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US 2013/0076597 A1Published application
Sensing the screen positions in a dual screen phone
AssigneeZ124
InventorCharles Becze
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Abstract
A handheld communication device includes first and second screens, a hinge to rotate the first and second screens between open and closed positions, and a position sensor to determine the relative position of the first and second screens. The position sensor can be a Hall-Effect sensor.
Claims20
A handheld computing device, comprising:
- first and second screens comprising first and second display panels, respectively, to receive input from and provide graphical output to a user;
- a plurality of electronic components comprising a processor and memory, the plurality of electronic components generating an electromagnetic field during operation;
- a hinge connected to the first and second screens, wherein the hinge moves between a closed position and an open position;
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- at least one Hall-Effect sensor operable, at a selected time, to sense at least one of variations in and a strength of the electromagnetic field, wherein the processor is configured, based on the currently sensed at least one of variation in and strength of the electromagnetic field, to determine a relative position of the first and second screens.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a handheld computing device comprising first and second screens, the first and second screens comprising first and second display panels to receive input from and provide graphical output to a user, a plurality of electronic components comprising a processor and memory, the plurality of electronic components generating an electromagnetic field during operation, and a hinge connected to the first and second screen assemblies, wherein the hinge moves between a closed position and an open position;
- sensing, at a selected time and by at least one position sensor, at least one of a variation in and strength of the electromagnetic field;
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- determining, based on the sensed at least one of a variation and strength of the electromagnetic field and by the processor, relative positions of the first and second screens.
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A computer readable medium comprising processor executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform the determining step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.