Computer with an input device having a labeled region

• US 8,917,242 B2
• Filed: 07/04/2012
• Issued: 12/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Inventors: Yang, Tsun-Chih, Lo, Hao-Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia, Prabodh M
• Application Number:
  US13/541,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20130009876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 902 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-184, 361/679.3, 463/37, 463/46, 463/47, 715/788, 715/841
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04809 Textured surface identifying touch areas, e.g. overlay structure for a virtual keyboard
• 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 computer with an input device having a labeled region including a host, a first monitor, a first touchpad and a cover is provided. The first monitor is electrically connected to the host and serves as a display media of the host. The first touchpad is electrically connected to the host and serves as an input media of the host. The first touchpad includes a touch keypad region, wherein a plurality of touch keys is disposed in the touch keypad region. The cover encloses the first touchpad and includes a labeled region. When the device is power on, the labeled region is corresponding to the touch keypad region of the first touchpad, and the user can distinguish positions of each of the touch keys of the touch keypad region when inputting data by means of the touch keypad region.

Claims

1. A computer with an input device having a labeled region, comprises:

a host, wherein a display is electrically connected the host;

a first touchpad, electrically connected to the host and serving as an input media of the host, the first touchpad including a touch keypad region, wherein a plurality of touch keys are disposed in the touch keypad region;

a cover, enclosing the first touchpad, the cover including a labeled region, wherein the labeled region is corresponding to the touch keypad region of the first touchpad, and the cover displays a plurality of written characters displayed by the display, and

wherein when a user uses the touch keypad region to input data, the user distinguishes a position of each of the touch keys of the touch keypad region according to the labeled region.

2. The computer with an input device having a labeled region as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover is non-transparent, and a plurality of written characters are disposed on the labeled region.

3. The computer with an input device having a labeled region as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display serves as a first monitor and is electrically connected to the host, and the first monitor serves as a display media of the host.

4. The computer with an input device having a labeled region as claimed in claim 3, wherein a plane region is disposed on a surface of the cover, and the labeled region and the plane region divide the cover into two portions, the surface of the cover where the labeled region disposed is uneven, while the surface of the cover where the plane region disposed is even.

5. The computer with an input device having a labeled region as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cover is transparent, and the cover displays a plurality of written characters displayed by the first monitor.

6. The computer with an input device having a labeled region as claimed in claim 3, wherein the host, the first touchpad and the cover are located on an almost the same lengthwise position, the first monitor is stacked on the host, the first touchpad is stacked on the first monitor, and the cover is stacked on the first touchpad.

7. The computer with an input device having a labeled region as claimed in claim 1, wherein the labeled region includes a plurality of labelled portions, a number of the labelled portions is equivalent to a number of the touch keys, and each of the labelled portions is corresponded to one of the touch keys.

8. The computer with an input device having a labeled region as claimed in claim 7, wherein the labelled portions are indentations, protrusions, enclosed frames, bar-shaped protrusions or bar-shaped indentations.

9. The computer with an input device having a labeled region as claimed in claim 7, wherein the labelled portions are bar-shaped protrusions, and two ends of the bar-shaped protrusions are in arc-shaped or in straight-shaped.

10. The computer with an input device having a labeled region as claimed in claim 7, wherein the labelled portions are bar-shaped indentations, and two ends of the bar-shaped protrusions are in arc-shaped or in straight-shaped.

11. The computer with an input device having a labeled region as claimed in claim 7, wherein a first bump is disposed in a first position of the labelled portions corresponding to a specific written character, a second bump is disposed in a second position of the labelled portions corresponding to another specific written character, and the user distinguishes positions of the specific touch keys by means of the first bump and the second bump rapidly.

12. The computer with an input device having a labeled region as claimed in claim 1, wherein the host, the first touchpad and the cover are located on a same lengthwise position, and the cover is stacked on the first touchpad.