ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DUAL DISPLAY

• US 20200133336A1
• Filed: 07/17/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Wang, Ren-San
• Application Number:
  US16/481,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20200133336A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 1/1649 the additional display being independently orientable, e.g. for presenting information to a second user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/165 the additional display being small, e.g. for presenting status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1681 Details related solely to hinges hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683
• 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

Abstract

A base portion (104) of an electronic device (100) is described, which may include a first portion (106) having a keyboard (110) and a second portion (108) pivotally connected to the first portion (106) at a first end (116) and pivotally connected to a first display (102) of the electronic device (100) at a second end (118). The second portion (108) may include a second display (112) and a touchpad (114).

Claims

1. A base portion of an electronic device, comprising:

a first portion having a keyboard; and

a second portion pivotally connected to the first portion at a first end and pivotally connected to a first display of the electronic device at a second end, wherein the second portion comprises a second display and a touchpad.

2. The base portion of claim 1, wherein the first display is having a width that corresponds to a combined width of the second display and the touchpad, and wherein the second display is a touch-screen display.

3. The base portion of claim 1, comprising:

at least one first hinge to pivotally connect the second portion to the first portion at the first end, wherein the second portion is pivotally connected to the first display of the electronic device at the second end via at least one second hinge.

4. The base portion of claim 1, wherein the second portion is coplanar with the first portion when the second portion is in a non-pivoted position.

5. The base portion of claim 1, wherein the second portion is inwardly rotatable to a pivoted position relative to the first portion, and wherein the second portion is to adjust a height and a viewing angle of the first display when the second portion is in the pivoted position.

6. An electronic device, comprising:

an upper housing having a first display; and

a lower housing comprising;

a first portion having a keyboard; and

a second portion having a second display and a touchpad;

at least one first hinge to pivotally connect the first portion to a first end of the second portion; and

at least one second hinge to pivotally connect the upper housing to a second end of the second portion.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the second display includes dimensions less than dimensions of the first display, and wherein the first display abuts against the keyboard, the second display, and the touchpad when the upper housing is closed relative to the lower housing.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the second portion is coplanar with the first portion when the second portion is in a non-pivoted position, wherein the second portion is inwardly rotatable to a pivoted position relative to the first portion, and wherein the second portion is to adjust a height and a viewing angle of the first display when the second portion is in the pivoted position.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the second display is a touch-screen display to enable touch interactions, and wherein the second display is capable of operating independently from the first display.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a first display; and

a base portion, wherein the base portion comprising;

a first portion having a keyboard; and

a second portion having a second display and a touchpad substantially adjacent to the second display, wherein the second portion is pivotally connected to the first portion, wherein the first display is pivotally connected to the second portion, and wherein the first display and the second display are to simultaneously output different user interfaces.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, comprising:

a first set of hinges to pivotally connect the second portion to the first portion; and

a second set of hinges to pivotally connect the first display to the second portion.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the first display is having a width that corresponds to a combined width of the second display and the touchpad.

13. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the second display comprises dimensions less than dimensions of the first display, and wherein the first display abuts the keyboard, the second display, and the touchpad when the first display is closed relative to the base portion.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the second display is a touch-screen display, and wherein the second display is capable of operating independently from the first display.

15. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the first display is to output a first content associated with an application, and wherein the second display is to render control options to control the first content or to select another application to be outputted on the first display.