Abstract: A portable electronic device (20) comprises a housing (22), a battery (26), a battery cover (28) and a trigger mechanism (24). The housing (22) have a battery chamber (222) defined therein. The battery cover (28) have a mating portion (2822) formed thereon. The battery (268) assembled in the battery chamber (222) with the battery cover (28) covering thereon. and The trigger mechanism (24) comprise an expanding portion (242), a securing portion (244), and a resisting portion (246), the securing portion (244) have two ends respectively connecting the expanding portion (242) and the resisting portion (246), the mating portion (2822) is configured for securely engaging with the securing portion (244) so as to restrain the expanding portion from expanding. The expanding portion (242) is secured within the battery chamber (222). The resisting portion (246) is configured for resisting against the battery (26).

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a base or first member, a flip or second member, and a hinge mechanism pivotally connecting the second member to the first member for pivotal movement between a closed position and an open position. The hinge mechanism includes a first semi-annular elongated recess and a semi-annular elongated concave member with a semi-annular elongated concave surface, the semi-annular elongated rotation member being pivotally and slidably disposed within the first semi-annular elongated recess, and the semi-annular elongated concave surface of the semi-annular elongated rotation member being exposed when the first member and the second member are in the closed position and being not exposed when the first member and the second member are in the open position.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device for communicating on a wireless network. The device includes an antenna coupled to an RF circuit. The device further includes a body housing the RF circuit and the antenna. The device yet further includes a support member extending from the body. The support member is configured to be coupled to an object. The support member is prevented from moving laterally and vertically relative to the object when coupled to the object. The support member and body are configured to allow the body and the antenna to rotate about an axis when the support member is prevented from moving laterally and vertically relative to the object.

Abstract: An RF module adapted for direct surface mounting to the top surface of the front end of the motherboard of a wireless base station such as, for example, a femtocell. The module comprises a printed circuit board having a plurality of direct surface mounted electrical components defining respective signal transmit and receive sections for RF signals. The signal transmit section is defined by at least a power amplifier, a coupler, and a lowpass filter. The signal receive section is defined by at least a receive bandpass filter and a low-noise amplifier. A lid covers selected ones of the electrical components except for at least the power amplifier. An RF switch is located between and interconnects the respective transmit and receive sections to an antenna pin.

Abstract: A radio for a motor vehicle includes a housing in which a radio module and a digital radio decoder are arranged. The radio module includes a radio-module low-frequency input and a radio-module low-frequency output for the emission of a low-frequency signal which is inputted via the radio-module low-frequency input. The digital radio decoder includes a decoder high-frequency input, a decoder high-frequency output which is connected to the radio-module low-frequency input and a digital radio receiver for converting a digital radio signal inputted into the decoder high-frequency input into a low-frequency signal and for emitting the low-frequency signal via the decoder low-frequency output.

Abstract: A terrestrial broadcast tuner section is disposed in an area A1, and frequency-converts an externally supplied terrestrial broadcast signal into an IF signal. A terrestrial broadcast analog demodulation section is disposed in an area A3, and demodulates the IF signal frequency-converted by the terrestrial broadcast tuner section. A satellite broadcast tuner section is disposed in an area A2, and frequency-converts an externally supplied satellite broadcast signal into a signal having a frequency band lower than that of the satellite broadcast signal. A digital demodulation section is disposed in an area A4, and demodulates the signal supplied from either one of the terrestrial broadcast tuner section and the satellite broadcast tuner section. With this arrangement, a broadcast receiving apparatus easily changeable from the one for analog and digital broadcasting to the one for digital broadcasting only can be provided.

Abstract: A telecommunications chassis is disclosed herein. The chassis includes a housing defining a front end, a rear end and an interior, the chassis housing telecommunications equipment within the interior, cables connected to the telecommunications equipment configured to exit through the rear end. The housing is configured for mounting to a telecommunications rack and being movable relative to the rack between a closed position and an open position. A cable management structure is mounted between the housing and the rack, the cable management structure configured to move the cables exiting the rear of the housing upwardly, out of the way of the housing when the housing is moved from the open position toward the closed position.

