Motorola Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

Google Inc.

Google Technology Holdings LLC

Theodore R Arneson

Bradley K Lohrding

Tim J Sutherland

Ian James Myles

Joel A Clark

Michael L Charlier

William Neil Robinson

Giles T Davis

Michael E Caine

Zhiming Zhuang

Galina Treyer

Steven J Nowlan

Blaise Bertrand

Mark A Barabolak

Ian Peter Lewis

Christopher W Drackett

Christopher J Nona

William N Robinson

A method () for resizing an active area of a flexible display or reconfigurable device () can include a screen (or) and a controller () coupled to the screen. The controller can initiate () a re-sizing program upon detection of an altered shape for the display or device and control () the active area of the display based upon the altered shape. The controller can further resize () fonts or graphic elements or both in correspondence to the dimensions of the active area. The controller can initiate the resizing program by altering the flexible display away from a flat position to a non-flat position for example. The flexible display can further include a switch () that detects the mating of a first end () of the flexible display with a second end () which initiates the resizing program.

Method and apparatus for re-sizing an active area of a flexible display

A device () includes a controllable skin texture () defining a keypad (), a sensor (), and control logic (). The sensor senses a proximity of a pointing element () to a particular key () of the keypad based on a user input. The control logic adjusts a height of the particular key with respect to another key of the keypad in response to the sensor sensing the proximity of the pointing element to the particular key. In one example, the device includes a display () for displaying a plurality of keys (). The control logic adjusts visual characteristics of the particular key () and an adjacent key () with respect to each other and with respect to other keys of the plurality of keys in response to the sensor sensing the proximity of the pointing element to the particular key.

Method and apparatus for controlling a keypad of a device

An apparatus () including a pixel diffuser for a stretchable display is disclosed. The apparatus may include an elastic viewable display () that is stretched in a first viewable display area configuration and contracted in a second viewable display area configuration. The apparatus can also include a plurality of addressable picture elements (and) disposed on the elastic viewable display, an optical barrier () between each of the plurality of addressable picture elements, and an elastic diffuser () optically coupled to the plurality of addressable picture elements on the elastic viewable display. The apparatus can also include an electrical interface () coupled to the elastic viewable display.

Light diffuser for a stretchable display

Disclosed is a mobile communication device and a method including a first housing including a first side and a second side, a display coupled to the first side of the first housing and a second housing movably coupled to the first housing, the second housing being coupled against the second side of the first housing when the second housing is in a closed position and extending the first side of the first housing when the second housing is in an open position.

Devices and methods for acoustic usability

A first user interface is presented () within a portable electronic device. The selection of a first function by the user via the first user interface is then detected (). In response to detecting () the user's selection of the first function, the first user interface is then replaced () with at least a partially disabled second user interface that is different from the first user interface. A user selection of at least one user-selectable function in the second user interface is then detected (). After the function is detected, the first user interface provides () the user with information regarding at least one corresponding user-selectable function that comprises a substantially similar function as the selected user-selectable function from the second user interface.

Method and apparatus for mapping corresponding functions in a user

An electronic device with a force sensing key () has a switch (), a first force sensing region () for acquiring a first force value, a second force sensing region () for acquiring a second force value, and a processor for determining a selected function for the key () based upon the first force value and the second force value when the switch () is activated. The first force sensing pad () and the second force sensing pad () use a partially resistive material () that exhibits a force-to-voltage response value. By forming the switch () as a dome () switch, the force sensing key () provides crisp tactile feedback to a user. The force sensing key () can be configured for a variety of applications and user preferences by varying the architecture of the actuator ().

Electronic device with force sensing key

A portable device includes a speaker with an active vent fed by a front of a speaker diaphragm and a larger passive vent fed by a rear of the speaker diaphragm. The outputs of the active and passive vents are acoustically coupled to respective active and passive ports, coupled together outside of the housing within an ear placement region for a user of the portable electronic device to obtain a more uniform frequency response from the speaker configuration over a larger region of a user's ear placement possibilities than would be available with the active vent alone. This is accomplished by a close acoustic coupling of the ports in combination with diverse porting of active and passive acoustic signals. The passive path also serves to relieve pressure near a user's ear to improve signal quality.

Speaker configuration for a portable electronic device

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Ivanhoe, IL, United States of America

Theodore R Arneson