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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2003
Applicants:

Michael D. Hillman, Campbell, CA (US);

Frank Tsai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Michael D. Mcbroom, Leonard, TX (US);

Daniel L. Mcbroom, Leonard, TX (US);

Brian T. Sudderth, Leonard, TX (US);

Bartley K. Andre, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Christopher Stringer, Pacifica, CA (US);

Daniel Riccio, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Sung Kim, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael D. Hillman, Campbell, CA (US);

Frank Tsai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Michael D. McBroom, Leonard, TX (US);

Daniel L. McBroom, Leonard, TX (US);

Brian T. Sudderth, Leonard, TX (US);

Bartley K. Andre, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Christopher Stringer, Pacifica, CA (US);

Daniel Riccio, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Sung Kim, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention is a computer controlled display device. In one embodiment, the display device includes a flat panel display having an input for receiving display data. Additionally, a moveable assembly may be coupled to the display. The moveable assembly may provide at least three degrees of freedom of movement for the flat panel display device. Additionally, the moveable assembly may have a cross-sectional area, which is substantially less than a cross-sectional area of a display structure of the flat panel display.


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