Information handling system display device and methods thereof

• US 8,259,080 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Casparian, Mark, Rego, Reginald, Azor, Frank, Estrada, David, Berry, Antonios, Cooper, Brian, Cubillos, Jeffrey, Gonzalez, Gabriel
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia, Prabodh M
• Application Number:
  US12/059,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20090244016A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,618 Days
• Field of Search: 345/1.1, 345/2.3, 345/55, 345156-158, 345/168, 345173-184, 345/730, 455/566, 455/556.1, 455/575.1, 178 1801- 1803, 178/19.01, 715/781, 715/852, 715/803, 715/728, 715/761, 463/16, 463/1, 463/2, 463/26, 348/14.16
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode

Abstract

An information handling system includes two touch screens. In one embodiment, one of the touch screens is incorporated in a base of the information handling system and the other is incorporated in a lid of the information handling system. An application can display different informational views in each touch screen, allowing a user to interact with the data in each screen independently.

Claims

1. A hand-held information handling system, comprising:

a first touch screen device including a first sensor;

a second touch screen device including a second sensor, wherein the first touch screen device and the second touch screen device are configured to form a substantially discontinuous visual display in a first arrangement and to form a substantially continuous visual display in a second arrangement, and wherein when in the first arrangement the hand-held information handling system is adapted to be used by a first user, and when in the second arrangement the information handling system is adapted to be used by the first user and a second user; and

a processor configured to execute an application, the processor further configured to;

determine with the first sensor a first position of the first user;

display first display information from the application at the first touch screen device in a first orientation based on the first position;

determine with the second sensor a second position of the second user;

display second display information from the application at the second touch screen device in a second orientation based on the second position; and

enlarge a picture displayed on the first touch screen device to be displayed across both the first touch screen device and the second touch screen device when in the second arrangement.

2. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the first touch screen device is integrated with a lid of a portable computer, and the second touch screen device is integrated with a base of the portable computer.

3. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the first display information is associated with a first input screen of the application and the second display information is associated with a second input screen of the application.

4. The information handling system of claim 3, wherein:

the application comprises a game application, wherein the first display information is associated with a first game view and the second display information is associated with a second game view; and

the information handling system is further adapted in the second arrangement to permit the first user to interact with the game application via the first game view, and to permit the second user to interact with the game application via the second game view.

5. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the first touch screen and second touch screen are multi-touch screens.

6. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the first sensor is configured to determine an orientation of the first touch screen and the second touch screen relative to the first user.

7. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the first sensor is configured to determine a proximity of the first user relative to the first touch screen.

8. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein:

the first sensor is configured to provide input information indicative of changes in an electromagnetic field; and

the processor is configured to change information displayed at the first touch screen based on the input information.

9. A method, comprising:

arranging a portable computer in a first configuration;

receiving first display information from an application;

displaying the first display information at a first touch screen device of the portable computer when the portable computer is in a first arrangement, wherein the first display information is displayed in a first orientation, the first orientation being based on a first signal from a first sensor associated with the first touch screen device, the first signal being based upon a first position of a first user of the portable computer relative to the first touch screen device;

receiving a first interaction from the first user with the first touch screen device;

receiving second display information from the application;

displaying the second display information at a second touch screen device of the portable computer when the portable computer is in the first arrangement, wherein the second display information is displayed in a second orientation, the second orientation being based on a second signal for a second sensor associated with the second touch screen device, the second signal being based upon a second position of a second user of the portable computer relative to the second touch screen device;

receiving a second interaction from the second user with the second touch screen device;

arranging the portable computer in a second configuration; and

displaying the first display information across both the first touch screen device and the second touch screen device when the portable computer is in the second arrangement.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein displaying the second display information comprises displaying the second display information simultaneously with display of the first information.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining an orientation of the first touch screen and the second touch screen based on a third signal from the first sensor;

wherein displaying the first display information comprises displaying the first display information based on the orientation of the first touch screen.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the first interaction represents a multi-touch gesture.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining a proximity of the first user based on a third signal from the first sensor; and

changing the first display information based on the proximity.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the first touch screen is integrated with a lid of the portable computer and the second touch screen is integrated with a base of the portable computer.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

changing the first display information and the second display information in response to determining that the first touch screen and the second touch screen form a substantially continuous visual display.

16. A method comprising:

in a first arrangement of a hand-held computer wherein a first touch screen device of the hand-held computer is configured substantially discontinuously from a second touch screen device of the hand-held computer;

determining a first position of a first user of the hand-held computer based upon a first input from a first sensor of the first touch screen device;

in response to determining the first position, displaying first display information from an application at the first touch screen device in a first orientation, and second display information from the application at the second touch screen device in a second orientation; and

receiving a first input to the application based upon a first interaction from the first user at the first touch screen device; and

in a second arrangement of the hand-held computer wherein the first touch screen device is configured substantially continuously with the second touch screen device;

determining a second position of the first user based upon a second input from the first sensor;

determining a third position of a second user of the hand-held computer based upon a third input from a second sensor of the second touch screen device;

in response to determining the second and third positions, displaying third display information from the application at the first touch screen device in a third orientation, and fourth display information from the application at the second touch screen device in a fourth orientation;

receiving a second input to the application based upon a second interaction from the first user at the first touch screen device; and

receiving a third input to the application based upon a third interaction from the second user at the second touch screen device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first touch screen device is integrated with a base of the hand-held computer, and the second touch screen device is integrated with a lid of the hand-held computer.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein:

the application comprises a game application, wherein the third display information is associated with a first game view and the fourth display information is associated with a second game view;

the second interaction is based upon a response by the first user to the first game view; and

the third interaction is based upon a response by the second user to the second game view.

19. The method of claim 16, in the first arrangement further comprising:

determining a fourth position of the first user of the hand-held computer based upon a fourth input from the first sensor;

receiving a first input to the application based upon a first interaction from the first user at the first touch screen device; and

in response to determining the fourth position, displaying fifth display information from the application at the first touch screen device in a fifth orientation, and sixth display information from the application at the second touch screen device in a sixth orientation.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the first sensor is configured to provide input information indicative of changes in an electromagnetic field.