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Detection and Function of Seven Self-Supported Orientations in a Portable Device

  • US 20110003616A1
  • Filed: 07/06/2009
  • Published: 01/06/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

  • a base providing a transceiver housing;

    a flip pivotably connected to said base by a hinge and pivotable from a closed position, to different partially open positions, and to a fully open position and vice versa;

    said base and said flip each having an outward surface, inward surface, longitudinal sides providing edges, and lateral ends;

    a keypad on the outward surface of said base, said keypad comprising an imager and an illumination source;

    said illumination source being selected from the group consisting of a flash, a light-emitting diode, a xenon flash, a light-emitting bulb and a projector;

    a display on the outward surface of said flip;

    a touchpad on the inward surface of said flip;

    said mobile electronic device detecting and being movable to different orientations for providing different modes in said partially open positions, said modes being selected from the group consisting ofmode 1 wherein the mobile electronic device is standing on one end;

    mode 2 wherein the mobile electronic device is standing on the other end in an upside down mode;

    mode 3 wherein the inward side of said base is placed down on a surface and said display hangs over an edge of the surface;

    mode 4 wherein the mobile electronic device is placed in a generally inverted L-shaped orientation with the keypad positioned substantially vertically and the display positioned substantially horizontally on a user'"'"'s side in a landscape orientation with the hinge facing generally upwardly so that the mobile electronic device is flipped up to view the display;

    mode 5 wherein an edge of the base and an edge of the flip support the mobile electronic device in a landscape orientation in a generally upside down V-shaped configuration;

    mode 6 wherein the flip is placed with the display down and the transceiver housing is positioned so that the imager can be used as a webcam or the illumination source can be used as flashlight;

    mode 7 wherein the base is placed with the keypad side down and the flip is positioned in a landscape orientation.

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