Dual-touch-screen mobile computer
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a main screen portion, said main screen portion comprising a computer module and a main screen capable of displaying a computer user interface thereon; and
a sub-screen portion pivotally coupled to said main screen portion, said sub-screen portion comprising an embedded system module and a sub-screen capable of displaying an embedded system user interface or a computer input user interface thereon, wherein both the main screen and the sub-screen are touch-screen type flat panel display screens capable of receiving input information by physically touching a surface of the main screen or a surface of the sub-screen.
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Abstract
A dual-touch-screen mobile computer adapted to receive input information by touching a surface of a main screen or a surface of a sub-screen of such mobile computer is provided. The dual-touch-screen mobile computer is essentially a system with a computer module for performing various computer data processing tasks and an embedded system module for performing various embedded system tasks. The dual-touch-screen mobile computer comprises a main screen portion having a main screen mounted on the surface thereof and the computer module mounted within the main screen portion. The dual-touch-screen mobile computer also comprises a sub-screen portion pivotally coupled to the main screen portion and having a sub-screen mounted on the surface thereof and the embedded system module mounted within the sub-screen portion. Both the main screen and the sub-screen are touch-screen type flat panel display screens, thereby allowing a user to input data or commands into the dual-touch-screen mobile computer by physically touching the surface of the main screen or the surface of the sub-screen. The embedded system module is adapted to display a computer input user interface, such as a virtual keyboard, a virtual handwriting board, or a virtual notepad, and an embedded system user interface, such as a PDA interface, a smart phone interface, or a pager interface, on the sub-screen. The dual-touch-screen mobile computer further comprises a mobile phone telecommunication module, an IEEE 802.11 wireless network module, a pager module, a Bluetooth wireless network module, a 10/100 Ethernet module, and a memory card reader. The embedded system module and the computer module have separate battery sets to allow the embedded system module and the computer module to be operated independently.
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38 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a main screen portion, said main screen portion comprising a computer module and a main screen capable of displaying a computer user interface thereon; and
a sub-screen portion pivotally coupled to said main screen portion, said sub-screen portion comprising an embedded system module and a sub-screen capable of displaying an embedded system user interface or a computer input user interface thereon, wherein both the main screen and the sub-screen are touch-screen type flat panel display screens capable of receiving input information by physically touching a surface of the main screen or a surface of the sub-screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A portable computer, comprising:
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a main screen portion, said main screen portion comprising a computer module and a main screen capable of displaying a computer user interface thereon; and
a sub-screen portion pivotally coupled to said main screen portion, said sub-screen portion comprising an embedded system module and a sub-screen capable of displaying an embedded system user interface or a computer input user interface thereon, wherein said computer module includes a computer main-board with a socket for mounting a computer central processor unit thereon, a hard disk for storing data, a computer card port supporting both types I and II PCMCIA cards, a computer RAM memory bank, and a computer serial port, and said embedded system module includes an embedded system main-board with a socket for mounting an embedded system central processor unit thereon, an embedded system RAM memory bank, an embedded system ROM memory bank, and an embedded system serial port, both the main screen and the sub-screen being touch-screen type flat panel display screens capable of receiving input information by physically touching a surface of the main screen or a surface of the sub-screen. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. An electronic device, comprising:
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main screen means for displaying a computer main user interface;
sub-screen means for displaying an embedded system user interface or a computer input user interface;
computer means for performing essential computer data processing tasks, said computer means being coupled to said main screen means to cause said main screen means to display the computer main user interface;
embedded system means for performing a plurality of embedded system tasks, said embedded system means being coupled to said sub-screen means to cause said sub-screen means to display a selected embedded system user interface or a selected computer input user interface in response to an embedded system task performed. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a computer module adapted to perform computer data processing tasks, said computer module having a main screen for displaying a computer main user interface; and
an embedded system module coupled to said computer module, said embedded system module being adapted to perform embedded system tasks and to cause to display an embedded system user interface or a computer input user interface in the portable electronic device, wherein the computer main user interface is supported by a computer operating system and the embedded system user interface and the computer input user interface are supported by an embedded system operating system, and the main screen is a touch-screen type flat panel display screen. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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