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US 2014/0191941 A1Published application
Portable user input system operable in two modes
AssigneeSolatido Inc.
InventorThomas M. Sherlock
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Abstract
A portable user interface device receives user inputs in two modes. The user interface device includes a central portion attached to two side portions. Relative rotation between the central portion and the side portions converts the user interface device between the two modes. In the first mode, the user interface device is suspended on the front of a user's torso. In the second mode, the user interface device may be placed on a substantially flat horizontal surface.
Claims20
A user interface device comprising:
- a first portion;
- a second portion comprising a first set of input devices, the second portion hinged to the first portion for relative rotation between a first mode and a second mode;
- and
- a third portion comprising a second set of input devices, the third portion hinged to the first portion for relative rotation between the first mode and the second mode,
- in the first mode:
- the first portion is suspended on a front of a user's torso with the first and second sets of input devices facing away from the user's torso, and
- in the second mode:
- the first and second sets of input devices are arranged to face away from a substantially flat surface, and the first portion is placed on the substantially flat surface.
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A method for operating a user interface device, comprising:
- arranging a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion of a user interface device in a first mode in which the first portion is suspended on a front of a user's torso with a first set and a second set of input devices on the second and third portions facing away from the user;
- detecting a change of an arrangement of the first, second, and third portions from the first mode into a second mode in which the first and second sets of input devices are arranged to face away from a substantially flat surface on which the first portion is placed;
- and
- changing a mapping of signals from the input devices to a processor in response to detecting the change of the arrangement of the first, second, and third portions from the first mode into the second mode.
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A computing device comprising:
- a user interface device comprising:
- a first portion;
- a second portion comprising a first set of input devices, the second portion hinged to the first portion for relative rotation between a first mode and a second mode;
- and
- a third portion comprising a second set of input devices, the third portion hinged to the first portion for relative rotation between the first mode and the second mode,
- in the first mode:
- the first portion is suspended on a front of a user's torso with the first and second sets of input devices facing away from the user's torso, and
- in the second mode:
- the first and second sets of input devices are arranged to face away from a substantially flat surface, and the first portion is placed on the substantially flat surface;
- a processing unit coupled to the user interface device and configured to receive user input via the user interface device;
- and
- a display device coupled to the user interface device and configured to display at least user input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.