Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
CA 02343556 2001-04-10
Patent Application : Worktop Monitor
Inventor : BIBHUTI BHUSAN BAR.DHAN
Pale - 2 (of 6)
Background of Invention
If in terms of portability, maneuverability and ease of operation of a
computer the laptop (or so-called
"notebook") was a big jump from the desktop, the present invention may be
described as a quantum leap.
Even a laptop is not suitable for certain maneuvers or handling, such as
reading or writing while lying in
bed. However, it would be very convenient if just a detachable laptop monitor,
as in the present invention,
may be used hand-held for such reading or writing in bed, for example. It may
also be very conveniently
used in situations where legroom or elbowroom is at a premium, say in a
crowded meeting place or
transport. Under these circumstances, the bulk of the computer may be tucked
away from the handling
body parts of the user, especially the hands, and only the monitor, as in the
present invention, is used in a,
say, hand-held position for reading or writing, etc. more conveniently (that
is, being still lighter and
slimmer and more compact on the working surface or work-top than even the
laptop itself, for example).
CA 02343556 2001-04-10
Patent Application : Worktop Monitor
Inventor : BIBHUTI BHUSAN BARDHAN
Pa,~e - 3 (of 6)
Description of Invention
Like numbers in parenthesis here refer to like numbers in the drawings in the
DIAGRAMS.
Diagram A represents an ordinary laptop computer (with monitor ( l ), body of
computer (2), keyboard (3)
on body of computer, and touch-pad (4) on body of computer) as well as a
"Worktop Monitor" (1 I ) of the
present invention, the latter (detachable) shown not detached from the main or
body of the computer.
Diagram B (corded variety with cord (S) shown here) illustrates the present
invention-the monitor here
being different in not only being detachable from the main or body of the
computer but also having some
special characteristics, such as, an integrated touch-operable keyboard (33),
pointer-device (44), scroll-
button (77), etc., displayed and usable as and when required.
Diagram C, Diagram D, Diagram E and Diagram F illustrate the present invention
but without the main or
body of the computer. Here, instead of using the space on the actual screen of
the monitor, a flat keyboard
pad with a touch-pad and any other button may be attached to the said monitor.
Such an attached keyboard
pad may be foldable (8) (Diagram C}---to be folded away to the back or in
front of the monitor, sav, with
hinges (6), or it may be a sliding (R8) variety (Diagrams D, E and F}--to be
slid into tracks above 1;99) or
below (98) the said monitor itself.
Instead of the touch-pad (44), this "Worktop Monitor" may be operated by using
direct touch, such as with
forger, on the monitor itself as the pointer device.
A cordless variety (not illustrated here as such but may be easily envisioned
or assumed to be illustrated in
Diagrams C, D, E and F) of the present invention-where the monitor ((I l)
without the cord (5)) may
remotely work with the main or body of the~ computer (2~--is also
possible,.the mechanisms being
generally known in the industry.
In keeping with the terms "desktop" and "laptop", the present invention can be
simply called a "worktop"
instead of "Worktop Monitor".
