METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUALIZED SENSORS IN A MULTI-SENSOR ENVIRONMENT

摘要

An information handling system (IHS) performs event monitoring to enable an application to maintain proper presentation of an application interface that is moved from a first display to a second display. A sensor manager allocates to the application executing on the IHS a first set of sensors that is associated with the first display upon which the application interface is presented. The sensor manager activates event monitoring associated with orientation of the first display using the first set of the identified sensors. The sensor manager enables the application to properly present the application interface on the first display using information from event monitoring. In response to detecting that the application interface is moved from the first display to the second display, the sensor manager dynamically allocates to the application a second set of sensors which is activated to perform event monitoring associated with orientation of the second display.

主权项

1. An information handling system (IHS) comprising:
multiple displays; at least one sensor; and a sensor switching sub-system having:
a window manager;a sensor manager communicatively coupled to said window manager and to said OS and which:maps each of the at least one sensor within the IHS to a particular one or more of the multiple displays;receives a request for event monitoring associated with an orientation of a first display upon which is presented an application interface of an executing application;allocates to the application a first set of the identified sensors for performing event monitoring, which sensors are associated with the first display;activates event monitoring associated with an orientation of the first display using the first set of the identified sensors;enables the application to properly present, to a user, the application interface on the first display using information from event monitoring;detects when presentation of the application interface of the executing application switches from the first display to a second display of the multiple displays; andin response to detecting that presentation of the application interface switches from the first display to the second display: dynamically allocates to the application a second set of the identified sensors to perform event monitoring associated with the second display; and activates event monitoring associated with an orientation of the second display using the second set of the identified sensors to enable the application to maintain a proper presentation of the application interface on the second display.