MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WITH MULTI ORIENTATION USER INTERFACE
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mobile communication terminal comprising a user interface with a display and a keypad for supporting various functions. According to the invention, the orientation of the content of a hard label or a softlabel of at least one of the keys can changed so that the key can be used with the terminal in different orientations. The content of the display may also be readable in different orientations by changing the display direction. The mobile terminal may be provided with an orientation sensor allowing automatic changing of the display direction of the softlabels and the rest of the display content. The labeling of the hard keys may be changeable by operating a handle or by mechanical arrangements or optical effects.
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80 Claims
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41. A mobile communication terminal having a user interface comprising:
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a display for showing information, a keypad including at least one softkey, the function of the softkey being controlled by a controller unit and being displayed as a soft label in a predetermined area of said display, and an orientation sensor in the communications terminal for instructing the controller unit that the orientation of the mobile communication terminal is changed, and wherein the controller unit is adapted to change the orientation of the soft label when the orientation of the mobile communication terminal is changed, and to change the functionality of the soft label in conformity with a changed functionality of the softkey. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A mobile communication terminal having a user interface comprising:
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a display for showing information, a keypad including at least one hard key having two different hard labels presented on said display wherein one of said hard labels is readable in one orientation and the other label is readable in a different orientation;
wherein the present function of the at least one hard key being controlled by a controller unit, depending on the orientation of the terminal and that the functionality of the label is matched by the controller unit to the respective orientation dependent label. and means for informing the controller unit of the orientation of the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57)
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58. A mobile communication terminal having a user interface comprising:
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a display for showing information, a keypad including at with a plurality of hard keys, the labels of the hard keys including textual and or graphical content relating to the function of the hard key concerned, the label of least one of the hard keys being formed by a hologram on which the textual and/or graphical content can be read in at least two different orientations. - View Dependent Claims (59)
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60. A mobile communication terminal having a user interface comprising:
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a display for showing information, a keypad including a plurality of hard keys, the labels of the hard keys including textual and or graphical content relating to the function of the hard key concerned, at least one of the hard keys being formed by an at least partially transparent key body that allows objects under the key to be seen through the top of the key, at least two labels being arranged under the key on a substrate that can move relative to the key, the at least two labels being preferably provided with different textual and/or graphical content wherein one content is readable in one orientation and the other is readable in a different orientation, whereby the substrate can be moved relative to the hard key to allow a different one of the at least two labels to be visible through the key. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A mobile communication terminal having a user interface comprising:
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a display for showing information, a keypad including a plurality of hard keys, the labels of the hard keys including textual and or graphical content relating to the function of the hard key concerned, at least one of the hard keys comprises a lenticular screen with at least two interlaced labels there behind, wherein one of the at least two labels being visible and readable in an upright orientation and the other of the label being visible and readable in an upside down orientation of the mobile communication terminal, and further wherein the information shown on the display is reversed in orientation when the orientation of the mobile communication terminal is reversed.
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67. A mobile communication terminal having a user interface comprising:
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a display for showing information, a keypad including a plurality of hard keys arranged in a substantially circular pattern, the labels of the hard keys including textual and or graphical content relating to the function of the hard key concerned, the hard keys being formed by an at least partially transparent key body that allows objects under the key to be seen through the top of the key, the labels of the hard keys being arranged on a rotatable substrate in a substantial circular pattern that matches the circular pattern in which the hard keys are arranged. - View Dependent Claims (68)
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69. A mobile communication terminal having a user interface comprising:
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a display, a function confirming key and a function rejection key, a function to be confirmed or to be rejected being controlled by a controller unit and being displayed in a predetermined area of said display, and an orientation sensor within the mobile terminal adapted to signal the controller unit to change the orientation in which the function is displayed when the orientation of the mobile communication terminal is changed. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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