A protective cover for a portable communication device includes a battery cover and a protective cover part coupled with the battery cover. The protective cover is detachably coupled with the portable communication device, and the protective cover part is disposed at a front surface of a display unit part of the portable communication device when the protective cover is coupled with the portable communication device. The portable communication device being turned off/on when the portable communication device is attached to/detached from the protective cover.
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0. 14. An apparatus comprising:
a portable communication device; and
a protective cover including:
a battery cover; and
a protective cover part coupled with the battery cover,
wherein the protective cover is configured to be detachably coupled with the portable communication device,
wherein the protective cover part is configured to be disposed at a front surface of a display unit part of the portable communication device when the protective cover is coupled with the portable communication device, and
wherein the protective cover part is configured to cause the portable communication device to turn on when the protective cover part is detached from the portable communication device and to turn off when the protective cover part is attached to the portable communication device.
1. A protective cover for a portable communication device, the protective cover comprising:
a battery cover; and
a protective cover part coupled with the battery cover,
wherein the protective cover being is configured to be detachably coupled with the portable communication device,
wherein the protective cover part being is configured to be disposed at a front surface of a display unit part of the portable communication device when the protective cover is coupled with the portable communication device, and
wherein the protective cover part is configured to cause the portable communication device being turned off/on to turn on when the protective cover part is detached from the portable communication device is attached to/detached from the protective cover and to turn off when the protective cover part is attached to the portable communication device.
9. A protective cover for a portable communication device, comprising:
a protective cover part comprising:
a display unit protecting cover comprising a magnetic force applying part,
a supporting member, and
a connecting member connecting the display unit protecting cover and the supporting member; and
a battery cover arranged between the display unit protecting cover and the supporting member, the battery cover being fixed to the protective cover part,
wherein the protective cover is configured to be detachably coupled with the portable communication terminal device, and
wherein the magnetic force applying part allows is configured to allow a magnetic force sensor included in the portable communication device to sense a change in magnetic force when the protective cover part is attached to/detached from the portable communication device such that, when the portable communication device is attached to/detached from the protective cover to turn, the portable communication device is turned off/on.
2. The protective cover of
a display unit protecting cover disposed at a front surface of the display unit part when the protective cover is coupled with the portable communication device;
a supporting member disposed at one end of the display unit protecting cover, the supporting member being coupled with the battery cover to support the battery cover; and
a connecting member to connect the display unit protecting cover with the supporting member.
3. The protective cover of
4. The protective cover of
6. The protective cover of
11. The protective cover of
12. The protective cover of
wherein the second fixing member contacts a first surface of the connecting member and the battery cover contacts a second surface of the connecting member, the first surface of the connecting member being opposite the second surface of the connecting member.
13. The protective cover of
0. 15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the protective cover part comprises:
a display unit protecting cover disposed at a front surface of the display unit part when the protective cover is coupled with the portable communication device;
a supporting member disposed at one end of the display unit protecting cover, the supporting member being coupled with the battery cover to support the battery cover; and
a connecting member to connect the display unit protecting cover with the supporting member.
0. 16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the supporting member comprises a first fixing member to couple with and fix the battery cover, and the connecting member comprises a second fixing member to couple with and fix the battery cover.
0. 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first fixing member and the second fixing member have a decorated appearance and have at least one screw assembling part to allow a screw to extend through the protective cover part to be coupled with the battery cover.
0. 18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the fixing members comprise metal.
0. 19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the protective cover part comprises a magnetic force applying part to allow a magnetic force sensor included in the portable communication device to sense a change in magnetic force when the portable communication device is removed from the protective cover part to turn the portable communication device on, and to allow the magnetic force sensor to sense a change in magnetic force when the portable communication device is placed in the protective cover to turn the portable communication device off.
0. 20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the protective cover is U-shaped.
0. 21. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the display unit part comprises a touch screen.
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This application claims priority from and the benefit of Korean Application No. 10-2007-0085588, filed on Aug. 24, 2007, which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a protective cover for a portable communication device having a touch screen, and more particularly to a protective cover that has a structure in which a battery cover and a protective cover for a display unit part are assembled such that they may be detached from the portable communication device together.
