Ergonomic hand held display
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1. An ergonomic hand held flat panel display device, the device comprising:
- a housing, a touch responsive flat panel display screen disposed on one major face of said housing, a primary handgrip and a secondary handgrip on said display housing wherein said primary hand grip and said secondary handgrip are disposed on opposing sides of said housing, both of said handgrips wrapping around said housing from the front to the back of said housing, both of said handgrips further angled inward towards the back of the display device, a printed circuit board inside said housing in electrical contact with and enabling said flat panel display to display computer output, a connector for receiving power and output signal from a computer said output signal to be displayed on said flat panel display, wherein mass inside said housing is distributed towards the primary handgrip.
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Abstract
The invention relates to the field of wearable and portable computers. Specifically, the invention is a flat panel display device which is designed with certain ergonomic features which allow the user to operate the display device comfortably for longer periods of time than with previous prior art hand held displays.
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39 Claims
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1. An ergonomic hand held flat panel display device, the device comprising:
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a housing, a touch responsive flat panel display screen disposed on one major face of said housing, a primary handgrip and a secondary handgrip on said display housing wherein said primary hand grip and said secondary handgrip are disposed on opposing sides of said housing, both of said handgrips wrapping around said housing from the front to the back of said housing, both of said handgrips further angled inward towards the back of the display device, a printed circuit board inside said housing in electrical contact with and enabling said flat panel display to display computer output, a connector for receiving power and output signal from a computer said output signal to be displayed on said flat panel display, wherein mass inside said housing is distributed towards the primary handgrip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A hand held, flat panel display device comprising:
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a display housing, said display housing containing a touch screen display with an underlying flat panel display disposed on a major front face of said housing, said housing further containing a printed circuit board in electrical contact with and for outputting video signals to said flat panel display and for performing computer operations, including at least a microprocessor, volatile and non-volatile storage, and video graphics hardware to provide signal and control to said flat panel display, a primary handgrip and a secondary handgrip on said display housing wherein said primary hand grip and said secondary handgrip are disposed on opposing ends of said housing, both of said handgrips wrapping around said housing from the front to the back of said housing, both of said handgrips further angled inward towards the back of the display device, and further wherein said primary hand grip surrounds a removable battery, which can be selectively engaged or disengaged from said housing, wherein mass inside said housing is distributed towards the primary handgrip. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An ergonomic hand held flat panel display device, the device comprising:
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a housing, a touch screen disposed on one major face of said housing, a flat panel display behind said touch screen and responsive to said touch screen, a primary handgrip and a secondary handgrip on said display housing wherein said primary hand grip and said secondary handgrip are disposed on opposing sides of said housing, both of said handgrips wrapping around said housing from the front to the back of said housing, said handgrips further angled inward towards the back of the display device, a printed circuit board inside said housing enabling electrically connected to and said flat panel display and enabling said flat panel display to display computer output and selectively to perform independent computer functions, said circuit board comprising at least a microprocessor, volatile and non-volatile storage, and video graphics hardware for sending output to and controlling said flat panel display, a connector for receiving power and output signal from a computer said output signal to be displayed on said flat panel display, wherein mass inside said housing is distributed towards the primary handgrip. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An ergonomic hand held flat panel display device, the device comprising:
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a housing, a touch screen disposed on one major face of said housing, a flat panel display behind said touch screen and responsive to said touch screen, a primary handgrip and a secondary handgrip on said display housing wherein said primary hand grip and said secondary handgrip are disposed on opposing ends of said housing, both of said handgrips wrapping around said housing from the front to the back of said housing, said handgrips further angled inward towards the back of the display device, a printed circuit board inside said housing in electrical contact with and enabling said flat panel display to display computer outputs, wherein mass inside said housing is distributed towards the primary handgrip. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A hand held flat panel computer display unit comprising in combination:
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a display housing comprising at a front and back side;
a touch screen disposed on one major face of said housing;
a primary and a secondary handgrip on opposing terminal sides of said housing, both of said handgrips wrapping in a rounded configuration around said terminal sides of said housing, each of said hand grips being electrical insulating and substantially non-skid, a printed circuit board inside said housing adapted to be in contact with said touch screen to enable said flat panel display to display computer output, wherein mass inside said housing is distributed towards the primary handgrip. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An ergonomic flat panel computer display device, the device comprising:
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a housing, a touch responsive flat panel display screen disposed on one major face of said housing, a pair of hand grips on opposing ends of said housing, said hand grips wrapping around from the display screen face of said housing to the opposing face of said housing and said hand grips further angled inward toward said opposing face, wherein mass inside said housing is distributed towards the primary handgrip. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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