Having Particular Housing Or Support Of A Transceiver Patents (Class 455/90.3)
  • Patent number: 8836486
    Abstract: A portable transmitter has an inner cover, an outer cover, outer knobs, a cover, a circuit substrate, etc. The cover has projection parts made of elastic material. Each projection part projects toward a corresponding opening part of the outer cover through a corresponding penetration hole of the inner case. The front end of the projection part is contacted to the corresponding outer knob. The opposite part of the projection part is contacted to a corresponding tact switch formed on the circuit substrate while the projection part is elastically deformed and the inner case accommodates the cover. Each of the outer knobs is placed in the corresponding opening part of the outer case while the outer peripheral part of the outer knob is pushed onto the outer peripheral part of the wall surface of the opening part formed in the outer case by repulsive elastic force applied from the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Saito, Mitsuru Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8838028
    Abstract: An RFIC includes an RF section, a memory interface, a display interface, an audio codec, a bus matrix, and a processing unit. The RF section converts a first inbound RF signal into a first inbound symbol stream and converts a second inbound RF signal into a second inbound symbol stream. The memory interface is operably coupled to retrieve a video file from memory and the display interface is operable to provide video data to a display. The audio codec converts an output digital signal into an output voice signal. The processing unit converts the first inbound symbol stream into streaming video data; converts the second inbound symbol stream into the output digital signal; and facilitates providing, via the bus matrix, at least one of: the video file to the display interface as the video data; the streaming video data to the display interface as the video data; and the digital output signal to the audio codec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran, Hooman Darabi, Vafa James Rakshani, Claude G. Hayek
  • Patent number: 8838190
    Abstract: A portable electronic device (10) includes a first housing (20), an electronic module (32), a first cover (30), a circuit board module (33), and a second cover (35). The electronic module (32) is secured on to one of faces of the first housing (20). The first cover (30) is watertightly attached to the first housing (20) via a waterproof adhesive member (31) to cover the electronic module (32). The circuit board module (33) is secured on another face of the first housing (20). The second cover (35) is watertightly attached to the first housing (20) via a waterproof adhesive member (34) to cover the circuit board module (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiko Komiyama, Seiichirou Gotou
  • Patent number: 8831539
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board in the housing and having radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a power amplifier and microphone mounted thereon. An antenna is carried within the housing and operative with the RF circuitry. An RF shield surrounds and isolates the microphone from the RF circuitry, power amplifier and antenna and shields the microphone from radiated energy generated from the RF circuitry, antenna or power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Corrigan, George Soliman Mankaruse, Lizhong Zhu
  • Patent number: 8831694
    Abstract: A multifunction cover with touch screen display, icons, and a keyboard is described. A multifunction touch screen enabled mobile device may be configured to be connected to the separate cover, which may be attached to the device and detached from the device. The mobile device may be enabled with a cellular voice and data communication, WiFi connectivity, Bluetooth connectivity, and Internet Protocol connectivity. The mobile device may be enabled to play videos, capture photos, and stream multimedia content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: IP Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Raman K. Rao, Sanjay K. Rao, Sunil K. Rao
  • Patent number: 8824126
    Abstract: A casing includes a first casing and a second casing that sandwich an elastic member, wherein the first casing includes a pressed portion that is pressed by the elastic member, and an engaging portion adjacent to the pressed portion that has a flange protruding toward the pressed portion that engages with the second casing, and the pressed portion is flat in a region corresponding to at least the engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Toru Kurihara, Masayuki Sato, Yutaka Kawahigashi, Kazuhiro Kakuguchi, Nozomu Saito
  • Patent number: 8825117
    Abstract: A system and method is described for augmenting cellular telephone signals for a cellular telephone. In an exemplary embodiment, a cellular battery is equipped with a sound generating device that stores one or more audio signals that are activated upon receipt of a telephone call. Optionally, the battery may store a library of audio signals that may be programmable and edited. The system and method of the present invention enables a user to choose audio alert sounds beyond the scope of those provided by the manufacturer of a cellular telephone. A removable memory device containing at least one accessible sound file is attachable to the battery or telephone body, and provides increased selection of audio signal choices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventor: Mark Kirkpatrick
  • Patent number: 8824529
    Abstract: A signal transmission system includes: a transmitting section including a first carrier signal generating section configured to generate a carrier signal for modulation and a first frequency converting section configured to generate a transmission signal by frequency-converting a transmission object signal by the carrier signal for modulation, the carrier signal for modulation being generated by the first carrier signal generating section; and a receiving section including a second carrier signal generating section configured to generate a carrier signal for demodulation and a second frequency converting section configured to frequency-convert the transmission signal received by the carrier signal for demodulation, the carrier signal for demodulation being generated by the second carrier signal generating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Fukuda, Kenichi Kawasaki, Satoru Shinke
