An Electronic Communication Device with a Dynamic Multifunctional Module

• US 20070291534A1
• Filed: 06/15/2006
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Maatta, Esa-Sakari
• Application Number:
  US11/424,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20070291534A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 365/174
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0237 Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/03 Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets

Abstract

The invention relates to a dynamic multifunctional module and to an electronic communication device comprising a main body part, a sliding body part, said parts being connected together with sliding contact, and a dynamic multifunctional module, the dynamic multifunctional module being joint from one edge to the main body part with an articulation and in linked connection to sliding body part and the dynamic multifunctional module being in a first position when the said sliding body part is in closed position and turned by an angle around the articulation to a second position by the sliding body part when the sliding body part is moved to open position. The invention also includes a method for changing an image capturing direction of an electronic communication device.

Claims

1. A dynamic multifunctional module which is joined from one edge to a main body part of an electronic communication device with an articulation and which dynamic multifunctional module is comprising an image capturing device.

2. A dynamic multifunctional module according to claim 1, wherein the dynamic multifunctional module comprises one or more of following parts:

an antenna, a speaker, an audio chamber or a speaker grill.

3. An electronic communication device comprising a main body part, a sliding body part, said parts being connected together with sliding contact, and a dynamic multifunctional module, the dynamic multifunctional module being joined from one edge to the main body part with an articulation and in linked connection to the sliding body part and the dynamic multifunctional module being in a first position when the said sliding body part is in a closed position and turned by an angle around the articulation to a second position by the sliding body part when the sliding body part is moved to open position.

4. An electronic communication device according to claim 3, wherein the dynamic multifunctional module includes an image capturing device.

5. An electronic communication device according to claim 3, wherein the dynamic multifunctional module comprises one or more of following parts:

an antenna, a speaker, an audio chamber or a speaker grill.

6. An electronic communication device according to claim 3, wherein the turning angle of the dynamic multifunctional module around the articulation is five to one hundred twenty degrees and advantageously thirty to ninety degrees.

7. An electronic communication device according to claim 3, wherein the electronic communication device is a mobile phone.

8. A method comprising changing an image capturing direction of an electronic communication device by moving a sliding body part in relation to a main body part along guideways for opening the electronic communication device and at the same time the sliding body part is turning a dynamic multifunctional module, which dynamic multifunctional module is connected from one edge to the main body part with an articulation and linked to the sliding body part, from a first image capturing direction to a second image capturing direction around the articulation.

9. Device, comprising:

means for changing an image capturing direction of the device by moving a sliding body part in relation to a main body part along guideways for opening the device and at the same time the sliding body part turning a dynamic multifunctional module connected from one edge to the main body part with articulation means linked to the sliding body part, from a first image capturing direction to a second image capturing direction around the articulation.

10. Device comprising main body part means, sliding body part means, said part means connected together with sliding contact means, and a dynamic multifunctional means joined from one edge to the main body part with an articulation and in linked connection to the sliding body part means and the dynamic multifunctional means being in a first position when said sliding body part means is in a closed position and turned by an angle around the articulation to a second position by the sliding body part when the sliding body part is moved to an open position.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the dynamic multifunctional means includes an image capturing device.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the dynamic multifunctional module comprises one or more of the following parts:

an antenna, a speaker, an audio chamber or a speaker grill.