IP Library Granted Patent US 11,457,303
Granted Patent B2
US 11,457,303 · App. 17/100,617 · Granted Sep 27, 2022

Computing device

Inventors: Samuel Jackson Patterson (Raleigh, NC); Cuong Huy Truong (Cary, NC); Kazuo Nakada (Yokohama, JP); Hisashi Shima (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H04R1/1041G06F1/1624G06F3/0202H04R1/1016H04R1/1025H04W76/10H05K5/0017H04R2420/05H04R2420/07
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,457,303
App. No.
17/100,617
Granted
Sep 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a housing assembly that includes a display and a tray recess; and an ear bud tray disposed in the tray recess.

Claims (23)

1. A method comprising:

in a device that comprises a processor, memory accessible to the processor, a housing assembly that comprises a display and a tray recess, charging circuitry, wireless communication circuitry, an ear bud tray disposed in the tray recess, and an ear bud, electronically detecting a change in position of the ear bud; and

responsive to the change, controlling the wireless communication circuitry with respect to the ear bud.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronically detecting a change in position of the ear bud comprises detecting an open circuit between the charging circuitry and the ear bud.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronically detecting a change in position of the ear bud comprises detecting a closed circuit between the charging circuitry and the ear bud.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronically detecting a change in position of the ear bud is responsive to a change in position of the ear bud tray with respect to the tray recess.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling the wireless communication circuitry with respect to the ear bud comprises establishing a wireless connection between the wireless communication circuitry and the ear bud.

6. A device comprising:

a processor;

memory accessible to the processor;

a housing assembly that comprises a display and a tray recess;

charging circuitry;

wireless communication circuitry;

an ear bud tray disposed in the tray recess;

an ear bud; and

detection circuitry that electronically detects a change in position of the ear bud wherein, responsive to the change, the processor controls the wireless communication circuitry with respect to the ear bud.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the detection circuitry electronically detects the change in position of the ear bud by detection of an open circuit between the charging circuitry and the ear bud.

8. The device of claim 6 , wherein the detection circuitry electronically detects the change in position of the ear bud by detection of a closed circuit between the charging circuitry and the ear bud.

9. The device of claim 6 , wherein the detection circuitry electronically detects the change in position of the ear bud responsive to a change in position of the ear bud tray with respect to the tray recess.

10. The device of claim 6 , wherein the control of the wireless communication circuitry with respect to the ear bud comprises establishing a wireless connection between the wireless communication circuitry and the ear bud.

11. The device of claim 6 , wherein the housing assembly comprises a first housing and a second housing coupled via a hinge assembly.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the first housing comprises a display housing for the display and wherein the second housing comprises a keyboard and the tray recess.

13. The device of claim 6 , wherein the housing assembly comprises a tablet housing that comprises the display and the tray recess.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070269/0028 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2022
From: PATTERSON, SAMUEL JACKSON; TRUONG, CUONG HUY; NAKADA, KAZUO; SHIMA, HISASHI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 059617/0267 →