the original sound by integrally forming the sound device of the car and the communication device that does not need to be gripped.
Also, in order to prevent the reception signal from being blocked by the vehicle body when the mobile phone is used in the car, the antenna of the car is shared as the antenna of the mobile phone or a dedicated antenna for the mobile phone is separately provided. Therefore, it is an object to improve the receiving ability of the mobile phone.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, an accommodation room in which a mobile phone can be detachably installed is provided in an audio device main body in an automobile, and one signal terminal is provided in the accommodation room. The signal terminal is connected to the electric circuit module of the audio device by a conducting wire, and the signal terminal is inserted into a signal jack of a mobile phone so that the mobile phone and the electric circuit module are electrically connected. It is a communication device that does not require the holding of a mobile phone.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an opening of an accommodating chamber provided in the audio device main body is provided with an openable / closable lid plate, and the opening of the accommodating chamber can be shielded by the lid plate. The mobile phone according to claim 1 does not need to be gripped.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the communication device according to the second aspect, wherein the cover panel has an operation panel function of an audio device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the communication device which does not need to be held by the portable telephone according to the third aspect, wherein an earphone jack is provided on a cover plate provided with an operation panel function so as to be connectable to the earphone. .

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, one jack is provided in parallel with a signal terminal on a cover plate provided with an operation panel function, and the jack is used to connect a computer and perform work on the Internet. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication device which does not need to hold a mobile phone.

The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that the signal terminal has a standard that can be combined with a signal jack of a mobile phone in accordance with a difference in the standard of the signal jack. Equipment.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a sponge or another soft protective layer is provided on the inner wall of the accommodation room so that the mobile phone can be protected and fixed. Equipment.

The invention according to claim 8 is characterized in that the electric circuit module is jointly constituted by the electric circuit of the audio device and the electric circuit of the telephone device that does not need to hold the portable telephone. It is a telephone device that does not require holding the telephone.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the conductor connecting the signal terminal in the accommodation room and the electric circuit module is extended, and the signal terminal can be pulled out of the audio device main body, and the signal terminal is inserted into the signal jack of the portable telephone. 3. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone does not need to be gripped.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a replaceable storage box which can be inserted into the accommodation room, and the case of the storage box has the same outer dimensions, but the inner wall space corresponds to the type of mobile phone. Of various dimensions so that a mobile phone can be accommodated, and a signal terminal that can be inserted into the signal jack of the mobile phone and that is connected to the electric circuit module by a conductive wire is provided at the bottom end of the abandoned box. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone does not need to be gripped.

[0015]

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a correlated electric circuit module is provided in an audio apparatus main body 4 of an automobile.

Among them, the audio device main body 4 has a form that can be accommodated in the audio device installation portion in the vehicle. The audio device main body 4 has a control key 41, a cassette tape or CD player 42, and an operation panel 43. It has a single accommodation room 44 inside, and the accommodation room 44 is a space capable of detachably accommodating a mobile phone, and a mobile phone signal terminal 45 connected to the internal electric circuit module is provided at the bottom of the accommodation room 44. The mobile phone signal terminal 45 can be fitted to the signal jack 21 of the mobile phone 2 so as to serve as a supply source of various signals required by the non-grip communication device.

The electric circuit module 5 includes one switch controller 51, an input interface 52, an audio signal processor and an amplifier 53, and further includes a CD player 54, a cassette tape player 55, a speaker 56, a radio receiver 57, etc. Is a basic part of a general automobile acoustic device, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. The switch controller 51 is used to control a signal input source to an audio signal processor and an audio amplifier 53. System, a dial system using a light board or voice, a dial system using key switches on an operation panel, or a dial system using the Internet connected to a computer). The output panel is amplified or converted, and the operation panel 59 is used to pull out and use the push key of the mobile phone. When the mobile phone is accommodated in the accommodation room 44, the operation key 59 is not directly operated. The key operation of the operation panel 59 is replaced with the push key. It is those that can progress to Ri.

When the portable telephone 2 is combined with the audio apparatus main body 4 in which the above components are combined, the portable telephone 2 is first inserted into the accommodation room 44 and the signal jack 2 of the portable telephone 2 is inserted.
1 and the mobile phone signal terminal 45 at the bottom of the accommodation chamber 44 are fitted to each other. Thus, by installing the electric circuit module including the input interface 52 described above, the audio device of the automobile becomes a combination of the hand-held communication device of the mobile phone, and the audio device provides a space for the handset of the mobile phone. .

