Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Illuminated integrated speaker port insert and button
- Patent Title (中): 照明集成扬声器端口插入和按钮
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Application No.: US14258605Application Date: 2014-04-22
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Publication No.: US09307060B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Evan F Rynk , Julio C Castaneda
- Applicant: Google Technology Holdings LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
- Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/02
- IPC: H04M1/02

Abstract:
Electronic devices such as smartphones (100) or tablet computers are provided with an illuminated integrated speaker port insert and button (110) which allows audio energy to pass out of the speaker port (108), serves as control button for a function such as volume control or power, and is provided with single or multi-color illumination (212) so as to serve as a visual information indicator. The button (110) can serve in place of side mounted button while not requiring additional allocation of area on the devices front surface beyond what would be allocated for a speaker port and therefore not reduce the area available for a display screen (203). The button may be more readily located by touch due to its location and by sight due to the provision of illumination and owing to its use as a speaker port insert the purpose of the button may be intuitively grasped and later recalled by the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150304463A1 Illuminated Integrated Speaker Port Insert and Button Public/Granted day:2015-10-22
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