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US 8,508,433 B2Granted
Folding multimedia display device
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorGregory P. Manning
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Abstract
Various configurations of an electronic display, and devices incorporating the display, are provided. The display may have multiple portions connected along one or more axes, lines, points, or other connecting areas. The portions are movable about the connections. In various configurations, the display portions emulate different media and/or communication and computing devices. Two or more of the display devices may be coupled in an array.
Claims15
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor having an electronic output;
- a display that is configurable into a plurality of configurations and is electronically coupled to the processor,
- in which the display comprises a plurality of portions adapted to display an electronic image, and
- in which at least two of the portions share a first axis and are movable about the first axis;
- and
- a memory, in which the memory stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to:
- detect that the display has been configured into a first configuration;
- in response to detecting that the display has been configured into the first configuration, display a first content on one or more of the plurality of portions;
- detect that the display has been configured into a second configuration, in which the second configuration is different from the first configuration;
- and
- in response to detecting that the display has been configured into the second configuration, display a second content on one or more of the plurality of portions, in which the second content comprises information that is different than information from the first content.
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