JPH0630093A - Portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a portable telephone set whose size is smaller as improving the operability of the portable telephone set and convenience by multifunction enabling. CONSTITUTION:This telephone set is provided with a telephone set unit case 1 which incorporates a transmission/reception circuit for speech, an electronic pocketbook unit case 2 which incorporates the transmission/reception circuit for speech, and a hinge part which connects the telephone set unit case 1 to the electronic pocketbook unit case 2 in a way of folding freely. A rod antenna 5 in provided in the hinge part in such a way that it can be drawn in and out freely. Therefore, the portable telephone set whose size is smaller can be obtained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile phone having an electronic notebook function capable of registering a telephone number.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 10 is a front view showing a conventional one-body mobile phone, FIG. 11 is a left side view thereof, and FIG. 12 is a plan view thereof. In FIGS. 10 to 12, 101 is an upper case of the main body, 102 is a lower case of the main body, and a transmission / reception circuit for a call and a memory for storing information such as a telephone number are built in the matching space of the upper and lower cases. Reference numeral 103 is a battery unit that forms a part of the lower case of the main body.

A microphone section 104, a speaker section 105, a display section 106, and operation keys 107 are provided on the front surface of the main body case 101, and a volume control button 109 is provided on the left side surface of the main body upper case 101. In addition, the transmitting / receiving antenna 10 is provided on the upper surface of the main body lower case 102.
8 is provided so that it can be freely taken in and out.

Next, the operation will be described. Operation key 10
When 7 is operated in accordance with the procedure, the operation number of the operation key appears on the display unit 106. Therefore, if the displayed number is confirmed and the SED key is operated, the call becomes possible.

Further, a commonly used telephone number can be stored in the memory by operating the operation key according to a predetermined procedure.

[0006]

Since the conventional mobile phone is constructed as described above, it has the function of an electronic notebook for registering a telephone number, but since it is one body, a speaker is provided on the surface of the upper case of the main body. 105, a display unit 106 provided together with the microphone 104, and operation keys 10.
7 is small. Therefore, there is a problem that the display content of the display unit 106 is difficult to see, and operations such as execution input of the electronic notebook with the operation keys 107 are troublesome.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to obtain a smaller mobile phone while improving the operability and the convenience by increasing the number of functions. To aim.

[0008]

A portable telephone according to the present invention comprises a telephone unit case having a transmitting / receiving function and an electronic notebook unit case having a telephone number registration and arithmetic processing function, which are foldably connected by a hinge portion. An antenna for transmission and reception is provided in the hinge portion so that it can be freely inserted and removed.

[0009]

In the portable telephone according to the present invention, since the transmitting / receiving antenna is provided at the hinge portion so that it can be freely taken in and out, the portable telephone can be miniaturized.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external front view showing a mobile phone of the present invention,
2 is a right side view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a plan view thereof. Figure 1
In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 is a telephone unit case, 2 is an electronic notebook unit case that is foldably connected to the telephone unit case 1, and the two unit cases 1 and 2 are closed on the side opposite to the hinge portion 3. Latches 3a and 3b for holding the state are provided relatively. Reference numeral 5 is a rod antenna for transmission and reception, which is provided in the hinge part 3 so as to be freely inserted and removed.

The above-mentioned telephone unit case 1 has a built-in transmitting / receiving circuit for telephone calls, and on its surface is also a numeric keypad 4, a speaker hole 6, and a microphone hole 7 which are the basic elements of the telephone.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, an elongated large-sized display 8 and a cursor key 9 of the display are provided on the mating surface with the electronic notebook unit case 2.

The electronic notebook unit case 2 has a built-in electronic circuit for an electronic notebook that performs electronic number registration and arithmetic processing, and an electronic circuit connected to the built-in electronic circuit is provided on the mating surface with the telephone unit case 1. An operation key 10 for a notebook is provided. The electronic circuit for the electronic notebook is also connected to the display 8.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a system diagram of, for example, an automobile telephone mobile unit housed in the telephone unit case 1. The transmitter / receiver 11 is connected to the rod antenna 5, and the receiver / receiver is connected to the transmitter / receiver 11. Machine 12 and transmitter 1
3. Synthesizer 1 connected to both 12 and 13
4. This receiver 12, transmitter 13, and synthesizer 1
4 and the telephone 15 and a control circuit 16 provided between them.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an electronic circuit for an electronic notebook housed in the electronic notebook unit case 2, which is a key controller 17 connected to the operation keys 10 and a CPU 18.
ROM 19 that contains a program that controls the operation of the computer, RAM 20 that contains data such as an address book and a telephone number, L
Display controller 2 for controlling the display device 8 composed of a CD
1. An IC card controller 23 for controlling an IC card 22 having built-in dictionary data and the like is connected to each other via a bus 24.

