# US 2013/0155598 A1 · Overlapping Displays > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0155598 A1 - Document ID: US20130155598A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/325,294 - Filed: 2011-12-14 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-14 - Assignees: Nokia Technologies Oy - Inventors: Mikael Kontkanen; Jussi Ropo; Pasi Tuomo Antero Kemppinen; Vicente Calvo Alonso - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130155598A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - G06F 1/1624: {with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display} - G06F 1/1641: {the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components (G06F1/1647 takes precedence)} - H04M 1/0216: {Foldable in one direction, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge} - H04M 1/0237: {Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom} - H04M 2250/16: including more than one display unit - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract An apparatus including a first electrical display; and a second electrical display movably connected to the first electrical display between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration the first and second electrical displays generally face each other. In the second configuration the first and second electrical displays do not generally face each other and are viewable from a same direction. The first and second electrical displays are sized and shaped such that in the first configuration a portion of the second electrical display is visible. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a first electrical display; and a second electrical display movably connected to the first electrical display between a first configuration and a second configuration, where in the first configuration the first and second electrical displays generally face each other, where in the second configuration the first and second electrical displays do not generally face each other and are viewable from a same direction, and where the first and second electrical displays are sized and shaped such that in the first configuration a portion of the second electrical display is visible. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) An apparatus as in claim 1 where the first and second electrical displays are connected to each other by a connection comprising a pivot such that the second electrical display is adapted to pivot relative to the first electrical display between the first and second configurations. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) An apparatus as in claim 1 where the first electrical display comprises a first display active area covered by a first window, where the second electrical display comprises a second display active area covered by a second window, and where the windows are located directly opposite each other in the first configuration. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) An apparatus as in claim 3 where the portion of the second electrical display comprises a portion of the second display active area which is not covered by the second window. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) An apparatus as in claim 4 where the portion of the second display active area is covered by the first window in the second configuration. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) An apparatus as in claim 4 where the portion of the second display active area extends between a joint under the first and second windows in the second configuration. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) An apparatus as in claim 1 where the first electrical display comprises a first display active area, where the second electrical display comprises a second display active area, and where end edges of the first and second display active areas are substantially aligned in the second configuration one beneath the other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) An apparatus as in claim 7 where, in the first configuration, the portion of the second display active area extends at least partially under a joint between the first and second electrical displays. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) An apparatus as in claim 7 where, in the first configuration, the portion of the second electrical display is located in a plane beneath the first electrical display. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) An apparatus as in claim 1 where another opposite portion of the second electrical display is visible in the first configuration. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) An apparatus as in claim 1 where in the second configuration a portion of the first electrical display overlaps the portion of the second electrical display such that the portion of the second electrical display is viewable through the portion of the first electrical display. ### Claim 12 An apparatus comprising: a first section comprising a first electrical display; a second section comprising a second electrical display; and a connection movably connecting the first and second sections to each other between a closed configuration and an open configuration, where in the closed configuration the second electrical display is only partially viewable, where in the open configuration both the first and the second electrical displays are viewable from a same direction, and where in the open configuration a portion of the first electrical display overlaps a portion of the second electrical display such that the portion of the second electrical display is viewable through the portion of the first electrical display. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) An apparatus as in claim 12 where the portion of the first electrical display comprises a window of the first electrical display which overlies a first display active area of the first electrical display in the open configuration. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) An apparatus as in claim 12 where the first electrical display comprises a first display active area, where the second electrical display comprises a second display active area, and where end edges of the first and second display active areas are substantially aligned in the open configuration one beneath the other. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) An apparatus as in claim 12 where, in the open configuration, the portion of the second electrical display extends at least partially under a joint between the first and second electrical displays. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) An apparatus as in claim 12 where the portion of the second electrical display is viewable in the closed configuration. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) An apparatus as in claim 16 where the portion is located proximate a joint forming the connection of the first and second sections. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) An apparatus as in claim 12 comprising means for viewing the portion of the second electrical display in the closed configuration, and the connection comprises means for rotating the second section relative to the first section. ### Claim 19 A method comprising: moving a second section of an apparatus relative to a first section of the apparatus from a closed configuration, where the first section comprises a first electrical display, where the second section comprises a second electrical display, where the first and second electrical displays generally face each other in the closed configuration, and where in the closed configuration the first and second electrical displays are sized and shaped such that a portion of the second electrical display is visible beyond an end of the first section; and moving the second section relative to the first section to an open configuration, where the first and second electrical displays generally face a same direction. ### Claim 20 A method comprising: providing a first section with a first electrical display; providing a second section with a second electrical display; and rotatably connecting the first section to the second section at a joint between a closed configuration and an open configuration, where in the open configuration a portion of the first electrical display overlaps a portion of the second electrical display such that the portion of the second electrical display is viewable through the portion of the first electrical display.