WO2003017513A1 - Receptacle pour un terminal de communication mobile - Google Patents

Receptacle pour un terminal de communication mobile Download PDF

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WO2003017513A1
WO2003017513A1 PCT/DE2002/002382 DE0202382W WO03017513A1 WO 2003017513 A1 WO2003017513 A1 WO 2003017513A1 DE 0202382 W DE0202382 W DE 0202382W WO 03017513 A1 WO03017513 A1 WO 03017513A1
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mobile communication
communication terminal
flexible web
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Philip Christal
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Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
    • H04B1/38—Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
    • H04B1/3827—Portable transceivers
    • H04B1/3888—Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F1/00—Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00
    • G06F1/16—Constructional details or arrangements
    • G06F1/1613—Constructional details or arrangements for portable computers
    • G06F1/1632—External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/02—Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
    • G06F3/0202—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device
    • G06F3/0221—Arrangements for reducing keyboard size for transport or storage, e.g. foldable keyboards, keyboards with collapsible keys
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2223/00—Casings
    • H01H2223/01—Mounting on appliance
    • H01H2223/028—Mounting on appliance detachable
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2223/00—Casings
    • H01H2223/046—Casings convertible
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2231/00—Applications
    • H01H2231/022—Telephone handset
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/02—Bases, casings, or covers
    • H01H9/0214—Hand-held casings
    • H01H9/0235—Hand-held casings specially adapted for remote control, e.g. of audio or video apparatus
    • H01H9/025—Stands or organisers to facilitate location or operation

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  • the present invention relates to a recording device for a mobile communication terminal, in particular a mobile radio terminal, a PDA or the like.
  • a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile radio terminal, a PDA or the like
  • a mobile communication terminal device Since the mobile communication terminal devices are generally technically complex and therefore costly to buy, electronic devices must be adequately protected against external mechanical and weather-related influences in order to avoid damage.
  • a protective cover which protects it from external influences and yet permits its use.
  • a protective cover is usually designed for a specific type of device and does not permit the inclusion of additional devices that functionally expand the mobile communication terminal used.
  • GSM Global System For Mobile Communication
  • SMS Short Message Service
  • GPRS General Packet Radio Service
  • EP 0 989 509 A2 describes a position sensor made of a textile material, which in a further development can also be designed as a keyboard.
  • a recording device for a mobile communication terminal in particular a mobile radio terminal, a PDA or the like, the recording has at least one, in particular textile, flexible web, which can be folded into a flat unfolding state and into a recording state provided for receiving the mobile communication terminal, the at least one flexible web having active areas for inputting and / or outputting information and wherein the mobile communication terminal can be inserted into or removed from a cavity formed by the receiving device in the receiving state and can be coupled to the flexible web for the transmission of information in the unfolding state.
  • the receiving device fulfills two functions: in the receiving state it forms a cavity into which the mobile communication terminal device can be inserted and removed from it, as in the case of a conventional protective cover initially described with reference to the prior art.
  • the recording device fulfills protective functions corresponding to a conventional protective cover.
  • the active areas of the flexible web become the user
  • the user can use these active areas after coupling the mobile communication terminal with the flexible train for entering information.
  • the user of the recording device according to the invention thus has the option of using it as a conventional protective cover, for example "cell phone pocket", wherein he can, for example, remove the mobile communication terminal from the recording device in order to carry out a telephone call and can insert it again after the call or can make the call by means of a headset, possibly voice-controlled, while the mobile communication terminal is in the receiving device.
  • the receiving device Due to the relatively low material thickness of the flexible web, the receiving device is compact in its receiving state and does not hinder the user any more than a conventional protective cover. Does the user need the additional functions, for example for simple input of longer text messages by means of the active areas, he folds the recording device according to the invention from its recording state into the unfolding state, in which he can use the active areas presented to him.
  • the active areas are sensitive to touch and / or that the flexible web with its active areas is designed as a keyboard.
  • the active areas can thus be designed, for example, in the form of a multiplicity of pressure-sensitive surface sections, with each surface section being assigned specific characters or character groups in the style of a conventional keyboard.
  • at least one active area can be designed as a touchpad, which, for example, follows a movement of a pressurized pen and, when detecting the movement path, assigns it to a specific character or group of characters.
