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US 2026/0093142 A1Published application
Multi-zone electronic privacy filter
AssigneeLenovo Global Technology (United States) Inc.
InventorsZANE M ALI, BENJAMIN A FRISCH, JORDAN FERGUSON, EDWARD JAMES SACKINGER
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a multi-zone electronic privacy filter include a processor, a screen, and a multi-zone electric privacy filter coupled to the screen, where the multi-zone electric privacy filter includes: multiple zones, and a filter controller configured to control which of the multiple zones of the multi-zone electric privacy filter are enabled.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a privacy filter coupled to a screen of a computing system, wherein the privacy filter includes:
- a plurality of zones;
- and
- a filter controller configured to control which of the plurality of zones of the privacy filter are enabled based on a bitmap received from the computing system.
1 more element
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a screen;
- and
- a multi-zone electric privacy filter coupled to the screen, wherein the multi-zone electric privacy filter includes:
- a plurality of zones;
- and
- a filter controller configured to control which of the plurality of zones of the multi-zone electric privacy filter are enabled based on a bitmap received from the processor.
4 more elements
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a filter controller included within a privacy filter, a bitmap from a computing system, wherein the privacy filter is coupled to a screen of the computing system;
- and
- enabling one or more of a plurality of zones of the privacy filter based on the bitmap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.