Communication device with two modes of operation
First Claim
1. A portable communication device (4) for transmitting information in electrical form between a user and a certain data communication system, characterized in that it comprises:
- an outer covering (10, 11) including upper and lower halves which can be moved between a folded condition and an unfolded condition by actions of the user, said lower half (11) containing the heaviest structural parts of said portable communication device including a microphone (5), a speaker (6), and sound channelling means for directing sound to the microphone and from the speaker, said lower half (11) being substantially heavier than said upper half (10); and
in order to realize the interaction between said communication device (4) and the user, as separate items;
a first user interface in said lower half (11) with first input means (5, 7, 8) and first indicator means (9); and
a second user interface in said upper half (10) with second input means (13, 14, 15, 16, 17) and second indicator means (12);
of which said first user interface comprises parts (5, 6, 7, 8, 9), which are located substantially on the outer surface of said outer covering (10, 11), so that they can be used when said upper and lower halves are in the folded condition, without unfolding said outer cover, and of which said second user interface comprises parts (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17), which are located substantially inside said outer covering (10, 11), so that they can be used when said upper and lower halves are in the unfolded condition outer covering is unfolded, said portable communication device being balanced for firm placement of said lower half (11) of said outer covering on a substantially flat level surface, with said upper half (12) of said outer covering positioned such that the included angle between said lower half and said higher half is less than 180°
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mobile station which comprises two separate user interfaces and an outer covering (10, 11) which can be unfolded. The device has the appearance and the size of a common mobile phone when the outer covering (10, 11) is closed, whereby available is a first user interface being substantially a telephone user interface. When the outer covering (10, 11) of the device is unfolded it exposes a second user interface having a relatively large-sized display (12) and an alphanumeric keypad (15). Alphanumeric messages and graphical information can be transmitted and received using the second user interface.
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17 Claims
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1. A portable communication device (4) for transmitting information in electrical form between a user and a certain data communication system, characterized in that it comprises:
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an outer covering (10, 11) including upper and lower halves which can be moved between a folded condition and an unfolded condition by actions of the user, said lower half (11) containing the heaviest structural parts of said portable communication device including a microphone (5), a speaker (6), and sound channelling means for directing sound to the microphone and from the speaker, said lower half (11) being substantially heavier than said upper half (10); and
in order to realize the interaction between said communication device (4) and the user, as separate items;a first user interface in said lower half (11) with first input means (5, 7, 8) and first indicator means (9); and a second user interface in said upper half (10) with second input means (13, 14, 15, 16, 17) and second indicator means (12); of which said first user interface comprises parts (5, 6, 7, 8, 9), which are located substantially on the outer surface of said outer covering (10, 11), so that they can be used when said upper and lower halves are in the folded condition, without unfolding said outer cover, and of which said second user interface comprises parts (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17), which are located substantially inside said outer covering (10, 11), so that they can be used when said upper and lower halves are in the unfolded condition outer covering is unfolded, said portable communication device being balanced for firm placement of said lower half (11) of said outer covering on a substantially flat level surface, with said upper half (12) of said outer covering positioned such that the included angle between said lower half and said higher half is less than 180°
.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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- 14. A portable communication device (4) for transmitting information in electrical form between a user and a certain data communication system, characterized in that it comprises separate first and second user interfaces in order to realize the interaction between said communication device (4) and the user, of which said first user interface is substantially a telephone user interface for the two-way transmission of speech and comprises sound channelling means for directing sound to a microphone (5) and from a speaker (6), and first input means (7, 8) to control the operation of the device (4) and to enter data into the device and first indicator means (9), and of which the second user interface comprises second input means (13, 14, 15, 16, 17) and second indicator means (12) and further including an outer covering (10, 11) including upper and lower halves which can be unfolded by actions of the user, said lower half (11) containing the heaviest structural parts of said portable communication device including a microphone (5), a speaker (6), and sound channelling means for directing sound to the microphone and from the speaker, said lower half (11) being substantially heavier than said upper half (10), said portable communication device being balanced for firm placement of said lower half of said outer covering on a substantially flat level surface, with said upper half of said outer covering positioned such that the included angle between said lower half and said higher half is less than 180°
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