Patent ID: 9389692
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer system comprising: a display screen; a computing device, that produces output to be displayed on the display screen; an auxiliary device for the computing device, attached to the display screen, and pivotable relative to the display screen; and an angle sensor, sensing an angle between the auxiliary device and the display screen, and producing a signal indicative of said angle and coupling said signal to said computing device, wherein said computing device detects a first angle and locks an orientation that is displayed on the display screen to a locked orientation based on detecting said first angle between said computing device and said auxiliary device, where said first angle is an angle which would normally exist between said computing device and said auxiliary device when said auxiliary device was being used by a user to enter data onto the computing device, and said computing device detects a second angle between said computing device and said auxiliary device, where said second angle is an angle that would normally not exist when the user was entering data into said auxiliary device on said computer, and unlocks the orientation that is displayed on the display screen to an unlocked orientation based on detecting said second angle, where in said locked orientation, a display on said display screen cannot be rotated, and in said unlocked orientation, the display on said display screen can be rotated.