Nokia Corporation

Here Global B.v.

Uniforce Tech L.l.c.

Rhys Newman

Nikolaj Bestle

Andrew Julian Gartrell

Julian Bleecker

Vids Samanta

Tom Arbisi

Rachael Sleight

Jeremy Matters

Jim Holtorf

Michael Mckay

Andrew Gartrell

Maree Park

Roope T Takala

In one example, a controller of a camera is configured to detect a mechanical connection of an accessory for the camera through data received by a sensor. The accessory includes a physical component that performs a function for the camera. The function may replace an existing function of the camera or supplement an existing function of the camera. The controller identifies one or more identification marks on the accessory to determine an existence of the accessory or a position of the accessory. The controller may disable an existing function of the camera or modify a configuration of the camera based on the identification marks.

Interchangeable user input control components

A transformable mobile station. The mobile station has a display that is substantially framed by the mobile station housing. The housing has two sections that are rotatably connected to each other so that in a first configuration they frame the display and in a transformed configuration, one or more sides of the display are unframed, and the unframed sides may be placed next to the display of another display-compatible mobile station. The two (or more) display-compatible mobile stations may be connected together such that their respective displays each form a portion of a larger, unified display.

Transformable mobile station

A hingeless folding mobile station. The mobile station includes at least two halves that is separate enclosures each holding a portion of the mobile station's internal components. A flexible connector connects the components housed in one section of the enclosure with the internal components housed in the other. The two halves of the mobile station are held together by a retainer such as an elastomeric band that is stretched around the outer end of each section and around a series of return points located near the inner end of each the mobile station enclosure sections. A series of grooves or extensions are formed in various locations about the mobile station in order to retain the elastomeric band in place. When in place, the elastomeric band has been stretched from its normal resting length so that a tension force is constantly applied.

Hingeless mobile station

A portable device having a main unit and a keyboard unit. The main unit includes a display and the keyboard unit includes a full alphabet keyboard. Furthermore, the keyboard unit has a closed position and an open position. In the closed position a portion of the display is obstructed by the keyboard unit, and in the open position the display is unobstructed by the keyboard unit. The full alphabet keyboard is operable in both the closed position and the open position.

Phone with automatic linked qwerty keyboard

A folding mobile telephone having a dual-movement hinge. The hinge movably attaches one section of the mobile phone to another in such a way that there are at least two ways to access the various features of the mobile phone that are hidden from view in a closed position. The hinge includes a longitudinal pin having a first end that is disposed within a sleeve attached to the first enclosure section, and a second end that is disposed within a sleeve that is attached to the second enclosure section. As a result, the sections may be moved longitudinally with respect to each other for a portion of their length by sliding one or both sleeves away from the other along the pin. The sections may also be rotated about the pin to move the mobile telephone to an open position. In this way a user may selectively access all, or only a portion of the encloseable components and features of the mobile telephone.

Folding mobile station with dual-movement hinge

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Woodland Hills, CA, United States of America

Rhys Newman