Smartpad split screen
View Patent ↗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.
1. A smartpad comprising:
a screen; and
a display, the display configured to display content from a docked multi-screen device, the docked multi-screen device having been inserted into the smartpad, wherein a dual screen application, which is displayed on both screens of the docked multi-screen device, is displayed in full screen on the display of the smartpad, the content being displayed on the display of the smartpad based on input from an accelerometer on the docked multi-screen device regarding an orientation of the docked multi-screen device and the screen of the smartpad.
2. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein the display is a touch screen display.
3. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein the smartpad has a portrait mode and a landscape mode.
4. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein the display is capable of being logically divided into at least two portions.
5. The smartpad of claim 4 , wherein a first of the logical portions displays a first window from the multi-screen device and a second of the logical portions displays a second window from the multi-screen device.
6. The smartpad of claim 5 , wherein the two portions are different sizes.
7. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein full screen occupies all or substantially all of the display.
8. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein a screen orientation of the device is automatically aligned to an orientation of the smartpad.
9. A method comprising:
displaying content from a docked multi-screen device on a display of a smartpad, the docked multi-screen device having been inserted into the smartpad, wherein a dual screen application, which is displayed on both screens of the docked multi-screen device, is displayed in full screen on the display of the smartpad, the content being displayed on the display of the smartpad based on input from an accelerometer on the docked multi-screen device regarding an orientation of the docked multi-screen device and the screen of the smartpad.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the display is a touch screen display.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the smartpad has a portrait mode and a landscape mode.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the display is capable of being logically divided into at least two portions.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein a first of the logical portions displays a first window from the multi-screen device and a second of the logical portions displays a second window from the multi-screen device.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the at least two portions are different sizes.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising adjusting proportions of the two portions.
16. The method of claim 9 , wherein full screen occupies all or substantially all of the display.
17. The method of claim 9 , further comprising resizing the dual screen application.
18. The method of claim 9 , further comprising redrawing the dual screen application.
19. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining an orientation of the smartpad and aligning an orientation of the dual screen application with an orientation of the smartpad.
20. The method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving a request to dock the multi-screen device on the smartpad, and, in response to the request, providing information from the multi-screen device on the display.