Portable telephone with flap hinged to its casing
First Claim
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1. A portable telephone including:
- a casing;
a flap pivotable relative to the casing and able to assume different angular positions relative to the casing between two extreme positions;
a retracted position R, in which the flap is retracted against the casing, and a deployed position D, in which the flap is at an angle of substantially 180°
to the casing;
means for sensing the position of the flap; and
a switch connected to the sensing means to select an “
off-hook”
mode enabling a telephone call to be conducted when the flap is in the deployed position or an “
on-hook”
mode in which a user cannot converse when the flap is in the retracted position, wherein the switch further includes a means for selecting a “
hands-free”
mode when the flap is in a particular intermediate position wherein the switch selects a mode of operation by a user solely moving the flap.
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Abstract
A portable telephone including a casing, a flap pivotable relative to the casing, the flap being able to assume a retracted position, a deployed position and an intermediate position. The telephone also includes means for sensing the position of the flap and a switch connected to the sensing means. The switch includes means for selecting an “off-hook” mode when the flap is in the retracted position or an “on-hook” mode when the flap is in the retracted position or a “hands-free” mode when the flap is in an intermediate position.
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11 Claims
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1. A portable telephone including:
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a casing;
a flap pivotable relative to the casing and able to assume different angular positions relative to the casing between two extreme positions;
a retracted position R, in which the flap is retracted against the casing, and a deployed position D, in which the flap is at an angle of substantially 180°
to the casing;
means for sensing the position of the flap; and
a switch connected to the sensing means to select an “
off-hook”
mode enabling a telephone call to be conducted when the flap is in the deployed position or an “
on-hook”
mode in which a user cannot converse when the flap is in the retracted position, wherein the switch further includes a means for selecting a “
hands-free”
mode when the flap is in a particular intermediate positionwherein the switch selects a mode of operation by a user solely moving the flap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of controlling a portable telephone, the method comprising:
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a control circuit of the potlable telephone programmed to determine a position of a flap with respect to a casing, wherein the portable telephone has three separate modes of operation depending on the determined position of the flap;
the three separate modes comprising;
a retracted position, in which the flap is retracted against, at least a part of the casing, wherein a user cannot converse with another party;
a deployed position, wherein a user must hold the portable telephone in order to converse with another party;
an intermediate position, in which the flap is between the retracted position and the deployed position, wherein a user can converse with another party without having to hold the portable telephone;
wherein the control circuit determines the position of the flap by a user solely moving the flap.
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