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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2005
Yong Sam Kang, Seoul, KR;
Ji Nyeon Jung, Seoul, KR;
Myung Hoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
IN Hyuk Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kwang Ju Choi, Seoul, KR;
Yong Sam Kang, Seoul, KR;
Ji Nyeon Jung, Seoul, KR;
Myung Hoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
In Hyuk Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kwang Ju Choi, Seoul, KR;
Pantech Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A wireless communication terminal with an opening/closing function using a plurality of magnetic pole sensors and method therefor is provided. The invention activates or inactivates a display unit via a switch by sensing an opening/closing of a sub-body using the magnetic pole sensors, to thereby prevent a malfunctioning due to a magnetic pole caused by an external magnetic pole generator. The inventive wireless communication terminal comprises a first magnetic pole generator for generating a north (N) magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole generator for generating a south (S) magnetic pole, a first magnetic pole sensor for sensing the N magnetic pole from the first magnetic pole generator, a second magnetic pole sensor for sensing the S magnetic pole from the second magnetic pole generator, a controller for controlling an operation of a switch to activate or inactivate an output unit based on the sense result from the first and the second magnetic pole sensors, the switch performing a switching operation in response to a control signal from the controller, and the output unit activated or inactivated in accordance with the switching operation of the switch.