Handheld device capable of independently actuating camera and method thereof

• US 20090111517A1
• Filed: 08/26/2008
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Chen, Wen-Shan
• Application Number:
  US12/229,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20090111517A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/60 Control of cameras or camera modules

Abstract

The present invention discloses a handheld device capable of independently actuating camera and method thereof. The handheld device comprises an input module, a storage module, a mobile phone module and a camera module. The input module has a first button and a second button. The storage module is connected to the input module and stores a first operating system and a second operating system. The mobile phone module is connected to the storage module and provides a mobile phone function. The camera module is connected to the storage module and provides a camera function. When the first button is pressed, the first operating system is activated for enabling the mobile phone module to provide the mobile phone function. When the second button is pressed, the second operating system is activated for enabling the camera module to provide the camera function.

Claims

1. A handheld device capable of independently actuating camera comprising:

an input module having a first button and a second button;

a storage module connected to the input module and for storing a first operating system and a second operating system;

a mobile phone module connected to the storage module and for providing a mobile phone function; and

a camera module connected to the storage module and for providing a camera function;

wherein, when the first button is pressed, the first operating system is activated for operating the mobile phone module to provide the mobile phone function, or when the second button is pressed, the second operating system is activated for operating the camera module to provide the camera function.

2. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the handheld device can be one of a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant.

3. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input module further comprises a third button which is used for activating the second operating system after the first operating system is activated.

4. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage module includes one of a flash memory, a disk drive and any kind of storage media.

5. A method of independently actuating a camera of a handheld device, and the handheld device comprising an input module, a storage module, a mobile phone module and a camera module, and the method comprising the following steps of:

installing a first button and a second button in the input module, and storing a first operating system and a second operating system in the module;

activating the first operating system when the first button is pressed, or activating the second operating system when the second button is pressed;

operating the camera module in the second operating system to provide a camera function; and

operating the mobile phone module in the first operating system to provide a mobile phone function.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the handheld device can be one of a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the following steps of:

Installing a third button in the input module; and

activating the second operating system when the third button is pressed after the first operating system is activated.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the storage module includes one of a flash memory, a disk drive and any kind of storage media.