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Method for controlling a control of a display

  • US 7,508,375 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2005
  • Issued: 03/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A display which is placed in a first or a second orientation, comprising:

  • a first user input interface;

    a detector, detecting whether the display is in the first or second orientation;

    a processing unit, coupled to the detector and the first user input interface, assigning a first or second function to the first user input interface according to the first or second orientation; and

    a second user input interface connected to the processing unit;

    wherein the first user input interface executes the first function when a user presses the first user input interface and the display is in the first orientation, andwherein the first user input interface executes the second function when the user presses the first user input interface and the display is in the second orientation, andwherein the second user input interface executes the second function when the user presses the second user input interface and the display is positioned in the first orientation, andwherein the second user input interface executes the first function when the user presses the second user input interface and the display is position in the second orientation, andwherein the first user input interface and the second user input interface are vertically aligned, the first user input interface is higher then the second user input interface when the display is positioned in the first orientation, the first user input interface is lower then the second user input interface when the display is positioned in the second orientation.

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