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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2004
Erich Klein, Himberg, AT;
Erich Klein, Himberg, AT;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In a communication device () that is designed to deliver sound, in an against the-ear mode, into a space () bounded by the ear and, in an away-from-the-ear mode, into an acoustic free space, a loudspeaker () is provided for generating the sound and a holding device () is furthermore provided, which holding device () comprises a first holding-device region () via which, in the against-the-ear mode, the sound generated by the loudspeaker () can be delivered without hindrance by the ear and which holding device () comprises a second holding-device region (A) that does not comprise the first holding-device region () and via which, in the against-the-ear mode, the sound generated by the loudspeaker () can be fed to the space () bounded by the ear and a first sound-conveying device is furthermore provided with whose aid the sound generated by the loudspeaker () can be conveyed, in the away-from-the-ear mode, through the first holding-device region () into the acoustic free space, and a second sound-conveying device is furthermore provided with whose aid the sound generated by the loudspeaker () can be conveyed, in the against-the-ear mode, through the second holding-device region () into the space () bounded by the ear.