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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1998
Gregory Gardner Baker, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Howard C Shane, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
James Lewis, Newton, MA (US);
Daniel Kendall Harden, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ian James Myles, Mountain View, CA (US);
Garry Ming Goh, Singapore, SG;
Matthew Allison Herron, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Lyndon Groff, San Jose, CA (US);
John Daniell Hebert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gordon M Fair, III, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rex Lundgren, San Francisco, CA (US);
Baldo Faieta, San Francisco, CA (US);
Henrik Thurfjell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assistive Technology, Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Abstract
A portable computer has the features and benefits of a conventional portable computer and in addition including the added features of two larger than normal speakers, an integral microphone, a infrared transceiver and a touchscreen. The computer, also, has ports for receiving components tailored for disabled personnel including switching ports. The portable computer has a housing with an upper assembly and a lower assembly. The lower assembly has a support rib projects upward from the base and extends from one of the side walls towards the center of the lower assembly. One of the side walls has a reinforcing bar extending from generally the support rib to the front wall. A battery opening is defined by the reinforcing bar, one of the side walls and the front wall. The lower assembly defines a quadruplet of quadrants. The computer has a battery for powering the computer located in a quadrant, the battery quadrant. A hard drive and the power board are in the quadrant adjacent the battery quadrant. The battery engages the power board. A motherboard having a central processing unit is located in the quadrant opposite the battery quadrant. A human assist module overlays the motherboard. A CD-ROM is located in the quadrant adjacent the battery quadrant, with the support rib interposed between the two quadrants. The upper assembly has a display opening. A liquid crystal display may be seen through the display opening. A touchscreen is interposed between the liquid crystal display and the display opening.