Patent ID: 7239900
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting a folder position in a rotation touch phone having a camera, the rotation touch phone including a sensor section, a folder, a body, and a connecting section, the folder having a magnet, the sensor section including first, second and third sensors for detecting the magnet, the first and second sensors being located on the body and the third sensor being located on the connecting section, the connecting section connecting the folder to the body, the folder being movable from first, second, third and fourth states, the first state signifying a state in which the folder is initially closed, the second state signifying a state in which the folder has been opened from the first state, the third state signifying a state in which the folder has been rotated substantially 180 degrees from the second state, the fourth state signifying a state in which the folder has been closed from the third state, wherein the orientation of the folder with respect to the body in the fourth state is different than the orientation of the folder with respect to the body in the first state, the method comprising: receiving a signal from the sensor section notifying that the sensor section detects the magnet; deciding that the folder is in the first state in which the folder is closed, when only the first sensor detects the magnet; deciding that the folder is in the second state in which the folder has been opened, when none of the first to third sensors detect the magnet; deciding that the folder is in the third state in which the folder has been rotated substantially 180 degrees, when only the third sensor detects the magnet; and deciding that the folder is in the fourth state in which the folder is closed, when both the second and third sensors detect the magnet.