Second view

• US 9,606,723 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2011
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Original Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Inventors: Selim, Mo
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Viet
• Assistant Examiner(s): Michaud, Robert
• Application Number:
  US13/188,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20130021265A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,077 Days
• Field of Search: 345/2.2, 345/2.3, 345/1.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 1/1649 the additional display being independently orientable, e.g. for presenting information to a second user
• 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 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

Systems for displaying information on an electronic device have a first touchscreen display and a second touchscreen display. As the user enters inputs on the first touchscreen display, the second touchscreen displays the results of the user'"'"'s inputs on the first touchscreen display. Either touchscreen can be used as an input device. Display information generated by an application can be the same on both displays. Alternatively, the first and second displays comprise a single, larger screen. An single application can address the displays as distinct devices. A touchscreen display can be dedicated to a single application, or a single instance of an application such that the two displays can run different applications, or different instances of the same application. In conjunction with a wireless communications module, the electronic device can be used as a portable teleconferencing device.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a. a wireless communications module;

b. a first touchscreen display; and

c. a second touchscreen display communicatively coupled to the first touchscreen display and physically detachably coupled to the first touchscreen display,

wherein the first touchscreen display and the second touchscreen display have substantially the same display screen resolution and substantially the same size, wherein in a first display mode, the electronic device is configured to spatially change a size of a secondary image displayed on the second touchscreen display, and to provide an outline of a frame substantially simultaneously on the first and the second touchscreen displays indicating the size change, based on spatial commands indicated by user interaction with a primary image displayed on the first touchscreen display after the first touchscreen display has been activated and is displaying the image, and further wherein primary content used to form the primary image is able to be different than secondary content used to form the secondary image.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to display information on the first touchscreen display and is further configured to simultaneously display the same information on the second touchscreen display.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a cell phone.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is one of a SmartPhone, a personal digital assistant, a tablet personal computer, a netbook, and a laptop personal computer.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first touchscreen display is configured to display an updated primary image without the outline of the frame after the size change is completed.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a size of the outline of the frame is substantially the same on the first and the second touchscreen displays.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a. a first device portion housing the first touchscreen display; and

b. a second device portion housing the second touchscreen display.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the first device portion comprises a first camera module and the second device portion comprises a second camera module, which are both interfaced to the communications module, wherein the position of the first camera module is fixed by the first device portion housing relative to the first touchscreen display and movable relative to the second touchscreen display, and the position of the second camera module is fixed by the second device portion relative to the second touchscreen display and movable relative to the first touchscreen display.

9. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the first device portion and the second device portion each further comprises a microphone and a speaker interfaced to the communications module.

10. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the first device portion and the second device portion each further comprises a keypad interfaced to the communications module.

11. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the second device portion is physically, separably coupled to the first device portion via a hinge.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising means for detecting whether the first device portion and the second device portion are physically coupled.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein, in a first position, the first touchscreen display and the second touchscreen display are oriented in a substantially planar relationship to each other, and are physically substantially adjacent to each other such that the physical appearance of the two displays is that of a single display substantially equal in size to the sum of the size of the first touchscreen display and the size of the second touchscreen display.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein, in a second position, the first device portion and the second device portion are substantially back-to-back to each other, with their faces oriented opposed to each other.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising means for detecting whether the electronic device is in the second position.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein when the electronic device is detected as being in the second position, the device automatically enters a display mode associated with the second position.

17. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the electronic device is configured to automatically enter a third display mode associated with the first and second device portions not being in the first position and not being in the second position.

18. The electronic device of claim 13, further comprising means for detecting whether the electronic device is in the first position.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein when the electronic device is detected as being in the first position, the device automatically enters a display mode associated with the first position.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the display mode associated with the first position displays the same information on the first touchscreen display and the second touchscreen display.

21. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the display mode associated with the first position displays substantially a first one-half of display information on the first touchscreen display and displays substantially the second one-half of the display information on the second touchscreen display such that the visual appearance of the first and second touchscreen displays is that of a single display element of double the size of the first touchscreen display.