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Telephone set with a touch-sensitive and detachable control/display panel

Assignee: Koninklijke Philips NV
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Filing: 1994-09-06
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2014-09-06
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Abstract

Abstract Telephone set with a base station and a control panel detachable therefrom, the base station and the control panel comprising each a means for communicating with each other in a cordless manner and the control panel comprising an interactive display panel with a touch-screen and/or a graphic tablet and control electronics for the display panel. With the telephone set it is possible to transmit information such as telephone numbers and spoken and/or written messages to the base station with a finger via the touch-screen and/or with a special pen via the graphic tablet and to perceive information such as text via the display panel.

Inventors

  • 👤 Arne Lex Duwaer
  • 👤 Antonius Johannes Maria Hafkamp
  • 👤 Christian Krexner

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 22:12
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/02; H04M1/0202; H04M1/026; H04M1/0266; H04M1/247; H04M1/72; H04M1/725; H04W; H04W4/00; H04W4/12; H04M1/60; H04M1/6033; H04M1/6041; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/22

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 57 words
Telephone set with a base station and a control panel detachable therefrom, the base station and the control panel comprising each a means for communicating with each other in a cordless manner, characterized in that the control panel comprises an interactive display panel with a touch-screen and/or a graphic tablet and control electronics for the display panel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 28 words
Telephone set as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that the control panel comprises a microphone and a loudspeaker for holding a telephone conversation via the control panel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 32 words
Telephone set as claimed in Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the control panel is arranged to operate as a graphic answering machine for receiving and transmitting written or typed messages.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 28 words
Telephone set as claimed in at least one of the preceding Claims, characterized in that the control panel is arranged to operate as a remote control for equipment.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 32 words
Telephone set as claimed in at least one of the preceding Claims, characterized in that the control panel is arranged to operate as a keyboard and display screen for a personal computer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 36 words
Telephone set as claimed in at least one of the preceding Claims, characterized in that the control panel can be coupled mechanically to the base station with the data and/or speech transmission no longer being cordless.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 35 words
Telephone set as claimed in at least one of the preceding Claims, in which the base station comprises a handset, characterized in that the handset comprises a means for cordless communication with a base station.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 79 words
Telephone set with a base station and a control panel detachable therefrom, the base station and the control panel comprising each a means for communicating with each other in a cordless manner, and a means for communicating with a telephone system, characterized in that an interactive display panel with a touch-screen and/or a graphic tablet and control electronics are provided, which interactive display panel can be detachably electrically coupled to the base station or the control panel, as desired.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 21 words
Control panel obviously intended to be used in a telephone set as claimed in one of the Claims 1 to 8.

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