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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Christophe Marc Macours, Leuven, BE;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Mobile devices such as mobile phones typically have two speakers, one for use in a hand-set mode and one for use in a hands-free mode. A mobile device () is described operable to switch between a hand-set mode and a hands-free mode, the mobile device includes a receiver speaker () operable in the hand-set mode and the hands-free mode of the mobile device, and a hands-free speaker () operable in the hands-free mode of the mobile device. The mobile device is operable in hands-free mode to route at least one audio signal to the receiver speaker and the hands-free speaker. Using the hands-free speaker and the receiver speaker may improve the sound quality without increasing the cost.