Display device having multi-mode virtual bezel
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJames M. Okuley, Hong W. Wong, Peter S. Adamson, John M. Valavi
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Abstract
A computing device may include a touch-sensitive display. Display logic may control a size of an active area of the touch-sensitive display and a size of an inactive area of the touch-sensitive display. The display logic to set the active area to a first size when the touch-sensitive display is in a first mode. Display logic to set the active area to a second size when the touch-sensitive display is in a second mode. In one embodiment, the computing device may be a convertible computer system. In another embodiment, the computing device may be a tablet computer system.
Claims20
A computing device comprising:
- a touch-sensitive display having four edges, a first edge being opposite to a second edge, and a third edge being opposite to a fourth edge;
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- display logic at least a portion of which is hardware, the display logic to:
- detect detachment of the touch-sensitive display from a base;
- control a size of an active area of the touch-sensitive display and a size of an inactive area of the touch-sensitive display based on the detected detachment of the touch-sensitive display from the base;
- set the active area to a first size when the touch-sensitive display is connected to the base in a first mode;
- set the active area to a second size when the touch-sensitive display is detected to be detached from the base and provided into a second mode;
- cause the touch-sensitive display to display an active button at an area adjacent the first edge,
- change the size of the active area in response to a user input to the touch-sensitive display at a location of the active button, and
- change a location of the active button to be at an area adjacent the third edge based on a change of orientation of the touch-sensitive display, and the active button to be surrounded by the inactive area of the touch-sensitive display when the active button is at the area adjacent the third edge.
A method of displaying on a tablet, comprising:
- displaying an active area having a first size on a touch-sensitive display of the tablet, the touch-sensitive display having four edges, a first edge being opposite to the second edge, and a third edge being opposite to the fourth edge;
- detecting detachment of the tablet from a base;
- changing a size of the active area to a second size when the touch-sensitive display changes from a first mode to a second mode, the first mode being a mode in which the tablet is attached to the base, and the second mode being a mode in which the tablet is detected to be detached from the base;
- changing a size of the active area in response to a touch input to a displayed active button that is surrounded by the inactive area, the displayed active button to be at an area adjacent to the first edge;
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- changing a location of the active button to be at an area adjacent the third edge based on a change of orientation of the touch-sensitive display, and the active button to be surrounded by the inactive area of the touch-sensitive display when the active button is at the area adjacent the third edge.
A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions that, when executed, implement operations to:
- display an active area having a first size on a touch-sensitive display of a tablet the touch-sensitive display having four edges, a first edge being opposite to the second edge, and a third edge being opposite to the fourth edge;
- detect detachment of the tablet from a base;
- change the active area to a second size when the touch-sensitive display changes from the first mode to a second mode, the first mode being a mode in which the tablet is attached to the base, and the second mode being a mode in which the tablet is detected to be detached from the base;
- change a size of the active area in response to a touch input to a displayed active button that is surrounded by the inactive area, the displayed active button to be at an area adjacent to the first edge;
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- change a location of the active button to be at an area adjacent the third edge based on a change of orientation of the touch-sensitive display, and the active button to be surrounded by the inactive area of the touch-sensitive display when the active button is at the area adjacent the third edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.