Smartpad orientation

• US 8,659,565 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2011
• Issued: 02/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Original Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Inventors: Sirpal, Sanjiv, Gimpl, Martin, Visosky, John Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H
• Application Number:
  US13/247,581
• Publication Number:
  US 20120081311A1
• Time in Patent Office: 881 Days
• Field of Search: 345 11- 13, 345/156, 345/168, 345/169, 345/173, 345/649, 345/659, 361/679.01, 361/679.02, 361/679.26, 361/679.55, 361/679.56, 715/761, 715/773, 715/788, 715/790, 715/863, 715/864
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• 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 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• 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 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• 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 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 : Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 : Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 : for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 : Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 : for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 : Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 : Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 : using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 : for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 : by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 : controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 : display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/02 : Affine transformations for image registration G06T3/147; for image mosaicing G06T3/4038
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 : Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2356/00 : Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 : Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 : Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation

Abstract

A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad.

Claims

1. A smartpad comprising:

a screen;

a display;

a gesture capture area; and

at least one user configurable area, wherein the smartpad is dockable with a device, the device having two connected screens, wherein the smartpad is capable of displaying content from the two connected screens on the screen, the content being displayed on the screen based on input from an accelerometer on the device regarding an orientation of the device and the smartpad, and a screen orientation of the device is automatically aligned to an orientation of the smartpad.

2. The smartpad of claim 1, further comprising a docking interface, the docking interface adapted to receive the device and provide electrical communication between the smartpad and the device.

3. The smartpad of claim 1, wherein the display is a touch screen display.

4. The smartpad of claim 1, wherein the smartpad has a portrait mode and a landscape mode.

5. The smartpad of claim 1, wherein upon the device docking with the smartpad, one or more applications displayed on the device are oriented for display on the smartpad.

6. The smartpad of claim 1, wherein the smartpad splits the display into at least two logical portions.

7. The smartpad of claim 6, wherein a first of the logical portions displays a first application from the device and a second of the logical portions displays a second application from the device.

8. The smartpad of claim 1, wherein the smartpad has a single application mode, the single application mode displaying an application in full screen.

9. The smartpad of claim 8, wherein the single application mode displays the application in max mode.

10. The smartpad of claim 9, wherein in max mode, the application is oriented in a same orientation as the smartpad.

11. The smartpad of claim 1, further comprising one or more of a camera, a video camera, a microphone, a power button, a home button, a speaker, an AC adapter jack and a headphone jack.

12. A method comprising:

docking a smartpad with a device, wherein the smartpad includes a screen, a display, a gesture capture area and at least one user configurable area, wherein the device has two connected screens; and

displaying content from the two connected screens on the screen of the smartpad, the content being displayed on the screen based on input from an accelerometer on the device regarding an orientation of the device and the smartpad, and a screen orientation of the device is automatically aligned to an orientation of the smartpad.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving the device in a docking interface of the smartad, the docking interface adapted to receive the device and provide electrical communication between the smartpad and the device.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the display is a touch screen display.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the smartpad has a portrait mode and a landscape mode.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein upon the device docking with the smartpad, one or more applications displayed on the device are oriented for display on the smartpad.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the smartpad splits the display into at least two logical portions.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein a first of the logical portions displays a first application from the device and a second of the logical portions displays a second application from the device.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the smartpad has a single application mode, the single application mode displaying an application in full screen.