Multi-function information handling system with multi-orientation stand
View Patent ↗A tablet information handling system processes information with processing components disposed in a planar housing for presentation as images at a display disposed at the upper surface of the planar housing. Support members extend at the lower surface of the planar housing to support the planar housing in an upright configuration having the housing in a first orientation or an inclined configuration having the housing in a second orientation. A cooling fan controller manages cooling airflow direction through the planar housing based upon the orientation of the planar housing to blow hot air exiting the housing in a direction away from the likely location of an end user relative to the planar housing.
1. A method for presenting information at a tablet information handling system, the method comprising:
extending first and second members outward from a housing of the tablet information handling system, the first and second members integrated with the housing, the housing having a planar form, having integrated processing components and having a display, the processing components processing information and presenting the information as visual images;
resting one side of the housing on a resting surface and resting the first and second members on the resting surface, the housing in an inclined configuration;
rotating the housing to rest an opposing side of the housing on the resting surface and to rest the first and second members on the resting surface, the housing in an upright configuration;
retracting the first and second members into the housing; and
resting the housing on the resting surface in a flat configuration;
wherein the resting the housing on the resting surface in the flat configuration further comprises resting the housing at least in part on a standoff extending outward from each of the first and second members after the retracting, the standoff raising a bottom surface of the housing off of the resting surface.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first and second members have a substantially perpendicular orientation to the resting surface in the inclined configuration and a substantially parallel orientation to the resting surface in the upright configuration.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining if the housing is in the inclined, upright or flat configuration; and
in response to determining, performing a function based upon the determined configuration.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the determining if the housing is in the inclined, upright or flat configuration further comprises:
sensing a force applied through the first or second member to a sensor disposed in the housing; and
analyzing the force to determine the inclined, upright or flat configuration.
5. The method of claim 3 wherein the performing a function further comprises adjusting an orientation of the visual images presented at the display to align with the determined orientation.
6. The method of claim 3 wherein the performing a function further comprises adjusting a direction of a cooling airflow through the housing based upon the determined configuration.