Multi-form factor information handling system (IHS) with layered, foldable, bendable, flippable, rotatable, removable, displaceable, and/or slideable component(s)
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsLiam B. Quinn, Christopher Alan Robinette, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
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Abstract
Embodiments of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) with layered, foldable, bendable, flippable, rotatable, removable, displaceable, and/or slideable component(s) are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a first display and a second display coupled to the first display, where the second display further comprises a bendable, foldable, or flippable layer having: (i) a screen surface, and (ii) a keyboard surface opposing the screen surface.
Claims19
An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
- a first display;
- and
- a second display coupled to the first display, wherein the second display further comprises a bendable, foldable, or flippable layer having:
- (i) a screen surface, and (ii) a keyboard surface opposing the screen surface, and wherein:
- (A) in a first configuration, the screen surface faces up and the keyboard surface faces down;
- and in a second configuration a first portion of the screen surface folds over a second portion of the screen surface and the keyboard surface faces up;
- or
- (B) in a first configuration, the screen surface faces up, the keyboard surface faces up, and the keyboard surface sits behind a first portion of the screen surface;
- and in a second configuration, the first portion of the screen surface folds over a second portion of the screen surface to reveal the keyboard surface.
A method, comprising:
- providing an Information Handling System (IHS) having a first display and a second display coupled to the first display, wherein the second display further comprises a bendable, foldable, or flippable layer having:
- a screen surface, and a keyboard surface opposing the screen surface, and wherein:
- in a first configuration, the screen surface faces up and the keyboard surface faces down, and, in a second configuration, a first portion of the screen surface folds over a second portion of the screen surface and the keyboard surface faces up;
- and
- in response to the IHS being manipulated between the first and second configurations, providing at least one User Interface (UI) feature on the first or second displays.
A hardware memory device having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a processor of an Information Handling System (IHS), cause the IHS to:
- display a first image on a first display;
- and
- display a second image on a second display coupled to the first display via a hinge, wherein the second display comprises a bendable, foldable, or flippable layer having:
- a screen surface, and a keyboard surface opposing the screen surface, and wherein in a first configuration:
- (i) the screen surface faces up, (ii) the keyboard surface faces up, and (iii) the keyboard surface sits behind a first portion of the screen surface, and wherein in a second configuration the first portion of the screen surface folds over a second portion of the screen surface to reveal the keyboard surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.