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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
Jae-ho Lee, Gumi-si, KR;
Ji-hwa Kim, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
Do-hwan Choi, Daegu, KR;
Yeong-moo Ryu, Gumi-si, KR;
Jae-Ho Lee, Gumi-si, KR;
Ji-Hwa Kim, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
Do-Hwan Choi, Daegu, KR;
Yeong-Moo Ryu, Gumi-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling a wireless terminal. The apparatus comprises a folder opening/closing detection module detecting opening/closing states of folder housings pivoting away from a body housing of the terminal in different directions and generating opening/closing detection signals, a key input module comprising input modules each having inner and external key(s), a display module comprising a first display module disposed in one of the folder housings and a second display module disposed in the body housing, a position detection module detecting a terminal position and generating position detection signals, a voice inputting/outputting module comprising input/output modules each having a speaker and a microphone and mounted on different sides of the terminal, rotary-type speakers each rotatably mounted inside one of the folder housings, and a control module controlling said input/output and display modules (including speakers) according to the folder opening/closing signals and/or the generated position signals.