WO2005083990A1 - Telephone rotatif - Google Patents

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WO2005083990A1
WO2005083990A1 PCT/IB2005/000548 IB2005000548W WO2005083990A1 WO 2005083990 A1 WO2005083990 A1 WO 2005083990A1 IB 2005000548 W IB2005000548 W IB 2005000548W WO 2005083990 A1 WO2005083990 A1 WO 2005083990A1
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face
electronic device
input device
hand
portable electronic
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PCT/IB2005/000548
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Calin Turcana
Nora Brelo
Tapani Jokinen
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Nokia Corporation
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Priority claimed from US10/787,684 external-priority patent/US7330547B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/867,042 external-priority patent/US20050277439A1/en
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Publication of WO2005083990A1 publication Critical patent/WO2005083990A1/fr

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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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2250/00—Details of telephonic subscriber devices
    • H04M2250/20—Details of telephonic subscriber devices including a rotatable camera

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  • An electronic device having a first body part and a second body part that rotates relative to the first body part.
  • a hand- portable electronic device comprising: a first body part comprising a display; a second body part having a first face and a second face and comprising a first input device located on the first face and a second input device located on the second face; and a swivel connecting the first and second parts and enabling relative rotational movement of the first and second body parts between a first operative configuration in which the first input device and display are facing in a first direction and a second operative configuration in which the second input device and display are facing in the first direction.
  • the device has two separated input devices that can be rotated relative to a display and can thus share a single display.
  • a hand- portable electronic device comprising: a first body part comprising a front face that includes a display and a side face adjacent the front face; a second body part comprising a first face including a first input device, a second face including a second input device adjacent the first face, a third face opposite the first face and adjacent the second face and a fourth face adjacent the first face and opposite the second face, wherein the separation between the opposing first and third faces is less than the separation between the opposing second and fourth faces; and a swivel connecting the first and second parts and enabling relative rotational movement of the first and second body parts between a first operative configuration in which the first input device and display are facing in a first direction and a second operative configuration in which the second input device and display are facing in the first direction, wherein in the second configuration the second body part acts as a prop for abutting a surface and supporting the first body portion with its side face towards the surface such that the first direction is pointing way from and is inclined to
  • an electronic device comprising: a first body part comprising a display; a second body part having a first face and a second face and comprising a first input device located on the first face and a second input device located on the second face; a swivel connecting the first and second parts and enabling relative rotational movement of the first and second body parts between a first operative configuration in which the first input device and display are facing in a first direction and a second operative configuration in which the second input device and display are facing in the first direction; a mechanism for detecting the relative position of the two body parts; and processing circuitry that responds to the establishment of the second operative configuration by automatically loading computer program instructions for providing an application that provides output via the display and accepts input via the second input device.
  • the automatic loading of the application associated with the current input device makes the device simple and intuitive to use.
  • Figs 1A, 1 B, 1C and 1D illustrate a hand-portable electronic device 100, such as a mobile cellular telephone.
  • Figs 2; 3A and 3B; 4; and 5A, 5B and 5C illustrate four different operative configurations of the electronic device; and Fig 6 schematically illustrates the functional component parts of the electronic device.
  • Figs 1A, 1 B, 1C and 1 D illustrate a hand-portable electronic device 100, such as a mobile cellular telephone.
  • Fig 1 B illustrates a front perspective view.
  • Fig. 1A illustrates a perspective view taken from the left side of Fig. 1 B.
  • Fig 1C illustrates a perspective view taken from the right side of Fig 1 B.
  • Fig 1 D illustrates a rear perspective view.
  • the electronic device 100 comprises: a first body part 101 ; a second body part 103 and a swivel hinge 109 connecting the first body part 101 and the second body part 103.
  • the swivel hinge 109 allows relative rotational movement of the first body part 101 and the second body part 103, by a user, as illustrated in Figs 2, Fig 3A and 3B, Fig 4 and Fig 5A, 5B and 5C and as described later.
  • the first body part 101 comprises a front face 10 and a side face 12, which is adjacent the front face 10 and substantially orthogonal to the front face 10 such that the two faces meet at an edge.
  • the first body part 101 has a width w, a depth d and a height h.
  • the front face 10, as illustrated in Fig 1 B, includes the display 107, function keys 110 below the display 107 and a loudspeaker 216 above the display 107.
