US 6,018,646 AGranted

Power consumption monitor and alarm for a mobile means of communication

AssigneeNokia Mobile Phones Ltd.

InventorsKimmo Sakari Myllymaki, Veli A. Santomaa, Seppo Kalervo Kivela

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Abstract

The invention relates to portable mobile communication device. The system according to the invention measures the power transmitted by the mobile communication device and the reflected power returning from the antenna. From these, the system calculates various parameters, for example, the short-term average value, the cumulative sum of transmitted power used during a call and the proportion of power reflected back. The user may set the limit values which he requires for these parameters, and the system will issue an alarm when these are exceeded. If the user so desires, the system may also continuously display the value of a desired quantity. With the aid of the system according to this invention, the user may monitor the benefit of different positions and ways in which the appliance is used and the power consumption of the mobile communication device in different situations, and thus avoid unfavorable operating situations and methods.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A system for monitoring the consumption of power in a mobile communications device during use, wherein said device comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and an antenna connected thereto, said device controlled by a microprocessor, said system comprising:

a first monitor for sensing the power level of the signal from the transmitter to the antenna during use;
a second monitor for sensing the power level of the signal from the antenna to the receiver during use;
a processing module within the microprocessor constructed to receive the transmitted signal power level and the received signal power level and calculate an average value of power consumption over a selected time;
a storage module within the microprocessor for receiving and storing preset limits for said average power consumption;
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wherein said processing module compares said actual power consumption to said preset limit and generates an indication to the user of the mobile communications device when said average power consumption exceeds said limits, to allow the user to adjust the use of the communication device to lower power consumption.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/916,832Filed 22 Aug 1997
Priority: FI 96338930 Aug 1996
Granted: 25 Jan 2000
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04W 52/18
Transmission power control [TPC]: tPC being performed according to specific parameters
H04B 17/23
Of receivers: indication means, e.g. displays, alarms, audible means
H04B 1/3838
Hand-held transceivers: arrangements for reducing RF exposure to the user, e.g. by changing the shape of the transceiver while in use
H04B 2001/3844
Arrangements for reducing RF exposure to the user, e.g. by changing the shape of the transceiver while in use: with means to alert the user that a…