Telephone with angled boom mike
AssigneesSony Corporation of Japan, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorYutaka Hasegawa
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Abstract
A telephone including a boom which is pivotally connected to the telephone body. The boom is connected to the telephone body such that it may be pivoted from a retracted position to an extended position. In the retracted position, the telephone has a small size such that the telephone may be placed in a user's pocket. In one embodiment, the sides of the telephone body are tapered from the top of the telephone to the bottom of the telephone. A microphone is located near one end of the boom. The boom is aligned such that, when the boom is moved into the extended position, the boom angles inward such that the microphone is located near the center line of the telephone. This allows a user to more easily speak into the microphone and allows for both right and left handed users to easily use the telephone.
Claims10
A compact boom-equipped telephone comprising:
- a telephone body having a front surface and a center line that extends longitudinally through said front surface, said telephone body having a ledge formed within a side surface of said telephone body, said ledge having a side surface that is disposed at an angle relative to said center line;
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- a boom having a first end pivotally coupled to said telephone body, said boom further having a second end adapted to be extended from said telephone body, said boom aligned with said side surface of said ledge such that said boom pivots about an axis that is parallel to said side surface of said ledge and that is not parallel to said centerline such that said second end of said boom is located proximate said center line when said boom is extended from said telephone body.
A compact boom-equipped telephone comprising:
- a telephone body having a front surface and a center line that extends longitudinally through said front surface, said telephone body having a ledge formed within a side surface of said telephone body, said ledge having a side surface that is disposed at an angle relative to said center line;
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- means for centrally locating a microphone with respect to a telephone body, said means including a pivotally extending boom having a first end and a second end, said second end having a microphone disposed therein, said first end of said boom pivotally coupled to said telephone body, said boom aligned with said side surface of said ledge such that said boom pivots about an axis that is parallel to said side surface of said ledge and that is not parallel to said centerline such that said microphone is located proximate said center line when said boom is extended from said telephone body.
A method for centrally locating one end of a boom with respect to a telephone comprising the steps of:
- a) attaching a first end of a boom to a telephone body having a front surface and having and a center line that extends longitudinally through said front surface, said telephone body including a ledge formed within a side surface of said telephone body, said ledge having a side surface that is disposed at an angle relative to said center line, said boom aligned with said side surface of said ledge such that said boom pivots about an axis that is parallel to said side surface of said ledge and that is not parallel to said centerline;
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- b) pivoting said boom so as to extend a second end of said boom from said telephone body such that said second end of said boom is located proximate said center line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.