IP Library Granted Patent US 8,116,827
Granted Patent B2
US 8,116,827 · App. 12/196,064 · Granted Feb 14, 2012

Portable electronic devices

Assignee: HTC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,116,827
App. No.
12/196,064
Granted
Feb 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a housing, a circuit module, a solar module, and a keypad module. The circuit module is disposed in the housing. The solar module provides a supplied power to the circuit module. The keypad module having light transparency is disposed in the housing and covers the solar module. The solar module receives the light from a light source through the keypad module to provide the supplied power.

Claims (30)

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a housing;

a circuit module disposed in the housing;

a solar module for providing a supplied power to the circuit module; and

a keypad module, having light transparency, disposed in the housing and covering the solar module, and comprising a printed circuit board and a plurality of keys,

wherein the solar module receives the light from a light source through the keypad module to provide the supplied power,

wherein the printed circuit board is formed by a material having light transparency, wherein each of the plurality of keys is formed by a material having light transparency and the solar module is arranged directly underneath the plurality of keys so that the light is transmitted through the plurality of keys and the printed circuit board to the solar module.

2. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the printed circuit board comprises a transparent conductive thin film.

3. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the transparent conductive thin film is formed by indium tin oxide (ITO).

4. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the keypad module is a touch-sensitive keypad module.

5. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the keys is a physical key with a key cap.

6. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circuit module comprises a chargeable battery.

7. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the circuit module receives the supplied power to charge the chargeable battery.

8. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the solar module comprises a solar cell for storing the supplied power.

9. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a protection circuit, which is coupled between the chargeable battery and the solar cell and is used to avoid transmitting energy of the chargeable battery to the solar cell.

10. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a housing;

a plurality of electronic components disposed in the housing;

a chargeable battery disposed in the housing, providing an operating voltage to the electronic components;

a solar module for providing a supplied power to charge the chargeable battery; and

a keypad module, having light transparency, disposed in the housing and covering the solar module, and comprising a printed circuit board and a plurality of keys,

wherein the solar module receives the light from a light source through the keypad module to provide the supplied power,

wherein the printed circuit board is formed by a material having light transparency,

wherein each of the plurality of keys is formed by a material having light transparency and the solar module is arranged directly underneath the plurality of keys so that the light is transmitted through the plurality of keys and the printed circuit board to the solar module.

11. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the printed circuit board comprises a transparent conductive thin film.

12. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the transparent conductive thin film is formed by indium tin oxide (ITO).

13. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the keypad module is a touch-sensitive keypad module.

14. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein each of the keys is a physical key with a key cap.

15. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the solar module comprises a solar cell for storing the supplied power.

16. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising a protection circuit, which is coupled between the chargeable battery and the solar cell and is used to avoid transmitting energy of the chargeable battery to the solar cell.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 16, 2011
From: HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORPORATION
To: HTC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027402/0066 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2008
From: TSENG, HSU-HSIANG
To: HIGH TECH COMPUTER, CORP.
Reel/Frame 021444/0023 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 96131465 A · Aug 24, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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