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Computing device with dynamic ornamental appearance

  • US 7,113,196 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2002
  • Issued: 09/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of extending the feel of a display screen to a housing that surrounds the display screen, the housing being separated into a plurality of independent illuminable zones, each of the zones having a light element that is disposed inside the housing in the area of the illuminable zone, said method comprising:

  • associating regions of the display screen to particular illuminable zones;

    determining color indicators for a plurality of regions on the screen display that are associated with the illuminable zones; and

    illuminating the illuminable zones of the housing based on the color indicators of the regions associated therewith, the illumination being provided by light from the light element of the particular illuminable zone, the illumination colorizing the illuminable zone of the housing in conjunction with the color of the associated region of said extending the feel of said display screen.

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