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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. 22, 2000
Filed:
May. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshimasa Hosonuma, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455569 ; 704224 ; 4552531 ;
Abstract
A communication apparatus of the present invention has a hands-free communication capability and is applicable to, but not limited to, a motor vehicle. Only if the apparatus is connected to, e.g., an on-board cigar-lighter, hands-free communication can be held. This eliminates the need for a hands-free unit, an outside microphone and other extra parts conventionally mounted on the vehicle to implement a hands-free feature.