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US 11,037,743 B2Granted
Electronic device
AssigneeDynabook Inc.
InventorsMasanori Nakano, Shigenobu Sato
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a keyboard PC includes a processor, a foldable keyboard, a housing, and an output terminal. The foldable keyboard comprises a first keyboard part and a second keyboard part. The housing that encloses the processor comprises a first housing part and a second housing part. The first housing part comprises the first keyboard part. The second housing part comprises the second keyboard part. The first housing part and the second housing part are configured to be opened or closed relative to one another by folding the housing. The output terminal supplies an image signal output from the processor to a display device.
Claims19
An electronic device comprising:
- a processor;
- a foldable keyboard comprising a first keyboard part and a second keyboard part;
- a housing that encloses the processor, wherein the housing comprises a first housing part and a second housing part, the first housing part comprises the first keyboard part, the second housing part comprises the second keyboard part, and the first housing part and the second housing part are configured to be opened or closed relative to one another by folding the housing;
- and
- an output terminal that supplies an image signal output from the processor to an external display device, wherein the electronic device includes no display device,
- wherein the first housing part and the second housing part are formed in such a manner that, in a state where the first housing part and the second housing part are closed, a thickness in a height direction of the first housing part and a thickness in the height direction of the second housing part become gradually less from a folded portion end to a leading end,
- one of the first housing part and the second housing part comprises a space key having a first rectangular shape,
- the other of the first housing part and the second housing part comprises a touch pad having a second rectangular shape,
- the space key and the touch pad are positioned adjacent to each other, a connection section between the first housing part and the second housing part being between the space key and the touch pad, in a state where the first housing part and the second housing part are opened, and
- the space key and the touch pad are arranged so that a lower edge of the space key and a lower edge of the touch pad are on the same line.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a processor;
- a foldable keyboard comprising a first keyboard part and a second keyboard part;
- a housing that encloses the processor, wherein the housing comprises a first housing part and a second housing part, the first housing part comprises the first keyboard part, the second housing part comprises the second keyboard part, and the first housing part and the second housing part are configured to be opened or closed relative to one another by folding the housing;
- and
- an output terminal that supplies an image signal output from the processor to an external display device, wherein the electronic device includes no display device,
- wherein
- the first keyboard part is adjacent to the second keyboard part in a first direction, in a state where the first housing part and the second housing part are opened,
- the first keyboard part includes a first key, a second key, and a third key,
- the second keyboard part includes a fourth key adjacent to the first key, a fifth key adjacent to the second key, and a sixth key adjacent to the third key,
- a width of the first key is larger than each of a width of the second key, a width of the third key, a width of the fourth key, and a width of the fifth key,
- a width of the sixth key is larger than each of the width of the second key, the width of the third key, the width of the fourth key, and the width of the fifth key,
- the width of the second key is larger than the width of the third key,
- the width of the fifth key is larger than the width of the fourth key,
- edges of the first key, the second key, and the third key facing the second keyboard part are on the same line in a second direction different to the first direction, and
- edges of the fourth key, the fifth key, and the sixth key facing the first keyboard part are on the same line in the second direction.
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