MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE FOR THE SAME
First Claim
1. A mobile communication device comprising:
- a housing of such a size that it can be held in one hand,a display integrated into the housing for providing an image reproduction surface,a controller for activating the display in such a way that it in an input mode provides an input chart that assists the realization of an input procedure, andan input device for carrying out the input procedure in accordance with input actions of a manual type, the input device is shaped in such a way that when handling the device as intended, in an area placed in front of the display an input zone is provided within which input operations can be done by a user by performing control movements with his free hand with respect to the housing without touching the display or the mobile communication device with this hand.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mobile communication device and an input device provided for operating said communication device by means of which input operations necessary for using the communication device may be carried out. The aim of the invention is to provide solutions by means of which it is possible, in particular for relatively compact mobile electronic devices, in particular communication devices and digital cameras to carry out said input operations in a manner which is particularly easy to coordinate for the user. According to a first aspect of the invention, the above is achieved by means of a mobile communication device with a housing arrangement which is designed to be held in one hand, a display device, included in the housing arrangement to provide an image reproduction surface, a control device for controlling the display device such that in an input mode the above provides an input graphic, which supports the carrying out of an input process and an input device for carrying out the input process according to input processes of a manual type, wherein said device is characterised in that the input device is designed such that an input zone is provided in a region apart from the display device on an operative manipulation of the device, within which input operations can be carried out by a user, wherein the user carries out control actions with his free hand with relation to the housing device without, in the process, touching the display device or the communication device with this hand.
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26 Claims
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1. A mobile communication device comprising:
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a housing of such a size that it can be held in one hand, a display integrated into the housing for providing an image reproduction surface, a controller for activating the display in such a way that it in an input mode provides an input chart that assists the realization of an input procedure, and an input device for carrying out the input procedure in accordance with input actions of a manual type, the input device is shaped in such a way that when handling the device as intended, in an area placed in front of the display an input zone is provided within which input operations can be done by a user by performing control movements with his free hand with respect to the housing without touching the display or the mobile communication device with this hand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A process for the execution of an input procedure during the use of a mobile communication device comprising
a housing that is formed in such a way that it can be seized with one hand, a display that is integrated into the housing for providing an image reproduction surface, a controller for activating the display in such a way that it in an input mode provides an input chart that assists the realization of an input procedure, and an input device for carrying out the input procedure in accordance with input actions of a manual type, the input procedure comprising the step of: providing, when handling the device as intended, in an area placed in front of the display, in a field-electrical way, an input zone within which input operations are done by a user by performing control movements with his free hand with respect to the housing, without touching the display or the mobile communication device with this hand.
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25. A mobile communication device that is equipped with a voice recognition system and a device for detecting user'"'"'s hand-gestures, wherein the detection of the hand-gestures is done by the voice recognition system.
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26. A process for the realization of the input of hand-gesture commands in a mobile communication device by means of an electronic signal processing of input signals that are generated in accordance with hand gestures, the process comprising the steps of:
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the user executing hand gestures opposite a detection system, generating or transforming input signals in such a way that they represent transfer signals that correlate with spatial movement of a hand or its fingers, generating the transfer signals such that a waveband of the transfer signals corresponds to a waveband of sound signals accessible to a voice recognition system, and interpreting the hand gestures by a voice recognition system integrated into the mobile communication device or accessible for it on the basis of those transfer signals employing speech-analysis procedures.
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