US 11,838,433 B1
Electronic devices with translating flexible displays and corresponding methods for automatic transition to peek position
Amit Kumar Agrawal, Bangalore (IN); Daniel P Groebe, Lake Zurich, IL (US); Marcello Zuffo, Chicago, IL (US); and Jeffrey T Snow, Barrington, IL (US)
Assigned to Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/088,705.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/419,994, filed on Oct. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/416,925, filed on Oct. 17, 2022.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0235 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a device housing;
a front-facing imager;
one or more sensors;
a blade assembly carrying a blade and slidably coupled to the device housing and operable to slidably transition between:
an extended position where the blade extends beyond an edge of the device housing;
a retracted position where a major surface of the blade abuts a major surface of the device housing; and
a peek position in which the blade reveals the front-facing imager; and
one or more processors;
wherein the one or more processors cause the blade assembly to transition to the peek position in response to a document scanning application operating on the one or more processors invoking an image capture operation and the one or more sensors determining the front-facing imager is oriented toward a document.