Portable folding communication unit
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorTakeshi Kobayashi
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Abstract
A folding portable communication unit is composed an upper cabinet, a lower cabinet, and a hinge for so supporting the upper and lower cabinets that they are rotational around the hinge. A simplified LCD and a simplified key unit are provided for a rear cover of the upper cabinet or the lower cabinet, and thereby a user can watch the simplified LCD or operate the simplified key unit, even when the upper and lower cabinets are folded. Information is displayed on either of a LCD or the simplified LCD depending on whether the upper and lower cabinets are folded or not and on the kind of information to be displayed.
Claims7
A folding portable communication unit which is composed of first and second cabinets and a hinge for so supporting said first and second cabinets that they are rotational around said hinge, comprising:
- display/data-input means which displays information related to communication, inputs data related to said communication, and is situated on a rear cover of said first or second cabinet,
- wherein said information can be watched and said data can be inputted by a user in case that said first and second cabinets are folded.
A folding portable communication unit which is composed of first and second cabinets and a hinge for so supporting said first and second cabinets that they are rotational around said hinge, comprising:
- first display/data-input means which displays a first information related to communication, inputs a first data related to said communication, and is situated on an obverse surface of said first and second cabinets, and
- second display/data-input means which displays a second information related to said communication, inputs a second data related to said communication, and is situated on a rear cover of said first or second cabinet,
- wherein said second information can be watched and said second data can be inputted by a user in case that said first and second cabinets are folded.
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