PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH SECONDARY PERIPHERAL DISPLAY

• US 20110227810A1
• Filed: 03/19/2010
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Oross, Glen, MCKINNEY, Susan, Salisbury, John
• Application Number:
  US12/728,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20110227810A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A portable communication device includes a primary display and a secondary display where the secondary display surrounds the primary display. The secondary display is translucent allowing at least some light to pass through the display to form a clear, or nearly clear, bezel around the primary display. A dot matrix system or clear LCD generates images on the secondary display and a sensing mechanism, such as a set of capacitor sensors, detects user input. User interaction with objects presented on the secondary display allows the user to manage content in the primary display.

Claims

1. A portable communication device comprising:

a primary display having a perimeter;

a secondary display positioned adjacent to most of the perimeter.

2. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the secondary display is translucent.

3. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the secondary display surrounds the primary display.

4. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the secondary display includes an interface icon for managing content shown in the primary display.

5. The portable communication device of claim 4, wherein the secondary display comprises a clear liquid crystal display (LCD) responsive to control signals to generate the interface icon.

6. The portable communication device of claim 5, wherein the LCD is responsive to control signals to generate a first set of interface icons for a first mode and a second set of interface icons for a second mode.

7. The portable communication device of claim 6, wherein the secondary display comprises a plurality of capacitor sensors configured to generate user input signals in response to user interaction with the secondary display.

8. The portable communication device of claim 7, wherein the user interaction comprises tapping, touching, dragging, and combinations thereof.

9. A portable communication device of claim 4, wherein the interface icon for managing content shown in the primary display is a control input for launching an application.

10. A portable communication device of claim 4, wherein the interface icon for managing content shown in the primary display is a control input for editing multi-media content displayed in the primary display.

11. A portable communication device of claim 4, wherein the interface icon for managing content shown in the primary display is a control input for sending a message.

12. A portable communication device of claim 4, wherein the interface icon for managing content shown in the primary display is a control input for uploading the content to a website server.

13. The portable communication device of claim 1, further comprising an illumination device configured to illuminate the secondary display.

14. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the illumination device is configured to illuminate the secondary display with a first color when the portable communication device is in a first state of and in a second color when the portable communication device is in a second state.

15. The portable communication device of claim 1, further comprising an orientation detector and a controller configured to identify a user selection of an application represented in a portion of the secondary display positioned to be at a top portion of the secondary display.

16. The portable communication device of claim 1, further comprising an orientation detector and a controller configured to identify a user selection of a function represented in a portion of the secondary display positioned to be at a top portion of the secondary display.

17. A portable communication device comprising:

a primary display; and

a translucent secondary display surrounding the primary display and comprising;

a clear liquid crystal display (LCD) configured to present images on the secondary display in response to control signals from the controller; and

a plurality of capacitive sensors configured to generate user input control signals in response to physical interaction with the secondary display.

18. The portable communication device of claim 17, wherein the clear LCD is configured to present an icon and wherein physical interface with an area of the secondary display including the icon allows management of content displayed in the primary display.

19. A portable communication device comprising:

a display having at least two portions;

a orientation detector configured to generate a control signal indicating an orientation of the portable communication device relative to ground and to indicate one of the portions of the at least two portions as being a top portion further from the ground then other portions of the at least two portions; and

a controller configured to interpret a user selection of an icon displayed in the top portion.

20. The portable communication device of claim 19, wherein the display is a translucent display comprising:

a clear liquid crystal display (LCD) configured to present images on the translucent display in response to control signals from the controller; and

a plurality of capacitive sensors configured to generate user input control signals in response to physical interaction with the translucent display.

21. The portable communication device of claim 19, wherein the display is a translucent display comprising:

a dot matrix system configured to present images on the translucent display in response to control signals from the controller;

and a plurality of capacitive sensors configured to generate user input control signals in response to physical interaction with the translucent display.