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Mobile communication device
Assignee: NEC Electronics Corp
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Filing: 1997-09-30
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Granted: 2000-05-09
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Expires: 2017-09-30
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a mobile communication device which has: a position registration controller which controls a position registration process where a position of the mobile communication device is registered to a base station; a transmitting circuit which transmits a position registration control signal for the mobile communication device which is processed by the position registration controller; a receiving circuit which receives a position registration control signal for the base station to be transmitted from the base station; a high-speed movement judging circuit which judges whether the mobile communication device is moving at a high speed or not by monitoring an interval of position registration; a power source controller which controls a power source to be supplied to functional circuits with an intermittent operation time to be determined by an output of the high-speed movement judging circuit; a power circuit which supplies the power source to the functional circuits except at least the power source controller; and a battery which supplies the power source to the power circuit.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuo Akeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 22:56
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W52/00; H04W52/02; H04W52/0209; H04W52/0212; H04W52/0216; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; H04W52/0251; H04W52/0254; H04W8/00; H04W8/02; Y; Y02; Y02D; Y02D30/00; Y02D30/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
298 words
A mobile communication device, comprising: a position registration controller which controls a position registration process where a position of said mobile communication device is registered to a base station; a transmitting circuit which transmits a position registration control signal for said mobile communication device which is processed by said position registration controller; a receiving circuit which receives a position registration control signal for said base station to be transmitted from said base station; a high-speed movement judging circuit which judges whether said mobile communication device is moving at a high speed or not by monitoring an interval of position registration; a power source controller which controls a power source to be supplied to functional circuits with an intermittent operation time to be determined by an output of said high-speed movement judging circuit; a power circuit which supplies a power source to said functional circuits except at least said the power source controller; and a battery which supplies said power source to said power circuit; wherein said position registration controller controls said position registration process to be determined by a mobile communication system where said mobile communication device itself is included, outputting a control signal for controlling said power source controller when said mobile communication device is out of any service area as the result of a base station search nearby itself, transmitting a control signal necessary for position registration from the transmitting circuit when said mobile communication device is within a service area as the result of said base station search, thereafter receiving said position registration control signal to be transmitted from said base station by said receiving circuit and conducting position registration between said base station and said mobile communication device itself, and outputting said control signal for controlling said power circuit after competing said position registration.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
298 words
A mobile communication device, comprising: a position registration controller which controls a position registration process where a position of said mobile communication device is registered to a base station; a transmitting circuit which transmits a position registration control signal for said mobile communication device which is processed by said position registration controller; a receiving circuit which receives a position registration control signal for said base station to be transmitted from said base station; a high-speed movement judging circuit which judges whether said mobile communication device is moving at a high speed or not by monitoring an interval of position registration; a power source controller which controls a power source to be supplied to functional circuits with an intermittent operation time to be determined by an output of said high-speed movement judging circuit; a power circuit which supplies a power source to said functional circuits except at least said the power source controller; and a battery which supplies said power source to said power circuit; wherein said position registration controller controls said position registration process to be determined by a mobile communication system where said mobile communication device itself is included, outputting a control signal for controlling said power source controller when said mobile communication device is out of any service area as the result of a base station search nearby itself, transmitting a control signal necessary for position registration from the transmitting circuit when said mobile communication device is within a service area as the result of said base station search, thereafter receiving said position registration control signal to be transmitted from said base station by said receiving circuit and conducting position registration between said base station and said mobile communication device itself, and outputting said control signal for controlling said power circuit after competing said position registration.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
110 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 1, wherein: said power source controller controls said power circuit by a first intermittent operation time when said high-speed movement judging circuit judges that said mobile communication device is moving at a high speed, controlling said power circuit by a second intermittent operation time when it receives a judgment signal that said mobile communication device is out of any service area from said position registration controller, and controlling said power circuit by a third intermittent operation time when it receives a judgment signal that said mobile communication device is within a service area from said position registration controller and conducts an intermittent operation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 2, wherein: said second intermittent operation time has a power source stopping time longer than that of said third intermittent operation time, and said first intermittent operation time has a power source stopping time longer than that of said second intermittent operation time.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
121 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 3, wherein: said power source controller counts said third intermittent operation time when it receives a control signal to represent the completion of position registration from said position registration controller and a signal to represent the reception of a wait control signal from said base station, counting said second intermittent operation time when it receives a signal to represent a failure in position registration or being out of any service area, counting said first intermittent operation time when it receives a signal to represent high-speed movement from said high-speed movement judging circuit, and outputting a control signal to turn off said power source to be output from said power circuit during said counting operations.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
66 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 3, wherein: said high-speed movement judging circuit measures an interval of position registration completion signals to be output from said position registration controller, judging that said mobile communication device is moving at a high speed when said interval of position registration completion signals is shorter than a predetermined time, and outputting said control signal to said power source controller.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
