Patent Publication Number: US-2019171309-A1

Title: Themed electronic tablet with front and back screen

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisional application No. 62/594,759, filed Dec. 5, 2017, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to electronic tablets and, more particularly, to a themed electronic tablet with a front and back screen. 
     Alzheimer&#39;s and dementia patients have an inability to keep past and present memories. Patient&#39;s further deal with ongoing confusion, a lack of understanding of who their families and friends are, forgetfulness, loneliness, and lack enjoyment due to these ailments. Current tablets are overly complicated to use to perform simple tasks for those with Alzheimer&#39;s and dementia. 
     As can be seen, there is a need for an easy to use themed electronic tablet with a front and back screen for Alzheimer&#39;s and dementia patients. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In one aspect of the present invention, an electronic tablet comprises: a housing comprising a front surface having a front periphery and a rear surface having a rear periphery, wherein the front periphery is an outline of a design, and the rear periphery is an outline of a mirror image of the design; and a computing system coupled to and disposed within the housing, the computing system comprising: a processor; a memory a communications interface; and a user interface comprising at least a first touch screen interface disposed on the front surface, and a second touch screen interface disposed on the rear surface. 
     These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings, description and claims. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a front perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a rear perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 6  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 7  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 8  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 9  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 10  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 11  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 12  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 13  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 14  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention; and 
         FIG. 15  is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims. 
     The present invention includes a collection of tablet devices that have different shapes and include a front and back touchscreen. The tablets may be in the shape of sports equipment, animals, accessories, and the like. The tablets may further include a variety of different colors for the user to choose. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 through 15 , the present invention includes an electronic tablet  10 . The tablet  10  includes a housing  13  having a front surface having a front periphery and a rear surface having a rear periphery. The front periphery is an outline of a design  11  and the rear periphery is an outline of a mirror image of the design  11 . The tablet  10  further includes a computing system coupled to and disposed within the housing  13 . The computing system includes a processor, a memory, a communications interface, and a user interface including a first touch screen interface  38  disposed on the front surface, and a second touch screen interface  42  disposed on the rear surface. The touch screen interfaces  38 ,  42  may be disposed along parallel planes. A power button  40  may be coupled to the housing and electrically connected to the computing system. 
     The design of the tablet  10  may be a 3-dimensional shape. For example, the outer shape of the housing  13  may be of sports equipment, animals, accessories, and the like. As illustrated in the Figures, the design is an outer shape of a basketball  22 , a soccer ball  18 , a football  20 , a baseball  24 , a cat  12 , a dog  15 , a fish  14 , a purse  26 , a can of corn  34 , a can of tuna  36 , a ladybug  16 , a school bus  32 , a briefcase  30 , and a lunchbox  28 . 
     As mentioned above, the electronic tablet  10  of the present invention includes a computing system. The computing system is at least the processor and the memory. The computing system may execute on any suitable operating system such as IBM&#39;s zSeries/Operating System (z/OS), MS-DOS, PC-DOS, MAC-iOS, WINDOWS, UNIX, OpenVMS, ANDROID, an operating system based on LINUX, or any other appropriate operating system, including future operating systems. 
     In particular embodiments, the computing system includes a processor, memory, a user interface, and a communication interface. In particular embodiments, the processor includes hardware for executing instructions, such as those making up a computer program. The memory includes main memory for storing instructions such as computer program(s) for the processor to execute, or data for processor to operate on. The memory may include an HDD, a floppy disk drive, flash memory, an optical disc, a magneto-optical disc, magnetic tape, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) drive, a solid-state drive (SSD), or a combination of two or more of these. The memory may include removable or non-removable (or fixed) media, where appropriate. The memory may be internal or external to computing system, where appropriate. In particular embodiments, the memory is non-volatile, solid-state memory. 
     The user interface includes hardware and software for providing one or more interfaces for user communication with the computing system. As mentioned above, the user interface includes a front touchscreen  38  and a rear touchscreen  42 , each having display interconnect. The user interface may also include a keyboard, keypad, microphone, monitor, mouse, printer, scanner, speaker, still camera, stylus, trackball, video camera, another user interface or a combination of two or more of these. 
