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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
M William Branan, Jr, Plantation, FL (US);
John D Wetters, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359142 ; 359147 ; 359148 ; 455 89 ;
Abstract
A radio device (10) receives optical control signals from a remote control apparatus (22). In one embodiment, both the radio device and remote control apparatus include optical transmitters (58) and receivers (60) so that control and information signals may provided to and received from the radio's operator. In another embodiment, the radio () provides a light signal to the remote control apparatus () that either permits or prohibits (80) the light signal's return to the radio. In this way, the presence or absence of the return light signal comprises optical control signals to control the radio's operation.