Stabilization and easy repositioning of a display
AssigneeAcer Incorporated
InventorSip Kim Yeung
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Abstract
Techniques applied to a computing device having a display, a base, and components that allow repositioning of the display relative to the base are provided, which can be used for stabilizing and changing the position of the display relative to the base. A determination is made via a processor as to when the display is changing position relative to the base. A determination is also made via the processor as to when a stabilizing portion of the display is in contact with a stabilizing portion of the base. A force between the stabilizing portion of the display and the stabilizing portion of the base is decreased when the display is changing position relative to the base and when the stabilizing portion of the display is in contact with the stabilizing portion of the base.
Claims20
A method, applied to a computing device comprising a display, a base, and components that allow repositioning of the display relative to the base, comprising:
- determining, via a processor, when the display is changing position relative to the base;
- determining, via the processor, when a stabilizing portion of the display is in contact with a stabilizing portion of the base;
- and
- decreasing a force between the stabilizing portion of the display and the stabilizing portion of the base when the display is changing position relative to the base and when the stabilizing portion of the display is in contact with the stabilizing portion of the base, and wherein decreasing the force between the stabilizing portion of the display and the stabilizing portion of the base is in response to determining that the display is changing position relative to the base and determining that the stabilizing portion of the display is in contact with the stabilizing portion of the base.
A method, applied to a computing device comprising a display, a base, and components that allow repositioning of the display relative to the base, comprising:
- determining, via a processor, when the display is changing position relative to the base;
- determining, via the processor, when a stabilizing portion of the display is in contact with a stabilizing portion of the base;
- and
- decreasing a force between the stabilizing portion of the display and the stabilizing portion of the base when the display is changing position relative to the base and when the stabilizing portion of the display is in contact with the stabilizing portion of the base,
- wherein:
- the stabilizing portion of the display is in sliding contact with the stabilizing portion of the base, and
- decreasing the force comprises decreasing a frictional force between the stabilizing portion of the display and the stabilizing portion of the base.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a screen;
- a base;
- a processor, configured to:
- determine when the display is changing position relative to the base;
- determine when a stabilizing portion of the display is in contact with a stabilizing portion of the base;
- and
- decrease a force between the stabilizing portion the display and the stabilizing portion of the base when the display is changing position relative to the base and when the stabilizing portion of the display is in contact with the stabilizing portion of the base, and wherein the decrease in the force between the stabilizing portion of the display and the stabilizing portion of the base is in response to the determination that the display is changing position relative to the base and the determination that the stabilizing portion of the display is in contact with the stabilizing portion of the base.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a screen;
- a base:
- a processor, configured to:
- determine when the display is changing position relative to the base;
- determine when a stabilizing portion of the display is in contact with a stabilizing portion of the base;
- and
- decrease a force between the stabilizing portion the display and the stabilizing portion of the base when the display is changing position relative to the base and when the stabilizing portion of the display is in contact with the stabilizing portion of the base,
- wherein:
- the display comprises one of a magnet or a piece of metal;
- the base comprises the other of the magnet and the piece of metal;
- the stabilizing portion of the display comprises a portion of the display contacting the base when the magnet overlaps the piece of metal in a direction normal to a sliding direction of the display relative to the base;
- and
- the stabilizing portion of the base comprises a portion of the base contacting the display when the magnet overlaps the piece of metal in a direction normal to the sliding direction of the display relative to the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.