Sub-display of a mobile device
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsPekka Pihlaja, Pentti Ahlgren, Jani Mäenpää
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mobile device, which comprises a first housing and a second housing, which housings are arranged movable in relation to each other to at least a first and a second position; the first housing comprising a primary display for displaying information and arranged to be visible for a user at least in the first position; the device further comprising a passive image steering element that is adapted to steer at least a part of the view of said primary display to become visible for the user as a secondary display in the second position. This invention also relates to a image steering module, a method in a mobile device and a computer program for controlling a user interface of a device.
Claims19
A mobile device comprising:
- a first housing and a second housing, which housings are movably arranged in relation to each other to at least a first and a second position, wherein the first position is an open position and the second position is a closed position;
- the first housing comprising a primary display for displaying information and arranged to be visible for a user at least in said first position;
- the device further comprising at least one passive image steering element at the end of the device, the image steering element is configured to steer at least a part of a view of said primary display to become visible for the user as a secondary display when the first and second housings are in said second position and the image steering element is configured to steer the view to a direction that is different than the direction of view of the primary display so as to be visible at said secondary display.
A passive image steering module for a mobile device, comprising:
- a first housing and a second housing, which housings are movably arranged in relation to each other at least to a first and a second position, wherein the first position is an open position and the second position is a closed position;
- the first housing comprising a primary display for displaying information and arranged to be visible for a user at least in said first position;
- the device further comprising a passive image steering module at the end of the device,
- which module is configured to steer at least a part of a view of said primary display to become visible for the user as a secondary display when the first and second housings are in said second position and the image steering element is configured to steer the view to a direction that is different than the direction of view of the primary display so as to be visible at said secondary display.
A method comprising:
- displaying information on a primary display so as to be visible in a direction of view for a user at least when a first housing of a mobile device is in a first position relative to a second housing of said mobile device, the first position being an open position, and
- passively steering at least a part of a view of said primary display so as to become visible for the user as a secondary display at an end of the device at a direction of view different from the direction of view of the primary display when the first housing is in at least a second position relative to said second housing, the second position being a closed position.
A computer readable medium, stored with commands executable by a processor
- for detecting relative positions of a first housing and a second housing of a device, which housings are movably arranged in relation to each other to at least a first and a second position, wherein the first position is an open position and the second position is a closed position the first housing comprising a primary display for displaying information, which is a part of a user interface of the device, and arranged to be visible for a user at least in said first position, the device further comprising a passive image steering element adapted to steer at least a part of a view of said primary display visible for the user as a secondary display when the first and second housings are in said second position, the image steering device steering the view to a direction that is different than the direction of view of the primary display,
- for forming position data based on said relative position;
- for controlling the user interface of the device on the basis of the position data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.