Folding portable radio device

• US 6,952,599 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2001
• Issued: 10/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ichikawa, Hideya, Noda, Koji, Nagasawa, Naokazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Ferguson, Keith
• Application Number:
  US09/961,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20020037740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,471 Days
• Field of Search: 455/500, 455/423, 455/425, 455/575.6, 455/507, 455/508, 455/551, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/557, 455/90.1, 455/90.2, 455/90.3, 455/418, 455/419, 455/566, 455/550.1, 455/403, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/422.1, 455/517, 455/575.3, 455/575.1, 455/420, 345/473, 345/169, 345/102, 345/864, 345/866, 379/433.01, 379/433.04, 379/433.11, 379/428.01, 379/396
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

A folding portable radio device is provided with a first display part on the inner side of a case 16 and a second display part 29 on the outer side of the case 16, and owner'"'"'s name is displayed in the second display part 29 at the idle state. In order to display owner'"'"'s name in the second display part 29, in case that the folding portable radio device is in a waiting state, a user operates a key operation part to input owner'"'"'s name and registers owner'"'"'s name by input of a function key of a key operation part assigned to registration, whereby hereinafter owner'"'"'s name can be displayed in the second display part 29 in the waiting state.

Claims

1. A folding portable radio device comprising:

an antenna;

a radio communication part;

a control part;

a memory;

a case;

a first key operation part provided on said case;

a first display part provided on an inner surface on a folding side of said case;

a second display part provided on an outer surface of said case; and

a second key operation part provided on said outer surface side of said case,

wherein said second display part is operated to display one of a plurality of display modes selected by the control part, said display modes include idle display modes,

wherein a default idle display mode is selectable by said second key operation part from the idle display modes, and one of the idle display modes is for displaying an owner'"'"'s name on said second display part,

wherein during an idle state said control part selects the default idle display mode.

2. A folding portable radio device according to claim 1, further comprising:

wherein said second display part includes;

a first region for displaying common contents to each of the display modes; and

a second region for displaying contents according to the display mode selected by said control part.

3. A folding portable radio device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a backlight part for lightening said second display,

wherein said backlight part is operated by said second key operation part, and the backlight part is turned on according to an operation of said second key operation part and a state of said second display part.

4. The folding portable radio device according to claim 3,

wherein said backlight part is turned on without changing display modes when said second operation key part is pushed at a first time in order to select one of the idle display modes during an idle state, and thereafter the display mode is successively changed by sequential pushing operations of said second key operation part.

5. The folding portable radio device according to claim 3,

wherein said backlight part is turned on for a fixed period of time without changing display modes under a first situation in which said backlight part is off when said second operation key part is pushed at a first time in order to select one of the idle display modes during an idle state,

wherein said backlight part is turned on for a period longer than that of the first situation with changing display modes under a second situation in which said backlight part is on when said second operation key part is pushed at a first time in order to select one of the idle display modes during an idle state,

and thereafter the display mode is successively changed by sequential pushing operations of said second key operation part.