Flexible Display Layout Adjustment for Folded State
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Solution Overview
Problem
Flexible displays, when folded, segment content across two planes, making it inconvenient for users to watch and operate due to the included angle between the planes, disrupting the user experience.
Innovation Solution
A display method that adjusts the layout of applications on a flexible display based on its physical state, ensuring the application window remains properly displayed whether the display is folded or unfolded by determining effective display areas and adapting the window's size and location accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the flexible display is folded to improve portability and flexibility, then the device becomes more portable and durable, but the displayed content is segmented across two planes with an included angle, making it inconvenient for users to watch and operate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic display layout adjustment based on the physical state of the flexible display. The system detects whether the display is in a folded or unfolded state and automatically adjusts the application window layout accordingly. When folded, the content is rearranged to be displayed on a single visible plane, and when unfolded, it returns to the normal layout, thus maintaining user convenience across different physical states
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the display layout parameters (such as window position, size, and configuration) based on the detected physical state. By modifying these parameters dynamically, the system ensures that content remains properly displayed and accessible whether the display is folded or unfolded, resolving the contradiction between flexibility and ease of operation
2Volume of moving object
If the flexible display is folded to improve portability, then the device size is reduced, but the displayed content is segmented and requires users to adjust their viewing position and operation method
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the display layout based on the physical state detection. When the display is folded into a compact form, the application window is automatically reconfigured to display content on the visible plane in a manner that maintains viewing convenience, eliminating the need for users to adjust their position or operation method
3Device complexity
If the display layout is fixed to simplify the display system, then the system complexity is reduced, but the display cannot adapt to different physical states (folded or unfolded)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic display layout adjustment based on physical state detection. The system monitors whether the flexible display is folded or unfolded and automatically adjusts the application window layout accordingly, enabling the display to adapt to different physical states without requiring complex manual intervention
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from the physical state detection to adjust the display layout. By detecting the current physical state and using this information to modify the display configuration, the system achieves adaptability to different states while maintaining relatively simple system architecture
Data Source
AI summary
A display method for a flexible display includes receiving, by a terminal from a user, a first operation of enabling a first application on a flexible display, where the flexible display is in a first physical state, displaying, by the terminal, an application window of the first application in a first effective display area on the flexible display, detecting, by the terminal, that the flexible display is switched from the first physical state to a second physical state, and displaying, by the terminal, the application window of the first application in a second effective display area on the flexible display, where the second effective display area is different from the first effective display area.