Portable device

• US 8,665,218 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2011
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Shiu, Duan-Ruei, Wang, Jung-Hsing
• Primary Examiner(s): Sharifi-Tafreshi, Koosha
• Application Number:
  US13/025,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20110193782A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,117 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/168, 345/169, 345/173, 345/174, 715/773, 715/863, 715/864, 715/866
• US Class Current: 345/168
• 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 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0216 Arrangements for ergonomically adjusting the disposition of keys of a keyboard for keyboards integrated in a laptop computer G06F1/1664
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A portable device including a body, a panel display, a touch sensor, and a positioning determining element is provided. The panel display and the touch sensor are disposed at a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface of the body. The positioning determining element is disposed in the body for determining the locations of each finger when the body is hold and defining a conformal keyboard corresponding to the shape of hands, so the user can execute programs via the finger actions on the touch sensor conveniently.

Claims

1. A portable device, comprising:

a body;

a panel display disposed at a first surface of the body;

a touch sensor disposed at a second surface of the body, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface; and

a positioning determining element disposed in the body for determining a holding position and defining a conformal keyboard corresponding to the shape of hands when the body is held, wherein the panel display displays a standard keyboard, and the standard keyboard and the conformal keyboard respectively exist on the first surface and the second surface at the same time, wherein the conformal keyboard is a virtual keyboard, a plurality of keys are distributed in the conformal keyboard related to placing positions of fingers when the body is held, and each of the keys of the conformal keyboard is irregular in shape.

2. The portable device according to claim 1, further comprising an auxiliary element disposed in the body.

3. The portable device according to claim 2, wherein the auxiliary element sends a alerting sound or a alerting light, or vibrates to indicate that the conformal keyboard is set-up completely.

4. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the touch sensor is a touch panel.

5. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the conformal keyboard is a virtual keyboard.

6. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the definition of keys of the conformal keyboard corresponds to that of the standard keyboard.

7. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the touch sensor detects a multi touch signal and a single touch signal.

8. The portable device according to claim 7, wherein the body executes different programs according to moving trace of a multi touch signal detected by the touch sensor.