Flexible Display Call Management via Sensor Fusion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices with flexible displays lack adaptive call management capabilities based on device state and display folding angles, leading to suboptimal call experiences.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with a flexible display, communication circuit, sensors, and a processor that adjusts call settings such as call scheme, volume, sound output location, and microphone sensitivity based on the device's state and folding angle, using sensors like acceleration, gyro, and bending sensors to recognize and respond to user interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device uses fixed call settings, then the device structure remains simple, but the call experience becomes suboptimal across different device states
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic call settings that automatically adjust based on real-time detection of device state (folded/unfolded) and folding angle. The processor continuously monitors sensor data and modifies call parameters including volume, microphone sensitivity, and sound output location, transforming a static system into an adaptive one that responds to changing conditions without requiring complex manual configuration
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic device autonomously manages call settings by self-detecting its own state through integrated sensors (acceleration, gyro, bending sensors) and automatically adjusting parameters without user intervention. The system serves itself by using its own physical state information to optimize call performance, eliminating the need for external configuration or complex user decisions about appropriate settings
2Measurement precision
If the electronic device uses multiple sensors to detect device state, then the measurement precision improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple sensor types (acceleration sensor, gyro sensor, bending sensor) into an integrated device state detection system. Rather than treating each sensor separately, the processor merges their outputs to comprehensively determine device state and folding angle, achieving high measurement precision through sensor fusion while managing complexity through unified processing logic
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor system serves multiple functions: detecting device state (folded/unfolded), measuring folding angle, and providing data for call setting adjustments. By making the sensor system multi-functional, the patent achieves high measurement precision across different parameters without proportionally increasing complexity, as the same sensors support multiple detection goals
3Ease of operation
If the electronic device adjusts call settings dynamically, then the user experience improves, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor adjusts call settings periodically based on changes in device state rather than continuously monitoring and adjusting all parameters. The system triggers setting changes only when sensor data indicates a meaningful state transition (e.g., folding from unfolded to folded state), providing convenient adaptive call management while minimizing energy consumption by avoiding unnecessary continuous adjustments
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances call management by dynamically adapting settings to the device's state and folding angle, improving user experience through optimized audio and video call performance.
Implementation Method 1
recognize a folded state of the flexible display by using the at least one sensor... The folded state of the flexible display may include a folding angle of the flexible display
Implementation Method 2
recognize the state of the electronic device using the at least one sensor... The at least one sensor may include at least one of an acceleration sensor
Implementation Method 3
The at least one sensor may include at least one of an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device includes a flexible display, a communication circuit, at least one sensor, a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to receive a call from an external electronic device through the communication circuit, connect the call to the external electronic device based on a state of the electronic device, recognize a folded state of the flexible display by using the at least one sensor while the call is connected, and change a setting associated with the call based on the recognized folded state of the flexible display.