Lg Electronics Inc.

Gwiro Lee

Junghoon Park

A laptop computer includes a display unit configured to display a graphic user interface (GUI) including an automatic booting mode option for turning on or off an automatic booting mode of the laptop computer; a cover having the display unit on one surface facing into a keyboard when the cover is in a closed state; a sensing unit configured to detect an opening of the cover; a power supply unit configured to supply power to the sensing unit even when the cover is in the closed state; and a controller configured to perform a booting process for operating an operating system (OS) in response to detecting the opening of the cover when the automatic booting mode option is selected to turn on the automatic booting mode of the laptop computer, and cause the display unit to display a screen.

Computing apparatus and method for initiating automatic booting process when cover is opened

A computing apparatus, including a cover having a display on one surface facing into a keyboard when the cover is in a closed state, further the display displays a graphic user interface including an automatic booting mode option for turning on or off an automatic booting mode of the computing apparatus; a sensing unit configured to detect an opening of the cover and detect a user's fingerprint; a memory configured to store at least one user account. In addition, the at least one user account is mapped to each fingerprint recognition result; and a controller configured to perform a booting process for operating an operating system (OS) in response to detecting the opening of the cover if the automatic booting option is selected to turn on the automatic booting mode of the computing apparatus, and provide a user environment corresponding to the stored user account based on a fingerprint recognition result sensed by the sensing unit after the operating system (OS) is operated.

Disclosed is a method for controlling a computing apparatus including a cover having a display on one surface facing into a keyboard when the cover is in a closed state. The method comprises, in response to receiving a command to turn on an automatic booting mode of the computing apparatus, storing a configuration value corresponding to an ON state of the automatic booting mode in a memory; when the cover is in the closed state, detecting an opening of the cover via a sensor of the computing apparatus; and, in response to detecting the opening of the cover when a system status of the computing apparatus is an S5 state defined by the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) standard, performing, via a controller of the computing apparatus, an operation of entering from the S5 state to an S0 state defined by the APCI standard based on the configuration value stored in the memory.

A computing apparatus and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method for controlling the computing apparatus includes the steps of receiving a user command configured to turn on an automatic booting mode through a user interface unit, delivering data corresponding to an ON state of the automatic booting mode to a BIOS module from an application module having an operating system stored therein, storing a configuration value corresponding to the ON state of the automatic booting mode in a Read-Only Memory (ROM) section of the BIOS module, when the cover is in a closed state, detecting an opening of the cover, and performing a predetermined operation in accordance with the configuration value being stored in the ROM section of the BIOS module, based upon a system status corresponding to when the cover is in a closed state.

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Seoul, South Korea

Gwiro Lee