  • Patent number: 8825121
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus that includes two panels pivotally connected together. The panels can pivot from an open arrangement where the two panels lay side by side to a closed arrangement where the two panels lay one on top of another. The apparatus also includes a flexible display connected to the two panels and having a portion that is mechanically free from the two panels. The apparatus further includes a cavity to receive at least a portion of the free portion of the display when the panels are pivoted into the closed arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Aoki, Allison G. Woodruff
  • Publication number: 20140242928
    Abstract: An improved user interface is provided by a portable radio (100) having a housing (102) having a through-hole (110) formed therethough. The through-hole provides a user interface for accommodating a plurality of interchangeable accessories through the incorporation of electrical interface (114) and alignment features (116) within the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Chul Min Kang, LanTing L. Garra, Craig F. Siddoway
  • Patent number: 8818301
    Abstract: The transmission device is constituted by transmitting units which are accommodated within a case in a state so that, in an xyz orthogonal coordinate system, in the z axis direction only two transmitting units are disposed adjacently and so that planar conducting plates are opposed to each other; in the x axis direction, two adjacent transmitting units are disposed so that one end portion of one unit and the other end portion of the other unit are adjacent; and in the y axis direction, two adjacent transmitting units are disposed so that one end portion of one unit and the other end portion of the other unit are adjacent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Nakatani, Shu Yamada, Sigeki Sakakibara, Michito Kaneko
  • Patent number: 8818466
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating home information. An earpiece is linked with a router for wireless communications. The earpiece is alerted of incoming communications through a wire telephone in communication with the router. The earpiece is connected to the wire telephone for enabling voice communications in response to user input to accept a call. A status of one or more appliances in communication with the router is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Jill Brunton, Larry Harris
  • Patent number: 8818465
    Abstract: A holder for connecting a mobile phone to the seatbelt of a vehicle includes a front side which receives the mobile phone, and a back side which connects the holder to the seatbelt. The front side includes a mobile phone retainer which holds the mobile phone in the holder. The back side includes a seatbelt connector for connecting the holder to the seatbelt. The connector includes two seatbelt retainers which are shaped and dimensioned to receive the seatbelt. The holder also includes friction enhancing members which keep the holder at a desired position on the seatbelt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventor: William Edward Gorham, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8818470
    Abstract: A mobile communication device including a system ground plane, an antenna, a signal distributor, a transceiver and a sensing controller is provided. The antenna converts an electromagnetic wave to a radio-frequency signal. Besides, the antenna and the system ground plane form a sensing capacitor to detect an object and generate a detecting signal accordingly. The signal distributor is electrically connected to the antenna through a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal and guides the radio-frequency signal and the detecting signal from the antenna to a third connection terminal and a fourth connection terminal. The transceiver is electrically connected to the third connection terminal and processes the radio-frequency signal. The sensing controller is electrically connected to the fourth connection terminal and determines whether the object exists around the antenna according to the sensing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Kuan-Jen Chung, Wen-Yi Tsai, Chia-Wei Su, Pei-Cheng Hu
  • Patent number: 8818455
    Abstract: A mobile device can detect, select and use an external antenna supported by an attached accessory device. The mobile device queries the accessory device whether it supports an external antenna and receives an indication of whether the accessory device supports external antennas. The indication can comprise a list of accessory device pins operatively coupled to supported external antennas. The mobile device selects an external antenna for use by the mobile device. The selection can comprise selecting a mobile device pin operatively coupled to the selected external antenna. The selected mobile device pin can be a predetermined pin or a pin that is both operatively coupled to a supported external antenna and configured to operate as an external antenna pin. The mobile device can use the selected external antenna. The mobile device can switch between an internal antenna and an external antenna operatively coupled to a selected mobile device pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Harrison, David Deckert
  • Publication number: 20140227985
