Wrist-mounted protable telephone set
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1. a perspective view of another of construction example of the conventional type of wrist mounted portable cellular telephone BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 0013 With reference to the accompanying drawings embodiments of the present invention will be described A wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set of the present invention comprises a portable section A constructed of indispensable ones of constituent elements of the portable cellular telephone set which indispensable ones are required in performing a voice transmitting receiving operation and a stationary section B constructed of the remaining constitu ent elements of the portable cellular telephone set wherein the stationary section comprises a character input portion through which a user of the portable cellular telephone set can input desired characters to the portable cellular tele phone set When the user wishes to input the characters the portable section A of the portable cellular telephone is coupled to the character input unit of the stationary section B of the same portable cellular telephone which stationary section B is separated from the portable section A This enables the user to input his her selected characters to the portable cellular telephone by using the character input buttons of the character input unit 0014 FIG 1 is a perspective view of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set of the present invention ill2. design preferably as described in the above embodiment the upper lid 7 is curved inwardly at a predetermined radius of curvature in construction so that the user has the portable section of his her portable cellular telephone set to fit his her wrist without feeling any physical disorder In this case preferably a display device of the display panel is flexible in construction 0027 On the other hand the stationary section B which is formed into an independent body separated from the portable section A has a predetermined size and an arbitrary shape both suitable for desk top use and is pro vided with the character input portion 11 which is connected with the switches 3 of the housing 1 Disposed in this character input portion 11 is an alphanumeric input switch 12 When the character input portion 11 is connected with the housing 1 it becomes possible for the user to write the necessary information such as the phone numbers and the like into the memory and also possible for the user to input his her message and the like to his her portable cellular telephone set 0028 In charging the battery of the portable section A it is possible to use a battery charger which is an indepen dent charger separated from the portable section A It is also possible for the stationary section B to have a battery charging function FIG 4 shows one of examples of this type stationary section B which is capable of performing a bat
3. for hardware to be wearable As for a portable cellular telephone too it is ideal for a user of the portable cellular telephone to put the phone within his her reach so that he she can answer a phone call immediately 0003 Consequently a conventional wrist mounted type of portable cellular telephone shown in FIG 6 and worn on the user s wrist in a similar manner as that for a wrist watch has been proposed In use the user mounts the wrist mounted type of portable cellular telephone on his her wrist by using a wrist mounting means and in this state com municates with his her communication partner through the portable phone 0004 However the conventional wrist mounted type portable cellular telephone shown in FIG 6 is disadvanta geous in that although its display panel 21 has no problem when the user checks his her communication partner s phone number and the like on this display panel 21 during communication with his her communication partner using his her own voice its tiny display panel 21 is insufficient in clearly displaying the E mail messages and information obtained through the Internet and the wrist mounted por table cellular telephone 0005 On the other hand there is another conventional wrist mounted portable cellular telephone As shown in FIG 7 this another conventional portable cellular telephone provided with a curved housing 22 which extends along a person s wrist and is provided with a display pane
4. its thickness in an easy manner and released from any restriction on the angle of visibility thereof which means that even if the user observes the display panel in a direction substantially in parallel with the display panel he she can t recognize any change in image quality on the display panel These are advantages inherent in the organic EL display panel 0019 Further of the operating switches of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone those indispensible operating switches 3 used in operating the portable section A are disposed in the front surface of the portable section A Each of these operating switches 3 is used in manually inputting the input signals to the portable section A and is constructed of a tact switch a light touch switch or the like In case that any one of the tact switches light touch switches and the like is used it is preferable to use a so called illuminated type switch a button of which is illuminated from a back side thereof 0020 The switches 3 may vary in shape and in function For example the switches 3 are formed into various pro jecting shapes such as a triangular shape an oval shape and the like so as to facilitate the user s manual operation of these switches 3 using his her fingertips wherein the switches 3 comprise an upper a lower a right and a left arrow button in addition to a decision button By combining US 2005 0141700 A1 each of these arrow b
