Electronic Device

• US 20080252416A1
• Filed: 04/27/2005
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Posch, Stefan, Duncan, Bruce
• Application Number:
  US11/568,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20080252416A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10386 the interrogation device being of the portable or hand-handheld type, e.g. incorporated in ubiquitous hand-held devices such as PDA or mobile phone, or in the form of a portable dedicated RFID reader

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic device (1) comprising a display (3) and an integrated communication device (4), such as an RFID tag reader. In order to facilitate the positioning of the electronic device (1) in such a way that the communication device (4) is aligned with a corresponding device (6), with which a communication is intended to be carried out, the electronic device (1) is arranged to display a position indication (5), on the display (3), indicating where in the electronic device (1) the communication device (4) is placed.

Claims

1. An electronic device (1), comprising a display device (3) for displaying information to a user, and an integrated communication device (4), for carrying out communication with a complementary communication device, placed within a short distance from the integrated communication device (4), wherein the display device (3) is arranged to display a position indication (5;

8, 9;

11, 12;

14), indicating the position of the integrated communication device (4) in the electronic device (1).

2. An electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the position indication is a graphical indication (5;

8, 9;

11, 12).

3. An electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the integrated communication device (4) is positioned behind the display device (3) as seen from a user watching the display device, and wherein the graphical indication comprises a graphical symbol (5) positioned on the display device (3) in front of the integrated communication device (4).

4. An electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the graphical indication comprises a first (8) and a second (9) line and wherein the integrated communication device (4) is positioned at the intersection between the extensions of the first and second lines (8, 9).

5. An electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the graphical indication comprises a miniature image (11;

12) of the electronic device (1), wherein the image comprises a symbol (12) indicating the position of the integrated communication device (4) in the electronic device (1).

6. An electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the position indication comprises text (14).

7. An electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising input means (16) for activating and/or deactivating the displaying of the position indication (5;

8, 9;

11, 12;

14).

8. An electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the integrated communication device (4) comprises an RFID tag reader.

9. An electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the integrated communication device (1) comprises an RFID tag.

10. An electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the integrated communication device (4) comprises an NFC device.

11. An electronic device according to claim 1, comprising at least two integrated communication devices (4, 18), wherein the display device (3) is arranged to display for each said two communication devices (4, 18), a position indication, (5, 19) indicating the position of the communication device (4, 18) in the electronic device.

12. An electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a portable electronic device.