US7020493B2 — Portable communication terminal with multiple dis…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 175 words

A portable communication terminal, comprising: a communicating device that transmits and receives still image data and character data corresponding to the still image data; an imaging device that is capable of capturing a still image; a character inputting device that is capable of inputting a character; a storage device that stores still image data and character data received by the communicating device; an image displaying device that displays a still image according to the still image data stored in the storage device and a still image captured by the imaging device; a character displaying device that displays a character according to the character data stored in the storage device and a character inputted by the character inputting device; a display control device that controls the displays of the image displaying device and the character displaying device, wherein the display control device controls the image displaying device and the character displaying device to simultaneously display the still image on the image displaying device and the character corresponding to the still image on the character displaying device.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 175 words

A portable communication terminal, comprising: a communicating device that transmits and receives still image data and character data corresponding to the still image data; an imaging device that is capable of capturing a still image; a character inputting device that is capable of inputting a character; a storage device that stores still image data and character data received by the communicating device; an image displaying device that displays a still image according to the still image data stored in the storage device and a still image captured by the imaging device; a character displaying device that displays a character according to the character data stored in the storage device and a character inputted by the character inputting device; a display control device that controls the displays of the image displaying device and the character displaying device, wherein the display control device controls the image displaying device and the character displaying device to simultaneously display the still image on the image displaying device and the character corresponding to the still image on the character displaying device.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 25 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the image displaying device is color and the character displaying device is black-and-white.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 28 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a resolution of the character displaying device is lower than that of the image displaying device.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 49 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the display control device makes both the image displaying device and the character displaying device work or makes one of them work and turns off the other one according to a state of the portable communication terminal.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 34 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 4 , wherein the display control device operably outputs an image to the image displaying device simultaneously with a character to the character displaying device.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 20 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the portable communication terminal has a telephone function.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 66 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the imaging device is capable of capturing a moving image; and the portable communication terminal has a Video phone function that displays a moving image on the image displaying device according to moving image data received through the communication device and transmits moving image data captured by the imaging device through the communication device.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 36 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the portable communication terminal has an electronic camera function that stores the still image data captured by the imaging device in the storage device.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 57 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising: a first connecting device connected to a printer; and an outputting device that outputs the still image data of the still image displayed on the image displaying device to the printer through the first connecting device and a second connecting device of the printer.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 26 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the first connecting device is mechanically and directly connected to the second connecting device.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 27 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the first connecting device is connected to the second connecting device through a communication cable.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 27 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the first connecting device is connected to the second connecting device through short-distance wireless communication.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 154 words

A portable communication terminal 9 , comprising: a communicating device that transmits and receives still image data and character data; an imaging device that is capable of capturing a still image; a character inputting device that is capable of inputting a character; a storage device that stores still image data and character data received by the communicating device; an image displaying device that displays a still image according to the still image data stored in the storage device and a still image captured by the imaging device; a character displaying device that displays a character according to the character data stored in the storage device and a character inputted by the character inputting device; a display control device that controls the displays of the image displaying device and the character displaying device; and a print control device to vary characteristics of a still image to be printed as displayed on the image displaying device.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 154 words

A portable communication terminal 9 , comprising: a communicating device that transmits and receives still image data and character data; an imaging device that is capable of capturing a still image; a character inputting device that is capable of inputting a character; a storage device that stores still image data and character data received by the communicating device; an image displaying device that displays a still image according to the still image data stored in the storage device and a still image captured by the imaging device; a character displaying device that displays a character according to the character data stored in the storage device and a character inputted by the character inputting device; a display control device that controls the displays of the image displaying device and the character displaying device; and a print control device to vary characteristics of a still image to be printed as displayed on the image displaying device.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 33 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 13 , wherein the print control device controls at least one of: a number of prints to be printed, zooming, trimming, brightness and chromaticity.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 47 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the outputting device outputs the still image data and the character data to the printer in accordance with the still image and the character displayed on the image displaying device and the character displaying device.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 48 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 15 , further comprising: a designating device that designates a print-position of the character on a display of the image displaying device, wherein the outputting device outputs data on the print-position designated by the designated device to the printer.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 64 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 9 , further comprising: a superimposing device that produces image data by superimposing the character on the still image in accordance with the still image and the character displayed on the image displaying device and the character displaying device, wherein the outputting device outputs the image data produced by the superimposing device to the printer.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 50 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 17 , further comprising: a designating device that designates a print-position of the character on a display of the image displaying device, wherein the superimposing device superimposes the character on the still image at the print-position designated by the designating device.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 29 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising: a display adjustment device to vary characteristics of an image displayed on the image displaying device.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 27 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 19 , wherein the display adjustment device varies characteristics of at least one of: zooming, brightness and chromaticity.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 75 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising: a first connecting device connected to a printer; and an outputting device that outputs the still image data to the printer through the first connecting device so as to print the still image within a print area displayed on the image displaying device, wherein the display control device controls the image displaying device to display the print area of the still image.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 44 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 21 , wherein the display control device includes a zooming device, and the display control device changes a size of the print area in accordance with an instruction of zooming given by the zooming device.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 48 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 21 , wherein the display control device includes a trimming device, and the display control device moves the print area within a display of the image displaying device in accordance with an instruction of trimming given the trimming device.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 35 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 21 , wherein the outputting device outputs image data of an original image stored in the storage device and a command for designating the print area.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 40 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 21 , wherein the outputting device abstracts image data for the print area of an original image stored in the storage device, and outputs the abstracted image data to the printer.

Claim 28

Dependent Claim 51 words

The portable communication terminal as set forth in claim 21 , wherein the outputting device abstracts image data for the print area of an original image stored in the storage device, resizes the abstracted image data to be suitable for the printer, and outputs the resized image data to the printer.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	2009-03-27	2009-09-26	2010-03-28	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2013-03-27	2013-09-26	2014-03-28	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2017-03-27	2017-09-26	2018-03-28	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Portable communication terminal with multiple displays

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