Display for an electronic device

• US 20050083308A1
• Filed: 10/16/2003
• Published: 04/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Homer, Steven S., Doczy, Paul J., Solomon, Mark C., Wolff, Stacy
• Granted Patent: US 7,145,766 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1669 Detachable keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1632 Pen holder integrated in the computer

Abstract

An electronic device is formed with a housing having a perimeter edge. A controller is located within the housing. Additionally, a display surface extends in a smooth manner outwardly to the perimeter edge.

Claims

1. An personal computer, comprising:

a housing having a perimeter edge;

a controller located within the housing; and

a display having a top surface extending to the perimeter edge, wherein the top surface and the perimeter edge form an uninterrupted and smooth transition.

2. The personal computer as set recited in claim 1, wherein the display surface is formed by a glass panel.

3. The personal computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a base wall disposed generally parallel to the display surface.

4. The personal computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the perimeter edge is arranged in a rectangle.

5. The personal computer as recited in claim 2, comprising a graphical user interface disposed beneath the glass panel.

6. The personal computer as recited in claim 5, comprising a pointer adapted to actuate the graphical user interface.

7. The personal computer as recited in claim 1, comprising a keyboard removeably attachable to the housing at the perimeter edge.

8. The personal computer as recited in claim 2, comprising a pad disposed between the glass panel and the housing to absorb shock.

9. The personal computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the personal computer comprises a tablet personal computer.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a tablet style personal computer having a housing with a base surface, and having a glass panel having a display surface generally opposite the base surface.

11. The electronic device as recited in claim 10, comprising a controller disposed within the housing.

12. The electronic device as recited in claim 10, wherein the glass panel is mounted to a bezel of the housing such that the glass panel is flush with an outer surface of the bezel.

13. The electronic device as recited in claim 12, wherein the glass panel abuts the bezel to form a top surface with a smooth and uninterrupted junction where the glass panel and the bezel abut.

14. The electronic device as recited in claim 10, wherein the tablet style personal computer comprises a graphical user interface disposed below the display surface and a pointer able to interact with the graphical user interface through the display surface.

15. The electronic device as recited in claim 10, wherein the tablet style personal computer comprises a pad disposed underneath the glass panel, wherein the pad is adapted to absorb vibration.

16. A method of manufacturing a computer, comprising the acts of:

forming a portable computer housing in a tablet style form factor; and

mounting a display panel to the portable computer housing in a manner providing a smooth transition between the display panel and the portable computer housing.

17. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the act of mounting comprises the act of mounting a display panel made of glass.

18. The method as recited in claim 16, comprising the act of disposing a microprocessor within the portable computer housing.

19. The method as recited in claim 18, comprising the act of disposing a graphical user interface beneath the display panel.

20. The method as recited in claim 16, comprising the act of positioning the display panel to form a planar display surface.

21. A computer system, comprising

a display having a top display surface;

and

an edge extending around a perimeter of the display, wherein a smooth transition exists between the top display surface and the edge such that the display is flush with the edge.

22. The computer system as recited in claim 21, wherein the display comprises a digitizer panel.