Portable electronic apparatus
OwnerJohn Quentin Phillippsinventor
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Abstract
A portable electronic apparatus has user input means (7,8), for example a keyboard, disposed in back-to-back relation to a display (25,26). The apparatus may be hinged such that it can be opened and closed in the manner of a book, in which case the display may be in two parts that can be brought together when the apparatus is open or flexible so that it can fold on itself when the apparatus is closed.
Claims13
A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
- substantially rectangular, planar first and second body portions hinged together such that the apparatus can be opened and closed in the manner of a book;
- a display panel, and
- a user input means for generating commands for controlling the contents that are displayed on said display,
- wherein
- the display panel and the user input means are disposed back-to-back relative to each other on opposite sides of the body portion,
- the user input means comprises a plurality of manually operable elements arranged in at least one row, each row being on a respective curve that, when the apparatus is oriented for normal use, encloses a bottom corner region of the body,
- the display panel being located at and extending over the inside faces of both portions, and
- the user input means being located at an outside face of one of said portions.
A portable electronic apparatus comprising first and second body portions and a hinge joining the first and second body portions together such that the apparatus can be opened and closed in the manner of a book, and a display, the display being configured to extend over the inside faces of and between said portions to form a single viewing area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.