Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12547222-B2
Application number	US-202418677898-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2024
Priority date	Dec 26, 2023
Publication date	Feb 10, 2026
Grant date	Feb 10, 2026

Abstract

An electronic device including a first body, a keyboard, a light-emitting touch pad module, a light-transmitting cover and a second body is provided. The first body has a first area and a second area arranged side by side. The keyboard is disposed in the first area. The light-emitting touch pad module is slidably disposed in the second area. The light-transmitting cover is disposed on the second area and covers the light-emitting touch pad module. The light-emitting touch pad module displays a drifting touch area on the light-transmitting cover. The second body is pivotally connected to the first body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device, comprising:
a first body, has a first area and a second area arranged side by side; a keyboard, disposed in the first area; a touch pad module, slidably disposed in the second area, wherein the touch pad module comprises:
a touch panel; and
at least one light-emitting member, disposed around the touch panel;
a light-transmitting cover, disposed on the second area and covers the touch pad module; and a second body, pivotally connected to the first body.

2 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the touch pad module further comprises a carrier, and the touch panel and the at least one light-emitting member is disposed on the carrier, the carrier is adapted to slide in the second area along a sliding direction, and comprises at least one positioning hook, wherein the first body is provided with multiple positioning slots arranged along the sliding direction in the second area, and the at least one positioning hook is engaged with any one of the positioning slots.

3 . The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the touch pad module further comprises at least one magnetic member disposed on the carrier, and the first body is provided with at least one magnetic guide rail extending along the sliding direction in the second area, the at least one magnetic member overlaps the at least one magnetic guide rail and is magnetically attracted to the at least one magnetic guide rail.

4 . The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the number of the at least one magnetic guide rail is two, and the positioning slots are arranged along the sliding direction between the two magnetic guide rails, the number of the at least one magnetic member is four, and the four magnetic members are respectively located at four corners of the carrier, two of the four magnetic members overlap and are magnetically attracted to one of the two magnetic guide rails, and the other two of the four magnetic members overlap and are magnetically attracted to the other of the two magnetic guide rails.

5 . The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the carrier has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and the sliding direction is perpendicular to the first side and the second side, the number of the at least one positioning hook is two, and the two positioning hooks protrude from the first side and the second side respectively.

6 . The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one light-emitting member comprises a light source and a light guide optically coupled to the light source, and the light guide extends along at least one side of the carrier.

7 . The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the carrier has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and the sliding direction is perpendicular to the first side and the second side, the number of the at least one light-emitting member is two, and the two light guides of the two light-emitting members extend along the first side and the second side respectively.

8 . The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the touch pad module further comprises a toggle member connected to the carrier, and a side of the first body have a slot extending along the sliding direction, the toggle member passes through the slot to protrude from the side.

9 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the at least one light-emitting member is two, and the two light-emitting members are respectively arranged on opposite sides of the touch panel.

10 . An electronic device, comprising:
a first body, has a first area and a second area arranged side by side; a keyboard, disposed in the first area; a light-emitting touch pad module, slidably disposed in the second area; a light-transmitting cover, disposed on the second area and covers the light-emitting touch pad module, the light-emitting touch pad module displays a drifting touch area on the light-transmitting cover; and a second body, pivotally connected to the first body.

Assignees

• Acer Inc

Inventors

• Chen Hung-Chi
• Lin Cheng-Han
• Chuang Huei-Ting
• Chen shun-bin
• Chiu Yen-Chieh

Classifications

• G06F3/03547

  Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface · CPC title

• G06F1/1616

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title

• G06F1/169 Primary

  the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes (G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033) · CPC title