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US 9,001,504 B2Granted
Moveable display portion of a computing device
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorAmy Han
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Abstract
In one general aspect, a computing device can include a base portion including a keyboard, and a guide included in the base portion. The computing device can also include a display portion including a display and having a bottom portion coupled to the base portion via a hinge. The display portion can be configured to rotate about an axis using the hinge. The bottom portion of the display portion can be configured to slidably move along the guide over the keyboard of the base portion in a translational direction orthogonal to the axis.
Claims23
A computing device, comprising:
- a base portion including a top planar surface with an input device region included in and aligned along the top planar surface, the base portion including a raised guide having a slot partially recessed in a side of the raised guide, a depth of the slot is less than a thickness of the raised guide;
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- a display portion operably coupled to the base portion and including a display, the display portion being configured to slidably move along the raised guide over the input device region of the base portion, the display including a viewable surface facing in a first direction away from the base portion when the computing device is in a tablet configuration with a primary plane of the display portion being substantially parallel to a primary plane of the base portion, the display portion being configured to cover the input device region when the computing device is in the tablet configuration,
- the viewable surface of the display facing in a second direction towards the base portion when the computing device is in a closed configuration with the primary plane of the display portion being substantially parallel to the primary plane of the base portion, the display portion being configured to cover the input device region when the computing device is in the closed configuration,
- the viewable surface of the display of the computing device having a rotational position non-parallel to the primary plane of the base portion when the computing device is in an easel configuration or in a laptop configuration, the display portion includes a bottom portion positioned on a front end side of the input device region when the computing device is in the easel configuration, the bottom portion of the display portion is positioned on a back end side of the input device region when the computing device is in the laptop configuration.
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A computing device, comprising:
- a base portion including an input device region;
- a first raised guide disposed on a top planar surface of the base portion, the first raised guide having a slot partially recessed in a side of the first raised guide, a depth of the slot is less than a thickness of the first raised guide;
- a second guide disposed on the base portion with the input device region interposed between the first raised guide and the second guide;
- a display portion including a display and having a bottom portion coupled to the base portion via a hinge, the display portion configured to rotate about an axis using the hinge, the bottom portion of the display portion configured to slidably move along the first raised guide and the second guide over the input device region of the base portion in a translational direction orthogonal to the axis;
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- the display portion having a rotational position non-parallel to a plane aligned along the base portion when the computing device is moved over the input device region in the translation direction from a laptop configuration to an easel configuration, the bottom portion of the display portion being positioned on a front end side of the input device region when the computing device is in the easel configuration, the bottom portion of the display portion is positioned on a back end side of the input device region when the computing device is in the laptop configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.