Display with rotatable display screen

• US 8,854,802 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2011
• Issued: 10/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Robinson, Ian N, Mitchell, April Slayden, Solomon, Mark C
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Adrian S
• Application Number:
  US13/018,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20120099250A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,345 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.01, 361/679.02, 361/679.07, 361/679.08, 36167921-6793
• US Class Current: 361/679.21
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1615 with several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function constructional details of portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts H04M1/0206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing

Abstract

A display that includes a rotatable display screen is described. The rotatable display screen for operating in at least a transparent background screen mode and an opaque background screen mode. The rotatable display screen has a first and second surface. The display further includes a support structure for supporting the rotatable display screen in at least a first and a second position.

Claims

1. A display comprising:

a rotatable display screen, the rotatable display screen having a first surface and a second surface, the rotatable display screen for operating in different modes of operation including at least a transparent background screen mode and an opaque background screen mode; and

a support structure for supporting the rotatable display screen in different display positions including at least a first position and a second position,

wherein the different modes of operation depend on the different display positions.

2. The display recited in claim 1 wherein the support structure includes a frame of the rotatable display screen and at least a first rotational component for mechanically coupling the frame of the rotatable display screen and the support structure.

3. The display recited in claim 2 wherein the support structure further includes at least a first display support structure, wherein the first rotational component mechanically couples the frame of the rotatable display screen and the first display support structure.

4. The display recited in claim 2 wherein the support structure further includes at least a first display support structure, wherein the frame of the rotatable display screen is mechanically coupled to the first display support structure.

5. The display recited in claim 3 further including at least a second display support structure, wherein the first rotational component mechanically couples the first display support member and the second display support member.

6. The display recited in claim 2 wherein the support structure includes at least a first display support structure and a second rotational component, the second rotational component for adjusting a height of the rotatable display screen.

7. The display recited in claim 6 wherein the first position of the rotatable display screen is at a first height and the second position of the rotatable display screen is at a second height.

8. The display recited in claim 1 wherein a viewing surface of the rotatable display screen in the first position is the first surface of the rotatable display screen and the viewing surface of the rotatable display in the second position is the second surface of the rotatable display screen.

9. The display recited in claim 2 wherein the viewing surface of the rotatable display screen in the first position is the first surface of the rotatable display screen and the viewing surface of the rotatable display in the second position is the second surface of the rotatable display screen.

10. A display, comprising:

a rotatable display screen, the display screen having at least a first surface and a second surface, the rotatable display screen for operating in different operational modes including at least a transparent background screen mode and an opaque background screen mode; and

a support structure for supporting the rotatable display screen in different viewing positions including at least a first position and a second position, wherein the rotatable display screen is fixed relative to the support structure,

wherein the different viewing positions correspond to the different operational modes.

11. The display recited in claim 10 wherein the display screen is rotatable to the second position by rotating the support structure.

12. A display, comprising:

a rotatable display screen, the display screen having at least a first surface and a second surface, the rotatable display screen having a dual viewing surface that is viewable from both the first surface and the second surface, wherein the viewing surface in a first position is the first surface of the rotatable display screen, wherein the viewing surface in a second position is the second surface of the rotatable display screen; and

a support structure for supporting the rotatable display screen in at least the first position and the second position,

wherein, in the first position, the rotatable display screen operates with an opaque background screen,

wherein, in the second position, the rotatable display screen operates with a transparent background screen.

13. The display recited in claim 12 wherein changing the viewing surface of the rotatable display screen triggers a change of orientation of content displayed on the rotatable display screen.

14. The display recited in claim 13 wherein a position of a rotational component of the support structure triggers the change of orientation of the content displayed on the rotatable display screen.