Mobile terminal operating in telephonic and tactile modes
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorTadashi Tsukamoto
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Abstract
In a mobile telephone terminal, a vibrator is provided for producing tactile sensation. In response to an input signal from a manual input device during a speech mode of communication, a vibrator-on signal is transmitted from the mobile telephone terminal to a mobile network. In response to the vibrator-on signal from the network, the vibrator is activated to produce tactile sensation. Preferably, a table memory is provided for mapping a number of signaling codes to a number of corresponding items of information. One of the signaling codes is selected in response to an input signal from the manual input device and the vibrator-on signal is transmitted to the network for indicating the selected signal code.
Claims8
A mobile telephone terminal for use in a mobile communication network, comprising:
- a wireless interface for establishing a communication link with said network;
- a vibrator for producing tactile sensation;
- a manual input device;
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- control circuitry responsive to an input signal from the manual input device during a speech mode of communication for transmitting a vibrator-on signal to the network via said interface and responsive to a vibrator-on signal received from the network via said interface for activating the vibrator to produce said tactile sensation.
A method of communication for a mobile telephone terminal which establishes a wireless link with a mobile communication network, wherein the mobile telephone terminal includes a vibrator and a manual input device, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) transmitting a vibrator-on signal from a mobile telephone terminal at a transmit site to the network in response to a signal from the manual input device of the terminal when speech communication is in progress via said wireless link;
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- b) receiving the vibrator-on signal from the network at a mobile telephone terminal at a receive site during said speech communication and activating the vibrator of the terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.