5. mounted por table cellular telephone becomes too complicated in con struction and too large in size which impairs the conven tional wrist mounted portable cellular telephone in portability and also in design freedom 0008 Due to this there are recognized a certain restric tion on the size of wrist mounted portable cellular telephone which should be comfortably worn on the person s wrist This makes it substantially elements such as the radio receiving circuit display panel microphone loudspeaker batteries and like components together with the buttons for inputting both the phone numbers and characters to the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone If these compo nents are mounted in the housing of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone the wrist mounted portable cel lular telephone thus constructed becomes poor in operabil ity 0009 In view of the problems inherent in the conven tional wrist mounted portable cellular telephone the present invention was made Consequently it is an object of the present invention to provide a wrist mounted portable cel lular telephone set excellent in design and comfortableness in wear and also in operability wherein constituent ele ments or components of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone are separated from each other only indispensable ones of the thus separated constituent elements are collected to form a portable section worn on a person s wrist and the re
6. US 20050141700A1 a Patent Application Publication co Pub No US 2005 0141700 Al as United States Takeda et al 43 Pub Date Jun 30 2005 54 WRIST MOUNTED PROTABLE TELEPHONE GH USS Clee rn ee ace 379 433 1 SET 76 Inventors Takeshi Takeda Tokyo JP Michio 57 ABSTRACT Akita Tokyo JP Correspondence Address ARLEN L OLSEN SCHMEISER OLSEN amp WATTS 3 LEAR JET LANE SUITE 201 LATHAM NY 12110 US 21 Appl No 10 513 385 22 PCT Filed May 2 2003 86 PCT No PCT JP03 05608 30 Foreign Application Priority Data May 2 2002 JP en 2002130952 Publication Classification 51 Int CI nn HO4M 1 00 HO4M 9 00 A wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set has its constituent elements separated from each other Indispens able ones of the elements are collected to form a portable section which is mountable on a person s wrist The remain ing ones of the elements are collected to form an indepen dent body As a result the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set is improved in design comfortableness in wear and in operability The independent body forms a stationary section which is provided with a character input means and separated from the portable section The portable section is provided with all the function of a cellular phone other than those functions already provided in the stationary section The wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set is constructed of the stationary se
7. ction and the portable sec tion A character input control signal is transmitted from a character input means of the stationary section to a display panel of the portable section Patent Application Publication Jun 30 2005 Sheet 1 of 7 US 2005 0141700 A1 FIG 1 Patent Application Publication Jun 30 2005 Sheet 2 of 7 US 2005 0141700 A1 FIG 2 Patent Application Publication Jun 30 2005 Sheet 3 of 7 US 2005 0141700 A1 FIG 3 Patent Application Publication Jun 30 2005 Sheet 4 of 7 US 2005 0141700 A1 FIG 4 Patent Application Publication Jun 30 2005 Sheet 5 of 7 US 2005 0141700 A1 FIG 5 Patent Application Publication Jun 30 2005 Sheet 6 of 7 US 2005 0141700 A1 FIG 6 Patent Application Publication Jun 30 2005 Sheet 7 of 7 US 2005 0141700 A1 FIG 7 23 ans CALL TME o00 2S41 22 24 US 2005 0141700 A1 WRIST MOUNTED PROTABLE TELEPHONE SET FIELD OF THE INVENTION 0001 The present invention relates to a wrist mounted portable telephone set and more particularly to a wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set connected with a character s information input unit wherein the input unit forms an independent unit which may be separately disposed from the telephone set and a user of the telephone set may input character s information to the telephone set through the input unit TECHNICAL FIELD 0002 In a so called ubiquitous society it is required
8. e wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set as set forth in claim 5 wherein a portion in which said microphone is incorporated serves also as a lock means of said band Jun 30 2005 7 The wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set as set forth in claim 3 wherein said loudspeaker connected with said housing is detachably mounted on said housing or on said band 8 The wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set as set forth in claim 2 wherein said loudspeaker is constructed of a bone conduction loudspeaker 9 The wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set as set forth in claim 8 wherein said bone conduction loud speaker is detachably mounted on a person s fingertip 10 The wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set as set forth in claim 2 wherein said battery is incorporated in said band 11 The wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set as set forth in claim 1 wherein said stationary section is provided with a charging function
9. face of the user s left hand wrist Under such circumstances the buckle 5 in which the microphone mounted on the band 2 is incorporated is positioned in the side of an inner surface of the user s wrist 0032 Then in a normal condition information contents stand by screen similar to those displayed in the con ventional wrist mounted portable cellular telephone are dis played on the display panel 4 mounted on the upper lid 7 of the housing 1 in a condition in which the display panel 4 has its upper lid 7 opened as viewed in FIG 3 0033 In calling the user s communication partner up on the portable cellular telephone it is necessary for the user to open first the upper lid 7 and then turn on the speech recognition circuit After that the bone conduction type loudspeaker 8 is separated from the housing 1 or band 2 and mounted on the fingertip of the user Then for example according to a speech instruction issued from the phone number of the user s communication partner having been stored in the memory is retrieved from the memory After that according to the speech instruction a communication link is established so that the portable phone has its opera tion mode changed from a normal mode to a communication mode At this time in general the display on the display panel 4 is changed to display the necessary information such as the partner s phone number the indication of communi cation mode and the like on it
