Flexible Display Content Replication Through Fold-Shape Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices with flexible displays struggle to efficiently replicate and adapt screen content based on the shape and posture of the device, limiting user interaction and experience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with sensors to detect the posture and shape of a foldable housing, allowing it to display a visual object on a cover display to select and replicate screen portions based on user input, enabling seamless content replication across multiple display surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the flexible display is folded or unfolded by external force, then the shape of the electronic device changes, but the screen content cannot be adaptively replicated on different display surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically detects the posture of the flexible display through sensors and automatically replicates screen content to appropriate display surfaces based on the detected shape. The display system transitions from static to dynamic operation, adapting content distribution in real-time according to whether the display is folded or unfolded, thereby resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Sensors detect the actual shape and posture of the flexible display, providing feedback to the processing system. This feedback loop enables the system to automatically determine which display surfaces should show content and replicate it accordingly, achieving adaptive screen replication without requiring complex manual configuration.
2Ease of operation
If the electronic device changes content based on flexible display shape, then user experience improves, but the system requires complex sensor integration and processing
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting its own shape through integrated sensors and autonomously determining content distribution without requiring user intervention. The processing system independently manages the complexity of sensor data interpretation and content replication, presenting a simplified user interface while handling the underlying complexity automatically.
3Productivity
If multiple display surfaces are used to show content, then content replication and user interaction efficiency improve, but the system complexity and coordination requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into multiple independent display surfaces (front display, rear display, flexible display) that can operate autonomously. Each display surface can independently render content based on the overall system state, reducing the coordination complexity while enabling efficient multi-surface content distribution. The segmentation allows parallel processing of display tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system achieves multi-functionality where the same content can be displayed across different surfaces depending on the device posture. The processing system universally handles content distribution to any available display surface, whether folded or unfolded, thereby improving productivity without requiring separate specialized systems for each display configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device displays, in an unfolded state of the electronic device, a screen on a flexible display, based on data detected by one or more sensors. The unfolded state is distinguished by an angle between a first side and a second side of a foldable housing in which the flexible display is disposed. A visual object is displayed for selecting at least a portion of the screen to be displayed on a cover display, in a sub-folded state of the electronic device that is switched from the unfolded state, based on the data. An input selecting at least a portion of the screen is received based on the visual object. In the sub-folded state, within the cover display, the at least a portion of the screen selected by the input is displayed, in response to an input identified based on the received input.