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Portable digital device orientation

  • US 7,379,762 B2
  • Filed: 09/04/2003
  • Issued: 05/27/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable digital device comprising:

  • control devices for controlling operating functions of the portable digital device in response to manual actuation by a user, wherein the control devices include a first button, a second button and a rotatable knob;

    a digital display for displaying information to the user; and

    a processor for rotating the displayed information from a right-hand orientation to a left-hand orientation, and from the left-hand orientation to the right-hand orientation, wherein the right-hand orientation is for right-hand use of the portable digital device by the user, the left-hand orientation is for left-hand use of the portable digital device by the user, the first button provides a first operating function of the portable digital device in the right-hand orientation and a second operating function that is a reverse of the first operating function in the left-hand orientation, the second button provides the second operating function in the right-hand orientation and the first operating function in the left-hand orientation, and the knob provides a third operating function for the portable digital device in the right-hand and left-hand orientations and reverses orientation of the third operating function between the right-hand and left-hand orientations.

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