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US 2006/0133633 A1Published application
Mobile telephone with metal sensor
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsLassi Hyvonen, Esko Jarvinen
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Abstract
A mobile telephone including a hearing aid compatible system for coupling an output of the mobile telephone to a hearing aid device of a user; and a metal detector system adapted to detect a metal object brought into proximity relative to the mobile telephone.
Claims24
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a hearing aid compatible (HAC) system for coupling an output of the portable electronic device to a hearing aid device of a user;
- and
- a metal detector system adapted to detect a metal object brought into proximity relative to the portable electronic device.
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a telecoil;
- and
- a system for using the telecoil for at least two different functions.
A method of manufacturing a telephone comprising:
- providing the telephone with a hearing aid compatible system comprising a telecoil;
- and
- coupling the telecoil to a switch for switching use of the telecoil from use as a function of the hearing aid compatible system to use as a different function of the telephone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.