Patent ID: 6307499
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: G06F,H04B

Abstract:
A wireless communication device comprising:a housing;said housing mounting plurality of spaced apart LEDs and a user input device comprising a computer keyboard including user operable input keys operable to cause each of said plurality of LEDs to emit a coded instruction characteristic of an operated key, said housing including a keyboard and a support surface, spaced apart elongated edge surfaces extending between said keyboard and said support surface, and spaced apart side edge surfaces extending between said keyboard and said support surface and between said elongated edge surfaces,each of the plurality of LEDs spaced apart along one of said elongated edge surfaces and located to produce and to direct light away from said one elongated edge surface of said housing along a unique central axis of light propagation;wherein at least two of said plurality of LEDs are angularly positioned with respect to said housing such that the central axis of light propagation associated with each of the at least two of said plurality of LEDs (a) divergent from each other and from said side edge surfaces, and (b) are inclined downwardly from said support surface when positioned horizontally.