Portable digital communication device

• US 20050020323A1
• Filed: 08/22/2003
• Published: 01/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Young-Se
• Granted Patent: US 7,283,847 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/575.100
• 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 1/23 Construction or mounting of dials or of equivalent devices; Means for facilitating the use thereof by improving visibility H04M1/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264

Abstract

A portable digital communication device, in which it is convenient to manipulate keys using fingers of both hands while chatting or playing a game. The device comprises a main housing provided with a display unit on a top surface thereof, a first key pad being capable of sliding on the top surface of the main housing in one direction relative to the display unit so as to open and close one side of the display unit, and a second key pad being capable of sliding on the top surface of the main housing in the other direction relative to the display unit so as to open and close the other side of the display unit and being capable of sliding toward or away from the first key pad.

Claims

1. A portable digital communication device comprising:

a main housing provided with a display unit on a top surface thereof;

a first key pad being capable of sliding on the top surface of the main housing in a first direction relative to the display unit so as to open and close a first side of the display unit; and

a second key pad being capable of sliding on the top surface of the main housing in a second direction relative to the display unit so as to open and close a second side of the display unit and being capable of sliding toward and away from the first key pad.

2. The portable digital communication device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is located in an intermediate portion of the top surface of the main housing.

3. The portable digital communication device according to claim 1, wherein the main housing comprises:

at least one functional key located on a side surface thereof;

a headphone jack and a volume adjusting button mounted on a side surface thereof; and

a battery pack disposed on a bottom surface thereof.

4. The portable digital communication device according to claim 1, wherein the main housing comprises:

a cylindrical lens housing and a shutter, the cylindrical lens housing having a camera lens exposed between a side surface of the main housing and a bottom surface of the main housing, the shutter neighboring the lens housing, the main housing having a rotation axis which is parallel to and spaced a predetermined distance from a virtual plane on which the first and second key pads linearly move, the camera lens being rotatably mounted between the side surface and the bottom surface.

5. The portable digital communication device according to claim 1, wherein the first key pad further comprises a microphone on the top surface thereof, and the second key pad is provided with a speaker on the top surface thereof.

6. The portable digital communication device according to claim 1, wherein the first and second key pads slide toward and away from each other on the top surface of the main housing to open and close the display unit, so that the display unit is fully opened when the first and second key pads move away from each other to a maximum extent, and the display unit is fully closed when the first and second key pads move toward each other to a maximum extent.