Abstract: An RF unit comprises a tuner, a demodulator and a mixer. At least the tuner and the mixer are disposed on separate first and second substrates. The RF unit further comprises a housing accommodating the first and second substrates. The first substrate and the second substrate are arranged on different levels inside the housing and maintain a predetermined distance between each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates an RF tuner module that comprises one or more standard RF connectors. As, relative big, standard RF connectors are widely in use but at the same time there is a pressure to make products smaller an RF tuner module design is size constrained. The invention describes a measure to make an RF tuner module, with a standard RF-connector, smaller by extending one of the shielding sides of the RF tuner in order to facilitate a proper mounting of the RF connector to the RF tuner module.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus adapted to be mounted on an elevated surface having an electrical socket thereon. The apparatus includes a housing, a photocell and a transceiver. The housing at least partially defines an interior space and has a portion which is translucent. The photocell is supported by the housing in the interior space so that ambient light exterior to the housing passes through the translucent portion to the photocell. The transceiver is also supported by the housing and is positioned within the interior space of the housing.

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal 10 is assembled by a user incorporating an arbitrary desired function module 31, 32, 33 into a core module 20. When assembling the terminal, it is not possible for the core module 20 to know what type of function module is being incorporated in advance, but it is possible to ascertain the type of function module that has been incorporated by using identification information notified to the connection module control means of the core module 20 via the core module communication processing section of the function module 31, 32, 33 and the inter-module communication processing section of the core module 20. The core module 20 therefore implements a function appropriate to the users needs by appropriately controlling that function module. Therefore, it is possible to make effective use of resources, as well as reducing the burden placed on a user when upgrading or adding functions, to meet the diverse needs of the user.

Abstract: An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation panel and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation panel and slanting upward, where the V-shaped groove contains a fingerprint sweep sensor which detects a fingerprint on a finger moved along the first slope and the second slope.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed that can adapt off-the shelf PDA devices (90) to user input/output applications such as data entry applications and cellular phone applications. The resulting apparatus (10) may be sized and shaped to be durable and facilitate handheld operation when the user is mobile during use. The apparatus provides features required for portable data entry such as key entry, barcode scanning, radio frequency identification, and wireless local area network (LAN) as well as wide area network (WAN) communications. The apparatus may be operated (a) in a slave mode with inclusion of a PDA device (90) for use in certain input/output operations that are processor intensive as well as (b) in a stand-alone mode without inclusion of a PDA device (90) for use in certain other input/output operations that are not processor intensive.

Abstract: A radio communication terminal includes a data processor for controlling terminal functions and an attachment for releasable attachment of a housing to the terminal. The terminal includes a multipath connector connected to the data processor. The multipath connector includes a terminal system connector, and a housing connector configured to provide a communicative connection of an attached housing to the data processor.

Abstract: A communication system, method, computer program product, and apparatus include common equipment shared between multiple independently administered networks. The common equipment is reconfigurable and expandable and provides changed communication capacity and functions when additional elements are added or reconfigured. Configurable features include, for example, communication bandwidth, Quality of Service, and a number of communication satellites included in the communication system. The common equipment includes expandable elements including, for example, a single hub modem chassis that can expand to communicate with more than one communication satellite and a protocol processor that can share a protocol processing task with another protocol processors.

Abstract: A telecommunications card which includes a cavity in which an antenna structure is movably mounted between a first position in which the antenna structure is substantially located within the cavity and a second position in which the antenna structure is extended from the cavity, the telecommunications card further including moving mechanism for moving the antenna structure from the first position to the second position, the antenna structure comprising a slide portion and an antenna portion which are movably connected to each other, wherein the antenna structure further including an erecting mechanism for erecting the antenna portion from the second position to a third position suitable for wireless communication with a telecommunications network.

Abstract: A tuner block in which a modulator and an IF/demodulator circuit are integrally formed. The tuner block has a casing for accommodating a tuner, the IF/demodulator circuit and the modulator, and sixteen pins consecutively disposed at an outside of the casing. A number of the pins is reduced as compared with a conventional tuner block by supplying an electrical power to the modulator and the tuner through a common pin, dispensing with pins carrying unnecessary signals and pins which carry no signal and rearranging other pins. Potential for noise and interference between signals is reduced by maximizing displacements of connector pins which carry signals which are likely to interact. A switching arrangement provides for utilizing either a conventional tuner block or a tuner block according to the present invention on a circuit board.

Abstract: An electronic climate control system is provided for controlling an HVAC system on a bus or other high-occupancy vehicle either as a stand-alone system or for retrofitting with existing HVAC equipment. The system includes a system control unit having output terminals connected to the vehicle compressor, condenser and evaporator units for control thereof, as well as a user control unit electrically coupled to the system control unit for receiving user inputs. The user control unit includes one or two switches, each sized to fit with an adaptable housing into standard rocker switch blanks of varying sizes in a bus control panel. These highly integrated switches, which are programmable and can support system control units of varying complexity, are easy to install and use, and provide multi-function capability including dynamic temperature and diagnostic outputs.

