Windows 10: Microsoft patent details foldable device’s orientation features

Microsoft is continuing its development of a folding device and more hints have been dropped in a new patent application uncovered by us. A new patent from Microsoft has revealed how a foldable phone can use a hardware-based orientation-specific actuator to control its functionality.

Spotted by us, the patent titled ‘ORIENTATION SPECIFIC CONTROL’ was filed by Microsoft in 2018 and published by USPTO on July 18, 2019. The patent is entirely about orientation-specific control of the foldable mobile device.

Microsoft says the patented device includes an orientation-specific actuator that would control the device’s functionality. This technology provides a first functionality related to a first orientation of the computing device in response to the engagement of the orientation-specific actuator. Similarly, the device also provides second functionality when the orientation-specific actuator is engaged in an activity.

The present concepts relate to orientation specific control of a device. In some implementations, different functionality for controlling the device can be accessible depending on an orientation of the device, such as a closed or an opened orientation. An example device can be a foldable computing device,” Microsoft noted in the patent document.


Image Courtesy: USPTO / Microsoft

“Engaging an orientation specific actuator (e.g., a button) of the device while the device is in a closed orientation (e.g., folded together) can effect a first range of functionality. However, when an orientation of the device changes, the functionality accessible via the same orientation specific actuator can also change. For example, when the device is in an opened orientation, engaging the same orientation specific actuator can effect a second, different range of functionality. As such, orientation specific control concepts can provide increased flexibility for components of a device and/or simplify the user experience,” the patent reads.

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Hi Pave,

The recent Windows update can change your system settings and could've affected the screen orientation of your device. To enable this feature, we suggest that you update your display drivers by following these steps:

• Type in Device Manager on the search box.
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