Dynamic Display Area Utilization for Foldable Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic apparatuses often face complexity in interaction, leading to errors, confusion, and delays, which can result in missed opportunities or avoidance of capabilities due to the complexity of interaction.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that determine its physical configuration and allow a program to utilize additional display areas based on user input, automatically transitioning to a greater display configuration without additional user input once configured, using mechanical actuators and sensors to align displays for enhanced usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the apparatus utilizes additional display areas when configured in greater display physical configuration, then the productivity and efficiency of task completion is improved, but the device complexity increases due to the need for configuration detection and automatic program adjustment mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The display system dynamically adjusts the program's display area utilization based on the apparatus's physical configuration. When the apparatus transitions from a first physical configuration to a second physical configuration, the system automatically detects the change and modifies which display areas are active for the program, enabling efficient use of available display space without requiring manual user reconfiguration
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting its own physical configuration state and autonomously adjusting program display parameters. The apparatus monitors its own configuration changes and triggers appropriate display area reassignment without external user input, making the system self-adapting to its physical state
2Ease of operation
If the apparatus automatically transitions to greater display configuration without additional user input, then the ease of operation is improved, but the extent of automation increases requiring sophisticated sensing and control systems
Solution Approach 1:
The system monitors its own physical configuration state through integrated sensors and automatically triggers display reconfiguration when changes are detected. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for user awareness or input regarding configuration changes, as the system autonomously adapts its display presentation based on its own state
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where sensors continuously monitor the apparatus's physical configuration and feed this information back to the control system. When configuration changes are detected, the feedback triggers automatic adjustment of display area utilization, creating a closed-loop system that continuously adapts to physical state changes
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AI summary
A method comprising determining that an apparatus is in a partial display physical configuration, receiving an indication of an input that identifies a program to operate in a greater display physical configuration, determining that the apparatus has become configured in the greater display physical configuration, and causing the program to utilize at least part of a display area and at least part of another display area is disclosed.