US6069648A
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Information communication terminal device
Assignee: Maxell Ltd
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Filing: 1998-08-14
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Granted: 2000-05-30
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Expires: 2018-08-14
Abstract
Abstract An upper case and a lower case are rotatably connected in a connection part. The connection part is constructed by a rotary shaft supporting part integrated in the lower case, a rotary shaft which is integrated in the upper case and a part of which is rotatably fit into the rotary shaft supporting part, and a housing member having a part rotatably fit into the rotary shaft supporting part. A video camera and a camera lens are housed in the housing member. A display/operation part is provided almost in the whole upper case and a display/operation part is provided almost in the whole lower case. In the display/operation parts and, in addition to camera images of the video camera, a reception image, and various data, touch-type operation buttons are displayed. The display/operation parts and have the functions as the operation part as well as the display part. "Recording" mode, "transmission/reception" mode, and "information acquisition" mode can be selectively set and the device can be used according to the mode.
Inventors
- 👤 Koji Suso
- 👤 Atsuhiko Urushihara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:36
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/02; H04M1/0202; H04M1/0206; H04M1/0208; H04M1/0214; H04M1/0216; H04M1/0218; H04M1/64; H04M1/65; H04M1/656; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/14; H04N7/141; H04N7/142; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/16; H04M2250/22; H04M2250/52; H04N2007/145
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
An information communication terminal device comprising: a first display/operation part and a second display/operation part mounted on an upper and a lower case respectively; a housing member accommodating a video camera therein; a support mechanism supporting rotatably said first display/operation part, said second display/operation part and said housing member on the same rotation axis each other; said first and second display/operation parts mounted rotatably round said housing member being structured so as to be opposed each other when opened and to be overlapped when closed; and wherein a mode selection button is displayed in said first display/operation part and a recording mode, a transmission/reception mode, and an information acquisition mode is selected by operating said mode selection button.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
An information communication terminal device comprising: a first display/operation part and a second display/operation part mounted on an upper and a lower case respectively; a housing member accommodating a video camera therein; a support mechanism supporting rotatably said first display/operation part, said second display/operation part and said housing member on the same rotation axis each other; said first and second display/operation parts mounted rotatably round said housing member being structured so as to be opposed each other when opened and to be overlapped when closed; and wherein a mode selection button is displayed in said first display/operation part and a recording mode, a transmission/reception mode, and an information acquisition mode is selected by operating said mode selection button.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
An information communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising image storing means, when the recording mode is set by operating said mode selection button, a video image obtained by said video camera is displayed in said first display/operation part and an image to be stored into said image storing means is displayed in said second display/operation part.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
122 words
An information communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein when the transmission/reception mode is set by operating said mode selection button, if the other side of transmission is a telephone of only voices, character information such as name and telephone number of the other side is displayed in said first display/operation part and operation means such as a dial having the function of a touch panel is displayed in said second display/operation part, and if the other side of transmission is a television telephone, an image obtained by said video camera and an image of the other side are displayed in said first display/operation part and said second display/operation part is used as an input part of character and figure data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
51 words
An information communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein when the information acquisition mode is set by operating said mode selection button, a menu of information service is displayed in said second display/operation part and information contents of service selected from said menu are displayed in said first display/operation part.
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