Apparatus and associated methods

US9035940B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9035940-B2
Application numberUS-201113042979-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 8, 2011
Priority dateMar 8, 2011
Publication dateMay 19, 2015
Grant dateMay 19, 2015

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In one or more embodiments described herein, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory having computer program code stored thereon, the computer program code and at least one memory being configured to, when run on the at least one processor, perform detection of physical tilting of a display. The display is configured to provide user visual output associated with at least one running application. The at least one running application also has a virtual keyboard associated therewith provided on the display. The computer program code and at least one memory are also configured to, when run on the at least one processor, provide, in response to detection of said physical tilting of said display, corresponding graphical tilting of an onscreen area of a display to reveal a previously off-screen area of the user visual output associated with the at least one running application.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory having computer program code stored thereon, the computer program code and at least one memory being configured to, when run on the at least one processor, perform: receive indication of a selection of a first virtual layer, and a physical tilting of a display, the display being configured to provide user visual output associated with at least one running application; and provide,…

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What does patent US9035940B2 cover?
In one or more embodiments described herein, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory having computer program code stored thereon, the computer program code and at least one memory being configured to, when run on the at least one processor, perform detection of physical tilting of a display. The display is configured to provide user visual output…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ronkainen Sami Pekka, Nokia Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F3/048. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue May 19 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).