Application control based on flexible electronic device conformation sequence status

• US 8,646,693 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2009
• Issued: 02/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Cohen, Alexander J., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, Jr., John D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Haupt, Kristy A
• Application Number:
  US12/456,248
• Publication Number:
  US 20100053207A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,705 Days
• Field of Search: 235/472.01, 235/454, 235/375
• US Class Current: 235/472.01
• 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 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/042 by opto-electronic means

Abstract

A system includes, but is not limited to: obtaining and one or more coordination modules configured to direct coordinating the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the flexible electronic device with one or more commands. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device;

circuitry configured to modify and/or replace one or more borders of at least one virtual display region of the at least one flexible electronic device based at least partly on the bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the at least one flexible electronic device; and

circuitry configured to output at least some information for display from the at least one virtual display region of the at least one flexible electronic device.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct obtaining calibration related information.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to obtain optical fiber derived bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to obtain sensor derived bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more transient conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more persistent conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more draping conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more wrapping conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more curvilinear conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more rolling conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations about one or more hinges of at least one flexible electronic device.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct filtering information based upon the bend radius information.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more cell phone applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more television applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more personal digital assistant (PDA) applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more personal computer applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more eBook applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

18. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more calendar applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

19. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more audio applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

20. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more video applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

21. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more audio-video applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

22. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more game applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

23. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more web browser applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

24. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more mapping applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

25. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct activating one or more portions of one or more entertainment applications based at least partly on the bend radius information.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more folds of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one electronic paper material.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to obtain bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device having one or more rigid portions.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to modify and/or replace one or more borders of at least one virtual display region of the at least one flexible electronic device based at least partly on the bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to vary at least one shape of at least one virtual display region of the at least one flexible electronic device based at least partly on the bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the at least one flexible electronic device.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to modify and/or replace one or more borders of at least one virtual display region of the at least one flexible electronic device based at least partly on the bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the at least one flexible electronic device comprises:

circuitry configured to modify and/or replace one or more borders of at least one virtual display region of the at least one flexible electronic device based at least partly on recognizing one or more predetermined bend radiuses.

31. A system comprising:

at least one article of manufacture bearing one or more instructions for facilitating a process including at least;

obtaining bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device,

modifying and/or replacing one or more borders of at least one virtual display region of the at least one flexible electronic device based at least partly on the bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the at least one flexible electronic device, and

outputting at least some information for display from the at least one virtual display region of the at least one flexible electronic device.

32. A method at least partially implemented using one or more processing components, the method comprising:

obtaining bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of at least one flexible electronic device;

modifying and/or replacing one or more borders of at least one virtual display region of the at least one flexible electronic device based at least partly on the bend radius information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the at least one flexible electronic device; and

outputting at least some information for display from the at least one virtual display region of the at least one flexible electronic device.