Control mechanism having an image display area
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorIan N Robinson
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Abstract
A control mechanism includes a housing that is moveable from a first position to a second position. The housing includes a display area. The movement of the housing from the first position to the second position is detected. A first image is displayed on a display screen responsive to detection of the movement of the housing from the first position to the second position. At least a portion of the first image is optically transmitted from the display screen to the display area via an optical coupling system for display in the display area of the housing.
Claims22
A control mechanism having an image display area comprising:
- a housing including a display area, the housing being moveable from a first position to a second position;
- an input sensor operable to detect movement of the housing relative to a display screen and to be communicatively coupled to a controller;
- the display screen operable to be communicatively coupled to the controller and to display a first image generated by the controller responsive to detection of movement of the housing from the first position to the second position by the input sensor;
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- an optical coupling system operable to optically couple an area of the display screen to the display area and to optically transmit at least a portion of the first image displayed on the display screen for display in the display area of the housing;
- wherein the display screen is operable to display a second image generated by the controller prior to detection of the movement of the housing from the first position to the second position, the optical coupling system is operable to optically transmit at least a portion of the second image displayed on the display screen for display in the display area, and the first image differs from the second image.
A control mechanism having an image display area comprising:
- a housing comprising a fiber optic material and including a display area, the housing being moveable from a first position to a second position;
- an input sensor operable to detect movement of the housing relative to a display screen and to be communicatively coupled to a controller;
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- the display screen operable to be communicatively coupled to the controller and to display a first image generated by the controller responsive to detection of movement of the housing from the first position to the second position by the input sensor, wherein the fiber optic material operates as an optical coupling system and operates to transmit at least a portion of the first image displayed on an area of the display screen for display in the display area of the housing;
- wherein the display screen is operable to display a second image generated by the controller prior to detection of movement of the housing from the first position to the second position, the optical coupling system is operable to optically transmit at least a portion of the second image on the display screen for display in the display area, and the first image differs from the second image.
A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing a computer executable program for displaying an image in a control mechanism having an image display area, the computer readable medium comprising:
- computer readable code for receiving control mechanism housing movement data from an input sensor operable to detect movement of a control mechanism housing relative to a display screen, the control mechanism housing having a display area;
- computer readable code for determining whether the detected movement of the control mechanism housing is from a first position to a second position;
- computer readable code for generating a first image for display on the display screen based on the determination, wherein at least a portion of the first image is optically transmitted from an area of the display screen to the display area of the control mechanism housing via an optical coupling system for display in the display area of the control mechanism housing subsequent to the determination;
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- computer readable code for generating a second image for display on the display screen prior to the determination, wherein at least a portion of the second image is optically transmitted from the area of the display screen to the display area of the control mechanism housing via the optical coupling system for display in the display area of the control mechanism housing prior to the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.