10. ided with a buckle 5 or fastener Such a buckle 5 or fastener is provided with a lock means is also possible to provide a hollow portion in the buckle 5 in which hollow portion a micro phone may be contained in construction 0017 In general the buckle 5 is oppositely disposed from the housing 1 on the same band 2 When the band 2 is mounted on the person s wrist the lock means of the band 2 is released from its locked condition to permit the band 2 to expand its opposite ends outward so that the person s wrist may pass through the band 2 After the wrist passes through the band 2 the lock means of the band 2 is locked again to prevent the band 2 from dropping out of the wrist When the microphone is incorporated in the buckle portion 5 of the band 2 it is desirable to dispose the microphone in the side of an outer surface of the band 2 0018 An upper lid 7 is movably mounted on one of side portions of an upper surface of the housing 1 through a hinge member in a manner such that the upper lid 7 is capable of being closed and opened A display panel 4 is disposed on a rear surface of the upper lid 7 As is in the case of the housing 1 preferably the upper lid 7 is also curved at a predetermined radius of curvature As for the display panel 4 it is preferably that the display panel 4 is constructed of an organic EL display panel In this case since any back light is not required the organic EL display panel is capable of reducing
11. is constructed of a bone conduction loudspeaker the bone conduction loudspeaker is detachably mounted on a person s fingertip the battery is incorporated in the band and the stationary section is provided with a charging function US 2005 0141700 A1 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 0012 FIG 1 is a perspective view of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set of the present invention illustrating the coupled state of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set FIG 2 is a perspective view of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set of the present invention illustrating one of construction examples of a portable section with its lid portion closed of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set FIG 3 is a per spective view of the wrist mounted portable cellular tele phone set of the present invention illustrating one of construction examples of a portable section with its lid portion 4 is a perspective view of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set of the present invention illustrating one of construction examples of a stationary section of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set FIG 5 is a perspective view of one of examples of a character input unit used in the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set of the present invention FIG 6 is a perspective view of one of construction examples of the conventional type of wrist mounted portable cellular telephone FIG 7 is
12. l 23 and a plurality of buttons 24 in its front surface a radio trans mitting receiving circuit a microphone and a loudspeaker wherein all the radio transmitting receiving circuit the microphone and the loudspeaker are incorporated in the housing 22 0006 This wrist mounted portable cellular telephone is larger in size of the display panel than the other conventional portable cellular telephone of FIG 6 and therefore advan tageous in this respect but disadvantageous in that since its display panel 23 buttons 24 and like components are closely packed in a relatively narrow area of the front surface of the housing the buttons 24 is not sufficiently spaced apart from each other Further this wrist mounted portable cellular telephone is disadvantageous also in that each of its buttons 24 is too small in width which makes it difficult for the user to manually operate these buttons 24 in a precise manner through his her fingers This forces the user to use his her pens or like pointed tools in operating each of these buttons 0007 Further as for these conventional wrist mounted portable cellular telephones since their constituting ele Jun 30 2005 ments such as display panels batteries operating switches antennas electronic devices used in radio communication electronic devices used in controlling signals and like components are integrally incorporated in the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone each of the wrist
13. lyzes a speech instruction when these switches 3 are depressed by the user in operation or upon receipt of a speech instruction from the microphone The microphone is contained in a portion for receiving the microphone therein which portion is arranged inside the housing 1 Then the special purpose processor issues an instruction signal to the radio transmitting receiv ing portion According to this instruction signal the trans mitting receiving portion issues an output signal which forces the display panel 4 to display on its screen indication of power on state indication of dials indication of a com munication state indication of a holding state and any other indication of necessary information which informa tion corresponds to the operated ones of the switches 3 and is required in operating the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone 0023 Incidentally a bone conduction type loudspeaker 8 is connected with the housing 1 through a read wire 9 As for the type of the loudspeaker the loudspeaker may be con structed also of a sound pressure type earphone When the loudspeaker is constructed of the sound pressure type ear phone it is necessary for the user to mount the earphone on his her ear each time he she receives a phone call Further such an earphone is poor in design of its configuration Due to this in the present invention preferably the bone con duction type loudspeaker is employed In this case it is possible
