WO2001013204A1 - A portable computer apparatus - Google Patents
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- WO2001013204A1 WO2001013204A1 PCT/US2000/021914 US0021914W WO0113204A1 WO 2001013204 A1 WO2001013204 A1 WO 2001013204A1 US 0021914 W US0021914 W US 0021914W WO 0113204 A1 WO0113204 A1 WO 0113204A1
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- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
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- G06F1/1632—External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
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- G06F1/1626—Constructional details or arrangements for portable computers with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
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- G06F2200/163—Indexing scheme relating to constructional details of the computer
- G06F2200/1634—Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer
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- the present invention relates to the field of portable computer systems.
- the present invention discloses a portable computer system that can easily be expanded to handle many new add-on peripherals.
- Handheld computer systems have become a very popular form of computing device. Handheld computer systems allow users to access large amounts of personal information such as an address book, a personal calendar, and a list of to-dos.
- Palm® series of palm-sized computer systems from Palm Computing, Inc of Santa Clara, California have become the de facto standard of handheld computer systems.
- the Palm® series of palm-sized computer systems includes an external serial interface for communicating with external peripherals.
- an external serial interface is limited due to the limited communication bandwidth and limited interface features. It would therefore be desirable to provide another system for allowing peripheral devices to couple to a mobile computer system. Ideally, the external interface should allow many different types of peripheral devices to be used.
- the handheld computer system includes a peripheral expansion interface that allows a large number of different sized expansion peripherals to be created.
- the peripheral expansion interface is formed with a pair of rails that form a first opening wherein a peripheral device may be inserted. Expansion peripherals may extend in a first dimension out of said opening.
- the rails also form a second opening along a second direction orthogonal to said first dimension. Expansion peripherals may also extend outward in the second dimension.
- Figures 1A and IB illustrate the front and back of a mobile computer system with an open external peripheral interface.
- Figure 1C illustrates the mobile computer system of Figures 1A and IB with a "dummy" peripheral being inserted into the external peripheral interface.
- Figures ID and IE illustrate the mobile computer system of Figures 1A and
- Figure 2 illustrates several views of the dummy peripheral.
- Figure 3 illustrates a MP3 player peripheral device being inserted into the peripheral expansion interface of a mobile computer system.
- Figure 4 A illustrates the elements of a standard expansion peripheral device.
- FIGS 4B through 4G illustrate several views of the standard expansion peripheral device.
- Figures 5A and 5B illustrate an external interface port on the mobile computer system.
- Figures 6A and 6B illustrate a cradle that interfaces with the external interface port on the mobile computer system.
- Figure 6C illustrates a cradle having straight alignment pins.
- Figure 7 illustrates a hollow mobile computer system placed into the cradle of Figures 6 A and 6B.
- Figure 8A through 8E illustrates a protective cover for the mobile computer system.
- Figures 1A and IB illustrate a mobile computer system 100.
- the mobile computer system includes a display area 120 for displaying information.
- the display area 120 and additional area 125 are covered with a digitizer pad for entering information using a stylus.
- the mobile computer system 100 also includes a set external buttons 130 that are also used to enter user input.
- the mobile computer system 100 includes an expansion interface on the top portion of the back of mobile computer system 100.
- Figure IB illustrates the mobile computer system 100 with the expansion interface 110 open.
- the expansion interface 110 allows peripheral devices to be inserted and coupled directly to a data bus of the mobile computer system 100. Furthermore, in one embodiment, an interrupt line from the processor in the mobile computer system 100 is coupled to the expansion interface 110 such that the processor can detect when a peripheral device is inserted or removed. A second interrupt line may be provided to the expansion interface 110 such that a peripheral may obtain the attention of the processor.
- the expansion interface allows a peripheral device to be slid into an opening on the top of the mobile computer system 100.
- the expansion interface 110 is formed by two substantially parallel rails 115 that snugly hold the inserted peripheral device.
- the two parallel rails 115 form an opening on the top of the mobile computer system 100.
- the rails may not be perfectly parallel since the rails may be slightly farther apart near the opening to allow peripheral devices to be easily inserted.
- a "slide” is inserted laterally into the mold used to create the back shell of the mobile computer system in order to create the two substantially parallel retaining rails 115 that hold peripheral devices. Since the slide is inserted laterally, a counter- sunk hole cannot be created for screws 119. Instead, a pair of recessed shelves 118 are formed by the slide that forms the expansion interface 110. The recessed shelves 118 cause the heads of screws 119 to be flush with the rear wall of the expansion interface 110.
