Tabletizable auxiliary monitor
AssigneeMobile Pixels Inc.
InventorsXiaoliang Yao, Wenglong Ng
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Abstract
According to an aspect of the disclosure, an auxiliary monitor is provided. The auxiliary monitor includes a mount including at least one rail, one or more coupling elements coupled to the mount and configured to be coupled to a computer, and a display portion. The display portion includes a communications interface configured to be communicatively coupled to the computer, at least one display screen configured to display output information, and at least one hinge configured to be slidably coupled to the at least one rail, and configured to allow the display portion to rotate relative to the mount.
Claims20
An auxiliary monitor comprising:
- a mount including a first rail and a second rail each extending along a first axis and parallel to each other, the first axis lying entirely within a first plane;
- one or more coupling elements coupled to the mount and configured to be coupled to a computer;
- and
- a display portion including:
- a communications interface configured to be communicatively coupled to the computer;
- at least one display screen configured to display output information;
- and
- at least one hinge coupled to the at least one display screen and configured to be slidably coupled to the first rail and the second rail,
- the at least one display screen being configured to move along the first axis via the at least one hinge to a parallel configuration in which the at least one display screen is configured to be parallel to the computer and to the first plane, the at least one display screen being further configured to rotate 180 degrees about the at least one hinge from the first plane to a tabletized configuration in which the at least one display screen is configured to be antiparallel to the computer, and is configured to be disposed in a space between the first rail and the second rail.
An auxiliary display system, the system comprising:
- a laptop computer including:
- a first communications interface;
- a primary display screen;
- and
- a backplane surface;
- and
- an auxiliary monitor including:
- a mount including a first rail and a second rail each extending along a first axis and parallel to each other, the first axis lying entirely within a first plane, the mount configured to be coupled to the backplane surface of the laptop computer;
- and
- a display portion configured to be slidably coupled to the first rail and the second rail such that the display portion is configured to slide relative to the mount along the first axis to a parallel configuration in which the display portion is parallel to the primary display screen and the first plane, the display portion being further configured to be rotatably coupled to the mount such that the display portion is configured to rotate 180 degrees to a tabletized configuration in which the display screen is antiparallel to the primary display screen and in which the display portion is configured to be disposed in a space between the first rail and the second rail, the display portion further including:
- a second communications interface configured to be communicatively coupled to the first communications interface;
- and
- at least one auxiliary display screen configured to display output information and receive input information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.