NOTEBOOK COMPUTER WITH DUAL SCREENS

• US 20090219254A1
• Filed: 04/09/2008
• Published: 09/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CHEN, MING-KE, LAI, HSIU-CHANG, SUN, KE
• Application Number:
  US12/100,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20090219254A1
• 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 1/1643 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 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203

Abstract

A notebook computer with dual screens includes a first display screen, a second display screen has a touch screen function, a motherboard includes a north bridge and a south bridge, a super input/output device, a touch screen control circuit is connected to the south bridge through the super input/output device, a channel selection circuit is connected to an output of the touch screen control circuit, first and second signal selection circuits are respectively connected to two outputs of the channel selection circuit via a switch, and a video card with dual ports. The first and second display screens are respectively connected to the first and second signal selection circuits. The two ports of the video card are connected to the first and second signal selection circuits. An input of the video card is connected to the motherboard.

Claims

1. A notebook computer with dual screens comprising:

A first display screen and a second display screen having a touch screen function;

a motherboard comprising a north bridge and a south bridge;

a super input/output device;

a touch screen control circuit, the touch screen control circuit connected to the south bridge through the super input/output device;

a channel selection circuit connected to an output of the touch screen control circuit;

a first signal selection circuit and a second signal selection circuit respectively connected to two outputs of the channel selection circuit via a switch, the first and second display screens respectively connected to the first and second signal selection circuits; and

a video card with dual ports, the two ports of the video card connected to the first and second signal selection circuits, an input of the video card connected to the motherboard, wherein when the switch turns on, the super input/output device starts the touch screen control circuit to control the touch screen form a virtual keyboard;

when the switch turns off, the first and second signal selection circuits receive the signal from the video card for display of the first and second display screens.

2. The notebook computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the virtual keyboard comprises a predefined hot key, the predefined hot key is configured to control the switch.

3. The notebook computer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a button associating with the switch, and configured to control the switch.

4. The notebook computer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a bracket mounted to a rear side of the main body of the notebook computer, wherein the bracket is pivotable between a first position in which the bracket is accommodated in a recess of the rear side and a second position in which the bracket is angled from the rear side to support the first and second display screen.

5. The notebook computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first signal selection circuit is connected to the second signal selection circuit via an inter-integrated circuit bus.