Communication device

• US 6,085,112 A
• Filed: 10/30/1997
• Issued: 07/04/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Kleinschmidt, Peter, Niedermair, Gerhard
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, THANH C
• Application Number:
  US08/945,773
• Time in Patent Office: 978 Days
• Field of Search: 455/422, 455/517, 455/550, 455/556, 455/557, 455/566, 455/575, 455/90, 455/FOR 121
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1615 with several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function constructional details of portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts H04M1/0206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1671 Special purpose buttons or auxiliary keyboards, e.g. retractable mini keypads, keypads or buttons that remain accessible at closed laptop G06F1/1666 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0256 wherein the modules are operable in the detached state, e.g. one module for the user interface and one module for the transceiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0272 for a projector or beamer module assembly constructional features of projectors per se G03B21/00; constructional details of projectors using electronic spatial light modulators per se H04N9/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• 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 2007/145 Handheld terminals

Abstract

A wide variety of components, such as speech input and output devices, image display devices and a computer are combined in one device. A plurality of methods of representing images are indicated. Preferably, the computer can be removed from the device and communicate with the basic device using an infrared link. In addition, a broadband transmission link may be provided, radio waves which are independent of the telephone network making contact with computer servers which are preferably provided.

Claims

1. A communication device having an integrated radio telephone having a transmitter and receiver, comprising:

an image display device;

an image recording device;

at least one input device which permits a position of a mark on an image of the image display device to be changed;

a computer with which at least the position of the mark is evaluated in conjunction with the image on the image display;

in addition to the transmitter and receiver in the radio telephone, a separate transmitter for transmitting data independently of the radio telephone, said separate transmitter being used at least to transmit data rates which exceed a transmission capacity of a radio telephone transmission link of the radio telephone.

2. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication device further comprises at least one device for tracking a pupil of a viewer of the image display device, and wherein the computer evaluates a viewing direction of the viewer in conjunction with the image.

3. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the computer is a personal computer.

4. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image display device is integrated in a housing of the radio telephone, said image display device having a fold-open optical deflection device which deflects an optical beam path to the eye of a viewer when the viewer is making a call with the radio telephone.

5. The communication device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the image display device has a lens which represents the image at infinity and a reflection device which has one of a semi-translucent mirror or a prism.

6. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the computer and the image display device are a separate unit which is removable from a housing of the radio telephone, and wherein the communication device further comprises a further transmitter for communication between the separate unit and the radio telephone.

7. The communication device claimed in claim 1, wherein the input device has at least one of direction arrow keys, a trackball or a touch pad.

8. The communication device claimed in claim 6, wherein the further transmitter is at least one of an infrared link, an ultrasonic link and a radio transmission link.

9. The communication device claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication device further comprises at least one device for converting between text and speech.

10. A communication arrangement comprising:

at least a first communication device and a second communication device;

each of the first and second communication devices having an integrated radio telephone having a transmitter and a receiver;

each of the first and second communication devices having an image display device;

each of the first and second communication devices having an image recording device;

each of the first and second communication devices having at least one input device which permits a position of a mark on an image of the image display device to be changed;

each of the first and second communication devices having a computer with which at least the position of the mark is evaluated in conjunction with the image on the image display;

each of the first and second communication devices having, in addition to the transmitter and receiver is the radio telephone, a separate transmitter for transmitting data independently of the radio telephone, said separate transmitter being used at least to transmit data rates which exceed a transmission capacity of a radio telephone transmission link of the radio telephone.

11. The communication arrangement as claimed in claim 10, wherein data transmission takes place independently of the radio telephone via at least one data channel.

12. The communication arrangement as claimed in claim 10, wherein data transmission takes place via a communication server which is accessible by radio or infrared, the communication taking place via a server, which also performs computational tasks which are transmitted to the server by the computer.