Foldable Display Content Routing Across Multiple Screen Regions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display technologies for foldable flexible screens in mobile terminals do not effectively utilize multiple display regions to enhance user experience, leading to inefficiencies in content presentation and user interaction.

Innovation Solution

A display control method that allows multimedia elements to be flexibly displayed across multiple display regions of a foldable screen, utilizing user preference information and content type classification to optimize content distribution.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If a foldable flexible display screen is used to expand display area, then the usable display area is increased, but the effective utilization of multiple display regions is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveusable display areaVSAvoidcontent presentation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The display screen is divided into multiple independent display regions (first display region, second display region, third display region), each capable of displaying different content types. This segmentation allows the system to optimize content distribution across regions based on content characteristics, thereby improving content presentation efficiency while utilizing the expanded display area.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamic content distribution where multimedia elements are automatically classified and routed to appropriate display regions based on content type, user preferences, and regional characteristics. This dynamic allocation optimizes the utilization of each display region, transforming the static display area expansion into active productivity improvement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Productivity

If multiple display regions are created on foldable screen, then content distribution is enhanced, but user interaction complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent presentation efficiencyVSAvoiduser interaction convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically classifies multimedia elements and determines their optimal display regions without requiring manual user intervention. The processor autonomously analyzes content characteristics, matches them with user preferences, and distributes content across display regions, thereby maintaining ease of operation while achieving enhanced content distribution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates user preference information and continuously adapts content distribution based on user interactions and feedback. This feedback mechanism allows the system to learn from user behavior and optimize content placement, making the multi-region display system increasingly intuitive and easy to use over time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Loss of time

If multimedia elements are distributed across multiple display regions, then information access speed is improved, but display control complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation access timeVSAvoiddisplay control system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-processes multimedia elements by classifying them according to content characteristics and user preferences before display. This preliminary classification and organization enable rapid retrieval and distribution of content to appropriate display regions, reducing information access time while managing complexity through advance preparation rather than real-time complex processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP3716004B1Display control method and apparatus of display screen and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.07.02 BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a display control method and apparatus of a display screen and a storage medium, and belongs to the field of mobile terminal technologies. The method is applied to a mobile terminal having a foldable display screen, wherein the display screen includes n display regions, where n is a positive integer not less than 2. The method includes: identifying multimedia elements currently displayed in a first display region; filtering the identified multimedia elements to obtain a target multimedia element; and displaying the target multimedia element in a second display region. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, through effective display control on the n display regions of the display screen, the multimedia elements can be flexibly displayed among the n display regions.