    Abstract: Methods of transmitting and receiving wireless signals using a compact antenna having an array of compactly arranged emitters/receivers. Wireless signals are transmitted from an antenna feed to the plurality of emitters/receivers in any appropriate band, such as the 5.15 to 5.85 GHz band and/or the 2.40-2.48 GHz band. The feed is connected to a radio connection point and from there may connect to the plurality of emitters/receivers arranged in a plane (or planes) above an antenna feed connecting the emitting elements to the radio connection point. The antenna feed is positioned between the emitters and a ground plane. Signals (e.g., horizontally and vertically polarized signals) may be emitted from the plurality of antenna radiating surfaces. Methods of manufacturing compact array antennas are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: John R. SANFORD
  • Patent number: 8805281
    Abstract: A method performed by a mobile terminal includes receiving a device identifier from a short-distance-communication (SDC) device located outside of the mobile terminal by using the internal SDC device disposed in the mobile terminal and determining whether the received device identifier corresponds to or includes one of one or more identifiers stored in the mobile terminal. Upon determining that the received device identifier corresponds to one of the one or more stored identifiers, the mobile terminal performs a predetermined control function corresponding to the identifiers, without further receiving any instruction signal to control the phone function or the data communication function from the external SDC device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Jay Hsu, Rodney Dale Regan
  • Patent number: 8805302
    Abstract: An integrated proximity and ambient light sensor assembly includes an emitter of an IR proximity signal, and a detector configured to detect the IR proximity signal from the emitter when the apparatus is sensing proximity, and to detect ambient light when the apparatus is sensing ambient light. The assembly includes an IR cut filter that has a film disposed over the detector that rejects IR light but passes visible light to the detector, and an opening in the film centered over a midpoint of the detector that passes IR and visible light to the detector. The opening allows IR light to reach the detector from within a narrow angle, but absorbs undesirable emitted IR light that is reflected by oily build-up or “smudge” left on a cover of the device. The film allows visible light to pass for a wider angle to better determine average ambient light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Achim Pantfoerder
  • Patent number: 8798690
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal of the present invention comprises: a front case having a keypad-accommodating portion; a rear case attachably/detachably coupled to a rear surface of the front case such that a component-accommodating space, in which a main PCB is arranged, is interposed between the front case and the rear case; and a keypad which has a plurality of key buttons, and which is made of a flexible material, and which is accommodated in the keypad-accommodating portion of the front case. The keypad has an edge on which a water-resistant blade extends toward the keypad-accommodating portion. The keypad-accommodating portion has a bottom surface on which a blade insertion rain is formed to enable a portion of the water-resistant blade to be inserted into the rail. The mobile terminal of the present invention has a simple structure to enable easy manufacture and assembly, and in particular prevents water or moisture from entering a keypad area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Bluebird Soft Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Chul Cho, Jang Won Lee
  • Patent number: 8798554
    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may form an antenna having first and second feeds at different locations. The transceiver circuit may have a first circuit that handles communications using the first feed and may have a second circuit that handles communications using the second feed. A first filter may be interposed between the first feed and the first circuit and a second filter may be interposed between the second feed and the second circuit. The first and second filters and the antenna may be configured so that the first circuit can use the first feed without being adversely affected by the presence of the second feed and so that the second circuit can use the second feed without being adversely affected by the presence of the first feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dean F. Darnell, Yuehui Ouyang, Hao Xu, Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Yijun Zhou, Peter Bevelacqua, Joshua G. Nickel, Nanbo Jin, Matthew A. Mow, Robert W. Schlub, Mattia Pascolini, Hongfei Hu
  • Patent number: 8799672
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to an apparatus, system and method, and more particularly to an apparatus, system and method providing for referees to communicate with each other and/or other officiators on or off the field using an article of headwear equipped with communication means attached thereto, where the communication means is in communication with at least one portable remote terminal and as such the referee can dynamically receive electronic communications concerning video replays, field incidents on or off the field, play calls, signal calls, etc., from other referees on/or off the field or court.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: Isaac Sayo Daniel
  • Patent number: 8798674
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body having a touch screen; an audio jack mounted to one side of the terminal body, and connected to an audio output device; and an antenna device detachably mounted to the audio jack, wherein the antenna device includes: an antenna body implemented in the form of a rod having a predetermined length; a connector formed atone end of the antenna body so as to be inserted into the audio jack, and including one or more feeding terminals; and a touch tip provided at an end of the connector, and configured to manipulate the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyungjong Kim, Youngwoo Yang
  • Patent number: 8798675
