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1 US B2 (12) United States Patent Enmei (10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent: US 6,985,136 B2 Jan. 10, 2006 (54) PORTABLE COMMUNICATOR (75) Inventor: Toshiharu Enmei, Naka-ku (JP) (73) Assignee: ADC Technology, Nagoya (JP) ( * ) Notice: (21) Appl. No.: 10/728,690 (22) Filed: Dec. 6, 2003 Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. (65) Prior Publication Data US 2004/ A1 Apr. 29, 2004 Related US. Application Data (62) Division of application No. 10/061,937,?led on Oct. 1, 1999, Which is a division of application No. 08/424,430,?led on Apr. 21, 1995, now Pat. No. 6,067,082. (30) Foreign Application Priority Data Nov. 9, 1992 (JP) Dec. 11, 1992 (JP) Jan. 20, 1993 (JP) Mar. 30, 1993 (JP) Apr. 30, 1993 (JP) (51) Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 ( ) G08C 21/00 ( ) (52) us. Cl /174; 345/173; 345/169; 178/18.01; 178/18.03; 178/18.06 (58) Field of Classi?cation Search / , 345/169; 178/ , See application?le for complete search history. (56) References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,646,649 A * 7/1997 Iwata et al /173 5,659,890 A * 8/1997 Hidaka /7.54 5,737,706 A * 4/1998 SeaZhOltZ et al /466 5,835,907 A * 11/1998 Newman /10 5,857,155 A * 1/1999 Hill etal /4563 6,089,456 A * 7/2000 Walsh et al /47201 (Continued) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS JP /1983 (Continued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS Nikkei Byte No. 103, dated Sep. 1, 1992, pp (Continued) Primary Examiner Vij ay Shankar (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm Adachi International Patent Firm (57) ABSTRACT This communicator makes it possible for the user to do telephone, facsimile, and data communication at any loca tion. On a pen input device, a space eye 2, a telephone control system, a facsimile control system, and a data transmission system are mounted. All of them are operated by an input pen 55 or the space eye 2. The pen input device is connected to a Wireless telephone equipment 7, and can be connected to a desired party through the public communi cation channel. In order to make the most of the equipment of a GPS user, the GPS user device 8 is connected to the pen input device 3. The current location of the GPS user is found through the GPS user device 8, and the data on the current location is transmitted to the party. Further, to make this communicator usable in any country, it is provided With means to connect it to a Wireless telephone network of an individual service area of the country. 7 Claims, 137 Drawing Sheets 1 PERSONAL )7 commum CATOR 7.! 5% 91 7WIRELESS / TELEPHONE UNIT

2 US 6,985,136 B2 Page 2 US. PATENT DOCUMENTS JP /1992 6,122,527 A * 9/2000 Robinson /557 L; ; 6,434,395 B1 * 8/2002 Lubin et a /466 JP H4_156O51 5/1992 6,463,305 B1 * 10/2002 Crane /566 JP /1992 6,546,263 B1 * 4/2003 Petty et a /566 JP /1992 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS JP /1992 jg JP /1992 JP /1992 JP /1985 JP /1992 JP S /1985 JP /1992 JP /1986 JP /1992 JP /1986 JP /1992 JP /1986 JP /1992 JP /1986 JP /1992 JP /1987 JP /1992 JP /1987 JP /1992 JP /1987 JP /1992 JP /1987 JP /1992 JP /1988 JP /1992 JP /1988 JP H /1992 JP /1988 JP H /1992 JP /1988 JP H /1992 JP /1988 JP /1992 JP /1988 JP /1992 JP /1988 JP /1992 JP /1989 JP /1992 JP /1989 JP /1992 JP /1989 JP /1993 JP /1989 JP /1993 JP H /1989 JP H /1993 JP /1990 JP /1993 JP /1990 JP H /1993 JP /1990 JP /1993 JP /1990 JP H /1993 JP /1990 JP /1993 JP H /1990 JP /1994 J5 JP /1990 ASC11VO1. 15, N0. 9/171, dated Sep. 1, 1991, pp JP /1990 Suichi Sato, et a1., Appeal Decision JP , Jan. 25, L; 13/ 2005, All pages, Japanese Patent Of?ce, Tokyo, Japan. JP 02:311O72 12j1990 Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Notice of Rejection JP , JP /1991 Aug. 3, 2004, All pages, Japanese Patent Office, Tokyo, JP JP /1991 2/1991 Japan Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Notice of Rejection JP , JP H /1991 Aug. 3, 2004, All pages, Japanese Patent Office, Tokyo, JP /1991 Japan. JP H /1991 Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Notice of Rejection JP , JP /1991 Aug. 3, 2004, All pages, Japanese Patent Office, Tokyo, J? JP 83332;? 03: j Ryohei Otsuka, Notice of Rejection JP , Mar. 16, JP / , All pages, Japanese Patent Of?ce, Tokyo, Japan. JP /1992 Ryohei Otsuka, Notice of Rejection JP , Mar. 2, JP / , All pages, Japanese Patent Of?ce, Tokyo, Japan. JP H /1992 Suichi Sato, Notice of Reasons for Revocation JP 2003 JP JP /1992 4/ , Feb. 20, 2004, All pages, Japanese Patent Of?ce, Tokyo, Japan JP /1992 JP /1992 * cited by examiner

