Flexible Display Angle Sensing for Reflected Split-Screen Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices with flexible displays struggle to efficiently adapt screen display configurations based on varying angles and user interactions, particularly in folding and unfolding states, leading to suboptimal user experiences and potential privacy issues.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a flexible display and a hinge structure, equipped with sensors to detect angles between housings, adjusts screen display configurations and user interactions dynamically, allowing for seamless transitions between different screen orientations and reflections based on specified angles and inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the flexible display shows different screens in different portions based on device angle, then user experience and privacy are improved, but device complexity increases due to additional sensors and control logic
Solution Approach 1:
The display system dynamically adjusts screen configuration based on detected device angles. The processor receives angle information from sensors and automatically switches between different display modes (first screen in both portions, second screen in first portion only, or reflected screen in second portion), making the display adaptable to various folding states without manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback loop where sensors continuously monitor the angle between first and second portions of the flexible display, transmit this information to the processor, which then adjusts the display configuration accordingly. This closed-loop control enables automatic adaptation to changing device states.
2Ease of operation
If the device uses sensor-based angle detection to control screen display, then ease of operation is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system utilizes changes in physical parameters (angle between display portions) detected by sensors to trigger different display configurations. By monitoring angular parameter variations and establishing threshold values for different states, the system achieves automatic adaptation while accommodating normal variations in sensor precision during manufacturing.
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AI summary
An electronic device according to an embodiment may include: a first housing; a second housing; a hinge structure including a hinge configured to couple the second housing to the first housing to be rotatable with respect to the first housing; a flexible display disposed at the first housing and the second housing; memory comprising one or more storage mediums storing instructions; a sensor configured to detect an angle between the first housing and the second housing; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, operatively coupled to the flexible display, the memory, and the sensor, wherein at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, may be configured to control the electronic device to: display a first screen within a first portion among the first portion and a second portion of the flexible display based on detecting, using the sensor, an angle included within a specified range; and display, within the second portion, a second screen for reflection of the first screen by the second portion while displaying the first screen within the first portion.