US 12,093,469 B2
Information processing apparatus and control method
Yoshinori Ito, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/349,502.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-126527 (JP), filed on Aug. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0045510 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0202 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1669 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
one foldable display;
a memory that temporarily stores a program of a system; and
a processor that performs control based on the system by executing the program of the system stored in the memory, wherein
the processor performs
an operation state control process of switching an operation state of the system between a first operation state and a second operation state in which some or all of processes executed by the system are restricted more than in the first operation state,
a placement determination process of determining whether an external keyboard to be placed on a predetermined screen region of a screen region of the display is placed,
a first control process of providing a first display mode in which an entire screen region of the display is controlled to be displayed as a display region, and a second display mode in which a part of the screen region of the display excluding the predetermined screen region is controlled to be displayed as a display region, and, in the first operation state, controlling a display mode to be the first display mode in a case of a non-placed state in which the keyboard is not placed and controlling a display mode to be the second display mode in a case of a placed state in which the keyboard is placed, and
a second control process of, when a state is switched from the first operation state to the second operation state, selecting and controlling a display mode when a next state is switched from the second operation state to the first operation state from among the first display mode, the second display mode, and a previous display mode out of the first display mode and the second display mode.