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Computer and display apparatus with input function

US5489924A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 1994
Grant dateFeb 6, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S345/905
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer or a display apparatus with an input function which is of simple construction and has high operability for touch input or pen input. A system body, a cover unit having a display panel with an input function on one side, and connection means such as a rotatable arm, which is rotatably connected to the cover unit and to the system body at a different portion from a portion at which said cover unit is conventionally connected, so as to allow the cover unit to be placed on the system body in a position in which the display panel mounted on the cover unit is placed face up or face down. The cover unit can be placed upside down on the system body without sliding of the cover unit with respect to the system body.

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