Mobile telephone comprising wraparound display

• US 20050140565A1
• Filed: 02/03/2003
• Published: 06/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Krombach, Rainer
• Application Number:
  US10/504,202
• Publication Number:
  US 20050140565A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0269 mounted in a fixed curved configuration, e.g. display curved around the edges of the telephone housing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

A mobile radio telephone having a display device for representing informational content is disclosed. The display device is configured such that it extends over the front and rear faces of the mobile radio telephone. Additionally, the mobile radio telephone includes one or more sensors that evaluate the rotational movement of the mobile radio telephone and convert the movement into displacement or movement of the informational content or a cursor displayed on the display device.

Claims

1-3. -3. (canceled)

4. A mobile radio telephone comprising:

a display device to display information content, the display configured to extend over front and rear faces of the mobile radio telephone, and

at least one sensor configured to sense and evaluate rotational movement of the mobile terminal radio telephone and convert the sensed rotational movement into control of movement of the displayed information content within the display device.

5. A mobile radio telephone as defined in claim 4, wherein the at least one sensor is further configured to convert the sensed rotational movement into control of movement of a cursor displayed on the display device within the display device.

6. A mobile radio telephone as defined in claim 5, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to control the movement the cursor in the same direction of tilt movement of the mobile radio telephone.