GB2339509A - Radiotelephone with preferential orientation - Google Patents
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- GB2339509A GB2339509A GB9815003A GB9815003A GB2339509A GB 2339509 A GB2339509 A GB 2339509A GB 9815003 A GB9815003 A GB 9815003A GB 9815003 A GB9815003 A GB 9815003A GB 2339509 A GB2339509 A GB 2339509A
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- radiotelephone
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
- H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
- H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
- G09G2340/00—Aspects of display data processing
- G09G2340/04—Changes in size, position or resolution of an image
- G09G2340/0492—Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
- H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
- H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
- H04M1/0206—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings
- H04M1/0208—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings characterized by the relative motions of the body parts
- H04M1/0214—Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
Description
1 2339509 Mobile telephone with preferential orientation.
This invention relates to mobile telephones and in particular it relates to the performance of mobile telephones in differing configurations.
The change of orientation of a display unit is well known in the prior art. Such changes of orientation are, however, usually in response to a user's choice or to accommodate different types of data appearing on the display. The prior art does not teach, however, the use of the orientation of the data appearing on a display for enhancement of the performance of a radiotelephone or the like.
It is an object of the present invention to provide means to change the orientation of text, numerals, data or devices in a radiotelephone display to an orientation promoting and supporting a preferred direction of operation for the radiotelephone.
According to the invention there is provided a radiotelephone operating under the control of a CPU and including a visual display unit, the orientation of text, numerals or devices displayed on the visual display unit being changed automatically to correspond with an orientation preferential for operating performance of the radiotelephone following a change of configuration of the radiotelephone.
2 When a letter or numeral is displayed to the user, the user may be expected to hold the radiotelephone in a manner that allows the letter or numeral to be presented in its normal direction. There will then be a correspondence between the display and the preferential orientation of the radiotelephone in the selected configuration.
One example of the invention will now be described with reference to the figures in which:
figure 1 illustrates a radiotelephone with a deployed antenna, figure 2 illustrates a radiotelephone with the antenna in a stowed position.
For satellite communication telephone handsets, an effective way of mounting the antenna is by a rotational joint on the top of the communications handset. To achieve sufficient signal strength in the communications channel and to allow communications to proceed, the antenna must be deployed. Deployment of the antenna is effected usually from a stowed position by rotating the antenna about the rotational joint towards the line of sight to the satellite.
With reference to figure I a radiotelephone I operating under the control of a central processing unit (CPU) has a display 2, antenna 3, rotational joint 4 and housing 5. The top of the radiotelephone 1 is indicated as 6 and the bottom of the radiotelephone is indicated as 7. Antenna 3 is shown in figure I in the deployed position, depending from rotational joint 4 with the distal end of the antenna pointing skyward. In this deployed position the gain of 3 antenna 3 is maximum in the general direction of the top of the radiotelephone, along the line of the physical communication channel.
In the stowed position the antenna 3 as shown in figure 2 depends from rotational joint 4 and lies alongside the casing 5 of radiotelephone 1. The maximum gain of the antenna in the stowed position is toward the bottom of the radiotelephone i.e. away from the direction of the physical communication channel. With the antenna in the stowed position, however, it is required that the radiotelephone should still be able to receive paging and other control channels.
In order to support and to promote use of the radiotelephone in the preferred orientation for both deployed and stowed positions the text displayed on display 2 is changed to correspond with the preferTed orientation. Therefore with the antenna in the deployed position and the preferred orientation of the radiotelephone as shown in figure 1 with top 6 pointing generally towards the sky (skyward) and bottom 7 pointing generally towards the earth (earthward) the text in display 2 will be displayed for the user to read normally i.e. as shown by the numeral 2 in figure 1.
When the antenna is the stowed position, however inversion of the radiotelephone such that bottom 7 points skyward and top 6 points earthward will provide better reception for paging and control signals. This inverted position is therefore the preferred direction for the performance of the radiotelephone when the antenna is -in the stowed position.
4 A two position switch, microswitch 8 is switched when the antenna is moved to the stowed position by the action of the antenna being pushed into place. The CPU controlling the operation of the radiotelephone detects the change in state of the microswitch 8 by an interrupt from the microswitch and inverts the text on the display screen 2. The text orientation on the display for the antenna stowed position will then be as shown by numeral 2 in figure 2.
In this example it is not necessary to switch the functions of the speaker and earpiece microphones because visual data only is received in one of the configurations. On receipt of the interrupt from the microswitch 8, however, the CPU can also switch the functions of speaker and earpiece microphones or many other functions as required for an arrangement other than described herein.
The invention may also be applied to telephones with touch sensitive screens or speech recognition functions and the number of orientations available for the display need not be restricted to two. A tilt switch may be employed instead of microswitch 8, for example, to indicate various orientations of the telephone housing.
Claims (4)
1. A radiotelephone operating under the control of a CPU and including a visual display unit, the orientation of text, numerals or devices displayed on the visual display unit being changed automatically to correspond with an orientation preferential for operating performance of the radiotelephone following a change of configuration of the radiotelephone.