Abstract: A set of parts for assembly into a reconfigurable communications device has at least an earpiece (16) a microphone (20) and a press-to-talk switch (24). These parts can be assembled together by respective connectors (19,22,26,29) and the device can be reconfigured by disconnecting and reconnecting with other parts of the set (for example different forms of switch and microphone) to meet other operational requirement.

Abstract: A folding electronic device including a rotating module, a first body, and a second body. The first body and the second body are connected to the rotating module in a replaceable manner. By means of the rotating module, the second body is coupled to the first body.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus adapted to be mounted on an elevated surface having an electrical socket thereon. The apparatus includes a housing, a photocell and a transceiver. The housing at least partially defines an interior space and has a portion which is translucent. The photocell is supported by the housing in the interior space so that ambient light exterior to the housing passes through the translucent portion to the photocell. The transceiver is also supported by the housing and is positioned within the interior space of the housing.

Abstract: A holder is for a small-sized acoustic element and a mounting structure for the same allowing mounting to a casing with a sound hole in a side surface thereof without involving a substantial increase in the thickness of a portable communication apparatus. The holder for a microphone has a cylindrical portion for holding the outer peripheral surface of a small-sized acoustic element. The cylindrical portion is equipped with an inwardly directed flange adapted to be engaged with a holed surface of the small-sized acoustic element and constructed of an annular rubber-like elastic member. Further, the cylindrical portion is provided with a groove-shaped sound hole whose one end is open in the inner peripheral surface of the inwardly directed flange and whose other end is open in the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion, thus communicating with both the holed surface of the small-sized acoustic element and the sound hole formed in a side surface of the casing of the portable communication apparatus.

Abstract: An RF Rx module adapted for direct surface mounting to the top surface of the front end of the motherboard of a picocell. The module comprises a printed circuit board having a plurality of direct surface mounted discrete electrical components defining a receive (Rx) section and path for RF signals. The signal receive section is defined by at least the following elements located under a lid which is attached to the surface of the board: a duplexer, a receive low pass filter, a low-noise amplifier, and a receive bandpass filter. At least one aperture in the board is adapted to accept a screw or the like for securing the module to the motherboard of the picocell.

Abstract: A distributed data transmitter (DTXR) which is an adaptive data communication microwave transmitter having a distributable architecture of modular components, and which incorporates both digital and microwave technology to provide substantial improvements in physical and operational flexibility. The DTXR has application in, for example, remote data acquisition involving the transmission of telemetry data across a wireless link, wherein the DTXR is integrated into and utilizes available space within a system (e.g., a flight vehicle). In a preferred embodiment, the DTXR broadly comprises a plurality of input interfaces; a data modulator; a power amplifier; and a power converter, all of which are modularly separate and distinct so as to be substantially independently physically distributable and positionable throughout the system wherever sufficient space is available.

Abstract: An connector assembly for use in, for example, a hearing aid, the assembly having a first connector and a second connector adapted to be detachably attached and being able to transport both sound and electric signals. The invention also relates to an assembly comprising the connector assembly and having a first part comprising an electrical input and a sound providing receiver as well as both an audio output and an electrical output. The two outputs are connected to a second element, normally for positioning inside an ear canal of a person, the second element having a receiver for receiving the electrical signal from the first elements and providing a corresponding sound which is mixed with the sound output by the second element, the mixed sound being output from the second element. The receiver of the first element may be a woofer, and the receiver of the second element may be a tweeter.

Abstract: An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. A V-shaped groove is provided adjacent an operation panel, the V-shaped groove containing a first slope stretching away from the operation panel and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation panel and slanting upward. The V-shaped groove may contain a fingerprint sweep sensor which detects a fingerprint on a finger moved along the first slope and the second slope.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an attachment that may be coupled to a wireless communication device, such as a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like to perform commercial or other information transactions, as well as to an apparatus, system and method for conducting such transactions. The wireless communication device generally includes an antenna that may be directly accessed by a processor in the attachment for transmission of data to a remote computer over a communication network. The attachment may also include an input device, such as a magnetic stripe reader, smartcard reader, barcode scanner, optical scanner, fingerprint scanner, proximity detector, or the like. When input is received at the input device, the input information may be sent to the attachment processor for processing and transmission to the remote computer via the antenna.

