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Start-up method for mobile transceivers, mobile transceivers and fixed transceivers thereof

US5682603A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 19, 1995
Grant dateOct 28, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/017
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

To provide a communications system to accurately detect when a mobile transceiver has entered an area where communication with a fixed transceiver is possible, and to start-up the internal circuitry of the mobile transceiver, a communications system transmits a start-up pilot signal of a prescribed period from a transponder mounted in a fixed station to a transponder mounted in a vehicle. In the transponder, the received signal upon being received by an antenna is detected in a detector and amplified in an amplifier. When this signal is greater than a reference voltage, a pulse is output from a level discriminator. This pulse signal is converted into a pulse of constant pulse width in a discriminator pulse generator and integrated in an integrator. When the integrated value exceeds a reference voltage, a start-up discriminator sends a drive signal to actuate the internal circuitry of the mobile transceiver. As a consequence, mistaken start-up of the internal circuitry due to noise input is prevented and the internal circuitry is started only when necessary.

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