- Figure IB illustrates only one detent 116, however another detent (not shown) exists on the other side wall in a symmetrical position. Expansion peripherals may use the detents to secure themselves into the expansion interface 110.
- a “Dummy" peripheral Figure 1C illustrates the mobile computer system 100 with a small “dummy” peripheral 160 being inserted into expansion interface.
- the dummy peripheral 160 protects the electrical interface of the expansion interface when no real peripheral device is being used.
- the dummy peripheral 160 features ledges 163 that slide along the two parallel retaining rails 115 of the expansion interface 110.
- the dummy peripheral 160 includes a couple of flexible curved teeth 161 that engage the detents (116 of Figure IB) on the side walls of the expansion interface 110.
- the flexible curved teeth 161 hold the dummy peripheral in place. However, sufficient upward pressure will cause the flexible curved teeth 161 to bend inward and allow the dummy peripheral 160 to be removed from the expansion interface 110.
- a ribbed surface 169 provides friction for a users finger to remove the dummy peripheral 160 from the expansion interface 110.
- the opening of the expansion interface 110 has recessed shelves 118 in order to have retaining screws flush with the back surface of the expansion interface 110.
- a pair of tabs 165 extend downward from the dummy peripheral 160 to fill the gap created by the recessed shelves 118.
- Figures ID and IE illustrate the mobile computer system 100 when the expansion interface contains the dummy peripheral 160. As illustrated in Figures ID and IE, the tabs 165 fill the recessed shelves such that no unsightly gap is created along the top of the mobile computer system 100.
- Figure 2 provides several views of one embodiment of the dummy peripheral 160.
- the expansion interface 110 allows peripheral devices to extend in all three dimensions.
- the expansion interface 110 is open on the back of the mobile computer system 100 except for the small retaining rails 115 on the sides of expansion interface 110 and the electrical contact area 111.
- a peripheral device designed for the expansion interface 110 can extend outward from the back of the mobile computer system 100 along a first dimension.
- the insertion opening of the expansion interface 110 at the top of the mobile computer system 100 is also unconstrained.
- a peripheral device designed for expansion interface 110 can extend upward out of the insertion opening of the expansion interface 110 along a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension.
- the peripheral device can be extended laterally along a third dimension. (The third dimension is orthogonal to the first and second dimensions.)
- expansion interface 110 of the present invention a substantial amount of surface area of expansion peripherals is externally accessible.
- the surface area can be used to provide externally accessible interfaces such as displays, buttons, electrical interfaces, and battery compartment openings.
- Figure 3 illustrates one embodiment of a peripheral device 300 that works within the expansion interface 110 of the mobile computer system 100 yet expands in all three dimensions.
- the example peripheral device 300 is an MP3 (MPEG2, Audio layer 3) digital audio player device.
- the MP3 peripheral device 300 extends out of the back opening of expansion interface for additional space. Furthermore, the MP3 peripheral device 300 extends out of the top opening of the expansion interface. Note that by extending out of the top, a portion of the peripheral device 300 is visible and accessible from the front of the mobile computer system. In this manner, a display 310 may be placed on the front of the device as illustrated in Figure 3. The display 310 allows the user to see the display 310 when viewing the main display screen 320 of the mobile computer system. Other user interface elements such as buttons may be placed that front surface. In the embodiment of Figure 3, a set of buttons have been placed on the top of the peripheral device 300.
- the peripheral device 300 can extend to the full width of the mobile computer system (or even wider) after the peripheral device 300 extends out the top or back of the expansion interface slot.
- a slot 19 may be formed when a peripheral device 300 extends out the back of the expansion interface slot. Slot 19 engages the retaining rails 315 of the expansion interface slot.
- the back surface 350 of peripheral device 300 can be used to provide an opening for a battery compartment (not shown). In this manner, the peripheral device can supply its own power source. Due to the accessible back, batteries in the battery compartment may be replaced while the peripheral device is inserted within the expansion interface of the mobile computer.
- Figure 4 A illustrates the standard expansion peripheral housing 400.
- the outer casing of the standard expansion peripheral housing 400 consists of a lower case 450 and an upper case 440.
- the lower case is molded in a shape to accept a standard PC Card (formerly PCMCIA) female connector 470.
- PC Card formerly PCMCIA
- the lower case 450 uses different "keying shape" 430 such that a PC Card peripheral can not be inserted in the expansion interface.
- the standard expansion peripheral housing 400 usually uses only a single printed circuit (PC) board.
- PC printed circuit
- tall electrical components 491 will be used on one side of a PC board such that the PC board should be flush with the bottom of the lower case as illustrated in Figure 4C.
