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US 2022/0308635 A1Published application
Retractable displays
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSaraswathi Sailaja Perumalla, Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Sheema Farheen
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Abstract
A device's display can be moved based on sensor data to protect the display. The display can be moved via springs and/or electromagnets. The display can be moved into a safe recessed position, allowing a frame to absorb impacts that might otherwise damage the display. The display can also be moved back out of the recessed position.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- monitoring an environment of a device;
- detecting, based on the monitoring, a danger to a display on the device;
- and
- retracting, based on the detecting, the display from an extended configuration into a recessed configuration in a body of the device.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a display;
- a body;
- a spring coupled to the display, the spring configured to apply a spring force upon the display along a first axis;
- a lock, wherein the lock is configured to prevent the display from moving in a first direction along the first axis when the lock is in a locked state;
- and
- a lock mechanism configured to change a state of the lock between the locked state and an unlocked state.
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A method, comprising:
- monitoring an environment of a device;
- detecting, based on the monitoring, a user intent to utilize a display on the device;
- and
- extending, based on the detecting, the display from a recessed configuration in a body of the device into an extended configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.