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US 2017/0257131 A1Published application
Determining Spatial Relationships Between Housings of a Mobile Device
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsScott Debates, Douglas A. Lautner, Jagatkumar Shah
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Abstract
In implementations, a mobile device having a plurality of housings connected, one to another, using a flex structure that is bendable, is configured to determine spatial relationships between the housings. Sensors within the mobile device allow the mobile device to determine the spatial relationships as the mobile device is manipulated via the flex structure.
Claims20
A mobile device comprising:
- a plurality of housings that are connected, one to another, using a flex structure that is bendable to permit the plurality of housings to rotate in relation to each other;
- at least one display device disposed over the plurality of housings and the flex structure and configured to bend along with the flex structure;
- first and second accelerometers that are disposed at opposing ends of the plurality of housings;
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- a module implemented at least partially in hardware, the module configured to determine a spatial relationship of the plurality of housings, one to another, based at least in part on inputs received from the first and second accelerometers.
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A mobile device comprising:
- a plurality of housings that are connected, one to another, using a flex structure that is bendable to permit the plurality of housings to rotate in relation to each other;
- at least one display device disposed over the plurality of housings and the flex structure and configured to bend along with the flex structure;
- a magnetometer and a magnetometer reference that are disposed at opposing ends of the plurality of housings;
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- a module implemented at least partially in hardware, the module configured to determine a spatial relationship of the plurality of housings, one to another, based at least in part on inputs received from the magnetometer.
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A mobile device comprising:
- a plurality of housings that are connected, one to another, using a flex structure that is bendable to permit the plurality of housings to rotate in relation to each other;
- at least one display device disposed over the plurality of housings and the flex structure and configured to bend along with the flex structure;
- a plurality of sensors;
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- a module implemented at least partially in hardware, the module configured to:
- determine a spatial relationship of the plurality of housings, one to another, based on inputs received from at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors;
- verify the spatial relationship of the plurality of housings, one to another, based on inputs received from at least one other sensor of the plurality of sensors;
- determine a mode of the mobile device responsive to the verification of the spatial relationship;
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- select a display mode for the at least one display device based upon the determined mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.