MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM

• US 20150146356A1
• Filed: 12/27/2014
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sharma, Sameer, Amit, Gadi, Hoshino, Yoshikazu, Harber, Chadwick, Clifton, Daniel, Jasinski, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US14/583,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20150146356A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/162 changing, e.g. reversing, the face orientation of the screen with a two degrees of freedom mechanism, e.g. for folding into tablet PC like position or orienting towards the direction opposite to the user to show to a second user
• 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 1/1635 Details related to the integration of battery packs and other power supplies such as fuel cells or integrated AC adapter
• 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 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1681 Details related solely to hinges hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683
• 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 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• 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 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders

Abstract

Embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for a mobile computing device. A mobile computing device may comprise, for example, an enclosure arranged to support a display and one or more processor circuits, the enclosure having an enlarged portion at one side of the enclosure arranged to allow a user to clutch the enclosure with one hand at the one side, the enlarged portion having a thickness that is larger than a thickness of another portion of the enclosure, and the enlarged portion defining a cavity arranged to support one or more energy storage modules. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1-37. -37. (canceled)

38. A mobile computing device, comprising:

an enclosure to support a display and one or more processor circuits, wherein the enclosure has an enlarged portion at one side of the enclosure to allow a user to clutch the enclosure with one hand at the one side, the enlarged portion has a thickness that is larger than a thickness of another portion of the enclosure, and the enlarged portion houses at least a portion of one or more energy storage modules, and an end of the enlarged portion is to include a power button.

39. The mobile computing device of claim 38, wherein the one or more processor circuits comprise at least one multicore processor.

40. The mobile computing device of claim 38, wherein the enclosure is further to support a non-volatile internal memory.

41. The mobile computing device of claim 38, wherein the display comprises a touchscreen.

42. The mobile computing device of claim 38, further comprising one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors is to include one or more of an accelerometer, a compass, a global positioning system (GPS), a light sensor, and a camera.

43. The mobile computing device of claim 42, wherein the sensor comprises a camera, and the camera is oriented to be centered above the display.

44. The mobile computing device of claim 38, further comprising the one or more energy storage modules, wherein at least one of the energy storage modules is a rechargeable energy storage module.

45. The mobile computing device of claim 38, further comprising a device port.

46. The mobile computing device of claim 38, wherein the enlarged portion is at least partially cylindrical.

47. A tablet computing device comprising:

an enclosure to include a substantially rounded side portion, wherein the rounded side has a diameter larger than a thickness of another portion of the enclosure, the other portion of the enclosure frames a display screen of the tablet computing device, the rounded side portion includes at least a portion of a compartment to at least partially enclose one or more energy storage modules, and an end of the rounded side portion includes a device connector port.

48. The tablet computing device of claim 47, wherein the end comprises a substantially circular end.

49. The tablet computing device of claim 47, wherein the other portion extends from the rounded end portion.

50. The tablet computing device of claim 49, wherein the other portion is smoothly integrated with the rounded end portion.

51. The tablet computing device of claim 47, wherein the enclosure provides an opening for at least one I/O port of the tablet computing device.

52. The tablet computing device of claim 51, wherein information is to be communicated through the at least one I/O port.

53. The tablet computing device of claim 47, wherein the energy storage modules comprise rechargeable energy storage modules.

54. The tablet computing device of claim 47, further comprising a camera, wherein the other portion includes an opening for a lens of the camera.

55. A system comprising:

one or more hardware components, wherein the hardware components comprise at least a processor device and a camera; and

a housing to surround the one or more hardware components, wherein the housing comprises a substantially cylindrical first portion and a substantially flat second portion with a substantially uniform thickness, the first portion has a diameter larger than the thickness of the second portion, the second portion seamlessly extends from the first portion, and the second portion includes a window for a lens of the camera.

56. The system of claim 55, wherein at least a portion of the housing is made of rigid plastic.

57. The system of claim 55, wherein at least a portion of the housing is made of metal.

58. The system of claim 55, wherein the housing provides for at least one connector port at the first portion.

59. An apparatus comprising:

an enclosure to surround one or more components of a computing device, wherein the components include one or more processor circuits, the enclosure has an enlarged portion at one side of the enclosure, the enlarged portion has a thickness in a first dimension that is at least double the thickness of another portion of the enclosure in the first dimension.

60. The apparatus of claim 59, wherein the enlarged portion has a substantially cylindrical shape and the remainder of the enclosure comprises a substantially rectangular, flat surface.

61. The apparatus of claim 60, wherein an end of the enlarged portion includes a power button of the computing device and the end is substantially circular end in shape.

62. The apparatus of claim 59, further comprising the one or more components.

63. The apparatus of claim 59, wherein at least a portion of the remainder of the enclosure is to frame a touchscreen display and a lens of a camera included in the one or more components.

64. A system comprising:

a multicore processor;

one or more network adapters to support WiFi and Bluetooth;

a camera;

a plurality of sensors including an accelerometer, a compass, a global positioning system, and a brightness sensor;

a non-volatile memory;

a touchscreen display; and

a housing to support and surround the processor, network adapters, memory, and the plurality of sensors, wherein the housing comprises a substantially cylindrical first portion and a substantially flat second portion with a substantially uniform thickness, wherein the first portion has a diameter larger than the thickness of the second portion, the second portion comprises a frame around the display, a lens of the camera is positioned within the frame, the first portion is to enclose at least a portion of one or more energy storage modules, a device connector port is positioned on an end of the first portion of the housing, and the housing is made, at least in part, of rigid plastic.

65. The system of claim 64, further comprising the one or more energy storage modules, wherein the energy storage modules comprise rechargeable energy storage modules.