Mobile communication terminal with multi orientation user interface
First Claim
1. A mobile communication terminal having a user interface comprising:
- a display for showing information,a keypad including a plurality of hard keys,at least one of the hard keys being formed by at least a partially transparent key body that allows objects under the key to be seen through the top of the key,a pair of polarized films mounted, one over the other, for movement relative to one another under the keypad,labels disposed beneath the polarized films for viewing through the polarized films, said labels including textual and or graphical content relating to the function of the hard key through which said label is viewed,whereby the textual and/or graphical content of the label can be read in at least two different orientations depending on the relative orientation of the polarized films to one another.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mobile communication terminal comprising a user interface with a display and a keypad for supporting various functions. According to the invention, the orientation of the content of a hard label or a soft label of at least one of the keys can changed so that the key can be used with the terminal in different orientations. The content of the display may also be readable in different orientations by changing the display direction. The mobile terminal may be provided with an orientation sensor allowing automatic changing of the display direction of the soft labels and the rest of the display content. The labeling of the hard keys may be changeable by operating a handle or by mechanical arrangements or optical effects.
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15 Claims
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1. A mobile communication terminal having a user interface comprising:
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a display for showing information, a keypad including a plurality of hard keys, at least one of the hard keys being formed by at least a partially transparent key body that allows objects under the key to be seen through the top of the key, a pair of polarized films mounted, one over the other, for movement relative to one another under the keypad, labels disposed beneath the polarized films for viewing through the polarized films, said labels including textual and or graphical content relating to the function of the hard key through which said label is viewed, whereby the textual and/or graphical content of the label can be read in at least two different orientations depending on the relative orientation of the polarized films to one another.
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2. A mobile communication terminal having a user interface comprising:
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a display, a keypad having a function confirming key and a function rejection key and a plurality of hard keys, the plurality of hard keys preferably includes a group of alphanumerical keys and/or one or more navigation keys and wherein at least one of the hard keys is provided with a hard label that can be read in at least two different orientations, a function to be confirmed or to be rejected being controlled by a controller unit and being displayed in a predetermined area of said display, and an orientation sensor within the mobile terminal adapted to signal the controller unit to change the orientation in which the function is displayed when the orientation of the mobile communication terminal is changed; and wherein the orientation of hard label is changed by rotating a polarized film relative to another polarized film. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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