Electronic devices with moveable display screens
Electronic devices with moveable display screens are described herein. An example electronic device includes a lid having a first display screen and a base. The lid is moveably coupled to the base. The base includes a housing having a top side and a bottom side, a physical keyboard to be accessed on the top side of the housing, and a second display screen moveable between a first position in which the keyboard is exposed and a second position in which the second display screen covers the keyboard.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a lid having a first display screen; and
a base, the lid moveably coupled to the base, the base including:
a housing having a top side and a bottom side;
a physical keyboard to be accessed on the top side of the housing; and
a second display screen moveable between a first position in which the keyboard is exposed and a second position in which the second display screen covers the keyboard, when the second display screen is in the first position, a first portion of the second display screen is along at least one of the top side of the housing or a front edge of the housing, and a second portion of the second display screen is inside the housing.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing has a slot, the second display screen moveable into and out of the housing through the slot.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the base includes an actuator to move the second display screen from the first position to the second position.
4. An electronic device comprising:
a lid having a first display screen; and
a base, the lid moveably coupled to the base, the base including:
a housing having a top side and a bottom side;
a physical keyboard to be accessed on the top side of the housing;
a second display screen moveable between a first position in which the keyboard is exposed and a second position in which the second display screen covers the keyboard;
an actuator to move the second display screen from the first position to the second position;
a first magnetic element coupled to a back side of the second display screen, the first magnetic element between the second display screen and an outer surface of the top side of the housing; and
a second magnetic element in the housing adjacent an inner surface of the top side of the housing, the first magnetic element magnetically attracted to the second magnetic element, the actuator to move the second magnetic element to thereby move the first magnetic element and the second display screen from the first position to the second position.
5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the base includes:
a first pad between the first magnetic element and the outer surface of the top side of the housing to facilitate sliding of the first magnetic element along the top side of the housing; and
a second pad between the second magnetic element and the inner surface of the top side of the housing to facilitate sliding of the second magnetic element along the top side of the housing.
6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second display screen is flexible.
7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when the second display screen is in the first position, the first portion of the second display screen is to operate as a trackpad.
8. The electronic device of claim 1 , further including a roller in the housing, the second portion of the second display screen wrapped around the roller when the second display screen is in the first position.
9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the roller is spring loaded to bias the second display screen to the first position.
10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the base includes a trackpad on the top side of the housing, the trackpad between the keyboard and the front edge of the housing, when the second display screen is in the first position the trackpad is exposed, and when the second display screen is in the second position the trackpad is covered by the second display screen.
11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the base includes:
a roller adjacent a rear edge of the housing opposite the front edge of the housing; and
a belt coupled to the second display screen, the belt wrapped around the roller.
12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the roller is spring loaded to bias the second display screen to the first position.
13. An electronic device comprising:
a housing having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the housing having a slot;
a physical keyboard on the first side of the housing;
a display screen at least partially in the housing, through the slot, and along an outer surface of the housing, the display screen moveable from a first position in which the keyboard is exposed and a second position in which the display screen at least partially covers the keyboard; and
a roller in the housing, at least a portion of the display screen wrapped around the roller when the display screen is in the first position.
14. The electronic device of claim 13 , further including an actuator in the housing to move the display screen from the first position to the second position.
15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when the second display screen is in the first position, the first portion of the second display screen is to display information along the front edge of the housing.
16. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the slot is in the bottom side of the housing adjacent the front edge of the housing.
17. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the first magnetic element is adjacent a top edge of the second display screen.
18. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the roller is adjacent the front edge of the housing.
19. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the display screen is flexible.
20. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the display screen includes at least one of an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display screen, a mini-LED display screen, or a micro-LED display screen.