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Notebook computer with audio and video effects

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1997-06-13
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Granted: 1999-03-09
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Expires: 2017-06-13
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Abstract

Abstract A notebook computer with audio and video effects including a body and a display. The body contains a mainframe inside and input and relevant elements at an upper side. The display is connected to the body by a rotary shaft and to the mainframe via a circuit device. Two sound holes are respectively formed at both lateral sides of the display for connection with respective sound boxes via sound box connecting elements, which are connected to the mainframe via a circuit device. The display is further provided with a camera hole at an upper side thereof opposite to the rotary shaft. The camera hole is connected to a CCD camera by a camera connecting device. The sound box connecting elements enable the respective sound boxes to be retained in the sound holes or exposed on the outside. Similarly, the camera connecting device enables the CCD camera to be retained in the camera hole or exposed on the outside.

Inventors

  • 👤 His-Kuang Ma

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 20:48
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F1/00; G06F1/16; G06F1/1613; G06F1/1615; G06F1/1616; G06F1/1633; G06F1/1684; G06F1/1686; G06F1/1688

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 274 words
A notebook computer with audio and video effects, the computer comprising: a) a body having a mainframe disposed internally of the body, the body including at least an input device at an upper side thereof; b) a display, a rotary shaft connecting the display to the body for permitting the display to be lifted from or closed onto the body, the display including circuit means connected to the mainframe through the rotary shaft; c) the display further including a pair of lateral edges, a sound hole formed at each lateral edge, a pair of sound boxes, a first connecting device connecting each sound box to a sound hole, a circuit means connecting each sound box to the mainframe, a camera hole formed at an upper rim of the display opposite to the rotary shaft, a CCD camera, a second connecting device connecting the camera hole to the camera, the second connecting device including a spring having two ends secured at a bottom side of the camera and a bottom wall of the camera hole, the camera being laterally provided with a retaining slot for receiving an engaging post correspondingly provided at a housing of the display for retaining the camera in the camera hole when the engaging post engages the retaining slot and ejecting the camera from the camera hole when the engaging post disengages from the engaging slot; and d) the first connecting device enabling the sound boxes to be retracted into the corresponding sound holes or exposed to the exterior thereof, and the record connecting device enabling the camera to be retracted into the camera hole or exposed to the exterior thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 274 words
A notebook computer with audio and video effects, the computer comprising: a) a body having a mainframe disposed internally of the body, the body including at least an input device at an upper side thereof; b) a display, a rotary shaft connecting the display to the body for permitting the display to be lifted from or closed onto the body, the display including circuit means connected to the mainframe through the rotary shaft; c) the display further including a pair of lateral edges, a sound hole formed at each lateral edge, a pair of sound boxes, a first connecting device connecting each sound box to a sound hole, a circuit means connecting each sound box to the mainframe, a camera hole formed at an upper rim of the display opposite to the rotary shaft, a CCD camera, a second connecting device connecting the camera hole to the camera, the second connecting device including a spring having two ends secured at a bottom side of the camera and a bottom wall of the camera hole, the camera being laterally provided with a retaining slot for receiving an engaging post correspondingly provided at a housing of the display for retaining the camera in the camera hole when the engaging post engages the retaining slot and ejecting the camera from the camera hole when the engaging post disengages from the engaging slot; and d) the first connecting device enabling the sound boxes to be retracted into the corresponding sound holes or exposed to the exterior thereof, and the record connecting device enabling the camera to be retracted into the camera hole or exposed to the exterior thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 67 words
The notebook computer of claim 1 wherein each sound box includes an end corner, the first connecting device includes a pivot rod extending through each end corner, each pivot rod having a pair of opposite ends which are secured between an upper wall and a lower wall of each sound hole for permitting the sound boxes to be rotatably pivoted into and out of the sound holes.

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