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US 7,353,049 B2Granted
Foldable information apparatus
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorMasatomo Mizuta
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Abstract
A foldable information apparatus includes an upper unit having a display, a lower unit having operation keys, a biaxial hinge connecting the upper unit and the lower unit allowing the upper unit to be freely opened, closed, and rotated with respect to the lower unit, and an optical section provided on the top end portion of the biaxial hinge. The optical section includes at least one of a LED and a camera. The top end portion of the biaxial hinge is always exposed in the opened, closed and rotated states of the upper and lower units.
Claims15
A foldable information apparatus comprising:
- a first unit having a side with a display section;
- a second unit having a side with an operation section;
- a movable connecting mechanism connecting the first unit and the second unit so as to allow the first unit to be freely opened, closed and rotated with respect to the second unit while exposing a top surface of the movable connecting mechanism, the rotation of the first unit with respect to the second unit being in planes parallel to planes in which the second unit is located;
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- an optical section provided on the top surface of the movable connecting mechanism, the optical section comprising a camera having an optical axis extending to the same side of said second unit as said operating section side of the second unit.
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A foldable information apparatus comprising:
- a first unit having a side with a display section;
- a second unit having a side with an operation section;
- a biaxial hinge for connecting the first unit and the second unit so that the first unit and the second unit are relatively rotated on a first rotation axis, the relative rotation of the first and second unit being such that the relative rotation occurs in parallel planes, and freely opened and closed on a second rotation axis, wherein a top surface at an end of the first rotation axis is exposed in at least an open state, a closed state and a rotated state;
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- an optical section provided on the top surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.