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US 2010/0075726 A1Published application
Portable terminal for multimedia
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDong-Hoon Han, Seung-Woo Ahn
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Abstract
A portable device suitable for various multimedia environments includes: a main body; a folder; and a hinge unit mounted on the main body and rotatably connecting the folder to the main body. The hinge unit is slidable on the main body together with the folder. The mode-switching of the portable being provided according to the sliding position of the hinge unit.
Claims19
A portable device for multimedia, comprising:
- a main body;
- a folder slidably disposed on the main body in a substantially planar first position and being pivotally spaced away from the main body in a second position by a variable angle;
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- a connecting unit rotatably connecting the folder to the main body, the connecting unit sliding on the main body together with the folder, wherein a mode-switching of the portable device being provided according to a position on which the connecting unit is slidably positioned on the main body.
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A portable device for multimedia, comprising:
- a main body having a first display unit and a first key manipulation unit on a top surface thereof;
- a folder having a second display unit on an inner surface thereof, the folder being variably positioned ranging from a completely folded position to a completely unfolded on the main body, and the folder slidably disposed on the main body, wherein a position of the folder relative to the main body effecting mode-switching to at least one mode;
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- a hinge unit mounted pivotally connecting the folder to the main body, the hinge unit sliding on the main body together with the folder in a substantially planar position in which the inner surface of the folder faces the top surface of the main body.
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A portable device for multimedia, comprising:
- a main body having a display unit on a top surface thereof;
- a folder, the folder being variably positioned ranging from a completely folded to a completely unfolded position on the main body, thereby effecting first mode-switching, and the folder sliding on the main body, wherein a position of the folder relative to the main body effecting second mode-switching, the display unit being opened or closed depending on the sliding movement of the folder;
- a hinge unit mounted connecting the folder to the main body, the hinge unit sliding on the main body together with the folder in a substantially planar position in which the inner surface of the folder faces the top surface of the main body;
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- coupling means mounted between the main body and the hinge unit for slidably restraining the hinge unit.
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A portable device for multimedia comprising:
- a main body having a speaker on a top surface thereof;
- a folder, the folder being variably positioned ranging from a completely folded to a completely unfolded position on the main body, wherein a position of the folder relative to the main body for effecting first mode-switching, and the folder sliding on the main body for effecting second mode-switching, the speaker ranging from an opened position to a closed position depending on the sliding movement of the folder;
- a hinge unit mounted on the main body and connecting the folder to the main body, the hinge unit sliding on the main body together with the folder in a substantially planar position in which the folder faces the top surface of the main body;
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- coupling means mounted between the main body and the hinge unit in for slidably restraining the hinge unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.