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`United States Patent
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`[19]
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`Paajanen et al.
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`[54] PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER AND
`MOBILE TELEPHONE DEVICE
`Inventors: Reijo Paajanen; Mikko Terho; Tom
`Hiiglund, all of Tampere, Finland
`[73} Assignee: 0y Nelda Ab, Helsinki, Finland
`[21} Appl- N04 734,731
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`5,189,632
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`[45] Date of Patent: Feb. 23, 1993
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`1981
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`Disclosure Bulletin vol. 23 No. 9 Feb.
`40054003.
`Corcoran, “Banking Futures" Scientific American Feb.
`1990’ pp. 65’66'
`Primary Examiner4%“ M Malzahn
`Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Finnegan, Henderson,
`Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
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`pp.
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`Jul. 23, 1991
`[22] Filed:
`[30]
`Foreign Application Priority Data
`Aug. 20, 1990 [F1]
`Finland .................................. 904111
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`Int. Cl.5 ........................ G06F 1/00; H04M 11/00
`[51]
`E3 $3210.;stag;'::.......~::::::::::: §Z§33§:3§§ 333218
`[56]
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`ABSTRACT
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`A portable computer telephone device comprising a
`Portable Personal computer and a mobile Phone inte-
`grated into one and the same body structure said body
`having a display screen (3) and a keyboard member (2)
`gee eeeeeeee the ”mm?“ end the mobile eeleehene-
`0 improve the convenience of use of such an inte-
`grated device, the keyboard member (2) is arranged to
`be movable between open and closed positions with
`respect to the rest of the body structure {1) in such a
`way that 1n the open posmon the whole display screen
`(3) and at least the whole keyboard (4, 5) of the com-
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`Pmer are access‘ble for Operating the computer and m
`the closed position the keyboard member (2) covers a
`part of the display screen and leaves the buttons (6) of
`the mobile telephone part 3(a) of the display screen
`accessible for operating the mobile telephone.
`3 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets
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`EXHIBIT
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`Feb. 23, 1993
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`PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER AND
`MOBILE TELEPHONE DEVICE
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`The invention relates to a portable personal worksta-
`tion comprising a portable personal computer and a
`mobile telephone integrated into one and the same body
`structure provided with a display screen and a keyboard
`member for operating the computer and the mobile
`phone.
`Due to an increasing need of personal data processing
`and data transmission, portable personal computers and
`mobile phones have become rapidly general. By means
`of a combination of a portable microprocessor provided
`with a modem and a mobile telephone, it is at present
`possible to attend to data communications practically
`anywhere. However, a problem has been that for in-
`stance the size of a combination device like this and the
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`wires or fittings possibly needed make the operating
`characteristics of the device unsuitable for portable use.
`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`The object of the present invention is thus to provide
`such a device with an improved convenience of use.
`This is achieved by means of a workstation of the type
`described in the beginning in such a way that the key-
`board member is arranged to be movable between open
`and closed positions with respect to the rest of the body
`structure, so that in the open position the whole display
`screen and at least the whole keyboard of the computer
`are accessible for operating the computer and in the
`closed position the keyboard member covers a part of
`the display screen and leaves at least some of the but-
`tons of the mobile telephone and a part of the display
`unit accessible for operating the mobile telephone.
`The basic idea of the invention is to use the same
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`display screen for the mobile telephone and for the
`computer and to arrange the keyboard member to be
`movable with respect to the rest of the body structure in
`such a way that when shifting the keyboard member
`from computer use to mobile phone use the keyboard
`member moves partly over. the display screen and
`leaves only the part of it visible which is needed for
`mobile telephone use and reduces the outer dimensions
`of the body structure at the same time.
`By means of the solution of the invention, the combi-
`nation device described above can be provided with the
`smallest possible body structure and with a convenience
`of use better than before.
`In an especially preferable embodiment of the inven-
`tion, in which the body structure comprises a body
`member with a display screen and a keyboard member
`pivoted on the body, which members can be turned
`against each other to a closed position and opened to an
`open position, the keyboard member is arranged to be
`double-sided in such a way that at least a part of the
`keys of the computer and at least a part of the buttons of
`the mobile telephone are situated on opposite sides of
`the keyboard member. In this way it is possible to mini-
`mize the outer dimensions of the keyboard member and
`thus also of the whole body structure and to hide the
`keyboard of the computer handily at the same time, the
`workstation being ready for mobile telephone use.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`The invention is explained in the following more
`detail in drawings in which
`FIG. la shows a front View of a workstation ready
`for mobile phone use,
`FIG. 1b shows a side view of the workstation in the
`position shown in FIG. la,
`FIG. 2a shows a front view of the workstation when
`used as a computer,
`FIG. 2b shows a side view of the workstation in the
`position shown in FIG. 2a and
`FIG. 3 shows further a perspective view of the work-
`station in the user’s hand ready for mobile phone use.
`The body structure of a portable personal worksta-
`tion shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises a body member
`1 and a keyboard member 2 pivoted thereon and being
`substantially of the same length as the body member,
`but narrower. By turning the keyboard member 2 with
`respect to the body member 1, the body structure can be
`opened to an open position according to FIGS. 20 and
`2b, in which the keyboard member and the body mem-
`ber form a specific angle with each other and the work-
`station is ready for computer use, and closed to a closed
`position according to FIGS. la and lb, in which the
`keyboard member and the body member are placed
`against each other and the workstation is ready for
`mobile phone use.