8 and 9 are enlarged vertical cross-sectional views of the hinge portion. FIG. 8 shows the rod antenna 5 pulled out to the used state, and FIG. 9 shows the rod antenna 5 housed in the hinge portion 3. ing.

In FIGS. 8 and 9, 1a is a cylindrical bearing integrally formed in the telephone unit case 1, 2a is a cylindrical bearing integrally formed in the electronic notebook unit case 2,
Reference numeral 25 is a hinge pin that also serves as an antenna housing portion that penetrates both tubular bearings 1a and 2a combined into one tubular shape.
The telephone unit case 1 and the electronic notebook unit case 2 are foldably connected. In this case, the hinge pin 25
Has a lower end formed with a screw 25a and a lower cylindrical bearing 2
It is screwed into and supported by a.

26 is a washer integrally formed on the upper end of the hinge pin 25, 27 is an antenna contact portion provided via the washer 26, 28 is a lead wire connecting the antenna contact portion 27 and the duplexer 11, and the rod antenna 5 8 is pulled out as shown in FIG. 8, the projection 5a provided on the lower portion of the antenna fits into the recess 26a of the washer 26 to mechanically hold the rod antenna 5 and electrically connect it.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.
First, when used as a telephone, the telephone unit case 1 and the electronic notebook unit case 2 are latched by the latches 3a, 3
The rod antenna 5 is pulled out from the hinge portion 3 while being kept in a compact state folded by b, and the telephone number of the call destination is called from the RAM 20 by operating the numeric keypad 4 in a predetermined procedure, and the telephone is set to the calling state. You can talk.

On the other hand, the latches 3a and 3b are disengaged, the telephone unit case 1 and the electronic notebook unit case 2 are opened in a spread state as shown in FIG. 4, and data such as an address book and a telephone number are opened by the operation keys 10. When input, this input data is displayed on the display 8 via the display controller 21 and can be confirmed. In this case, the operation key 10
Is located in a large area and is easy to operate.
Since the display 8 is long and slender and large, it is easy to confirm the display content.

An electronic notebook for registering a telephone number or the like by reading necessary dictionary data from the IC card 22 via the IC card controller 23, writing and storing the data in the RAM 20, or rewriting the stored contents. Can perform the function as.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, a telephone unit case having a transmitting / receiving circuit for a telephone call and an electronic notebook unit case having an electronic circuit for an electronic notebook can be folded by a hinge portion. Since they are connected and the antenna is housed in the hinge part, which is the opening / closing mechanism of the electronic notebook unit case and the telephone unit case, so that it can be taken in and out, it is extremely effective for downsizing the mobile phone.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external front view of a mobile phone showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a right side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a telephone unit case and an electronic notebook unit case forming the mobile phone of FIG. 1 in a spread state.

5 is a right side view of FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a mobile telephone system of an automobile.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing electronic notebook hardware.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view of a hinge part in which the rod antenna is pulled out to a use state.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view of a hinge portion accommodating a rod antenna.

FIG. 10 is an external front view of a conventional mobile phone.

11 is a left side view of FIG.

12 is a plan view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Phone unit case 2 Electronic notebook unit case 3 Hinge part 4 Numeric keypad 5 Rod antenna 6 Speaker hole 7 Microphone hole 8 Indicator 10 Operation key

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A telephone unit case having a built-in telephone transceiver circuit, an electronic notebook unit case having an electronic notebook electronic circuit, and the telephone unit case and the electronic notebook unit case are foldably connected to each other. A mobile phone, comprising: a hinge part, and an antenna connected to the transmission / reception circuit for a call, which can be inserted into and taken out from the hinge part.