Mobile wireless communications device including shared voice coil to provide hearing aid compatibility and related methods
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsMarc Drader, Qian Wang, Larry Hawker
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Abstract
A mobile wireless communications device is for use with a hearing aid including a hearing aid compatible (HAC) coil. The device may include a portable housing and a wireless receiver carried by the portable housing. The device may also include at least one image capture component and a positioning coil associated therewith and carried by the portable housing. A controller may also be carried by the portable housing for selectively operating the positioning coil for image capture, and for inductively coupling received signals from the wireless receiver to the HAC coil.
Claims20
A mobile wireless communications device for use with a hearing aid comprising a hearing aid compatible (HAC) coil, the mobile wireless communications device comprising:
- a portable housing;
- a wireless receiver carried by said portable housing;
- at least one image capture component and a positioning coil associated therewith and carried by said portable housing;
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- a controller carried by said portable housing for selectively operating said positioning coil for image capture, and for inductively coupling received signals from said wireless receiver to the HAC coil.
A mobile wireless communications device for use with a hearing aid comprising a hearing aid compatible (HAC) coil, the mobile wireless communications device comprising:
- a portable housing;
- a wireless cellular receiver carried by said portable housing;
- a camera lens and an autofocus voice coil associated therewith and carried by said portable housing;
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- a controller carried by said portable housing for selectively operating said autofocus voice coil for image capture, and for inductively coupling received signals from said wireless cellular receiver to the HAC coil.
A method for operating a mobile wireless communications device comprising a wireless receiver and at least one image capture component and a positioning coil associated therewith, the method comprising:
- selectively operating the positioning coil for image capture and for inductively coupling received signals from the wireless receiver to a hearing aid compatible (HAC) coil of a hearing aid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.