IP Library Granted Patent US 8,364,211
Granted Patent B2
US 8,364,211 · App. 13/171,474 · Granted Jan 29, 2013

Mobile phone and method to answer while user is driving

Inventor: Yun-Chia Hsieh (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,364,211
App. No.
13/171,474
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method executes a speed detector and a timer to answer a phone call while a user is driving. The user can set a predetermined velocity of a mobile phone and a predetermined time period to determine whether to answer the phone call while the user is driving. When the mobile phone receives the phone call, if a velocity detected from the speed detector is greater that the predetermined velocity, the timer starts to count a time. If the counted time is greater than the predetermined time period, the mobile phone answers the phone call automatically.

Claims (25)

1. A mobile phone, comprising:

a memory;

at least one processor;

a speed detector operable to measure a velocity of the mobile phone;

one or more programs that are stored in the memory and are executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising:

a receiving module operable to receive the velocity of the mobile phone from the speed detector in response to the mobile phone receiving an incoming phone call;

a determination module operable to determine whether the received velocity is greater than a predetermined velocity, and determine that the mobile phone is in a moving car and sends a startup signal to a timer module when the received velocity is greater than the predetermined velocity;

the timer module operable to start a timer of the mobile phone to count a time when the mobile phone receives the incoming phone call; and

an execution module operable to send a first control signal to the at least one processor to automatically answer the incoming phone call and output an audio sound of the incoming phone call through a speaker of the mobile phone if the received velocity is greater than the predetermined velocity, and send a second control signal to the at least one processor to process the incoming phone call by a manual operation of a user if the received velocity is not greater than the predetermined velocity.

2. The mobile phone of claim 1 , wherein the setup module further sets a predetermined time period to determine whether to answer the incoming phone call.

3. The mobile phone of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined velocity is user configurable.

4. The mobile phone of claim 1 , wherein the determination module further determines whether the counted time is greater than the predetermined time period.

5. The mobile phone of claim 4 , wherein the execution module further drives the speaker of the mobile phone to output the audio sound of the incoming phone call upon the condition that the counted time is greater than the predetermined time period.

6. A method to answer an incoming phone call of a mobile phone while a user of the mobile phone is driving, the mobile phone comprising a speed detector, the method comprising:

receiving a velocity of the mobile phone from the speed detector in response to the mobile phone receiving the incoming phone call;

determining whether the received velocity is greater than a predetermined velocity;

determining that the mobile phone is in a moving car and sending a startup signal to a timer module when the received velocity is greater than the predetermined velocity;

starting the timer module of the mobile phone to count a time when the mobile phone receives the incoming phone call;

sending a first control signal to at least one processor to automatically answer the incoming phone call and outputting an audio sound of the incoming phone call through a speaker of the mobile phone if the received velocity is greater than the predetermined velocity; and

sending a second control signal to the at least one processor to process the incoming phone call by a manual operation of a user if the received velocity is not greater than the predetermined velocity.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising setting a predetermined time period to determine whether to answer the incoming phone call.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the predetermined velocity is user configurable.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising determining whether the counted time is greater than the predetermined time period.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

driving the speaker of the mobile phone to output the audio sound of the incoming phone call upon the condition that the counted time is greater than the predetermined time period.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2021
From: MOBILE DRIVE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: MOBILE DRIVE NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 057391/0564 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2020
From: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
To: MOBILE DRIVE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 051442/0345 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2012
From: CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
To: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028356/0679 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2011
From: HSIEH, YUN-CHIA
To: CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 026518/0287 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100101382 A · Jan 14, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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