    Abstract: A method of implementing use cases includes associating a use case with each of a plurality of devices capable of being used or accessed by a user. The method also includes providing a plurality of stackable blades, each providing a standard physical interface and being configured to implement a solution to the use case associated with each of the plurality of devices. The method further includes stacking the plurality of stackable blades to form an interconnected stack. Each of the plurality of stackable blades are coupled using the standard physical interface. The method also includes executing a first purpose corresponding to a first use case and executing a second purpose corresponding to a second use case. Embodiments provide an electronic ecosystem featuring ubiquitous connectivity in which a standard contact array in each component of the ecosystem assures interoperability between heterogeneous devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: iBlaidZ, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter C. Salmon, Jorge Fernandes, Paul Meissner, Jerry Panagrossi
  • Patent number: 8792938
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera module comprising: a circuit board; a frame coupled to the circuit board; an image sensor on the circuit board; a bobbin on the frame, a plurality of lenses being inside the bobbin; a coil wound on the bobbin, the bobbin moving to two directions based on a current applied to the coil; a magnet configured to interact the coil; and a yoke on the frame, the magnet being at an inner side of the yoke, wherein the bobbin moves to a first direction when a forward current is applied to the coil and to a second direction when a reverse current is applied to the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Duhee Kim
  • Patent number: 8787992
    Abstract: The portable telephone of the invention comprises two housings having a display screen on one of the housings, a first connection section that connects the two housings such that the housings can be opened and closed in a first direction, and a second connection section that connects the two housings such that the housings can move from an overlapped state in a second direction that is different than the first direction such that step is formed on the end sections of the housings. When the portable telephone is placed on a flat surface such as a desk, the portable telephones stably stands on its own by way of the step with the display screen facing upward at an angle. Therefore, the angle between the display screen and the line of sight of the user becomes nearly perpendicular, so the display screen is easy for the user to see.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nec Casio Mobile Communications, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Taguchi
  • Patent number: 8781541
    Abstract: A mobile device has a front face and a back face opposite the front face. The back face includes an elastomeric layer. A pair of longitudinal sides are coupled to the front face and back face, and a pair of latitudinal sides are also coupled to the front face and back face. The back face or the longitudinal sides define a recessed slot extending along a longitudinal length of the back face or longitudinal sides, respectively. The recessed slot defines an open end at at least one of the latitudinal sides. The recessed slot has a recessed slot surface that has a low-friction material. A holster includes a pocket defining an open top end configured to receive the mobile device. A rail extends longitudinally along an interior side of the pocket. The rail is configured to correspond with and slidably engage the slot on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Jonathan Joshua Dearden
  • Patent number: 8781409
    Abstract: A radio frequency unit and an integrated antenna are provided. The radio frequency unit includes a duplexer, a power amplifier circuit board, and a transceiver circuit board. The duplexer connects to the power amplifier circuit board and the transceiver circuit board. The power amplifier circuit board connects to the transceiver circuit board. The power amplifier circuit board and the transceiver circuit board are respectively located at two end portions of the duplexer. The power amplifier circuit board and the transceiver circuit board are projected onto the same plane along a direction being vertical to the power amplifier circuit board with their projections on the same plane non-overlapped each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonghui Peng, Shengjun Ou, Tao Tang, Ganghua Yang, Tengyue Li
  • Patent number: 8774861
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a device and an image projection system configured to form an image on a surface viewable by a user. The image projection circuit may be configured to receive signals from the device, generate a pattern representative of data, process the pattern into a mirror image of the image, and project the mirror image from the device. The image projection system may include an electro optic system for generating the pattern, and an optics system for projecting the mirror image onto the surface. A method for projecting data may include providing the device with the image, and providing the image to the surface with the image projection system. The method may also include manipulating the device and/or a body part to locate and focus the image, sensing an orientation of the device, and orienting the image based, at least in part, on the sensing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Lagoon Point Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: James Cathey
  • Patent number: 8774882
    Abstract: A mobile device case including a housing sized to receive a mobile device. The housing includes at least one corner defining an aperture there through. A corner element is included and is removeably insertable within the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: A.G. Findings & Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Fernando Tages, Harold Scot Goradesky, Erik Turocy
  • Patent number: 8761691
