Mobile phone with complete English keyboard
OwnerYung-Fa Cheng, Hsiang-Lung Kaoinventors
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Abstract
A mobile phone with a complete English keyboard is described. The mobile phone has a front module, a pivot and a rear module. The pivot couples the front module to the rear module. The front module further has a display, a numerical keyboard, an antenna and a battery. The rear module further has an extendable keyboard and an image sensor, e.g. a CCD sensor or a CMOS sensor. The complete English keyboard is composed of the numerical keyboard and the extendable keyboard. The extendable keyboard is revealed to input English and/or Chinese characters by rotating the front module and the rear module around the pivot.
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A mobile phone with a complete English keyboard, comprising:
- a front module;
- a pivot coupling to the front module;
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- a rear module coupling to the pivot, wherein the rear module further comprises an extendable keyboard and the extendable keyboard is revealed after the rear module and the front module are rotated around the pivot.
A mobile phone with a complete English keyboard, comprising:
- a front module further comprising a display and a numerical keyboard;
- a pivot coupling to a central position of the front module;
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- a rear module, a central position of the rear module coupling to the pivot, wherein the rear module further comprises an extendable keyboard and the extendable keyboard is revealed after the rear module and the front module are rotated around the pivot.
A mobile phone keyboard for inputting English characters on a mobile phone, the mobile phone keyboard comprising:
- a numerical keyboard coupling the a front module of the mobile phone;
- a left keyboard and a right keyboard coupling to a rear module of the mobile phone and coupling to the front module with a pivot;
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- a pushing mechanism pushing the left keyboard and the right keyboard outwardly when the rear module and the front module are rotated around the pivot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.