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US 8,428,573 B2Granted
Remote control of mobile radio system through portable radio system
AssigneeHarris Corporation
InventorsDonald Martz, David Hinterberger, Eric Van Ness
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Abstract
A radio communications system (100) includes a portable radio (200) and a mobile radio (300), the portable radio (200) being configured to remotely control the mobile radio (300). The portable radio (200) can operate in a standalone mode, in which the mobile radio (300) communicates with other radio devices using the portable radio's RF interface (285). The portable radio (200) can also operate in a remote mode, in which the portable radio (200) is operative to establish a wireless link between the portable radio (200) and the mobile radio (300) to thereby remotely control the mobile radio (300) and to use the mobile radio's RF interface (385) to communicate with other radio devices.
Claims20
A radio communication system comprising:
- a portable radio comprising a portable controller communicatively coupled to:
- a portable RF interface for transmission and reception of radio signals, a portable local wireless interface, a portable user input device comprising a single push-to-talk button, and a portable user output device;
- and
- a mobile radio comprising a mobile controller communicatively coupled to:
- a mobile RF interface for transmission and reception of radio signals, and a mobile local wireless interface,
- wherein the portable local wireless interface and the mobile local wireless interface are configured to establish a wireless link between the portable radio and the mobile radio, and
- wherein the portable controller is programmed to collect user input data from the portable user input device and to provide user output data to the portable user output device for output, and
- wherein the portable controller is programmed to selectively facilitate operation of said portable radio in a local mode and in a remote mode, and when operating in the local mode the portable controller is configured to:
- detect a pattern of button presses of the push-to-talk button and begins to operate in the remote mode if the pattern of button presses matches a predetermined pattern;
- control at least one parameter associated with the portable RF interface;
- provide the collected user input data to the portable RF interface for modulation and transmission;
- and
- receive the user output data from the portable RF interface, the user output data having been extracted by the portable RF interface from an RF signal received by the portable RF interface, and
- when operating in the remote mode the portable controller is configured to:
- detect a second pattern of button presses of the push-to-talk button and begins to operate in the local mode if the second pattern of button presses matches a second predetermined pattern;
- at least partially disables the portable RF interface;
- provide the collected user input data to the portable local wireless interface for transmission to the mobile local wireless interface via the wireless link;
- and
- receive the user output data from the portable local wireless interface, the user output data having been received by the portable local wireless interface from the mobile local wireless interface via the wireless link, and
- provide at least one user determined remote control parameter to the portable local wireless interface for transmission to the mobile local wireless interface via the wireless link,
- wherein when the portable controller is operating in the remote mode, the mobile local wireless interface is configured to receive the at least one control parameter transmitted by the mobile wireless interface and provide the received at least one control parameter to the mobile controller, and the mobile controller is configured to determine a user selectable communication channel number to be used by the mobile RF interface based on the received at least one control parameter.
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A portable radio comprising a portable controller communicatively coupled to:
- a portable RF interface, a portable local wireless interface, a portable user input device comprising a single push-to-talk button, and a portable user output device,
- wherein the portable controller is programmed to collect user input data from the portable user input device and to provide user output data to the portable user output device for output, and
- wherein the portable local wireless interface is configured to establish a wireless link between the portable radio and a mobile radio, and
- wherein the portable controller is programmed to selectively facilitate operation of said portable radio in a local mode and a remote mode, and when operating in the local mode the portable controller is configured to:
- detect a pattern of button presses of the push-to-talk button and begin to operate in the remote mode if the pattern of button presses matches a predetermined pattern;
- control at least one parameter associated with the portable RF interface;
- provide the collected user input data to the portable RF interface for transmission;
- and
- receive the user output data from the portable RF interface, the user output data having been extracted by the portable RF interface from an RF signal received by the portable RF interface, and
- when operating in the remote mode the portable controller is configured to:
- detect a second pattern of button presses of the push-to-talk button and begin to operate in the local mode if the second pattern of button presses matches a second predetermined pattern;
- at least partially disables the portable RF interface;
- provide the collected user input data to the portable local wireless interface for transmission to the mobile local wireless interface via the wireless link to facilitate subsequent re-transmission of the collected user input data by the mobile RF interface;
- receive the user output data from the portable local wireless interface, the user output data having been received by the portable local wireless interface from the mobile local wireless interface via the wireless link, after having been extracted from an RF signal by the mobile RF interface,
- automatically provide at least one user determined control parameter associated with the portable radio to the portable local wireless interface for transmission to the mobile radio, wherein said control parameter specifies a user selectable setting of said portable radio which is to be automatically applied to said mobile radio when the portable radio is operated in said remote mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.