- only a lower PC board 490 is used.
- Lower PC board 490 has large cut-away slots 421 that completely avoid posts 420 in the lower case 450 such that the lower PC board 490 lies flush on the bottom of lower case 450.
- the components 491 may extend up through the upper case 440 if necessary. For example, a hole may be placed in upper case 440 to allow access to an external connector mounted on lower PC board 490.
- Figure 4D illustrates a cut-away side view of the standard expansion peripheral housing 400 containing both an upper PC board 480 and lower PC board 490. Most peripheral devices will only use a single PC board.
- Figures 4E, 4F, 4G illustrate various external views of an assembled standard expansion peripheral housing 400. Note that the tabs 465 in Figure 4G include recesses to accommodate the heads of screws
- a portable computer system may include an external interface.
- the external interface can be used to communicate with other computer systems.
- Figures 5A and 5B illustrate a view of a mobile computer system with an external interface 510.
- the external interface 510 comprises eight electrical contacts assigned as follows:
- the external interface 510 includes the contacts necessary for coupling the mobile computer system to another computer system in two different manners: Universal Serial Bus and Serial Port. As illustrated in Table 1, the external interface 510 includes a set of Universal Serial Bus (USB) signals for communicating with a computer system that has a Universal Serial Bus port. Specifically, the external interface 510 has a USB Data+ signal, a USB Data- signal, and a common ground. (The USB VBus power signal may be used in other implementations, not shown.) The external interface 510 also includes a Serial Transmit, a Serial Receive, and a Common Ground for communicating with a computer system or peripheral through a standard serial port.
- USB Universal Serial Bus
- the external interface 510 includes a peripheral charge power contact.
- the peripheral charge power contact is electrically coupled to an electrical contact on the expansion interface.
- the peripheral charge power contact is used to provide power to peripheral devices placed within the expansion interface of mobile computer system. Referring back to Figure 3, if the peripheral device 300 includes one or more rechargeable batteries, the rechargeable batteries may be recharged using current received through the peripheral charge power contact.
- the eight electrical contacts of the external interface 510 are surrounded by a pair of alignment/receptors 530.
- the alignment/receptor holes 530 have two functions. First, the alignment/receptor holes 530 allow a connector that will communicate with external interface 510 to align itself with the external interface 510. Second, the alignment/receptor holes 530 can be used to attach various devices to the external interface 510.
- FIGS. 6A and 6B illustrate one possible example of a "cradle" 600 that electrically connects to the external interface 510 when the mobile computer system is placed into the cradle 600.
- the cradle 600 features a pair of side walls 670 that "pre-align" the mobile computer system as it is being placed into the cradle 600.
- the curved bottom portion 177 of the mobile computer system of Figure 1A is guided by the cradle side walls 670.
- the cradle side walls 670 will have closely aligned the two sets of electrical contacts.
- alignment pins 630 on the cradle 600 A final alignment is performed by alignment pins 630 on the cradle 600.
- Alignment pins 630 engage the alignment/receptor holes 530 in the mobile computer system such that the external interface 510 will accurately align with the electrical contacts 610 of the cradle 600.
- the alignment pins 630 on the cradle 600 are curved. The curved shape allows the mobile computer system to be initially inserted vertically and then rotated back until the mobile computer system rests on the back surface 640 of the cradle 600.
- the alignment pins 630 are straight.
- the cradle 600 of the present invention includes a retention pin 690 to ensure such good electrical contact.
- retention pin 690 engages a hole 190 on the back of the mobile computer system 100 of Figure IB.
- Figure 7 illustrates the shell of a mobile computer system 100 (internal parts have been removed for clarity) sitting within a cradle 600 such that the retention pin 690 has engaged the hole 190 on the back of the mobile computer system 100.
- FIGs 8 A through 8E illustrate one embodiment of a protective cover that may be used with the mobile computer system.
- the protective cover includes a pair of pins 830 that engage the alignment/receptor holes 530 at the bottom of the mobile computer system.
- a tab 870 At the top of the protective cover is a tab 870 that engages a small recess 170 on the top of the mobile computer system as illustrated in Figures IB and IE.
- the protective cover can be placed on both the front and back of the mobile computer system.
- the display screen 120 and buttons 130 are protected.
- the interface elements of the mobile computer system are available for use.
- the protective cover includes small feet 840 that support the mobile computer system when it is placed on a flat surface.
- the protective cover includes a finger tab 810 that is used to remove the protective cover from the mobile computer system.
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