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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2000
Teppo Hemiä, Tampere, FI;
Jouni Hietamäki, Tampere, FI;
Miikka Merilahti, Tampere, FI;
Mirka Murtoniemi, Tampere, FI;
Juha Nousiainen, Tampere, FI;
Teppo Hemiä, Tampere, FI;
Jouni Hietamäki, Tampere, FI;
Miikka Merilahti, Tampere, FI;
Mirka Murtoniemi, Tampere, FI;
Juha Nousiainen, Tampere, FI;
Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd., Espoo, FI;
Abstract
An electronic input device (MS) has a flexible keyboard () for receiving user input and a housing () defining a space for accommodating the keyboard. The input device has a compacted state and an extended state. The keyboard adopts a compacted spatial configuration in the compacted state and adopts an extended spatial configuration in the second state. In the compacted state the keyboard is wound on a roll. The input device additionally has a retractable, flexible display having corresponding compacted and extended states so that both the keyboard and the display can be rolled in and out together.