Selective call radio with hinged touchpad

• US 6,020,878 A
• Filed: 06/01/1998
• Issued: 02/01/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Robinson, Edward H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hjerpe, Richard A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KIMNHUNG T
• Application Number:
  US09/088,012
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825.44, 345/173, 345/905, 361/679, 361/680, 361/681, 361/686
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 345/905 Display device with housing structure

Abstract

A selective call radio (10), includes a controller, a switch (33), and a selective call radio housing (12), including a display housing member (19) having a display (18) and a touchpad housing member (29) having a touchpad (22). The touchpad housing member is movable from a closed position where the touchpad is contraposed to the display, to an opened position where the touchpad is on a same side of the selective call radio as is the display. The switch is electrically coupled to the touchpad, to the display and to the controller, and is actuated depending upon mechanical position of the touchpad housing member relative to the display housing member. The controller selectively sets the coordinate system of the touchpad and selectively sets a positioning factor for regulating amount of movement on the display caused by movement on the touchpad, based upon actuation of the switch.

Claims

1. A selective call radio, comprising:

a selective call radio housing having a display housing member and a touchpad housing member hingely connected to the display housing member;

a display for displaying a pointer of a graphical user interface, the display fixed to the display housing member, the display having a first coordinate system;

a touchpad fixed to the touchpad housing member, the touchpad having one of a first coordinate system and a second coordinate system; and

a controller, electronically coupled to the display and to the touchpad, for selectively controlling movement of the pointer on the display corresponding to touching movement on the touchpad using one of the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system, the coordinate system used being based upon a mechanical position of the touchpad housing member relative to the display housing member.

2. The selective call radio of claim 1 in which the controller selectively controls movement of the pointer on the display such that, using the first coordinate system, a component of touching movement on the touchpad along an axis of the touchpad produces a component of movement of the pointer on the display along a corresponding axis of the display in a same direction, and, such that, using the second coordinate system, a component of touching movement on the touchpad along an axis of the touchpad produces a component of movement of the pointer on the display along the corresponding axis of the display in a reverse direction.

3. The selective call radio of claim 2 in which the controller selectively controlling movement of the pointer on the display corresponding to touching movement on the touchpad using one of a relative positioning system and an absolute positioning system, the positioning system based upon mechanical position of the touchpad housing member relative to the display housing member.

4. The selective call radio of claim 1 in which the controller selectively controlling movement of the pointer on the display corresponding to touching movement on the touchpad using one of a relative positioning system and an absolute positioning system, the positioning system based upon mechanical position of the touchpad housing member relative to the display housing member.

5. The selective call radio of claim 4 in which the controller selectively controls movement of the pointer on the display such that, using the first coordinate system, a component of touching movement on the touchpad along an axis of the touchpad produces a component of movement of the pointer on the display along a corresponding axis of the display in a same direction, and, such that, using the second coordinate system, a component of touching movement on the touchpad along an axis of the touchpad produces a component of movement of the pointer on the display along the corresponding axis of the display in a reverse direction.

6. The selective call radio of claim 1, including a switch electrically coupled to the controller and mounted to a surface of the display housing member such that the switch is actuated by the touchpad housing member depending upon the mechanical position of the touchpad housing member relative to the display housing member.

7. The selective call radio of claim 6 in which the controller selectively controls movement of the pointer in response to actuation of the switch.

8. The selective call radio of claim 6, in which the selective call radio housing has a closed position and an opened position, and the switch is actuated by the touchpad housing member when the selective call radio housing is in the closed position.

9. The selective call radio of claim 8 in which the controller selectively controls movement of the pointer in response to actuation of the switch.

10. The selective call radio of claim 1, including a switch electrically coupled to the controller and mounted to a surface of the touchpad housing member such that the switch is actuated by the display housing member depending upon the mechanical position of the touchpad housing member relative to the display housing member.

11. The selective call radio of claim 10 in which the controller selectively controls movement of the pointer in response to actuation of the switch.

12. The selective call radio of claim 10, in which the selective call radio housing has a closed position and an opened position, and the switch is actuated by the display housing member when the selective call radio housing is in the closed position.

13. The selective call radio of claim 12 in which the controller selectively controls movement of the pointer in response to actuation of the switch.

14. A selective call radio housing, comprising:

a display housing member having a display mounted to a surface thereof; and

a touchpad housing member having a touchpad mounted to a surface thereof, the touchpad housing member hingely connected to the display housing member, the touchpad housing member being movable from an opened position to a closed position relative to the display housing member such that the touchpad and the display are on opposite external sides of the selective call radio housing when the touchpad housing member is in the closed position and such that the touchpad and the display are on a same side of the selective call radio housing when the touchpad housing member is in the opened position.

15. The selective call radio housing of claim 14 such that the touchpad is contraposed to the display when the touchpad housing member is in the closed position.

16. The selective call radio housing of claim 14, including a switch, in which the display housing member has a first surface and a second surface, the second surface being opposite the first surface, and in which the display is mounted to the first surface of the display housing member and in which the switch is mounted to the second surface of the display housing member such that the switch is actuated when the touchpad housing member is in the closed position.

17. The selective call radio housing of claim 16 in which the touchpad housing member has a first surface and a second surface, the second surface being opposite the first surface, and in which the touchpad is mounted to the first surface of the touchpad housing member and in which the switch is actuated by the second surface of the touchpad housing member.

18. The selective call radio housing of claim 17 such that the touchpad is contraposed to the display when the touchpad housing member is in the closed position.

19. The selective call radio housing of claim 14, including a switch, in which the touchpad housing member has a first surface and a second surface, the second surface being opposite the first surface, and in which the touchpad is mounted to the first surface of the touchpad housing member and in which the switch is mounted to the second surface of the touchpad housing member such that the switch is actuated when the display housing member is in the closed position.

20. The selective call radio housing of claim 19 in which the display housing member has a first surface and a second surface, the second surface being opposite the first surface, and in which the display is mounted to the first surface of the display housing member and in which the switch is actuated by the second surface of the display housing member.

21. The selective call radio housing of claim 20 such that the touchpad is contraposed to the display when the touchpad housing member is in the closed position.