US 11,899,851 B2
Information processing apparatus and control method
Yoshinori Ito, Kanagawa (JP); Masaru Nishiyama, Kanagawa (JP); and Yuichi Sone, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Yoshinori Ito, Kanagawa (JP); Masaru Nishiyama, Kanagawa (JP); and Yuichi Sone, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/300,399.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-092131 (JP), filed on Jun. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0400932 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/023 (2013.01) [G09G 3/035 (2020.08); G09G 2320/0613 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0686 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a display;
a memory that temporarily stores display data to be displayed on the display; and
a processor that performs control when the display data stored in the memory is displayed on the display, wherein
the processor performs
a placement detection process of detecting placement of an external keyboard on a predetermined screen region in a screen region of the display,
a communication control process of performing a communicative connection with the keyboard, and
a display mode control process of controlling switching between a first display mode and a second display mode on the basis of the placement detection process and the communication control process, the first display mode being a display mode in which the entire screen region of the display is controlled to be displayed as a display region, and the second display mode being a display mode in which a partial screen region of the display excluding the predetermined screen region in the screen region of the display is controlled to be displayed as a display region;
wherein in the display mode control process, the processor controls switching to the second display mode in a case where the placement of the keyboard on the predetermined screen region is detected on condition that the communicative connection with the keyboard is established, and controls Switching to the first display mode instead of switching to the second display mode when the communicative connection with the keyboard is not established even in a case where the placement of the keyboard on the predetermined screen region is detected.