14. maining ones of the constituent elements are collected to form a separate section whereby the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set of the present invention is improved in design comfortableness in wear and also in operability SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 0010 In order to solve the above problems the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set of the present inven tion comprises a stationary section including a character input means and a wrist mountable portable section form ing an independent body separated from the stationary section wherein the wrist mountable portable section is provided with all the cellular phone s functions wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set of the present inven tion is CHARACTERIZED BY having a construction in which a character input signal is transmitted from a char acter input means to a display panel of the portable section 0011 Preferably a loudspeaker a microphone ones of operating switches and a battery are properly arranged in the portable section in addition to the display panel the display panel is disposed in an inner surface of an upper lid covering a housing of the portable section the display panel is curved at a predetermined radius of curvature a portion in which the microphone is incorporated serves also as an opening closing portion of the band the loudspeaker connected with the housing is detachably mounted on the housing or on the band the loudspeaker
15. ntion the microphone incor porated portion of the portable section of the phone set is disposed inside the user s arm and the bone conduction loudspeaker is used Due to this it is possible for the user to cover his her mouth with his her hand palm since the microphone is brought near the user s mouth during the phone communication This makes it possible for the user to communicate with his her communication partner without disturbing the persons around the user and also possible for the user to communicate with his her partner even when he she speaks weakly 0041 Further in the present invention the housing pro vided with the radio transmitting receiving function is sepa rated from the loudspeaker Due to this it is possible to dispose the housing and the loudspeaker in the wrist potion and the fingertip respectively in use Consequently it is possible for the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set of the present invention to reduce adverse influence of electromagnetic waves on the user s brain which electro magnetic waves are believed to be harmful to a person s brain 0042 Further in the portable cellular telephone set of the present invention it is possible for the user to input data to the portable phone set through its stationary section which section is provided with both the charging function and the key pad Due to this it is possible for the user to use the portable cellular telephone set of the p
16. quently the user slightly presses the bone conduction loudspeaker 8 against his her temple and its vicinities to catch the speech communication of his her partner At this time since the inside of his her wrist is Jun 30 2005 brought near the mouth of the user it is possible to pick up his her speech by means of the microphone incorporated in the buckle portion 5 of the band 2 and therefore possible to transmit his her speech to the communication partner After completion of the phone communication the upper lid 7 is closed so that the portable phone has its operation mode changed from the communication mode to the stand by mode Alternatively according to the speech instruction the communication mode is cleared Finally the bone conduc tion loudspeaker 8 is returned to its mount portion 0038 0039 The present invention is described above In the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set of the present invention it is possible to arrange the display panel over the entire surface of the interior of the upper lid which entire surface is relatively large in area Due to this it is possible to provide the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set which is excellent in speech communication and effective in communication through the E mails and the Internet by means of characters and image information Industrial Applicability 0040 Further in the wrist mounted portable cellular tele phone set of the present inve
17. resent invention as a fixed line telephone in his her home 1 A wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set com prising a stationary section which includes a character input means and a wrist mountable portable section which forms an independent body separated from said stationary section wherein said wrist mountable portable section is provided with all the cellular phone s functions other then those functions provided in said stationary section CHAR ACTERIZED BY having a construction in which a char acter input signal is transmitted from a character input means to a display panel of said portable section 2 The wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set as set forth in claim 1 wherein properly arranged in said US 2005 0141700 A1 portable section are in addition to said display panel a loudspeaker a microphone ones of operating switches and a battery 3 The wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set as set forth in claim 1 wherein said display panel is disposed in an inner surface of an upper lid which covers a housing of said portable section 4 The wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set as set forth in claim 3 wherein said display panel is curved at a predetermined radius of curvature 5 The wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set as set forth in claim 1 wherein said portable section is provided with a band through which said portable section is mounted on a person s wrist 6 Th
18. s screen 0034 Under such circumstances when the communica tion partner is called up it is possible for the user to enjoy his her communication with his her partner without uncom fortably bending his her arm in a condition in which the user brings the microphone near his her mouth and slightly presses the bone conduction loudspeaker 8 against his her temple and its vicinities which enables the user to enjoy the communication in his her relax position 0035 After completion of the communication the upper lid 7 is closed to change the portable phone from its communication mode to its stand by mode Alternatively the communication mode is cleared according to the speech instruction Finally the bone conduction loudspeaker 8 is returned to its mount portion on which the loudspeaker 8 is detachably mounted 0036 On the other hand when the user is called up it is possible for the user to catch such phone call through activation of a vibration buzzer which is disposed in the casing 1 for example Consequently the user opens the upper lid 7 to confirm receipt of the phone call By opening the upper lid 7 the speech recognition circuit of the housing 1 is turned on Then the bone conduction loudspeaker 8 which is detachably mounted on the housing 1 or band 2 is removed from the housing 1 or band 2 Then according to the speech instruction the communication link is established to permit the communication to start 0037 Conse
