Functionally interchangeable data processing device having a rotatable display unit

摘要

A data processing device includes a keypad including a number of keys and appropriate driver components to provide a capability to the data processing device to be used as a mobile phone, a computer and a television, a hinge, and a display unit physically coupled to the keypad through the hinge to enable movement thereof toward and away from the keypad such that the data processing device is in a closed state when a plane of a screen of the display unit faces and contacts a plane of the keypad and in an open state when the plane of the screen of the display unit is approximately perpendicular to the plane of the keypad. The hinge further enables movement of the display unit thereabout such that the plane of the screen of the display unit is away from the keypad in the open state when rotated 180° about the hinge.

主权项

1. A data processing device comprising:
a keypad including a plurality of keys providing a plurality of functionalities to the data processing device during each use thereof as a mobile phone, a computer and a television; a hinge; a display unit physically coupled to the keypad through the hinge to enable movement thereof toward and away from the keypad such that the data processing device is in a closed state when a plane of a screen of the display unit faces and contacts a plane of the keypad and the data processing device is in an open state when the plane of the screen of the display unit is approximately perpendicular to the plane of the keypad, wherein further movement of the display unit about the hinge from the open state such that the plane of the screen of the display unit is away from the keypad when rotated 180° about the hinge enables a user of the data processing device utilize the screen solely for viewing content thereon based on the keypad being invisible to the user and a surface beneath the keypad being utilized as a stand to hold the display unit; a memory including an operating system executing on the data processing device and a plurality of driver components related to providing a capability to the data processing device to be used as the mobile phone, the computer and the television; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute instructions to provide the mobile phone capability, the computer capability and the television capability to the data processing device, wherein when an antenna is removably coupled to a port of the data processing device, the data processing device is capable of picking up a plurality of television signals to enable functionality thereof as the television, and wherein the plurality of keys on the keypad vary in functionality of keys thereof when the data processing device transitions from the functionality thereof as the mobile phone to any of: the computer and the television.