IP Library Granted Patent US 11,334,125
Granted Patent B1
US 11,334,125 · App. 17/081,714 · Granted May 17, 2022

Information handling system visually dynamic bezel

Inventors: Richard Andrew Crisp (Austin, TX); Wei-Ti Kuo (Taipei, TW); Richard William Guzman (Austin, TX); Zackery William Bennett (Austin, TX)
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Patent No.
US 11,334,125
App. No.
17/081,714
Granted
May 17, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

An information handling system bezel provides a dynamic visual effect with layers of patterns coupled to the information handling system housing that provide a dynamic visual effect for an end user as the end user viewing angle changes. For example, an outer layer of the bezel has a first pattern, such as parallel vent lines, an inner layer of the bezel has a second pattern, such as geometric shapes, and a middle layer has both the first and second patterns aligned with the outer and inner layers to provide the dynamic visual effect based upon viewing angle through the outer layer to the inner layer, such as with a contrasting color of the first and/or second patterns at the middle layer.

Claims (34)

1. An information handling system comprising:

a housing having a front side;

processing components disposed in the housing and operable to cooperate to execute instructions that process information; and

a bezel removeably coupled to the housing front side, the bezel having an outer layer having a first pattern coupled to an inner layer having a second pattern, the second pattern different than the first pattern, and a middle layer disposed between the inner and outer layers, the middle layer having both the first and second patterns aligned to have the second pattern appear visually dynamic based upon a viewing angle of the bezel.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein:

the first pattern comprises plural parallel vent slots; and

the second pattern comprises plural geometric shapes.

3. The information handling system of claim 2 wherein the plural geometric shapes comprise plural hexagons.

4. The information handling system of claim 3 wherein the hexagon geometric shapes of the inner layer fade from view as a viewing angle towards the bezel changes from off-perpendicular towards perpendicular.

5. The information handling system of claim 4 wherein the plural vent slots of the outer layer and middle layer align over each other, and the plural geometric shapes of the inner layer and middle layer align over each other.

6. The information handling system of claim 5 wherein the middle layer is blue.

7. The information handling system of claim 6 wherein the inner and outer layers are black.

8. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the middle layer has a color different from the inner and outer layers.

9. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein:

the middle layer color comprises blue; and

the inner and outer layer color comprises black.

10. A method for generating visually dynamic effects at an information handling system bezel, the method comprising:

coupling a bezel to the information handling system, the bezel having an outer layer having a first pattern, an inner layer having a second pattern different than the first pattern and a middle layer having both the first and second pattern;

providing a first visually dynamic effect from a perpendicular viewing angle relative to the bezel by blocking viewing of the first pattern of the middle layer with an aligned first pattern of the outer layer; and

providing a second visually dynamic effect from an off-perpendicular viewing angle to the bezel by highlighting viewing of the second pattern of the inner layer with misaligned first pattern of the middle layer and outer layer.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein:

the first pattern comprises vertical spaced parallel lines; and

the second pattern comprises geometric shapes.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the geometric shapes comprise hexagons.

13. The method of claim 11 the highlighting viewing comprises:

forming the middle layer from a material of a first color; and

forming the second layer from a second color that contrasts against the first.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein:

the first color is blue; and

the second color is black.

15. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

adjusting the visually dynamic effects by adjusting a spacing between the outer, inner and middle layers.

16. A bezel comprising: an outer layer having a first pattern; an inner layer having a second pattern different than the first pattern; and a middle layer having both the first and second patterns, wherein: the inner and outer layers have a first color; and the middle layer has a second color that contrasts against the first color to provide a dynamic visual effect of the second pattern based upon a viewing angle to the outer layer, wherein the first pattern comprises spaced lines, the outer and middle layer spaced lines aligned along an axis perpendicular to the outer layer, and wherein the second pattern comprises plural geometric shapes, the inner and middle layer geometric shapes aligned along an axis perpendicular to the outer layer.

17. The bezel of claim 16 wherein the geometric shape is a hexagon.

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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2020
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2020
From: CRISP, RICHARD ANDREW; GUZMAN, RICHARD WILLIAM; KUO, WEI-TI; BENNETT, ZACKERY WILLIAM
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