Patent ID: 7580685
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile station comprising: a speech input unit for receiving a speech; an external image collecting apparatus; an image data input unit for receiving image data from said external image collecting apparatus; a radio communication processing unit for making a radio communication using an antenna; a mode switching instruction reception unit for receiving an instruction for switching from a radio communication mode for performing a radio communication operation to a hot mic mode for performing a hot mic operation from said radio communication processing unit; and a hot mic operation unit responsive to the instruction for switching to the hot mic mode received by said mode switching instruction reception unit for making a connection to another communication apparatus to continuously transmit a speech signal inputted from said speech input unit to said other communication apparatus through said radio communication processing unit, and to continuously transmit image data inputted by said image data input unit to said other communication apparatus through said radio communication processing unit, wherein said speech input unit includes a first transducer for transducing said speech to a speech signal, wherein said mobile station further comprises: a first amplifier for amplifying the speech signal, a transmission processing unit connected to said radio communication processing unit for processing an output signal from said audio signal amplifier for transmission and transmitting the processed signal from an antenna over the air, a reception processing unit connected to said communication processing unit for processing a signal received by said antenna for reception, a second amplifier for amplifying an output signal of said reception processing unit, a second transducer for transducing an output signal of said second amplifier to an audio output, wherein said mode switching instruction reception unit being adapted to further receive an instruction for switching from said radio communication mode to a loudspeaker mode for performing a loudspeaker operation utilizing said second transducer, a signal path switching unit responsive to the received instruction for switching to the loudspeaker mode for switching a signal path such that the speech input to said first transducer is amplified by said first and second amplifiers, and emitted from said second transducer as an audio output, and a gain increase instruction unit responsive to the received instruction for switching to the loudspeaker mode for increasing the gain of said second amplifier.