Flexible Display Adaptive Content Viewing Area Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Flexible displays that can be deflected or folded lack functionality to adaptively change their output, limiting user convenience and content utilization.
Innovation Solution
A terminal with a flexible display that includes a sensor unit to detect deflection or folding and a controller to determine and output a specific content viewing area, allowing users to easily manipulate and continuously view content by resizing and reorienting the display area based on user input.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the flexible display is deflected or folded to enhance portability, then the terminal becomes easier to carry and store, but the display area is reduced and content viewing is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the display content adaptive to the physical state of the flexible display. The controller dynamically adjusts the displayed content based on sensor detection of deflection or folding states, allowing the display area and content presentation to change according to the display's current configuration, thus resolving the contradiction between portability and display area utilization
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of display content configuration based on the physical state of the flexible display. When the display is detected to be deflected or folded, the controller modifies display parameters such as the active display area, content scaling, and orientation to optimize content viewing within the available display space, thereby maintaining effective display area despite physical folding
2Ease of operation
If the flexible display is deflected or folded to maximize portability, then the terminal is easier to preserve and manage, but the display loses adaptive functionality to change output
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by using a sensor to detect the physical state of the flexible display (deflection or folding) and feeding this information back to the controller. The controller then adjusts the display output accordingly, enabling adaptive functionality that responds to the display's physical configuration, thus maintaining adaptability even when folded for portability
Solution Approach 2:
The display system performs self-service by automatically detecting its own physical state through integrated sensors and autonomously adjusting its output configuration without requiring external intervention. This enables the flexible display to maintain adaptive functionality independently, resolving the contradiction between portability and adaptability
3Area of stationary object
If the display size is increased to enhance content utilization, then more content can be viewed, but the terminal becomes less portable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by enabling the display to transition between different effective sizes and configurations. When fully extended, the flexible display provides maximum display area for enhanced content utilization. When folded or deflected, it reduces to a more portable form factor, allowing the same display to serve both large-screen and portable needs dynamically
Data Source
AI summary
A terminal supporting control of an output of a screen of a flexible display is provided. The terminal includes a flexible display configured such that at least a portion of the flexible display is deflected or folded, a sensor unit for collecting a sensor signal for detecting a location where the flexible display is deflected or folded, and a controller for controlling to determine a specific area of a functional screen or at least one functional screen from among a plurality of functional screens which are output before the flexible display is deflected or folded as a content viewing area when an input event is received, and for outputting the determined content viewing area in a specific display area of the folded flexible display.