# US 10,481,734 B2 · Computing device, apparatus and system for display and integrated projection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,481,734 B2 - Document ID: US10481734B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/784,488 - Filed: 2017-10-16 - Published: 2018-05-17 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-10-16 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Sameer Sharma; Kun Hung Liang; Cheng Tsung Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10481734B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/042: by opto-electronic means - G03B 21/145: {Housing details, e.g. position adjustments thereof} - G06F 1/1639: {the display being based on projection} - G06F 1/1673: {Arrangements for projecting a virtual keyboard} - G06F 3/0425: {using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the absolute position of a single or a plurality of objects with respect to an imaged reference surface, e.g. video camera imaging a display or a projection screen, a table or a wall surface, on which a computer generated image is displayed or projected (tracking a projected light spot to determine a position on a display surface G06F3/0386)} - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - H04N 9/3173: {wherein the projection device is specially adapted for enhanced portability} - H04N 9/3194: {including sensor feedback} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Embodiments of an apparatus and system are described for a hybrid computing device. Some embodiments may comprise a computing device having an enclosure arranged to support a display on a front of the enclosure, a projector adjustment ring integrated into a portion of the perimeter of the enclosure, and a projector module adjustably coupled to the projector adjustment ring. In various embodiments, the projector module may be arranged for dual-axis rotation within the projector adjustment ring. Other embodiments are described and claimed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computing device, comprising: an enclosure arranged to support a display on a front of the enclosure; a projector module integrated into a portion the enclosure, the projector module comprising: a projector arranged to project an image at an adjustable location; and a projector adjustment ring to adjust the adjustable location along at least one axis; a detector; a processor disposed in the enclosure; and memory disposed in the enclosure, the memory coupled to the processor and comprising instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to: send a first control signal to cause the projector to project the image; and receive a second control signal from the detector comprising an indication of an interaction with the projected image. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, the memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to: send the first control signal to cause the projector to project the image corresponding to a virtual input device; and detect, based on the second control signal, an interaction with the projected image corresponding to the virtual input device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The computing device of claim 2, the virtual input device a keyboard comprising a plurality of keys. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The computing device of claim 3, the detector a camera to capture movement proximate to the projected image correspond to the virtual input device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The computing device of claim 2, the display to display a first image and the memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to determine the virtual input device based on the first image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The computing device of claim 2, the projector to project the virtual input device to a position off-center from the display. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, the memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to: send the first control signal to cause the projector to project the image corresponding to a graphical user interface (GUI); and detect, based on the second control signal, an interaction with the GUI. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The computing device of claim 7, the memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to modify the projected image based on the interaction with the GUI. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, the projector adjustment ring arranged to adjust the adjustable location along multiple axis, the multiple axis comprising the at least one axis. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, the projector adjustment ring to provide, responsive to user interaction, adjustment of the adjustable location along the at least one axis. ### Claim 11 A computer-implemented method, comprising: projecting a first image via a projector, the projector at least partially embedded in an enclosure of a computing device comprising a display, the first image to compliment a second image displayed on the display, the projector integrated into a projector module at least partially disposed in the enclosure and arranged to project the first image at an adjustable location, the projector module comprising a projector adjustment ring to adjust the adjustable location along at least one axis; and detecting an interaction with the projected first image in response to signals received from a detector coupled to the computing device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The computer-implemented method of claim 11, comprising: projecting the first image corresponding to a virtual input device; and detecting an interaction with the projected image corresponding to the virtual input device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The computer-implemented method of claim 12, the virtual input device a keyboard comprising a plurality of keys. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computer-implemented method of claim 13, the detector a camera to capture movement proximate to the projected first image. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The computer-implemented method of claim 12, comprising projecting the virtual input device to a position off-center from the display. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The computer-implemented method of claim 11, the projector adjustment ring arranged to adjust the adjustable location along multiple axis, the multiple axis comprising the at least one axis. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The computer-implemented method of claim 11, the projector adjustment ring to provide, responsive to user interaction, adjustment of the adjustable location along the at least one axis. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The computer-implemented method of claim 11, comprising: projecting the first image corresponding to a graphical user interface (GUI); and detecting an interaction with the GUI. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The computer-implemented method of claim 18, comprising modifying the projected image based on the detected interaction with the GUI. ### Claim 20 At least one machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor of a device comprising an enclosure housing a display and a projector module at least partially embedded in the enclosure, the projector module comprising a projector arranged to project images to an adjustable location and a projector adjustment ring to adjust the adjustable location along at least one axis, the instructions to cause the processor to: project, via the projector, a first image, the first image to compliment a second image displayed on the display; and detect an interaction with the projected first image in response to signals received from a detector coupled to the computing device. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 20, comprising instructions that cause the processor to: project the first image corresponding to a virtual input device; and detect an interaction with the projected image corresponding to the virtual input device. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 21, the virtual input device a keyboard comprising a plurality of keys. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 21, comprising instructions that cause the processor to project the virtual input device to a position off-center from the display. ### Claim 24 (depends on 20) The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 20, the projector adjustment ring to provide adjustment of the projector module along multiple axis, the multiple axis comprising the at least one axis. ### Claim 25 (depends on 20) The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 20, comprising instructions that cause the processor to: project the first image corresponding to a graphical user interface (GUI); and detect an interaction with the GUI. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 25, comprising instructions that cause the processor to modify the projected image based on the detected interaction with the GUI.