Telephone microphone
US8358776B1 · kind B1 · utility
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27Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/0297
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A telephone comprising one or more speaker apertures, a microphone indicator disposed on a user-facing surface of the telephone, and one or more microphone apertures disposed proximate to the microphone indicator on a surface of the telephone other than the user-facing surface, where at least one of the microphone apertures is operable to allow audio to pass from the user to a microphone disposed in the telephone, and where the microphone indicator is arranged to direct the user to speak in a direction toward at least one of the microphone apertures.
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