Portable computer with a hand impression

• US 7,376,841 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2004
• Issued: 05/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Sanchez-Cifuentes, Alvaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Barron; Gilberto
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEMMA, SAMSON B
• Application Number:
  US10/755,540
• Publication Number:
  US 20050166062A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,590 Days
• Field of Search: 713/186, 361/683, 382/115, 382/124, 340/5.83
• US Class Current: 713/186
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints

Abstract

A portable data processing system having a chassis base unit and a chassis cover unit pivotably attached with the chassis base unit is provided. A hand impression is disposed on a bottom surface of the chassis base unit. A portable data processing system having a chassis base unit and a chassis cover unit each having a partial hand impression disposed on respective surface is provided.

Claims

1. A portable data processing system, comprising:

a chassis base unit with a hand impression disposed on a bottom surface of the chassis base unit, wherein the chassis base unit and the hand impression are part of a monolithic structure, and wherein the bottom surface of the chassis base unit is substantially flat;

a chassis cover unit pivotably fastened to the chassis base unit; and

a sensor disposed in the hand impression, responsive to contact by a user, for enabling or disabling a processing unit in the data processing system;

wherein an intersection of a medial lateral axis of the chassis base unit and a medial longitudinal axis of the chassis base unit is within an orthogonal projection of the hand impression extending from a border of the hand impression;

wherein the hand impression further includes a hand shaped imprint disposed on the bottom surface of the chassis base unit; and

wherein the hand impression comprises a palm impression and five conjoined finger impressions extending from the calm impression.

2. The portable data processing system of claim 1, wherein distal ends of the five conjoined finger impressions are more proximate to a posterior edge of the chassis base unit than the palm impression.

3. The portable data processing system of claim 1, wherein the palm impression is more proximate to an anterior edge of the chassis base unit than the five conjoined finger impressions.

4. The portable data processing system of claim 1, wherein the hand impression is fastened to the chassis base unit.

5. The portable data processing system of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory that contains a set of instructions and a fingerprint data memory;

a biometric input device disposed in the hand impression, responsive to contact by a user, for generating biometric data; and

a processing unit, responsive to execution of the set of instructions, for disabling the data processing system upon determination that the biometric data does not match data stored in the fingerprint data memory.

6. A portable data processing system, comprising:

a chassis base unit having a first partial hand impression disposed on a bottom surface of the chassis base unit, wherein the chassis base unit and the first partial hand impression are part of a monolithic structure, and wherein the bottom surface of the chassis base unit is substantially flat;

wherein an intersection of a medial lateral axis of the chassis base unit and a medial longitudinal axis of the chassis base unit is within an orthogonal projection of the hand impression extending from a border of the hand impression;

wherein the hand impression further includes a hand shared imprint disposed on the bottom surface of the chassis base unit; and

wherein the hand impression comprises a palm impression and five conjoined finger impressions extending from the calm impression;

a chassis cover unit pivotably attached to the chassis base unit, wherein the chassis cover unit has a second partial hand impression disposed on a top surface of the chassis cover unit, wherein the chassis cover unit and the second partial hand impression are part of a monolithic structure, and wherein the bottom surface of the chassis base unit is substantially flat; and

a sensor disposed in at least one of the first partial hand impression or second partial hand impression, responsive to contact by a user, for enabling or disabling a processing unit in the data processing system.

7. The portable data processing system of claim 6, wherein the first partial hand impression comprises a partial palm impression and a thumb impression.

8. The portable data processing system of claim 6, wherein the second partial hand impression comprises a plurality of partial finger impressions.

9. The portable data processing system of claim 6, wherein the first partial hand impression extends from a posterior edge of the chassis base unit.

10. The portable data processing system of claim 6, wherein the second partial hand impression extends from a posterior edge of the chassis cover unit.

11. The portable data processing system of claim 6, wherein the first partial hand impression is adhered to the bottom surface, and the second partial hand impression is adhered to the top surface.

12. The portable data processing system of claim 6, further comprising:

a memory that contains a set of instructions and a fingerprint data memory;

a biometric input device disposed in one of the first partial hand impression and the second partial hand impression, responsive to contact by a user, for generating biometric data; and

a processing unit, responsive to execution of the set of instructions, for disabling the data processing system upon determination that the biometric data does not match data stored in the fingerprint data memory.

13. The portable data processing system of claim 12, wherein the second partial hand impression comprises a plurality of partial finger impressions, and the biometric input device is disposed on a distal end of one of the plurality of partial finger impressions.