US 11,836,013 B2
Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting opening force
Han Li, Sammamish, WA (US); Masaaki Fukumoto, Beijing (CN); Nathan Michael Thome, Kirkland, WA (US); James David Holbery, Redmond, WA (US); and Paul Christopher Kos, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Appl. No. 17/761,906
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/051612
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/055834, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2023857 (NL), filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0374052 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1677 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1679 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling opening resistance in an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a first portion and a second portion that is movable relative to the first portion around a hinge, the method comprising:
at the electronic device:
maintaining the electronic device in a closed state via a resistive force, wherein the resistive force is applied by at least one of: the hinge of the electronic device, and magnets of the electronic device;
detecting, via a sensor on an underside of the electronic device, a force applied to the first portion of the electronic device;
determining that the force corresponds to a force that a user may apply to initiate opening of the electronic device; and
in accordance with the determination, reducing the resistive force to assist the user in opening the electronic device.