Mobile phone with two input modes
AssigneeFih Co., Ltd
InventorSuli Chang
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Abstract
A mobile phone (1) includes a main body (3), a keypad (5), and a pair of fasteners (7, 9) slidably and pivotally attaching the keypad to the main body. The main body has a housing (2) with a recess (31) defined in a lower portion thereof. The keypad is received in said recess and comprises a front panel (51) for a keypad input mode and a back panel (53) for a touch screen input mode. A switch between two input modes is achieved by sliding and rotating the keypad around the pair of fasteners to display one side or another side.
Claims22
A mobile phone having a receiver, at least one transmitter and a display, said mobile phone comprising:
- a main body having a housing with a recess defined in a lower portion thereof, and a main printed circuit board (PCB) received in the housing;
- a keypad portion received in said recess comprising a front panel with a key operating section, a back panel with a touch screen, and a keypad PCB between said front and back panels, wherein the keypad PCB comprises a front PCB, a back PCB and an insulative layer sandwiched between the front PCB and the back PCB;
- and
- at least one fastener to slidably and pivotally attach the keypad portion to the main body so that the keypad portion can be reversed from one side to another side, whereby a switch of input modes is attained by changing an electrical connection between the main PCB and the front and back PCBs.
A mobile phone having a receiver, at least one transmitter, and a display, said mobile phone comprising:
- a main body having a housing with a recess defined in a lower portion thereof;
- and
- a keypad portion comprising a front panel with a key operating section, and a back panel with a touch screen;
- wherein
- the keypad portion is slidably and pivotally received in said recess of the main body so that the keypad can be reversed from one side to another side, whereby a switch of input modes is attained.
A hybrid type electronic device comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- an operation pad including opposite front and back panels with a key operating section and a touch screen respectively, said operation pad being slidably and rotatable relative to the main body between first and second operation positions to expose said front panel and said back panel, respectively, for easy access from an exterior.
A method of using a hybrid type electronic device, comprising steps of:
- providing a main body with an operation pad movably mounted on a specific region thereof;
- and
- sliding and rotating the operation pad, thereby mutually exclusively having a first face of the operation pad facing outwardly for a key input use or having a second face of the operation pad facing outwardly for a touch input use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.