COMPUTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY FOR COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20080238813A1
• Filed: 04/07/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Gettemy, Shawn R., Wong, Yoon Kean, Hanson, William R., Lee, Kevin, Oliver, Mark W., Fraser, Sherridythe A
• Application Number:
  US12/099,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20080238813A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.3
• 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 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/18 Use of a frame buffer in a display terminal, inclusive of the display panel
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/006 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04

Abstract

A display system for a handheld computing device includes a processing unit having a first communication port, and a visual display unit separable from the processing unit. The visual display unit further includes a visual display, and a second communication port. The display unit can be expanded from an initial or storage state to present a larger visual display size. Further, the first communication port providing communication with the second communication port.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a memory;

a processor coupled to the display and the memory and configured to receive information related to an image currently displayed on the display and store the information in the memory; and

a connection port configured to detachably couple to a mobile computing device;

wherein the information is accessible via a link contained in the image currently displayed on the display.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the link is a hypertext link.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the link is a thumbnail image and the information includes a full-sized image of the thumbnail image.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the display is transparent while an image is displayed on the display.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a transceiver, wherein the information is received via the transceiver from a wireless communication network.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the information is received from the mobile computing device.

7. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the information is received from the mobile computing device while the connection port is detached from the mobile computing device.

8. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a processing unit having a first processor; and

a display detachably coupled to the processing unit and having a second processor;

wherein the second processor is configured to receive information from the first processor related to a current display image while the current display image is displayed on the display and the display is detached from the processing unit, the information being accessible via a link contained in the current display image.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the link is a hypertext link and the information is data referenced by the hypertext link.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the link is a thumbnail image and the information includes a full-sized image of the thumbnail image.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein the display is an expandable display.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein the display is a bistable display.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the display includes a power source coupled to the second processor for powering the display when the display is detached from the processing unit.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein the mobile computing device is a handheld computing device.

15. A method of using a mobile computing device having a display unit detachable from a processing unit, comprising:

detaching the display unit of the mobile computing device from the processing unit;

viewing a current image on the display unit; and

communicating information related to the current image from the processing unit to the display unit while the current image is being viewed on the display unit, the information being accessible via a link in the current image.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the display unit includes an expandable display.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the display unit includes a power source for powering the display unit when the display unit is detached from the processing unit.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising storing the information in a memory of the display unit.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the link is a hypertext link and the information is data referenced by the hypertext link.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the link is a thumbnail image and the information includes a full-sized image of the thumbnail image.