Alerting system for a communication device
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsSalomon Serfaty, Izak Avayu, Eyal Brami, Alexander Shmoukler
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Abstract
An alerting system (202) for a communication device (100) is provided. The alerting system is designed to operate in a plurality of operating modes. The alerting system includes a transducer (204) and an electromechanical switch (106). The transducer transforms electrical impulses into vibrations. The electromechanical switch couples the transducer to a first component (206) of the communication device in a first operating mode. Further, the electromechanical switch couples the transducers to a second component (208) of the communication device in a second operating mode.
Claims24
An alerting system for a communication device designed to operate in a plurality of operating modes, the alerting system comprising:
- a transducer for transforming electrical impulses into vibrations and for transforming vibrations into electrical impulses;
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- an electromechanical switch, wherein the electromechanical switch couples the transducer to a first component of the communication device as a first air interface for one of receiving and generating sound in a first operating mode, and further wherein the electromechanical switch couples the transducer to a second component of the communication device as a second air interface for the other one of receiving and generating sound in a second operating mode, wherein the electromechanical switch couples the transducer to only one of the first and second components in each mode.
A communication device designed to operate in a plurality of operating modes, the communication device comprising:
- a first component located in a first section of the communication device;
- a second component located in a second section of the communication device;
- a transducer for transforming vibrations into electrical impulses and for transforming vibrations into electrical impulses;
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- an electromechanical switch, wherein the electromechanical switch couples the transducer to the first component as a first air interface for one of receiving and generating sound in a first operating mode, and further wherein the electromechanical switch couples the transducer to the second component as a second air interface for the other one of receiving and generating sound, and wherein the electromechanical switch couples the transducer to only one of the first and second components in each mode.
A method of operation of a communication device comprising a vibratory transducer and at least two components:
- electromechanically coupling the vibratory transducer to a first component of the communications device as a first air interface for providing a first vibration manner comprising one of receiving and generating sound, in a first operating mode;
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- electromechanically coupling the vibratory transducer to a second component of the communications device as a second air interface providing a second vibration manner comprising the other one of receiving and generating sound, wherein only one of the first and second components being coupled to the transducer in each mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.