MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH DIGITAL COMPASS

• US 20050037780A1
• Filed: 11/05/2003
• Published: 02/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lite-On It Corporation (Lite-On Technology Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lite-On It Corporation (Lite-On Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: Cheng, Sheng-Fang, Kuo, Sheng-Jung
• Application Number:
  US10/605,913
• Publication Number:
  US 20050037780A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/457
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 17/30 Earth-inductor compasses
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A mobile communication device includes a control unit, an output device, a memory, a digital compass, an input device, a microphone, and a speaker. These components are connected with a power source. The control unit calculates direction information with the program stored in the memory, and the direction information is transmitted from the digital compass to the output device. Even without knowledge of compass operation, a user can reference the mobile communication device displaying an accurate direction on the output device.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device for display direction information, comprising:

a control unit;

a memory, connected to the control unit and having a program for calculating the direction information;

an output display, connected to the control unit and; and

a digital compass, connected to the control unit and converting the direction information from the control unit;

wherein the control unit calculates the direction information by the program stored in the memory, and the direction information is transmitted by the digital compass to the output device.

2. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the memory can be a read-only memory (ROM).

3. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the output device can be a thin-film transistor (TFT) display or plasma display.

4. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an input device, a microphone, a speaker, a radio unit and a power source, and the control unit for controlling the input device, the microphone, the speaker and the power source.

5. A mobile communication device for display direction information, comprising:

a control unit;

a memory, connected to the control unit and having a program for calculating the direction information;

an output display, connected to the control unit and; and

a magnetic sensor, connected to the control unit and converting the strength of the Earths magnetic field; and

a tilt sensor, connected to the magnetic sensor and measuring the orientation and sending the orientation to the magnetic sensor;

wherein the control unit calculates the direction information by the program stored in the memory, and the direction information is transmitted by the magnetic sensor to the output device.

6. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the memory can be a read-only memory (ROM).

7. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the output device can be a thin-film transistor (TFT) display or plasma display.

8. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the magnetic sensor can be called a three-axis magnetic sensor.

9. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the tilt sensor can be called a two-axis tilt sensor.

10. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 5, further comprising an input device, a microphone, a speaker, a radio unit and a power source, and the control unit for controlling the input device, the microphone, the speaker and the power source.