Personal digital assistant with internal printer and user interface

• US 7,219,990 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2004
• Issued: 05/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia
• Primary Examiner(s): Meier; Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran; Ly T
• Application Number:
  US10/920,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20050018243A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: 347/105, 347/108, 347/109, 347/88, 400/88, 400/613, 400/634
• US Class Current: 347/109
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/706 using a cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating carrier
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 15/044 Cassettes or cartridges containing continuous copy material, tape, for setting into printing devices
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/01 Ink jet
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/16 Production of nozzles
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/16552 using cleaning fluids
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17513 Inner structure
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1752 Mounting within the printer
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17546 electronically
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17553 Outer structure
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/023 with reduced dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/13 Cases or covers
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/38 Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/36 for portability , i.e. hand-held printers or laptop printers B41J3/4075 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/44 Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms having dual functions or combined with, or coupled to, apparatus performing other functions
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/445 Printers integrated in other types of apparatus, e.g. printers integrated in cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/46 Printing mechanisms combined with apparatus providing a visual indication
• 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 1/1696 the I/O peripheral being a printing or scanning device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/202 Air convective hinge
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/00 Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data , e.g. computer output printersprinting or plotting combined with another operation, e.g. with conveying, G06K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2215/0082 : Architecture adapted for a particular function

Abstract

1. A hand held personal digital assistant including:

• • memory for storing information;
  • a display;
  • a pagewidth printhead;
  • a processor for processing information to generate dot data and supply it to the printhead;
  • a supply of print media disposed within said personal digital assistant.
  • a user interface configured to enable: retrieval of the information from the memory for display on the display; printing of the displayed information; and input of further information for storage, display and printing.

Claims

1. A hand held personal digital assistant including:

memory for storing information;

a display;

a pagewidth printhead disposed within a body section of the personal digital assistant;

a processor for processing information to generate dot data and supply it to the printhead;

a print media cartridge for supplying print media to the printhead, the print media cartridge being removably disposed within a hinge joint of said personal digital assistant—

which hingedly connects the display to the body section; and

a user interface configured to enable;

retrieval of the information from the memory for display on the display;

printing of the displayed information; and

input of further information for storage, display and printing.

2. The personal digital assistant of claim 1 including a releasable cover portion through which said print media cartridge and/or an ink cartridge can be removed.

3. The personal digital assistant of claim 1 wherein said printer includes a monolithic pagewidth printhead.

4. The personal digital assistant of claim 3 wherein said printhead is an ink jet printhead.

5. The personal digital assistant of claim 1 wherein said user interface includes a touch screen integrated into the display.