Deformation Control for Flexible Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large-sized user equipment (UE) devices make it inconvenient for users to focus on and switch between distant regions, exacerbating the challenge with improved tensile properties of flexible displays.
Innovation Solution
A deformation control method and apparatus that generates trigger information based on user focus behavior to deform the device into a target shape where the distance between associated regions is less than a threshold, facilitating user interaction by adjusting the device's shape dynamically.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the size of user equipment is increased to provide larger screen display, then the visual enjoyment is improved, but the convenience of operation deteriorates due to larger distance between regions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the flexible display device capable of changing its shape dynamically. The device can deform from a flat state to a three-dimensional state, allowing the distance between different display regions to be adjusted based on user needs. This dynamic shape change enables the screen to adapt between providing large display area and maintaining short interaction distances.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dimensionality change by transitioning the display from a two-dimensional flat surface to a three-dimensional curved or folded structure. By utilizing the third dimension (depth/folding), the device can bring distant regions closer together in space while maintaining a large overall display area, thus resolving the contradiction between screen size and operational convenience.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the tensile property of flexible display device is improved to enhance flexibility, then the deformability is enhanced, but the operation inconvenience is exacerbated due to larger distance between regions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by enabling the flexible display to change its configuration dynamically. The improved tensile property allows the device to be deformed into various shapes, and the system can switch between different shapes (flat, curved, folded) to optimize both flexibility and operational convenience for different use scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by modifying the physical shape parameters of the flexible display. By changing the curvature, folding angle, or three-dimensional configuration, the device can adjust the spatial distance between regions while maintaining its flexible nature, thus resolving the contradiction between flexibility and ease of operation.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present application disclose a deformation control method, a deformation control apparatus, and a user equipment (UE). The method comprises: generating trigger information according to a focus behavior of a user on at least one associated region in multiple associated regions on a deformation controllable device, where the multiple associated regions are multiple regions on which the user synchronously focuses or will synchronously focus; and controlling, in response to the trigger information, the deformation controllable device to be deformed to a target shape that meets at least one shape restriction condition, where the at least one shape restriction condition comprises: a distance between any two associated regions in the multiple associated regions is less than a distance threshold. The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application make it more convenient for a user to focus on multiple associated regions on which the user synchronously focuses, and facilitate use of the deformation controllable device by the user.