Flexible Display Extending Movable Housing for Status Information
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices with rigid displays struggle to intuitively convey status information, such as battery charging status, as they require activation and checking on the device or external displays, lacking innovative methods for transformative displays.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a movable housing and flexible display that changes shape based on events, such as battery charging, by inserting or extending the display into/out of the housing, allowing intuitive status information display and control of accessory devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a rigid display is used in conventional electronic devices, then the device structure is simple and stable, but the device cannot intuitively convey status information and lacks transformative capability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a movable housing structure where the second housing can slide relative to the first housing, transforming the device from a static to a dynamic structure. This allows the flexible display to extend or retract based on status information, making the device shape itself convey information intuitively without requiring complex additional display components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a flexible display that can be inserted into or drawn out from the housing. This flexible display component enables the device to change its external shape and provide status information through physical transformation rather than relying on traditional fixed display screens, resolving the contradiction between information visibility and structural simplicity.
2Ease of operation
If status information is displayed on the device screen, then the information is visible, but the device must be activated and the user must check the display, reducing intuitiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The device automatically changes its shape to convey status information without requiring user activation or interaction. The movable housing automatically extends or retracts based on the status state, making the status information immediately visible and accessible, thus eliminating the need for users to wake the device or navigate to check status.
Solution Approach 2:
While not directly applying color changes, the patent uses shape changes as a visual cue system. The extended or retracted state of the flexible display serves as a physical indicator of device status, similar to how color changes indicate status, providing immediate intuitive recognition without requiring device activation.
3Loss of information
If the flexible display is extended to show status information, then status information is intuitively visible, but the device structure becomes more complex with movable components
Solution Approach 1:
The movable housing structure serves multiple functions: it protects the flexible display when retracted, provides a mechanism for extending the display to convey status information, and can potentially control accessory devices. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, balancing the added complexity with increased versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible display is nested within the housing when not in use, and can be extended when needed. This nesting approach allows the display to be protected and compact when not conveying information, while still providing full functionality when extended, effectively managing the complexity-information visibility trade-off.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device identifies an occurrence of an event related to the electronic device, identifies whether a state of the electronic device is a first state based on the identified occurrence of the event, when the state of the electronic device is the first state, controls the driving module so that the flexible display moves in the second direction, and displays information related to the occurring event on the flexible display extended according to control of the driving module.