Device, system, and method of providing an extended display with desired relative display orientation

• US 8,456,381 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Issued: 06/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Pering, Trevor A., Want, Roy
• Primary Examiner(s): SHENG, TOM V
• Application Number:
  US12/058,805
• Publication Number:
  US 20090243959A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,891 Days
• Field of Search: 345/1.1, 345/1.2, 345/1.3, 345/2.1, 345/2.2, 345/2.3
• US Class Current: 345/2.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display

Abstract

Device, system, and method of providing an extended display area with a desired relative display orientation. In some demonstrative embodiments, a mobile device may include a primary display that is extendible onto a remote display; a context sensor to provide an indication of the desired relative display orientation between first and second portions of the extended display area; and a connection module to determine the desired relative display orientation based on the provided indication, to associate the primary and remote displays, and to automatically configure the extended display area with the desired relative display orientation. The indication may be responsive to a manipulation of the mobile device, for example, a tilting or a rotation of the device in a direction generally corresponding to the desired orientation. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device comprising:

a primary display that is wirelessly extendible onto a remote display;

a context sensor to provide an indication of a desired relative display orientation between first and second portions of an extended display area to be assigned to said primary and remote displays, said indication being responsive to a tilting or a rotation of said device; and

a connection module to determine the desired relative display orientation of the primary and remote displays based on said indication corresponding to a direction of said tilting or rotation, to associate said primary and remote displays to jointly provide said extended display area, and to automatically configure said extended display area with the desired relative display orientation.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said context sensor comprises a digital compass.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein said context sensor comprises a camera.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein said indication of the desired relative display orientation is responsive to a manipulation of said device that does not involve physical contact between said primary display and said remote display.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein said indication is responsive to a particular antenna of a set of antennas being used to trigger a connection with said remote display, and

wherein the connection module is to determine the desired relative display orientation as corresponding to an orientation associated with said particular antenna according to a predetermined scheme.

6. A method comprising:

providing an indication of a desired relative display orientation between first and second portions of an extended display area to be jointly and wirelessly displayed by a primary display and a remote display of first and second wireless communication devices, said indication responsive to a tilting or a rotation of said first device;

determining the desired relative display orientation between the primary and remote displays based on said indication corresponding to a direction of said tilting or rotation; and

automatically configuring said extended display area with said relative display orientation.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising associating said primary and remote displays to provide said extended display area.

8. The method of claim 6, comprising sensing said manipulation of the first wireless communication device using a context sensor selected from the group of sensors consisting of a digital compass, a camera, and a set of antennas.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said context sensor comprises a set of antennas, and wherein providing said indication of the desired relative display orientation comprises triggering a connection between said first and second devices using a particular antenna of said set, which corresponds to a particular orientation according to a predetermined scheme.

10. The method of claim 6, comprising sensing the tilting or a rotation of said first device in the direction corresponding to the desired relative display orientation.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein said indication of the desired relative display orientation is responsive to a manipulation of said device that does not involve physical contact between said primary display and said remote display.

12. An article comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing a plurality of instructions that when executed enable a system to:

provide an indication of a desired relative display orientation between first and second portions of an extended display area to be jointly and wirelessly displayed by a primary display and a remote display of first and second wireless communication devices, said indication responsive to a tilting or a rotation of said first device;

determine the desired relative display orientation between the primary and remote display based on said indication corresponding to a direction of said tilting or rotation; and

automatically configure said extended display area with said relative display orientation.

13. The article of claim 12, comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to associate said primary and remote displays to provide said extended display area.

14. The article of claim 12, comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to sense said manipulation of the first wireless communication device using a context sensor selected from the group of sensors consisting of a digital compass, a camera, and a set of antennas.

15. The article of claim 14, said context sensor comprising a set of antennas wherein providing said indication of the desired relative display orientation comprises instructions that when executed enable the system to trigger a connection between said first and second devices using a particular antenna of said set, which corresponds to a particular orientation according to a predetermined scheme.

16. The article of claim 12, comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to sense the tilting or a rotation of said first device in the direction corresponding to the desired relative display orientation.

17. The article of claim 12, wherein said indication of the desired relative display orientation is responsive to a manipulation of said device that does not involve physical contact between said primary display and said remote display.