US 12,346,173 B2
Camera and flashlight operation in hinged device
Scott D. Schenone, Seattle, WA (US); Otso Joona Casimir Tuomi, Seattle, WA (US); Eduardo Sonnino, Seattle, WA (US); Spencer Lee Davis, Columbus, OH (US); Sergio Eduardo Rodriguez Virgen, Bothell, WA (US); TJ Rhoades, Seattle, WA (US); Sean Shiang-Ning Whelan, Seattle, WA (US); Tyler White, Seattle, WA (US); Peter Eugene Hammerquist, Shoreline, WA (US); and Panos Costa Panay, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/157,417.
Application 18/157,417 is a continuation of application No. 16/719,740, filed on Dec. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,561,587.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/909,199, filed on Oct. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0152863 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/70 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/70 (2023.01); H04M 1/0214 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device, comprising:
a first portion comprising a first display;
a second portion comprising a second display and a light source, the second portion connected to the first portion via a hinge;
a hinge angle sensing mechanism comprising one or more sensors;
a logic device; and
a storage device holding instructions executable by the logic device to execute a flashlight application and to:
receive sensor data from the one or more sensors;
receive, at the first display or the second display, a user input to activate the flashlight application;
based at least in part on the sensor data received from the one or more sensors and screen interaction information indicating which of the first display or the second display is used to activate the flashlight application, determine a pose of the computing device;
control the light source to emit light at a relatively lower brightness when the pose of the computing device is indicative of the light source being user-facing; and
control the light source to emit light at a relatively higher brightness when the pose of the computing device is indicative of the light source being world-facing.