  • the side face 12, as illustrated in Fig 1A, includes a door 16 which provides access to one or more Input or Output interfaces of the device, such as a reader for a SIM card, and/or a memory card, and/or a mini-USB interface.
  • a door 16 which provides access to one or more Input or Output interfaces of the device, such as a reader for a SIM card, and/or a memory card, and/or a mini-USB interface.
  • the rear of the electronic device as illustrated in Fig 1 D has a door 14 behind which the battery cell for the device is located.
  • the second body part 103 comprises a front face 21 , a first side face 22, a back face 23 and a second side face 24.
  • the front face 21 is adjacent and orthogonal to the side face 22 which it meets at a first edge, adjacent and orthogonal to the side face 24 which it meets at a second edge, and opposite the back face 23.
  • the back face 23 is adjacent and orthogonal to the side face 22 which it meets at a third edge, adjacent and orthogonal to the side face 24 which it meets at a fourth edge, and opposite the front face 21.
  • the first side face 22 is adjacent and orthogonal to the front face 21 which it meets at the first edge and adjacent and orthogonal to the back face 23 which it meets at the third edge, and opposite the second side face 24.
  • the second side face 24 is adjacent and orthogonal to the front face 21 which it meets at the second edge, adjacent and orthogonal to the back face 23 which it meets at the fourth edge, and opposite the first side face 22.
  • the front face 21 , first side face 22, back face 23 and second side face 24 form a cuboid with rounded first, second, third and fourth edges.
  • the second body part 103 has a width W, a depth D and a height H.
  • the depth D corresponds to the separation between the opposing front face 21 and back face 23 and is significantly less than the width W corresponding to the separation between the opposing first side face 22 and second side face 24.
  • the width W is several times grater that the depth D.
  • the height H can be smaller, larger or equal to the height h. Both of the height H and h are larger than the depth d.
  • the front face 21 includes a first touch sensitive actuation means such as a keypad input device 105.
  • a keypad input device 105 such as a cellular radiotelephone
  • the front face 21 includes a microphone 214 and the keypad input device 105 is a ITU-T keypad.
  • the ITU-T keypad is a 4 row by three column array of keys.
  • the second side face 24 includes a digital camera input device 120
  • the back face 23 includes a second touch sensitive actuation means such as a touch pad input device 106 that has a touch sensitive area 130.
  • the first side face 22, in this example, does not include an input device.
  • the swivel hinge 109 allows relative rotational movement of the first body part 101 and the second body part 103, by a user, in 90 degree increments between different operative configurations as illustrated in Figs 2, Fig 3A and 3B, Fig 4 and Fig 5A, 5B and 5C.
  • Fig 2 illustrates an operative configuration in which the keypad input device 105 and display 107 are facing in a first direction 122 that comes out of the page. This operative configuration is also illustrated in Figs 1A-1 D.
  • Figs 3A and 3B illustrate an operative configuration in which the digital camera input device 120 and the display 107 are facing in the first direction 122.
  • Fig 3A is a front view of the display 107 and Fig 3B is a side view.
  • the first direction 122 is out of the page and in Fig 3B it is upwardly angled, from right to left.
  • This operative configuration results from rotating the second body part 103 through 90 degrees in an anticlockwise direction when it is in the configuration illustrated in Fig 2.
  • Fig 3B the device 10 is resting on a flat planar surface 200, such as a desktop.
  • the second body part 103 acts as a prop for the first body part 101.
  • the second body part 103 abuts the surface 200 and supports the first body portion 101 with its side face 12 towards the surface 200 such that the first direction 122 is pointing way from and is inclined at an angle ⁇ to the surface 200.
  • the angle ⁇ is 45 degrees.
  • Fig 4 illustrates an operative configuration in which the digital camera input device 120 and the display 107 are facing in opposite directions. This operative configuration results from rotating the second body part 103 through 90 degrees clockwise when it is in the configuration illustrated in Fig 2.
  • Figs 5A, 5B and 5C illustrate an operative configuration in which the touch pad input device 106 and the display 107 are facing in the first direction 122, which is out of the page.
  • This operative configuration results from rotating the second body part 103 through 180 degrees when it is in the configuration illustrated in Fig 2.
  • Fig 6 schematically illustrates an example of the functional components parts of the electronic device 10.
  • the device 10 comprises: a processing unit 210; a memory unit 212, a display 107, function keys 110; a keypad input device 105; a digital camera input device 120; a touch pad input device 106 that has a touch sensitive area 130;_a switch mechanism 224 for detecting the relative position of the two body parts 102,103; input/output interfaces 230 of the device, such as a reader for a SIM card, and/or a memory card, and/or a mini- USB interface; and a battery cell 232.
  • the device 19 also comprises a radio transceiver 220 connected to an (internal) antenna 222, a microphone 214, and a loud speaker 216.
  • the processing unit 210 is connected separately to read from and write to the memory 212, the input/output interfaces 230 and the radio transceiver unit 220.
  • the processing unit is connected to receive control signals from the function keys 110, the microphone 212, the switch mechanism 224, the keypad input device 105, the camera input device 120, and the touch pad input device 106.
  • the processing unit is connected to provide control signals to the display 107 and the loudspeaker 210. It is powered by the connected battery cell 232.
