Methods and apparatus to operate closed-lid portable computers

US11740666B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

• Barnes Cooper · Hillsboro, US
• Aleksander Magi · Portland, US
• Arvind Kumar · Beaverton, US
• Giuseppe Raffa · Portland, US
• Wendy March · Portland, US
• Marko Bartscherer · Chula Vista, US
• Irina Lazutkina · Hillsboro, US
• Duck Young Kong · Beaverton, US
• Meng Shi · Beijing, CN
• Vivek Paranjape · Hillsboro, US
• Vinod Gomathi Nayagam · San Jose, US
• Glen J. Anderson · Beaverton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 1, 2022
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 1, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to operate closed-lid portable computers are disclosed. An example portable compute device includes: a microphone; a speaker; a first camera to face a first direction; and a second camera to face a second direction, the second direction opposite the first direction. The compute device further includes communications circuitry; a first display; a second display separate from the first display; and a hinge to enable the first display to rotate relative to the second display between an open position and a closed position. At least a portion of the second display is capable of being visible when the first display is rotated about the hinge to the closed position. The portion of the second display is multiple times longer in a third direction than in a fourth direction perpendicular to the third direction, the third direction extending parallel to an axis of rotation of the hinge.