Palm, Incorporated

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Palmsource Inc.

Bill Webb

Lawrence K Lam

Shawn Robert Gettemy

Huy P Nguyen

Kean Wong

Grace Tseng

Mark Babella

Zita Netzel

Mike Ryner

Dipti Vaghela

A handheld device with a compact integrated touch panel is disclosed. A handheld device incorporating a touch panel display requiring electrical connections is reduced in size by incorporating electrical pathways within the support structure of the touch panel display, obviating the need for a flex circuit extension from the touch panel display for connection to the handheld device. A further reduction in size is obtained by providing an inherent visually homogeneous perimeter for the touch panel display by matching the colors of the conductive and dielectric materials, thereby eliminating the need for a bezel.

Display with visually homogeneous border

Compact integrated touch panel display for a handheld device

A handheld computer assembly for integrating an input device with a handheld computing device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention is comprised of a handheld computer comprising: an integrated display screen; and an expansion slot. In addition, an input device for coupling to the handheld computer via connection with the expansion slot is communicatively coupled with the handheld computer. The input device comprises a first portion comprising keys and a second portion comprising cursor navigation implements and wherein the first portion and the second portion are disposed on opposite ends of the input device. The input device utilizes the expansion slot to provide the communicatively coupled connection with the handheld computer.

Dual sided input device for a handheld computer

Growing community of inventors

Redwood City, CA, United States of America

Bill Webb