  • the processing unit 210 may a dedicated processing unit such as an ASIC, but is preferably a programmable microprocessor the operation of which is controlled by computer program instructions loaded from the memory 212.
  • the electronic device will be multi-functional. Each function is provided by loading a different set of computer program instructions (an application) from the memory 212. Each application controls the operation of the processing unit 210.
  • These computer program instructions may, for example, cause the processing unit to: a) provide a particular graphical user interface on the display 107 and/or touchpad 106 (if it incorporates a display), b) restrict the input devices from which the processing unit will take commands c) control how the processing unit 210 provides an output.
  • one input device may be enabled while another input device is disabled.
  • the switch mechanism 224 detects the establishment of one of the operative configurations described with reference to Figs 2 to 5. When a new operative configuration is established, a signal identifying the operative configuration is automatically provided by the switch mechanism 224 to the processing unit 210.
  • the processing unit 210 responds by automatically reading from the memory 212 a set of computer program instructions (an application) corresponding to the identified configuration and loading these instructions. The processing unit 210 therefore automatically loads a new application when an operative configuration is established.
  • the keypad input device 105 When the operative configuration illustrated in Fig 2 is established, the keypad input device 105 is rotated to face in the first direction 122 with the display 107.
  • the processing unit 210 automatically loads computer program instructions for an application that provides output via the display 107 and accepts input via the keypad input device 105. Typically, the application will ignore any input from the touchpad input device 106.
  • the camera input device 120 When the operative configuration illustrated in Fig 3A and 3B is established, the camera input device 120 is rotated to face in the first direction 122 with the display 107.
  • the processing unit 210 automatically loads computer program instructions for an application that provides output via the display 107 and accepts input via the camera input device 120.
  • This application typically provides an image capture mode such as video conferencing.
  • the orientation of the device 10 illustrated in Fig 3B is particularly useful for videoconferencing as it allows hands free use.
  • the camera input device 120 When the operative configuration illustrated in Fig 4 is established, the camera input device 120 is rotated to face away from the first direction 122 in which the display 107 faces.
  • the processing unit 210 automatically loads computer program instructions for an application that provides output via the display 107 and accepts input via the camera input device 120.
  • This application may provide an image capture mode.
  • the application is a video camera application and the digital camera 120 is used in a digital video camera mode.
  • the touchpad input device 106 When the operative configuration illustrated in Fig 5A is established, the touchpad input device 106 is rotated to face in the first direction 122 with the display 107.
  • the processing unit 210 automatically loads computer program instructions for an application that provides output via the display 107 and accepts input via the touchpad input device 106 but not via the keypad input device 105.
  • This application may accept handwritten input as illustrated in Fig 5B.
  • a stylus 60 is moved over the touch sensitive area 130.
  • the application may for example allow handwritten messages or drawings to be created and/or may provide for handwriting recognition. This is particularly useful if the handwriting recognition application is used for character languages such as Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
  • the automatically loaded application may alternatively provide a play back mode as illustrated in Fig 5C.
  • the touchpad input device has a plurality of touch sensitive areas each of which has a different symbol representing a different function such as 'play', 'pause', 'stop', 'back', 'forward'.
  • the touchpad may be dedicated to this application, in which case the symbols are permanently marked on the touch sensitive are 130.
  • the touch pad may be used with other applications and may be integrated with a display, in which case the symbols can be presented using the integrated display.
  • each operative configuration is not necessarily dedicated to one application and the user may change the application used in a particular operative configuration or select a particular application for automatic loading when a particular operative configuration is established.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif électronique portatif comprenant une première partie corps dotée d'un afficheur; une seconde partie corps ayant une première et une seconde faces et comprenant un premier dispositif d'entrée placé sur la première face et un second dispositif d'entrée placé sur la seconde face; et un pivot reliant les première et seconde parties et permettant un déplacement rotationnel relatif de ces première et seconde parties corps entre une première configuration de fonctionnement dans laquelle le premier dispositif d'entrée et l'afficheur regardent dans une première direction et une seconde configuration de fonctionnement dans laquelle le second dispositif d'entrée et l'afficheur regardent dans la première direction.
PCT/IB2005/000548 2004-02-26 2005-02-23 Telephone rotatif WO2005083990A1 (fr)

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US10/787,684 US7330547B2 (en) 2004-02-26 2004-02-26 Dual keypad phone
US10/787,684 2004-02-26
US10/867,042 US20050277439A1 (en) 2004-06-14 2004-06-14 Rotatable phone
US10/867,042 2004-06-14

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