Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7953462 | Apparatus and method for providing an adaptively responsive flexible display device An apparatus and method for providing an adaptively responsive flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device is adaptively responsive to bending and/or motion. Information may be retrieved over a communications network based on the bending and/or... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949378 | Rotatable connecting mechanism for a portable electronic device A rotatable connecting mechanism (100) includes a cover (10), a base (30), a toothed element (20) and an elastic element (24). The cover is rotatably mounted on the base. The toothed element is configured on a surface of the cover ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941190 | Mobile phone A battery cover of a mobile phone includes an input interface formed on one side thereof; and a wireless transmission module. The input interface is capable of operating thereon, and the wireless transmission module is capable of conducting wireless communication be... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937122 | Cellular phone A plurality of operation portions are arranged at a surface on a sub-display side of a cellular phone with a camera so that various kinds of setting, selection and control can be performed without opening the cellular phone in its folded state, and the cellular phon... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937123 | Cellular phone A plurality of operation portions are arranged at a surface on a sub-display side of a cellular phone with a camera so that various kinds of setting, selection and control can be performed without opening the cellular phone in its folded state, and the cellular phon... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933637 | Speaker assemblies and mobile terminals including the same Mobile terminals include a housing, an electronic circuit and a speaker assembly positioned in the housing. The speaker assembly includes a first speaker positioned adjacent a first side of the electronic circuit and a second speaker positioned adjacent the first sp... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930004 | Holder, electrical supply, and RF transmitter unit for electronic devices A holder, electrical supply, and optional radio frequency transmitter unit to hold, supply power to, and receive a data signal from an operating electronic device when the device (e.g., MP3 player) is held in the unit is disclosed. Electrical power enters the unit's... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929278 | Electronic equipment An electronic equipment having a mechanism which, when a display unit side housing and an operation unit side housing are closed together, holds the housings without rattle. The electronic equipment has a first housing, a second housing provided on the first housing... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930005 | Housing and portable electronic device using same A portable electronic device (100) includes a body (10) and a housing (30). The body has a speaker (20) and a groove (13). The speaker is received in the groove. The housing defines at least one main hole (34) and two subsid... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930002 | Method for using multi-function key in a portable phone A method for using a multi-function key for a portable phone having a multi-function key for generating a plurality of input signals. First, menu items are displayed in a main menu upon generation of a first input signal according to manipulation of multi-function k... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930003 | Communication terminal Disclosed herein is a communication terminal which has an adequate structure for keys so as to sufficiently fulfill various communication services, to thereby make the communication terminal compact, and can control operation of the keys so as to minimize a data inp... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930006 | Holder, electrical supply, and RF transmitter unit for electronic devices In one embodiment, an electronic accessory for coupling electronic devices to an external power supply includes: (a) a holder having: (1) a cradle section configured to couple to at least two of the electronic devices, the cradle section comprising a power coupling;... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925309 | Rotatable module with two input devices for a mobile communication apparatus A portable electronic device (1) comprising a first portion (3, 53) including at least one output device (2) for rendering output data and a second portion (4, 54) comprising at least two input devices (10, 11, 20, 30, 40) for manu... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925315 | Portable audio device having reduced sensitivity to RF interference and related methods A portable audio device having reduced sensitivity to RF interference over a predetermined frequency range from an adjacent mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a battery carried thereby, a recharging power input connected to the bat... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925310 | Communication device with stickup structure The present invention provides a communication device comprising an upper panel having a display unit disposed thereon, and a lower panel having a plurality of keys disposed thereon; and a stickup structure having a first rail disposed on the lower surface of the up... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925311 | Keypad for mobile phone A keypad for a mobile phone including a key arrangement having 9 number-keys and a 4-direction key surrounding one of the number-keys. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925312 | Mobile terminal device According to an aspect of an embodiment, a mobile terminal device includes a lower casing, an upper casing, and an intermediate casing, an intermediate casing connected to the lower casing by a hinge structure which enables the intermediate casing to rotate about an... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925313 | Portable electronic device A longitudinally-extending liquid crystal display part is provided at a front face of a first housing. A camera accommodation part is provided at an upper end of a second housing to bulge from a front face of the second housing and extend laterally, and an operating... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925314 | Foldable electronic device A foldable electronic device including a first frame, a second frame, a first connecting rod, and a second connecting rod is provided. The first connecting rod has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end are respectively pivoted on one... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920905 | Mobile phone holder, especially for mechanical vehicle Taught is a mobile phone holder, especially for a mechanical vehicle, having a two-part body with side clamps and provided with a coupling/locking module, which has two step-shaped side clamps (10) on both of its sides. The side clamps are provided with a too... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920904 | Mobile terminal A mobile terminal including a terminal case, a microphone located within the terminal case, and a sound guide unit, is provided. The terminal case includes a first case member, a second case member, and a frame member located between the first case member and the se... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920903 | Microphone techniques Among other features, a boom microphone has a microphone connector; an earcup module includes an earcup connector jack to connect to a headphone and a boom lead-in to receive the microphone connector; and a control module communicates voice signals wirelessly betwee... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916461 | Electronic device with rotatable keyboard An electronic device with a rotatable keyboard is provided. The electronic device includes a casing defining a plurality of button holes, and a pressable plate having a plurality of transparent pressable protrusions. Each of the pressable protrusions exposes itself ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912519 | Mobile communication device with function-assignable side key and method for controlling the side key A mobile communication device includes a side key having at least three buttons disposed on the side of a device body. Each button of the side key has at least two functions assigned differently and independently according to operation mode and key press time. In a ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912520 | Mobile phone A mobile phone having a body including a ground portion, a cover of a metallic material coupled to the body, the cover forming an exterior surface of the mobile phone, and a grounding unit electrically connecting the ground portion of the body to the cover, the grou... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911773 | Apparatus with user interface A handheld electronic device has a central part comprising a display and two pivotable elements. The pivotable elements are pivotably linked to the central part such that the pivotable elements are moveable between a compacted configuration and an extended configura... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907980 | Magnetic levitation sliding structure A magnetic levitation sliding structure is provided for a portable electronic device. The sliding structure includes a first slider member with a guide portion, a second slider member with a receiving portion that mates with the guide portion, a first magnet coupled... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907978 | Mobile terminal A folding mobile telephone includes a 2-axis hinge unit. The end portion of the 2-axis hinge unit is constantly exposed outside the mobile telephone. The exposed portion includes input elements. The input elements can be, for example, a pointing device. The pointing... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907979 | Electronic apparatus, display control method and recording medium An electronic apparatus has a fixed case unit and a movable case unit, and the rotation operability of the movable case unit is improved. The electronic apparatus having the fixed case unit and movable case unit also includes a movable arm, which is fitted openably ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904124 | Radiative focal area antenna transmission coupling arrangement The present invention comprises a docking system for connecting a portable communication device to a further signal transmission line. The docking system may be arranged within a workstation such as a desk or a tray. The system may also envelope a room in a building... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904123 | Shield case and MEMS microphone having it To provide a shield case and an MEMS microphone having the shield case which can secure on a top plate the minimum distance for adhering with a gasket in a view point of airtightness. The shield case according to the invention is a shield case for shielding a... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899503 | Mobile phone with rotatable connecting apparatus A mobile phone (100) includes a base (10), a cover (20) and a connecting apparatus (30). The cover is rotatably mounted on the base. The connecting apparatus connects the cover to the base. Either of the base and the cover defines a leadi... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894187 | Portable electronic apparatus When a unit lock member (130) is engaged with a SIM card (220) mounted in a unit retention mechanism (120), a battery pack (210) can be mounted or removed. When the battery pack (210) is removed, the unit lock member (130) i... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890150 | Wireless communication device and antenna module thereof A antenna module comprises various different single-band miniature antennas respectively coupled to and hid inside individual batteries, and each antenna shares original terminals of the individual battery; the antenna module is allowed to use the terminals to elect... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889483 | Electronic device with slidable keyboard An electronic device includes a bottom cover, and a display unit, a main keyboard, and at least one secondary keyboards mounted on the bottom cover respectively. The bottom cover defines a first guiding slot. The display unit defines at least one second guiding slot... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890149 | Portable terminal The present invention provides a portable terminal enabled to eliminate complexity caused when the placement of a display portion is changed by a user to view a picture. A portable terminal 10 is configured to be able to cause a control portion 20 | 02/15/2011 |
| 7881758 | Electronic apparatus having rotating display housing The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus including a housing unit of which the angle can be varied by a rotation mechanism and is directed to improve the fixation precision of the housing unit that can be fixed at predetermined angles. The apparatus ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877118 | Mobile communication terminal including an aromatic unit for emanating a fragrance A mobile terminal includes a first body, a second body slidably mounted at the first body, and a fragrance emanating unit mounted at one of the first and second bodies and disposed at a portion close to a user's nose when the user performs call communication. A user... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877119 | Mobile communications device with rotatable screen and qwerty keypad Disclosed is a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device includes a first body section having a keypad arranged on a first upper surface thereof; and a second body section connected to the first body section and having a display screen arranged on... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877120 | Battery-operated wireless-communication apparatus and method A combined battery and wireless-communications apparatus and method. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a support, a first conductive layer deposited on a first surface area of the support, a thin-film battery including a cathode layer, a solid-state electr... | 01/25/2011 |