When the antenna 58 receives an external telephone call to the mobile phone 2, a signal is sent from the input interface 52 to the switch controller 51, and the switch controller 51 stops the sound output operation of the audio device currently used ( Radio 57, CD player 54, audio output of cassette tape player 55), mobile phone 2
When the user presses the correlation key on the operation panel 59, the call can be received. In addition, a telephone can be dialed by various methods such as a remote control dial system, a voice dial system, or a light board dial system, and a microphone is combined with a speaker 56 in a car or an external earphone 561 to connect a mobile phone. You can talk to the other party without holding it. After the end of the call, the switch controller 51 causes the audio device main body 4 to restore the function before the call (CD player, cassette tape player, or radio).

In the present invention, a positioning mechanism is provided in the accommodation room 44 in order to safely and firmly fix the mobile phone in the accommodation room 44. For example, the second embodiment (FIG. 5) of the present invention, As in the embodiment (FIG. 6), circular holes 442 are provided on both sides of the accommodation chamber 44 so that one plug 443 and the spring 4
44, the plug 44 is urged outward in the state, and the mobile phone 2 is elastically held, or the spring pieces 445 are provided on both sides of the accommodation chamber 44, and the spring pieces 445 are provided.
Thus, the mobile phone 2 is elastically sandwiched and positioned.

FIG. 7 shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention. Since there are various types of mobile phones 2 on the market, and there are no less than 100 types, in the present invention, in order to broaden the application range, a storage box 7 of various different standards corresponding to the difference of the mobile phones can be combined. The outer dimensions of the case of the abandoned box of each standard are the same, but the inner wall space is prepared in various sizes so as to be able to accommodate the mobile phone according to the difference of the model of the mobile phone. As a result, the accommodation room 44 of the audio apparatus main body 4 is provided in a single standard, but various portable telephones can be placed by combining the abandoned box 7. An elastic hook 71 is provided at the front end of the storage box 7 of the present invention,
When the abandoned box 7 is inserted into the storage chamber 44, it engages with the front end of the storage chamber 44 to provide a positioning function. At the bottom end of the abandoned box 7, a signal terminal connected to the electric circuit module of the audio device is installed. Thus, if the user selects the corresponding abandoned box 7 according to the type of the mobile phone to be used, the mobile phone is switched to the audio device. It can be set on the main body 4, and the utility of the present invention is improved.

Further, in order to improve the appearance of the acoustic device of the present invention, a dustproof cover A can be installed at the opening of the accommodation room 44, and the dustproof cover A is provided when the portable telephone 2 is not inserted.
Of the mobile phone 2, when the mobile phone 2 is inserted, it is pushed by the mobile phone 2 and is automatically folded inward (FIG. 8). The above is the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

In addition, according to the present invention, one earphone jack 431 can be installed on the operation panel 43 in accordance with the confidentiality of the call and the trend of the Internet. When the earphone is inserted, the speaker sound is cut off and the earphone output is output. By being switched, call confidentiality is achieved. The operation panel is also provided with a jack 432 connected in parallel with the mobile phone signal terminal 45 for connecting a notebook computer and performing work on a network via the mobile phone (see FIG. 7).

FIG. 9 shows a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In the sixth embodiment, an accommodating room 44 is provided in the audio device main body 4 so that a cellular phone can be accommodated in the accommodating room 44. There is one cover plate 47 on the edge of the opening of the accommodation chamber 44, which is connected to the audio device main body 4 by a hinge 46 or a connection band,
Further, one engaging portion 48 is provided on the upper edge of the cover plate 47 so as to engage with an engaging portion 49 provided at the upper end of the storage chamber 44, and these engaging portions may be magnets, elastic hooks, or other members. , And the effect of improving dustproofness and appearance is obtained by shielding the cover plate 47. Further, a cell phone signal terminal 45 is provided in the accommodation room 44, and the cell phone signal terminal 45 Is connected to the conductor L, and another end of the conductor L is connected to the electric circuit module 5. When using this embodiment, the mobile phone signal terminal 45 is pulled out of the audio device main body 4 and the mobile phone signal terminal 45 is inserted into the signal jack 21 of the mobile phone 2 (FIG. 10). The push buttons 451 on both sides of the front side 45 are pressed inward to engage the locking hooks 452 on both front sides with the signal jack 21 provided in advance on the mobile phone 2. The conductor L is placed in the accommodation room 44 of the mobile phone, and the opening of the accommodation room 44 is closed with the cover plate 47. Thus, the connection between the mobile phone 2 and the audio device main body 4 is completed. By incorporating the mobile phone 2, the mobile phone can be prevented from being stolen.

