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US 8,089,778 · App. 12/139,572 · Granted Jan 3, 2012

Hand-held electronic device

Assignee: HTC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,089,778
App. No.
12/139,572
Granted
Jan 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hand-held electronic device including a body, a touch-sensing display area, and a holding area is provided. The touch-sensing display area located at a surface of the body is divided into several sub-touch-sensing areas disposed at a part of a surrounding region of the touch-sensing display area. The sub-touch-sensing areas have at least one access-sensing region. The access-sensing region is used for sensing a touch-control action so as to render the hand-held electronic device to perform a function corresponding to the touch-control action. The holding area is disposed outside the sub-touch-sensing areas. When a user only intends to hold the hand-held electronic device, the user's hands can put on the holding area and the hand-held electronic device would not perform any corresponding function.

Claims (21)

1. A hand-held electronic device, comprising: a body; a touch-sensing display area located at a surface of the body, wherein the touch-sensing display area further comprises a plurality of sub-touch-sensing areas disposed at a part of a surrounding region of the touch-sensing display area; a holding area disposed outside the touch-sensing display area; and a separation structure disposed between the holding area and the touch-sensing display area, wherein a first side of the holding area is adjacent to the touch-sensing display area, a second side of the holding area is disposed at a side edge of the body, and a width between the first side and the second side is not less than 10 mm.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-touch-sensing areas have at least one access-sensing region for sensing a touch-control action so as to render the hand-held electronic device to perform a function corresponding to the touch-control action.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the holding area is located at a first plane and a surface of the touch-sensing display area is located at a second plane.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the holding area and a surface of the touch-sensing display area form an inclined angle.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the holding area has a first surface structure and the touch-sensing display area has a second surface structure.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the holding area further has a plurality of protrusions.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the holding area further has a plurality of indentations.

8. The device according to claim 1 , the separation structure is a protruded structure, an indented structure or a light-emitting structure.

9. The device according to claim 1 , one of the sub-touch-sensing areas is disposed at a left side and/or a right side of the touch-sensing display area.

10. A hand-held electronic device, comprising:

a body;

a touch-sensing display area located at a surface of the body, wherein the touch-sensing display area further comprises a plurality of sub-touch-sensing areas disposed at a part of a surrounding region of the touch-sensing display area; and

a holding area disposed outside the touch-sensing display area;

wherein the holding area has a first surface structure and the touch-sensing display area has a second surface structure, the first surface structure having a plurality of protrusions or a plurality of indentations.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the sub-touch-sensing areas have at least one access-sensing region for sensing a touch-control action so as to render the hand-held electronic device to perform a function corresponding to the touch-control action.

12. The device according to claim 10 , wherein a surface of the holding area is located at a first plane and a surface of the touch-sensing display area is located at a second plane.

13. The device according to claim 10 , wherein a surface of the holding area and a surface of the touch-sensing display area form an inclined angle.

14. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the device further comprises a separation structure disposed between the holding area and the touch-sensing display area.

15. The device according to claim 14 , the separation structure is a protruded structure, an indented structure or a light-emitting structure.

16. The device according to claim 10 , one of the sub-touch-sensing areas is disposed at a left side and/or a right side of the touch-sensing display area.

17. The device according to claim 10 , wherein a first side of the holding area is adjacent to the touch-sensing display area, a second side of the holding area is disposed at a side edge of the body, and a width between the first side and the second side is not less than 10 mm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2011
From: HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP.
To: HTC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027289/0821 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2008
From: WANG, YI-SHEN; LIN, YI-CHI
To: HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP.
Reel/Frame 021099/0199 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 96137155 A · Oct 3, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090091545A1 · Apr 9, 2009