Abstract: A hand held mobile terminal includes at least one torque cell for facilitating a torsionally stiff housing structure. The torque cell includes a plurality of first locking members located around a perimeter of a first housing and a plurality of second locking members located around a perimeter of a second housing. The first and second locking members are slidably engageable with each other so as to create a plurality of interlocking joints around the perimeter of the torque cell. Accordingly, the torque cell structure provides several advantages over the conventional mobile terminal housing, such as: better torsional rigidity, simplified assembly, improved volumetric efficiency, reduced need for shock absorbing materials, lighter overall weight, decoupling of impact loads, and mitigation of stress concentrations.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sliding module for a sliding-type portable terminal, which is adapted to provide one side of a sliding-type housing with dual elastic force for easy opening/closing operation. The sliding module for a sliding-type portable terminal having a main housing and a sliding housing adapted to slide on the main housing while facing the main housing includes a coupling portion formed on a side of the main housing; a guide member coupled to the coupling portion so as to guide a sliding movement of the sliding housing; and a dual elastic member fastened to the sliding housing while facing the guide member, the dual elastic member providing elastic force in a direction of movement of the sliding housing when the sliding housing is slid and in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the sliding housing.

Abstract: A Wireless Neural Data Acquisition System for increased power efficiency, compact size, robust signaling and reliable transmission is shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes a headstage, an RF receiver, an analog-to-digital converter, a digital signal processor, and a communication interface. The headstage includes at least one input pre-amplifier high-pass filter and amplifier, a multiplexer (MUX), an RF Modulator comprising a voltage control oscillator (VCO), a transmitting antenna, and a power supply. The RF receiver includes at least one receiving antenna, at least one bandpass filter, at least one amplifier, at least one attenuator, and an FM Demodulator.

Abstract: A method for implementing a wireless radio frequency (RF) module on a motherboard is described. First, the whole wireless RF module is formed on a daughter board, and at least one through hole is formed at or near the edge of the daughter board. Finally, the daughter board is mounted in the motherboard by a method such as surface mount design (SMD), and the through hole is filled with a conductive material to connect circuits on the daughter board and the motherboard to each other.

Abstract: An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation panel and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation panel and slanting upward, where the V-shaped groove contains a fingerprint sweep sensor which detects a fingerprint on a finger moved along the first slope and the second slope.

Abstract: An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation panel and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation panel and slanting upward, where the V-shaped groove contains a fingerprint sweep sensor which detects a fingerprint on a finger moved along the first slope and the second slope.

Abstract: A cellular telephone is used as a remote control device to control operations on the users nonportable computer which is remote location to the cellular telephone. The user can carry out various operations on the cellular telephone which cause the remote computer to take some additional action.

Abstract: An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel, a V-shaped groove is provided which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation panel and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation panel and slanting upward, where the V-shaped groove contains a fingerprint sweep sensor which detects a fingerprint on a finger moved along the first slope and the second slope.

Abstract: An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation panel and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation panel and slanting upward, where the V-shaped groove contains a fingerprint sweep sensor which detects a fingerprint on a finger moved along the first slope and the second slope.

Abstract: An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation panel and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation panel and slanting upward, where the V-shaped groove contains a fingerprint sweep sensor which detects a fingerprint on a finger moved along the first slope and the second slope.

Abstract: An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation panel and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation panel and slanting upward, where the V-shaped groove contains a fingerprint sweep sensor which detects a fingerprint on a finger moved along the first slope and the second slope.

Abstract: A modular entertainment system includes a plurality of electronic components for receiving control signals and providing a controlled output. A plurality of modules are also included. Each module of the plurality of modules is in direct communication with at least one electronic component of the plurality of electronic components. Each module comprises at least one electric power signal and control signal transceiver element to wirelessly share an electric power signal and a control signal with an adjacent module. Each module is disposed in a direction horizontal to the adjacent module.

Abstract: A transceiver circuit for transmission and reception of multi-standard, multi-band radio signals, said transceiver circuit having a modular design comprising exchangeable and removable modules with dedicated functionalities and well defined interfaces between said modules, the transceiver circuit being configurable via software, depending on the functionalities to be fulfilled by said transceiver circuit and to its particular modular assembly. A base station and a mobile station comprising such a transceiver circuit, and a method for transmitting and receiving multi-standard, multi-band radio signals by using a transceiver circuit as mentioned.

Abstract: A multifunction modular electronic apparatus for performing information technology and telecommunications functions comprises a first module (101) for performing a plurality of first functions; a second module (102) having substantially the same physical dimensions as the first module for performing second functions; and a hinging mechanism (103, 104, 105) for enabling the two modules to be mechanically coupled, to rotate relative to each other over a full range of 360 degrees while remaining stably mechanically coupled in any intermediate position over the range, and to be fully separated from each other.

