US 12,189,436 B2
Methods and apparatus to operate closed-lid portable computers
Barnes Cooper, Hillsboro, OR (US); Aleksander Magi, Portland, OR (US); Arvind Kumar, Beaverton, OR (US); Giuseppe Raffa, Portland, OR (US); Wendy March, Portland, OR (US); Marko Bartscherer, Chula Vista, CA (US); Irina Lazutkina, Hillsboro, OR (US); Duck Young Kong, Beaverton, OR (US); Meng Shi, Hillsboro, OR (US); Vivek Paranjape, Hillsboro, OR (US); Vinod Gomathi Nayagam, San Jose, CA (US); and Glen J. Anderson, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/525,248.
Application 18/525,248 is a continuation of application No. 18/160,419, filed on Jan. 27, 2023, granted, now 11,874,710.
Application 18/160,419 is a continuation of application No. 17/856,587, filed on Jul. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,782,488, issued on Oct. 10, 2023.
Application 17/856,587 is a continuation of application No. 16/421,217, filed on May 23, 2019, granted, now 11,379,016, issued on Jul. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0111341 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 1/1686 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1618 (2013.01); G06F 1/165 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 1/1692 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); G06F 2221/2149 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
interface circuitry;
instructions;
programmable circuitry to operate based on the instructions to:
analyze a voice command captured by a microphone on a portable electronic device, the electronic device foldable between a closed position and an open position, the voice command spoken by a person within audible range of the microphone when the electronic device is in the closed position, the electronic device including a primary display that is concealed when the electronic device is in the closed position; and
render content via a secondary display of the electronic device in response to the analysis of the voice command, the content to be rendered on the secondary display while the electronic device is in the closed position and the primary display is turned off.