Abstract:
This invention provides a handset (10) and a method of operating a handset. The handset includes a user interface that contains a data entry device (20) and a visual display device (14), a camera (16) and a controller (12) coupled to the visual display device and to the camera. The controller operates under the control of a stored program (22A) for displaying to a user an image representative of at least a portion of an environment of the user as seen through the camera during a time that the user is interacting with tthe user interface. The controller may further operate under control of the stored program to process images generated by the camera to detect a potential for a collision with an object that is present in the environment of the user, and to warn the user of the potential for a collision.
Abstract:
A system including a device including an RF tag embedded in a casing, and a mobile phone having an RF tag reader which is operable upon reading the RF tag to perform an operation associated with said RF tag. When the user wants to perform a certain operation with the phone, he can by-pass the normal input technologies, typically a keypad, by manoeuvring the device such that the RIF tag is read by the RF tag reader, and then the personal communication apparatus performs an operation associated with the RF tag. Thus, the present invention offers rapid access to regularly used functions or operations without the need to navigate a menu. Moreover, access to these regularly used functions is made intuitive by associating a physical object, i.e. the device, with an operation.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid a complexity using a multifunctionalized user interface in a cellular telephone. SOLUTION: A system has a device with an RF tag incorporated into a case and a mobile telephone 50 with an RF tag reader 60 reading the RF tag and carrying out an operation related to the RF tag. A quick access, in which a user bypasses a normal input means such as a key pad by operating the device so as to carry out the operation, in which the RF tag is read by the RF tag reader 60 and which is related to the RF tag, when the user intends to carry out any operation of the telephone and which does not require the tracing of a menu regarding frequently used functions and operation, is provided. The access to these frequently used functions can be changed into intuitive one by connecting a body, with which a hand can be touched, such as the deice to the operation. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI