Mobile Device with Concave Shaped Back Side

• US 20130100034A1
• Filed: 10/19/2011
• Published: 04/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Papakipos, Matthew Nicholas, Cahill, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US13/276,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20130100034A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 1/1643 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means

Abstract

In one embodiment, a mobile device comprises a display disposed on the mobile device'"'"'s front side and a touch surface disposed on the mobile device'"'"'s concavely-shaped back side.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a device housing having a front side and a back side, wherein the back side has a concavely-shaped region;

a memory;

one or more processors;

a display disposed on the front side of the device housing; and

a touch surface disposed on the back side of the device housing within the concavely-shaped region.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the touch surface comprises a touch display.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the concavely-shaped region comprises a curved concave surface.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the concavely-shaped region comprises the touch surface and an edge area of the back side, the touch surface being offset from the edge area in an direction toward the device housing'"'"'s center.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a light sensor disposed on the back side of the device housing.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a proximity sensor disposed on the back side of the device housing.