19. tery charging function Although not shown in the draw ings the charging terminals of the battery are provided in an upper surface of the base member 13 0029 Provided in this stationary section B is the input switch 12 which makes it possible for the user to use the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone of the present invention as a fixed line telephone Even when the battery of the portable cellular telephone is charged it is possible for the user to call up and answer a phone call by means of the portable cellular telephone In addition it is also possible for the user to write information into the memory of the housing 1 and input his her character message to the portable cellular telephone by means of the input switch 12 0030 Incidentally although the character input portion 11 is of a stand type in the above example it is also possible to form the character input portion 11 into a ten keypad shape in construction The character input portion 11 formed into such a ten key pad shaped portion is connected with the portable section A when the characters are inputted See FIG 5 US 2005 0141700 A1 0031 Next the wrist mounted portable cellular tele phone set of the present invention will be described in use When the user goes out of doors the portable section A of the portable cellular telephone set is mounted on the user s wrist in a manner such that the housing 1 is brought into contact with an outer sur
20. to modify the casing of the bone conduction type loudspeaker in configuration so as to suitably correspond to the main body of the portable section in design This makes it possible to improve the portable cellular telephone set of the present invention in design and to permit the set to become a more improved product in fashionability 0024 In this case the user may hold the bone conduction type loudspeaker 8 using his her fingers when he she answers a phone call Alternatively a finger ring type holder is mounted on a rear surface of a vibrating surface of the Jun 30 2005 loudspeaker 8 to make it possible for the user to have the loudspeaker 8 slightly pressed against his her temple and its vicinities This enables the user to clearly catch a speech of his her communication partner even when the user is in a noisy environmental area during the phone communication Further in appearance of the user in communication using such loudspeaker 8 it is so natural as it may seem to outsiders 0025 Although the bone conduction type loudspeaker 8 is directly connected with the housing 1 through the lead wire in the above embodiment it is also possible to connect the loudspeaker 8 with the housing 1 through radio means such as infrared rays and the like In any case the bone conduction type loudspeaker 8 is detachably mounted on the housing 1 or on the band 2 0026 Incidentally although the upper lid 7 may vary in configuration in its
21. ustrating one of construction examples of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set Each of FIGS 2 and 3 is a perspective view of one of construction examples of the portable section A of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone set shown in FIG 1 wherein the portable section A includes the character input portion FIG 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the character input portion 0015 The portable section A is substantially con structed of a housing 1 and a finger ring shaped or band shaped band 2 The portable section A is mounted on a person s wrist through the band 2 On the other hand in general the housing 1 is formed into a substantially rectan gular shaped casing like body which is small in thickness Jun 30 2005 and made of metal plastics or any other engineering mate rial capable of being subjected to working forming pro cesses Particularly when the housing 1 is made of magne sium alloys it is expected that the housing 1 assumes a metallic high grade appearance is reduced in weight while increased in strength is excellent in heat dissipation perfor mance and improved in electromagnetic shielding perfor mance Further preferably the housing 1 is curved inwardly at a predetermined radius of curvature so as to extend along the person s wrist 0016 As for the band 2 in order to detachably mount the band 2 on the person s wrist the band 2 is prov
22. uttons with the decision button it is possible for the user of the wrist mounted portable cellular telephone to set and clear any mode of the telephone s functions such as a registration function in the address book a communication function through the address book a dial lock function an off hook function an on hook function a redial function and a so called manner mode function together with any other modes of functions per formed by a conventional type of wrist mounted portable cellular telephone 0021 Although not shown in the drawings a number of electronic components are incorporated in the housing 1 Further also an antenna is often incorporated in the housing 1 together with these electronic components These elec tronic components comprise for example a special purpose processor DSP Digital Signal Processor which crystal driver IC a flash memory a quartz device a laminated chip condenser a chip resistor a multi layer chip inductor a compact isolator a high pass filter a connector a built up multi layer printed circuit board a tape carrier package a switching regulator an auxiliary power source for a memory backup use a miniature or micro motor and like electronic components 0022 Connected to the special purpose processor are the switches 3 a speech recognition circuit and the display panel 4 such as the liquid crystal display and the like In operation the special purpose processor ana
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