GB2464868A - Folding telephone with hinge based open/closed proximity detector - Google Patents
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Abstract
A clamshell telephone 100 has first and second parts 102,104 coupled by a hinge 114 and a first sensing means 702,704 operable to sense the open/closed state of the phone based upon the position of the second part 104 relative to the first part 102. A second sensing means (120, figure 1) is provided to detect the presence of a body in close proximity to the telephone when the telephone is open. The telephone 100 is operated in a handset mode when a body is detected and in a speakerphone mode when no body is detected. The first sensing means includes a proximity detector 704 and a protuberance 702 located on the hinge such that the distance between the proximity sensor and protuberance varies as the telephone is opened and closed. The proximity sensor may be a photo-detector 704 located in close proximity to the hinge and a photo-emitter 702 located on the hinge so that the photo-detector and photo-emitter are in substantial alignment when the cover is moved to the closed position.
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FOLDING TELEPHONE
This invention r&ates generally to the field of electronic devices and in the preferred embodiment to a twopieee electronic device, such as a. toiding ra.dotelephone t * * The present invention seeks to provide improved electronic devices including. for exampe radotelephones or cellular telephones. MIdAs, portable. computers. gaining devices, audio and video players, still and video cameras.
According to an aspect of the present inventton. there is provided an electronte device as specified in claim 1.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a folding telephone as specified in claim 4.
According to another aspect of the irese.nt invention, there is provftled art eiectronc.
device as specified in claim 5, According to another aspect of the present inveniton, there s provtded an electronic device as specified in claim 7.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a folding telephone as speci ed in claim 20.
The telephone is preferably a radio telephone.
An electronic device in accordance with certain entbodin:tents ot the invention has a.
first piece, it second piece ntoveahl.e. with respect to the first piece. and a osttiort sensor operable, to sense the postjon of' the second piece relative to the first otece. the electronic device is operated in a first mode or a second mode dependent upon the. position of the second piece relaflve to the first piece.
One embodiment of the invention relates to a folding radiotelephone, also known as a e.irunsheii phone or flip phone., having a. base, a cover n'toveable hetween an open pos';tion and a closed position with respect to the. base, and a sensor operable to sense the position of the cover. The radiotelephone is operated in an ac vaterl mode when the cover is in the open position and in a. standby or off mode when the cover is in the closed osition.
Optionally, a. proximity sensor is proviaed. to detect the presence of a body in close proximity to the radiotelephone when the cover is in the open position. The radiotelephone is operated in a handset mode when a body is detected in close proximity to the radrotelephone an.d in a spea.kerphone mod.e wnen 110 body is detected.
Embodiments of the. present invention are described below, by way of example only, with reference t.o the accompanying drawings in which: FEc;. is a representation ot a radotelephone in accordance with an einbothnient of the mvc000n.
FiG 2 is a side iew of an opcn radiotelephone in accordance walt an cmbodment ol the inve000m HG. 3 is a side view eta dosed radiotelephone i naccordance with an eniPodiment of the inventionS HG< 4 is a side\ iew otan open eadiotelephone in accordance with a further enibodimcnt otthe invention, HG. S is a side slew of a dosed radiotelephone in accordance with a turther enthocuntent ol the invention, HG. 6 is a sectional view ot'a radiotelephone in accordance with a still furthe enthoditnent of the invention.
FEC. 7 is a side view of an open radiotelephone in accordance with a still turther embodiment of the invention HG. S is a side view of a dosed radiotelephone in aceni dance with a still further embodiment of the invention.
HG. 9 is diagrammatic representation of a radiotelephone in accordance wan an embodiment of the present invention.
While this inventIon is susceptible of embodiment in ninny different forms, there is shown in the drawings and will herein he described in detail one or more specific embodiments. with the tinuerstandmg that the Present disclosure is to be considered as exeniplarv of the principles of the tnvention and not intended to lana the invention to the snccthc embodiments shown and described.
