Mobile device case for holding a display device

• US 10,452,105 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2017
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TLCD LLC
• Original Assignee: Beam Authentic, Inc.
• Inventors: Zenoff, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Mushambo, Martin
• Application Number:
  US15/410,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20170205854A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,006 Days
• Field of Search: 345520
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1639 the display being based on projection
• 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 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• 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 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1633 Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
• 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: G09G 2320/10 Special adaptations of display systems for operation with variable images
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/04 Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/2096 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a flat panel suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/006; specific for a CRT G09G1/167

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system for displaying or projecting media selected by a user, comprising: a mobile device case that is removably mountable on a mobile device; and a visual curvilinear display coupled to said mobile device case, wherein the visual curvilinear display is configured to display or project the media selected by the user in a manner that is viewable by one or more observers, which media includes at least one of digital text, image or video, wherein the visual curvilinear display displays or projects said media according to a display and/or location preference or schedule of the user.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a mobile device case configured to at least partially enclose a mobile device within an opening on a first surface of the mobile device case;

a display coupled to a second surface of the mobile device case, the display comprising a function button, wherein the function button of the display is compressed and disabled when the display is coupled to the mobile device case, wherein the function button protrudes outwards from a peripheral side of the display, and wherein the function button is compressed against a wall of the second surface of the mobile device case when the display is coupled to the mobile device case;

a memory storing one or more media objects comprising digital text, images, or videos; and

a controller coupled to the display and the memory, the controller configured to, based on one or more user preferences, retrieve one or more of the stored media objects from the memory and display the retrieved media objects on the display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the display is removably coupled to the mobile device case.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the function button is non-compressed and enabled when the display is decoupled from the mobile device case.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device case further comprises a battery, wherein the battery is in electrical communication with the display for providing power to the display.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein a portion of the display protrudes from the second surface of the mobile device case.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the display resides within a hole of the second surface of the mobile device case.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the display is magnetically coupled to the second surface of the mobile device case.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device case comprises one or more control mechanisms, each of the one or more control mechanisms configured to control functions of the display.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the display is a circular display.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the display is a touchscreen display.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the display further comprises an accelerometer, the accelerometer communicatively coupled to the controller.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the display is configured to display the retrieved media objects based on an orientation of the display as determined by the accelerometer.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the display is configured to display the retrieved media objects further based on an orientation of the mobile device case.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the display is configured to display the retrieved media objects based on an orientation indicated by the one or more user preferences.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display the retrieved media objects on the display according to a schedule indicated by the one or more user preferences.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display the retrieved media objects on the display according to a power mode indicated by the one or more user preferences.