Mobile terminal comprising a display rotable about a casing

• US 10,469,639 B2
• Filed: 05/25/2018
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hosoda, Yasuhide
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisner, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US15/990,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20180278732A1
• Time in Patent Office: 529 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1649 the additional display being independently orientable, e.g. for presenting information to a second user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1681 Details related solely to hinges hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0233 Including a rotatable display body part
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/11 Supports for sets, e.g. incorporating armrests
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/236 including keys on side or rear faces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

There is provided a mobile terminal including a casing that includes an audio output unit that outputs audio, and a transmissive display unit provided rotatable about the casing. The transmissive display unit is disposable in a plane intersecting a principal face of the casing while the audio output unit is outputting audio.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a casing that includes audio output circuitry, the audio output circuitry being configured to output audio;

a transmissive display configured to be positioned in front of at least one eye of a user, and configured to provide, during a communication using the audio output circuitry, a view of a display on the transmissive display, and a view of an outside world through the transmissive display; and

processing circuitry configured to

convert a speech of the communication into text data,

store the converted text data in a memory,

extract a topic based on content of the text data stored in the memory, and

display information associated with the extracted topic on the transmissive display, wherein the transmissive display includes

a base device rotatable about the casing,

a light guide, provided on a surface of the base device, which guides light from an image display element to an exit while totally reflecting the light, and

an air layer formed between the base device and the light guide.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the displayed information includes literal information or image information or a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to display another information based on input of the user in accordance with the displayed information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the displayed information includes images of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) associated with the extracted topic.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmissive display includes a non-transmissive second display.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmissive display is attached to a second casing which is movable with respect to the first casing.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to detect a moved state of the transmissive display, and control the display according to the detected moved state of the transmissive display.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to capture an image including an environment in front of the at least one eye of the user during the communication.

9. A method, comprising:

converting, via processing circuitry, a speech of a communication into text data;

outputting audio from a casing that includes audio output circuitry configured to output the audio;

storing, via the processing circuitry in a memory, the converted text data;

extracting, via the processing circuitry, a topic based on content of the text data stored in the memory; and

displaying, via the processing circuitry on a transmissive display, information associated with the extracted topic, the transmissive display configured to be positioned in front of at least one eye of a user, and configured to provide, during the communication, a view of a display on the transmissive display, and a view of an outside world through the transmissive display, wherein the transmissive display includes a base device rotatable about the casing, a light guide, provided on a surface of the base device and, an air layer formed between the base device and the light guide, the method further comprising

guiding light with the light guide from an image display element to an exit while totally reflecting the light.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the displayed information includes literal information or image information or a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the displaying displays another information based on input of the user in accordance with the displayed information.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the displayed information includes images of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) associated with the extracted topic.

13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the transmissive display includes a non-transmissive second display.

14. The method according to claim 9, further comprising detecting a moved state of the transmissive display, and controlling the display according to the detected moved state of the transmissive display.

15. The method according to claim 9, further comprising capturing an image including an environment in front of the at least one eye of the user during the communication.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions thereon which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

converting a speech of a communication into text data;

outputting audio from a casing that includes audio output circuitry configured to output the audio;

storing the converted text data in a memory;

extracting a topic based on content of the text data stored in the memory; and

displaying, on a transmissive display, information associated with the extracted topic, the transmissive display configured to be positioned in front of at least one eye of a user, and configured to provide, during the communication, a view of a display on the transmissive display, and a view of an outside world through the transmissive display, wherein the transmissive display includes a base device rotatable about the casing, a light guide, provided on a surface of the base device and, an air layer formed between the base device and the light guide, the method further comprising

guiding light with the light guide from an image display element to an exit while totally reflecting the light.