3 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 1 of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 55B 55 INPUT PEN

4 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 2 of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 m6;

5 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet3 of 137 US 6,985,136 B A 2/4 PHONETI C ANALYZING PROCESSOR 3 ' INPUT WORD PROCESSOR DATA BASE COMMUNICATOR CENTER 558 L [PEN INPUT CONTROLLER ~3I 33 INTERFACE T4 w??? M6 g}; POWER CONTRO 01 7H TI ZIQIEQA - >EEP/ ROM 29 TELEPHONE INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROLLER \7 u CONTROLLER TJ 27K 27L 7M 27 9 l WIRE'LSS 45 >TELEPHONE/ 89 PHONETI C SIGNAL GENERATOR DISPLAY CONTROLLER J UNIT / 6 TELEPHONE OUTPUT CONTROLLER 7 / 1 DATA INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROLLER T EARPHONE CONTROLLER v 0 INTZF ACE cn 01 OUTPUT $

6 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 4 of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 F'IG.4A 15D 15B A \\ Vi \ i POWER \\ FOR 0%m E! Q E Q 100% \ \ \ G 15F FIG.4B 15B 15C 15A V! A l POWER \ SOURCE gggeiving 0%:21 [Q Q 100%

7 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 5 of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 FIG.5 (A) WAITING FOR *RECEIPT (B) -RECE IVING FAX (C) jreceiving DATA (D) -TRANSMITTING FAX (E) --CAL.L.ING (F') ETRANSMITTING DATA (G) -TEL.EPHONING (H)--RECORDING (I) "WAITING FOR E RECEIPT 0% (J) WAITING FOR (5 RECEIPT 0% (K) WAITING 5%

8 U.S. Patent Jan. 10,2006 Sheet 6 of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 (DISPLAY CONTROL] /SIOD DETECT POWER CAPACITY /SI 10 DISPLAY POWER CAPACITY DETECT DATA STORAGE AMOUNT S290 DISPLAY DATA STORAGE AMOUNT END FIG.6 YES \ / : < / WAITING FOR S120 SI30\ RECEIPT? [DISPLAY WAITING FOR RECEIPT S150 SI TO\ YES p1 SPL REcEI AY IVING FAX NO RECEIVING F é NO 5140 YES RECEIVING DATA <? > AY No /DISPL RECEI IVING DATA YES > /Sl80 S190 F("RANSMI'I TING FAX> DISPL TRANS S210 YES DISPL CALLI \ 7 AY I IMITTING FAX CALLING > \ < P YES /DISPI_. AY NG / TRANSMITTIN < '2 TRANSIVIITTING DATA S250\ AY YE S 9 TELEPHONING < P DISPL TEILEP AY HONING YE S270 AY /.5 RECORDING \ < P DISPL RECORIDING 9 /S16U NO NO l/sezo G DATA> NO NO NO

9 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 7 of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 FIG. 7 MONITOR CONTROL) 8300 < RECEIVING YES? N0 /S310 INDICATE RECEIPT é TRANSMITTING '2 S320 ~ ' YES No /s330 INDICATE TRANSMISSION e 8340 < UNUSUAL < YES 7 / NO, /S350 INDICATE UNUSUAL CQNDITION < END