The present invention relates ceneralleto electrone devices includinc, but net Inntted to. radmtelephones. PDKs, portable computers gaining devices, audio and video players and still and video cameras, and may or may not portable. 1 he electronic de ice is operable in a first mode and a second mode and includes two pieces a first piece and a second piece. (he second piece is nioveabte between an open poston and a closed position with respect to the first piece. The device also includes a processing circuit that is operable to control uperauon of the device and a photoelectric sensor operable to sense the position of the second piect with respect to the first nece. [he ekctronic device is cperate.d in the first mode when the second piece is in the open nosition and in the second mode when the second piece is in the eiose.a position.
cL.(.\csci 1... 1.. L.. .. .. . in this embodiment, the radiotelephone is equipped wtth a. photoetectre sensor that is onerable to sense whether the cover is in an open position or a closed position. in one ernbodhnem, as shown in flG. 1, the photoekctnc sensor comprises a pnotoe.mttter 116 located in the cover and a photodetector 11$ located in the base. In a thrther embodiment, the photoemitter is ioeatea in the base and the photocietector is located in the cover.
The radioteletihone is equipped with a proxtmty detector or proximity sensor 120, that may be located in the cover (as shown in the figure) or in the base. When the cover is open. the. provinitv detector i 20 detects the presence of a body in ciose proximity to the radi.otetephone. if a body is detected, it is assumed that the body is the head of the user ana.
the radiotelenhone is oneratect in a normat handhcdd mode. if no body is detected. it is.
assumed. that the telephone is being used in a speakerphone mode. in this mode, a loudspeaker is activated to increase the level o the sound generated by the. telephone. in addition. an acoustc echo cancel1aton circuit mar' be activated to reduce feedback ti'om the loudspeaker to the microphone. of the radiotelephone. in this manner, the radiotelephone switches autnnat.ieal lv from, a aandhela mode of operation to a speakerphone mode of operation without nterve.ntion from the user. Optionally, a facility may be provided rcfr the user can override the automatic mode selection.
A side view of a radiotelephone is shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 2 shows the radioteepaone 100 with the cover 104 in an open position relative to the. base. 02. in this embodiment of the invention, light 2.02 is emitted from the photoemtter lid. The ptoto emitter 116 may be an infrared liED, Oar example. When the cover i 04 is open. the. heht 202 is not received by the photoadetector 11, and the radiotelephone, is activated.
f.ftJ 3 shows the. radiotelephone 100 with cover 104 in an almost closed position relative to the base 102. As the cover 104 is dosed, light 202 is received by the photo detector 1. 18, and the radiotelephone is deactivated or piaced in a stand by mode.
In one embodiment, the. photodetector detects when the hot -emitter is les:s than I 5mni from tl"e. photo detector The nhoto e: itter may generate a sequence of pulses rather than a continuous beam so as to reduce power consumption. $
A d'ew a radoteIephn.e m aai'e wtb a IL emhnt o te wcfltK>r. shown n ft 4. n F U 4 tht cover 10$ oith dekphonc 10 is m an 1;ty tc the 02 ad hence the. radioteknhone is ac:jvateL Also the iiht ft receives. The ievel of this eleetnesi signal is compared to a threshold level to detennine if the cover is in art onen uosition 01' It ciosed position.
The integral paeka e of the. photocrnitter 11 fY, photoueteetor ii 8 and. opaque -. tXTh / 10 hadheid od (a'so rerrd to t&s niod). J'e of iight reedved by the photodetector I I 8' is the ieas when the ttho.nc is open hut withoui the Desence ot' a body. aeater when a both is. psesent hioekI the photo-detector. i$). and provuies audio signals to a loudspeaker 112 in the cover 104. A photoernitter ii 0 in the cover 104 emits lIght, such as infrared light, that is received by a photoraetector I located in the. base 1.02. In operation, when light is detected by the photodetector 1. IS, a signal is sent to the display driver circuit 912 and the processing circuit 90$ to indicate that a standby node of oneration should be entered. A proximity sensor LW located in e.ithe.r the cove:r 10$ or the base. 102, detects when a bmiv (such as the head of a User) 15 in dose proximity to the radiotelephone. ft no body is detected, a signal is sent to the processing circuit 90$ and to the spcakerphone driver circuit 9 i 6 to indicate that the speakerphon.e.
mode of operation should be entered.
WhUe various embodiments has'e been dcscrtbed it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in ham and detail may he made therein without.
departing iron the scope of the appended claims.
The disclosures in I.Jnited States ment application No. I 0/9474)88. from whcn this application claims priority, and in the abstract accompanying this application are nc.orporated herein by reference.
