Mobile phone

• US 20040204202A1
• Filed: 03/18/2003
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Mizuta, Masatomo, Fujii, Mika, Shimamura, Masaki, Nagai, Mitio, Ootsuta, Kazuo, Kohayakawa, Kiyosi
• Application Number:
  US10/391,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20040204202A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/575.1
• 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 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/667 Preventing unauthorised calls from a telephone set H04M1/677 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location

Abstract

A housing improves the operability of a mobile phone in a sliding structure. With the mobile phone having the front unit and the back unit in the shortened state, a phone book can be searched with the phone number information about the partner, icon information, etc. displayed on the display portion, and the mobile phone enters the expansion state. In the control portion, when the expansion detecting portion detects the change from the shortened state to the expansion state according to the output signal of the magnetic sensor, the display contents on the display portion are determined, and it is determined whether or not the phone number information or the information relating to the phone number information (for example, an image, an icon, the phone book information such as a name, etc.) is displayed on the display portion. If the phone number information or the information relating to the phone number information is displayed, then an automatic call issuing process is performed through the circuit control portion according to the phone number information.

Claims

1. A mobile phone having a front unit, a back unit coupled to a back of the front unit with free slide in a major axis direction, and an inset releasing unit, provided on one side of the front unit or the back unit, for releasing an inset state of the front unit in relation to the back unit, comprising:

expansion detection means for generating an expansion detection signal when the inset releasing unit is operated to change a shortened state of the front unit and the back unit into an expansion state, and the expansion state is detected; and

control means for issuing a call to a predetermined phone number, connecting a call to a predetermined Web server, or activating generation of electronic mail when the expansion detection signal is generated.

6. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising

clock means for generating time information, wherein

said control means comprises a time determining portion for issuing a call to a predetermined phone number, connecting a call to a predetermined Web server, or activating generation of electronic mail according to the time information when the expansion detection signal is generated.

7. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising

lean detection means for detecting a lean of the phone against a vertical line and generating lean information, wherein

said control means comprises a lean determination portion for issuing a call to a predetermined phone number, connecting a call to a predetermined Web server, or activating generation of electronic mail according to the lean information when the expansion detection signal is generated.

8. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising

position detection means for detecting a position of the phone and generating position information, wherein

said control means comprises a position determination portion for issuing a call to a predetermined phone number, connecting a call to a predetermined Web server, or activating generation of electronic mail according to the position information when the expansion detection signal is generated.

9. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein

said control means issues a call to a predetermined phone number, connects a call to a predetermined Web server, or activates generation of electronic mail according to externally obtained position information about the phone when the expansion detection signal is generated.

10. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising

an expandable antenna portion, wherein

said control means comprises an antenna control portion for setting said antenna portion in an expansion state when the expansion detection signal is generated.

11. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising

image pickup means for generating a video signal around the phone, wherein

said control means issues a call to a predetermined phone number, makes a connection to a predetermined Web server, and transmits the video signal when the expansion detection signal is generated.

2. A mobile phone having a front unit including a display portion and a receiver portion, a back unit which has a master console portion and is coupled to a back of the front unit with free slide in a major axis direction, and an inset releasing unit, provided on one side of the front unit or the back unit, for releasing an inset state of the front unit in relation to the back unit, comprising:

expansion detection means for generating an expansion detection signal when the inset releasing unit is operated to change a shortened state of the front unit and the back unit into an expansion state, and the expansion state is detected; and

control means for issuing a call to a predetermined phone number, connecting a call to a predetermined Web server, or activating generation of electronic mail depending on display contents of the display portion of the front unit when the expansion detection signal is generated.

3. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein

said control means issues a call to a phone number corresponding to phone book information being displayed by the display portion of the front unit when the inset releasing unit is operated to change a shortened state of the front unit and the back unit into an expansion state while the phone book information is being displayed.

4. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein

said control means makes a connection to a URL (uniform resource locator) corresponding to URL information being displayed by the display portion of the front unit when the inset releasing unit is operated to change a shortened state of the front unit and the back unit into an expansion state while the URL information is being displayed.

5. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein

said control means activates generation of electronic mail addressed to a message source corresponding to message information being displayed, or generation of electronic mail referring to the message information being displayed when the inset releasing unit is operated to change the shortened state of the front unit and the back unit into the expansion state while the message information is being displayed.

12. A mobile phone having a front unit, a back unit coupled to a back of the front unit with free slide in a major axis direction, and an inset releasing unit, provided on one side of the front unit or the back unit, for releasing an inset state of the front unit in relation to the back unit, comprising:

expansion detection means for generating an expansion detection signal when the inset releasing unit is operated to change a shortened state of the front unit and the back unit into an expansion state, and the expansion state is detected; and

control means for performing an operation arbitrarily set by a user when the expansion detection signal is generated.