Providing support for display articulation-related applications

• US 10,078,900 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2012
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Trethewey, James R., Putzolu, David M., Hammond, Kelly
• Primary Examiner(s): Ma, Tize
• Application Number:
  US13/608,356
• Publication Number:
  US 20140071147A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,199 Days
• Field of Search: 345581
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1615 with several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function constructional details of portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts H04M1/0206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/70 Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras camera calibration G06T7/80
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0261 in the context of movement of objects on the screen or movement of the observer relative to the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0464 Positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters

Abstract

A method of providing display articulation support to a main processor of a computing device is disclosed. The method may include receiving display articulation data from a sensor at a sensor controller. The method may also include formatting, via the sensor controller, the display articulation data. The method may also include providing, via a single channel interface between the sensor controller and the main processor, the display articulation data to an operating system executed by the main processor. The method may also include communicating, via a driver executed by the operating system, the display articulation data to an application executed by the operating system.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving display articulation data from articulation detection hardware and data from an internally packaged sensor;

formatting, via a sensor controller, the display articulation data combined with data from the internally packaged sensor;

providing the formatted display articulation data to an operating system executed by a processor;

communicating, via a driver executed by the operating system, the display articulation data to an application executed by the operating system; and

combining data from the articulation detection hardware with data from the internally packaged sensor; and

further comprising the user providing instructions as to whether to combine the data in the sensor controller or in the application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user provides the instructions using an orientation GUI control.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the orientation GUI control is located within the application.