Patent ID: 6295372
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
A palmtop computer comprising:a housing having a first surface, anda display assembly provided with the first surface of the housing, the display assembly comprising a digitizer coupled to a display screen, wherein relative to a cross-section of the housing that includes the first surface, the display assembly has a first thickness corresponding to the digitizer overlaying the display screen to provide an output area for the first surface of the housing, and a second thickness less than the first thickness and corresponding to the digitizer extending beyond the display screen to form a dedicated input area for the first surface of the housing, wherein the dedicated input area is adapted to receive input corresponding to one or more gestures made by contacting the dedicated input area wherein the dedicated input area includes at least two character boxes, the character boxes comprising subareas of the dedicated handwriting area, logical components of a logical board interpreting an input entered onto a first character box as a character from a first set of characters, the logical components of the logical board interpreting an input entered onto a second character box as character from a second set of character.