CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN SENSING AND NON-SENSING MODES IN THE CONTEXT OF A PORTABLE HANDHELD DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INDUCTIVE SENSING

A switching mechanism is for enabling use of an inductive sensing circuit (16) in association with a portable handheld device (14) having electromagnetic transmission functionality in a manner that avoids harmful interference of the electromagnetic transmissions of the portable device with the subje...

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Hauptverfasser:	STEUNEBRINK, Tim, Patrick, DOODEMAN, Gerardus, Johannes, Nicolaas, PEETERS, Wouter, Herman, VERNOOIJ, Carlijn, Andrea, HARBERTS, Dirk, Willem
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	DIAGNOSIS ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE SURGERY TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	A switching mechanism is for enabling use of an inductive sensing circuit (16) in association with a portable handheld device (14) having electromagnetic transmission functionality in a manner that avoids harmful interference of the electromagnetic transmissions of the portable device with the subject when medical sensing is being performed. In particular, embodiments provide a controller (12) arranged to control switching between two modes: a first mode in which at least a portion of the transmission functionality of the portable device is deactivated and concurrently the inductive sensing circuit is activated; and a second mode in which the electromagnetic transmission functionality of the portable device is fully activated, and the inductive sensing circuit is deactivated. Thus embodiments provide a means of toggling between two modes, the modes configured to avoid simultaneous inductive sensing and full-power electromagnetic transmission of the portable handheld device.