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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:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Steven Mark Thoen, Leuven, BE;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/114 (2013.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H04B 10/1143 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
One example discloses an optical communication interface for a handheld device: wherein the handheld device, has an external surface; wherein the external surface includes an interior facing side and an exterior facing side; a first optical receiver, on the interior facing side of the handheld device, having an optical input and an electrical output; wherein the electrical output is coupled to circuitry; and wherein the optical input is configured to be optically coupled to a second optical transmitter on the exterior facing side of the handheld device.