Portable telephone set

• US 8,014,835 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2003
• Issued: 09/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Mizuta, Masatomo, Kohayakawa, Kiyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Pan; Yuwen
• Application Number:
  US10/424,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20030211874A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,052 Days
• Field of Search: 379/433.12, 379/433.07, 455/575.1, 455/575.4, 455/550.1
• US Class Current: 455/575.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials

Abstract

A portable telephone set of slide type comprises a main casing, a movable casing, the two casing being slidably coupled and capable of being locked to each other, and a lock releasing element for releasing the lock. The portable telephone set further comprises an illuminating element for illuminating the lock releasing element from the inner side.

Claims

1. A portable telephone set of slide type comprising a main casing, a movable casing, the two casings being slidably coupled and capable of being locked to each other, and a lock releasing means for releasing the lock, wherein:

the portable telephone set further comprises an illuminating means for illuminating the lock releasing means from the inner side, and further comprises a detecting means for detecting the advanced position of the main casing and the movable casing, a condition of the illuminating means being controlled according to whether the main casing and the movable casing have been retreated or advanced.

2. The portable telephone set according to claim 1, wherein the neighborhood of a part with the lock releasing means is disposed is made of a light-transmitting material.

3. The portable telephone set according to claim 1, wherein the main and movable casings are biased by a biasing means such that they are normally held pulled away from each other in long axis directions, and the portable telephone set further comprises a locking means for locking the two casings to each other in a retreated state, in which the two units are in an overlapped state, against the force of the biasing means.

4. The portable telephone set according to claim 1, which further comprises a data storing part for storing “

on”

control data of the illuminating means corresponding to a transmitter, a condition of the illuminating part being controlled with reference to said transmitter'"'"'s data.

5. The portable telephone set according to claim 1, wherein the “

on”

pattern of the illuminating means is “

on”

time, “

on”

/“

off”

interval and “

on”

color change.

14. The portable telephone set according to claim 2, wherein the main and movable casings are biased by a biasing means such that they are normally held pulled away from each other in long axis directions, and the portable telephone set further comprises a locking means for locking the two casings to each other in a retreated state, in which the two units are in an overlapped state, against the force of the biasing means.

6. A portable telephone set comprising:

a main casing,

a movable casing,

a slidable locking means for slidably locking the main and movable casings to each other,

a lock release operator disposed on one side of the main or movable casing and operable for releasing the state of lock of the main and movable casings brought about by the slidable locking means, and

an illuminating means for illuminating the lock releasing means from the inner side, wherein,

the neighborhood of a part, in which the lock release operator of the main or movable casing is disposed, is at least partly made of a light-transmitting material, the illuminating means being “

on”

/“

off”

controlled at a call arrival call time or a main reception time and

further comprises a detecting means for detecting the advanced position of the main casing and the movable casing, a condition of the illuminating means being controlled according to whether the main casing and the movable casing have been retreated or advanced.

7. The portable telephone set according to claim 6, which further comprises a data storing part for storing “

on”

control data of the illuminating means corresponding to a transmitter, a condition of the illuminating part being controlled with reference to said transmitter'"'"'s data.

8. The portable telephone set according to claim 6, wherein the “

on”

pattern of the illuminating means is “

on”

time, “

on”

/“

off”

interval and “

on”

color change.

9. A portable telephone set comprising:

a main casing,

a movable casing,

a slidable locking means for slidably locking the main and movable casings to each other,

a lock release operator disposed on one side of the main or movable casing and operable for releasing the state of lock of the main and movable casings brought about by the slidable locking means, and

an illuminating means for illuminating the lock releasing means from the inner side, wherein,

the neighborhood of a part, in which the lock release operator of the main or movable casing is disposed, is at least partly made of a light-transmitting material, the illuminating means being “

on”

/“

off”

controlled at the time of operation of the lock release operator in dependence on whether the lock release operator is operable.

10. The portable telephone set according to claim 9, which further comprises a detecting means for detecting the advanced position of the main casing and the movable casing, a condition of the illuminating means being controlled according to whether the main casing and the movable casing have been retreated or advanced.

11. The portable telephone set according to claim 9, which further comprises a data storing part for storing “

on”

control data of the illuminating means corresponding to a transmitter, a condition of the illuminating part being controlled with reference to said transmitter'"'"'s data.

12. The portable telephone set according to claim 9, wherein the lock release operator has a plurality of input operating functions, a condition of the illuminating means being controlled according to an input operating function brought about as a result of operation of the lock release operator.

13. The portable telephone set according to claim 9, wherein the “

on”

pattern of the illuminating means is “

on”

time, “

on”

/“

off interval and “

on”

color change.

15. A portable telephone set of slide type comprising a main casing, a movable casing, the two casings being slidably coupled and capable of being locked to each other, and a lock releasing means for releasing the lock, wherein:

the portable telephone set further comprises an illuminating means for illuminating the lock releasing means from the inner side, wherein the lock release operator has a plurality of input operating functions, a condition of the illuminating means being controlled according to an input operating function brought about as a result of operation of the lock release operator.

16. A portable telephone set comprising:

a main casing,

a movable casing,

a slidable locking means for slidably locking the main and movable casings to each other,

a lock release operator disposed on one side of the main or movable casing and operable for releasing the state of lock of the main and movable casings brought about by the slidable locking means, and

an illuminating means for illuminating the lock releasing means from the inner side,

wherein the neighborhood of a part, in which the lock release operator of the main or movable casing is disposed, is at least partly made of a light-transmitting material, the illuminating means being “

on”

/“

off”

controlled at a call arrival call time or a main reception time, and

wherein the lock release operator has a plurality of input operating functions, a condition of the illuminating means being controlled according to an input operating function brought about as a result of operation of the lock release operator.