Flexible Information Handling System and Display Configuration Management
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1. A portable information handling system comprising:
- a housing having rotationally coupled portions;
a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions to generate visual information;
a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the information;
a display disposed in the housing over the rotationally coupled portions and interfaced with the processor and memory, the display operable to present the information as visual images, the display comprising a flexible film that folds responsive to rotation of the rotationally coupled portions;
a graphics processor interfaced with the display and operable to process the visual information to generate pixel information, the pixel information defining visual images for presentation on the display;
plural sensors integrated in the housing, the sensors operable to detect end user interactions with the housing;
plural locks disposed in the housing and operable to selectively restrict rotation of the housing portions relative to each other; and
an orientation manager interfaced with the plural sensors and the plural locks, the orientation manager operable to apply detected end user inputs to predict a desired housing rotational configuration and to operate the plural locks in response to coordinate rotational movement of the housing portions to the predicted housing rotational configuration.
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Abstract
A portable information handling system with rotationally coupled housing portions having an OLED film display disposed over the housing portions automatically predicts a housing rotational configuration based at least in part upon end user touches detected at the housing portions. An orientation manager controls hinge positions for hinges that rotationally couple the housing portions to each other to coordinate movement of the housing portions to a desired predicted rotational configuration, such a planar tablet configuration, a folded configuration, or a clamshell configuration.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable information handling system comprising:
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a housing having rotationally coupled portions; a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions to generate visual information; a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the information; a display disposed in the housing over the rotationally coupled portions and interfaced with the processor and memory, the display operable to present the information as visual images, the display comprising a flexible film that folds responsive to rotation of the rotationally coupled portions; a graphics processor interfaced with the display and operable to process the visual information to generate pixel information, the pixel information defining visual images for presentation on the display; plural sensors integrated in the housing, the sensors operable to detect end user interactions with the housing; plural locks disposed in the housing and operable to selectively restrict rotation of the housing portions relative to each other; and an orientation manager interfaced with the plural sensors and the plural locks, the orientation manager operable to apply detected end user inputs to predict a desired housing rotational configuration and to operate the plural locks in response to coordinate rotational movement of the housing portions to the predicted housing rotational configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 19, 20)
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9. A method for managing rotational orientation of portable information handling system housing portions, the method comprising:
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detecting end user touches at plural of the housing portions; in response to detecting, analyzing the touches to predict a desired housing portion rotational configuration; and regulating relative rotational motion between the housing portions to coordinate establishment of the predicted desired housing position rotational configuration. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A portable information handling system display comprising:
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an OLED film disposed over a housing, the housing having plural portions that rotate relative to each other, the OLED film flexing during rotation of the housing portions to conform to the housing; plural sensors disposed in the plural housing portions, the plural sensors operable to detect end user touches that the plural portions; and an orientation manager interfaced with the plural sensors, the orientation manager operable to apply detected end user touches to predict a desired housing rotational configuration and, in response, to coordinate rotational movement of the housing portions to the predicted housing rotational configuration. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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