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US 8,912,984 B2Granted
Method and device for overlapping display
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorPhilip James Prociw
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Abstract
Embodiments of an apparatus for having overlapping displays and methods for operating such apparatus can provide enhanced display and operational capabilities. The overlapping displays may include multiple overlapping transparent displays. Embodiments of additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
Claims17
A method performed by a portable electronic device comprising:
- displaying, via a first processor of the portable electronic device, a first image of video content on a first organic light emitting diode (OLED) display;
- displaying, via a second processor of the portable electronic device, a second image on a second OLED display, wherein the second OLED display overlaps the first OLED display and is selectively transparent to the first OLED display, wherein the first and second OLED displays operate independently from each other;
- controlling the displaying of the first image on the first OLED display with the first processor;
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- controlling the displaying of the second image on the second OLED display with the second processor;
- wherein the first and second processors operate independently and consume energy independently from each other and from the first and second OLED displays;
- wherein the first image displayed on the first OLED display is provided from a first software application and the second image displayed on the second OLED display is provided from a second software application, wherein the first and second software applications are different;
- wherein the second image displayed on the second OLED display provides a user interactive on-screen control and is configured to receive a user command, communicate the user command from the second software application to the first software application, and cause the first software application to affect playback of the video content displayed on the first OLED display;
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- wherein displaying the user interactive on-screen control does not affect displaying the video content on the first OLED display, such that processing power from the first processor used for displaying the video content on the first OLED display is not affected by the processing power from the second processor used for displaying the user interactive on-screen control on the second OLED display.
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A device comprising:
- a first organic light emitting diode (OLED) display;
- a second OLED display, wherein the second OLED display overlaps the first OLED display and is selectively transparent to the first OLED display, wherein the first and second OLED displays operate independently from each other;
- a first processor to output and control display of a first image of a series of images from video content on the first OLED display;
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- a second processor to output and control display of a second image on the second OLED display;
- wherein the first and second processors operate independently and consume energy independently from each other and from the first and second OLED displays;
- wherein the first image displayed on the first OLED display is provided from a first software application and the second image displayed on the second OLED display is provided from a second software application, wherein the first and second software applications are different;
- wherein the second image when displayed on the second OLED display provides a user interactive on-screen control that is configured to receive a user command, communicate the user command from the second software application to the first software application, and cause the first software application to affect playback of the video content when displayed on the first OLED display;
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- wherein display of the user interactive on-screen control does not affect displaying the series of images displayed on the first OLED display, and wherein processing power from the first processor used for displaying the series of images on the first OLED display is not affected by the processing power from the second processor used for displaying the user interactive on-screen control on the second OLED display.
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A non-transitory machine readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- display, using a first processor of the machine, a first image of a series of images on a first organic light emitting diode (OLED) display;
- display, using a second processor of the machine, a second image on a second OLED display, wherein the second OLED display overlaps the first OLED display and is selectively transparent to the first OLED display, wherein the first and second OLED displays operate independently from each other;
- utilize the first processor to generate output and control the displaying of the first image on the first OLED display;
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- utilize the second processor to generate output and control the displaying of the second image on the second OLED display;
- wherein the first and second processors operate independently and consume energy independently from each other and from the first and second OLED displays;
- wherein the first image displayed on the first OLED display is provided from a first software application and the second image displayed on the second OLED display is provided from a second software application, wherein the first and second software applications are different;
- wherein the second image displayed on the second OLED display provides a user interactive on-screen control and is configured to receive a user command, communicate the user command from the second software application to the first software application, and cause the first software application to affect playback of the video content displayed on the first OLED display;
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- wherein operations to display the user interactive on-screen control do not affect operations to display the video content on the first OLED display, such that processing power from the first processor used for displaying the video content on the first OLED display is not affected by the processing power from the second processor used for displaying the user interactive on-screen control on the second OLED display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.