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

• Current Assignee: Qisda Corporation
• Original Assignee: Qisda Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Cheng-Chieh
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Nitin
• Application Number:
  US11/079,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20050200620A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,471 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-173, 345/204
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0238 Programmable keyboards key guide holders G06F3/0224

Abstract

A method for controlling a control of a display comprising a control cluster. The display is placed in a first or a second orientation. The method first detects the orientation of the display. Next, the method assigns a function of the control according to the orientation. If the orientation is the first orientation, the control is enabled to execute a first function. If the orientation is the second orientation, the control is enabled to execute a second function.

Claims

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, and

wherein 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, and

wherein 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, and

wherein 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, and

wherein 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.

2. The display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detector is a tilt sensor.

3. The display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and the second orientations are separated by an angle of 180°

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4. The display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first user input interface is opposite to the second user input interface.

5. 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, and

wherein 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, and

wherein 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, and

wherein the second user input interface executes the first function when the user presses the second user input interface and the display is positioned in the second orientation, and

wherein the first user input interface and the second user input interface are horizontally aligned, the first user input interface is on a left side of the second user input interface when the display is positioned in the first orientation, the first user input interface is on a right side of the second user input interface when the display is positioned in the second orientation.

6. The display as claimed in claim 5, wherein the detector is a tilt sensor.

7. The display as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first and the second orientations are separated by an angle of 180 °

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8. The display as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first user input interface is opposite to the second user input interface.