Electronic device with rotatable keypad and display
First Claim
1. A method of orienting a character input area and a display image for an electronic device, comprising:
- sensing an orientation of an input area relative to a housing of the electronic device; and
configuring a display image orientation on a display of the electronic device relative to the housing as a function of the orientation of the input area.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for orienting the character input area keypad (102) and a display image (110) of an electronic device (100). The orientation of the character input area (102) is sensed relative to a housing (108) of the electronic device (100). The display image (110) on a display (104) of the electronic device (100) has its orientation changed to a predetermined orientation relative to the housing (108) as a function of the orientation of the character input area (102). The housing (108) has a physically rotatable keypad (102) and an electronically rotatable display image (110). A sensor (504) provides a sensor signal representative of the orientation of the keypad (102) relative to the housing (108) of the electronic device (100). Display drivers (508) form the display image (110) on the display (104). A processor (500) receives the sensor signal and in response thereto modifies the display drivers (508) to produce the display image (110) on the display (104) with an orientation relative to the housing (108) that is a function of the orientation of the keypad (102).
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25 Claims
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1. A method of orienting a character input area and a display image for an electronic device, comprising:
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sensing an orientation of an input area relative to a housing of the electronic device; and
configuring a display image orientation on a display of the electronic device relative to the housing as a function of the orientation of the input area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A portable electronic device having a housing, comprising:
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an input area disposed on the housing;
a display having a display image disposed on the housing;
a sensor for providing a sensor signal representative of an orientation of the input area relative to the housing; and
a display system for changing, in response to the sensor signal, an orientation of the display image on the display relative to the orientation of the input area and as a function of the orientation of the input area. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a physically rotatable keypad;
a display having a display image;
a sensor for providing a sensor signal representative of an orientation of the keypad relative to the electronic device;
display drivers for forming the display image on the display; and
a processor for receiving the sensor signal and in response thereto modifying the display drivers for forming the display image on the display with an orientation that is a function of the orientation of the keypad. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a housing;
a keypad pivotally disposed on the housing, the keypad pivotally positionable between at least first and second positions;
a display disposed on the housing;
the display having a first display configuration when the keypad is in the first position, the display having a second display configuration when the keypad is in the second position. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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Specification