Display device, corresponding systems, and methods therefor

US9875008B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Google LLC · US

Inventors

• Patrick J. Cauwels · South Beloit, US
• Rachid M. Alameh · Crystal Lake, US
• Timothy Dickinson · Crystal Lake, US
• Phillip D. Rasky · Buffalo, US
• Paul Steuer · Hawthorn Woods, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 27, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2200/1637
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A display system includes a display and a control circuit operable with the display. The display is configured to provide visual output having a presentation orientation. When user input is received, the control circuit can alter the presentation orientation from an initial orientation in response to user input. When non-user events or device events are detected, the control circuit can revert the presentation orientation to the initial orientation in response to the non-user event or device event. Where the presentation orientation has a user input configuration associated therewith, the user input configuration can either be altered with the presentation orientation or retained in an initial disposition.