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US 2009/0275366 A1Published application
Personal portable communication devices with deployable display systems for three dimensional visual representations and/or privacy and methods of use
OwnerDonald L. Schillinginventor
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Abstract
A personal portable communication device includes a deployable display system movable from a stored position to an extended position for use in three-dimensional representations of display data and/or privacy in viewing display data.
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A personal portable communication device comprising
- a housing;
- a processor carried by said housing providing display signals relating to visual representation of display data;
- an input system carried by said housing providing communication signals to said processor;
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- a display system carried by said housing and receiving said display signals, said display system being formed of a plurality of display panels including an inner panel and an outer panel hingedly connected with said inner panel, said inner and outer panels having a stored position where said outer panel is adjacent said inner panel and a deployed position where said outer panel is in a position non-planar with said inner panel and extends from said inner panel at an angle less than 180°, each of said inner and outer panels having a plurality of pixels and said display signals including digital data supplied to said panels in said deployed position to form a single visual representation of display incorporating said inner panel pixels and said outer panel pixels.
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A method for presenting a three-dimensional visual representation of display data on a personal portable communication device comprising the steps of
- providing a personal portable communication device having a housing carrying a display system movable from a stored position to a deployed position to form a left screen extending laterally beyond a left edge of the housing and a right screen extending laterally beyond a right edge of the housing;
- utilizing first and second cameras to obtain electronic image signals of display data from first and second perspectives, respectively;
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- supplying the electronic image signals to the display system of the personal portable communication device such that the electronic image signals from the first camera are used to depict the display data on the left screen and the electronic image signals from the second camera are used to depict the display data on the right screen whereby visualizing the display data on the left and right screens simultaneously produces a three-dimensional image of the display data.
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A method for presenting a three-dimensional visual representation of display data on a personal portable communication device comprising the steps of
- providing a personal portable communication device having a housing carrying a display system movable from a stored position to a deployed position to form a left screen extending laterally beyond a left edge of the housing and a right screen extending laterally beyond a right edge of the housing;
- utilizing camera means to obtain electronic image signals of display data in odd and even fields;
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- supplying the electronic image signals to the display system of the personal portable communication device such that the odd fields are used to depict the display data on the left screen and the even fields are used to depict the display data on the right screen whereby visualizing the display data on the left and right screens simultaneously produces a three-dimensional image of the display data.
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A personal portable communication device for providing separate visual representations of display data comprising
- a housing having left and right lateral edges on opposing sides;
- a display system carried by said housing having a deployed position and including a left screen extending laterally from said left edge away from said housing in said deployed position and a second screen extending laterally from said right edge away from said housing in said deployed position;
- a processor carried by said housing providing display signals to said display system relating to visual representation of display data, said display signals including a first set of display signals supplied to said first screen and a second set of display signals supplied to said second screen, said first and second sets of display signals creating substantially the same image on each of said first and second screens;
- said first screen having a shape to form a substantially arcuate portion with a center of curvature at the left eye of a user of the personal portable communication device and said second screen having a shape to form a substantially arcuate portion with a center of curvature at the right eye of the user whereby the view of the user's left eye is substantially the display data on said first screen and the view of the user's right eye is substantially the display data on said second screen.
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A personal portable communication device comprising
- a housing having left and right edges on opposing sides thereof;
- a display system carried by said housing including a first screen extending laterally from said left edge of said housing away from said housing and having a privacy portion extending toward the user and a second screen extending laterally from said right edge of said housing away from said housing and having a privacy portion extending toward the user;
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- a processor carried by said housing supplying signals to said display system to provide a visual representation of display data, said privacy portions of said first and second screens allowing full viewing of said display data to the user and providing privacy by limiting viewing of said display data by viewers on either side of the personal portable communication device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.