SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACHIEVING TRUE FULL SCREEN DISPLAY IN HANDHELD TERMINALS
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a mobile communications device such as a smart phone with an increased display area covering the entire full face of the device includes providing a device case of hand-holdable size, said case comprising a front face and a back face, and embedding in the front face of said case a touch screen display panel entirely occupying said front face, except for rims surrounding said display; and embedding in the back face of said case an inwardly facing back panel containing other components of the mobile communications device, including a camera.
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3. A mobile communication device, comprising:
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a device case comprising a front face and a back face; a touch screen display panel on the front face; a flip module coupled to the device case, wherein the flip module is flippable relative to the touch screen display panel, wherein the flip module is concealable behind the touch screen display panel such that the flip module is at least partially hidden from a user when the user holds the device case to view the touch screen display panel, the flip module comprising a camera panel having one or more cameras, wherein the flip module is, by way of an electrical device, flippable relative to the touch screen display panel to selectively present the one or more cameras of the flip module to a user on the front of the mobile communication device, and an electronic processor configured to; control one or more electrical components to at least partially flip the flip module to present the camera panel to the user; when the flip module is flipped relative to the front face of the device case such that the camera is presented to the user, enter an active camera mode in which the camera is active and a camera display screen is displayed on the touch screen display panel. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A mobile communications device, comprising:
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a device case comprising a front face and a back face; a touch screen display panel on the front face; a movable module, wherein the movable module is movable relative to the touch screen display panel, wherein the movable module is concealable behind the display panel such that the movable module is at least partially hidden from a user when the user holds the device case to view the touch screen display panel, the movable module comprising a camera panel having one or more cameras, wherein the movable module is, by way of an electrical device, [automatically] movable relative to the touch screen display panel to selectively present the one or more cameras of the movable module to a user on the front of the mobile communication device, at least one of a flash or a sensor configurable to operate with at least one of the one or more cameras of the movable module; and an electronic processor configured to; control one or more electrical components to move the movable module to present the camera panel to the user; when the movable module is moved relative to the front face of the device case such that the camera is presented to the user, enter an active camera mode in which the camera is active and a camera display screen is displayed on the touch screen display panel; receive a signal when the movable module is moved relative to the front face of the device case such that the camera is concealed behind the display panel and hidden from the user; and when the movable module is moved relative to the front face of the device case such that the camera is concealed behind the display panel hidden from the user, enter a sleep camera mode in which the camera is not active and the camera display screen is not displayed on the touch screen display panel. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A mobile communications device, comprising:
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a device case comprising a front face and a back face; a touch screen display panel on the front face; a camera system configured to conceal one or more cameras between the front face and the back face such that the one or more cameras are at least partially hidden from a user when the user holds the device case to view the touch screen display panel, the camera module operable to selectively present the one or more cameras of the camera system to a user on the front of the mobile communication device, and an electronic processor configured to; control one or more electrical components of the camera module to selectively present the one or more cameras to the user; when the camera module is operated such that the one or more cameras is presented to the user, enter an active camera mode in which the one or more cameras is active and a camera display screen is displayed on the touch screen display panel. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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