Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7505581 | Folder type mobile terminal A mobile terminal having a folder configured for protection against damage to a display module, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), due to an external impact is provided. Buffering members disposed in various positions between the display module and the upper co... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7463734 | Display window cover assemblies and electronic devices and methods using the same An electronic device has a display window and includes a composite display window cover assembly and a display device. The composite display window cover assembly is disposed in the display window. The composite display window cover assembly includes a glass panel a... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7424306 | Apparatus for temporarily storing phone numbers and short messages An apparatus for temporarily storing phone numbers and short messages is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing including electronics operable to receive an input and display a sequence of no more than seventeen characters in response to the input. The electron... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423557 | Key input device combined with key display unit and digital appliance having the same A key input device combined with a key display unit and a digital appliance having the same are disclosed. The key input device includes a key display unit for displaying a character or an image that identifies a key, a touch sensing unit that moves down and up by a... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421269 | Functional cover for use with a wireless terminal A wireless communication terminal has a user exchangeable cover part. The wireless communication terminal and user exchangeable cover part are electrically interconnected by means of an electrical connector. The user exchangeable cover part comprises identification ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409058 | Display cover for a communication device A cover for a display device for a communication device is provided. The cover comprises: external dimensions shaped to fit said cover in a case for said communication device; a top surface; a bottom surface; a non-opaque region adapted to cover said display device ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7372958 | Portable communication apparatus A portable communication apparatus includes arrow keys for moving a highlight bar to select one of a plurality of information items displayed on screen and an Enter key for executing a selected information item. The arrow keys and the Enter key are disposed close to... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7333840 | Mobile communication terminal An improved mobile communication terminal (100) is obtained, which is easy to operate while protecting the main display (102) when not in use. This is realized in the invention by letting the display body part, i.e. the first body part (101), to... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328050 | Mobile communication device A mobile communication device has a main body, a display unit, an input unit. The display unit is pivotally connected with the body unit by a joint, which is located on a rim of the display unit. The input unit has a lower input module and an upper input module. The... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321781 | Cellular telephone design for the elderly A cellular telephone designed specifically to be visually appealing and practical for the elderly and those with reduced dexterity. Although the keypad buttons on the cellular telephone are approximately 260 square millimeters and have large spaces between adjacent ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7308288 | System and method for prioritized interface design A system and method for prioritized interface design are disclosed. In one embodiment of a system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, a wireless-enabled device may include a display, a user input mechanism, and a housing component that at least partia... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7280101 | Fingertip tactile-sense input device and personal digital assistant using it A fingertip tactile sense input device for a personal digital assistant capable of various input operations produced by a moving fingertip over projections recognized by the fingertip tactile sense. An input plate has a plurality of fingertip input projections and i... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280857 | Mobile communications device having rotating display and camera A hand-held mobile communications device including a housing; a movable section movably mounted to the housing; and at least one spring. The movable section includes a display screen. The movable section is adapted to axially rotate relative to the housing to move t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7259772 | Apparatus, method, and medium for controlling image orientation An apparatus, method, and medium for controlling image orientation are disclosed. An orientation mode detector measures multi-directional rotational angles of a display panel and determines an orientation mode for original image data based on the measured rotational... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257430 | Self configuring multiple element portable electronic device A self configuring multiple element portable electronic device (100) and method is provided. The device comprises at least a first electronic element (104) and a second electronic element (106) and a joint (112) connecting the first elect... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254376 | Wearable phone and method of using the same A wearable phone and a method of using the same is provided. The phone includes a glove; a display mounted on the glove and including a user interface, the display on which a virtual key pad is displayed; a sensor on the glove disposed under the display, the sensor ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248899 | Portable terminal apparatus having an improved display drive controller A problem of this invention is to satisfy both of securement of visibility of a display unit and suppression of noises at the time of a telephone call etc. using a receiver and a microphone. In a portable terminal apparatus which relates to the invention, a control ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239323 | Color display driving apparatus in a portable mobile telephone with color display unit A color display driving apparatus that simultaneously on-screen displays an RGB format color image and a YUV format color image on the same color display unit. A first memory stores YUV data, and a YUV-RGB converter converts YUV data read from the first memory to RG... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7212845 | Portable terminal device capable of displaying information in a closed state A folding mobile telephone having an upper terminal body and a lower terminal body is provided. The upper terminal body has an upper part with a liquid crystal display and a base, such that the upper part and the base are connected to each other via lock mechanism. