Abstract:
An aspect provides an information handling device, comprising: a display; a processor; memory device storing instructions executable by the processor to operative couple the display to the processor; wherein the display, processor, and memory are located within a housing and the housing comprises a recess in which at least two members are housed. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Description:
BACKGROUND 
       [0001]    Information handling devices (“devices”) come in a variety of forms, for example tablet computing devices, smart phones, and the like. Users of many of these devices prefer to tilt the device for ease of viewing or other reasons. 
       BRIEF SUMMARY 
       [0002]    In summary, one aspect provides an information handling device, comprising: a housing; a display; a processor; and memory storing instructions executable by the processor to affect output to the display; wherein the display, processor, and memory are located within the housing and the housing comprises a recess in which at least two members are housed. 
         [0003]    Another aspect provides a method, comprising: pivoting a first member disposed within a recess located within a housing for an information handling device with respect to the housing; pivoting a second member disposed within a recess located within a housing for an information handling device with respect to the first member; securing, to the recess, an end of the second member that is disposed away from the first member. 
         [0004]    A further aspect provides a product, comprising: a housing for an information handling device that includes a recess in which an articulating stand member is housed; wherein the stand member pivots at a point in a central portion; wherein one end of the stand member, at a distal end from the point, is pivotally connected to the housing; and wherein another end of the stand member is releasably securable to the housing in at least one position to form an articulated stand. 
         [0005]    The foregoing is a summary and thus may contain simplifications, generalizations, and omissions of detail; consequently, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. 
         [0006]    For a better understanding of the embodiments, together with other and further features and advantages thereof, reference is made to the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The scope of the invention will be pointed out in the appended claims. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0007]      FIG. 1  illustrates an example of information handling device circuitry. 
           [0008]      FIG. 2  illustrates another example of information handling device circuitry. 
           [0009]      FIG. 3(A-B)  illustrates an examples of the front and back of an information handling device in accordance with an embodiment. 
           [0010]      FIG. 4(A-B)  provides other views of an information handling device in accordance with an embodiment. 
           [0011]      FIG. 5(A-C)  provides additional views of an information handling device in accordance with an embodiment. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0012]    It will be readily understood that the components of the embodiments, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations in addition to the described example embodiments. Thus, the following more detailed description of the example embodiments, as represented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments, as claimed, but is merely representative of example embodiments. 
         [0013]    Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” (or the like) means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. Thus, the appearance of the phrases “in one embodiment” or “in an embodiment” or the like in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. 
         [0014]    Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided to give a thorough understanding of embodiments. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the various embodiments can be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, materials, et cetera. In other instances, well known structures, materials, or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obfuscation. 
         [0015]    Devices such as tablet computing devices, smart phones, and the like are increasingly common and when a flat surface is available, users may prefer to place such a device on the flat surface to aid in ease of display. To assist in doing so, some such devices have been equipped with built-in stands or travel displays have been utilized. Such solutions, however, have a limited number of viewing angles and/or increase the thickness of the device (e.g., increasing the thickness by 6-10 mm to allow for friction hinges). 
         [0016]    Devices can take any number of a wide variety of shapes and form, but in an embodiment comprises a processor and a touch-sensitive or pressure-sensitive screen which a user may manually manipulate to provide inputs to, and from which the user may receive outputs. The device may be generally flat and planar, and rectangular in top view, and in an embodiment does not have a keyboard. 
         [0017]    Accordingly, embodiments provide apparatus and systems that allow a user utilize a device with a built-in stand such that the user may select among a multiple number of viewing angles. This allows users to select the viewing angle that is most appropriate for a given situation. A user may wish to vary the viewing angle of the device for any number of reasons, including background (ambient) lighting, ease of interaction with the device (e.g., playing a game), and sharing the information being displayed with another person. As such, any number of viewing angles may be desirable by a user. 
         [0018]    The illustrated example embodiments will be best understood by reference to the figures. The following description is intended only by way of example, and simply illustrates certain example embodiments. 
