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US 12,308,164 B2Granted
Retractable displays
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSaraswathi Sailaja Perumalla, Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Sheema Farheen
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Abstract
A device's display can be moved based on sensor data to protect the display. The display can be moved via springs and/or electromagnets. The display can be moved into a safe recessed position, allowing a frame to absorb impacts that might otherwise damage the display. The display can also be moved back out of the recessed position.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- monitoring an environment of a device;
- monitoring sudden motion of the device using an accelerometer or a proximity sensor;
- detecting, based on the monitoring the environment of the device and based on monitoring sudden motion of the device, a danger to a display on the device;
- and
- retracting, based on the detecting, the display from an extended configuration into a recessed configuration in a body of the device, wherein the display has a variable default mode setting configurable between the extended configuration and the recessed configuration, wherein retracting comprises applying a magnetic force to the display by a magnet within the device.
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A method, comprising:
- monitoring an environment of a device;
- monitoring motion of the device using a proximity sensor;
- detecting, based on the monitoring the environment of the device and based on monitoring motion of the device, a user intent to utilize a display on the device;
- and
- extending, based on the detecting, the display from a default recessed configuration in a body of the device into an extended configuration, wherein extending comprises applying a magnetic force to the display by a magnet within the device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.