Side sliding type mobile terminal

摘要

A mobile terminal comprises a body comprising a keypad and a slider slidingly coupled to the body. The slider is configured to slide transversely with respect to the body and may comprise a display unit to display image information. The mobile terminal may further comprise a processor coupled to the slider to detect when the slider is slid from a first position to a second position and when the slider is slid from a second position to a first position. The image information may be rotated 90 degrees from a transverse orientation to a longitudinal orientation when the processor detects that the slider has been slid from the first position to the second position. Conversely, the image information may be rotated 90 degrees from a longitudinal orientation to a transverse orientation when the processor detects that the slider has been slid from the second position to the first position.

主权项

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a body having a length that is longer than its width and having a first side which is divided into a mounting region and a key arrangement region for locating a keypad having keys; a speaker mounted at the body; a slider having a length that is longer than its width and having a display unit configured to display image information and at least one key for inputting a number or for operating the mobile terminal, wherein the display unit is mounted at a second side of the slider; a receiver mounted at the second side of the slider; a microphone mounted at the slider; and a transverse sliding unit coupled to the body and the slider, the transverse sliding unit configured to enable the slider to slide transversely with respect to the body such that the slider is slidable in a widthwise direction, wherein the transverse sliding unit comprises:
a rail body coupled to a third side of the slider and having a rail groove; anda rail guide coupled to the mounting region and having a rail portion configured to slidably couple with the rail groove, wherein the rail portion is positioned away from at least a pair of edges of the body, wherein the receiver is located at a first portion of the slider and the microphone is located at a second portion of the slider, wherein the speaker is located at a portion of a fourth side of the body, and the portion of the fourth side is closer to the first portion of the slider than to the second portion of the slider, and wherein the first side and the fourth side of the body face different directions, and the second side of the slider and the fourth side of the body face different directions such that the display unit and the speaker face different directions.