Mounting device for mobile information terminal, and mobile information terminal

• US 7,424,311 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2007
• Issued: 09/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Saso, Atsushi, Watanabe, Kazuhisa, Kobayashi, Norihiko, Fujimoto, Makoto, Hamasaki, Shogo, Iino, Daisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Duc
• Assistant Examiner(s): ELCENKO, ERIC J
• Application Number:
  US11/702,567
• Publication Number:
  US 20070142097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 581 Days
• Field of Search: 4555751-5759, 455/556.1, 455/573, 379/446, 379/447, 379/451, 379/454, 379/455
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence

Abstract

A mounting device includes a case that has an insertion inlet for a mobile information terminal, a connector that establishes electrical connection to the mobile information terminal inserted in the insertion inlet, and an ejection mechanism that ejects the mobile information terminal after completion of processing through the connector. After the completion of the processing, by an action of the ejection mechanism, the mobile information terminal is popped up from the mounting device, and a user is understandably notified of the completion of the processing.

Claims

1. A mounting device for mounting and dismount thereto a mobile information terminal with a display unit, the mounting device for executing processing for the mobile information terminal, and the mounting device comprising:

a case having an insertion inlet for the mobile information terminal,

wherein said case comprises a plate having a plurality of windows through which content displayed on the display unit is visually recognizable from outside, and

wherein each of said plurality of windows of said plate has an unique identification information associated therewith,

wherein said case comprises a sensor operable to read the identification information, and

wherein content to be displayed on the display unit is alterable according to the identification information read by said sensor, and

wherein each of said plurality of windows shows a different kind of content.

2. A mounting device as defined in claim 1,

wherein said plurality of windows partition the display unit.

3. A mounting device as defined in claim 2, further comprising:

a connector operable to establish electrical connection with the mobile information terminal inserted in the insertion inlet.

4. A mounting device as defined in claim 3, further comprising:

an input unit operable to be related to said plurality of windows,

wherein said input unit is operable to control the mobile information terminal inserted in the insertion inlet based on manipulation of said input unit.

5. A mounting device as defined in claim 1,

wherein a front part of said case is open and covered with said plate, and

wherein content displayed on the display unit is visually recognizable from outside through said plurality of windows.

6. A mobile information terminal operable to be mounted to the mounting device as defined in claim 3, the mobile information terminal comprising:

a control unit operable to control the display unit via said connector,

wherein said control unit is operable to control the display unit to display different displays in every domain partitioned by said plurality of windows.