Abstract: An attachment that may be coupled to a wireless communication device, such as a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like, to perform commercial or other information transactions, as well as to an apparatus or system for conducting such transactions. The wireless communication device generally includes an antenna that may be directly accessed by a processor in the attachment for transmission of data to a remote computer over a communication network. The attachment may also include an input device, such as a magnetic stripe reader, smartcard reader, barcode scanner, optical scanner, fingerprint scanner, proximity detector, or the like. When input is received at the input device, the input information may be sent to the attachment processor for processing and transmission to the remote computer via the antenna. The remote computer may process the received attachment-processed data and generate a response to send to the device processor.

Abstract: A utility tool comprising a body having a first end and a second end positioned on opposite ends of the body; a removable device; as well as a first tool and a second tool configured to be selectively coupled to each other or one of either the first end and second end of the body.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes two modules which decode high frequency analog signals. Furthermore, each of the modules is provided with an RF section at a position away from the center of the module in either longitudinal direction to carry out radio communications using high frequencies. In this electronic apparatus, the two modules are arranged so that their longitudinal sides extend parallel with each other in opposite directions. The two modules are also misaligned with each other in the longitudinal direction so that the RF sections lie away from each other and so that connectors to which signals subject to noise interference are inputted lie away from each other.

Abstract: A module for radio frequency signal circuits includes an electrically conductive housing. Coax connectors are secured to the rear face of the housing. A circuit board is contained within the interior spaced between sidewalls of the housing. A ground side of the circuit board includes a layer of electrically conductive material which is electrically connected to the housing. Coax cables extend within the interior of the housing from the coax connectors and between the ground side of the circuit board and an opposing sidewall. An opposite side of the circuit board contains circuit components inter-connected with one another through a plurality of circuit paths.

Abstract: An embedded digitization system enables a military platform to receive, transmit and process a variety of types of information for a variety of purposes. An apparatus and method provides a means to ensure information interoperability between the invention and external sources. The invention provides a development environment that enables a developer to automatically and interactively develop the middleware services and functions that contain the aspects for interoperability with external sources. The invention ensures interoperability through reuse of functions and services known to satisfy requirements for interoperability. When functions and services that satisfy requirements for interoperability are not available, the invention provides a means to develop new functions and services that satisfy requirements for interoperability.

Abstract: In a high-frequency module, intermediate ground electrodes are provided between a common ground electrode and upper-surface ground electrodes for mounting high-frequency components on an upper surface of a multilayer substrate. With regard to the number of via-hole conductors interconnecting ground electrodes, the number of via-hole conductors between the intermediate ground electrodes and the common ground electrode is larger than the number of via-hole conductors between the upper-surface ground electrodes and the intermediate ground electrodes.

Abstract: A portable communication device is disclosed. The portable communication device comprises a first housing extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, a second housing rotated about a first hinge axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the first housing such that the angle between a bottom surface of the second housing and a corresponding top surface of the first housing varies, and a cylindrical hinge housing disposed at one end of the first housing while a portion of the cylindrical hinge housing protrudes outward from the first housing. The first hinge axis extends in the diametrical direction of the cylindrical hinge housing wherein the second housing is attached to the cylindrical hinge housing while the second housing is rotated about the first hinge axis. The cylindrical hinge housing has a second hinge axis extending in the axial direction of the cylindrical hinge housing so that the second housing can rotate about the second hinge axis.

Abstract: An amplifier module for radio frequency signal circuits includes an electrically conductive housing. Two coax connectors are electrically linked to an amplifier circuit contained within the module. A separate transformer is external to the module. Both the module and the external transformer are mountable to a chassis frame. Other modules are usable in the system in addition to the amplifier module. The transformer can be wall mounted to the chassis frame, or the transformer can be internal to a module which also mounts to the chassis frame.

Abstract: A method and device for securing a removable Attached Computer Module (“ACM”) 10. ACM 10 inserts into a Computer Module Bay (“CMB”) 40 within a peripheral console to form a functional computer such as a desktop computer or portable computer. The present ACM 10 includes a locking system, which includes hardware and software 600, 700, to prevent accidental removal or theft of the ACM from the peripheral console. While ACM is in transit, further security is necessary against illegal or unauthorized use. If ACM contains confidential data, a high security method is needed to safeguard against theft.