IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,147,267
Granted Patent B2
US 12,147,267 · App. 17/877,962 · Granted Nov 19, 2024

Computing device

Inventors: Thomas Perelli (Morrisville, NC); Ali Ent (Morrisville, NC)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,147,267
App. No.
17/877,962
Filed
Jul 31, 2022
Granted
Nov 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2638
USPC
348/333.03
Abstract

A computing device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a display housing that includes a display and a camera; a base housing that includes a keyboard and a camera viewfinder display for the camera; and a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing.

Claims (31)

1. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

memory accessible to the processor;

a display housing that comprises a display and a camera;

a base housing that comprises a keyboard and a camera viewfinder display for the camera; and

a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a 360 degree hinge assembly for transition of the display housing and the base housing between a closed position and a fully open position, and wherein the processor activates the camera viewfinder display responsive to a transition to the fully open position.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the camera viewfinder display comprises touch sensing circuitry.

3. The computing device of claim 2 , wherein the camera viewfinder display functions as a touchpad in a touchpad mode and functions as a camera viewfinder in a camera viewfinder mode.

4. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein, in the fully open position, the camera and the camera viewfinder display face opposite directions.

5. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the base housing comprises a bottom side, a top side, a hinge end and a front end, wherein the camera viewfinder display is disposed on the top side between the keyboard and the front end.

6. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the camera viewfinder display functions to replicate a smartphone display in a phone mode.

7. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the display housing comprises the camera as the only camera of the display housing.

8. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the display housing comprises a display side and a back side, wherein the camera is a display side camera.

9. The computing device of claim 8 , further comprising another camera that is a back side camera.

10. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the camera viewfinder display functions in one or more of a display side camera mode and a back side camera mode.

11. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein, in the back side camera mode, the processor activates the camera viewfinder display responsive to detection of motion by the back side camera.

12. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein, responsive to detection of motion by the back side camera, the processor calls for rendering of a notification to the display.

13. The computing device of claim 1 , comprising an actuatable button adjacent to the camera viewfinder display.

14. The computing device of claim 13 , wherein the actuatable button comprises one or more of a right click button and a left click button.

15. The computing device of claim 14 , wherein, in a camera viewfinder mode of the camera viewfinder display, the actuatable button comprises a camera related function.

16. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the camera viewfinder display functions as a menu in a menu mode.

17. A method comprising:

in a computing device that comprises a display housing that comprises a display and a display side camera, a base housing that comprises a keyboard and a camera viewfinder display for the display side camera, and a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing, activating the camera viewfinder display responsive to a transition of the display housing and the base housing to a fully open, 360 degree position.

18. The method of claim 17 , comprising, responsive to another transition of the display housing and the base housing to an open position less than the fully open, 360 degree position, switching the camera viewfinder display to a touchpad mode.

19. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

memory accessible to the processor;

a display housing that comprises a display and a camera;

a base housing that comprises a keyboard, a camera viewfinder display for the camera, an actuatable button adjacent to the camera viewfinder display, wherein the actuatable button comprises one or more of a right click button and a left click button; and

a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing.

20. The computing device of claim 19 , wherein, in a camera viewfinder mode of the camera viewfinder display, the actuatable button comprises a camera related function.