Portable information terminal equipment
First Claim
1. Portable information terminal equipment comprising:
- two units;
a connecting section for connecting the two units with each other for relative movement;
a connecting section driving mechanism for changing the relative positions of the two units to open/close the units;
a controller for controlling the connecting section driving mechanism to move either or both the units from a first relative position to a relative position at a prescribed relative angle to each other when receiving a call or a message to thereby inform a user of the receipt of the call or the message; and
a battery state detector for detecting whether or not a battery, which is a power supply for driving the equipment, is being charged and/or the remaining amount of charge in the battery, wherein the controller controls the connecting section driving mechanism based on the result of the detection by the battery state detector.
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Abstract
Portable information terminal equipment having a function to perform the informing process at the time of reception in cooperation with a connecting section driving mechanism as well as a function to enable the open/close movement of the upper and lower units through one-touch operation making use of the connecting section driving mechanism. Depending on informing modes, a motor drive circuit drives a motor under the control of a controller on receipt of a call or a message to apply a driving force to the open/close mechanism of a hinge unit. Thereby, the portable information terminal equipment is folded/unfolded, that is, the posture of the portable information terminal equipment is changed, and a user is informed of the receipt of the call or the message. Besides, the portable information terminal equipment performs conventional informing processes, such as ringing, light emitting, message or image display and the like, in combination with the open/close or rotative operation.
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40 Claims
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1. Portable information terminal equipment comprising:
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two units; a connecting section for connecting the two units with each other for relative movement; a connecting section driving mechanism for changing the relative positions of the two units to open/close the units; a controller for controlling the connecting section driving mechanism to move either or both the units from a first relative position to a relative position at a prescribed relative angle to each other when receiving a call or a message to thereby inform a user of the receipt of the call or the message; and a battery state detector for detecting whether or not a battery, which is a power supply for driving the equipment, is being charged and/or the remaining amount of charge in the battery, wherein the controller controls the connecting section driving mechanism based on the result of the detection by the battery state detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Portable information terminal equipment comprising:
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two units; a connecting section for connecting the two units with each other for relative movement; a connecting section driving mechanism for changing the relative positions of the two units to open/close the units; and a controller for controlling the connecting section driving mechanism to move either or both the units from a first relative position to a relative position at a prescribed relative angle to each other when receiving a call or a message based on information about the sender of the call or the message and/or the received message to thereby inform a user of the receipt of the call or the message; a battery state detector for detecting whether or not a battery, which is a power supply for driving the equipment, is being charged and/or the remaining amount of charge in the battery, wherein the controller controls the connecting section driving mechanism based on the result of the detection by the battery state detector. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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