Run-time image display on a device

Abstract

An embodiment for a computing device is described herein. The computing device may include a word database enhancer, a recommendation engine, a keyboard monitor, a ranking and display manager, and a keyboard. The keyboard may be a configurable physical keyboard device that includes an embedded display, where the embedded display is a runtime configurable display. The keyboard may display configurable images in the form of auto-text completion text or a decrypted password. The keyboard may also include a microcontroller, a touch sensor, and a keyboard filter driver.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computing device, comprising:
 a word database enhancer;   a recommendation engine;   a keyboard monitor;   a ranking and display manager; and   a keyboard, comprising:
 an embedded display, wherein the embedded display is a runtime configurable display. 
 a microcontroller; 
 a touch sensor; and 
 a keyboard filter driver. 
   
     
     
         2 . The computing device of  claim 1 , comprising a database to supply words to the recommendation engine. 
     
     
         3 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the recommendation engine is to interpret runtime text input and to recommend words to an auto-complete recommendation service. 
     
     
         4 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the ranking and display manager is to receive words from the recommendation engine and to identify word options to display on the embedded display of the keyboard. 
     
     
         5 . The computing device of  claim 3 , wherein the embedded display is an active matrix display to display the runtime text input. 
     
     
         6 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the embedded display is to display autocomplete text recommendations. 
     
     
         7 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the microcontroller comprises at least one keyboard microcontroller, at least one universal serial bus-human interface device (USB-HID) microcontroller, at least one display controller and at least one touch controller. 
     
     
         8 . A method for displaying a runtime configurable display, comprising:
 inputting context information;   detecting the context information using a scan matrix;   generating a code layer based on the context information;   determining the context information corresponds to an event;   notifying a layout change transmitter of the event; and   displaying the context information on the runtime configurable display.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , comprising sending the context information to a keyboard module. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the event comprises a change of the keyboard module. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , comprising changing an active scan code map. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the active scan code map is changed when the context information corresponds to the event. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the change of the active scan code map comprises decoupling a visual code layer and the scan code layer. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the runtime configurable display is located on a configurable keyboard. 
     
     
         15 . A tangible, non-transitory, computer readable storage medium comprising code to direct a processor to:
 input context information;   detect the context information using a scan matrix;   generate a scan code layer based on the content information;   determine the context information corresponds to an event;   notify a layout change transmitter of the event; and   display the context information on the runtime configurable display.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory, computer readable storage medium of  claim 15 ,
 comprising code to direct the processor to:
 send the context information to a keyboard module. 
   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory, computer readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the event comprises a change of the keyboard module. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory, computer readable storage medium of  claim 15 ,
 comprising code to direct the processor to:
 change an active scan code map. 
   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory, computer readable storage medium of  claim 18 , wherein the change of the active scan code map comprises decoupling a visual code layer and the scan code layer. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory, computer readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the runtime configurable display is located on a configurable keyboard.