Patent ID: 6580929
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: H04B,H04M

Abstract:
A mobile phone charger also functioning as a remote sound monitoring device, comprising:an in-coming call detecting circuit electrically connected to a connecting port externally provided on a handset of a mobile phone disposed in a charging socket on said charger for detecting a ringing signal of an in-coming call; a decoder electrically connected to said connecting port externally provided on said handset and to a central processing unit (CPU) in said charger for comparing a DTMF code entered by a caller via keys on a phone with a preset code stored in said CPU; a free-hand enable switch, said free-hand enable switch in an ON state enabling said mobile phone charger to function as a charger and a remote sound monitoring device at the same time, and said free-hand enable switch in an OFF state enabling said charger to function as a regular mobile phone charger; a switch circuit electrically connected to said CPU and to an amplifying circuit for controlling on or off of an amplifier in said amplifying circuit; and said amplifying circuit being electrically connected to a high-sensitive microphone and said external handset connection port for picking up sound source at the site of charging for the remote sound monitoring purpose; whereby when said in-coming call detecting circuit detects a signal of an in-coming call, said charger beeps via said CPU to prompt the caller to enter a security code, and said encoder compares said code entered by the caller with a code preset and stored in the CPU of the charger; said high-sensitive microphone is turned on when said entered code is determined as correct in order to pick up sound source at the site of charging; and said sound source picked up at the site of charging is transmitted to the caller over a communication network to which said mobile phone is connected, so that the caller is able to perform a sound monitoring from a remote position.