Inventors:
Prasanna R. Chitturi - Pleasanton CA, 94588
Sushil Shah - Pleasanton CA, 94566
Assignee:
Prasanna R. Chitturi - Pleasanton CA
Sushil Shah - Pleasanton CA
International Classification:
G09G 500
US Classification:
345 1, 345173, 345903, 345905, 439131, 439929, 361727, 361683, 395281
Abstract:
A display device having an integral docking station to facilitate the display device to be used in conjunction with a palm sized computing device for applications executing on the palm sized computing device is disclosed. The display device includes a flat panel display, a display controller, a microcontroller, a docking station including a communication interface, and a chassis integrally housing the earlier enumerated elements. Together, the enumerated elements facilitate removable coupling of the palm sized computing device to the display device to allow the flat panel display to be used in conjunction with said palm sized computing device under the control of said microcontroller for applications executing on said palm sized computing device. In various embodiments, the display device additionally includes at least a selected one of a number of other I/O peripherals. In other embodiments, other extended I/O capabilities, such as storage media, keyboard and cursor control are also provided.