Patents Assigned to Uniden Corporation
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Patent number: 5661780Abstract: A cordless telephone can include a base unit including a cordless telephone circuit, a power source circuit and a resistor connected between a pair of power output terminals of the power source circuit, and a handset unit including a cordless telephone circuit, a secondary battery, a circuit connected between a charging terminal which receives power supply output from the power source circuit and a terminal of the secondary battery and consisting of a diode and a resistor connected in parallel to each other and a power break detection circuit. The secondary battery is usually charged by power supply from the power source circuit via the charging terminal and diode when the handset unit is placed in a cradle of the base unit, and electric power is supplied from the secondary battery to the cordless telephone circuit in the handset unit to operate in intermittent reception mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1995Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventors: Munekatsu Yamamoto, Masaru Akiyama, Kazuo Maeda
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Patent number: 5650790Abstract: An antenna device for a radio transmission-reception apparatus is disclosed which comprises an antenna element which is to be electrically and mechanically connected to a printed-circuit board fixed in a housing of the radio transmission-reception apparatus, an inverted U-shaped hollow reinforcement spacer, an antenna cover and a retaining portion formed on the housing. The reinforcement spacer has a hole formed in the top portion thereof a diameter of which is substantially equal to that of the antenna element to slide therethrough, a slit formed continuously from the hole to a base end thereof through which said antenna element can be entered in the reinforcement spacer, and a flange formed around the outer circumference of the base end. The antenna cover is constituted to accommodate therein the antenna element with the reinforcement spacer, and has a flange formed around the circumference of a base end thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1995Date of Patent: July 22, 1997Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventors: Masahisa Fukuchi, Hideo Hikuma, Hiroki Ohno, Makoto Ehara
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Patent number: 5642424Abstract: A device for connecting an external sound generator having a plug and being incorporated in an apparatus having a circuit outputting an electrical sound signal. The external sound generator is, for instance, either one of a headphone having the plug of 3-pole stereophonic type or a earphone having the plug of 2-pole monophonic type. The device comprises a single jack having a first and second plus contacts and a minus contact for receiving the electrical sound signal from the outputting circuit through the first plus contact and for supplying the electrical sound signal to the plug connected to the jack and an impedance element, such as a electric resistor, connected between the first and second plus contacts. The impedance element prevents a short circuit for use of an earphone having a 2-pole monophonic plug.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1994Date of Patent: June 24, 1997Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventor: Tateo Masaki
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Patent number: 5634205Abstract: Radio equipment based on an AFC system comprising a local oscillator, a reference frequency oscillator, a receiver, a frequency comparator, an AFC controller, a temperature detection sensor, and a memory. The AFC controller inputting, when starting AFC, reads out a control frequency corresponding to the detected temperature inputted thereinto to control the reference frequency for the reference frequency oscillator. When a lock signal is inputted thereinto, the detected temperature and control frequency are stored in a memory.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1994Date of Patent: May 27, 1997Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventors: Yoshikazu Kurisu, Yojiro Tagawa, Ping Huang
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Patent number: 5628059Abstract: In a DC offset circuit for a Cartesian loop, a DSP supplies step by step a slope voltage from a minimum DC output voltage, up to a maximum DC output voltage, to input sections of operational amplifiers for modulation. This arises each time transmission is started in a state where a signal Q' and a signal I', each based on only a carrier wave, are outputted from a quadrature demodulator. When comparators detect that output from operational amplifiers is 0 V, the DSP decides a value of the slope voltage then as a DC offset voltage value. Operation is started centering on this DC offset voltage value.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1994Date of Patent: May 6, 1997Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventor: Yoshikazu Kurisu
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Patent number: 5610946Abstract: A radio communication apparatus comprises a first/second modulator for modulating a first/second signal according to a first/second frequency, a first demodulator for detecting the received first modulation signal and regenerating the carrier, a clock regenerator for regenerating a clock from the detection output from the first demodulator, an amplitude sampler for sampling the amplitude of the received first modulation signal according to the regenerated clock, a second demodulator for controlling the frequency of the received second modulation signal and executing demodulation for the signal, and a gain controller for executing gain control for the output from the second demodulator according to the output from the amplitude sampler.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1995Date of Patent: March 11, 1997Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Tanaka, Ping Huang
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Patent number: 5600223Abstract: A novel battery case for a portable terminal unit includes a first battery storage case monolithically integrated with the basic body of the portable terminal unit for accommodating two batteries within an opening thereof, the batteries being arrayed in parallel in one step. A second battery storage case in which two batteries can be set within an opening thereof, the batteries being arrayed in parallel in a separate step, is also provided. The second storage case can be mounted onto the basic body of the portable terminal unit so that the opening of the first battery storage case will be opposite to the opening of the second battery storage case.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1994Date of Patent: February 4, 1997Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventor: Toshiaki Shirai
