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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Kaitlyn Marley Schoeck, Seattle, WA (US);
Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Casey Cook Zelig, Seattle, WA (US);
Siyuan Ma, Seattle, WA (US);
Sang Ho Yoon, Redmond, WA (US);
Shantanu Yadunath Thakurdesai, Denton, TX (US);
James David Holberry, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1677 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of selectively illuminating part of an electronic device includes obtaining a posture status of a hinge supporting a display cover relative to a base of the electronic device and illuminating an optical module positioned on an outer surface of the electronic device based on the hinge position of the posture status.