Patent ID: 8421707
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device comprising: a computing device body including a main housing having an upper surface, a computing device disposed in said main housing, a keyboard disposed on said upper surface of said main housing and connected electrically to said computing device, and a touch control display disposed on said upper surface of said main housing and connected electrically to said computing device; a display screen body including a display housing, and a flat panel display disposed on a side of said display housing and connected electrically to said computing device; and a two-dimensional hinge connecting pivotally said display housing to one side of said main housing such that said display screen body is pivotable forward, rearward, leftward, and rightward relative to said main housing; wherein said computing device is configured to output image signals to said touch control display and said flat panel display, respectively, the image signals being generated based on user operation of at least one of said touch control display and said keyboard and being output simultaneously to said touch control display and said flat panel display; wherein said computing device includes: a video signal memory; a central processing unit coupled to said video signal memory for providing video signal data to said video signal memory for storage in said video signal memory; a video signal processing unit coupled to said video signal memory, said touch control display and said flat panel display for accessing said video signal data from said video signal memory and outputting the image signals to said touch control display and said flat panel display; a signal controller connected electrically to said touch control display for receiving a touch control signal from said touch control display; a control unit coupled to said signal controller and said central processing unit for sending the touch control signal to said central processing unit, thus enabling said central processing unit to generate said video signal data in accordance with the touch control signal for subsequent output to said video signal memory; wherein said control unit includes: a northbridge controller connected electrically to said central processing unit; and a southbridge controller connected electrically to said northbridge controller and said signal controller for receiving the touch control signal from said signal controller and sending the touch control signal to said central processing unit through said northbridge controller; wherein said keyboard includes a hot key that, when pressed, generates a first hot key signal that is transmitted to said central processing unit through said signal controller, said southbridge controller, and said northbridge controller and that causes said central processing unit to output a disable signal to said signal controller, said signal controller disabling a touch control function of said touch control display in response to said disable signal, and when pressed again, generates a second hot key signal that is transmitted to said central processing unit through said signal controller, said southbridge controller, and said norhtbridge controller and that causes said central processing unit to output an enable signal to said signal controller, said signal controller enabling the touch control function of said touch control display in response to said enable signal.