Information handling system with multiple detachable displays
View Patent ↗A portable information handling system may attach to and support multiple detachable displays in a variety of configurations. A base of a portable information handling system may include a means for attaching to and supporting multiple displays, such as a channel for magnetically attaching to one or more bars of one or more displays. A user may operate the information handling system in a presentation configuration with one display facing towards the user and another display facing towards an audience. If the both displays are facing toward a user, the system can provide a user with an extended display area with more space to view and manipulate information. The second display may be detached from a top side and attached to a bottom side of a laptop for storage during transport.
1. An information handling system comprising:
a first display comprising a first bar attached to a first edge of the first display;
a second display comprising a second bar attached to a first edge of the second display; and
a base comprising an integrated channel surrounding greater than 180 degrees around a hollow cylindrical portion with an opening at an end of the integrated channel configured to receive the first bar of the first display and the second bar of the second display,
wherein the integrated channel is configured to magnetically attach to the first bar of the first display and the second bar of the second display and to support the first and second displays simultaneously,
wherein the base further comprises first and second interfaces for connecting the base to the first and second displays,
wherein at least one of a second edge of the first display and a second edge of the second display extends beyond a first edge of the base when the first display and the second display are attached to and physically supported by the base, and
wherein a first angle of the first display with respect to the base is separably adjustable from a second angle of the second display with respect to the base.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second interfaces are wireless interfaces.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second interfaces comprises symmetric power and data pins for connecting to the first and second displays when facing toward a front of the base or toward a back of the base.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and the second displays comprises first and second interfaces for connecting the first display and the second display to the base.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the integrated channel is an upward-facing integrated channel.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the base further comprises an integrated downward-facing channel, and wherein the integrated downward-facing channel is configured to attach to either the first display or the second display to store the first display or the second display below the base.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second bars are cylindrical bars, and wherein the integrated channel is configured to encompass greater than 180 degrees of a circumference of the first and second bars when the first and second bars are magnetically attached to the integrated channel.
8. An information handling system comprising:
a first detachable display;
a second detachable display; and
a base comprising a means for attaching to, and physically supporting, the first detachable display and the second detachable display simultaneously, the means for attaching surrounding greater than 180 degrees around a hollow cylindrical portion with an opening at an end of the means for attaching configured to receive a first bar of the first display and a second bar of the second display,
wherein the base further comprises first and second interfaces for connecting the base to the first and second displays,
wherein at least one of a first edge of the first display and a first edge of the second display extends beyond a first edge of the base when the first display and the second display are attached to and physically supported by the base, and
wherein a first angle of the first display with respect to the base is separably adjustable from a second angle of the second display with respect to the base.
9. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the means for attaching is configured to attach to and support the first detachable display in a single-display configuration.
10. The information handling system of claim 9 , wherein the means for attaching is configured to store the second detachable display when configured in the single-display configuration.
11. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the means for attaching is configured to attach to and support the first detachable display and the second detachable display simultaneously in a dual-display configuration.
12. The information handling system of claim 11 , wherein the means for attaching is configured to attach to and support the first detachable display and the second detachable display with the first detachable display and the second detachable display facing in the same direction in the dual-display configuration.
13. The information handling system of claim 11 , wherein the means for attaching of the base is configured to attach to and support the first detachable display and the second detachable display with the first detachable display and the second detachable display facing in opposite directions in the dual-display configuration.
14. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the means for attaching is a magnetic attachment means and wherein the base is configured to attach to and support the first detachable display and the second detachable display magnetically.
15. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the first and second interfaces are wireless interfaces.
16. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the base is configured to store both the first detachable display and the second detachable display in a closed configuration.
17. An information handling system, comprising:
a base comprising an integrated keyboard and a means for attaching to, and physically supporting, a plurality of displays; and
a controller,
wherein the controller is configured to perform steps comprising:
detecting a configuration of a plurality of displays attached to and physically supported by the base; and
adjusting a display output of the information handling system to the plurality of displays based on the detected configuration,
wherein detecting the configuration of the plurality of displays comprises detecting whether a first display of the plurality of displays is facing in a same direction as or a different direction from a second display of the plurality of displays, and
wherein adjusting the display output of the information handling system to the plurality of displays based on the detected configuration comprises adjusting the display output of the information handling system to the plurality of displays based on the detection of whether the first display of the plurality of displays is facing in a same direction as or a different direction from a second display of the plurality of displays.
18. The information handling system of claim 17 , wherein detecting whether a first display of the plurality of displays is facing in a same direction as or a different direction from a second display of the plurality of displays comprises detecting that the first display and the second display are facing in opposite directions, and, wherein the step of adjusting comprises adjusting the display output to display the same content on the first display and the second display based on the detection that the first display and the second display are facing in opposite directions.