Digital book

• US 8,686,963 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2011
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Glenn Rolus Borgward
• Original Assignee: Glenn Rolus Borgward
• Inventors: Rolus Borgward, Glenn
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia, Prabodh M
• Application Number:
  US13/304,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20120127642A1
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 345/121, 345168-179, 345/835, 345/864, 345/901, 707/532, 713/340, 455/90, 455/557, 361/683, 361/681
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• 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 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1649 the additional display being independently orientable, e.g. for presenting information to a second user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1683 for the transmission of signal or power between the different housings, e.g. details of wired or wireless communication, passage of cabling
• 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 1/189 Power distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0283 for data storage and retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1632 Pen holder integrated in the computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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 digital book includes a casing adapted to fold open and shut like a book and having a folding axis, a main part, and a secondary part, together forming a book back part. A display unit consists of at least two parts arranged such that when the casing is folded out, the main part and the secondary part are each presented with at least one screen each, like pages of a book. A control unit has means for receiving, storing, processing, and reproducing information, and an operating unit has operating elements for using the digital book as a device for receiving/processing/reproducing information. A supply unit has a receiving opening and a guide and supply pin, by means of which the digital book can be plugged in when the casing is folded shut, for inputting and outputting information, for supplying energy, and for storing the digital book.

Claims

1. System comprising:

a display device, in particular for displaying text and/or image information, and

a supply unit with a guiding and supplying pin adapted to supply current,

the display device comprising;

a casing with a first part and at least one second part, wherein said first part and said at least one second part are arranged such that said casing can be folded open and shut about a folding axis of a swivel joint, and

a display unit with at least one display,

wherein an interface for current supplying and/or for transmitting data signals from or to other information processing systems is arranged within said swivel joint, wherein said interface has the form of an electrical connector,

wherein said interface comprises a guiding and supplying opening, and

wherein the longitudinal axis of the guiding and supplying opening is arranged co-axially to said folding axis.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein a battery, particularly a rechargeable battery, is arranged at least partly within said swivel joint.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein said battery at least partly has a cylindrical form and is arranged in such a way that the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical part of said battery is arranged co-axially to said folding axis.

4. The system according to claim 2, wherein said swivel joint comprises two hinge elements and wherein said battery is arranged at least partly between said two hinge elements.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said interface is arranged at a side of said swivel joint.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said interface is configured for bi-directional and/or serial transmission of data signals.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said guiding and supplying opening comprises counter-contacts for current supply and/or counter-contacts for supplying and leading away information.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein said guiding and supplying opening is configured cylindrically.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein said interface is configured to accommodate a phone jack.

10. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit with means for recording, storing, processing and reproducing information.

11. The system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one operating unit with operating elements for using said display device as device for recording, processing and/or reproducing information.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein said operating elements are combination key elements, in particular being arranged in a grasp border region.

13. The system according to claim 1, wherein said first part and said at least one second part are mechanically and/or electrically detachably connected to each other.

14. The system according to claim 1, wherein said first part and said at least one second part are non-detachably connected to each other.

15. The system according to claim 1, wherein said display unit is provided at least in two-part form and is arranged such that, in a folded open state of said casing, said first part with at least one display and said at least one second part with at least one display are provided to a user to be viewed like the pages of the book.

16. The system according to claim 1, wherein said connector is configured as holding device for arranging the display device in a supply unit.

17. The system according to claim 1, wherein the supply unit comprises an accommodation opening, wherein said display device in a folding shut state of the casing can be inserted by means of said guiding and supplying pin for supplying and leading away information, for supplying energy, and for keeping the display device.