Patents Assigned to Uniden Corporation
  • Patent number: 5838721
    Abstract: A spread spectrum communication equipment comprises a correlator outputting a correlation output signal, a timing generator generating two timing signals in response to a correlation peak value, detecting circuits for detecting information of a correlation output signal based on either one of the timing signals, receiving information detected in either one of the detecting circuits and checking whether the information coincides with the ID code, a switching circuit for selecting connection or disconnection between the detecting circuits and a demodulator, and a control circuit responsive to outputs of the checking circuits for selecting connection or disconnection with the switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Kising Chau, Yoshimi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5835052
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radar detector for frequency sweeping a wide band range by using a VCO circuit to detect a radar signal, wherein the frequency precision of the received band can be improved by using comparatively simple and inexpensive circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventor: Mikio Iwakuni
  • Patent number: 5825161
    Abstract: When a reference potential is loaded to a pair of lead wires connected via a resistor having a resistance value corresponding to a specified battery capacity, a partial potential is obtained through a serial circuit comprising the resistor above, a diode, and another resistor, and a collector current for transistors is adjusted according to a relation between the partial potential and the resistor. As a result, a current value of the charging current supplied from a charger to a battery pack is controlled, and a charging operation for a charging time allocated by a microcomputer to standard charging or fast charging is insured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Fujikura, Hidekazu Nakama
  • Patent number: 5801466
    Abstract: A motor 3 having a rotational shaft with a counterweight 4 is held in a vibrator holder 2. The rotational shaft of the motor is inserted at a free end in a circular hole in a bearing-plate of the vibrator holder 2. The vibrator holder 2 with the motor therein is accommodates in a vibrator accommodating section 120 formed in a housing 12 of a portable terminal and fixed with screws 5 to the housing 12. The vibrator holder 120 is then covered with an index cover 17 to thereby complete the vibrator attachment, which reduces a vibrator attaching work load. The inner wall of the vibrator accommodating section 120 faces the motor to thereby prevent the motor 3 from slipping from the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Odagiri, Hiroki Ohno
  • Patent number: 5794152
    Abstract: A cordless telephone consisting of base and handset units is disclosed wherein a control circuit incorporated in the base unit comprises first and second D/A converters, first and second A/D converters, and first and second sync. signal generation circuits. The first and second D/A converters respectively convert digital signals from the handset unit and a PBX. The first and second A/D converters convert the analog signals provided from the first and second D/A converters to transmit them to the PBX and handset unit, respectively. The first sync. signal generation circuit regenerates a first clock signal synchronously with a sync. signal provided from the PBX to render the first A/D and second D/A converters to operate in synchronism with the sync. signal from the PBX. The second sync. signal generation circuit generates a second clock signal which is independent of the sync. signal from the PBX to render the first D/A and second A/D converters to operate in synchronism with the second clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Hikuma, Kunihiro Takahashi, Katsuhiko Otsuji, Hiroyuki Ishida, Masayasu Fujino, Yuzo Ishida
  • Patent number: 5787356
    Abstract: This invention provides a cordless telephone system in which communication is executed between a master phone and a slave phone, said master phone and said slave phone respectively comprising a memory section for storing ID code indicating that the master phone and slave phone forms a pair, a unique word generation means for generating a unique word corresponding in a form of 1 vs 1 to ID code using the ID code stored in the memory section, and a communication control means for simultaneously checking communication frame synchronism and a communication partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tanaka, Katsuhiko Otsuji
  • Patent number: 5768345
    Abstract: Plurality of radio channels include a first radio channel group having channel(s) permitted to be used only when the radio channels are not being used by other device, a second radio channel group available for communication regardless of whether the radio channels are being used by other device, a base unit and/or a handset unit therein comprises a first memory unit for storing radio channels in first and second radio channel groups, a determining unit for determining whether a specified radio channel is busy, a control unit for specifying a radio channel in the first radio channel group prior to start of call and determining whether the radio channel is busy, selecting the radio channel if not busy, and otherwise one radio channel from the second radio channel group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Takebe, Hiroyuki Ishida, Yuichi Bannai, Fumiya Hirayama
  • Patent number: 5764685
    Abstract: A spread code series setting apparatus which sets a spread code series used in a radio or radio communication system capable of performing communication according to spread spectrum method, and has a stationary communication unit such as the master unit of a cordless telephone, capable of setting a spread code series each time a predetermined condition is met and outputting resultant spread code series setting information, in addition to which said apparatus also has a movable unit such as a subordinate unit of a cordless telephone, capable of setting a spread code series based on the spread code series setting information transmitted from the stationary communication unit in which spread code series is set in accordance with a method which has a transmitting step in which a spread code series is set in a stationary communication unit each time a predetermined condition is met and the spread code series setting information concerning the set spread code series is transmitted, and a receiving step in which spr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tanaka, Hong Zuo
  • Patent number: 5758289
    Abstract: A relay lifter comprises a hook switch unit for turning ON/OFF a hook switch in response to a talk switch, a voice switching unit for switching connection of an aural signal in said corded telephone set between a transmitter/receiver of said corded telephone set and a cordless telephone set, and a bell sound detection signal transfer unit, a bell sound is outputted from said cordless telephone set when a bell sound is detected and an incoming call is accepted, a hook switch is turned ON/OFF using a hook switch ON/OFF unit, and connection of an aural signal in said corded telephone set is switched to said cordless telephone set for transmitting and receiving voice using said cordless telephone set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignees: Uniden Corporation, Uniden America Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Lipp, Susumi Ohashi, Zhao Min, Hiroki Ohno, Kazuhiko Shimizu, Takahiro Kudo, Takashi Odagiri
  • Patent number: 5754407