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- CUt! MS I. A toldrng telephone. operabk in a speaik.errhonc mode and a hanctset mode, inchm.ing: a) a first pait hi a second part mo'eabk between an open position and a closed position with respect to the fIrst part; c a first Sensing means Pin sensing the position of the secord part with respect to the first part; and d) a second sensing means for detecting the msence of a body ciose. to the telephone when the second. part is in the open position; wherein the telel hone is operated in the nandset. mode when a body is detected and in the spcaherphone mode when no body is defected; the telephone further induding a hinge moveahiy couphn the. second pan to the first part, wherein the first sensing means includes: a photmdetector located in close proximity to the hinge; and a. photoennrter located on ti.e bin cc.; wherein the hotode.tector and the photo-emitter arc in substantial alignment when the cover is moved to the closed position.
- 2. A bIding telephone in accordance with claim I. ineludina a processing means for comnrolling operation of the telephone, wherein the. nrocessing means is operable to enter a standoy mode when the photoelectric sensor si nais that the second part. is in the closed position.
- 3 Afbldina telephone in accordance with claim I or 2, including a Uisp)av means for displavina te)epno.ne functions and status infbmniation, wherein the display means is disabled when the photoelectric sensor signals that the second part is in the closed position.
- 4. A folding telephone, operable ifl a speakerphone mode and a handset mode including: a) a first part: In a second part moveafre between an open position and a closed osition with resncct to the first part; e) a first sensing means for sensing the. sosnion of the secono van with respect to the. first part: and d) a second sensing means Ibm detection the presence of a body close tn the tetephone when the seconu part is in the open position: wherein the telephone is operated i.n the handset mode when a hod is detected and in the speaherahone. mode when no hodvis detected: the. telephone further including a hinge conning the second part to the first part.wherein the first sensing means includes: a proximity sensor located in ckse proximity to the hinge; and a. protuberance extending from the hinge; wherein the dstanee between the previnnty sensor and the protuberance varies the. second part is moved between the open Position and the closed.r<5i tion.
- 5. An electronic device, operable in a first mode. and a second mode. including: a) a. first part; h) a second part coupled by a hinge to the first part and move.ahie with respect to the first part; c) a procuherance extending from the linac; and d a prox.insitv sensor located in close proximity to the hinge. such that the distance between the proximity sensor and the protnherance. varies as the. second part is.moved with. respeet to the first part. the. proximity sensor operable to sense the nosition of the second part relative to the first part: wherein the device is switched between the first mode and the second mode dependent upon the position of the second part relative to the first part.
- 6. An electronic device in accordance with claim 5, wherein the electronic device is a radiotelephone, I., t tLtO ilk ae x il* a i iNt to k id oni mak a) a trst firt b a second part moveable with respect to the first part e) a processing circuit openthle to control operation of the device; and d) a photoelectric sensor opeanhie to sense the position of the second part with respect to the. ftrst part and to switch the device between the first mode and the second mode dependent upon the position of the second part with respect to the first part.8. An electronic device in accordance with claim
- 7. wherein the photoelectric sensor includes; a photoe.mnter; and a. ghotodeteetor positioned to receive light from the ptioto-einitter when the second part is in a closed position with respect to the first part.9. An electronic devtce hi accordance. wait claim 8, wherein the photoerniper is operable to emit a series of lipht pulses.ill An electronic device in accordance with claim 7, wherein the photoelectric sensor comprises; a hotoe.m iner located in the. second part.; and a paoto-detector located in the first part and posffloned to receive light from the photoefnitter when the second part is in a closed position ssith respect to the first part.II. An electronic device in accordance with claim 7, wherein the photoelectric sensor comprises; a photo-emitter located in the. first part; and a piioto.'detector located in the second part and posthoned to receive flht from the photo-emitter when the second part is in a closed position wOb respect to the first part.I 2. An electronic device in accordance with claim 7. wherein the nhotoclectric sensor comprises a photo<rnitter and a photo-detector located in the first part and positioned to receive liitht reflected from a reflective region of the sevond part when the second part is in a closed postton with respect to the first part.13. An electronic device in accordance with claim 12. wherein the photo-enritter is arranged to emit light throuch an emitter lens and the photo-detector is arranged to receive light throuch a receiver lens, the. emitter lens and the. receiver lens being