IP Library Granted Patent US 10,936,014
Granted Patent B2
US 10,936,014 · App. 16/555,635 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Portable information apparatus having a display

Inventors: Kenji Watamura (Kanagawa, JP); Limin Xiao (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
G06F1/1647G06F1/1616G06F1/1683G06F3/0488G06F2203/04804
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Patent No.
US 10,936,014
App. No.
16/555,635
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus having a display that appears to be floating in air is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a display; a first transparent plate that covers a display surface of the display; a second transparent plate that covers a non-display surface of the display; and a film member provided between the second transparent plate and the display. The first transparent plate, the second transparent plate, and the film member have a first region that overlaps with the display and a second region that does not overlap with the display when viewed from the side of the display surface. The film member includes a touch sensor unit provided in the second region and a wire aggregation provided in the first region.

Claims (24)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first main body having a sub display; and

a second main body rotationally connected to said first main body via a hinge, wherein said second main body includes

a display;

a first transparent plate covers a display surface of said display;

a second transparent plate covers a non-display surface of said display;

a transparent region formed by said first and second transparent plates, wherein said transparent region is located along an edge of said second main body adjacent to said hinge, wherein said transparent region includes a transparent touch sensor that overlaps with said sub display on said first main body when said second main body is in a closed state such that said sub display is recognizable through said transparent touch sensor; and

a film member provided between said second transparent plate and said display, wherein said film member includes a touch sensor unit formed into a transparent film and a wire aggregation.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said first and second transparent plates are longer than said display.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of said second transparent plate has a colored layer.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said touch sensor unit includes a first wire and a second wire that intersects with said first wire and is electrically insulated from said first wire through an insulator.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 4 , wherein said first wire is electrically connected to said wire aggregation via a bent portion thereof that is bent substantially at right angle.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 4 , wherein said first wire is provided on a first surface of said transparent film, and said second wire is provided on a second surface of said transparent film.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 6 , wherein said first surface being closer to said first transparent plate than said second surface, and said transparent film includes said insulator.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said first transparent plate, said second transparent plate, and said film member do not overlap with said display in said transparent region.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 4 , wherein said film member further includes a ground connected to a ground circuit.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 9 , wherein said ground covers said bent portion from a side of said non-display surface.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said sub display includes a sub display touch sensor.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 11 , wherein said sub display and sub display touch sensor are located along an edge of said first main body adjacent to said hinge such that said sub display is visually recognizable through said transparent region when said second main body overlaps with said first main body.

13. The electronic apparatus of claim 12 , wherein a user is allowed to access said sub display via said touch sensor in said transparent region of said second main body when said second main body overlaps with said first main body.

14. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said display is not in said transparent region.

15. The electronic apparatus of claim 14 , wherein said transparent film of said touch sensor unit is provided within said transparent region.

16. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said first and second transparent plates are larger than said display.

17. The electronic apparatus of claim 16 , wherein said display is surrounded by said transparent region such that said display appears to be floating in air.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070268/0984 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2019
From: WATAMURA, KENJI; XIAO, LIMIN
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 050223/0832 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-163046 · Aug 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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