    Abstract: A part holder comprises a groove into which one terminal of a part is inserted, and in a cross section of the groove, there are at least two projecting peaks in one side, one projecting peak in the other side of the holder which is positioned at center between the two projecting peaks. The distance between a line linking vertexes of the two projecting peaks in the one side of the groove and a vertex of the one projecting peak in the other side of the groove is shorter than the diameter or width of the terminal of the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Kohno
  • Patent number: 5732355
    Abstract: The is provided by the present invention a telephone system with high versatility comprising a corded telephone set, a cordless telephone set, and a relay lifter, wherein said relay lifter comprises a hook switch unit for turning ON/OFF a hook switch of the corded telephone set according to a first control signal responding to the talk switch, and a voice switching unit for switching connection of an aural signal in the corded telephone set according to a second control signal between a transmitter/receiver of the corded telephone set and the cordless telephone set, and switches connection of an aural signal in the corded telephone set to the cordless telephone set using the voice switching unit to transmit or receive voice using the cordless telephone set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignees: Uniden America Corporation, Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Lipp, Susumi Ohashi, Atsushi Kaneda, Zhao Min, Hiroki Ohno, Kazuhiko Shimizu, Takahiro Kudo, Takashi Odagiri, Makoto Ehara
  • Patent number: 5717312
    Abstract: A control section periodically measures a battery voltage with the battery voltage measuring section when the portable electronic apparatus is used in a normal operation mode, updating a measurement value stored in the storage section only when a measurement value at a current point of time is smaller than a previous measurement value stored in the storage section, and periodically measures a battery voltage with the battery voltage measuring section during charging, updating a measurement value stored in the storing section only when a measurement value at the current point of time is larger than a previous measurement value stored in the storage section, and displaying a residual charge in the battery according to the updated measurement value in the storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Teruhiko Maeda, Hong Zuo
  • Patent number: 5709012
    Abstract: A receiving section for receiving a chain clap is provided not in a portable terminal unit itself, but in a belt clip to be clamped to a portable terminal unit, and the receiving section is integrated with the belt clip with molded resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Ebashi
  • Patent number: 5708596
    Abstract: A filter circuit comprises a 1-bit quantizer, a first moving average type of filter having an N-dimensional 1-bit delay element operating in synchronism to a clock of a first sampling frequency, a thinning circuit for thinning an output from the first moving average type of filter in synchronism to a clock of a second sampling frequency, and a second moving average type of filter having an M-order q-bit delay element operating in synchronism to a clock of a second sampling frequency, wherein the thinning circuit removes anti-alias elements in the second moving average type of filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeo Sato
  • Patent number: 5705994
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus comprises a decoder for decoding a received signal, a memory for previously storing specified data, a correlator for obtaining correlation between a portion of or all of data stored in the memory and outputting data stored in the memory in descending order of correlation value, and a display unit for displaying output from said correlator. Hence, accurate reception of transmitted signals can be displayed, even if the receiver is located inconveniently to received waves, and error correction is inadequate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiharu Nakayama, Shigeo Sato
  • Patent number: 5697096
    Abstract: A novel narrow-band communication apparatus comprises a digital signal processor for demodulating the output from a receiving section and outputting a modulation signal for an audio input, an electric field strength detector section for detecting electric field strength in the output from the receiving section, an indicator for indicating whether the narrow-band communication apparatus is in a receiving mode or in a transmission mode, and a power controller for controlling supply of power to, or an operating state of specified portions of, the narrow-band communication apparatus according to the output from the electric field strength detector as well as from the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Aoki, Shuichi Katsukura
  • Patent number: 5696471
    Abstract: A plurality of inductors are formed by connecting linear patterns formed in different surfaces of a substrate respectively by means of holes, forming a plurality of electrically neutral surfaces in areas not including the linear patterns on different surfaces of the substrate, and furthermore by forming electrically neutral holes connecting the electrically neutral surfaces to each other at positions between the plurality of inductors to affect the coupling between inductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 5671248
    Abstract: A spread spectrum communication equipment comprises a correlator outputting a correlation output signal, a timing generator generating two timing signals in response to a correlation peak value, detecting circuits for detecting information of a correlation output signal based on either one of the timing signals, receiving information detected in either one of the detecting circuits and checking whether the information coincides with the ID code, a switching circuit for selecting connection or disconnection between the detecting circuits and a demodulator, and a control circuit responsive to outputs of the checking circuits for selecting connection or disconnection with the switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Kising Chau, Yoshimi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5663981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radio communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals according to a modulation technique using the so-called flipper, and more particularly to a radio communication apparatus which can detect a flipper data element in a received signal, with simple configuration in the receiver's side. The invention further relates to a radio communication apparatus which can efficiently execute verification of an ID code also in the transmitter side, for instance, by verifying the ID code by checking for the flipper data element to determine whether it is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshimi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5660269
    Abstract: A switch having two planes opposing and substantially in parallel to each other and switching between a first electrode and another electrode by pressing down one of the planes. Contact point patterns each made of a conductive material having a specified shape are provided on one of the planes. Stripe electrode patterns in which the first electrode and the other electrode are alternately positioned are provided on the other plane in a region where the contact pattern on the one plane is superimposed when that plane is pressed down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Fujiwara