Patent · US Expired

Book-shaped information terminal

US6301098A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 7, 1998
Grant dateOct 9, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 7, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S190/902
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a book-shaped information terminal, and an object of the present invention is to help users to conveniently carry and use a portable computer like a book, as it constitutes an information terminal as a portable computer in such a shape as a book. The present invention comprises an armoring cover which can be opened and closed, a thin film display unit attached and fixed on one side and a main body attached and fixed to another side, opposite to the thin film display unit when the information terminal is folded like a book.

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