`On the inner surface of the body member 1 there is a
`display screen 3, the line and column numbers of which
`correspond to those of a normal PC display. An upper
`part 3:: of the display screen is used as a display screen
`of the mobile phone, when the workstation is in the
`position for mobile phone use. Consequently, the key-
`board member 2 and the body member 1 are then turned
`against each other according to the FIGS. la and lb,
`and the keyboard member, being narrower than the
`body member, covers the lower part of the display
`screen and leaves the upper part 30 open for use.
`On the inner surface 20 of the keyboard member 2
`there is a standard computer keyboard 4, some of the
`function keys (Esc, Scrl lock, etc., F1 to F12) being
`arranged on the inner surface of the body member adja-
`cent to the display screen 3 in such a way that also these
`keys will be covered under the keyboard member 2 in
`the closed position of the device (cf. FIG. In). These
`function keys are indicated by reference numeral 5. On
`the outer surface 2b of the keyboard member are ar-
`ranged push buttons of the keypad 6 of the mobile
`phone, comprising at least some of the buttons needed
`for the use of the mobile phone, and preferably all actu-
`ating buttons of the mobile phone. In the mobile phone
`position of the device, the display screen 3 and the
`computer keyboard 4 are placed against each other, the
`computer keyboard and most of the display screen are
`under cover, and the keypad 6 of the mobile phone and
`the upper part 3a of the display screen are situated
`adjacent to each other on the same outer side of the
`body structure.
`For an illustration of the size of the device, FIG. 3
`shows a perspective view of the workstation of the
`invention in the user’s hand ready for mobile phone use.
`As appears from the figure, an upper side 7 of the body
`member is shaped to form a handle part of the mobile
`phone with the mouthpiece part 7a and a spacer 7b are
`being arranged at the opposite ends of this upper side.
`Another pair of phone parts 9a, 9b are arranged on the
`inner surface of the body member 1 adjacent to the
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`display screen 3. By means of these it is possible to carry
`out a so-called hands free call. An antenna of the mobile
`phone is indicated by reference numeral 8. A built-in
`antenna is also possible in some mobile phone systems.
`Because the actual inventive idea relates only to the
`body structure of the device, the location of a PC part
`known per se and a radio part known per se inside the
`body structure has not been presented. The PC part is
`always the same anywhere, but the type of the radio
`part varies according to what kind of a mobile phone
`system (NMT, GSM, TACS) is used within a respective
`area. The inner structure of the device can naturally
`vary in many ways. For data transmission by radio, the
`device has a built-in modem. As examples of standard
`equipments of the workstation of the invention can be
`mentioned a 80386 or 80486 processor, a VGA graphics
`display, a hard disk based on fast EEPROM as well as
`software for data communication.
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`Though the invention has above been explained with
`reference to the example of the enclosed drawing, it is
`clear that the invention is not restricted thereto, but it
`can be varied in many ways within the scope of the
`inventive idea presented above and in the enclosed
`claims. For instance, it is not absolutely necessary to
`make the keyboard member and the rest of the body
`structure movable with respect to each other expressly
`by pivoting, but the keyboard member can e. g. be made
`to slide, so as to slide into the mobile phone position
`partly over the display screen. The double-sidedness of
`the keyboard is not absolutely necessary either, but the
`keys and buttons needed for both operating positions of
`the workstation can also be situated on the same side of
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`the keyboard member, for instance in such a way that
`the part of the keyboard not needed at a particular time
`is covered by a separate protective cover. By means of
`a double-sided keyboard it
`is, however, possible to
`achieve an improved convenience of use due to the
`smaller outer dimensions. Also other functions can be
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`integrated to the workstation, which can, e.g.
`mobile phone position of FIG. 3, also be used as a nor-
`mal pocket calculator.
`We claim:
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`1. A portable computer/telephone device comprising
`a body structure, a personal computer unit and a mobile
`telephone unit housed in said body structure, said body
`structure comprising a first part having a display screen '
`on one side thereof or visually displaying the results of
`operations of said computer and telephone units, a sec-
`ond part pivotally connected to said first part for move-
`ment between an open position and closed position, said
`second part having a computer keyboard containing at
`least some of the keys for operating said computer unit
`on one side thereof that lies adjacent said display screen
`and is accessible to a user of said computer unit when
`said second part is in the open position and having a
`telephone keypad on an opposite side thereof contain-
`ing at least some of the keys for operating said tele-
`phone unit, said one side of said second part lying
`against said one side of said first part and covering over
`a portion of the display screen when said second part is
`in the closed position.
`2. The device of claim 1, wherein the display screen
`displays the results of operation of said keyboard of said
`computer unit in a first portion thereof and the results of
`operation of said keypad of said telephone unit in a
`second portion thereof, said second part covering over
`said first portion of the display screen so that only said
`second portion is visible to the user of the device and
`said keypad being adjacent to said second portion of the
`screen when said second part is in the closed position.
`3. The device of claim 2, including additional keys for
`operating said computer unit on said first part adjacent
`the display screen; said second part in the closed posi-
`tion covering over said additional keys and said key-
`board of the computer unit.
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
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`PATENT N0.
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`Reljo Paajanen et a1.
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`It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby
`corrected as shown below:
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`Claim 1, column 4,
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`line 9, "or" should read --for--.
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`Signed and Sealed this
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`Twenty-fifth Day of January, 1994
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`Arresting Ofiicer Commissioner of Patents and Trademark:
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`BRUCE LEHMAN
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