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Handy communication terminal and method of scrolling display screen of the same

  • US 6,765,553 B1
  • Filed: 04/20/1999
  • Issued: 07/20/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A hand-held terminal comprising:

  • (a) a body;

    (b) a central processing unit housed in said body;

    (c) a display screen provided at a surface of said body, displaying thereon data as instructed by said central processing unit;

    (d) a display controller controlling an operation of said display screen in accordance with a display control signal transmitted from said central processing unit;

    (e) an inclination detector detecting a direction in which said body is inclined and an inclination angle by which said body is inclined, and transmitting an inclination-indicating signal indicative of the thus detected inclination direction and angle of said body to said central processing unit; and

    (f) a vibration detector detecting vibration of said body and transmitting a vibration-indicating signal on detection of vibration of said body, said central processing unit transmitting a display control signal indicative of the thus detected inclination direction and angle of said body to said display controller, said display controller moving a cursor on said display screen in accordance with said display control signal, and finalizing said cursor'"'"'s position on receiving said vibration-indicating signal.

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