2. A radiotelephone as in claim I where a change of configuration is the deployment or the stowage of an antenna.
3. A radiotelephone as in claims I or 2 where a preferential orientation corresponds to a direction of maximum antenna gain.
4. A radiotelephone as in any previous claim where a change of configuration is detected by the operation of a switch.
Priority Applications (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB9815003A GB2339509B (en) | 1998-07-11 | 1998-07-11 | Mobile phone with preferential orientation |
| PCT/JP1999/003683 WO2000003528A2 (en) | 1998-07-11 | 1999-07-08 | Mobile telephone with adjustable display |
| AU46499/99A AU4649999A (en) | 1998-07-11 | 1999-07-08 | Mobile telephone |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB9815003A GB2339509B (en) | 1998-07-11 | 1998-07-11 | Mobile phone with preferential orientation |
Publications (4)
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| GB9815003D0 GB9815003D0 (en) | 1998-09-09 |
| GB2339509A true GB2339509A (en) | 2000-01-26 |
| GB2339509A8 GB2339509A8 (en) | 2000-01-27 |
| GB2339509B GB2339509B (en) | 2004-02-25 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| GB9815003A Expired - Fee Related GB2339509B (en) | 1998-07-11 | 1998-07-11 | Mobile phone with preferential orientation |
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| AU (1) | AU4649999A (en) |
| GB (1) | GB2339509B (en) |
| WO (1) | WO2000003528A2 (en) |
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| DE19855022A1 (en) * | 1998-11-20 | 2000-05-25 | Inst Halbleiterphysik Gmbh | Mobile telecommunications unit, containing mobile telephone, with improved operational comfort by special software menu |
| WO2002047365A1 (en) * | 2000-12-04 | 2002-06-13 | Philip Paul Larson | Ergonomic mobile hand-held communication/computer device |
| FI20015005A (en) * | 2001-05-31 | 2002-12-01 | Nokia Corp | A mobile station comprising a display element |
| GB2390347A (en) * | 2002-07-02 | 2004-01-07 | Ford Global Tech Inc | Portable interface device for a vehicle |
| US7181251B2 (en) | 2003-10-22 | 2007-02-20 | Nokia Corporation | Mobile communication terminal with multi orientation user interface |
| US20150166528A1 (en) | 2012-06-14 | 2015-06-18 | Basf Se | Pesticidal methods using substituted 3-pyridyl thiazole compounds and derivatives for combating animal pests |
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| US5335276A (en) * | 1992-12-16 | 1994-08-02 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Communication system and methods for enhanced information transfer |
| WO1996013290A1 (en) * | 1994-10-28 | 1996-05-09 | Aradigm Corporation | Device for aerosolized delivery of peptide drugs |
| GB2297661A (en) * | 1995-02-06 | 1996-08-07 | Motorola Inc | Radio communication device with moveable housing element and touch screen |
| GB2325109A (en) * | 1997-05-09 | 1998-11-11 | Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd | Pivotable antenna controls operation of radiotelephone |
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| US5661632A (en) * | 1994-01-04 | 1997-08-26 | Dell Usa, L.P. | Hand held computer with dual display screen orientation capability controlled by toggle switches having first and second non-momentary positions |
| GB2287561B (en) * | 1994-03-15 | 1997-11-12 | Multitone Electronics Plc | Portable communication devices having displays |
| US5910882A (en) * | 1995-11-14 | 1999-06-08 | Garmin Corporation | Portable electronic device for use in combination portable and fixed mount applications |
| JPH10150313A (en) * | 1996-11-19 | 1998-06-02 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp | Portable information terminal |
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- 1998-07-11 GB GB9815003A patent/GB2339509B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 1999-07-08 WO PCT/JP1999/003683 patent/WO2000003528A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1999-07-08 AU AU46499/99A patent/AU4649999A/en not_active Abandoned
Patent Citations (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5335276A (en) * | 1992-12-16 | 1994-08-02 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Communication system and methods for enhanced information transfer |
| WO1996013290A1 (en) * | 1994-10-28 | 1996-05-09 | Aradigm Corporation | Device for aerosolized delivery of peptide drugs |
| GB2297661A (en) * | 1995-02-06 | 1996-08-07 | Motorola Inc | Radio communication device with moveable housing element and touch screen |
| GB2325109A (en) * | 1997-05-09 | 1998-11-11 | Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd | Pivotable antenna controls operation of radiotelephone |
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| Publication number | Publication date |
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| GB2339509A8 (en) | 2000-01-27 |
| WO2000003528A2 (en) | 2000-01-20 |
| AU4649999A (en) | 2000-02-01 |
| WO2000003528A3 (en) | 2007-08-16 |
| GB2339509B (en) | 2004-02-25 |
| GB9815003D0 (en) | 1998-09-09 |
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Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
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| 732E | Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977) | ||
| PCNP | Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |
Effective date: 20080711 |