121 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 2, wherein: said power source controller counts said third intermittent operation time when it receives a control signal to represent the completion of position registration from said position registration controller and a signal to represent the reception of a wait control signal from said base station, counting said second intermittent operation time when it receives a signal to represent a failure in position registration or being out of any service area, counting said first intermittent operation time when it receives a signal to represent high-speed movement from said high-speed movement judging circuit, and outputting a control signal to turn off said power source to be output from said power circuit during said counting operations.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
66 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 6, wherein: said high-speed movement judging circuit measures an interval of position registration completion signals to be output from said position registration controller, judging that said mobile communication device is moving at a high speed when said interval of position registration completion signals is shorter than a predetermined time, and outputting said control signal to said power source controller.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
66 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 2, wherein: said high-speed movement judging circuit measures an interval of position registration completion signals to be output from said position registration controller, judging that said mobile communication device is moving at a high speed when said interval of position registration completion signals is shorter than a predetermined time, and outputting said control signal to said power source controller.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
111 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 1, wherein: said power source controller controls said power circuit by a first intermittent operation time when said high-speed movement judging circuit judges that said mobile communication device is moving at a high speed, controlling said power circuit by a second intermittent operation time when it receives a judgment signal that said mobile communication device is out of any service area from said position registration controller, and controlling said power circuit by a third intermittent operation time when it receives a judgment signal that said mobile communication device is within a service area from said position registration controller and a conducts an intermittent operation.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
50 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 9, wherein: said second intermittent operation time has a power source stopping time longer than that of said third intermittent operation time, and said first intermittent operation time has a power source stopping time longer than that of said second intermittent operation time.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
66 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 1, wherein: said high-speed movement judging circuit measures an interval of position registration completion signals to be output from said position registration controller, judging that said mobile communication device is moving at a high speed when said interval of position registration completion signals is shorter than a predetermined time, and outputting said control signal to said power source controller.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
66 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 1, wherein: said high-speed movement judging circuit measures an interval of position registration completion signals to be output from said position registration controller, judging that said mobile communication device is moving at a high speed when said interval of position registration completion signals is shorter than a predetermined time, and outputting said control signal to said power source controller.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 1, further comprising: a manual operation means which invalidates the operation of said high-speed movement judging circuit.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 1, further comprising: a manual operation means which invalidates the operation of said power source controller.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
87 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 1, wherein: said power source controller includes a plurality of timers and a timer controller, predetermined one of said plurality of timers inputting a control signal from said position registration controller, said timer controller controlling said plurality of timers other than said predetermined one timer by an output of said predetermined one timer and an output of said position registration controller, and said power source controller controls the operation of said power circuit by outputs of said plurality of timers.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
211 words
A mobile communication device, comprising: a position registration controller which controls a position registration process where a position of said mobile communication device is registered to a base station; a transmitting circuit which transmits a position registration control signal for said mobile communication device which is processed by said position registration controller; a receiving circuit which receives a paging channel signal to be transmitted from said base station and extracts a position registration control signal for said transmitting base station; a high-speed movement judging circuit which judges whether said mobile communication device is moving at a high speed or not by monitoring an interval of position registration; a power source controller which controls said power source controller by selecting a first intermittent operation time in case of a regular paging channel signal waiting state, selecting a second intermittent operation time longer than said first intermittent operation time in case of a failure in position registration, or selecting a third intermittent operation time longer than said second intermittent operation time in case of high-speed movement; a power circuit which supplies a power source to functional circuits except said the power source controller while being controlled by said power source controller; and a battery which supplies said power source to said power circuit.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
211 words
A mobile communication device, comprising: a position registration controller which controls a position registration process where a position of said mobile communication device is registered to a base station; a transmitting circuit which transmits a position registration control signal for said mobile communication device which is processed by said position registration controller; a receiving circuit which receives a paging channel signal to be transmitted from said base station and extracts a position registration control signal for said transmitting base station; a high-speed movement judging circuit which judges whether said mobile communication device is moving at a high speed or not by monitoring an interval of position registration; a power source controller which controls said power source controller by selecting a first intermittent operation time in case of a regular paging channel signal waiting state, selecting a second intermittent operation time longer than said first intermittent operation time in case of a failure in position registration, or selecting a third intermittent operation time longer than said second intermittent operation time in case of high-speed movement; a power circuit which supplies a power source to functional circuits except said the power source controller while being controlled by said power source controller; and a battery which supplies said power source to said power circuit.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
87 words
A mobile communication device, according to claim 15, wherein: said power source controller includes a plurality of timers and a timer controller, predetermined one of said plurality of timers inputting a control signal from said position registration controller, said timer controller controlling said plurality of timers other than said predetermined one timer by an output of said predetermined one timer and an output of said position registration controller, and said power source controller controls the operation of said power circuit by outputs of said plurality of timers.
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