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System and method for altering a display mode based on a gravity-responsive sensor

  • US 20020140675A1
  • Filed: 05/21/2002
  • Published: 10/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A device configured to show display content in more than one orientation, the device comprising:

  • a gravity-responsive sensor providing an output, wherein the output comprises a first state when the gravity-responsive sensor is oriented in a first position with respect to gravity and the output comprises a second state when the gravity-responsive sensor is oriented in a second position with respect to gravity; and

    a display configured to show display content in a first display mode and a second display mode, wherein the display is responsive to the output of the gravityresponsive sensor to operate in the first display mode when the output corresponds to the first state and to operate in the second display mode when the output corresponds to the second state, and wherein the second display mode orients the display content differently with respect to the display than the first display mode.

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