aligned with respect to the reflective region of the second part so to rnaxnnize the amount of light passing from the photo emitter to the hoto-dete.ctor, 14. An electronic device in accordance with claim 7. wherein the: photoeiect.rie sensor comnrises a photo-emitter and a photo-detector located in the second part and positioned to receive light reflected from a refieetve reaton of' the first part when the second part is in a closed position with respect to the first nart.5. An eiectromc. device in accordance. with any of claims *Ito 14, wherein the photoelectric sensor includes a photodiode positioned to receive light from an infrared LED.16. An. electronic devtce in accordance with any of claims 7 to 15. wherein the processing circuit is operable to enter an activated mode when the photoelectric sensor signals that the second part is in an open position with respect to the first part.17. An electronic device, in accordance with any of cla'ms 7 to 6. inciudina a display for dispia t'ing device firncti'nns and status infisrmation wherein the display is deactivated when the photoelectdc sensor signals that the second part isin a closed Posdion with respect to the tirst part.1$. An electronic device in accordance wIth any of claims 7 to 7. including a disphwil;r displayina device functions and status mtormation, wherein the dis layis operated in a standh mode when the photcekcthe sensor signals that the second paul is ma closed position with respect to the first part.9. An electronic device in accordance with. any of claims 7 to 1
- 8. wherein the electronic device is a radjotelentone 20. A ibidin telephone operable in a speaherphone mode and a handset mode, including: a a first part: h) a second part inoveable between an open position and a dosed position with respect to the first part; c) a posjtion sensor ope:rahie to sense the position of the second part with respect to the first art: and d) a pray inlity sensor operable to detect the prc.sence of a body in close proxinifty to the telephone when the second an. is in the open position and operable to select the handset mode when a. body is deeeted and the speakerphone mode when no body is detected..21. A ibidinu telephone in. accordance. with claim 20, wherein the pro.x';iit' sensor is a sensor selected from the group consisting of an nductive sensor, a capacitive sensor, a maenctic sensor, an eddy current sensor, a photoelectric sensor, and an ultrasonic. sensor.2 A Iblding telephone in. accordance with claim 20 or 21. wherein: the proximitx sensor includes a photoernitter. a photmde.tector and an opaque barrter in an integral package. located in second first part: and the position isor neludes the photoeniitter and a second photodetector located in the first part so that the photo cradLes of the. proxinnts sensor operates as a photo emitter of the position sensor.23. A ñfiding telephone in accordance. with claim 2) or 21 wherein the proxhnirv sensor inchrdes a photcanntitter. a photodctector and an opaque barrier in an integraf package iocated. in the second part die position sensor includes the proxhnitv sensor and a reflective region of' the first part and the photodeteeLc3r of the proximity sensor is positioned to receive iht emitted by the photoemitter and reflected from the refleethe region of the first part when the second part is in. a cosed position with respect to the first part.Amendments to the Claims have been filed as follows:CLAIMS1. A folding telephone, operable in a speakerphone mode and a handset mode, including: a) a first part; b) a second part moveable between an open position and a closed position with respect to the first part; c) a first sensing means for sensing the position of the second part with respect to the first part; and d) a second sensing means for detecting the presence of a body close to the telephone when the second part is in the open position; wherein the telephone is operated in the handset mode when a body is detected and in the speakerphone mode when no body is detected; the telephone further including a hinge moveably coupling the second part to the first part, wherein the first sensing means includes: a photo-detector located in close proximity to the hinge; and a protuberance extending from the hinge, the protuberance being arranged to move with *5*5** the second part and includes a photo-emitter; wherein the photo-detector and the photo-emitter are in substantial alignment when the cover is moved to the closed position, the photo-detector being arranged to detect the cover being in a closed position in dependence on said alignment of the photo-emitter, wherein the second sensing a.'.s..' means is arranged to utilize the photo-emitter of the first sensing means to detect the presence of a a. *sS V.2. A folding telephone in accordance with claim 1, including a processing means for controlling operation of the telephone, wherein the processing means is operable to enter a standby mode when the photoelectric sensor signals that the second part is in the closed position.3. A folding telephone in accordance with claim 1 or 2, including a display means for displaying telephone functions and status information, wherein the display means is disabled when the photoelectric sensor signals that the second part is in the closed position.
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