METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUALIZED SENSORS IN A MULTI-SENSOR ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. An information handling system (IHS) comprising:
- multiple displays;
at least one sensor; and
a sensor switching sub-system having;
a window manager;
a sensor manager communicatively coupled to said window manager and to said OS and which;
maps each of the at least one sensor within the IHS to a particular one or more of the multiple displays;
receives a request for event monitoring associated with an orientation of a first display upon which is presented an application interface of an executing application;
allocates to the application a first set of the identified sensors for performing event monitoring, which sensors are associated with the first display;
activates event monitoring associated with an orientation of the first display using the first set of the identified sensors;
enables the application to properly present, to a user, the application interface on the first display using information from event monitoring;
detects when presentation of the application interface of the executing application switches from the first display to a second display of the multiple displays; and
in response to detecting that presentation of the application interface switches from the first display to the second display;
dynamically allocates to the application a second set of the identified sensors to perform event monitoring associated with the second display; and
activates event monitoring associated with an orientation of the second display using the second set of the identified sensors to enable the application to maintain a proper presentation of the application interface on the second display.
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Abstract
An information handling system (IHS) performs event monitoring to enable an application to maintain proper presentation of an application interface that is moved from a first display to a second display. A sensor manager allocates to the application executing on the IHS a first set of sensors that is associated with the first display upon which the application interface is presented. The sensor manager activates event monitoring associated with orientation of the first display using the first set of the identified sensors. The sensor manager enables the application to properly present the application interface on the first display using information from event monitoring. In response to detecting that the application interface is moved from the first display to the second display, the sensor manager dynamically allocates to the application a second set of sensors which is activated to perform event monitoring associated with orientation of the second display.
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16 Claims
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1. An information handling system (IHS) comprising:
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multiple displays; at least one sensor; and a sensor switching sub-system having; a window manager; a sensor manager communicatively coupled to said window manager and to said OS and which; maps each of the at least one sensor within the IHS to a particular one or more of the multiple displays; receives a request for event monitoring associated with an orientation of a first display upon which is presented an application interface of an executing application; allocates to the application a first set of the identified sensors for performing event monitoring, which sensors are associated with the first display; activates event monitoring associated with an orientation of the first display using the first set of the identified sensors; enables the application to properly present, to a user, the application interface on the first display using information from event monitoring; detects when presentation of the application interface of the executing application switches from the first display to a second display of the multiple displays; and in response to detecting that presentation of the application interface switches from the first display to the second display;
dynamically allocates to the application a second set of the identified sensors to perform event monitoring associated with the second display; and
activates event monitoring associated with an orientation of the second display using the second set of the identified sensors to enable the application to maintain a proper presentation of the application interface on the second display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method within an information handling system (IHS) having multiple displays, the method comprising:
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a sensor manager mapping each of a plurality of identified sensors within the IHS to a particular one or more of the multiple displays; receiving a request for event monitoring associated with an orientation of a first display upon which is presented an application interface of an application executing on the IHS; allocating to the application a first set of the identified sensors for performing event monitoring, which sensors are associated with the first display; activating event monitoring associated with an orientation of the first display using the first set of the identified sensors; enabling the application to properly present, to a user, the application interface on the first display using information from event monitoring; detecting when presentation of the application interface of the executing application switches from the first display to a second display of the multiple displays; and in response to detecting that presentation of the application interface switches from the first display to the second display;
dynamically allocating to the application a second set of the identified sensors to perform event monitoring associated with the second display; and
activating event monitoring associated with orientation of the second display using the second set of the identified sensors, wherein the application maintains a proper presentation of the application interface when the application interface is moved from the first display to the second display. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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