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Mobile communication terminal with multi orientation user interface

  • US 7,181,251 B2
  • Filed: 10/22/2003
  • Issued: 02/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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