Foldable Display Application Management for Continuous Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile terminals with foldable or rollable displays face challenges in efficiently managing applications due to changes in display size, leading to suspended content display when the layout area changes.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal with a flexible display and a controller that identifies and manages application sets across different display areas, allowing efficient application management and display of associated information based on setting information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a foldable or rollable display is applied to enable size change, then the display area can be increased, but the application management becomes complex due to layout changes
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into first area and second area, with applications assigned to specific areas based on their characteristics. When the display size changes, the system manages different application sets for different areas, allowing independent control and reducing management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts application management based on display size state. When the display is extended, one set of applications is managed; when retracted, another set is managed. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by making the system flexible rather than static.
2Area of stationary object
If the display size is increased, then the user can use a larger area, but content display may be suspended when the layout area changes
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by identifying and managing application sets in advance for different display states. When a layout change is detected, the system has already prepared the appropriate application set to switch to, preventing content suspension and ensuring continuous display.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors the display size state and provides feedback to adjust application management accordingly. When the display transitions between extended and retracted states, the feedback mechanism triggers appropriate application set switching, maintaining content display continuity.
3Productivity
If applications are managed based on display size changes, then resource efficiency improves, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Different application sets are assigned to different display areas and states, allowing localized optimization. Applications in the first area and second area have different management rules, enabling resource efficiency improvements without requiring complete system redesign.
Data Source
AI summary
A mobile terminal includes a display positioned at a first side of the mobile terminal and at a second side facing the first side. A controller is configured to identify a first application set related to a first area of the first side of the display, identify a second application set related to a second area of the display, and cause the display to display, based on at least a portion of the second area being positioned at the second side and in response to an input related to the first area, information associated with at least one application selected based on setting information for an application included in the first application set and the second application set, in at least a portion of the first area.