The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
May. 23, 2007
Theodore R. Arneson, Ivanhoe, IL (US);
Theodore R. Arneson, Ivanhoe, IL (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
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.