Reorienting display on portable computing device

Details Reorienting display on portable computing device Reorienting display on portable computing device

2008-09-25

2011-10-04

Dinh, Duc (Department: 2629)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics processing

Graphic manipulation

C345S169000, C345S002100

Reexamination Certificate

active

08031212

ABSTRACT:
An electronic system includes an electronic display device and a communication port. Each display mode corresponds to a particular position of the communication port relative to a line of sight of a user. In one embodiment, the communication port is an infrared communication port. Each display mode corresponds to a particular display orientation. The electronic display device displays visual data in the particular display orientation corresponding to the display mode of the electronic system. In one embodiment, the electronic system is a palmtop computer system such as a personal digital assistant.

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