Flexible Display Selective Object Group Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Flexible electronic devices with foldable displays face challenges in user interface management, as a large number of icons or widgets on the screen can cause visual discomfort and fail to express user personality effectively.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a flexible display that can fold and unfold, allowing selective display of main page objects based on device state or user intention, featuring a processor and memory to manage the display of hidden and revealed object groups upon user input.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a large number of icons or widgets are placed on the screen to increase functionality, then the utility value of the electronic device is improved, but the user experiences visual discomfort and the background screen fails to express user personality
Solution Approach 1:
The main page objects are segmented into multiple groups, with at least one group being hidden by default. This segmentation allows the screen to display fewer objects initially (reducing visual discomfort) while maintaining the capability to access all objects through group management features (preserving functionality).
Solution Approach 2:
Certain object groups are extracted from the main view and hidden by default. This extraction removes potentially distracting elements from the visual field, reducing visual discomfort, while the groups remain accessible through user-initiated actions such as selecting to unhide specific groups.
2Area of stationary object
If more icons or widgets are placed on the screen without adding pages, then the screen utilization is improved, but the user's ability to express personality through the background screen is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions or groups of objects on the screen are assigned different display qualities - some groups are visible by default while others are hidden. This allows the background screen to maintain a clean, personalized appearance (facilitating personality expression) while still accommodating a large total number of objects (improving screen utilization).
Solution Approach 2:
The display state of object groups is made dynamic rather than static. Objects can transition between hidden and visible states based on user selection, allowing the screen to adapt between showing fewer objects for aesthetic purposes and showing more objects for functional purposes.
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AI summary
According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a flexible display; a processor electrically connected to the flexible display; and a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions configured to, when executed, cause the processor to display a first portion of a main page including a first object group in a folded state of the flexible display, and when the flexible display is spread, to display a second portion of the main page including a second object group in which at least one object is hidden, along with the first portion of the main page, and in response to a user input for unhiding of the second object group in which at least one object is hidden, to display the second object group in a second portion of the main page. Other embodiments are possible.