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Patent number: 5598430Abstract: An analog/digital receiver comprises a noise detecting circuit for checking whether a noise component, output from an analog signal detecting means, is not less than a specified value, and an RSSI detecting circuit for checking whether received signal strength, output from the receiver, is not less than a specified value. A discriminating circuit is included for making a determination as to whether the received input is an analog modulation signal or a digital modulation signal according to the result of the determination made by the noise detecting circuit as well as by the RSSI detecting circuit. A select switch selects the output from either the digital signal detecting circuit or the analog signal detecting circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1994Date of Patent: January 28, 1997Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventors: Yumi Hachisuka, Kiyoshi Tanaka
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Patent number: 5594707Abstract: A receiver converts an echo received by a transducer to a supersonic echo signal, and a controller measures the depth of obstacles depending on a timing for receiving the supersonic echo signal, obtains an echo level according to quantity of the supersonic echo signal, and determines the condition of the bottom depending on echo levels of a series of supersonic echo signals. A display unit provides a result of detection at a position of corresponding depth scale on a first display area for providing graphic displays of the obstacles as well as the bottom with a depth scale with a gradation or a pattern type corresponding to the echo level. Graphic displays of the echo level are also provided at a position corresponding to depth on a second display area having graphic displays corresponding to depth scale in the first display area.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1995Date of Patent: January 14, 1997Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventors: Minoru Goto, Satoru Watanabe, Minoru Aoki, Shuji Konishi, Koji Kato
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Patent number: 5581598Abstract: To make it possible to easily carry out registration of a mutual ID number (ID) in a slave telephone set in cordless telephone device by only operating a switch or buttons, in the cordless telephone device according to the present invention, a sound generating element and a sound receiving element located closer and opposing to each other when the slave telephone set is set on a cradle of the master telephone set are provided in the master telephone set and the slave telephone set respectively, and ID signal sound is transferred between the two elements, so that even an ordinary user can carry out the ID registration requiring very complicated operations in the conventional technology without fail.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1996Date of Patent: December 3, 1996Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventor: Hitoshi Hachiga
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Patent number: 5579012Abstract: A speed detecting apparatus mounted on an object moving on the ground detects a Doppler frequency for computing a moving speed thereof by receiving reflection waves of a microwave signal or a millimeter wave transmitted to the ground. The apparatus comprises a plurality of transmitting/receiving systems each having an antenna and a transmitter/receiver, and a signal processing section for computing moving speed according to Doppler frequency detected by the transmitting/receiving systems. Directivity of an antenna provided in each of the plurality of transmitting/receiving systems is set at a different angle respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1995Date of Patent: November 26, 1996Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventors: Mikio Iwakuni, Yoshihiko Baba, Masahiro Takiguchi
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Patent number: 5577076Abstract: In a scanning receiver for receiving a signal by scanning the frequency of a received signal, the speed of a scanning operation is made fast with skipping non-modulated signals and digital signals. AF signal is changed into A/D converted values, and first and second amplitude distribution are respectively formed from A/D converted values. Non-modulated signal is discriminated based on the first amplitude distribution, and digital signal is discriminated based on the second amplitude distribution.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1995Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventors: Kazunori Sato, Hironori Warabi, Yasuyoshi Nakano, Kenji Yamazaki
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Patent number: 5574994Abstract: A method of suppressing generation of carrier leak in a transmitter and reducing deterioration of communication quality comprises the steps of outputting DC elements (I, Q) from a DSP gradually changing the voltage values, measuring a sum of the DC elements (.DELTA.I.sub.DC, .DELTA.Q.sub.DC) and DC elements (I, Q), storing the DC elements (I, Q), when the above sum is equal to a specified value (herein, 0 V), as DC elements -.DELTA.I.sub.DC, -.DELTA.Q.sub.DC for correction, and correcting the DC elements (I.sub.DC, Q.sub.DC) (DC elements obtained by amplifying DC elements for (I, Q) channels demodulated by a quadrature demodulator during transmission) using the DC elements (-.DELTA.I.sub.DC, -.DELTA.Q.sub.DC) for correction during transmission.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1995Date of Patent: November 12, 1996Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventors: Ping Huang, Yumi Hachisuka, Kiyoshi Tanaka
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Patent number: 5574995Abstract: A controller shifts the frequency of the local oscillator with a frequency shift circuit so that as many channels to be scanned as possible will be included within specified bandwidths, detects a desired received signal by scanning each of the specified bandwidths with the shifted frequency, scans each channel within the bandwidth where the desired received signal was detected, and changes the frequency of the local oscillator or shifts the frequency of the local oscillator with the frequency shift circuit so that the desired channel frequency identified above will be at the center of said bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1994Date of Patent: November 12, 1996Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventor: Tateo Masaki
