Flexible Display Screen Operation with Visual Page Differentiation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices with flexible displays face challenges in intuitively managing screen operations when the display is expanded, as users struggle to distinguish between icons on different pages during the sliding motion, leading to a suboptimal user interface experience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a flexible display that includes a processor to control screen operations based on the display's expansion state, allowing for intuitive page switching and icon differentiation by displaying at least some icons from one page on an expanded area, using user interfaces such as shading, highlighting, or border lines to distinguish between pages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the flexible display is slid out to expand the screen size, then the display area is increased, but it becomes difficult for users to distinguish between icons on different pages
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies visual differentiation techniques including shading, highlighting, and border lines to distinguish icons on different pages. Specifically, icons on the current page are displayed with normal appearance while icons on other pages are differentiated through visual effects such as reduced opacity, border additions, or color changes, enabling users to easily identify which icons belong to which page even when multiple pages are simultaneously visible during screen expansion
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the display area into multiple page regions when the flexible display is expanded. By dividing the enlarged display into distinct page zones and applying visual separators or differentiation markers, the system maintains clear organization of icons across multiple pages while utilizing the expanded screen real estate
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple pages of icons are displayed simultaneously during screen expansion, then navigation options are increased, but user interface clarity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses visual differentiation techniques including shading, highlighting, and border lines to distinguish icons on different pages. Specifically, icons on the current page are displayed with normal appearance while icons on other pages are differentiated through visual effects such as reduced opacity, border additions, or color changes, enabling users to easily identify which icons belong to which page even when multiple pages are simultaneously visible during screen expansion
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces visual intermediary elements such as border lines, shading regions, or highlighting effects that act as mediators between different page contents. These visual intermediaries clearly demarcate page boundaries and relationships, preventing confusion while allowing multiple pages to be displayed simultaneously in the expanded screen configuration
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device may include: a housing; a flexible display which can be slid out from an inner space of the housing; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: control a first screen operation on the flexible display having a first size; determine whether the flexible display is slid out; control a second screen operation on the flexible display having a second size when the flexible display is slid out; and control the second screen operation such that a first page displayed during the first screen operation and at least some of icons included on a second page are displayed, and a user interface is displayed to allow the at least some of icons included on the second page to be distinguished from the first page.