Expandable Flexible Display UI Adaptation to User Grip State
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Solution Overview
Problem
Flexible electronic devices provide limited user experiences when expanding the display area without considering the user's grip state or environment, leading to interference with the content being viewed.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a flexible display that identifies the user's grip state and adjusts the display area accordingly, separating a second screen from the first screen based on the grip position and direction to provide a multi-window function and display event-related information without obstructing the primary content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of moving object
If the display area is expanded without considering grip state, then the screen size increases, but the user experience becomes limited and content viewing is obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the display area configurable and changeable based on user grip state. The system dynamically adjusts whether to expand the display area or maintain it at original size depending on detected grip conditions, allowing the display to adapt its state rather than being fixed in one configuration
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of display area size based on grip state detection. When the grip state matches predetermined conditions, the display area is expanded; otherwise, it maintains its original size. This parameter change resolves the contradiction by making the display area adaptive to user context
2Loss of information
If event information is superimposed on content, then event information is provided, but it acts as an obstacle to content viewing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts event information from the content display area and presents it in a separate notification area. Instead of superimposing event information over the content, the system separates them spatially, allowing event information to be displayed without obstructing the content viewing area
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the display into distinct functional areas: a content display area for primary content and a notification area for event information. This segmentation allows both types of information to be displayed simultaneously without interference, resolving the contradiction between providing event information and maintaining content visibility
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device may include a housing, a display configured to be received inside the housing, at least one processor operatively connected to the display, and a memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor, if the display is detected to be expanded from the housing while providing a first screen, to identify a user's grip state, to determine a first area in which the first screen is displayed when the display is expanded based on the identified grip state, to identify whether or not the determined first area corresponds to a drawing-out direction of the display, and if the first area corresponds to the drawing-out direction of the display, to display a second screen, which is separated from the first screen, on a display area drawn out of the housing. In addition, various embodiments recognized through this document are possible.