Slider form factor devices and methods for morphing indicia visible through a transparent member
Disclosed are devices and methods of a slider form factor device having a transparent member supported by its sliding body, and a display module supported by its main body. The transparent member of the sliding body is on top of the display module of the main body in the open position and in the closed position. The transparent member is configured to transmit light received from the display module therethrough. The transparent member provides a morphing effect as light emitted by the display module providing indicia is transmitted through the transparent member, the indicia exhibited through the transparent member changing from first indicia to different indicia depending upon the mode of the device. In the open position, the lower portion of the display module can exhibit a keypad while the top portion of the display module can provide indicia visible through the transparent member of the sliding body.
1. A slider form factor device, comprising
a main body;
a sliding body slidably coupled to the main body, the sliding body including a top portion including a sliding body auxiliary display viewable directly in an open position and a closed position and a bottom portion with a transparent member only positioned at the bottom portion of the sliding body;
a display module supported by the main body, the display module including a first upper portion and a second lower portion, the first upper portion viewable through the transparent member and the second lower portion being exposed and viewable directly in the open position;
the transparent member including an input sensitive layer supported by the sliding body, the transparent member configured to transmit light from the display module therethrough, wherein the display module changes indicia exhibited depending upon which one of the plurality of slide positions the sliding body assumes with respect to the main body, including a closed position wherein the display module exhibits a first indicia including media playback control indicia visible through the transparent member and an open position wherein a different indicia including at least one of a keypad indicia and navigation control indicia is visible through the transparent member.
2. The device of claim 1 wherein the input sensitive layer is a capacitive layer.
3. The device of claim 1 wherein the display module is an input sensitive display module.
4. The device of claim 3 configured to assume a closed position wherein the input sensitive display module exhibits first indicia.
5. The device of claim 3 configured to an open position wherein the input sensitive display module exhibits different indicia.
6. The device of claim 3 configured to be opened to an intermediate position where the input sensitive display module exhibits intermediate indicia.
7. The device of claim 6 wherein intermediate indicia is camera controls indicia.
8. The device of claim 1 wherein the transparent member includes a front surface and a back surface, the back surface opposite the main body, and wherein the input sensitive layer is adjacent the back surface.
9. The device of claim 1 wherein the sliding body includes a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein an auxiliary display device is positioned at the top portion.
10. A slider form factor device, comprising
a main body;
a sliding body slideably coupled to the main body, the sliding body including a top portion including a sliding body auxiliary display viewable directly in an open position and a closed position and a bottom portion with a transparent member only positioned at the bottom portion of the sliding body;
a display module supported by the main body, the display module including a first upper portion and a second lower portion, the first upper portion viewable through the transparent member and the second lower portion being exposed and viewable directly in the open position;
a transparent member including an input sensitive layer supported by the sliding body, the transparent member configured to transmit light from display module therethrough wherein the display module changes indicia exhibited thereon depending upon which one of the plurality of slided positions the sliding body assumes with respect to the main body, including the closed position wherein the display module exhibits a first indicia including media playback control indicia visible through the transparent member and the open position wherein a different indicia including at least one of a keypad indicia and navigation control indicia visible through the transparent member.
11. The device of claim 10 wherein the input sensitive layer is a capacitive layer.
12. The device of claim 10 wherein the display module is an input sensitive display module.
13. The device of claim 10 configured to an open position wherein the display module exhibits keypad indicia and navigation controls indicia.
14. A method of changing indicia exhibited on a device, the method comprising:
providing a slider form factor device, comprising a main body; a sliding body slidably coupled to the main body, the sliding body including a top portion including a sliding body auxiliary display viewable directly in an open position and a closed position and a bottom portion with a transparent member only positioned at the bottom portion of the sliding body; a display module supported by the main body, the display module including a first upper portion and a second lower portion, the first upper portion viewable through the transparent member and the second lower portion being exposed and viewable directly in the open position; the transparent member including an input sensitive layer supported by the sliding body, the transparent member configured to transmit light from the display module therethrough, wherein the display module changes indicia exhibited depending upon which one of the plurality of slide positions the sliding body assumes with respect to the main body;
in the closed position, exhibiting a first indicia on the display module so that the first indicia is visible through the transparent member, the first indicia comprising media playback control indicia; and
in the open position, exhibiting a different indicia on the display module so that the different indicia is visible through the transparent member, the different indicia including at least one of a keypad indicia and navigation control indicia.