Orientation-sensitive display system
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1. An orientation-sensitive display system, comprising:
- a housing including a visual display and orientable with the visual display to either an upright position or to an inverted position;
at least one source of data to be displayed;
a gravity-sensitive device for sensing the relative position of the housing;
and data processor means receiving data from said source, and controlled by said gravity-sensitive device, for controlling the visual display of the data in accordance with the orientation of the housing as sensed by said gravity-sensitive device such that when the housing is in the upright position, the visual display of the data is in an upright orientation with respect to the housing, and when the housing is in the inverted position, the visual display of the data is in an inverted orientation with respect to the housing, whereby the visual display of the data appears in the same orientation to a viewer in both positions of the housing.
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Abstract
An orientation-sensitive display system, includes a portable housing including a visual display; at least one source of information, such as time and/or temperature, to be displayed; a gravity-sensitive device for sensing the relative position of the housing; and a data processor receiving information from the source of information, and controlled by the gravity-sensitive device, for controlling the visual display in accordance with the orientation of the housing as sensed by the gravity-sensitive device.
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1. An orientation-sensitive display system, comprising:
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a housing including a visual display and orientable with the visual display to either an upright position or to an inverted position; at least one source of data to be displayed; a gravity-sensitive device for sensing the relative position of the housing; and data processor means receiving data from said source, and controlled by said gravity-sensitive device, for controlling the visual display of the data in accordance with the orientation of the housing as sensed by said gravity-sensitive device such that when the housing is in the upright position, the visual display of the data is in an upright orientation with respect to the housing, and when the housing is in the inverted position, the visual display of the data is in an inverted orientation with respect to the housing, whereby the visual display of the data appears in the same orientation to a viewer in both positions of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An orientation-sensitive display system, comprising:
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a portable housing including a visual display and a plurality of supporting means enabling the housing to be stably supported on a flat horizontal surface in any one of a plurality of selected orientations with respect to the flat supporting surface; at least one source of information to be displayed; a gravity-sensitive device for sensing the relative orientation of the housing; and data processor means receiving information from said source of information, and controlled by said gravity-sensitive device, for controlling the visual display in accordance with the orientation of the housing as sensed by said gravity-sensitive device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An orientation-sensitive display system, comprising:
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a housing including a visual display; at least one source of information to be displayed; a gravity-sensitive switch for sensing the relative position of the housing and being actuated to a first condition when the housing is in its normal upright position, and to a second condition when the housing is in an inverted position; and data processor means receiving information from said source of information, and controlled by said gravity-sensitive device, for controlling the visual display in accordance with the orientation of the housing a sensed by said gravity-sensitive device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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