Flip-touch handheld device
First Claim
1. A combination computing device comprising:
- a palmtop personal computer (PC) section with an integrated standard format keyboard (“
keyboard”
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a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) section having a touch-screen display with PDA control buttons, said PDA section hingedly coupled to said palmtop PC section and having a first functional position when positioned over said keyboard and a second functional position when positioned exposing said keyboard for a user access;
a display position sensor for generating a display position signal with a first signal state when said PDA section is positioned in said first functional position and a second signal state when said PDA section is positioned in said second functional position; and
display circuitry for formatting display data for said touch-screen display for a portrait display mode in response to said first signal state and a landscape display mode in response to said second signal state.
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Abstract
The functions of a palmtop personal computer (PC) with a standard format keyboard (keyboard) are integrated with a personal digital assistant (PDA) having a touch-screen display with PDA control buttons to form a combination computing device. The PDA section is hingedly coupled over the keyboard of the palmtop PC section allowing the PDA display to have two positions. In the PDA position, the PDA section is placed over and latched onto the palmtop PC section. A display position sensor generates a signal indicating that the display is in the PDA display position. The display circuitry formats the display data for a portrait display mode for the PDA mode. If the PDA section is positioned for the palmtop PC mode exposing the keyboard, the display position sensor signals the display circuitry to format the display data for a landscape display mode. A user input may override the display format in the PDA mode.
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32 Claims
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1. A combination computing device comprising:
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a palmtop personal computer (PC) section with an integrated standard format keyboard (“
keyboard”
);
a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) section having a touch-screen display with PDA control buttons, said PDA section hingedly coupled to said palmtop PC section and having a first functional position when positioned over said keyboard and a second functional position when positioned exposing said keyboard for a user access;
a display position sensor for generating a display position signal with a first signal state when said PDA section is positioned in said first functional position and a second signal state when said PDA section is positioned in said second functional position; and
display circuitry for formatting display data for said touch-screen display for a portrait display mode in response to said first signal state and a landscape display mode in response to said second signal state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for a combination computing device comprising the steps of:
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hingedly coupling a palmtop personal computer (PC) unit with an integrated standard format keyboard (“
keyboard”
) to a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) unit having a touch-screen display with PDA control buttons, said PDA unit having a first functional position when positioned over said standard format keyboard and a second functional position when positioned exposing said keyboard for a user access;
generating a display position signal with a first signal state when said PDA unit is positioned in said first functional position and a second signal state when said PDA unit is positioned in said second functional position; and
formatting display data for said touch-screen display for a portrait display mode in response to said first signal state and a landscape display mode in response to said second signal state. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A combination computing device comprising:
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a palmtop personal computer (PC) section with an integrated standard format keyboard (keyboard);
a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) section having a touch-screen display with PDA control buttons, said PDA section hingedly coupled to said palmtop PC section and having a first functional position when positioned over said keyboard and a second functional position when positioned exposing said keyboard for a user access;
a display position sensor for generating a display position signal with a first signal state when said PDA section is positioned in said first functional position and a second signal state when said PDA section is positioned in said second functional position;
display circuitry for formatting display data for said touch-screen display for a portrait display mode in response to said first signal state and a landscape display mode in response to said second signal state; and
a multiple hinged cover coupled to said palmtop PC unit, said multiple hinged cover folding over said PDA touch-screen display in a first cover position and folding under said palmtop PC section in a second cover position. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computing device comprising:
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a personal digital assistant (PDA) touch-screen display with PDA control buttons hingedly coupled over a palmtop personal computer (PC); and
display circuitry receiving a position control signal and automatically formatting data for said PDA touch-screen display for a first display mode when said PDA touch-screen display is positioned over and covering a standard format keyboard (keyboard) of said palmtop PC and formatting data for said PDA touch-screen display for a second display mode when said PDA touch-screen display is positioned exposing said keyboard of said palmtop PC for user access. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for operating a computing device having a personal digital assistant (PDA) unit with a touch-screen display with PDA control buttons and a palmtop personal computer (PC) unit with a standard format keyboard (keyboard) comprising the steps of:
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coupling said PDA unit hingedly over said keyboard of said palmtop PC unit;
generating a position signal with a display position sensor, said position signal having a first signal state when said PDA unit is positioned over said keyboard blocking its use and having a second signal state when said PDA unit is positioned exposing said keyboard for user access; and
receiving said position signal and formatting display data for said PDA touch-screen display for a first display mode in response to said first signal state of said position signal and formatting display data for said PDA touch-screen display for a second display mode in response to said second signal state of said position signal. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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Specification