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Method and apparatus for detecting a position of a folder in a rotation touch phone having a camera

  • US 20040185920A1
  • Filed: 01/28/2004
  • Published: 09/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for detecting a folder position in a rotation touch phone having a camera, the rotation touch phone including a sensor section, a folder, a body, and a connecting section, the folder having a magnet, the sensor section including first, second and third sensors for detecting the magnet, the first and second sensors being located on the body and the third sensor being located on the connecting section, the connecting section connecting the folder to the body, the folder being movable from first, second, third and fourth states, the first state signifying a state in which the folder is initially closed, the second state signifying a state in which the folder has been opened from the first state, the third state signifying a state in which the folder has been rotated substantially 180 degrees from the second state, the fourth state signifying a state in which the folder has been closed from the third state, the method comprising the steps of:

  • i) receiving a signal from the sensor section notifying that the sensor section detects the magnet; and

    ii) deciding that the folder is in at least one of the first to fourth states, based on the signal input from the sensor section.

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