     The communication interface includes hardware, software, or both providing one or more interfaces for communication (e.g., packet-based communication) between the computing system and one or more other computing systems or one or more networks. As an example, and not by way of limitation, communication interface may include a network interface controller (NIC) or network adapter for communicating with an Ethernet or other wire-based network or a wireless NIC (WNIC) or wireless adapter for communicating with a wireless network, such as a WI-FI network. This disclosure contemplates any suitable network and any suitable communication interface. As an example, and not by way of limitation, the computing system may communicate with an ad hoc network, a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), or one or more portions of the Internet or a combination of two or more of these. One or more portions of one or more of these networks may be wired or wireless. As an example, the computing system may communicate with a wireless PAN (WPAN) (e.g., a BLUETOOTH WPAN), a WI-FI network, a WI-MAX network, a cellular telephone network (e.g., a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network), or other suitable wireless network or a combination of two or more of these. The computing system may include any suitable communication interface for any of these networks, where appropriate. 
     An exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include the following elements:
         Main PCB/Single Board Computer/Circuit Board located in the rear of tablet connects parts and components to operate devices   Daughter Board, located on Main PCB/Single Board computer/Circuit Board EMI Shield, Logic Board found in rear of tablets protecting main board secured with glue or adhesive or screws sizes 2.5 mm, 3.5 mm, 3 mm, 4 mm, 4.1 mm, 1.2 mm.   Processor, CoProcessor   Two Full size 7 inch-10.7 inches of Touchscreens Displays Front and Back of each Device   LCD Panel   Digitizer   Parallel Interface   Left and Right antennas/carriers,   Microphone printed circuit board (PCB) located in each device,   Home Button   Headphone Socket 3.5 mm located on the top right of the devices   Loudspeaker Assembly/Carrier Left/Right located on inside on the bottom of each device on the left and right   Power Flex Volume   Speaker left and right located on top left and right of Antennas   Primary Rear facing Camera Secondary Front Facing Camera located in the top middle of devices connected to main board   Rear Camera lens located on the back of each device up above back touchscreen display   Communications interface   3G Module, I/O Connector   Sim Card PCB, Sim Card   Wifi, Bluetooth, Wlan, GPS antenna   Display InterConnect   Power Management Sensor   battery/battery pack lithium located in the rear of each device connected to the single board computer   Charge Port Flex located inside of devices connected to SBC, USB2, USB3 located on right bottom side view of devices. USB Charging Dock located on Bottom middle   Wireless Transmitter Coil, Inductive Charging Coil   Audio Interface PCB, Audio Jack PCB   Temperature/Humidity Sensor   Barometer   Clock Generator   Audio Codec   Battery Charger   Accelerometer   Gyroscope   Wireless Chips   LTE   Touchscreen Controllers   Camera Flash PCB   Speaker AMP   Flash EMMD   Camera Core   VCC RAM   LED Flashing Alert Sensor   FR Transceiver   Camera AVDD   HDMI VDD   Nand 16 GB   Microphone Element   Transmit Module   Embedded Controller   Regulator   LNA-WCDMA   Keyboard Controller   Touchscreen IC   Flash Nor 8 Mb SPI Interface   Filter inducter   Filter Capacitor   USB Protocol Resistors   Speaker IC   NFC Antenna   Output Diode   Connector Dock   Platform Controller Hub   CPU, 1.1 GHZ 400 MZ Cache   PCB Antenna   USB Switch   Image Sensor   Power Management IC   RF Module   Baseband   I/O Connector   WIFI VCC   Multimedia Application Processor   USB 2.0 Card Reader Controller   Video Encoder   Wire Harness   DCDC Controller   Internal Antenna   Ethernet Controller   Demodulator   Electronic Compass   GPS Receiver   Step-Up/Step-Down Converter   Antenna Switch Module   VGA Video Interface   Camera REF   Voice Processor   Crystals   RF Tuner   SD RAM MOBILE DDRS   BLUETOOTH™   Wifi   GPS   Flash   Nand and Ram   Keyboard Controller   Memory   Expandable Storage Sim Card and Tray   Sim Card Connector   Audio Jack PCB   Ambient Light Sensor   Operating system   HD Video/Playback 1080p   Network Connectivity   GPS Antenna   Wifi Antenna   Interconnect PCB   Usb2 Port2, Usb3 Port3 Lower right side of device   LED PCB   Speakers   Sensors   NFC Controller   Main Clock   Backlight   LCD Power   3G Module   SD RAM MOBILE DDR3   Dual Apps Processor   Optical Proximity Sensor   Digital Compass   Motherboard Top and Bottom   Bi Directional High side Power Switch   USB-OTG Combined Application   Dual supply Translating Transceiver   Multiplexer/Demultiplexer switch   mating connectors   mounting screws   external flash cards   MCP   Magnetomer   Battery Charger   memory card reader   automation sensors   SD Ram LPDDR3   Cell Antenna   Controller   main PCB top and bottom   2×4-lane MIPI DSI   2×4 lane MIPI CSI   WLAN PCB connecting to SBC   Power Flex/Volume l&amp; 2   Volume buttons located on the right side top of devices   Wireless Charging Transmitter/Inductive charging Coil   Lightning port   Display Module 7 in-10.7 inches Capacitive Touchscreen directly on back of each device   Bottom closure Digitizer/Touchscreen Assembly fused with Brackets, adhesive, conductive adhesive, glue, tape (insulating), pull tabs, ZIF connectors, screws foam tape, cable connectors, digital cable connectors, ribbon cable connectors, connector latches, display cable connectors, flexible cable connector, fit connector, auxiliary port, electrical connector, wire strips—connectors, Chassis, USB port shield       

     A method of using the present invention may include the following. Press the power on button  40  at the top of tablet  10 . Use the home button on the bottom front or back to get to applications and press and play. For Alzheimer&#39;s Dementia Patients the present invention may include an Automatic Alarm Settings, an Automatic alarm power on and off, an Automatic alarm slideshow format, an Automatic wireless charge. The present invention includes an easy mode for dementia patients designed for stimulation and mobility of viewing on both sides using sight method, same mode, different mode, a digital single frame slideshow format, fun shapes, favorite colors, twin screens front and back, built in apps, hot spot, GPS Location, and three USB Ports. 
     It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing relates to exemplary embodiments of the invention and that modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.