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US 10,760,728 B1Granted
Stand for a terminal system with adjustable screen orientation
OwnerRamzi Khalil Maalouf, Jinrong Yanginventors
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Abstract
A terminal system includes a portable computing device and a stand. The stand includes an arm, a coupler movably coupled to the arm and coupled to the portable computing device, and a base removably coupled to the arm. The coupler of the stand allows the portable computing device to move such that the body rotates about an axis perpendicular to the display screen while the arm is in a fixed position. When the arm of the stand is coupled to the base, the base is configurable to support the portable computing device at a desired angle with respect to the surface. The portable electronic device is configured to modify a display on the display screen of the portable computing device in response to the orientation of the portable electronic device.
Claims17
A terminal system, comprising:
- a display device comprising:
- a body;
- a display screen;
- and
- a processor;
- and
- wherein the display device is configured to receive, via a wireless connection, display data from a smartphone;
- a stand comprising:
- an arm comprising a distal end;
- a coupler movably coupled to the arm and coupled to the display device;
- and
- a base,
- wherein the arm is configured to removably couple to the base;
- and
- a motorized actuator,
- wherein the coupler of the stand is configured to allow the display device to move such that the body rotates about an axis perpendicular to the display screen while the arm is in a fixed position,
- wherein the distal end of the arm is positionable with respect to the display device such that the distal end of the arm is supported on a flat surface and such that the arm maintains the display device at a fixed, declined angle with respect to the flat surface,
- wherein the display device is configured to, in response to information received from the smartphone via the wireless connection with the display device, operate the motorized actuator to rotate the body of the display device to modify a physical orientation of the display screen while the distal end of the arm is supported on the surface to maintain the display screen of the display device at the fixed, declined angle with respect to the surface,
- wherein the display device is configured to, when the body of the display device is rotated by the motorized actuator while the display screen is maintained at the fixed, declined angle to modify a physical orientation of the display screen to a horizontal physical orientation or to a vertical physical orientation, modify a display on the display screen of the display device based at least in part on information from the smartphone, and
- wherein, when the arm of the stand is coupled to the base, the base is configurable to support the display device at a desired angle with respect to the surface.
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A terminal system, comprising:
- a display device comprising:
- a body;
- a display screen;
- and
- a processor;
- and
- a stand comprising:
- an arm comprising a distal end;
- a coupler movably coupled to the arm and coupled to the display device, and
- a base,
- wherein the arm is configured to removably couple to the base;
- and
- a motorized actuator;
- wherein the coupler of the stand is configured to allow the display device to move such that the body rotates about an axis perpendicular to the display screen while the arm is in a fixed position,
- wherein the distal end of the arm is positionable with respect to the display device such that the distal end of the arm is supported on a flat surface and such that the arm maintains the display device at a fixed, declined angle with respect to the surface,
- wherein the display device is configured to operate the motorized actuator to rotate the body of the display device to modify a physical orientation of the display screen while the distal end of the arm is supported on the surface to maintain the display screen of the display device at the fixed, declined angle with respect to the surface,
- wherein the display device is configured to, when the body of the display device is rotated by the motorized actuator while the display screen is maintained at the fixed, declined angle to modify a physical orientation of the display screen to a horizontal physical orientation or to a vertical physical orientation, modify a display on the display screen of the display device such that an orientation of content on the display is coordinated with the physical orientation of the display screen of the display device, and
- wherein, when the arm of the stand is coupled to the base, the base is configurable to support the display device at a desired angle with respect to the surface.
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A method, comprising:
- arranging an arm of a stand such that a distal end of the arm is supported on a flat surface and such that a display screen of a display device on the stand is supported on the stand at a fixed, declined angle with respect to the surface,
- rotating, by a motorized actuator, in response to information received from the display device, a display screen of the display device relative to the arm of the stand to modify a physical orientation of the display screen while the distal end of the arm is supported on the surface to maintain the display screen of the display device at the fixed, declined angle with respect to the surface;
- and
- modifying, by the display device, when the body of the display device is rotated by the motorized actuator while the display screen is maintained at the fixed, declined angle to modify a physical orientation of the display screen to a horizontal physical orientation or to a vertical physical orientation, a display on the display screen of the display device such that an orientation of content on the display is coordinated with a physical orientation of the display screen of the display device;
- and
- removably installing the arm on a base, wherein the base is configurable to support the display device on the surface with the display screen at a user-selected angle relative to the surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.