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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:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Michael E. Barnard, Redhill, GB;
Inventor:
Michael E. Barnard, Redhill, GB;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A personal communications apparatus comprises a first part, having a microphone (), and a second part, having a loudspeaker (). The first part is adapted to be worn on a user's wrist () and the second part is adapted to be worn on their finger. In use, the user's hand is held up to the side of their head, thereby placing the microphone () adjacent to their mouth and the loudspeaker () adjacent to their ear. Communication between first and second parts of the apparatus is by means of signals transmitted via the user's skin. In a non-illustrated embodiment the second part is adapted to be worn on the ear.