IP Library Granted Patent US 7,324,082
Granted Patent B2
US 7,324,082 · App. 10/842,573 · Granted Jan 29, 2008

Portable data processing device with one touch control and switching method thereof

Assignee: Inventec Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,324,082
App. No.
10/842,573
Granted
Jan 29, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable data processing device with one touch control and a switching method thereof apply to the portable data processing device with a touch pad and a built-in one touch control official system, and users can directly press the key on the touch pad to execute the corresponding application program or function.

Claims (10)

1. A note book computer with one touch control, applying to a note book computer with a touch pad and a screen, the note book computer having a built-in one touch control official system and the touch pad for one touch input, and comprising:

a receiving module connected to the touch pad for receiving a switching signal inputted to the touch pad;

a switching module for actuating the one touch control official system according to the switching signal;

a display module for displaying at least one key and the corresponding application program or function on different areas of the touch pad as the one touch control official system being actuated; and

a signal output module for receiving an actuation signal produced by users pressing the touch pad to execute the program or the function corresponding to the pressed area of the touch pad with the display module simultaneously renewing the display of the touch pad to exhibit the keys and the corresponding options of the functions of the subdirectory.

2. The note book computer according to claim 1 , wherein the touch pad is functioned as a mouse before the signal output module receives the actuation signal.

3. A switching method for a note book computer with one touch control, applying to a note book computer with a screen and a touch pad, the note book computer having a built-in one touch control official system and the touch pad for one touch input, and comprising:

receiving a switching signal; actuating the one touch control official system according to the switching signal;

displaying at least one key and the corresponding application program or function on the touch pad; and

receiving an actuation signal to execute the program or the function corresponding to the area from which the actuation signal is sent, simultaneously renewing the display of the touch pad to exhibit the keys and the corresponding options of the functions of the subdirectory.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2015
From: INVENTEC CORPORATION
To: ZHIGU HOLDINGS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 035959/0466 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2004
From: LIN, JIH-FONG
To: INVENTEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015322/0132 →
Continuity (1)
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