Smart cover for an electronic device
AssigneeLenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsGary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Adam Roberts
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Abstract
A cover for an electronic device comprises: at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor detects the cover being partially opened; and a signal transmitter, wherein the signal transmitter: transmits, to a video controller in the electronic device, an opening signal in response to the cover being partially opened, wherein the opening signal is in response to the cover being partially opened, and wherein the opening signal identifies and enables a first portion of a display on the electronic device; and transmits, to the video controller in the electronic device, a disabling signal to disable a second portion of the display that is not identified by the opening signal.
Claims19
A method of controlling a displayed area on an electronic device's display, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a video controller in an electronic device, an opening signal from a cover on the electronic device, wherein the opening signal is in response to a portion of the cover being opened, and wherein the opening signal identifies and enables a first portion of a display on the electronic device;
- and
- disabling a second portion of the display that is not identified by the opening signal, wherein the display comprises multiple portions that are independently enabled and activated by the opening signal.
A computer program product for controlling a displayed area on an electronic device's display, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and wherein the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
- receiving, by a video controller in an electronic device, an opening signal from a cover on the electronic device, wherein the opening signal is in response to a portion of the cover being opened, and wherein the opening signal identifies and enables a first portion of a display on the electronic device;
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- disabling a second portion of the display that is not identified by the opening signal, wherein the display comprises multiple portions that are independently enabled and activated by the opening signal.
A cover for an electronic device, the cover comprising:
- at least one sensor, wherein said at least one sensor detects the cover being partially opened;
- and
- a signal transmitter, wherein the signal transmitter:
- transmits, to a video controller in the electronic device, an opening signal in response to the cover being partially opened, wherein the opening signal is in response to a portion of the cover being opened, and wherein the opening signal identifies and enables a first portion of a display on the electronic device;
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- transmits, to the video controller in the electronic device, a disabling signal to disable a second portion of the display that is not identified by the opening signal, wherein the display comprises multiple portions that are independently enabled and activated by the opening signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.