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Detecting user focus on hinged multi-screen device

  • US 10,331,190 B2
  • Filed: 11/09/2016
  • Issued: 06/25/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile computing device comprising:

  • a processor;

    an accelerometer;

    two or more display devices; and

    a housing including the processor, the accelerometer, and the two or more display devices, the housing including a hinge between a pair of display devices of the two or more display devices, the hinge being configured to permit the pair of display devices to rotate between angular orientations from a face-to-face angular orientation to a back-to-back angular orientation;

    the processor being configured to;

    detect a current angular orientation between the pair of display devices indicating that the pair of display devices are facing away from each other;

    detect a first touch input via a capacitive touch sensor of a first display device of the pair of display devices, a second touch input via a capacitive touch sensor of a second display device of the pair of display devices, and a third touch input via a capacitive touch sensor of a side of the mobile computing device;

    determine that the first touch input is an intended touch input and the second touch input is an incidental touch input;

    determine an orientation of the mobile computing device based on at least the first touch input, the second touch input, and the third touch input; and

    determine which display device of the two or more display devices has a current user focus based on at least the determined orientation of the mobile computing device; and

    perform a predetermined action based on the current user focus.

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