  • a keyboard provided on the mobile communication terminal, it is possible to provide an input means which has a user-friendly format and thus considerably facilitates the entry of information into the mobile communication terminal compared to conventional solutions.
  • the flexible web has fixing means by means of which it can be fixed in an essentially dimensionally stable shape at least in the # receiving state.
  • fixing means for example, Velcro fasteners, snap fasteners, magnets, buckle fasteners, lace fasteners or the like are suitable as fixing means. It must be ensured for the fixing means that they hold the flexible web with a sufficiently high resistance in the dimensionally stable shape assigned to the receiving state and are nevertheless relatively easy to release to bring about the unfolding state.
  • the flexible path has contacting means by means of which the communication terminal and the flexible path can be mechanically coupled for information transmission.
  • a plug socket can be provided on the mobile communication terminal and a corresponding complementary plug can be formed on the flexible track, which plug can be inserted into the plug socket for coupling and signal transmission.
  • the contacting means are designed such that the mobile communication terminal in the unfolded state essentially in a relative to the flexible path stable docking position for entering information on the flexible track is dockable.
  • the mobile communication terminal can be presented to the user, for example at a predetermined angle of inclination to the flexible path, in such a way that the user can read off a display provided on the mobile communication terminal when using the active areas of the flexible path in an ergonomically favorable manner.
  • the contacting means can be designed in such a way that, in the recording state, they limit the cavity at least in sections against removal of the mobile communication terminal. If, for example, the flexible web can be folded up to produce the recording state in such a way that it essentially surrounds a communication terminal inserted into the cavity formed in the longitudinal direction thereof, the communication terminal can only be inserted and removed from the cavity at one end of the folded flexible path possible, while the other end through the contacting means against a pushing or removing the communication terminal is blocked.
  • the flexible web has transmitting / receiving means for transmitting information with the mobile communication terminal via an air interface.
  • the air interface can be based, for example, on the Bluetooth standard, the IrDa standard or another mobile radio standard.
  • holding means can be provided for fixing the receiving device according to the invention, which is in the receiving state, to a body.
  • Such holding means can be designed, for example, in the form of an elastically deformable hook or resiliently articulated clip, by means of which the receiving device can be attached, for example, to a belt, a belt, a waistband, a bag or the like.
  • these holding means it can be provided according to the invention that they are arranged on the flexible web and can be displaced relative to it in such a way that, when they are unfolded, they are used to fix the mobile in place
  • the holding means are arranged in an articulated manner near the contacting means and, in the unfolded state, support the communication terminal device mechanically coupled to the contacting means in the predetermined docking position.
  • the holding means can be displaced, in particular pivoted, relative to the flexible web from a holding position assigned to the pick-up state, in which they serve for fixation on the body, into a basic position assigned to the unfolding state for docking onto the mobile communication terminal , are.
  • the Holding means comprise a positioning projection, which in the pick-up state hinders detachment of the pick-up device from the body and which holds the mobile communication terminal in the docking position in the unfolded state.
  • the receiving device can also have all the functional features of conventional protective covers for mobile communication terminals.
  • the flexible web has at least one, preferably flexible, transparent window, through which operating components of the recorded mobile communication terminal are visible and operable in the recording state.
  • the mobile communication terminal can thus also be operated and used in a conventional manner in the state recorded in the receiving device.
  • a display device for displaying information is integrated in the flexible web.
  • a flexible display can be used as a display device, for example, so that the flexible web in the unfolded state can be used like a terminal, which, as already explained above, can, if desired, only exchange information with the mobile communication terminal via a radio interface.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective front view of a receiving device according to the invention in a receiving state
  • Figure 2 shows the receiving device according to Figure 1 in rear view
  • FIG. 6 the receiving device according to the invention in the unfolded state with a mobile phone in the docking position.
  • a recording device is shown in a perspective front view in the recording state and generally designated 10.
  • the receiving device 10 is closed, a textile, flexible web 12 being folded in such a way that it envelops a mobile telephone 14.
  • a button 16 is provided on the textile, flexible web 12, by means of which two overlapping regions 18 and 20 of the textile, flexible web 12 can be fixed to one another.
  • a plastic plate 24 is formed on the rear side 22 of the receiving device 10, which carries a fastening barb 26 at its upper end and which has a positioning projection 28 at its lower end essential triangular cross-section.
