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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7835143 | Hinge apparatus for foldable electronic device A hinge apparatus includes a hinge assembly (30) and an enclosure (40). The hinge assembly includes a sleeve (31). The enclosure forms two elastic portions (46) therein. The hinge assembly is slidably received in the enclosure, and the sl... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7440784 | Portable communication apparatus Disclosed is a portable communication apparatus. The portable communication apparatus includes a first housing including a plurality of keys, a second housing including a main display unit and being movable from the first housing about a first hinge axis and being r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433715 | Mobile station for telecommunications system A mobile telecommunications system has a handset and a headset for connection to the handset. The handset includes an RF transceiver for transmitting an outgoing call and receiving an incoming call, and a processor coupled to the RF transceiver that provides audio s... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433486 | Speaker and manufacturing method for the same A lead wire of a voice coil is wired along the surface of a diaphragm. The lead wire is bent toward a reverse side of the diaphragm at a peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm. The lead wire is led to the interior of a frame. An external terminal is provided to ex... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421286 | Telephone alert system A telephone alert system for remotely signaling a person when their mobile phone receives a call includes a vibration detection assembly adapted for detecting vibrations and sending a wireless signal when vibrations are detected. The vibration detection assembly is ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7363023 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. A V-shaped groove is provided adjacent an operation panel, the V-shaped groove containing a first slope s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353048 | Transformer hinge design A mobile terminal having three parts rotatably interconnected by hinges. The terminal can be a mobile telephone having an operative position where a microphone and a loudspeaker are positioned for conversation. When not in operation, the terminal may be positioned a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353003 | Housing for an electronic device A housing for an electronic device is disclosed and comprises a unitary tubular body (1) having an open end (2) for insertion of electronic componentry therein. Preferably, the housing is for a mobile telecommunications device. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7328020 | Mobile-service switching center, base station controller, multicall communication mode supporting terminal and method of changing number of calls in multicall communication mode A method and apparatus of changing the number of calls in a multicall communication mode including detecting an occurrence of handover, transmitting a special message having inserted therein call-number changing information regarding the increase or decrease of a nu... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324807 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321759 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel, a V-shaped groove is provided which contains a first slope stretching awa... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321760 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321757 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321783 | Mobile entertainment and communication device A mobile entertainment and communication device in a palm-held size housing has a cellular or satellite telephone capable of wireless communication with the Internet and one or more replaceable memory card sockets for receiving a blank memory card for recording data... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321758 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321756 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7280844 | Wristwatch type cellular phone A plurality of plane antennas 6-1 and 6-2 are embedded in the equipment body section 1, and every time occurrence of reception failure is detected by the internal electronics circuit, switching between the antennas used is establis... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7257422 | Portable radiotelephone apparatus A portable radiotelephone apparatus having a microphone and an earpiece electrically connected individually to respective wires of a two-wire electrical line, and a retraction mechanism with a one-way lock device for the line. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251323 | Bi-stable hinge and systems using same The present invention provides an improved hinge design for a mobile station or other electronic device that simplifies hinge assembly and thus, provides a more cost-effective manufactured product. Moreover, the improved hinge assembly complements the aesthetic appe... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7239897 | Opening/closing type portable information terminal In an opening/closing type portable information terminal equipped with a display portion housing (1) having a display portion (3) and an operating portion housing (2) having an operating portion (5), under the state that the face of the o... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7227958 | Connector device for detecting insertion or removal of plug from common jack A connector device includes a common jack connected to a first information-handling apparatus and a plug connected to a second information-handling apparatus. The plug is adapted for insertion into the common jack and contains a first conductive surface and a ground... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7209114 | Bracelet with information display and imputting capability A bracelet with information display and inputting capability comprises twelve segments hinged together to allow the bracelet to be folded around the wrist of a user. An information processing unit receives inputted information from an inputting device, for example, ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7200416 | Group specific simplified cellular telephones A group specific communication assembly such as a telephone assembly which is operative to appeal to anyone or all of specific groups of individuals such as, but not limited to, children, teenagers, the elderly, the visually challenged or hearing impaired, the chron... