ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20110164359A1
• Filed: 12/22/2010
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Ng, Wan-Lynn, Javier, Geoffrey, Liew, Cindy Hui Min, Jie Wong, Lionel Zhen, Alenquer, Daniel Pittella, Tai, Izu-Wei, CHU, Chao-Ming
• Application Number:
  US12/976,039
• Publication Number:
  US 20110164359A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An electronic device includes a host module and an input module. The input module includes a keyboard unit and a plurality of the touch units. The keyboard unit includes a plurality of keys which are electrically connected to the host module. The touch units are disposed adjacent to the keyboard unit and electrically connected to the host module. The electronic device as disclosed brings the convenience for the user to use the electronic device by a plurality of the touch units.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a host module; and

an input module, including;

a keyboard unit with a plurality of keys, wherein the keys are electrically connected to the host module; and

a plurality of touch units disposed adjacent to the keyboard unit and electrically connected to the host module.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the touch units are disposed at two sides of the keyboard unit.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein each of the touch units comprises a touch pad electrically connected to the host module.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein each of the touch units further comprises a key disposed adjacent to the touch pad, and the key is electrically connected to the host module.

5. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the touch pads are with single-touch feature or multi-touch feature.

6. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the touch pads are resistor touch pads or capacitor touch pads.

7. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the touch pads operate independently or dependently.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, which is a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a global positioning system (GPS), an electronic book, an electronic dictionary, a game boy or a mobile communication device.