Flexible-Display Housing for Gesture-Controlled Shape Changes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices cannot change their shape in response to user gestures, limiting their functionality beyond basic screen control operations such as multi-window mode termination and screen scrolling.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a flexible display that can change its shape by sliding a second housing into or out of a first housing in response to a user gesture held in a designated area for a designated time, allowing simultaneous control of screen operations like multi-window mode termination or screen scrolling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device provides only basic screen control functions (multi-window mode termination and screen scrolling), then the device structure remains simple, but the functionality and user interaction capability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The gesture recognition system is designed to perform multiple functions: it can terminate multi-window mode, scroll the screen, and change the shape of the flexible display based on where the gesture is detected. A single gesture input mechanism provides multiple operational outcomes depending on the detection area, thereby improving functionality without proportionally increasing device complexity
2Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device uses a fixed screen size, then the device structure is simple, but the user cannot adjust the visible area to suit different usage scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible display is configured to change its shape dynamically based on gesture detection. The display can transition between different states (fully exposed, partially retracted, fully retracted) allowing the visible screen area to adapt to different usage scenarios. This dynamic adjustment capability is enabled by the movable housing structure that can slide to expose or retract the flexible display
3Ease of operation
If the electronic device responds to gestures with basic screen control only, then the control system remains simple, but the user interaction experience is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The gesture recognition system is divided into different detection areas on the flexible display, each corresponding to a specific function. Gestures detected in different locations trigger different responses: edge area gestures may terminate multi-window mode, center area gestures may scroll, and specific area gestures may trigger shape changes. This spatial differentiation allows for intuitive user interaction while maintaining a relatively simple control system architecture
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AI summary
An electronic device with changeable shape on the basis of a user's gesture on a screen and/or a control method thereof. There may be provided operations of: detecting a user's gesture on a first screen displayed on a flexible display of the electronic device; determining whether the user's gesture is held in a designated area of the flexible display for at least a designated time; displaying, around the area in which the user's gesture is held, a first icon for inserting a second housing of the electronic device into a first housing of the electronic device and at least one second icon for extending the second housing out of the first housing by a designated length; changing the shape of the electronic device by inserting the second housing into the first housing or by extending the second housing out of the first housing by a designated length; and displaying a second screen, which is different from the first screen, on the electronic device of which the shape has been changed.