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US 11,455,016 B2Granted
Physical keyboards for multi-display computing devices
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJeff Ku, Tim Liu, Yihua Lai, Lance Lin, Gavin Sung
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for physical keyboards with multi-display computing devices. An example keyboard includes a plurality of keys and a translucent backplate having a first side and a second side. The example keyboard also includes a coating between the first side of the backplate and the plurality of keys, the coating to pass light to illuminate the plurality of keys, and the coating to obscure the plurality keys when viewed from the second side of the backplate.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a first housing;
- a first display carried by the first housing;
- a second housing;
- a second display carried on a first side of the second housing;
- a hinge to rotatably couple the first housing and the second housing;
- a physical keyboard removably positionable on the second display, the physical keyboard removably attachable to a second side of the second housing;
- at least one magnet to releasably couple the physical keyboard to the first side of the second housing when the physical keyboard is on the second display and to releasably couple the physical keyboard to the second side of the second housing;
- instructions;
- and
- processor circuitry to execute the instructions to:
- present a first user interface on the second display when the physical keyboard is not positioned on the second display, and
- present a second user interface on a first portion of the second display when the physical keyboard is positioned on a second portion of the second display, the second user interface including a plurality of emotion icons.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a first housing;
- a first display carried by the first housing;
- a second housing;
- a second display visible on a first side of the second housing;
- a hinge to rotatably couple the first housing and the second housing;
- one or more magnets to releasably couple a physical keyboard to the first side of the second housing when the physical keyboard is on the second display and to releasable couple the physical keyboard to the second side of the second housing;
- instructions;
- and
- processor circuitry to execute instructions to:
- present a first user interface on the second display when the physical keyboard is not positioned on the second display, and
- present a second user interface on a first portion of the second display when the physical keyboard is positioned on a second portion of the second display, the second user interface including a plurality of emotion icons.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.