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Patent number: 5574727Abstract: The cordless telephone system according to the present invention comprises a synchronization inhibiting circuitry for inhibiting, when a calling station sends a communication end request code, synchronization with a called station in communication therewith for a prespecified inhibit time after transmission of the communication end request code, and a communication terminating circuitry for terminating communication if a state where synchronism with the called station is lost continues for a prespecified reference time during communication. Thus, communication is terminated without fail when a call ends, and transactions of unnecessary electric waves are reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1994Date of Patent: November 12, 1996Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventor: Masayasu Fujino
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Patent number: 5568101Abstract: A distributed constant type multiple-line circuit is described which comprises a dielectric block (60) having shield conductors (62,64) on its rear surface and all the peripheral side surfaces, a central conductor (1) extending in the block in the front-to-rear thickness direction at the central portion thereof, a first plurality of conductors (2-5) positioned around and parallel to the central conductor and inductively coupled therewith, and a second plurality of conductors (2'-5') positioned nearby and parallel to the first conductors and inductively coupled therewith, respectively. The length of the central conductor is equal to one quarter of the wavelength of the central frequency (f.sub.1) in a frequency band, and the rear end thereof is isolated with the shield conductor on the rear surface of the block. Each of the lengths of the first conductors is equal to one quarter of the wavelength of a predetermined frequency (f.sub.2 -f.sub.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1995Date of Patent: October 22, 1996Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Konishi, Yoshio Okuma, Yoshihiko Baba, Hideki Fujiwara
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Patent number: 5539148Abstract: As for an electric apparatus having a case formed of electro-magnetic wave passing-through material, in order to provide an electro-magnetic wave shielding structure being capable to effectively prevent the leakage therefrom of an electro-magnetic wave generated therein, an electro-magnetic wave reflecting layer, namely, a conductive layer is formed on an inner face of the case and further, on a surface of the conductive layer, a magnetically losing layer containing Mn--Mg--Zn group soft ferrite particles having 1 to 20 .mu.m average diameter by 70 to 90 weight % at a thickness exceeding 80 .mu.m is formed, so as to repeatedly absorb the inner generated undesired electro-magnetic wave therein through repeated reflection between the conductive layer and the absorbing layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1994Date of Patent: July 23, 1996Assignees: Uniden Corporation, Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Konishi, Shoichi Iida, Mitsuyuki Oda, Koji Nakamura
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Patent number: 5532760Abstract: A satellite broadcast receiver capable of receiving audio SCPC signals is disclosed in which the receiver comprises an RF reception unit for receiving television signals and audio SCPC signals broadcast from a satellite, frequency converter for converting an RF output from said RF reception unit into an IF signal, separator for separating the output of said frequency converter into a television signal and an audio SCPC signal, a TV signal processing unit for receiving and processing a first output from the separator, an SCPC signal processing unit for receiving and processing a second output from the separator, and a selector for selecting any one of the outputs from the TV signal processing unit and said SCPC signal processing unit, thereby enabling selective reception of TV signals and audio SCPC signals broadcast from a satellite.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1994Date of Patent: July 2, 1996Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventor: Atsushi Inoue
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Patent number: 5533010Abstract: A cordless telephone system including a master phone connected to a telephone line and a slave phone executing communication via one of a plurality of radio channels switchable to said master phone, the master phone and slave phone each having a correlation detector for detecting a correlation value between a received signal and a reference spreading code series, a comparator for comparing the correlation valued detected by the comparator to a prespecified reference correlation value, and a control circuit continuing communication by switching a radio channel when it is determined that the correlation value is lower than the prespecified reference value.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1994Date of Patent: July 2, 1996Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventor: Kiyoshi Tanaka
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Patent number: 5530296Abstract: A power supply switching apparatus for switching power supplies used to all electronic appliance such as a pager and a portable telephone is described. A battery pack includes a battery and is connectable to an external DC power supply. In the battery pack, a power supply connection detecting circuit detects whether or not the external DC power supply is connected to this battery pack, and a switching circuit switches the battery and the external DC power supply. In an appliance housing a voltage is detected by a voltage detecting circuit to judge whether the detected voltage corresponds to the voltage derived from the battery power supply, or the voltage derived from the external DC power supply, and another switching circuit switches the battery power supply and a power stabilizing circuit. Both of these battery pack and appliance housing constitute the power supply switching apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1993Date of Patent: June 25, 1996Assignee: Uniden CorporationInventor: Tateo Masaki