Expandable Display Content Layout for Connected Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices with expandable displays face issues in efficiently arranging and displaying content from both the main display area and expandable areas when connected to other devices, often resulting in incomplete coverage or unnecessary black spaces.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a main display area and at least one expandable display area, controlled by a processor to determine optimal areas for displaying content from both the main and expandable areas based on information received from an external device, allowing seamless expansion and arrangement of content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the display is expanded to output both device content and shared content, then the coverage of content is improved, but the arrangement of content becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into multiple regions: a first area for device content and a second area for shared content. This segmentation allows independent management and arrangement of different content types, resolving the complexity of arranging multiple content sources on an expanded display.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the expandable display's additional spatial dimension to accommodate both device content and shared content simultaneously. By expanding the display physically, it creates sufficient area to display multiple content types without overlapping or requiring complex layering strategies.
2Productivity
If the display is expanded to show more content, then the content output capability is improved, but the display structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The display structure is made dynamic through an expandable mechanism that can transition between a first state (retracted) and a second state (extended). This dynamic structure allows the display to adapt its size based on content output requirements, enabling higher productivity when needed while maintaining a compact form when the expandable portion is retracted.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the expandable display area is exposed to output shared content, then the content sharing capability is improved, but the risk of incomplete content coverage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary determination of content arrangement before displaying. The processor determines the first area and second area based on information received from the external device, ensuring that both device content and shared content are properly accommodated and preventing incomplete content coverage before the display is actually expanded.
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AI summary
An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: a housing, a display including a main display area and at least one expandable display area, the at least one expandable display area is hidden in the housing in a slide-in state and exposed to outside in a slide-out state and the main display area is exposed to outside in the slide-in state and the slide-out state, a communication module including communication circuitry, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the communication module, wherein the processor is configured to: control the display to display first content on the main display area in the slide-in state in which the at least one expandable display area is hidden in the housing, establish a connection with an external device through the communication module, determine a first area to display the first content and a second area to display second content based on information received from the external device through the communication module in the slide-out state in which the at least one expandable display area is exposed to outside, and control the display to display the first content on the determined first area and display the second content on the determined second area based on the at least one expandable display area being exposed to outside.