    Abstract: A method of providing a user interface according to a user characteristic and a mobile terminal using the same are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit for displaying data on a screen thereof with different screen sizes corresponding to a horizontal mode and a vertical mode; an input unit for providing different input key arrangements corresponding to the vertical mode, a left hand horizontal mode, and a right hand horizontal mode; a detection unit for detecting a mode conversion between the horizontal mode and the vertical mode and a mode conversion between the left hand horizontal mode and the right hand horizontal mode; and a controller for controlling to display data to correspond to a screen size corresponding to the detected mode and to provide a corresponding input key arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Sik Park
  • Patent number: 8761836
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is disclosed, by which a user is facilitated to carry and use a terminal in a simple and easy way. The present invention includes a display unit, a window provided over the display unit, the window made of an optically transmittive material, and at least one metal frame attached to an edge of a backside of the window. Accordingly, the present invention sufficiently secures bending rigidity in a vertical length direction of a window, reinforcing a locking power between the window and a case, and enhancing the beauty of an exterior by removing a gap between the window and the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Won Seok Joo
  • Patent number: 8756300
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving data includes receiving, via a communication unit of a terminal, at least one of displayable data and soundable data from an external device, wherein the external device includes at least one of a touch-sensitive unit, a first displaying unit and a first speaker, wherein the communication unit connects to the Internet and includes at least one of a cabled communication unit and a wireless communication unit, and wherein the displayable data is displayed on the first displaying unit of the external device, and the soundable data is outputted through the first speaker of the external device, and outputting signals associated with the received at least one of displayable data and soundable data to a connectable output unit, wherein the connectable output unit includes at least one of a second speaker and a second displaying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Se-Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 8750938
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter is directed to providing feedback in a touch screen device in response to an actuation of a virtual unit in a virtual input device. Specifically, the claimed subject matter provides a method and system for providing visual feedback in response to an actuation of a virtual key in a virtual keyboard. One embodiment of the claimed subject matter is implemented as a method for providing luminescent feedback in response to an actuation of a virtual key in a virtual keyboard. User input in a virtual keyboard corresponding to a virtual key is received. The corresponding virtual key is actuated and registered in response to the user input, and a luminescent feedback is displayed to the user as confirmation of the actuation of the virtual key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Manuel Clement, Jason Silvis
  • Patent number: 8750553
    Abstract: A speaker device for a mobile terminal enlarges resonance space of a speaker while decreasing a size of the mobile terminal. The speaker device for a mobile terminal includes at least one speaker installed within a main body of the mobile terminal and a speaker bracket installed at one surface of an electronic circuit board mounted within the main body. In addition, the speaker bracket fixes the at least one speaker in place and has housing space to enclose the at least one speaker therein. At least one resonance groove is formed in a portion enclosed by the speaker bracket in one surface of the electronic circuit board. Because resonance space can be enlarged without increasing a size of the speaker bracket, an entire thickness of the mobile terminal can be reduced and thus a size and thickness of the mobile terminal can be decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gun Hee Park, Byung Hwa Park
  • Patent number: 8750495
    Abstract: A telephone apparatus includes a phone body and an earpiece that is removably placed upright in the phone body. A supporting leg having a mounting surface that contacts a desk in a desk mount mode and that contacts a wall in a wall mount mode is provided on a sloped back side of the phone body so as to be turnable around a pivot. When the supporting leg is in a first turn position, a lower end of the slope of the phone body is substantially parallel to the mounting surface. When the supporting leg is in a second turn position after having turned through about 180 degrees from the first turn position, an upper end of the slope of the phone body becomes substantially parallel to the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Daiichiro Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Haraguchi, Toshiya Sakai, Katsuhiko Uto, Tohru Sakata
  • Patent number: 8750945
    Abstract: The device (10) comprises a casing (12) accommodating a microphone (14), a sound reproduction transducer (16), a plurality of control buttons (18, 20, 22, 24), a printed board carrying electronic circuits, a power battery, as well as, possibly, operation indicators (26, 28), an external connector and a near-field communication antenna. The casing is in the form of an elongated band bended on itself in such a manner to form a clamp having laterally a U-shaped profile, a first branch (32) carrying the transducer and a second branch (34) carrying the microphone. The bended band has in the central region a transverse discontinuity (36) mechanically separating the two branches and acoustically decoupling the transducer and the microphone from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Parrot
    Inventor: Karim Fargeau
  • Patent number: 8750935
