Foldable Camera Interface Sync Across External Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices face challenges in efficiently managing multiple applications and seamless communication between devices, particularly when transitioning between folded and unfolded states, which affects user experience and functionality.
Innovation Solution
The electronic device incorporates a flexible display, sensors, and communication modules to identify folding angles and transmit commands to external devices for optimized application control and icon display, enabling synchronized operation across connected devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device uses a flexible display and hinge structure to enable folding, then the adaptability and versatility of the device is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic behavior by detecting folding angles through sensors and automatically adjusting application icons and notifications based on whether the device is folded or unfolded. The system adapts its interface layout and functionality in real-time according to the device's physical state, making the complex folding structure work seamlessly for the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses sensors to continuously monitor the folding angle and provides feedback to the processor, which then adjusts the display and application behavior accordingly. This closed-loop feedback system ensures that the interface automatically adapts to the device's folding state without requiring user intervention.
2Reliability
If the electronic device transmits commands to external devices based on folding state, then the synchronization and coordination between devices is improved, but the communication complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a communication module that acts as an intermediary between the electronic device and external devices. This module automatically transmits folding state information and receives control commands, simplifying the interaction complexity while ensuring reliable synchronization. The communication module handles protocol details and state management, shielding the user from complexity.
3Ease of operation
If the electronic device monitors folding angle continuously to control applications, then the responsiveness and user experience is improved, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic monitoring of the folding angle rather than continuous monitoring. The sensor checks the folding state at regular intervals or when state changes occur, and the processor adjusts applications based on these periodic updates. This approach maintains responsive application control while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring.
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AI summary
Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device disclosed herein comprises a first housing and a second housing, a hinge rotatably connecting the first housing and the second housing, a flexible display exposed through a first portion of the first housing and a second portion of the second housing, at least one sensor, a camera, a communication module, memory storing instructions, and a processor. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to run a first application for controlling the camera, identify a folding angle of the electronic device through the at least one sensor, and, on the basis of the folding angle being within a designated range excluding 0 degrees and 180 degrees while the first application is running, transmit, to an external electronic device, a command for displaying an icon related to the first application on a display of the external electronic device connected through the communication module.