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Video telephone equipment

Patent 5491507 Issued on February 13, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject October 22, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

D297734

D297735

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Telephone handset with static discharge prevention
Patent #: 4796288
Issued on: 01/03/1989
Inventor: Busche ,   et al.

Variable configuration portable telephone
Patent #: 5151946
Issued on: 09/29/1992
Inventor: Martensson

Head-set telephone device and method
Patent #: 5177784
Issued on: 01/05/1993
Inventor: Hu, et al.

Bone conductive ear microphone and method Patent #: 5280524
Issued on: 01/18/1994
Inventor: Norris

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 139700 filed on 10/22/1993

US Classes:

348/14.02, Over wireless communication379/433.02, Speaker mounting (i.e., speaker phone feature)379/433.03, Microphone mounting379/433.04, Display on handset455/556.1, Integrated with other device455/566Having display

Examiners

Primary: Chan, Wing F.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0492748 EP 07/13/1992
  • 2659514 FR 09/13/1991
  • 60-21636 JP. 02/13/1985
  • 61-104653 JP. 07/13/1986
  • 1-120159 JP 05/13/1989
  • 774750 JP. 08/13/1989
  • 1-227555 JP 09/13/1989
  • 3-109891 JP 05/13/1991
  • 3-162024 JP 07/13/1991
  • 4-117849 JP. 04/13/1992
  • 8909524 WO 10/13/1989

International Class

H04M 011/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1992-10-23 JP

Abstract

A handy type video telephone equipment which permits a user to transmit and receive pictures and speech with a casing held in one hand. A speaker is arranged at the upper end part of the front of the casing which is thin and vertically long, while a microphone is arranged at the lower end part thereof. A display panel and a control panel are interposed between the speaker and the microphone. A camera is mounted on the casing so as to be capable of altering its angle. The speaker is detachably mounted, and it is usable as an earphone when detached. The user's movements are not hampered during the transmission and reception, and the equipment can assume various communication or service attitudes conforming to the contents of information for the communications.

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