BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20110285652A1
• Filed: 03/23/2011
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: NAKAMURA, Toshikatsu, IMAMURA, Akira
• Application Number:
  US13/070,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20110285652A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• 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 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit rotatably coupled to each other by a hinge mechanism. The first unit is provided with two operation buttons arranged symmetrical with respect to the center line passing through the respective centers of the first and second units. The second unit includes a power button that is superposed on one of the two operation buttons when the first and second screens are superposed on each other. One of the two operation buttons is used to display a keyboard image which permits an input operation through a touch panel.

Claims

1. A broadcast receiving device comprising:

a first casing comprising a first screen with a first touch panel;

a second casing comprising a second screen with a second touch panel;

a hinge coupling the first and second casings and configured to allow the first and second casings to rotate between a closed position where the first and second screens are facing each other, and an open position where the first and second casings are not facing each other;

two operation buttons on the first casing and symmetrical with each other with respect to a center line through respective centers of the first and second casings; and

a power button on the second casing and configured to face to one of the two operation buttons when the first and second screens are in the closed position,

wherein the first screen is configured to display a keyboard image for an input operation through the first touch panel, when one of the two operation buttons is operated.

2. An electronic device comprising:

a first casing comprising a first screen with a first touch panel;

a second casing comprising a second screen with a second touch panel;

a hinge coupling the first and second casings and configured to allow the first and second casing to rotate between a closed position where the first and second screens are facing each other, and an open position where the first and second casings are not facing each other;

two operation buttons on the first casing and symmetrical with each other with respect to a center line passing through respective centers of the first and second casings; and

a power button on the second casing and configured to face to one of the two operation buttons when the first and second screens are in the closed position,

wherein the first screen is configured to display a keyboard image for an input operation through the first touch panel, when one of the two operation buttons is operated.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the one of the two operation buttons is positioned on an opposite side of a dominant hand of a user when the user faces the first screen.

4. An electronic device comprising:

a first casing comprising a first screen with a touch panel provided on the first casing;

a second casing comprising a second screen; and

an operation button,

wherein the first screen is configured to display a keyboard image for an input operation through the touch panel when the operation button is operated.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, further comprising a hinge coupling a first end of the first casing to a first end of the second casing, and configured to allow the first and second casings to rotate with respect to each other in such a manner that a distance between the second end of the first casing and the second end of the second casing changes.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the operation button is positioned on an opposite side of a dominant hand of a user with respect to the first screen when the first casing is positioned close to the user and the second casing is positioned away from the user.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising a second operation button positioned close to the dominant hand of the user with respect to the first screen.