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US 8,478,371 B2Granted
Mobile wireless communications device with user navigation using an antenna and related methods
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorHenry Dunstan Coggill
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Abstract
A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a display carried by the housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, a display navigation input device carried by the housing and including an antenna and an oscillation circuit coupled to the antenna, and a controller coupled to the display, wireless transceiver, and display navigation input device.
Claims24
A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
- a housing;
- a display carried by said housing;
- a wireless transceiver carried by said housing;
- a touchless display navigation input device carried by said housing and comprising
- at least one antenna, and
- at least one oscillation circuit coupled to said at least one antenna and configured to provide a touchless interface;
- and
- a controller coupled to said display, wireless transceiver, and touchless display navigation input device.
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A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
- a housing;
- a display carried by said housing;
- a wireless transceiver carried by said housing;
- a touchless display navigation input device carried by said housing and comprising
- first and second antennas, and
- first and second oscillation circuits coupled to respective ones of said first and second antennas and configured to provide a touchless interface;
- and
- a controller coupled to said display, wireless transceiver, and touchless display navigation input device;
- said touchless display navigation input device cooperating with said controller and configured to provide two-dimensional scrolling on said display.
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A method of making a mobile wireless communications device comprising:
- coupling a display and a wireless transceiver to be carried by a housing;
- coupling a touchless display navigation input device to be carried by the housing, the touchless display navigation input device comprising at least one antenna, and at least one oscillation circuit coupled thereto and providing a touchless interface;
- and
- coupling a controller to the display, wireless transceiver, and touchless display navigation input device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.