Device to allow sensors to operate when lid is closed
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsShouwei Sun, Lili Ma, Ke Han, Hemin Han, Xiaodong Cai
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Abstract
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a first housing, one or more sensors located in the first housing, a second housing, and a slope located in the second housing to reflect light radiation to the one or more sensors when the first housing is over the second housing. The electronic device can be a laptop computer where the first housing is a lid that includes a display and the second housing is a base that includes a keyboard and the one or more sensors face the keyboard when the first housing is over the second housing when the laptop computer is in a closed configuration.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a first housing;
- one or more sensors located in the first housing;
- a second housing;
- and
- a slope located in the second housing to reflect light radiation to the one or more sensors when the first housing is over the second housing.
An electronic device comprising:
- a first housing that includes a display;
- a second housing that includes:
- a keyboard;
- a slope;
- and
- one or more sensors located in the slope;
- and
- a hinge that rotatably or pivotably couples the first housing to the second housing and when the first housing is over the second housing in a closed configuration, the slope allows light radiation to reach the one or more sensors.
A method comprising:
- detecting light radiation using one or more sensors located in a first housing of an electronic device in a first power state, wherein the electronic device is in a closed configuration and the detected light radiation is reflected off of a slope in a second housing of the electronic device;
- and
- in response to the detected light radiation, changing the power state of the electronic device to a second power state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.