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206617 | Mobile communication device and a cover for the same A mobile telephone (1) comprising keys (5 to 10, rows 11 to 14) hinged from the end opposite to a display (2) so as to allow positioning of the keys partly over the display (2) to place soft keys (5,7) next to ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206616 | Handphone capable of inputting characters like keyboard A handphone including a phone body and a cover and which is capable of inputting characters using both a keypad installed on the phone body and an extra keypad installed on the cover in the manner in which characters are input through a computer keyboard. The phone ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7187764 | Automatic speak-up indication for conference call attendees A conference call arrangement, conferencing device, conference unit and a method of managing conference calls. The conferencing device may be a speakerphone with a speak up indicator. Whenever a conference call attendee does not speak loudly enough for remote partic... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187951 | Mobile telephone, method of controlling display thereon, and program for said method Disclosed is a mobile telephone in which content displayed in an auxiliary display area is operatively associated with content displayed in a main display area to make possible more effective utilization of the auxiliary display area. A function that presents a disp... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185818 | Rotatable/removeable keyboard A system that facilitates desirable orientation of a display on a machine data reader comprises a keypad that is moveable with respect to a body of the machine data reader, the keypad utilized to relay information to the machine data reader. The system further compr... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181250 | Mobile phone A mobile phone of the present invention has a structure in which a second case is provided with a sub-display unit and an LED for indicating an incoming call, both of which can be watched even in a state where the mobile phone is folded. The sub-display unit is prov... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181006 | Portable terminal device having timer A portable terminal device has a timer directly transmitting a signal to a displaying circuit. The displaying circuit directly receives the signal from the timer at set time intervals to update time display of a display part. The control part of the portable termina... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181240 | Terminal apparatus, communication terminal apparatus, and program When a terminal apparatus such as a cellular phone having a main body and a subsidiary body provided with a display unit, receives a digital terrestrial television broadcasting signal including multiplexed video data and text data, an image process is executed to di... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174195 | Foldable portable telephone having a display portion selectively put into a lengthwise state or an oblong state and a pair of front camera portions In a foldable portable telephone set including a lower unit (20) having a console portion (12), an upper unit (30) having a display portion (11), and a hinge portion (13) for joining the lower unit to the upper unit so as to enable... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167558 | Foldable portable telephone A piece of data to be sent by mail is selected from data displayed on the back surface liquid crystal in the state of the portable telephone being folded. The selected data is sent with a button operating. Upon completion of the mail sending, the mail sending ends w... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162282 | Interchangeable covering additions to a mobile communication device for display and key reorientation A mobile communications device including an interchangeable covering addition for display and key reorientation is provided. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162030 | Communication device with rotating housing The present invention encompasses an electronic device that comprising two housings connected via a hinge. The two housing are capable of rotating about one and another. The two housing may be rotated to place the electronic device in an open or closed position. Ele... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158816 | Foldable and portable mobile communication terminal A foldable and portable mobile communication terminal is formed as a two-folded type in which a lower-side body unit and upper-side unit are coupled openably and closably by a two-shaft hinge mechanism. The two-shaft hinge mechanism includes a first hinge unit that ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7159194 | Orientation dependent functionality of an electronic device An electronic device is provided that includes a housing, a plurality of modules, a sensor and a selection mechanism. The housing has multiple housing segments, with each segment housing one of the plurality of modules. The sensor detects an orientation of the elect... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156693 | Electronic apparatus with pointing device on the housing An electronic apparatus has a housing and a pointing device. The housing has an outside wall that includes an outer surface exposed outward of said housing, and an operation area in the outer surface. The pointing device has a flat input surface laid on the inner su... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7141313 | Light emitting device There are provided a light emitting device and an electronic device, which are light, have low consumption power and a low cost. When an organic light emitting material (1204b) is included in the positions between the lattices of a heavy metal complex ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139395 | Sound guide for speaker and handset for mobile communication using the same A sound guide for a speaker is capable of guiding a sound of a desired volume to a desired position regardless of installation structure of the speaker. The sound guide for a speaker includes a speaker support for supporting the speaker in a case, and a sound guide ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138962 | Multi-task interactive wireless telecommunications device A portable wireless telecommunications device has electronic computer visual display includes at least one central display screen and at least two additional screens respectively disposed foldably to the right and left of said central screen, for displaying simultan... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7120474 | Communication device A communications device comprising a body and an attached cover having an aperture, wherein the device has a closed configuration in which portions of the body are covered and an open configuration in which at least some of the portions covered in the closed configu... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7110796 | Portable terminal device having a display unit utilizing a holographic screen A portable terminal device, which employs a display unit utilizing a holographic screen, a main housing, a holographic screen, and an optical system. The holographic screen is disposed at a predetermined portion of the main housing while being exposed to an exterior... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110797 | Multifunction cellular phone The invention provides a portable and compact multifunction cellular phone that can include both a cellular phone function and a large number of other functions and is integrally provided with a function for enjoying games, music, images, data, and the like. The mul... | 09/19/2006 |
