Portable computer system with a rotatable plate for playing multimedia data directly

• US 6,973,360 B1
• Filed: 08/23/2004
• Issued: 12/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Cheng, Miriam, Wang, Beniz
• Primary Examiner(s): Bahta, Kidest
• Application Number:
  US10/922,962
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 700/94, 700/100, 700/168, 455/566, 455/426, 455/422.1, 455/550.1, 725/153, 725/134, 725/142, 713/300, 348/14.04, 348/14.07
• US Class Current: 700/100
• 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 1/1679 for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA G06F1/1681 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1688 the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers

Abstract

A portable computer system with a rotatable plate for playing multimedia data directly includes a rotatable plate pivotally arranged at one side of the portable computer and a multimedia-processing device arranged on the rotatable plate and on the mainframe corresponding to the rotatable plate. Users can manipulate the multimedia-processing device by opening the rotatable plate, and close the rotatable plate to protect the multimedia-processing device.

Claims

1. A portable computer system with a rotatable plate for playing multimedia data directly, comprising:

a mainframe for processing electrical data;

a first display device rotatably assembled at one side of the mainframe for displaying the processing result of the electrical data;

a rotatable plate rotatably assembled at one side of the first display device; and

a multimedia-processing device arranged on the rotatable plate and on the mainframe corresponding to the rotatable plate for playing multimedia data, when users using the multimedia-processing device without turning on the mainframe, the rotatable plate rotating relative to the first display device to expose the multimedia-processing device for operation.

2. The portable computer system according to claim 1, wherein the rotatable plate further includes a trench at one side and the first display device further includes a limiting part corresponding to the trench, the rotatable plate is connected to the first display device through a recovering spring and keeps in an open state by the elasticity of the recovering spring, the multimedia-processing device is closed by moving the limiting part inserted into the trench, and the multimedia-processing device is opened by moving the limiting part to disengage from the trench and by the elasticity of the recovering spring to open the rotatable plate.

3. The portable computer system according to claim 1, wherein the multimedia-processing device includes a second display device arranged on the rotatable plate for displaying information about playing the multimedia data, an audio output disposed on the rotatable plate for outputting the audio signals, and a plurality of control keys disposed on the mainframe corresponding to the rotatable plate for executing different functions.

4. The portable computer system according to claim 1, wherein the multimedia-processing device includes a second display device arranged on the mainframe corresponding to the rotatable plate for displaying information about playing the multimedia data, an audio output disposed on the mainframe corresponding to the rotatable plate for outputting the audio signals, and a plurality of control keys disposed on the rotatable plate for executing different functions.

5. The portable computer system according to claim 1, wherein the multimedia-processing device includes a second display device arranged on the mainframe corresponding to the rotatable plate for displaying information about playing the multimedia data, an audio output disposed on the mainframe corresponding to the rotatable plate for outputting the audio signals, and a plurality of control keys disposed on the mainframe corresponding to the rotatable plate for executing different functions.

6. The portable computer system according to claim 1, wherein the multimedia-processing device includes a second display device arranged on the rotatable plate for displaying information about playing the multimedia data, an audio output disposed on the rotatable plate for outputting the audio signals, and a plurality of control keys disposed on the rotatable plate for executing different functions.