Cellular terminal apparatus

• US 20030174211A1
• Filed: 01/21/2003
• Published: 09/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Imaoka, Takuya, Horiguchi, Syuichi
• Application Number:
  US10/333,493
• Publication Number:
  US 20030174211A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/18 Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

In a mobile terminal device equipped with an eye imaging device which can properly shoot an eye image without failure for personal authentication, an eye image shooting section (16) for personal authentication is arranged in close proximity of the upper section (distal side) of the liquid crystal display (13) on the front of a main unit casing (11) of the cellular phone. An image pickup lens of the eye image shooting section (16) includes a reflecting telephoto lens. An illumination section (17) is arranged above an operation button section (12) in close proximity of the lower section (proximal side) of the liquid crystal display (13). On the front surface of the cellular phone, the eye image shooting section (16), the liquid crystal display (13), the illumination section (17) and the operation button section (12) are provided in this order from top to bottom.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal device comprising:

an eye image shooting section for shooting an eye image of the user to perform authentication, wherein an image pickup lens of the eye image shooting section comprises a reflecting telephoto lens.

2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the shooting lens is arranged on a front surface of a mobile terminal device main unit to face substantially the same direction as a display for displaying an operating state of the mobile terminal device main unit.

3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an illumination section for illuminating an eye of the user,

wherein the illumination section is arranged below the image pickup lens with respect to the front face of the mobile terminal device main unit,

wherein an optical axis of an illumination lens of an illumination section is tilted against a light axis of the image pickup lens by a predetermined angle.

4. The mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 1 through 3, wherein the illumination section is arranged above an operation button section of the mobile terminal device with respect to the front surface of the mobile terminal device main unit.

5. The mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 1 through 4, wherein the display is arranged between the illumination section and the image pickup lens of the eye imaging device.

6. The mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 1 through 5, wherein a circular reflective film is provided in a center of an objective surface of the reflecting telephoto lens, and a donut-shaped reflective film is provided on a surface opposite to the objective surface of the reflecting telephoto lens.

7. The mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 1 through 6, wherein the reflecting telephoto lens is a biconvex lens.

8. The mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 1 through 7, wherein the reflecting telephoto lens is a single lens.

9. The mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 1 through 8, wherein the rear surface of the mobile terminal device comprises a flat plane without protrusions.