Portable data communication apparatus with rotatable display images for accomodating a wireless remote keyboard
First Claim
1. A portable data communication apparatus comprising:
- data receiving means adapted to receive data transmitted from an external source;
data processing means for processing said data;
reception control means for supplying said data received by said data receiving means to said data processing means;
a display for displaying said data processed by said data processing means, said display including a housing and a display panel; and
display control means for controlling said display of data processed by said data processing means;
a display for displaying said data under control of said display control;
data receiving means adapted to receive external data; and
reception control means for supplying said data received by said data receiving means to said data processing means, whereinsaid display control means controls said display such that when said data receiving means is receiving data, said display displays said data in a first orientation, and when said data receiving means is not receiving data, said display displays said data in a second orientation inverted or rotated by substantially 180 degrees with respect to said first orientation, andsaid data receiving means is arranged on said housing close to a bottom edge of said display panel when said data is displayed in said first orientation.
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Abstract
A portable data communication apparatus of simple arrangement can use a wireless keyboard includes a data processor, a display for displaying data processed by the data processor, a display controller for controlling the display such that it displays the data in a first orientation or in a second orientation different from the first orientation, a data receiver, and a reception controller for supplying data received at the data receiver to the data processor, wherein the display controller controls the display such that, when the data receiver is set in a first mode available for receiving data transmitted thereto from an external input, the display displays data in the first orientation and that, when the data receiver is not set in the first mode, the display displays data in the second orientation.
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7 Claims
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1. A portable data communication apparatus comprising:
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data receiving means adapted to receive data transmitted from an external source; data processing means for processing said data; reception control means for supplying said data received by said data receiving means to said data processing means; a display for displaying said data processed by said data processing means, said display including a housing and a display panel; and display control means for controlling said display of data processed by said data processing means; a display for displaying said data under control of said display control; data receiving means adapted to receive external data; and reception control means for supplying said data received by said data receiving means to said data processing means, wherein said display control means controls said display such that when said data receiving means is receiving data, said display displays said data in a first orientation, and when said data receiving means is not receiving data, said display displays said data in a second orientation inverted or rotated by substantially 180 degrees with respect to said first orientation, and said data receiving means is arranged on said housing close to a bottom edge of said display panel when said data is displayed in said first orientation.
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2. A portable data communication apparatus comprising:
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data receiving means adapted to receive data from an external source; data processing means for processing said data; reception control means for supplying said data received by said data receiving means to said data processing means; a display for displaying said data processed by said data processing means, said display including a housing and a display panel; and display control means for controlling said display such that said display selectively displays said data in a first orientation or a second orientation inverted or rotated by substantially 180 degrees with respect to said first orientation, wherein when said reception control means is set to a first mode in which said data receiving means is receiving data, said display control means controls said display such that said data is displayed in said first orientation, and said data receiving means is arranged on said housing close to a bottom edge of said display panel when said data is displayed in said first orientation. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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5. A data communication system comprising:
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a portable data communication apparatus including data receiving means for receiving data, data processing means for processing said data, reception control means for supplying said data received by said data receiving means to said data processing means, a display for displaying said data processed by said data processing means, and display control means for controlling said display such that said data is displayed in a first orientation or a second orientation inverted or rotated by substantially 180 degrees with respect to said first orientation; and an external input device for supplying said data to said data receiving means, wherein said display control means controls said display such that when said data receiving means is receiving said data from said external input device, said display control means controls said display such that said data is displayed in said first orientation, and when said data receiving means is not receiving said data from said external input device, said data is displayed in said second orientation.
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6. A data communication method comprising the steps of:
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receiving data supplied from an external input device using a data receiver; performing data processing on said data received by said data receiver to form processed data; supplying said processed data to a display controller; and controlling a display orientation using said display controller such that said processed data is normally displayed in a first orientation, and when said data receiver receives said data supplied thereto from said external input device, said display controller controls said display such that said data is displayed in a second orientation inverted or rotated by substantially 180 degrees with respect to said first orientation. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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Specification