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US 8,301,210 B2Granted
Communication device
AssigneeHTC Corporation
InventorJohn C. Wang
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Abstract
A communication device includes a first casing, a second casing, a hinge, a keyboard and an antenna. The hinge is connected to the first casing and the second casing, so that the first casing is capable of rotating with respect to the second casing. The keyboard for inputting data is disposed at the second casing. The keyboard can be a QWERTY keyboard, a AZERTY keyboard, a QWERTZ keyboard or a DVORAK keyboard. The antenna for sending or receiving a communication signal is disposed in the first casing or the second casing.
Claims20
A foldable hand-held communication device, comprising:
- a first casing and a second casing;
- a hinge connected to the first casing and the second casing, so that the first casing is capable of rotating a first angle greater than 90 degrees and a second angle greater than the first angle with respect to the second casing for switching the communication device to operate in one of a first operating mode and a second operating mode by one hinge, wherein the first angle corresponds to the first operating mode and the second angle corresponds to the second operating mode;
- a multi-direction key disposed at the second casing for inputting commands;
- a keyboard disposed at a surface plane of the second casing for inputting data, wherein the keyboard is one of a QWERTY keyboard, an AZERTY keyboard, a QWERTZ keyboard and a DVORAK keyboard, the keyboard has a plurality of long-shaped keys perpendicular to the hinge, and has a same width as the first casing;
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- an antenna disposed in the second casing for sending or receiving a communication signal.
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A communication device, comprising:
- a first casing and a second casing;
- a two-stop hinge connected to the first casing and the second casing, wherein the first casing is capable of rotating a first angle greater than 90 degrees and a second angle greater than the first angle with respect to the second casing, so that the two-stop hinge is capable of switching the communication device to operate in one of a first operating mode and a second operating mode by one hinge;
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- a keyboard disposed at the second casing for inputting data, wherein the keyboard is one of a QWERTY keyboard, an AZERTY keyboard, a QWERTZ keyboard and a DVORAK keyboard, the keyboard has a plurality of long-shaped keys perpendicular to the hinge, and has a same width as the first casing;
- wherein the first angle is formed between the first casing and the second casing when the communication device is switched to operate in the first operating mode and the second angle is formed between the first casing and the second casing when the communication device is switched to operate in the second operating mode.
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A communication device, comprising:
- a first casing and a second casing;
- a hinge connected to the first casing and the second casing, so that the first casing is capable of rotating a first angle greater than 90 degrees and a second angle greater than the first angle with respect to the second casing for switching the communication device to operate in one of a first operating mode and a second operating mode by one hinge;
- a multi-direction key disposed at the second housing for inputting commands;
- a keyboard disposed at a surface plane of the second casing for inputting data, wherein the keyboard is one of a QWERTY keyboard, an AZERTY keyboard, a QWERTZ keyboard and a DVORAK keyboard, the keyboard has a plurality of long-shaped keys and a long-axis direction of the long-shaped keys is not parallel to the hinge, the keyboard has a same width as the first casing;
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- a display disposed at the first casing for displaying an image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.