PORTABLE COMPUTING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME

• US 20110029924A1
• Filed: 10/12/2010
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Yun-Jung
• Application Number:
  US12/902,691
• Publication Number:
  US 20110029924A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/825
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1671 Special purpose buttons or auxiliary keyboards, e.g. retractable mini keypads, keypads or buttons that remain accessible at closed laptop G06F1/1666 takes precedence
• 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 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3293 by switching to a less power-consuming processor, e.g. sub-CPU
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04892 Arrangements for controlling cursor position based on codes indicative of cursor displacements from one discrete location to another, e.g. using cursor control keys associated to different directions or using the tab key arrangements for controlling cursor position based on coordinate signals G06F3/038
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A portable computing apparatus and a processing method using the same, the portable computing apparatus including a management module and a processing module, wherein the management module provides a predetermined function list to a sub-display module when a specific event occurs, and the processing module processes a function selected from the function list by a user.

Claims

1. A processing method of a portable computing apparatus including a main display module and a sub-display module, the method comprising:

providing a predetermined function list to the sub-display module when a specific event occurs; and

processing a function selected by a user from the function list;

wherein, the predetermined function list comprises functions that process without depending on an Operating System (OS) of the portable computing apparatus and/or without requiring a booting of the portable computing apparatus.

2. The processing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising determining that the specific event has occurred when closing of a cover of the portable computing apparatus is detected.

3. The processing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising determining that the specific event has occurred when a predetermined key signal is detected.

4. The processing method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the determining that the specific event has occurred further comprises outputting of the predetermined key signal from a specific button provided on the portable computing apparatus.

5. The processing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined function list comprises at least one of a system management function, a BIOS setting function, and/or an OS setting function.

6. The processing method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the system management function comprises at least one of a disk defragmentation function and/or a computer task scheduling function.

7. The processing method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the BIOS setting function comprises at least one of a BIOS initial value restoring function and/or a low-noise setting function.

8. The processing method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the OS setting function comprises at least one of a data execution prevention setting function and/or a quick view function.

9. The processing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising adding functions selected by the user to the predetermined function list.