System and method for positioning an application window based on usage context for dual screen display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10013228-B2
Application number	US-201615346657-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2016
Priority date	Oct 29, 2013
Publication date	Jul 3, 2018
Grant date	Jul 3, 2018

Abstract

An information handling system includes a primary integrated display device housing and a second integrated display device housing attached via a hinge and a processor to determine a first relative orientation of the primary integrated display device housing to the second integrated display device housing from a plurality of orientation sensors. The processor further determines a working software application context by detecting at least a first software application running on the information handling system wherein the working software application context further includes an operating state rank of the first software application relative to other software applications. The processor detects a required user input to the first software application and alters a location of a first software application display window and a virtual input softkey on a display device based on the first relative orientation and displaces second software application window of a second software application with a previously-higher the operating state rank.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information handling system comprising:
a primary integrated display device housing and a second integrated display device housing attached via a hinge;
a processor to determine a first relative orientation of the primary integrated display device housing to the second integrated display device housing from a plurality of orientation sensors;
the processor to determine a working software application context by detecting at least a first software application running on the information handling system wherein the working software application context further includes an operating state rank of the first software application relative to other software applications;
the processor detecting a required user input to the first software application; and
an application window locator system for altering a location of a first software application display window and a virtual input softkey on a display device and selecting between the primary integrated display device housing and the second integrated display device housing based on the first relative orientation and displacing second software application window of a second software application with a previously-higher the operating state rank,
wherein the first relative orientation is selected from a plurality of orientation modes determined from hinged relative angle positions of the primary integrated display device housing to the second relative display device housing.

2. An information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the virtual input softkey further comprises a virtual keyboard relative to the first software application window.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:
the processor determines that the first relative orientation is viewed in portrait page orientation relative to a viewer location; and
the application window locator system locating the virtual keyboard under the first software application display window on the primary integrated display device.

4. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:
the processor determines that the first relative orientation is viewed in landscape page orientation relative to a viewer location;
the application window locator system locating the virtual keyboard on the second integrated display device; and
the application window locator system locating the first software application display window on the primary integrated display device.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first relative orientation further is determined from a hinge azimuth orientation.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first software application requiring user input is located on the primary integrated display device housing for viewing by a user on the first relative orientation for the information handling system.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
the primary integrated display device further includes an integrated camera; and
the first software application is an active videoconference application with an incoming videoconference call requiring user input.

8. A computer-implemented method of locating software application display windows for an information handling system having a first integrated display device housing connectably hinged to a second integrated display device housing, comprising:
determining, via a processor executing instructions, a first relative orientation of the first integrated display device housing to the second integrated display device housing from a plurality of orientation sensors;
determining the location of a software application display window and a virtual tool for a first software application on the first integrated display device housing or the second integrated display device housing based on the first relative orientation and an operating state rank of the first software application;
determining that the first software application requires user input wherein the first software application includes an operating state rank relative to other software applications on the information handling system; and
altering a location of a first software application display window and a virtual input softkey on a display device and displacing second software application window of a second software application with a previously-higher the operating state rank via an application window locator system in response to detecting that the first software application requires user input.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein first relative orientation is determined from hinged relative angle positions of the first integrated display device to the second integrated display device and from a hinge azimuth orientation.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein first relative orientation is is selected from a plurality of orientation modes including at least a laptop mode, a book mode, and a double tablet mode.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
detecting a viewer location based on the orientation mode.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
detecting a viewer location via a camera integrated in the information handling system.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
locating the software application display window for the second software application on the first or second integrated display device housing determined to be further from the detected viewer location.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein altering the location of the first software application display window and the virtual input softkey on the display device facing a viewer location via the application window locator system in response to detecting that the first software application requires user input locates the first software application display window.

15. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining that the first software application has received completed user input to satisfy the required user input; and
in response to determining that the first software application has received completed user input, returning the first software application display window to its previous location.

16. An information handling system comprising:
a display device;
a primary integrated display device housing and a second integrated display device housing attached via a hinge;
a processor to determine a first relative orientation of the primary integrated display device housing to the second integrated display device housing from a plurality of orientation sensors;
the processor to determine an operating state rank of a first software application running on the information handling system relative to an operating state rank of other software applications;
the processor detecting a required user input to the first software application; and
the processor executing code of an application window locator system for altering a location of a first software application display window and a virtual input softkey on a display device and selecting between the primary integrated display device housing and the second integrated display device housing based on the first relative orientation and displacing second software application window of a second software application with a previously-higher the operating state rank in response to detecting that the first software application requires user input,
wherein the first relative orientation is selected from a plurality of orientation modes including at least a laptop mode, a book mode, and a double tablet mode.

17. The system of claim 16 , further comprising:
the processor elevating the first software application operating state rank above the second software application operating state rank upon determ

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Aurongzeb Deeder M
• Welker Mark W
• Sanuallah Abu S
• Cox Claude L
• Kozlowski Joseph
• Abullarade Jorge A
• Graf Knut
• Stufflebeam Kenneth W

Classifications

• G06F3/013

  Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/3265

  Power saving in display device · CPC title

• G06F3/0487

  using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser · CPC title

• G06F3/0227

  Cooperation and interconnection of the input arrangement with other functional units of a computer (G06F3/023 - G06F3/037 take precedence) · CPC title

• Y02D10/173

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic