Display screen position sensing using inductive sensing

An integrated circuit comprising:

• a memory storing an algorithm;
• and
• a processor configured to access the memory and execute the algorithm to:
• receive voltage data associated with a voltage generated at a sensor coil,
• wherein the voltage is generated in response to a magnetic field generated at a driver coil,
• wherein the magnetic field is affected by a magnetically-active target configured to move in relation to the driver coil and the sensor coil through sliding of a first section of a computing device relative to a second section of the computing device,
• wherein the first section and the second section are configured to slide to change a size of a top surface of the computing device, and
• wherein a size of a viewable portion of a flexible display screen mounted to the first section and the second section changes with the changing size of the top surface of the computing device, with a non-viewable portion of the flexible display screen sliding underneath one of the first section and the second section;
• and
• determine a linear position of the flexible display screen using the voltage data, the linear position of the flexible display screen corresponding to the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display screen between a minimum size and a maximum size.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instruction that, in response to execution of the instructions by a processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:

• receive voltage data associated with a voltage generated at a sensor coil,
• wherein the voltage is generated in response to a magnetic field generated at a driver coil,
• wherein the magnetic field is affected by a magnetically-active target configured to move in relation to the driver coil and the sensor coil through sliding of a first section of a computing device relative to a second section of the computing device,
• wherein the first section and the second section are configured to slide to change a size of a top surface of the computing device, and
• wherein a size of a viewable portion of a flexible display screen mounted to the first section and the second section changes with the changing size of the top surface of the computing device, with a non-viewable portion of the flexible display screen sliding underneath one of the first section and the second section;
• and
• determine a linear position of the flexible display screen using the voltage data, the linear position of the flexible display screen corresponding to the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display screen between a minimum size and a maximum size.