Ruggedized, compact personal information appliance
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorNicolas Denhez
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Abstract
A ruggedized, compact personal information appliance apparatus and process of manufacture is disclosed. The apparatus discloses an information appliance surrounded by an encapsulation element. The encapsulation element isolates predetermined exterior portions of the appliance from a predetermined set of environmental conditions. The process of manufacturing discloses: identifying a predetermined set of environmental conditions; identifying a predetermined set of structures on the appliance, which are to be protected from the environmental conditions; selecting an encapsulation element which can protect the appliance from the environmental conditions; and surrounding the set of structures with the encapsulation element.
Claims22
An apparatus, comprising:
- an information appliance;
- and
- an encapsulation element, isolating predetermined exterior portions of the appliance from a predetermined set of environmental conditions.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an information appliance;
- a set of control interfaces;
- a set of I/O interfaces;
- a transparent encapsulation element covering all exterior portions of the appliance except the set of control and I/O interfaces;
- an outermost edge;
- a first display area extending to the outermost edge for displaying a first set of information;
- a second display area, embedded within the first display area, for displaying information viewable to only one user at a time;
- and
- an image capture sensor.
A process for manufacturing an information appliance, comprising:
- identifying a predetermined set of environmental conditions;
- identifying a predetermined set of structures on the appliance, which are to be protected from the environmental conditions;
- selecting an encapsulation element which can protect the appliance from the environmental conditions;
- and
- surrounding the set of structures with the encapsulation element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.