    Abstract: A portable radiotelephone can be shifted between a first condition wherein the radiotelephone does not receive or transmit voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels and a second condition wherein the radiotelephone receives and transmits voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels. The radiotelephone automatically calls a central voice-activated phone dialing system remote from the portable radiotelephone in response to producing the second condition in the radiotelephone. The radiotelephone includes a switch for producing the first and second conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory Clyde Griffith, Benjamin F. Holcomb
  • Patent number: 8750798
    Abstract: A multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna module, comprising a first signal feed port coupled to a first antenna element disposed along a first edge of an antenna array board, a second signal feed port coupled to a second antenna element disposed on the antenna array board and a transceiver operable to be selectively coupled to either or both of the first and second signal feed ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Qinjiang Rao, James Paul Warden, Mina Ayatollahi
  • Patent number: 8750928
    Abstract: A wireless communication system including a wireless communicator, including a housing, wireless communication functionality, a first subscriber identifier module for accessing a wireless network, native user interface functionality, and pouching responsive electrical interconnection functionality responsive to pouching orientation of the housing in a pouch of an enhanced function device for causing the wireless communication functionality to adapt to cooperating with parenting user interface functionality forming part of the enhanced function device at least partially instead of with the native user interface functionality, and an enhanced function device, including a pouch, a second subscriber identifier module for accessing the wireless network, and parenting user interface functionality, wherein the wireless communicator is able to access the wireless network using either the first subscriber identifier module or the second subscriber identifier module, when the wireless communicator is pouched with the e
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dov Moran, Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Itay Cohen, Yaron Segalov, Tamir Demri, Eran Miller, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein, Hagay Katz, Hagit Perry
  • Patent number: 8750950
    Abstract: A communication device includes an upper housing and a bottom housing connected to each other, a master Printed Circuit Board (PCB) for realizing a communication function, a speaker and a keypad assembly. The master PCB board is arranged on the bottom housing, wherein the upper housing includes a front housing and a front cover, the keypad assembly is arranged between the front housing and the front cover; the speaker is arranged under the front housing, the keypad assembly is connected to the master PCB board by a flexible circuit board which passes through the front housing; voice spreading holes connecting to the front cavity of the speaker are correspondingly arranged on the front cover, the keypad assembly and the front housing; the joints among the front housing, the keypad assembly, the front cover and the speaker are waterproof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hytera Communications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yigang Gong
  • Publication number: 20140155004
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for detecting radio accessories within a communication system formed of a radio, a primary accessory and a secondary accessory. The secondary accessory comprises a resistor network which switchably couples parallel resistors in response to a bias input generated from either a microphone bias voltage or speaker bias voltage of the primary accessory. Various parallel combinations of the resistors indicate the secondary accessory type. Control logic in the primary accessory determines the type of secondary accessory by comparing digital signals representative of the current sourced through the resistor network (175) to predetermined values stored in look-up table. The utilization of the microphone bias and/or speaker bias of the primary accessory advantageously negates the need for any additional pins or complex circuitry at the primary accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: ROBERT L. TORSTENSSON
  • Patent number: 8738104
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for creating an overall assembly formed from a transparent member and a metal member are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method includes positioning a transparent member in a mold configured for insertion molding, and providing a liquid metal into the mold. The method also includes hardening the liquid metal in the mold. Hardening the liquid metal includes binding the metal to the transparent member to create the integral assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle H. Yeates
  • Patent number: 8738101
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-state detachable smartphone-tablet hybrid mobile device comprising a number of display parts connected to each other. By opening one or some of the displays, more screen space becomes available, and the smartphone is therefore converted and expanded to the tablet device. With folding the displays back, the device becomes a smartphone again. The display parts connected with the special design hinge mechanism enabling opening of up to 360 degrees due to the special hinge mechanism. The invention further includes a detachable display parts feature, transforming the device to a number of single-display smartphone devices. The device may further comprise a number of photovoltaic cells covering sufficient portion of each display part. Such a large number of photovoltaic cells will aim to produce enough energy to make it a completely self-charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Makor Issues and Rights Ltd.