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194099 | Handheld electronics devices with multiple user sensory transducers and methods An electronics device (100), for example, a cellular telephone, includes a plurality of discrete transducers, one of which is a dynamic loudspeaker device (162) and the other being a linear vibrating device (164). In another embodiment, two or m... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7174189 | Method and system for providing mobility to enhanced call service features at remote locations A system and method for providing PBX-like functionality at a remote office location includes the capability of maintaining a network session with a mobile number associated with the remote worker once the worker terminates the remote office session. The system util... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167082 | System, method, and receiver module for alerting users of warning signals A method includes receiving a wireless warning signal. The method also includes identifying a type of warning associated with the wireless warning signal. In addition, the method includes generating at least one stimulus based on the identified type of warning and c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158634 | Portable electronic devices A portable electronic device (100) has a cover part (102) carrying a display (112) connected to a base part (104) carrying a keyboard (118) by means of a hinge arrangement (106). The cover part can move relatively to the bas... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146197 | Portable communication device with two housings connected by cylindrical hinge A portable communication device is disclosed. The portable communication device comprises a first housing extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, a second housing rotated about a first hinge axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the first hous... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7120458 | Data phone with convertible keypad and method of using same A data phone includes a data phone housing and a convertible keypad carried by the housing. The convertible keypad is adapted to convert between a telephone keypad and a keyboard. The telephone keypad has a first number of input keys available for selection by a use... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7102485 | Motion activated communication device A motion activated, voice control communications device interactive with voice mail systems and electronic mail systems and effective as a stand-alone unit. In general, when a motion detector detects motion in the vicinity of the device, a microprocessor receives in... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7076058 | Portable telephone set A first and a second unit 1 and 2 with components mounted thereon in correspondence to respective function blocks, into which portable telephone set functions are grouped, are capable of being slidably moved between a stacked state position and an exte... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069018 | Mobile terminal The invention concerns a mobile terminal (MT) adapted to interact with at least one application such as an automatic answering application and/or a control application, comprising interact browser facilities or remote control facilities, the respective applications ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7023988 | Cover and a method of using the cover A cover for covering electric or electronic components positioned on a board or plate. The cover has a first part attached to the board or plate and a second part, which is detachably attached to the first part. The second part has a lid part and one or more side pa... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6996258 | Portable information terminal device with a rotating imaging element for capturing an image of a fingerprint A portable information terminal device comprising: an enclosure 180 of the portable information terminal device, an imaging element 143 provided within the enclosure 180, a first lens 141 provided within the enclosure 180 for the i... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992657 | Input device An input device with a number of key sets is described. The input device has a first state when the key sets are configured in different levels, and a second state when the key sets are configured to be side-by-side. ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6975273 | Antenna with camera lens assembly for portable radiotelephone The present invention relates to a portable radiotelephone with an antenna unit outwardly protruded therefrom. In the portable radiotelephone, the antenna unit is connected, via a feeding unit, to a main body of the radiotelephone and has a camera lens assembly inst... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973185 | Mobile communications device to be worn on the wrist having flexible battery strap A mobile communication device is constructed for wearing on the wrist of the user. Pivotable side panels are attached to a body and connected through a flexible band and clasp. The clasp includes a housing in which is contained the power supply of the device. The si... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6958681 | Electrical device for sensing a surface The invention herein pertains to sensing a ground surface with the foot while walking. Persons having foot and leg nerve damage are often unable to walk without assistance because they can not recognize the ground surface as with normal foot sensory perception. The ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957049 | Mobile communication unit with bone conduction speaker A lightweight miniature mobile communication unit allows the user to listen sufficiently and talk quietly in a noisy place so that the user can make a call without disturbing nearby people in the crowd. The mobile communication unit uses a bone conduction speaker ( | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954659 | Fashion accessory with wireless signal alerting device A fashion accessory provides a visual alert for the presence of a mobile communication signal from a nearby but not physically connected communication device. The accessory includes a signaling assembly for providing a visual signal when a mobile communication signa... | 10/11/2005 |
