Audio playback apparatus, control and usage method for audio playback apparatus, and mobile ...

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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,923,928 B2
Sawai (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 30, 2014
(54) AUDIO PLAYBACK APPARATUS, CONTROL (56) References Cited
AND USAGE METHOD FOR AUDIO
PLAYBACK APPARATUS, AND MOBILE U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
PHONE TERMINAL WITH STORAGE
7,742,740 B2 * 6/2010 Goldberg et al. .......... .. 455/3.06
DEVICE
8,379,874 B1* 2/2013 Simon ........................ .. 455/41.2
(75) Inventor: Shunichiroh Sawai, Kanagawa (JP) (Continued)
(73) Assignees: Sony Corporation, Tokyo (JP); Sony
Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
(J P)
CN 101296000 A 10/2008
Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this EP 1 161 064 A2 12/2001
patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (Continued)
U.S.C. 154(b) by 836 days.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
(21) App1.No.: 13/032,987
Combined Chinese Of?ce Action and Search Report Issued Apr. 19,
(22) Filed: Feb. 23, 2011
2013 in Patent Application No. 2011101076108 (with English trans
(65) Prior Publication Data lation).
US 2011/0299697 A1 Dec. 8,2011 (Continued)
Related US. Application Data Primary Examiner * John J Lee
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Oblon, Spivak,
(60) Provisional application No. 61/351,524, ?led on Jun.
McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
4, 2010.
(51) Int. Cl. (57) ABSTRACT
H04M 1/00 (2006.01) An audio playback apparatus includes an integrated circuit in
H04M1/725 (2006.01)
Which an FM reception circuit and a near ?eld Wireless com
H04H 60/80 (2008.01)
munication circuit are integrated and packaged into one chip,
H04M1/60 (2006.01)
a sWitch unit con?gured to sWitch between output of an audio
H04B 1/38 (2006.01) signal supplied from the FM reception circuit and output of an
(52) US. Cl. audio signal supplied from the near ?eld Wireless communi
CPC .......... .. H04H 60/80 (2013.01); H04M1/7253 cation circuit, and a connection terminal con?gured to output
(2013.01); H04M1/72558 (2013.01); H04M an audio signal selected using the sWitch unit and supply an
1/6066 (2013.01); H04B 1/3805 (2013.01) FM broadcast signal received through a cable of an earphone
USPC ..... .. 455/569.1; 455/41.2; 455/557; 455/3.06 connected to the connection terminal to the FM reception
(58) Field of Classi?cation Search circuit. An associated method performed by the audio play
CPC ........................ .. H04M 1/6041; H04M1/6058 back apparatus cooperates With the mobile terminal apparatus
455/41.1, 41.2, 41.3, 3.01, 3.03, 420, and associated method to provide a functional system.
455/68, 557, 550.1, 552.1, 569.1, 3.06, 419
See application ?le for complete search history. 22 Claims, 12 Drawing Sheets
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W0 WO 2010/052361 A1 5/2010
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8,489,151 B2 * 7/2013 Van Engelen et al. 455/5691
Extended European Search Report issued Aug. 11, 2011, in European
8,548,381 B2* 10/2013 Dua ........................... .. 455/41.2
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Apr. 15, 2010, URL: http://WWW.sonyericsson.con1/cws/download/
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1/775/277/1269520987/MW600iUGiENi1236-6504i1.pdf, 20
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS pages.
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EP 1 161064 A3 12/2001 Application 11 159 913.0 (in English).
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