10 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 8 of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 FIG.8 A S H: o:

11 U.S. Patent Jan. 10,2006 Sheet 9 of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 FIG. 9 (COMMUNI CATOR CONTROL) INVELSTI GATE CURRQT STATUS DISPLAY STATUS REPORT S4lO 8420 DETERMINE SETTING FAX DATA MENU MENU MENU SETTING Q2551 CATION TELEPIEIEINIB DATA PROCESSING PROCESSING \s4'r0 \s450 APPLICATION PROCESSING /s4s0 /s430 FAX PROCESSING /s440 TELEPHONE PROCESSING w $< END

12 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 10 Of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 memo 12? l / / / W / STATUS REPORT / 125 ->RE S I DUAL MEMORY 75% WAITING FOR RECEIPT 127- FAX 10% 129 DATA 5% FAX MENU< -l I> RECORD 10% DATA MENU< -l35 TELEPHONE MENU 6-13? APPLICATION MENU SETTING MENU 141

13 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 11 of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 FIG. I I F ACSIMI LE PROCESS IMAGE PLANE OF DOCUMENT INPUT 3 S500 DATA PROCESSING S520 DETERMINATION INPUT OF CHARACTERS.FACSIMLE MENU F'ACSIMI LE MENU PROCESS F'ACSIMLE TRANSMISSION STOP RECEIVED F'ACSIMI LE S 40 / 5 F ACSIMILE TRANSMISSION PROCESVS END

14 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 12 Of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 FIG I,2 / y./ / F ACSIMILE FACSIMILE RECEIVED V MENU' TRANSMISSION F ACSIMILE STOP DISPLAY Kg] 153 / M TRACE 165/ 54, k? / 167 w? 1 69 DEL. CON 55

15 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 13 Of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 FIG. 13 FACSIMI LE ) PRocESS T IMAGE PLANE 0T PAcSIMILE MENU S600 I 7 PRocEss CHANGE PAGE DOCUMENT \5620 S630 S610 NEXT PAGE DETERMINATION DOCUMENT FACSIMLE RECEIVED TRANSMISSION EAcSIMILE DISPLAY F ACSIMILE STOP DELETION TRANSMISSION /8660 PROCESS 5540 j S 850 RECEIVED FACSIMILE DISPLAY PROCESS DELETION PROCESS END

16 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 14 Of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 FIG B? [ K / / Z,/ NEXT F ACSIMILE RECEIVED V PAGE TRANSMISSION FACSIMILE STOP DELETION DISPLAY 197 m / APPOINTMENT # _

17 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 15 Of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 F I G. 15 (FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION PROCESS /STDD IMAGE PLANE OF F'ACSIMILE TRANSMISSION < i SET TRANSMISSION PROCESSING 571D DETERMINATION 572D SELECT ADDRESSEE SET FACSIMILE SETTING PROCESS 8760 STOP SELECT TRANSMISSION TIME /S73D SET TRANSMISSION TIME 5740 IMMEDIATE I /st50 TRANSMIT F ACSIMILE END

18 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 16 of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 209\$ 203 >s+zuzc"r ADDRESSEE 21?\ \ Ell ? I I / 1 / J l / / SET STOP 4 - SELECT TRANSMISSION TIME I O0 COMPANY 1 IMMEDIATE 2 l 3\ 2 OOPLANT 2 30 MINUTES LATER SPECIFED TIME INPUT

19 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 17 of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 FIG.,1? RECEIVED F'ACSIMILE ) DISPALY PROCESS /S800 IMAGE PLANE OF RECEIVED F'ACSIMI LE LIST DETERMINATION SELECT STOP DATA OUTPUT DISPLAY RECEIVED F ACSIMILE S820 /S830 DATA OUTPUT PROCESS >< END

20 U.S. Patent Jan. 10, 2006 Sheet 18 Of 137 US 6,985,136 B2 FIG $ ? 1 1./ 1./ RECEIVED FACSIMILE LIST v I/ % DATA OUTPUT STOP 231\\ 233 L 1 OOACCOUNTANT DATA AND TIME 2', ' F1G.19 ' ( DELETION ) PROCESS /S9U0 IMAGE PLANE OF ) F'ACSIMILE LIST DELETE SELECTED F'ACSIMLE S910 END

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