Interactive logo indicative of remaining power from battery

• US 10,620,270 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Issued: 04/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Schee, Eric, Long, Jun, Liu, Zheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Mirza F
• Application Number:
  US15/519,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20170276736A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,946 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3646 for indicating electrical conditions or variables, e.g. visual or audible indicators
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/371 with remote indication, e.g. on external chargers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

An interactive logo includes a graphical mark, at least one property of the graphical mark, and a logo surface. The graphical mark is disposed on an enclosure of the electronic device to identify a company, an organization, or a brand. At least one property of the graphical mark changes corresponding to an amount of power remaining from a battery to power the electronic device.

Claims

1. An interactive logo usable on an electronic device, the interactive logo comprising:

a graphical mark disposed on an enclosure of the electronic device to identify a company, an organization, or a brand;

properties of the graphical mark, the properties including a light intensity of the graphical mark, a color, and an amount of fill within the graphical mark, wherein the properties are to change corresponding to an amount of power remaining from a battery to power the electronic device such that;

a greater amount of light intensity corresponds to a greater amount of power remaining from the battery and a lesser amount of light intensity corresponds to a lesser amount of power remaining from the battery;

a darker shade of the color corresponds to a greater amount of power remaining from the battery and a lighter shade of the color corresponds to a lesser amount of power remaining from the battery; and

a greater amount of fill corresponds to a greater amount of power remaining from the battery and a lesser amount of fill corresponds to a lesser amount of power remaining from the battery; and

a logo surface to cause the amount of power remaining from the battery to be displayed on the graphical mark via the property in response to contact by a user with the logo surface.

2. The interactive logo of claim 1, wherein the logo surface is one of a touch pad, a touch screen, and a mechanical switch.

3. The interactive logo of claim 1, wherein the properties correspond to at least three levels of power remaining from the battery.

4. The interactive logo of claim 1, wherein the graphical mark comprises a plurality of alpha-numeric characters.

5. The interactive logo of claim 4, wherein the alpha-numeric characters comprise a letter, h, and a letter, p.

6. A computing device, comprises:

an enclosure; and

an interactive logo disposed on the enclosure, the interactive logo including;

a graphical mark to identify a company, an organization, or a brand; and

properties of the graphical mark, the properties including a light intensity of the graphical mark, a color, and an amount of fill within the graphical mark, wherein the properties are to change corresponding to an amount of power remaining from a battery to power the computing device such that;

a greater amount of light intensity corresponds to a greater amount of power remaining from the battery and a lesser amount of light intensity corresponds to a lesser amount of power remaining from the battery;

a darker shade of the color corresponds to a greater amount of power remaining from the battery and a lighter shade of the color corresponds to a lesser amount of power remaining from the battery; and

a greater amount of fill corresponds to a greater amount of power remaining from the battery and a lesser amount of fill corresponds to a lesser amount of power remaining from the battery; and

a logo surface to cause the amount of power remaining from the battery to be displayed on the graphical mark via the property in response to contact by a user with the logo surface.

7. The computing device of claim 6, wherein the interactive logo further comprises:

the logo surface to activate and deactivate the property of the graphical mark based on contact by a user there with.

8. The computing device of claim 6, further comprising:

a user interface to enable a selection of the properties of the graphical mark, wherein the property is selected from the color and the amount of fill of the graphical mark.

9. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

enabling, in response to contact by a user, a logo surface of an interactive logo including a graphical mark disposed on an enclosure of the electronic device to cause an amount of power remaining in a battery of the electronic device to be displayed on the graphical mark via properties of the graphical mark, the properties of the graphical mark including a light intensity, a color, and an amount of fill within the graphical mark, wherein the properties are to change corresponding to an amount of power remaining from the battery of the electronic device such that;

a greater amount of light intensity corresponds to a greater amount of power remaining from the battery and a lesser amount of light intensity corresponds to a lesser amount of power remaining from the battery;

a darker shade of the color corresponds to a greater amount of power remaining from the battery and a lighter shade of the color corresponds to a lesser amount of power remaining from the battery; and

a greater amount of fill corresponds to a greater amount of power remaining from the battery and a lesser amount of fill corresponds to a lesser amount of power remaining from the battery;

identifying a company, an organization, or a brand by the graphical mark; and

changing the property of the graphical mark to correspond to the amount of power remaining from the battery to power the electronic device.