Multi-Mode Mobile Terminal With Hinged Folder And Sliding Keyboard
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile communication terminals face space restrictions that limit the size of image display units and data input units, hindering the implementation of newer functions and requiring users to learn complex key combinations for data input.
Innovation Solution
A multiple opening and closing type mobile communication terminal that operates in both folder-type and slide-type modes, incorporating a larger-sized image display unit and a qwerty type keyboard, allowing for flexible installation and improved input convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of moving object
If the mobile communication terminal uses conventional opening and closing structures (bar type, folder type, or slide type), then the device can be compact and portable, but the installation space for the image display unit and data input unit is restricted, limiting the size of these components
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile communication terminal is divided into three main parts: a body part, a folder part hingedly coupled to the body part, and a slide part coupled to the folder part. This segmentation allows each part to be optimized independently for housing the image display unit and data input unit, providing sufficient installation space while maintaining compactness when closed.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal incorporates dynamic opening and closing mechanisms including a hinge coupling unit that allows the folder part to rotate relative to the body part, and a slide module that enables the slide part to move relative to the folder part. These dynamic structures provide multiple opening and closing modes (folder-type and slide-type) while maintaining compact form when closed.
2Area of moving object
If the image display unit and data input unit are made larger to improve functionality and user convenience, then the terminal size increases, but the terminal must remain portable and compact
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the terminal into body part, folder part, and slide part, the design allows the image display unit and data input unit to be distributed across multiple parts, enabling larger total area while keeping the overall terminal compact when closed.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal transitions from a single-dimensional compact form to a multi-dimensional structure that can expand when opened. The hinge and slide mechanisms allow the display and input units to be deployed in multiple dimensions, providing sufficient space when needed while maintaining compactness for portability.
3Ease of operation
If the data input unit uses a qwerty type keyboard to improve information input convenience, then the keyboard size and complexity increase, but the terminal must remain portable
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard is integrated into the slide part, which can be separated from the main body when closed. This segmentation allows the qwerty keyboard to be provided with sufficient space for all necessary keys while maintaining portability, as the keyboard section can be compacted or removed when not in use.
Solution Approach 2:
The slide part with the keyboard can be dynamically positioned - extended when keyboard input is needed and retracted when not needed. This dynamic configuration allows the terminal to provide full qwerty keyboard functionality when required while maintaining a compact portable form when the keyboard is not in use.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein is a multiple opening and closing type mobile communication terminal that is capable of operating in multiple opening and closing modes, i.e., in a folder-type opening and closing mode and in a slide-type opening and closing mode, thereby solving restrictions of installation spaces where an image display unit and a data input unit of the mobile communication terminal are installed, and including a larger-sized image display unit and a qwerty type keyboard, which is provided for personal computers, thereby improving the convenience of image display and information input. The mobile communication terminal includes a body part having a plurality of chips, a folder part hingedly coupled to the body part, and a slide part coupled to the folder part such that the slide part is moved relative to the folder part in a sliding manner, and therefore, the multiple opening and closing type mobile communication terminal is opened or closed.