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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2008
Applicants:
Mark S. Tracy, Tomball, TX (US);
Earl W. Moore, Cypress, TX (US);
Keith A. Sauer, Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer system is described herein. An embodiment of the computer system comprises a first portion comprising a keyboard and a second portion comprising a display. A light source is affixed to the computer, wherein the light source is maintainable in at least a first position and a second position. When the light source is in the first position, light emitted by the light source illuminates the keyboard, and when the light source is in the second position, light emitted by the light source illuminates a spatial region occupied by a user of the computer.