    Inventor: David Myr
  • Publication number: 20140141733
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to adaptive antenna selection. In general, devices consistent with the present disclosure may be configured to adapt their antenna configuration to sensed device conditions. In one embodiment, an example device may comprise a communication module, a plurality of antennas, at least one sensor and an antenna selection module. The communication module may be configured to send and receive information via at least wireless communication. The plurality of antennas may be configured to conduct the wireless communication, while the sensors may be configured to sense device conditions. The antenna selection module may be configured to cause at least one antenna in the plurality of antennas to be coupled to the communication module based on the device conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Hong Wong, Wah Yiu Kwong
  • Patent number: 8731617
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and communication device for initiating voice calls. Number strings are identified in displayed text. Number strings are displayed in different formats depending on whether the number strings meet predetermined criteria. A list of user selectable functions is displayed when predetermined user input is detected. The list of user selectable functions includes a voice call function for initiating a voice call to a selected number string. A voice call to the selected number string can be initiated when the voice call function is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Lawrence Edward Kuhl, Mihal Lazaridis, Harry Richmond Major, Andrew Douglas Bocking
  • Publication number: 20140134954
    Abstract: A LED illumination device which includes LED light-emitting element, LED driver circuit and wireless routing module with routing function that receives and transmits wireless signals. The LED driver circuit is connected to the LED light-emitting element and wireless routing module respectively; an LED illumination network system which consists of at least two above mentioned LED illumination device units, each unit transmitting the wireless signals it receives to other units within the reach of its wireless signals. The LED illumination device referred in this invention makes a lamp work also as wireless network router, or wireless hub. Therefore, as long as one lamp receives a signal, the signal will be passed on one after another, extending constantly the covering range of the wireless network, thereby breaking through the limit of transmission distance and penetration capability of wireless signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG SHENGHUI LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiayang Ruan, Jinxiang Shen
  • Patent number: 8725210
    Abstract: An attachable assembly for smart phone that has at least one contact site disposed thereon is disclosed. The attachable assembly comprises a mount unit and an extension device. The mount unit is fixed at one edge of the smart phone, and has at least one locking slot disposed thereon; the extension device electrically contacts the contact site and has at least one locking member selectively engaged to the locking slot. Wherein, the extension device has a rotative axis so that the extension device is rotated and fitted with the mount unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventor: Sheng-Long Yang
  • Patent number: 8725065
    Abstract: An apparatus for playing signals received from the internet or other information highway on one or more speakers are described. The apparatus has a receiver for receiving information from a preselected address; a processor for interpreting the signals; and at least one sound emitting device for playing the processed signal. The apparatus has an ornamental design on the outside which is related to the topic of the signals received from the address. The apparatus could include a smartphone as the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventor: Donald Spector
  • Patent number: 8725198
    Abstract: Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies that can be substantially flush with the external surfaces of the housings of the devices, despite variations in their manufacture. The ejectable component assemblies may include connectors coupled to circuit boards of the devices, and trays that can be loaded with removable modules, inserted through openings in the housings of the devices, and into the connectors for functionally aligning the removable modules with the circuit boards. The ejectable component assemblies may also include ejectors coupled to the housings of the devices for ejecting the trays from the connectors and, thus, from the devices themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Erik L. Wang, Robert Sean Murphy, Tang Yew Tan, Jeffrey Eugene Neaves, Lawrence E. Davis, Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 8718725
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a first hinge member, and a second hinge member. The housing includes a first housing section and a second housing section. The first hinge member is connected to the first housing section by a first slide mechanism. The second hinge member includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is connected to the first hinge member. The second portion is connected to the second housing section by a second slide mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Pasi Kemppinen