As shown in FIG. 11, in the present invention, the mobile phone signal terminal 45 can be replaced with a different type depending on the type of the mobile phone. For example, the signal jack of the mobile phone has the form shown in FIG. When the signal jack 22 is used, the mobile phone signal terminal 6 can also be combined with it, and the elastic hook 611 is contracted or recovered by using the push buttons 61 on both sides of the mobile phone signal terminal 6. By engaging or disengaging the signal jack 22 of the mobile phone 2, the mobile phone and the mobile phone signal terminal can be connected and separated from each other, and this is the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 shows an eighth embodiment of the present invention, in which a soft protective layer 441, for example, a sponge is provided on the inner wall of the accommodation room 44 in order to ensure the safety and the fixation of the portable telephone when left unattended. It is provided so that the mobile phone 2 can be fixed and protected.

FIG. 13 shows a ninth embodiment of the present invention. In the ninth embodiment, the operation panel 43 of the audio apparatus main body 4 is of a one-side openable type, and a hinge 46 provided on one side of the audio apparatus main body 4 is provided. Alternatively, after the operation panel is connected to the audio device main body 4 so as to be openable and closable by the connection band, a locking portion 48 is provided on the other side of the audio device main body 4, and after the mobile phone 2 is placed in the accommodation room 44, The operation panel 43 can be completely covered, and the sound device has a good appearance.

In addition, an earphone jack 432 can be installed on the operation panel 43 of the present invention, and when the earphone is inserted, the speaker sound is switched to the earphone output in the middle stage to secure the secrecy of the call. The operation panel has a jack 43 in parallel with the mobile phone signal terminal 45.
3 is provided, which is used to connect a notebook computer and perform work on the Internet via a mobile phone.

[0029]

In summary, the present invention can completely eliminate the problems and inconveniences associated with the installation of extra peripheral equipment when using a well-known mobile phone in a car, and can greatly improve the sound quality of calls. It can also improve installation and use problems,
It is definitely functionally improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a display diagram of a known embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing another example of a known embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a system block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a display diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a display diagram of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a view showing insertion of a mobile phone signal terminal into a signal jack of a mobile phone in the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a view showing a ninth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 4 audio device main body 41 control key 42 cassette tape or CD player 43 operation panel 44 accommodation room 45 mobile phone signal terminal 2 mobile phone 21 signal jack 5 electric circuit module 51 switch controller 52 input interface 53 audio signal processor and amplifier 54 CD player 55 Cassette tape player 56 Speaker 57 Radio receiver 58 Antenna 59 Operation panel 561 Earphone 442 Circle hole 443 Plug 444 Spring 445 Spring piece 7 Leaving box 71 Elastic hook A Dustproof cover 431 Earphone jack 432 Jack 46 Hinge 47 Cover plate 451 Push button 452 Locking hook L Conductor 22 Signal jack 6 Mobile phone signal terminal 61 Push button 611 Elastic hook 411 Soft protective layer 48 Locking portion

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An accommodating room in which a mobile phone can be detachably installed is provided in an audio device main body in an automobile, and one signal terminal is provided in the accommodating room, and the signal terminal is an electric circuit module of the audio device. And a signal terminal is inserted into a signal jack of the mobile phone so that the mobile phone and the electric circuit module are electrically connected to each other. 2. An opening and closing cover plate is provided at an opening of a storage room provided in the audio device main body, and the opening of the storage room can be shielded by the cover plate. 2. The communication device that does not require grasping of the mobile phone according to 1. 3. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein the cover plate is provided with an operation panel function of an audio device. 4. The communication device according to claim 3, wherein an earphone jack is provided on a cover plate provided with an operation panel function so as to be connectable to an earphone. 5. A jack provided in parallel with a signal terminal on a cover plate provided with an operation panel function, and the jack is used for connecting a computer and performing work on the Internet. 4. The communication device according to claim 3, wherein the mobile phone does not need to be gripped. 6. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the signal terminal has a standard that can be combined with the signal jack of the mobile phone in accordance with the difference of the standard. 7. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein a sponge or another soft protective layer is provided on a wall of the accommodation room to protect and fix the mobile phone. 8. The portable telephone according to claim 1, wherein the electric circuit module is constituted by an electric circuit of the audio device and an electric circuit of the telephone device. Intercom equipment. 9. A connecting wire extending between a signal terminal in an accommodation room and an electric circuit module is extended so that the signal terminal can be pulled out of the audio device main body so that the signal terminal can be easily inserted into a signal jack of a mobile phone. 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone does not need to be gripped. 10. An exchangeable abandoned box that can be inserted into the accommodation room is provided. The case of the abandoned box has the same outer dimensions, but the inner wall space accommodates a mobile phone in accordance with the type of mobile phone. Various sizes are prepared so as to be accommodated, and a signal terminal which can be inserted into a signal jack of a mobile phone and is connected to an electric circuit module by a conductive wire is provided at a bottom end of the abandoned box. 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device does not need to be gripped.