E-Paper application control based on conformation sequence status

• US 20100073263A1
• Filed: 09/22/2008
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rinaldo,, John D. JR., Cohen, Alexander J., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A.
• Application Number:
  US12/284,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20100073263A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/33
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• 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 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• 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 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• 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: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• 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

Abstract

A method for one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers includes, but is not limited to:obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly and coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. For one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers, a system comprising:

means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

means for coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for detecting one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining strain information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining stress information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining calibration related information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining pattern information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining surface contact information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining sequence information associated with two or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining geometrical information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information related to predetermined indicia associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining optical fiber derived information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information based on one or more sequences of one or more associations between two or more of the portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly associated with the two or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for receiving signals from embedded sensors.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining selection information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining origami-like folding information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein obtaining means for origami-like folding information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining one or more orders of folding sequences of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein means for obtaining origami-like folding information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining one or more sequences of two or more origami-like shapes resultant from one or more folding sequences of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining angle of bend information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining bend number information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining force information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining substantially transient information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining substantially persistent information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining gestured information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining connection sequence information of one or more sequences of two or more connections between two or more of the portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining draping information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining wrapping information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information derived through sensing one or more sequences of two or more curvilinear patterns of force imparted upon one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining rolling information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining hinge status information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for filtering information based upon radius of bend associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining folded to unfolded ratio information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining bend location information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

33. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands comprises:

means for selecting content to be displayed based upon the obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

means for displaying the content to be displayed on one or more portions of one or more display layers.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands comprises:

means for selecting one or more portions of one or more display layers to display one or more content based upon the obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

35. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands comprises:

means for activating one or more portions of one or more applications based upon the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

for each of the one or more activated applications, means for displaying one or more output from the activated application on one or more display layers.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein the means for activating one or more portions of one or more applications based upon the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for activating one or more portions of one or more cell phone applications.

38. The system of claim 35, wherein the means for activating one or more portions of one or more applications based upon the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for activating one or more portions of one or more personal digital assistant (PDA) applications.

39. The system of claim 35, wherein the means for activating one or more portions of one or more applications based upon the means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for activating one or more portions of one or more personal computer applications.

40. The system of claim 35, wherein the means for coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands comprises:

means for activating one or more portions of one or more eBook applications.

43. The system of claim 35, wherein the means for coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands comprises:

means for activating one or more portions of one or more audio applications.

44. The system of claim 35, wherein the means for coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands comprises:

means for activating one or more portions of one or more video applications.

45. The system of claim 35, wherein the means for coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands comprises:

means for activating one or more portions of one or more audio-video applications.

101. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands comprises:

means for activating one or more portions of one or more mapping applications.

37. (canceled)

41. (canceled)

42. (canceled)

46-49. -49. (canceled)

50. For one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers, a system comprising:

circuitry for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

circuitry for coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands.

51-98. -98. (canceled)

99. For one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers, a method comprising:

obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands.

100. For one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers, a system comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing;

one or more instructions for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

one or more instructions for coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with one or more commands.