Tablet computer stand with near field coupling enhancement
AssigneeEzero Technologies LLC
InventorDAVID L. HENTY
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Abstract
A tablet stand is disclosed which incorporates a near field antenna configuration which couples to a near field antenna in the back of a tablet and provides a near field antenna coupling region for near field communication at the front of the tablet. The stand may be completely passive and use conductive antenna elements and passive resonance matching circuit elements to provide efficient coupling. In another aspect a thin profile passive keyboard adapted for use with a near field enabled tablet is provided. In another aspect a mounting bracket or holder, embedded antenna, and passive keyboard combination is provided adapted for converting a tablet into a notebook type configuration.
Claims20
A stand for a portable device having a near field communication capability and antenna, comprising:
- a first section;
- a second section having a device support surface adapted to receive at least a portion of the portable device, the second section having a near field coupling antenna;
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- a third section connected to the first or second section and wherein at least two of the sections are configurable to form a stand configuration having an angled side view with an angled device support surface.
A stand for a portable device, comprising:
- a first section;
- a second section connected in a bendable connection to the first section;
- a third section connected in a bendable connection to the second section;
- a fourth section connected in a bendable connection to the third section;
- wherein the first, second, third and fourth sections are reconfigurable about the bendable connections from a first configuration where the sections form a substantially flat configuration to a second configuration where three of the sections form a generally triangular shape viewed from the side and provide an angled device support surface;
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- a bendable electrically conductive connection extending across the bendable connection between at least two of said sections.
A stand for a portable device, comprising:
- a first section;
- a second section movably connected to the first section and separable therefrom;
- a third section connected in a bendable connection to the second section;
- a fourth section connected in a bendable connection to the third section and also connected to the first section;
- wherein at least the second, third and fourth sections are reconfigurable about the bendable connections from a first configuration where the sections form a substantially flat configuration to a second configuration where the second, third and fourth sections form a generally triangular shape viewed from the side and provide an angled device support surface;
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- an electrically conductive connection coupling said first and second sections via said fourth section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.