Patent ID: 6606384
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
A multimedia communications terminal (10), comprising a housing (12), a visual display unit (16) which is arranged like a console installed in a front surface (B) of the housing (12), a video camera (38) and a telephone handset (44), characterizedin that a channel (20), running parallel to the top edge of the visual display unit (16), for accommodating at least one fully cylindrical body (22) or body (22) which is partially cylindrical at least in the area of the channel (20) is formed above the visual display unit (16) in the communications terminal (10), in that the fully or partially cylindrical body (22) is mounted in the channel (20) such that it can be rotated about its longitudinal axis (54), which coincides with the axis of the channel (20), and in that the video camera (38) is installed in the fully or partially cylindrical body (22), a rest (42) for the telephone handset (44) is integrally formed on the fully or partially cylindrical body (22) and, in addition, a card reader for smart cards or magnetic strip cards is installed in the fully or partially cylindrical body (22).