         [0019]    While various other circuits, circuitry or components may be utilized in information handling devices, with regard to smart phone and/or tablet circuitry  100 , an example illustrated in  FIG. 1  includes a system on a chip design found for example in tablet or other mobile computing platforms. Software and processor(s) are combined in a single chip  110 . Processors comprise internal arithmetic units, registers, cache memory, busses, I/O ports, etc., as is well known in the art. Internal busses and the like depend on different vendors, but essentially all the peripheral devices ( 120 ) may attach to a single chip  110 . The circuitry  100  combines the processor, memory control, and I/O controller hub all into a single chip  110 . Also, systems  100  of this type do not typically use SATA or PCI or LPC. Common interfaces, for example, include SDIO and I2C. 
         [0020]    There are power management chip(s)  130 , e.g., a battery management unit, BMU, which manage power as supplied, for example, via a rechargeable battery  140 , which may be recharged by a connection to a power source (not shown). In at least one design, a single chip, such as  110 , is used to supply BIOS like functionality and DRAM memory. 
         [0021]    System  100  typically includes one or more of a WWAN transceiver  150  and a WLAN transceiver  160  for connecting to various networks, such as telecommunications networks and wireless Internet devices, e.g., access points. Additionally devices  120  are commonly included, e.g., an image sensor such as a camera. System  100  often includes a touch screen  170  for data input and display/rendering. System  100  also typically includes various memory devices, for example flash memory  180  and SDRAM  190 . 
         [0022]      FIG. 2  depicts a block diagram of another example of information handling device circuits, circuitry or components. The example depicted in  FIG. 2  may correspond to computing systems such as the THINKPAD series of personal computers sold by Lenovo (US) Inc. of Morrisville, N.C., or other devices. As is apparent from the description herein, embodiments may include other features or only some of the features of the example illustrated in  FIG. 2 . 
         [0023]    The example of  FIG. 2  includes a so-called chipset  210  (a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that work together, chipsets) with an architecture that may vary depending on manufacturer (for example, INTEL, AMD, ARM, etc.). INTEL is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries. AMD is a registered trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in the United States and other countries. ARM is an unregistered trademark of ARM Holdings plc in the United States and other countries. The architecture of the chipset  210  includes a core and memory control group  220  and an I/O controller hub  250  that exchanges information (for example, data, signals, commands, etc.) via a direct management interface (DMI)  242  or a link controller  244 . In  FIG. 2 , the DMI  242  is a chip-to-chip interface (sometimes referred to as being a link between a “northbridge” and a “southbridge”). The core and memory control group  220  include one or more processors  222  (for example, single or multi-core) and a memory controller hub  226  that exchange information via a front side bus (FSB)  224 ; noting that components of the group  220  may be integrated in a chip that supplants the conventional “northbridge” style architecture. One or more processors  222  comprise internal arithmetic units, registers, cache memory, busses, I/O ports, etc., as is well known in the art. 
         [0024]    In  FIG. 2 , the memory controller hub  226  interfaces with memory  240  (for example, to provide support for a type of RAM that may be referred to as “system memory” or “memory”). The memory controller hub  226  further includes a LVDS interface  232  for a display device  292  (for example, a CRT, a flat panel, touch screen, etc.). A block  238  includes some technologies that may be supported via the LVDS interface  232  (for example, serial digital video, HDMI/DVI, display port). The memory controller hub  226  also includes a PCI-express interface (PCI-E)  234  that may support discrete graphics  236 . 
         [0025]    In  FIG. 2 , the I/O hub controller  250  includes a SATA interface  251  (for example, for HDDs, SDDs, etc.,  280 ), a PCI-E interface  252  (for example, for wireless connections  282 ), a USB interface  253  (for example, for devices  284  such as a digitizer, keyboard, mice, cameras, phones, microphones, storage, other connected devices, etc.), a network interface  254  (for example, LAN), a GPIO interface  255 , a LPC interface  270  (for ASICs  271 , a TPM  272 , a super I/O  273 , a firmware hub  274 , BIOS support  275  as well as various types of memory  276  such as ROM  277 , Flash  278 , and NVRAM  279 ), a power management interface  261 , a clock generator interface  262 , an audio interface  263  (for example, for speakers  294 ), a TCO interface  264 , a system management bus interface  265 , and SPI Flash  266 , which can include BIOS  268  and boot code  290 . The I/O hub controller  250  may include gigabit Ethernet support. 
         [0026]    The system, upon power on, may be configured to execute boot code  290  for the BIOS  268 , as stored within the SPI Flash  266 , and thereafter processes data under the control of one or more operating systems and application software (for example, stored in system memory  240 ). An operating system may be stored in any of a variety of locations and accessed, for example, according to instructions of the BIOS  268 . As described herein, a device may include fewer or more features than shown in the system of  FIG. 2 . 
