Portable digital device orientation
First Claim
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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Abstract
A portable digital device having at least two control devices for controlling at least two operating functions of the portable digital device; a digital display for displaying information; and a processor. The processor is for rotating the information from a right-handed orientation to a left-handed orientation and vice versa, and remapping the at least two control devices to reverse their operating functions to allow for use of the portable digital device in both the first orientation and the second orientation. Upon remapping skip forward and skip back operating functions are interchanged, increase volume and decrease volume operating functions are interchanged; and menu move to the left and right operating functions are interchanged.
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10 Claims
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1. A portable digital device comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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