Multi-display computer system and method
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsThomas J. Connor, David B. Hanson, Charles R. Shilling
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Abstract
A multi-display computer system comprises a display member rotatably coupled to a base member. The display member has a first display device disposed on an interior surface thereof and a second display device disposed on an exterior surface thereof. The computer system also comprises a display manager executable by a processor and adapted to enable a user to automatically control a display mode of the second display device independent of a display mode of the first display device.
Claims36
A multi-display computer system, comprising:
- a display member rotatably coupled to a base member, the display member having a first display device disposed on an interior surface thereof, the display member having a second display device disposed in a recessed area of an exterior surface of the display member, the recessed area configured with a depth to accommodate placement of the second display device in the recessed area such that an exterior surface of the second display device is disposed below the exterior surface of the display member;
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- a display manager executable by a processor and adapted to enable a user to automatically control a display mode of the second display device independent of a display mode of the first display device.
A multi-display computer system, comprising:
- a first display means disposed on an interior surface of a display member, the display member rotatably coupled to a base member;
- a second display means disposed in a recessed area of an exterior surface of the display member, the recessed area configured with a depth to accommodate placement of the second display means in the recessed area such that an exterior surface of the second display means is disposed below the exterior surface of the display member;
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- means for automatically controlling a display mode of the second display means independently of a display mode of the first display means.
A computer display method, comprising:
- controlling a display mode associated with a first display device, the first display device disposed on an interior surface of a display member;
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- enabling automatic control of a display mode associated with a second display device disposed in a recessed area of an exterior surface of the display member, the recessed area configured with a depth to accommodate placement of the second display device in the recessed area such that an exterior surface of the second display device is disposed below the exterior surface of the display member, the automatic control of the display mode associated with the second device being independent of the display mode of the first display device.
A display device protection system for a computer system, comprising:
- a display device disposed within a recessed area of a display member of the computer system;
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- a retractable cover coupled to the display member and slidable over the display device.
A display device protection system for a computer system, comprising:
- means for displaying an image, the means for displaying being disposed within a recessed area of a display member of the computer system, wherein the means for displaying is coupled to a display member, the display member including a first surface, the first surface including the recessed area and wherein the recessed area is configured with a depth such that an external surface of the display device is disposed below the first surface;
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- means for covering the means for displaying, the means for covering being coupled to the means for displaying, the means for covering being slidable over the means for displaying.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.