Flexible Display Screen Region Segmentation for Simultaneous Preview and Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of electronic devices with imaging functions face inconvenience as they cannot instantly view captured images while the imaging function is active, requiring a separate application to check images, which involves switching screens.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a flexible display, image sensor, and processor that displays preview images and captured images together on the same screen, with the screen divided into regions for improved user interaction, including control menus based on the captured image properties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If preview images are provided through the entire screen, then the imaging function can be activated, but the user cannot instantly check captured images and must switch to a separate application
Solution Approach 1:
The screen is divided into multiple regions: a first region displays the preview image for ongoing imaging, while a second region displays captured images. This segmentation allows users to view both preview and captured images simultaneously without switching applications, resolving the contradiction between maintaining imaging function and enabling instant review.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the preview image display and captured image review functions into a single screen interface. By combining these previously separate functions, users can access captured images instantly during the imaging process without needing to switch to a separate application, thereby eliminating time loss.
2Ease of operation
If the screen is divided into multiple regions to show both preview and captured images, then user convenience is improved, but the display area for each image is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic region adjustment where the first and second regions can be resized or repositioned based on user preferences or imaging modes. This dynamic flexibility allows the system to optimize display area allocation while maintaining the ability to show both preview and captured images simultaneously, balancing ease of operation with adequate display area.
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AI summary
An electronic device and a method for controlling a screen thereof is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display, an image sensor, at least one processor, and a memory, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to display a first preview image on the flexible display in response to activation of the image sensor, divide the flexible display into at least two regions in response to detecting a designated first event, display a second preview image in a first region among the divided regions, and display at least one captured image in a second region among the divided regions, wherein the second region may include at least one first control menu varying based on a property of the at least one captured image.