US5337356A
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Ringing circuit for use in portable telephone set
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1993-02-23
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Granted: 1994-08-09
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Expires: 2013-02-23
Abstract
Abstract A portable telephone set having a ringing circuit for producing different ringing tones depending upon the use mode of the portable telephone set, a portable mode or a mobile mode. The ringing circuit comprises a mode detecting circuit for detecting the use mode, an internal loudspeaker housed in a housing of the portable telephone set for producing a first ringing signal when the portable telephone set is in the portable mode, an external loudspeaker connected externally of the housing for producing a second ringing signal when it is in the mobile mode and a ringing tone generator for generating a first and a second ringing tones for driving the respective loudspeakers producing first and second ringings. The first and second ringing tones have frequency spectra compatible with frequency characteristics of these loudspeakers to produce the respective ringings efficiently. The ringing signal generator may be a single ringing tone generating circuit producing two kinds of ringing tone or may be comprised of two different ringing tone generating circuits.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuhisa Shinozaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 21:26
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M19/00; H04M19/02; H04M19/04; H04M1/00; H04M1/60; H04M1/6033; H04M1/6041; Y; Y02; Y02D; Y02D30/00; Y02D30/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
A telephone set comprising: means for detecting a calling signal for said telephone set to produce a calling detection signal; means for detecting whether said telephone set is in a portable mode or mobile mode and producing first and second mode signals when said telephone set is in said portable mode and said mobile mode, respectively; generator means for generating a first ringing signal having a first frequency characteristic in response to said calling detection signal and to said first mode signal and generating a second ringing signal having a second frequency characteristic different from said first frequency characteristic in response to said calling detection signal and to said second mode signal; and switch means for providing said first ringing signal to an internal loudspeaker having a frequency characteristic corresponding to said first frequency characteristic in response to said first mode signal and providing said second ringing signal to an external loudspeaker having a frequency characteristic corresponding to said second frequency characteristic in response to said second mode signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
A telephone set comprising: means for detecting a calling signal for said telephone set to produce a calling detection signal; means for detecting whether said telephone set is in a portable mode or mobile mode and producing first and second mode signals when said telephone set is in said portable mode and said mobile mode, respectively; generator means for generating a first ringing signal having a first frequency characteristic in response to said calling detection signal and to said first mode signal and generating a second ringing signal having a second frequency characteristic different from said first frequency characteristic in response to said calling detection signal and to said second mode signal; and switch means for providing said first ringing signal to an internal loudspeaker having a frequency characteristic corresponding to said first frequency characteristic in response to said first mode signal and providing said second ringing signal to an external loudspeaker having a frequency characteristic corresponding to said second frequency characteristic in response to said second mode signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
A telephone set as claimed in claim 1, further comprising means connected between said generator means and said switch means for combining said second ringing signal and a voice signal in response to said second mode signal and passing therethrough said first ringing signal in response to said first mode signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
120 words
A telephone set as claimed in claim 1, wherein said generator means comprises: a clock generator for generating a clock signal; a frequency divider for frequency dividing said clock signal based on said first and second mode signal to produce first and second divided signals, respectively; means for storing first and second patterns respectively corresponding to the frequency characteristics of said first and second loudspeakers, and producing the stored first and second patterns in response to said first and second mode signals, respectively; and means for converting the produced first and second patterns into first and second converted signals, respectively, and providing said first and second converted signals to said switch means as said first and second ringing signals, respectively.
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