Hand-held electronic equipment
View Patent ↗A hand-held electronic equipment adapted to receive data input is disclosed, comprising an oblong main body, a display arranged on said main body, said display being adapted to display a keyboard with a plurality of symbols, and a selecting device arranged on said main body, said selecting device enabling a user to select and input a symbol from said keyboard.
1. A hand-held electronic equipment comprising
an oblong main body,
a keyboard arranged on said main body, said keyboard comprising a plurality of keys with input symbols,
a scroll device for selecting one of the plurality of keys which is rotatable around and movable back and forth along a longitudinal axis of the hand-held electronic equipment enabling a user to scroll through said keys of said keyboard and to select a key to input a symbol whereby a respectively selectable symbol is highlighted on said keyboard,
a tip of said body configured as an input device which can be operated in order to input a symbol corresponding to a selected key, and
an integrated orientation sensor adapted to detect the angular position of the hand-held electronic equipment, wherein depending on the angular position of the hand-held electronic equipment detected by the orientation sensor, the function of the hand-held electronic equipment is changed between a keyboard mode and a mouse/jog dial mode, and
wherein the hand-held electronic equipment is a data input equipment comprising an interface which is adapted for a wireless or a wired connection to a host machine in order to transmit data input via the keyboard to the host machine;
wherein the host machine is a remote display, and the interface is adapted for controlling the display of data on the display.
2. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , comprising a switch for switching between several functions of the hand-held electronic equipment.
3. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , comprising a tip which is adapted to function as a multi-direction joystick.
4. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , whereby the hand-held electronic equipment is a radio communication equipment comprising an interface which is adapted for a wireless communication in a wireless radio communication system.
5. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , whereby the equipment is operative to carry out multiple functions.
6. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , wherein in the keyboard mode an additional change in the angular position results in a change of the input symbols for the plurality of the keys of the keyboard.
7. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 6 , whereby there are four defined positions corresponding to respective sets of input symbols for respective functions of the electronic equipment, whereby the positions correspond to an angle between a longitudinal axis of the hand-held electronic equipment and a horizontal direction of 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees and 0 degrees, respectively.
8. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 7 , whereby it is adapted to be configured by a user with respect to the functions corresponding to the respective four defined positions.
9. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 6 , whereby said orientation sensor is further adapted to detect the direction of the equipment.
10. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the keyboard is configured to a mouse mode in which movement of the equipment controls movement of a cursor displayed on the host machine.
11. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , comprising a user input causing the equipment to switch between an application selection menu and the contents within an application.
12. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , whereby it is adapted to be configured by a user for at least one of either left or right hand usage, key definition, double click speed adjustment, and strength sensitive cursor moving speed.
13. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , comprising at least one of a text scanner, a digital camera, and a voice recorder function.
14. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the keyboard includes a mini track ball for providing a joystick function.
15. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , comprising an infrared or LED transceiver for providing a mouse function.
16. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , whereby the main body has a cylindrical shape.
17. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , whereby the main body has a pen-like shape.
18. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , wherein in the mouse/jog dial mode, the hand-held electronic equipment is adapted to control a screen sensor.
19. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , wherein a detected change of angular position by 90° causes the hand-held electronic equipment to switch between the keyboard mode and the mouse/jog dial mode.
20. The hand-held electronic equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the hand-held equipment is in the mouse/jog dial mode when the oblong main body is vertically oriented.