CN1302143A - Folding portable telephone set - Google Patents

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CN1302143A
CN1302143A CN00131091A CN00131091A CN1302143A CN 1302143 A CN1302143 A CN 1302143A CN 00131091 A CN00131091 A CN 00131091A CN 00131091 A CN00131091 A CN 00131091A CN 1302143 A CN1302143 A CN 1302143A
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赤尾昌秀
山冈道行
辻泰典
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    • HELECTRICITY
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    • H04MTELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/026Details of the structure or mounting of specific components
    • H04M1/0266Details of the structure or mounting of specific components for a display module assembly
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04MTELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0206Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings
    • H04M1/0208Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings characterized by the relative motions of the body parts
    • H04M1/0214Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
    • H04M1/0216Foldable in one direction, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04MTELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0206Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings
    • H04M1/0241Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call
    • H04M1/0245Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call using open/close detection

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Abstract

In a foldable portable telephone comprising a main body case and a lid case openably connected thereto, the main body case is provided with a manual key arrangement on an inner surface thereof, and the lid case has a liquid crystal display device incorporated therein. The lid case has an inner surface including an inner display surface opposed to an image display screen of the display device, and a rear surface including an outer display surface opposed to an image display screen of the display device. A display pattern of the display device is displayed as reversed in response to the lid case to be opened or closed to enable the user to observe normally a display image of the display device through either of display surfaces. Thus, information given by the caller can be recognized upon receiving a call.

