Posted by masseur
Engadget
It's nice to know that Sony Ericsson is plugging away on making our crazy, dare-to-dream fantasies a reality. The latest proof that someone up there (and by up there, we mean Japan) likes us comes in the form of a new patent for a touchscreen handheld that forgoes physical buttons for a haptic-feedback scheme. The design mandates that the phone / game device would be free of the pesky clutter of regular buttons, and would instead by configurable to any number of forms (PSP, phone, MP3 player, digital camera) by arrangement of on-screen controls.
Posted by arien617
Just read about this on Stuff.tv but loads of patents are never made into a real product.
Hope this one does go into production though!
New phone time (possibly) at the end of this year
Oh and apparently the phone function of the device could be from one of
's current or upcoming models.[ This Message was edited by: arien617 on 2008-03-07 19:09 ]
Posted by BobaFett
ORIENTATION BASED MULTIPLE MODE MECHANICALLY VIBRATED TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for reconfiguring the graphical user interface (GUI) of a mechanically vibrated touchscreen display associated with a portable mobile communications device that is operable in a variety of modes. The reconfiguration of the GUI is based on the orientation of the portable mobile communications device. An orientation sensing mechanism senses whether the portable mobile communications device is currently in a portrait or landscape orientation. An orientation sensing application accesses an orientation profile that associates each mode of operation with either a portrait or landscape orientation and determines which mode of operation is the default mode for the sensed orientation of the portable mobile communications device. The GUI of the mechanically vibrated touchscreen display is then reconfigured for the default mode of operation.
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Inventors: Dunko; Gregory A.; (Cary, NC)
Correspondence Name and Address: MOORE AND VAN ALLEN PLLC FOR SEMC
P.O. BOX 13706, 430 DAVIS DRIVE, SUITE 500
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK
NC
27709
US
Assignee Name and Adress: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Lund
SE
Serial No.: 468426
Series Code: 11
Filed: August 30, 2006
U.S. Current Class: 715/744; 345/173; 700/62
U.S. Class at Publication: 715/744; 345/173; 700/62
Intern'l Class: G05B 19/18 20060101 G05B019/18
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http://appft1.uspto.gov/netac[....]/20080059888&RS=DN/20080059888
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[ This Message was edited by: BobaFett on 2008-03-08 01:12 ]
Posted by crossmatched
with that news,i can see more clearly a PSP phone in the horizon..
good news!
Posted by BobaFett
and i smell a new battery from se, at least 3000 mah is needed to support all those features. psp has got 1800 mah as i recall, so double it with fone features
Posted by crossmatched
On 2008-03-08 06:24:41, BobaFett wrote:
and i smell a new battery from se, at least 3000 mah is needed to support all those features. psp has got 1800 mah as i recall, so double it with fone features
aren't we visionaries BobaFett? we can see, we can smell in advance! hehehe LoL
i
surprises
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Posted by QVGA
Its just a patent. And we all know how SE just loves to file those
Posted by NightBlade
On 2008-03-08 07:01:03, QVGA wrote:
Its just a patent. And we all know how SE just loves to file those
Again with the pessimism!