Patent Application
20090114458
This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 96142062, filed on Nov. 7, 2007. The entirety the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of specification.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a portable electronic device, and more particularly, to a portable electronic device having a stylus.
2. Description of Related Art
Along with the progress in science and technology, the human relies on electronic products increasingly day by day. In order to suit the demand on high speed, high efficiency and light-slim-short-small design today, various portable electronic devices, for example, ultra mobile personal computer (UMPC), tablet PC, pocket PC, personal digital assistant (PDA) and mobile phone, have been launched on the market with increasing usage efficiency.
In the prior art, a user usually needs to press a power switch of a portable electronic device to switch the working modes thereof, for example, sleep mode, standby mode, switch on mode or switch off mode.
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a portable electronic device, where once a stylus is taken out from a containing slot of a main body of the portable electronic device, the main body of the portable electronic device executes a presetting function.
The present invention is further directed to a method for operating a portable electronic device, where once a stylus is taken out from a containing slot of a main body of the portable electronic device, the main body of the portable electronic device executes a presetting function.
The present invention provides a portable electronic device, which includes a main body, a stylus and a switch. The main body has a containing slot suitable for containing the stylus. The switch is disposed at a side of the containing slot and electrically connected to the main body. When the stylus is inserted into the containing slot, the stylus presses the switch; when the stylus is taken out from the containing slot, the stylus releases the switch so as to enable the main body to execute a presetting function.
The present invention further provides a method for operating a portable electronic device wherein the portable electronic device includes a main body having a containing slot, a stylus suitable for being inserted into the containing slot and a switch disposed at a side of the containing slot. The method comprises that the stylus is taken out from the containing slot so as to enable the main body to execute a presetting function.
Since a switch is disposed at a side of the containing slot, the switch is released when the stylus is taken out from the containing slot, so that the main body executes the presetting function.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.
However, in other embodiments not described herein, the portable electronic device can also be, for example, an ultra mobile personal computer (UMPC), a tablet PC, a pocket PC, or other portable electronic devices with a stylus.
Referring to
When the stylus 120 is inserted into the containing slot 112 along a first direction 200a, the stylus 120 pushes the protrusion portion 142 of the swinging member 140a to swing so that the protrusion portion 142 is deformed elastically along a third direction 300a (shown in
When the stylus 120 is taken out from the containing slot 112 along a second direction 200b, the stylus 120 releases the swinging member 140a so that the swinging member 140a returns to an initial position along a fourth direction 300b (shown in
In other embodiments not described herein, the portable electronic device 100 without the swinging member 140a can be accomplished. For example, the switch 130 directly protrudes into the containing slot 112 and a portion of the switch 130 is disposed on the moving path of the stylus 120. In this case, when the stylus 120 is inserted into the containing slot 112 along the first direction 200a, the stylus 120 directly presses the switch 130 to enable the above-mentioned presetting function (for example, to switch off the display unit of the main body 110).
Note that the presetting functions executed by the main body 110 when the switch 130 is pressed or released are not limited to the above-mentioned switching on or off the display unit; in fact, the presetting functions can be quitting or executing an application program. For example, when a user completes a message and inserts the stylus 120 into the containing slot 112, the main body 110 may switch off a hand writing board or a screen keyboard; if the main body 110 is running a presetting gaming program, the user may switch off the gaming program by inserting the stylus 120 into the containing slot 112. In addition, the above-mentioned presetting function can be an alert sound provided by the main body 110. Moreover, the display unit of the main body 110 is locked, and the stylus 120 is inserted into the containing slot 112. The presetting function can be unlocked the display unit when the stylus 120 is taken out from the containing slot 112.
Yet another note that in the embodiments described hereinbefore, when the stylus 120 is inserted into or taken out from the containing slot 112, the main body 110 executes different presetting function; however, in other embodiments not described herein, when the stylus 120 is inserted into the containing slot 112, the main body 110 may not execute any presetting function. Alternatively, when the stylus 120 is taken out from the containing slot 112, the main body 110 may not execute any presetting function.
In the embodiment, the swinging member 140b is disposed between the containing slot 112 and the switch 130, and the swinging member 140b is pivoted on the main body 110 around a rotating axis 150, wherein the rotating axis 150 is parallel to the extension direction of the containing slot 112. Besides, the portable electronic device 100b further includes an elastic element 160 disposed between the main body 110 and the swinging member 140b, wherein the elastic element 160 can be a spring. An end of the swinging member 140b protrudes into the containing slot 112, the elastic element 160 and the containing slot 112 are located at the same end of the swinging member 140b, and the switch 130 is disposed at another end of the swinging member 140b.
When the stylus 120 is inserted into the containing slot 112 as shown in
When the stylus 120 is taken out from the containing slot 112 as shown in
In summary in the present invention, when the stylus is inserted into the containing slot, the switch is pressed to enable the main body to execute a presetting function. On the other hand, when the stylus is taken out from the containing slot, the switch is released to enable the main body to execute another presetting function. In this way, a user can execute a presetting function by taking out or placing back the stylus instead of an operation action, which enhances the operation convenience of the portable electronic device.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 96142062 | Nov 2007 | TW | national |