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Foldable cellular phone
But the present invention relates to a kind of Foldable cellular phone that main body cover is connected with cover case in the mode of folding.
In Foldable cellular phone, when carrying by realizing that volume reduces with main body cover and cover case are folding, when conversation, by launching two shells, the display surface that makes the key operation face on the inner face that is arranged at main body cover and be arranged on the inner face of cover case exposes, to carry out key operation or to show telephone number etc.Because such Foldable cellular phone not only is easy to carry, and when putting into suitcase and carry, because operation keys is covered the problem that key is pressed so there is not the wish of running counter to the user by cover case by mistake.
But, in the Foldable cellular phone in the past, when calling, just do not present owing to do not launch the cover case display surface, so have following problems, promptly can not see immediately owing to there being phone to be presented at the displaying contents such as telephone number of the signal sender on the display surface.
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of Foldable cellular phone, it can see the information of signal sender immediately when calling.
In the present invention, adopt following structure to realize above-mentioned purpose, this structure comprises the original structure that has of liquid crystal indicator, the transparent or semitransparent image display screen that is promptly formed by liquid crystal, and the displayed image of this image display screen all can be observed from front face side and rear side.
In Foldable cellular phone of the present invention, but the mode with folding is connected main body cover (1) with cover case (2), inner face at main body cover (1) is provided with key operation face (11), be provided with liquid crystal indicator (4) in the inside of cover case (2), this liquid crystal indicator has transparent or semitransparent image display screen recited above.Form image display screen opposed inside display surface (21) with above-mentioned liquid crystal indicator (4) at the inner face of cover case (2), and be formed with the image display screen opposite external side display surface (22) with above-mentioned liquid crystal indicator (4) at the back side of cover case (2).In addition, the state that above-mentioned cover case is launched with close the display graphics counter-rotating that makes under the state that closes in the liquid crystal indicator (4), thereby can normally observe the displayed image of liquid crystal indicator (4) from any one display surface (21) (22).
In the Foldable cellular phone of the invention described above, when under the state that is launching cover case (2) phone being arranged, in liquid crystal indicator (4), by carrying out the processing identical with conventional art, generate the display graphics of the other side's telephone number etc., and it is shown in the image display screen.Consequently, in the inboard display surface (21) of cover case (2), resemble and normally show telephone number of the other side etc. the conventional art.
Relative therewith, when under closing the state that closes cover case (2), phone being arranged, carry out following processing, this processing is used to make the display graphics counter-rotating of the liquid crystal indicator (4) under the state that cover case (2) is launched, generate the display graphics that generates figure retention wire symmetric relation with this, and be shown in the image display screen.If observe the image display screen of this display pattern liquid crystal indicator (4) from the inboard, then form normal the demonstration, so normally demonstrate the other side's telephone number etc. at outside display surface (22).
In concrete structure, aforementioned body shell (1) or cover case (2) are provided with corresponding to the folding of above-mentioned cover case carries out open/close folding sense switch (7), corresponding to the ON/OFF signal that this folding sense switch (7) sends, the video data in the liquid crystal indicator (4) automatically reverses.According to this concrete structure, by folding cover shell (2), realize the ON/OFF of folding sense switch (7), automatically the display graphics with liquid crystal indicator (4) reverses, thus, only, just can transfer normal demonstration to from the state that cover case (2) is closed the demonstration of watching outside display surface (22) under the state that closes at inboard display surface (21) by launching cover case (2).
According to aforesaid Foldable cellular phone of the present invention, when phone, can not launch cover case and see the displaying contents such as telephone number of signal sender immediately.
Perspective view when Fig. 1 (a) is in deployed condition for demonstration Foldable cellular phone of the present invention;
Fig. 1 (b) is for showing that this Foldable cellular phone is in the perspective view that closes when closing state;
Fig. 2 is the end view of the internal structure of this portable telephone of demonstration;
Fig. 3 is the cutaway view of the structure of demonstration liquid crystal indicator;
Fig. 4 is the figure of the inverted status of a plurality of pixels of the visual display graphics of demonstration formation;
Fig. 5 is for showing the flow chart of the action when phone;
Fig. 6 is for showing folding corresponding to cover case, being formed at the figure of 2 visual display graphics on the liquid crystal indicator.
Below with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the invention are specifically described.Shown in Fig. 1 (a) and 1 (b), in Foldable cellular phone of the present invention, cover case (2) is connected with main body cover (1) by linkwork (3), thereby can carry out the folding operation between the state that close at state that cover case (2) is launched shown in Fig. 1 (a) and cover case (2) is closed shown in Fig. 1 (b).Inner face at main body cover (1) is provided with key operation face (11), inside in cover case (2) is provided with liquid crystal indicator, be formed with the inboard display surface (21) that the image that is used to observe liquid crystal indicator shows at the inner face of cover case (2), and be formed with the outside display surface (22) that the image that is used to observe liquid crystal indicator shows at the back side of cover case (2).In addition, on cover case (2), be provided with antenna (23) highlightedly.
As shown in Figure 2, be provided with control circuit mainboard (6) in the inside of main body cover (1), radio-circuit mainboard (61) constitutes the battery (62) of the power supply of these circuit main boards and microphone (12).Be provided with foregoing liquid crystal indicator (4) in the inside of cover case (2), two surfaces of this liquid crystal indicator (4) are provided with cover glass (5) (51) relatively.Like this, the cover glass (5) by inner face side forms inboard display surface (21), and the cover glass (51) by rear side forms outside display surface (22).In addition, be provided with LCD driver (8), loud speaker (24) and folding sense switch (7) in the inside of cover case (2).
