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COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH EXTENDABLE SCREEN

  • US 20120280924A1
  • Filed: 05/01/2012
  • Published: 11/08/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable communications device comprising:

  • a housing;

    a graphics processor that processes data to generate a graphical output; and

    a display apparatus, which is disposed within the housing, comprising a first screen portion and a second screen portion, the display apparatus adjustable to be placed in a first, portable display configuration in which the second screen portion is retracted, and a second, expanded display configuration in which the second screen portion is extended, wherein;

    the first screen portion presents a display of the graphical output provided by the graphics processor in the first, portable display configuration;

    the second screen portion is inactive and housed inside the housing in a first position when the portable communications device is in the first, portable display configuration, and is extendable from the housing to bring the display apparatus into the second, expanded display configuration in which the second screen portion is disposed in a second position that is coplanar with the first screen portion such that an edge of the second screen portion directly abuts an edge of the first screen portion in order to form a combined display screen with the first screen portion; and

    the graphics processor is configured to provide the graphical output in a first format to be rendered on the first screen portion in the first, portable display configuration and in a second format to be rendered in a first part on the first screen portion and in a second part on the second screen portion in order to present the graphical output at the combined display screen in the second, expanded display configuration.

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