2. Discussion of the Background
In general, “a portable communication device” refers to a device allowing a user to wirelessly communicate with another person. Portable communication devices include a HHP, a CT-2 cellular phone, a digital phone, a Personal Communication Service (PCS) phone, and a personal digital assistance (PDA). Also, portable communication devices may be classified as various types according to their appearances.
A typical bar-type portable terminal includes a body, an antenna unit installed at the upper end of the body, an earpiece including a speaker positioned at a lower side of the antenna unit, a display unit to perform a displaying function positioned at a lower side of the earpiece, a key pad including a plurality of numeric keys and a plurality of function keys positioned at a lower side of the display unit, and a microphone unit positioned at a lower side of the key pad.
A PDA performs voice communication and has a large display unit to perform a displaying function. The large display unit may include a touch screen to perform video communication, an electronic scheduler function, and a function of inputting/outputting various pieces of information. However, a large display unit may be vulnerable to external impact.
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A plurality of keys 14 is positioned near the microphone 12.
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However, a conventional protective cover 30 for a portable communication device has a structure in which a protective cover to protect an external appearance of the communication device and a battery cover to protect a battery pack are separately assembled with the portable communication device. Therefore, a user may have to carry the covers with the portable communication device. As such, there may be inconvenience in that the user may easily lose the two covers and may have to perform multiple detaching operations when the user wants to detach the two covers from the communication device.
Also, when the two covers are assembled with the portable communication device, the thickness of the communication device may increase, thereby hindering the slimness of the device.
Further, there is a disadvantage in that, in order to use the communication device, the user may have to turn the portable communication device on after detaching the protective cover from the portable communication device.
The present invention provides a protective cover for a portable communication device. The protective cover has a structure in which a battery cover and a protective cover for a display unit are assembled such that they may be attached to/detached from the portable communication device together so that portability of the protective cover may be improved, loss of the covers may be prevented, and the thickness of the device may be decreased by reducing the number of parts thereof.
The present invention also provides a protective cover for a portable communication device, which includes a magnetic force applying part to detect if the protective cover is detached from the portable communication device and operate the device, which may improve effectiveness in using the device.
Additional features of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
The present invention discloses a protective cover for a portable communication device. The protective cover includes a battery cover and a protective cover part coupled with the battery cover, and the protective cover is detachably coupled with the portable communication device. The protective cover part is disposed at a front surface of a display unit part of the portable communication device when the protective cover is coupled with the portable communication device, and the portable communication device turns off/on when the portable communication device is attached to/detached from the protective cover.
The present invention also discloses a protective cover for a portable communication device including a protective cover part and a battery cover. The protective cover part includes a display unit protecting cover including a magnetic force applying part, a supporting member, and a connecting member connecting the display unit protecting cover and the supporting member. The battery cover is arranged between the display unit protecting cover and the supporting member and is fixed to the protective cover part. The protective cover is detachably coupled with the portable communication terminal, and the magnetic force applying part allows a magnetic force sensor included in the portable communication device to sense a change in magnetic force when the portable communication device is attached to/detached from the protective cover to turn the portable communication device off/on.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
The invention is described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure is thorough, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.
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Herein, the display unit part 11 has a touch screen.
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The protective cover part 100 is U-shaped.
With reference to
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As such, the protective cover part 100, which includes the display unit protecting cover 101, and the battery cover 21 are assembled together to form the protective cover, and when the protective cover is assembled with the portable communication device 10, the display unit part 11 as well as the battery pack 20 can be protected.
At this time, as shown in
The magnetic force sensor 301 senses a change in magnetic force of the magnetic force applying part 300, and converts the change into a signal, which is applied to the controller 302. The controller 302 turns the portable communication device 10 off.
Herein, as shown in
At this time, the magnetic force applying part 300 included in the display unit protecting cover 101 is removed from the portable communication device together with the display unit protecting cover 101, and the magnetic force sensor 301 included in the portable communication device 10 senses such removal. Accordingly, the controller 302 turns the portable communication device 10 on.
As such, it may be possible to operate the portable communication device 10 without a need to additionally push a power button (not shown).
It will be understood that when an element such as a layer, film, region or substrate is referred to as being “on” another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly on” another element, there are no intervening elements present.
Lee, Chang-Soo, Hyun, Sang-Min, Choi, Kwang-Ha
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