This liquid crystal indicator (4) has the structure identical with conventional art, as shown in Figure 3, two surfaces at liquid crystal (41) are respectively arranged with a plurality of X electrodes (42) and Y electrode (43) according to a determining deviation, in addition, by glass plate (44) (45), be provided with 2 polarizers (46), (47) in its both sides.According to the orthogonal mode of its corresponding direction of polarized light,, be positioned at liquid crystal (42) molecule between two polarizers (46), (47) and be between two polarizers (46), (47) and turn round the state that turn 90 degrees two polarizers (46), (47) combination.Between X electrode (42) and Y electrode (43), be under the state that does not apply voltage, light reverses and turns round the mode that turn 90 degrees and advance with liquid crystal molecule, thus, two polarizers of this light transmission (46), (47), and do not reverse by applying the voltage liquid crystal molecule, thus, light can not see through two polarizers (46), (47).Liquid crystal indicator (4) is by utilizing this phenomenon, can be with liquid crystal as image display screen and displayed image.
Therefore, in liquid crystal indicator (4), the image display screen that is made of liquid crystal (41) is transparent, can any one direction from face side, rear side observe the image that is shown in this image display screen.
In addition, liquid crystal indicator (4) with X electrode (42) and Y electrode (43) intersect o'clock as 1 pixel, shown in Fig. 4 (a), can form 1 literal by a plurality of pixels, such as, when showing the literal of " a ", when from face side view image display screen, generate the common display graphics shown in Fig. 4 (a).When liquid crystal indicator (4) is turned over with turning round up and down, during from rear side observation liquid crystal indicator (4), shown in Fig. 4 (b), display pattern has been inverted according to line symmetric relation up and down.Thus, even under the upturned situation in ground that liquid crystal indicator (4) is turned round up and down, can normally observe the literal of " a ".So, in folding protable telephone of the present invention, shown in Fig. 1 (a), when launching cover case (2), during by inboard display surface (21) view image, identical with the past, in liquid crystal indicator, generate common display graphics, when shown in Fig. 1 (b), close and close cover case (2), during by outside display surface (22) view image, on liquid crystal indicator, generate the display graphics through counter-rotating recited above.Thus, under any state, all can observe dromic image.
Fig. 5 shows the action when calling in the above-mentioned Foldable cellular phone.After step S1 calls, then at step S2, make the signal person's of sending telephone number or have the content of phone to show by common display graphics, afterwards at step S3, the open/close state of folding sense switch is checked.At this moment,, then detect closing of folding sense switch, carry out the transition to step S7, give the liquid crystal display driver the data passes that constitutes above-mentioned display graphics if make cover case be in deployed condition.Consequently, at step S8, displayed image in liquid crystal indicator, this image can normally be observed from inboard display surface (21).
At step S3, if being in, cover case closes the state of closing, and what then detect folding sense switch opens and carries out the transition to step S4, and after with above-mentioned display graphics counter-rotating, at step S5, the data passes that will constitute the counter-rotating display graphics is given the liquid crystal display driver.Consequently, at step S6, displayed image in liquid crystal indicator, this image can normally be observed from outside display surface (22).
In addition, phone is arranged in that cover case is closed under the state that closes, after this, when launching cover case, carry out the transition to step S7 from step S6, display graphics turns back to common figure, carries out the liquid crystal display of step S8.
Fig. 6 (a) (b) shows following example, in this example, all can see the display graphics that under the state that cover case (2) is launched, is created on the liquid crystal indicator (4) from the face side of liquid crystal indicator (4), and cover case (2) is being closed the display graphics that is created under the state that closes in the liquid crystal indicator (4), shown in Fig. 6 (b), cover case (2) is being closed under the state that closes, though display graphics counter-rotating, if but watch this figure from outside display surface (22) one sides, then can be observed normal demonstration.
As mentioned above,, when phone, because under situation about cover case not being launched, still can see the displaying contents of the telephone number etc. of signal sender immediately according to Foldable cellular phone of the present invention, thus convenient.In addition, in the present invention,, compare cost-saved and space with the structure that adopts two liquid crystal indicators to form inboard display surface and outside display surface owing to adopt single liquid crystal indicator (4) to form inboard display surface and outside display surface.
Also have, the structure of each several part of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, for those skilled in the art, in the scope that does not break away from spirit of the present invention, can carry out possible various conversion.Such as, in the counter-rotating of the visual display graphics of the folding of following cover case is handled, can adopt mode of being undertaken or the mode of being undertaken by LCD driver (8) by control circuit mainboard (6).In addition, in the flow process of Fig. 5, cover case is being closed under the state that closes, make the visual display graphics counter-rotating (step S4) of liquid crystal indicator, but also can adopt following manner, this mode refers to cover case (2) is being closed under the state that closes, and generates in liquid crystal indicator from the normal observed visual display graphics of outside display surface (22), makes visual display graphics counter-rotating by launching cover case.
Also have, in Fig. 1 (a), Fig. 1 (b) and structure shown in Figure 2, owing to turn over by cover case (2) is launched that liquid crystal indicator (4) is reversed up and down, so make visual display graphics along on the counter-rotating of rolling off the production line symmetrically, but also can by cover case is launched, liquid crystal indicator is along in the side-inverted and upturned structure, makes the relation counter-rotating of visual display graphics according to left and right sides line symmetry.

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1. Foldable cellular phone, but the mode with folding is connected main body cover (1) with cover case (2), it is characterized in that, inner face at main body cover (1) is provided with key operation face (11), inside in cover case (2) is provided with liquid crystal indicator, this liquid crystal indicator has transparent or semitransparent image display screen, at the inner face formation of cover case (2) and the image display screen opposed inside display surface (21) of above-mentioned liquid crystal indicator (4), and be formed with image display screen opposite external side display surface (22) at the back side of cover case (2) with above-mentioned liquid crystal indicator (4), the state that above-mentioned cover case is launched with close the display graphics counter-rotating that makes under the state that closes in the liquid crystal indicator (4), thereby can normally observe the displayed image of liquid crystal indicator (4) from any one display surface (21) (22).
2. Foldable cellular phone according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, aforementioned body shell (1) or cover case (2) are provided with corresponding to the folding of above-mentioned cover case carries out open/close folding sense switch (7), corresponding to the ON/OFF signal that this folding sense switch (7) sends, the display graphics in the liquid crystal indicator (4) automatically reverses.
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