Smartpad—power management
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 touch screen display, the touch screen display adapted to display content from a docked multi-screen device, the docked multi-screen device having touch screens connected by a hinge, a first battery, and a first battery management module, the multi-screen device configured to operate in at least a closed state, an open state and an easel state, and the docking including physically inserting the multi-screen device at least partially inside the smartpad;
a second battery; and
a second battery measurement module, the second battery measurement module adapted to control one or more of charging and power consumption of the second battery in the smartpad and the first battery in the multi-screen device;
wherein the smartpad touch screen display is adapted to display a battery status indicator indicating a charging state.
2. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein the first battery measurement module is adapted to control one or more of charging and power consumption of the second battery in the smartpad.
3. The smartpad of claim 2 , wherein the first battery measurement module further controls one or more of charging and power consumption of the first battery in the multi-screen device.
4. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein the first battery measurement module further controls one or more of charging and power consumption of the first battery in the multi-screen device and the second battery in the smartpad.
5. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein, based on a threshold, power is sent from the smartpad to the multi-screen device.
6. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein, based on a threshold, the smartpad is charged.
7. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein power is received from a power port.
8. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the battery measurement modules dynamically and automatically determine which of the smartpad and multi-screen device are to receive power, wherein the first screen and the second screen are in different relative positions to one another and face away from one another when the multi-screen device is in the easel state.
9. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein battery power between the smartpad and the multi-screen device can be shared.
10. The smartpad of claim 1 , wherein a user preference controls one or more aspects of one or more of the battery measurement modules.
11. A method for managing power comprising:
controlling, by a microprocessor, one or more of charging and power consumption of a smartpad, the smartpad adapted to display content from a docked multi-screen device on a touch screen display, the multi-screen device having touch screens connected by a hinge, a first battery, and a first battery management module, the multi-screen device configured to operate in at least two hinge states: an opened state wherein the first screen and the second screen are juxtaposed, and an easel state wherein the first screen and the second screen are in different relative positions to one another and face away from one another, and the docking including physically inserting the multi-screen device at least partially inside the smartpad, the smartpad including a second battery and a second battery management module; wherein the smartpad touch screen display is adapted to display a battery status indicator indicating a charging state.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising controlling, using the first battery measurement module, one or more of charging and power consumption of the second battery in the smartpad.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first battery measurement module further controls one or more of charging and power consumption of the first battery in the multi-screen device.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising controlling one or more of charging and power consumption of the first battery in the multi-screen device and the second battery in the smartpad using the first battery measurement module.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein, based on a threshold, power is sent from the smartpad to the multi-screen device.
16. The method of claim 11 , wherein, based on a threshold, the smartpad is charged.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein power is received from a power port.
18. The method of claim 11 , wherein one or more of the battery measurement modules dynamically and automatically determine which of the smartpad and multi-screen device are to receive power, wherein the multi-screen device is configured to operate in at least a closed state, an open state and an easel state.
19. The method of claim 11 , wherein battery power between the smartpad and the multi-screen device can be shared.
20. The method of claim 11 , wherein a user preference controls one or more aspects of one or more of the battery measurement modules.