Flexible Display Region Division for Dynamic Information Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile terminals with flexible displays lack effective methods to dynamically manage and display information based on the flexible display unit's bent or curved state, limiting user interface flexibility and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal controller that divides the flexible display unit into regions based on flexure, allowing for the display of different screen information on each region, with the ability to change content and visual appearance based on user input and flexure attributes, including three-dimensional depth values and item movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the flexible display unit is divided into multiple regions based on flexure, then information display efficiency and user interface flexibility are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible display unit is divided into multiple display regions based on the detected flexure state. When the display is bent, different regions can display different types of information simultaneously, allowing efficient utilization of the display area while maintaining manageable complexity through region-based control
Solution Approach 2:
The display region division and information assignment are dynamically adjusted based on the real-time flexure state of the flexible display unit. The controller detects flexure and automatically reconfigures the display layout, providing adaptive information display without requiring manual intervention
2Ease of operation
If screen information is dynamically changed based on user touch input, then user interaction efficiency is improved, but response time and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
When the flexible display unit is bent, the system pre-arranges multiple candidate information items in the second display region based on the current screen content. This preliminary organization allows for rapid response to user touch input, as the candidate items are already prepared and can be quickly displayed without extensive processing delay
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AI summary
A mobile terminal including a flexible display unit and a related control method are provided. The mobile terminal may include a flexible display unit configured to display first screen information that is flexible in response to an external physical force, a sensing unit configured to sense flexure of the flexible display unit and a controller configured to control the flexible display unit to output second screen information containing information associated with the first screen information on one region of the flexible display unit in response to the flexure.