IP Library Granted Patent US 12,032,405
Granted Patent B2
US 12,032,405 · App. 17/849,615 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Computing system

Inventors: Ali Ent (Morrisville, NC); Ghwang Hyun Lim (Morrisville, NC); Jung Hwan Hong (Morrisville, NC); Alden Rose (Morrisville, NC); Jeffrey E. Skinner (Morrisville, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
G06F1/1632G06F1/1616G06F1/1681H04M1/725
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Patent No.
US 12,032,405
App. No.
17/849,615
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system can include a display housing that includes a display, a frame, a display side, and a back side; and a cellular phone coupling that couples a cellular phone to the display housing with a portion of the cellular phone extendable a distance beyond an edge of the frame of the display housing.

Claims (28)

1. A system comprising:

a display housing that comprises a display, a frame, a display side, and a back side;

a cellular phone coupling that couples a cellular phone to the display housing with a portion of the cellular phone extendable a distance beyond an edge of the frame of the display housing, wherein the cellular phone coupling comprises at least one component that couples the cellular phone to the display housing with a back side of the cellular phone facing the back side of the display housing and that couples the cellular phone to the display housing with a display side of the cellular phone facing the back side of the display housing; and

circuitry that makes a distinction between the back side of the cellular phone facing the back side of the display housing and the display side of the cellular phone facing the back side of the display housing, wherein, based on the distinction that the display side of the cellular phone faces the back side of the display housing, the circuitry renders a representation of at least another portion of the cellular phone to the display of the display housing.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one component comprises at least one magnet.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one component comprises a clip.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein, based on the distinction, the circuitry selects at least one camera of the cellular phone from a plurality of cameras of the cellular phone for image capture and image rendering to the display of the display housing, wherein the plurality of cameras of the cellular phone comprises at least one display side camera and at least one back side camera.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the frame comprises a hinge assembly edge, a top edge and opposing side edges and wherein the cellular phone coupling is proximate to one of the side edges.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cellular phone coupling comprises an adjustment feature for adjusting the distance of the cellular phone that extends beyond the edge of the frame of the display housing.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the display housing comprises the adjustment feature as a series of spatially arranged magnets.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the adjustment feature comprises a translatable clip.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cellular phone coupling comprises an adjustment feature for adjusting an angle of the cellular phone with respect to the display housing.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the adjustment feature comprises at least one hinge.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the adjustment feature is controlled by gravity to adjust the angle automatically responsive to a display angle of the display housing.

12. The system of claim 1 , comprising circuitry that detects engagement of a cellular phone by the cellular phone coupling.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the circuitry detects orientation of a cellular phone display of the cellular phone with respect to the display housing.

14. The system of claim 1 , comprising circuitry that replicates a graphical user interface of another portion of the cellular phone and renders the graphical user interface to the display of the display housing.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the circuitry transmits signals responsive to interaction with the graphical user interface rendered to the display of the display housing to the cellular phone for control of the cellular phone.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the circuitry adjusts the replication of the graphical user interface responsive to adjustment of the cellular phone with respect to an edge of the frame of the display housing.

17. The system of claim 1 , comprising a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a base housing; and a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing.

18. A system comprising:

a display housing that comprises a display, a frame, a display side, and a back side; and

a cellular phone coupling that couples a cellular phone to the display housing with a portion of the cellular phone extendable a distance beyond an edge of the frame of the display housing, wherein the cellular phone coupling comprises an adjustment feature for adjusting an angle of the cellular phone with respect to the display housing, and wherein the adjustment feature is controlled by gravity to adjust the angle automatically responsive to a display angle of the display housing.

19. A system comprising:

a display housing that comprises a display, a frame, a display side, and a back side;

a cellular phone coupling that couples a cellular phone to the display housing with a portion of the cellular phone extendable a distance beyond an edge of the frame of the display housing; and

circuitry that replicates a graphical user interface of another portion of the cellular phone and renders the graphical user interface to the display of the display housing, wherein the circuitry adjusts the replication of the graphical user interface responsive to adjustment of the cellular phone with respect to an edge of the frame of the display housing.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the circuitry transmits signals responsive to interaction with the graphical user interface rendered to the display of the display housing to the cellular phone for control of the cellular phone.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070266/0977 →
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 Dec 7, 2022
From: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
Reel/Frame 062078/0718 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2022
From: ENT, ALI; LIM, GHWANG HYUN; HONG, JUNG HWAN; ROSE, ALDEN; SKINNER, JEFFREY E.
To: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
Reel/Frame 060312/0726 →
Continuity (1)
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