Multiple mode display apparatus
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorNicholas W. Oakley
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Abstract
A multiple mode display apparatus and methods of use. An apparatus includes a display surface with a first and a second display area. A housing pivotally attached with the display proximate a first edge of the housing is displaceable from a coplanar position with the surface of the display device to a position wherein an angle of at least 90 degrees between the surface of the display and the housing is formed along said first edge. In the first position, the first display area is visible and activated to receive user input or to display output. The second display area is covered by the housing and placed in a mode of reduced power consumption. In the second position, the second display area is visible and activated to display output.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- opening a first housing attached with a display device having a first display area and a second display area;
- uncovering the second display area to activate the second display area;
- closing the first housing over the display device to cover the second display area and place the display device in a first mode of reduced power consumption, wherein the first display area is visible and is active;
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- closing a second housing over the display device to cover the first display area and to place the display device in a second mode of reduccd power consumption.
A method comprising:
- placing a display device in a first mode of reduced power consumption by closing a first housing ova the display device having a first display area and a second display area to cover the second display area, wherein the first display area is visible and active to display scrolled output;
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- placing the display device in a second mode of greater power consumption than the first mode by opening the first housing to uncover the second display area, wherein the second display area is active.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first housing having a first edge, the first housing comprising a display device having a first display area and a second display area;
- a second housing pivotally attached with said first housing proximate said first edge in a first closed position substantially coplanar with the first housing wherein the second display area is placed in a mode of reduced power consumption and is visually obscured by the second housing but the first display area is visible and is activated to display output, the second housing pivotally displaceable to a first open position wherein the first display area and the second display area are both visible and are both activated to display output;
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- a third housing pivotally attached with said second housing displaceable to a second closed position substantially coplanar with the first housing wherein the first display area and the second display area are both covered and are both deactivated to display output, the third housing displaceable to a second open position wherein at least the first display area is visible and is activated to display output.
A computing system comprising:
- an addressable memory to store data;
- a processor to access data from said addressable memory responsive to user input;
- a display device to display data output from said processor, the display device having a first display area and a second display area;
- a keyboard pivotally attached with said display device in a first closed position wherein the second display area is placed in a mode of reduced power consumption and is visually obscured by the keyboard but the first display area is visible and is activated to display output, the keyboard pivotally displaceable to a first open position wherein the first display area and the second display area are both visible and are both activated to display output data;
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- a housing pivotally attached with said keyboard in a second closed position substantially coplanar with the display device wherein the first display area and the second display area are both covered and are both deactivated to display output, the housing displaceable to a second open position wherein at least the first display area is visible and is activated to display output data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.