Rotatable function selectors in communication handsets and methods therefor
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1. A wireless communication handset, comprising:
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a blade rotatably coupled to the housing, the blade rotatable in a plane;
a rotary encoder having a first encoder portion coupled to the blade and a stationary encoder portion,the rotary encoder having a first active mode function output when the blade is in a first position,the rotary encoder having a second active mode function output when the blade is in a second position.
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Abstract
A wireless communication handset (10) having first and second movable coupled housing portions (20, 30) that rotate in corresponding first and second substantially parallel planes. The wireless communication handset is in a first operating mode when the first and second housing portions are rotated to a first angular configuration, the wireless communication handset in a second operating mode when the first and second housing portions are rotated to a second angular configuration, and the wireless communication handset in a third operating mode when the first and second housing portions are rotated to a third angular configuration.
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1. A wireless communication handset, comprising:
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a housing; a blade rotatably coupled to the housing, the blade rotatable in a plane; a rotary encoder having a first encoder portion coupled to the blade and a stationary encoder portion, the rotary encoder having a first active mode function output when the blade is in a first position, the rotary encoder having a second active mode function output when the blade is in a second position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless communication handset, comprising:
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first and second rotatably coupled housing portions, the first and second housing portions rotatable in corresponding first and second substantially parallel planes; the wireless communication handset in a standby mode when the first and second housing portions are rotated to a standby angular configuration, the wireless communication handset in a call mode when the first and second housing portions are rotated from the standby angular configuration to a call angular configuration, the wireless communication handset performing a first function when the first and second housing portions are rotated to a first function angular configuration between the standby and call angular configurations; a rotary encoder having a first encoder portion coupled to the first housing portion and a second encoder portion coupled to the second housing portion, the rotary encoder having a standby mode electrical output when the first and second housing portions are in the standby angular configuration, the rotary encoder having a call mode electrical output when the first and second housing portions are in the call angular configuration, the rotary encoder having a first function electrical output when the first and second housing portions are in the first function angular configuration. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless communication device operable in active and standby modes, comprising:
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a housing; a rotatable member rotatably coupled to the housing, a rotary encoder having a first encoder portion coupled to the rotatable member and a stationary encoder portion; the rotary encoder encoding a first active mode function output when the rotatable member is positioned in a first position relative to the housing and the wireless communication device is not in the standby mode, the rotary encoder encoding a second active mode function output when the rotatable member is positioned in a second position relative to the housing and the wireless communication device is not in the standby mode. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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