         [0027]    Information handling device circuitry, as for example outlined in  FIG. 1  or  FIG. 2 , may be included in user devices such as tablet computing devices, smart phones, and the like such as those shown in  FIGS. 3-5 . The description now turns to  FIGS. 3-5 . Where similar components are shown in multiple figures, the reference numeral for the component is increased in the hundredths figures (e.g.,  310  is the component in  FIGS. 3 and 410  is the component in  FIG. 4 ). 
         [0028]      FIG. 3A  is a front view of information handling device  300 , showing the display (or input) surface  305 .  FIG. 3B  is a back view of information handling device  300  in accordance with an embodiment of a built-in stand. In very general terms, two thin members or arms ( 310 ,  360 ) are shown together with a non-slip material or molded in stop points on the back surface ( 320 ). The members are attached with an axel in the middle ( 330 ) and the bottom arm ( 360 ) attaches with a second axel ( 340 ). The members may be formed as a unit, e.g., a single member with a score or thinning area or areas to allow articulation. The top ( 350 ) of the top (or first) arm ( 310 ) slides down along a non-slip surface or molded in stop points to a user&#39;s desired angle of view tilt. The stand is easy to open, using finger detent  370 , and is also easy to close. This embodiment allows for varying tilt angles from about 20 degrees to 80 degrees. In  FIG. 3 , the display stand is shown in the closed position. 
         [0029]    The touchstone is there is a high coefficient of friction along the top of the top arm. This friction may be induced in any suitable way. As referenced above, there may be a non-slip surface within the recess which hold the arm and upon which the arm interacts. There may also be molded in stop-point along the sides of the recess in which holds the members and upon which the top edge of the arm interacts (e.g., an axel with compressible ends that compress as the axel (and top of the arm) moves within the recess). Alternatively, the recess in which the members are contained may contain molded in stop points, together with a channel in which an axel may have uninhibited lateral motion, and when the desired viewing angle is reach, the axel is placed into a stop point. 
         [0030]    The proportional size of the two members with respect to one another is a policy determination (e.g., design choice) driven by the range of viewing angles desired. The members may be of either equal or unequal length. Preferably, bottom arm  360  is of such a length that when opened, the center of gravity of the device is such the stand is a stable viewing platform for the device (e.g., the device is so unstable that it easily falls over). It is presently preferred that the ratio of top arm to bottom arm is proportional to the size of the device to allow for stable tilt function in a maximum number of solutions. 
         [0031]      FIG. 4(A-B)  illustrates a device having an opened stand, where the device is positioned in a vertical orientation.  FIG. 4A  is a back view of the device, while FIG. B is a side view of the device. As illustrated, molded recess ( 480 ), in which the members ( 410 ,  460 ) were housed is now visible. The members ( 410 ,  460 ) are connected by axel  430 ), and the bottom arm ( 460 ) is connected to the rear cover the device by axel ( 440 ). Top ( 450 ) are arm  410  is also shown. While the term axel is used herein, this is a pivot point any suitable means of creating a pivot may be used. Given the recess  480 , any number of adjustable tilt angles may be achieved depending upon where a user places the top ( 450 ) of arm  410 . 
         [0032]      FIG. 5(A-C)  illustrates a device with an open stand, where the device is positioned in a horizontal orientation.  FIG. 5(A)  shows a front perspective view of the device;  FIG. 5(B)  shows a rear perspective view; and  FIG. 5(C)  shows a side perspective view. When the stand is open and the device is in this horizontal orientation, a smaller degree of tilt angle may be obtained (e.g., 20 degrees or thereabouts) when compared with the stand being open and the device in the vertical orientation (e.g., 80 degrees or thereabouts). 
         [0033]    As used herein, the singular “a” and “an” may be construed as including the plural “one or more” unless clearly indicated otherwise. 
         [0034]    This disclosure has been presented for purposes of illustration and description but is not intended to be exhaustive or limiting. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. The example embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain principles and practical application, and to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the disclosure for various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. 
         [0035]    Thus, although illustrative example embodiments have been described herein with reference to the accompanying figures, it is to be understood that this description is not limiting and that various other changes and modifications may be affected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure.