Hand held mobile communication device and method for managing printed documents

• US 7,953,441 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2007
• Issued: 05/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Edner Lors
• Original Assignee: Edner Lors
• Inventors: Lors, Edner
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord; Marceau
• Application Number:
  US12/005,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20080182620A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,251 Days
• Field of Search: 455/557, 455/556.1, 455/566, 455/90.3, 455/550.1, 455/575.1, 455/564, 455/575.3, 235/454, 235/472.01, 358473-474, 358/497, 379/433.11, 379/433.12
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/195 the array comprising a two-dimensional array or a combination of two-dimensional arrays
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0063 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0081 Image reader H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0096 Portable devices

Abstract

A hand held mobile communication device includes a housing, a scanner disposed on one surface of the housing and a display provided on an opposed surface of the housing, whereby an image being scanned by the scanner is displayed on the display. A second housing may be provided and attached to the first housing with a hinge that enables 360 degree rotation of one housing relative to another. The device is employable for managing printed documents by scanning them with the scanner, viewing scanned documents on the display and transmitting the documents in a digital format to a remote location. A second display is also provided on an outer surface of the second housing. The device includes a camera for capturing still images and another camera for capturing video. Operating keys are employed and provide for one step operation of various features of the device.

Claims

1. In combination with a hand held mobile electronic communication device having a housing, an improvement comprising:

(a) a scanner integrated into said housing and having an image capturing member disposed on one surface of said housing;

(b) a display provided on an opposed surface of said housing, whereby an image being scanned by said scanner is displayed on said display and is viewable during a scanning effort by a user positioned to directly view said opposed surface; and

(c) a navigation system having means adapted to at least one of correlate position of said device relative to said image being scanned, synchronize image capture with movement of said device across said image being scanned so as to generate complete scanned image and input size of said image being scanned.

2. The device, according to claim 1, wherein said scanner is one of a barcode scanner and an optical character reader.

3. The device, according to claim 2, wherein said scanner is said optical character reader.

4. The device, according to claim 1, wherein said device includes means disposed therein for transferring said scanned image to a remote location.

5. The device, according to claim 4, wherein said image transfer means includes a communication port provided on said housing.

6. The device, according to claim 1, wherein said device includes means disposed therein for modifying said scanned image.

7. A hand held mobile communication device comprising:

(a) a first housing;

(b) a second housing

(c) a hinge means pivotally connecting said first and second housing and enabling a 360 degree rotation relative to one another, wherein inner surface of said first and second housing being invisible from outside in a closed state of said device, and wherein outer surface of said first and second housing being invisible from outside in an open state of said device;

(d) a scanner integrated into one of said first and second housings and having an image capturing member disposed on an inner surface of said one of said first and said second housing; and

(e) a display screen provided on an inner surface of an opposed one of said first and said second housing, whereby an image being scanned by said scanner is displayed on said display screen when said first and second housings are in said open state and wherein said image being scanned is viewable during scanning effort by a user positioned to directly view said inner surface of said opposed one of said first and said second housing.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein said device includes a second display screen.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein said second display screen is provided on an outer surface of said opposed one of said first and said second housing, wherein a size of said second display is generally identical to a size of said display screen.

10. The device, according to claim 7, wherein said device includes a plurality of operational keys each directly operating a distinct function of said device in a one step operation and wherein one of said plurality of functional keys operates said scanner to scan said image and wherein another one of said pluralities of operational keys saves said scanned image to a memory disposed within said device in said one step operation.

11. The device, according to claim 7, wherein said device further includes means provided on said housing for transferring said scanned image to a remote location.

12. The device, according to claim 7, wherein said device includes a first camera for capturing still images and a second camera for capturing video.

13. A method of managing printed documents, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a scanner in a hand held mobile electronic communication device having a display disposed on one surface thereof, said scanner integrated into said device and having an image capturing member disposed on an opposed surface of said device;

(b) positioning said scanner at a predetermined distance above a printed document to be scanned;

(c) activating said scanner to scan said printed document;

(d) scanning, with said scanner, an image disposed on said surface of said document;

(e) displaying said image being scanned on said display; and

(f) viewing, by a user positioned to directly view said one surface of said device, said scanned image being displayed in step (e).

14. The method, according to claim 13, wherein said method includes the additional step of saving said scanned image to a memory disposed within said device.

15. The method, according to claim 13, wherein said method includes the additional step of transferring said scanned image to a remote location.

16. The method, according to claim 13, wherein said method includes the additional step of editing, with a computer program, said scanned image displayed on said display.

17. The method, according to claim 13, wherein said method includes the additional step of previewing said image to be scanned on said display.

18. In combination with a hand held mobile electronic communication device having at least one housing, an improvement comprising:

(a) a scanner integrated into said at least one housing and having an image capturing member disposed on one surface of said at least one housing;

(b) a display provided on an opposed surface of said at least one housing, whereby an image being scanned by said scanner is displayed on said display and is viewable during a scanning effort by a user positioned to directly view said opposed surface; and

(c) a plurality of operational keys each directly operating a distinct function of said device in a one step operation and wherein one of said plurality of functional keys operates said scanner to scan said image and wherein another one of said pluralities of operational keys saves said scanned image to a memory disposed within said device in said one step operation.