Screen Sharing with Resizable Flexible Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices struggle to enhance the usability of external devices with resizable displays, particularly in sharing screen content effectively.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device is designed to connect with external devices featuring flexible displays, allowing for resizing of the display exposure area by performing a connection, displaying objects corresponding to application execution screens, identifying user inputs, displaying indicators for resizing the flexible display, and controlling the display based on user selections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display exposure area of an external electronic device is made resizable to enhance adaptability, then the adaptability improves, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to user confusion about display capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically detecting the capability status of the external device's display (whether it can be resized) before the user attempts to use it. The processor determines in advance whether the external device includes a flexible display that can change its display exposure area, and prepares the appropriate interface accordingly. This eliminates the need for users to manually configure or understand complex display resizing options, thereby maintaining ease of operation while supporting adaptable display capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by providing visual indicators that clearly communicate the current state and capabilities of the external display to the user. When an object is being displayed on the external device, the system shows indicators that reveal whether the display area can be resized, giving users immediate feedback about available options without requiring them to explore or guess the display's capabilities. This transparent feedback mechanism resolves the contradiction by making adaptable features obvious and easy to operate.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides detailed indicators and options for resizing flexible displays, then the adaptability improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies the extraction principle by separating the complexity of display capability detection and management from the user interface. The processor extracts and handles the complex logic of determining whether an external device has a resizable flexible display, managing the state information, and controlling the display object accordingly. This backend extraction of complexity allows the user interface to remain simple, showing only relevant indicators and options based on the actual capabilities, thereby achieving adaptability without increasing perceived device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection and classification of the external device's display capabilities before presenting any user interface elements. The processor determines in advance whether the external device includes a flexible display that can change its display exposure area, and only then presents the appropriate simplified controls or indicators. This preliminary action prevents the system from presenting unnecessary complex options to users, maintaining interface simplicity while supporting adaptable display functionality.
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a communication module and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor connects with an external electronic device including a flexible display that can extend in one or more directions, displays an object corresponding to at least one application execution screen on the display, identifies a user input for displaying the object on the display of the external electronic device, displays, on the basis of the user input, on at least a part of the display, an indicator for changing the size of the flexible display, and can control, on the basis of an input for selecting the indicator, that the object is displayed on the flexible display of which the size has been changed.