Martin Reed Bodley - Sudbury MA, US Ian Paul Smith - Merrimack NH, US Stephen R. Lyman - Hudson NH, US Christian Bjerrum-Niese - Copenhagen, DK Paul Wojciak - Merrimack NH, US Charles L. Pederson - Virum, DK
Communication unit comprising a housing in which at least one transducer is placed, and on which a microphone arm is suspended. The housing also has means, such as an ear hook, for fastening the communication unit to the head of a user. The microphone arm is pivotally connected to the housing by a hinge link, and at an outer area of the housing, so that the microphone arm can be moved between a first position in which it lies up against the housing, and a second position in which it extends away from the housing. The microphone arm has a length, which in the main is less than or of the same order as the greatest extent of the housing, so that in the folded-in state the microphone arm does not project out over the circumference of the housing. The communication unit can be used on both the right and the left side of the head, in that the ear hook () can be suspended in two different positions, corresponding to the communication unit being worn on the right or the left ear, respectively.
Martin Reed Bodley - Sudbury MA, US Ian Paul Smith - Merrimack NH, US Stephen R. Lyman - Hudson NH, US Christian Bjerrum-Niese - Copenhagen, DK Paul Wojciak - Merrimack NH, US Charles L. Pederson - Virum, DK
Assignee:
GN Netcom, Inc.
International Classification:
H04M 1/00 H04M 9/00 H04B 1/38
US Classification:
379430, 4555752
Abstract:
Communication unit comprising a housing in which at least one transducer is placed, and on which a microphone arm is suspended. The housing also has means, such as an ear hook, for fastening the communication unit to the head of a user. The microphone arm is pivotally connected to the housing by a hinge link, and at an outer area of the housing, so that the microphone arm can be moved between a first position in which it lies up against the housing, and a second position in which it extends away from the housing. The microphone arm has a length, which in the main is less than or of the same order as the greatest extent of the housing, so that in the folded-in state the microphone arm does not project out over the circumference of the housing. The communication unit can be used on both the right and the left side of the head, in that the ear hook () can be suspended in two different positions, corresponding to the communication unit being worn on the right or the left ear, respectively.
Martin Reed Bodley - Sudbury MA, US Ian Paul Smith - Merrimack NH, US Stephen R. Lyman - Hudson NH, US Christian Bjerrum-Niese - Copenhagen, DK Paul Wojciak - Merrimack NH, US Charles L. Pederson - Virum, DK
Assignee:
GN Netcom, Inc.
International Classification:
H04M 1/00 H04M 9/00 H04B 1/38
US Classification:
379430, 4555752
Abstract:
Communication unit comprising a housing in which at least one transducer is placed, and on which a microphone arm is suspended. The housing also has means, such as an ear hook, for fastening the communication unit to the head of a user. The microphone arm is pivotally connected to the housing by a hinge link, and at an outer area of the housing, so that the microphone arm can be moved between a first position in which it lies up against the housing, and a second position in which it extends away from the housing. The microphone arm has a length, which in the main is less than or of the same order as the greatest extent of the housing, so that in the folded-in state the microphone arm does not project out over the circumference of the housing. The communication unit can be used on both the right and the left side of the head, in that the ear hook () can be suspended in two different positions, corresponding to the communication unit being worn on the right or the left ear, respectively.
Wireless Remote Controlled Handset Lifter System Using Magnetically Coupled Ring Detection
Robert E. Lucey - Sudbury MA, US Stephen R. Lyman - Hudson NH, US
Assignee:
GN Netcom, Inc. - Nashua NH
International Classification:
H04M 1/00 H04M 3/00
US Classification:
379447, 37937301, 379448
Abstract:
An automatic handset lifter is used with a wireless communication system. The system attaches to a conventional telephone and creates a communication link between the telephone and a portable device such as a wireless headset. The system automatically detects the ringing of the telephone by sensing magnetic fields of the telephone speaker. Upon ring detection, the system creates a communications link with the remote device and deploys a mechanical lifting device to lift the handset. Lifting the handset activates the telephone cradle switch to answer the phone and thereby allows the remote device to communicate over the telephone.