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US 8,947,361 B2Granted
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.
Claims27
An apparatus comprising:
- a first housing, the first housing including a touch-sensitive display on a first side of the first housing that is to receive user input when the apparatus is in a first position;
- a second housing, the second housing including a keyboard on a first side of the second housing that is to receive keyed entry of data to be displayed on the touch-sensitive display, a second side of the first housing opposite the first side of the first housing at least partially being obscured by the second housing in the first position;
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- a third housing that includes at least one processor and that is pivotally attached to the first housing and to the second housing, wherein
- the first position comprises the first housing substantially in a coplanar position to the second housing, which at least partially obscures the touch-sensitive display of the first housing in the first position, and
- wherein the touch-sensitive display is operable in a second position, the second position comprising the first housing substantially in a second non-coplanar position to the second housing, the touch-sensitive display being visible in the second position, the second housing operable at least partially as a base stand in the second position.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first housing, the first housing including a touch-sensitive display on a first side of the first housing that is to receive user input when the apparatus is in a first position;
- a second housing including a keyboard on a first side of the second housing that is to receive keyed entry of data to be displayed on the touch-sensitive display, a second side of the first housing opposite the first side of the first housing at least partially being obscured by the second housing in the first position;
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- a third housing that includes at least one processor and that is pivotally attached to the first housing and to the second housing, wherein the first position comprises the first housing substantially in a first non-coplanar position to the second housing, the touch-sensitive display being visible in the first position, the second housing operable at least partially as a base stand in the first position, and
- wherein the touch-sensitive display is operable in a second position, the second position comprising the first housing substantially in a second non-coplanar position to the second housing, the touch-sensitive display being visible in the second position, the second housing operable at least partially as a base stand in the second position.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a first hinge and a second hinge to attach a base housing to a display having a front surface and a back surface, the base housing including a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface having a keyboard disposed thereon, the first and second hinge capable to pivot the display to obtain a plurality of user interactive modes, wherein the plurality of user interactive modes includes but is not limited to:
- a first user interactive mode with the top surface of the base housing substantially adjacent to the back surface of the display;
- a second user interactive mode with the front surface of the display within a substantially 90 degree angle from the top surface of the base housing;
- a third user interactive mode with the bottom surface of the base housing within a substantially 90 degree angle from the back surface of the display;
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- a fourth user interactive mode with the bottom surface of the base housing at an angle from the back surface of the display to support the device from behind the display.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a base comprising a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a display coupled to the base including a front surface and a back surface;
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- a keyboard disposed on the top surface of the base, wherein the apparatus is capable of:
- a first mode comprising the bottom surface of the base positioned substantially adjacent to the back surface of the display with the keyboard deactivated;
- a second mode comprising the top surface of the base within a substantially 90 degree angle from the front surface of the display;
- a third mode comprising the base within a substantially 90 degree angle from the back surface of the display;
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- a fourth mode comprising the base at an angle behind the back surface of the display to support the computing device.
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A method, comprising:
- pivoting a display of a multimode computing device including a base attached to the display to obtain a plurality of user interactive modes, the base including a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface having a keyboard disposed thereon, wherein the display comprises a front surface and a back surface, and wherein the plurality of user interactive modes includes but is not limited to:
- a first user interactive mode with the top surface of the base substantially adjacent to the back surface of the display;
- a second user interactive mode with the front surface of the display within a substantially 90 degree angle from the top surface of the base;
- a third user interactive mode with the bottom surface of the base within a substantially 90 degree angle from the back surface of the display;
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- a fourth user interactive mode with the bottom surface of the base at an angle from the back surface of the display to support the device from behind the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.