  • Plastic plate 24 and the textile, flexible web 12 are inserted and fixed at the upper end of the plastic plate 24 in FIG. 2, a locking tab 30, by means of which the receiving device 10 can be closed. As indicated in FIG. 1, a further push button 32 is provided to fix the closing tab 30 to the area 18 of the textile, flexible web 12.
  • FIG. 3 shows that the push button 32 is open in that its components 32a and 32b have been separated, and that the closure flap 30 has been opened in accordance with arrow Pi.
  • FIG. 3 also shows that the two overlapping areas 18 and 20 of the textile, flexible web 12 in addition to the push button 16 are further fixed to one another by a further push button 34.
  • the mobile telephone 14 has been removed from a cavity 36 surrounded by the textile, flexible web 12 for clarification. Apart from the closing flap 30 folded upwards, the receiving device 10 nevertheless retains its shape essentially in a stable manner.
  • FIG. 4 a next intermediate stage - now again with the mobile telephone 14 inserted - is shown, which intermediate stage is reached when a state of unfolding of the receiving device 10 according to the invention is brought about.
  • the plastic plate 24 is pivoted together with the closure flap 30 fastened to it via a rivet 38 to form the textile, flexible web 12. This is possible because the plastic plate 24 is fastened to the textile, flexible web 12 about an axis A via a swivel joint 40.
  • the pivoting of the plastic plate 24 takes place - starting from the position shown in FIG. 2 in the receiving state of the receiving device according to the invention - by an angle of approximately 180 ° according to arrow P about the axis A.
  • FIG. 5 also shows a bearing block 44 which is U-shaped in plan view and in the center of which a contact plug 46 is arranged. The bearing block 44 is firmly connected to the textile, flexible web 12.
  • Plug socket on its underside 48 are plugged onto the contact plug 46, the lower region 48 being held stable in the bearing block 44 and the mobile telephone 14 with its rear housing being supported on the positioning projection 28 for mechanical relief of the contact plug 46.
  • the mobile telephone 14 is inclined by the angle ⁇ relative to the textile, flexible web 12 which is essentially folded into one plane and is in the docking position.
  • a display 50 is presented in an ergonomically favorable manner to a user who operates the keys 42 of the textile, flexible web 12 in the manner of a keyboard.
  • the user can use the keys 42 in the style of a keyboard in the unfolded state to enter information, for example text information, which is transmitted to the mobile phone 14 via the contact connector 46, in particular its contacts, and the corrosponding plug socket.
  • information for example text information
  • Display 50 displayed and - if desired - can be transmitted via a radio interface 52 to a base station and in a network. Likewise, information can be received via the mobile phone via the radio interface 52, displayed on the display 50 and further processed using the buttons 42 of the textile, flexible web 12.
  • the receiving device 10 according to the invention fulfills all the protective functions of a conventional “cell phone pocket”.
  • the unfolded, textile, flexible web 12 of the receiving device 10 according to the invention serves as an additional input device in the style of a keyboard, in order thus to enable easy entry of data, in particular text data. This is particularly advantageous against the background of the growing range of functions of the mobile telephones in particular and the mobile communication terminals in general.
  • the invention offers a cost-effective, practical, space-saving and yet functional combination of a protective receiving device for a mobile communication terminal and an input means for functional expansion and easier operation of the mobile communication terminal.

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L'invention concerne un réceptacle (10) conçu pour un terminal de communication mobile (14), en particulier un terminal de radiocommunication mobile, un assistant numérique personnel ou un dispositif analogue. Ce réceptacle (10) comprend au moins une bande souple, de préférence textile, pouvant, à l'état déplié (figure 6), être mise à plat, ou être pliée et mise à l'état de réception (figure 1, figure 2) pour loger le terminal de communication mobile (14). La ou les bande(s) souple(s) (12) comporte(nt) des zones actives (42) permettant d'entrer des informations. Le terminal de communication mobile (14) peut être introduit dans une cavité (36) formée par le réceptacle (10) mis à l'état de réception (figure 1, figure 2) ou être retiré de ladite cavité, et être accouplé à la bande souple (12) à l'état déplié (figure 6) pour transmettre des informations.
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