Display Positioning System

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016282901-A1
Application number	US-201514670359-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 26, 2015
Priority date	Mar 26, 2015
Publication date	Sep 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to technology for positioning a display for interaction and/or virtualization of tangible interface objects. According to an example embodiment, a display positioning system includes a display stand including a positioning portion having a recess, supports connected to the positioning portion, and an insert. The supports are configured to cooperatively support the positioning portion when situated on a support surface. The insert may include an elongated body configured to slidably insert into the recess, the recess may be configured to receive and removably retain the insert, the insert and recess being correspondingly shaped. The elongated body may include an upwardly facing surface having a concavity shaped to receive and removably retain at least an edge portion of a computing device display when the insert is inserted into the recess of the display stand and equipped with the computing device display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display positioning system comprising:
a display stand including a positioning portion and supports connected to the positioning portion, the supports configured to cooperatively support the positioning portion when situated on a support surface, the positioning portion having a first recess; and a first insert including an elongated body configured to slidably insert into the first recess, the first recess configured to receive and removably retain the first insert and the first insert and the first recess being correspondingly shaped, the elongated body of the first insert including an upwardly facing surface having a first concavity shaped to receive and removably retain at least an edge portion of a first computing device display when the first insert is inserted into the first recess of the display stand and equipped with the first computing device display.

2 . The display positioning system of claim 1 , wherein the upwardly facing surface includes a front inclined surface and a rear inclined surface extending adjacently from a proximal portion of the elongated body to a distal portion of the elongated body, the front inclined surface and rear inclined surface facing away from one another.

3 . The display positioning system of claim 2 , wherein the front inclined surface includes the first concavity.

4 . The display positioning system of claim 1 , further comprising a self-aligning mechanism configured to automatically align the elongated body of the first insert within the first recess of the display stand when inserted.

5 . The display positioning system of claim 4 , wherein the self-aligning mechanism includes an elongated slot disposed in the upwardly facing surface of the elongated body, the first recess includes a protrusion, and the elongated slot is configured to mate with the protrusion when the first insert is inserted into the first recess.

6 . The display positioning system of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the first concavity includes multiple contours configured to receive and removably retain differently shaped computing device displays.

7 . The display positioning system of claim 1 , wherein the upwardly facing surface has a second concavity situated adjacent to the first concavity, the second concavity being configured to receive and removably retain a differently shaped computing device display than the first computing device display.

8 . The display positioning system of claim 7 , wherein the first insert is reversible such that either the first concavity or the second concavity may be positioned to receive and removably retain the edge portion of the first computing device display when the first insert is inserted into the positioning portion.

9 . The display positioning system of claim 1 , wherein a proximal portion of the elongated body is configured to be contiguous with an outer surface of the display stand when the first insert is completely inserted into the first recess.

10 . The display positioning system of claim 1 , further comprising a manually actuateable ejector for ejecting the first insert from the first recess.

11 . The display positioning system of claim 1 , wherein the positioning portion includes a first housing including a first surface having the first recess, the first recess extending into the first housing and the first housing accommodating the first insert when slidably inserted into the first housing via the first recess.

12 . The display positioning system of claim 11 , wherein the positioning portion includes a second surface on a side of the positioning portion opposite of the first surface, the second surface having a second recess configured to receive and removably retain a correspondingly shaped second insert having a second retainer configured to receive and removably retain at least a second edge portion of the first computing device display.

13 . The display positioning system of claim 1 , wherein the positioning portion includes a first housing and a second housing positioned adjacently, the first housing including a first surface on a first side and the second housing including the second surface on a second side, the first side and the second side being opposite sides of the positioning portion, and the first surface having the first recess.

14 . The display positioning system of claim 13 , wherein the positioning portion includes a channel formed between the first housing and the second housing, a bottom surface of the channel connecting the first housing and the second housing.

15 . The display positioning system of claim 14 , wherein the bottom surface of the channel includes a cable aperture configured to pass through a cable that connects to the first computing device display.

16 . The display positioning system of claim 1 , wherein the positioning portion further includes a second recess configured to receive and removably retain the first insert.

17 . The display positioning system of claim 1 , wherein the positioning portion is elongated along a first axis, the first recess extends into a first surface along the first axis, the supports include a front support elongated along the first axis and connected to a front side of the positioning portion, and a rear support elongated along the first axis and connected to and extending outwardly from a rear side of the positioning portion.

18 . An insert comprising:
an elongated body configured to slidably insert into a correspondingly shaped recess included in a surface of a display stand, the elongated body of the first insert including an upwardly facing surface; and at least a portion of the upwardly facing surface having a first concavity shaped to receive and removably retain at least an edge portion of a first computing device display when the insert is inserted into the recess of the display stand and equipped with the first computing device display.

19 . The insert of claim 18 , wherein the upwardly facing surface includes a front inclined surface and a rear inclined surface extending adjacently from a proximal portion of the elongated body to a distal portion of the elongated body, the front inclined surface and the rear inclined surface facing away from one another.

20 . The insert of claim 19 , wherein the front inclined surface or the rear inclined surface includes the first concavity.

21 . The insert of claim 19 , wherein the front inclined surface and the rear inclined surface meet along a ridge of the upwardly facing surface.

22 . The insert of claim 18 , further comprising a self-aligning mechanism configured to automatically align the elongated body of the insert within the recess of the display stand when inserted.

23 . The insert of claim 22 , wherein the self-aligning mechanism includes an elongated slot disposed in the upwardly facing surface of the elongated body and configured to mate with a corresponding protrusion of the display stand.

24 . The insert of claim 18 , wherein a surface of the first concavity includes multiple contours configured to receive and removably retain differently shaped computing device displays.

25 . The insert of claim 18 , wherein the upwardly facing surface has a second concavity situated adjacent to the first concavity, the second concavity being configured to receive and removably retain a differently shaped computing device display than the first computing device display.

Assignees

• Tangible Play Inc

Inventors

• Sharma Pramod Kumar
• Scholler Jerome

Classifications

• G06F1/1632 Primary

  External expansion units, e.g. docking stations · CPC title

• G06F1/1613 Primary

  for portable computers (cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202) · CPC title

• G06F1/1639

  the display being based on projection · CPC title