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US 5,543,588 AGranted
Touch pad driven handheld computing device
AssigneeSynaptics Incorporated
InventorsStephen Bisset, Robert J. Miller, Timothy P. Allen, Gunter Steinbach
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Abstract
A handheld computing device comprises a thin enclosure having two opposing major faces. A display screen is disposed on a first one of the major opposing faces of the enclosure and a touch-sensitive object position detector input device is disposed on a second one of the major opposing faces of the enclosure. Computing device circuitry, circuitry for interfacing the touch-sensitive object position detector to the computing device circuitry, and circuitry for driving the display screen are all disposed within the enclosure.
Claims4
A handheld computing device comprising:
- an enclosure having first face comprising a front panel and second face comprising a rear panel, said first and second faces opposing each other;
- a substantially flat visual display disposed on said first face of said enclosure;
- a substantially flat touch-sensor transducer disposed on said second face of said enclosure;
- computing means contained in said enclosure and coupled to said visual display and to said touch-sensor transducer, said computing means including means for accepting input information from said touch-sensor transducer and for displaying visual information developed from said input information on said visual display.
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