Features to enhance data entry through a small data entry unit

• US 20040169635A1
• Filed: 01/09/2004
• Published: 09/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Firooz Benjamin Ghassabian
• Original Assignee: Firooz Benjamin Ghassabian
• Inventors: Ghassabian, Benjamin Firooz
• Application Number:
  US10/483,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20040169635A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0233 Character input methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes
• 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 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0247 comprising more than two body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724095 : Worn on the wrist, hand or arm
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 : for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 : including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 : methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation

Abstract

The present invention is directed to an electronic device (1800) having an extendable section containing a microphone (1802) for inputting information by voice, where in an open position, the extendable microphone (1802) is extended towards a user'"'"'s mouth. In addition, the device has a keypad (1801) and where the microphone (1802) is used in a data entry method combining voice/speech of a user and the key press. In order to select a symbol on a key, the user presses the corresponding key and simultaneously speaks the symbols.

Claims

1. An electronic device having an extendable section containing a microphone for inputting information by voice, wherein;

in open position, said extendable microphone is extended towards a user'"'"'s mouth.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein said electronic device has a keypad and wherein said microphone is used in a data entry method combining voice/speech of a user and the key press, and wherein;

in order to select a symbol on a key, the user presses the corresponding key and simultaneously speaks said symbol.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein said extendable section is multi-sectioned.

4. An electronic device having a data entry unit comprising a keypad and a point and clicking device, wherein;

said keypad and is in located in front side of said electronic device, and;

the pointing device of said data entry unit is located at the backside of said electronic device.

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein said electronic device is held in one user'"'"'s hand and wherein said user manipulates said data entry unit in a manner;

wherein;

said pointing device is manipulated by user'"'"'s forefinger of said hand, and;

said keypad is simultaneously manipulated by the thumb of said same hand of said user.

6. The device according to claim 4 wherein said electronic device contains an extendable display unit wherein in open position said extended display unit forms an enlarged display unit being positioned approximately perpendicularly to the axis of said electronic device.

7. The device according to claim 4, wherein said electronic device is used as a data entry unit of another electronic device.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein said data entry unit and said another electronic device comprise wireless communication systems to communicate to with each other.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein said data entry unit and said another electronic device each comprise a display unit.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein the display unit of the data entry unit reflects at least a portion of the information displayed on said another electronic device.