Foldable Display Hinge Segmentation for Dynamic Interface Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
As user terminal devices become more diverse and functional, the traditional button or touch screen interaction method becomes insufficient for efficiently utilizing their various features, necessitating a more convenient and efficient interaction method.
Innovation Solution
A user terminal device with a display divided into multiple areas by hinges, allowing for different functions to be accessed by bending the display along specific folding lines, enabling the display of multiple application modes and user interfaces across various display areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a user terminal device provides increasingly diverse functions, then the functionality and versatility of the device is improved, but the traditional button or touch screen interaction method becomes insufficient and the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display structure is made dynamic through hinges that allow bending interactions, enabling the display areas to transition between folded and unfolded states. This dynamic configuration allows the same physical device to provide different interaction modes (single display area vs. multiple display areas) without adding permanent complex components
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension of interaction by allowing the display to bend along folding lines, creating spatial reconfiguration beyond the traditional 2D touch screen plane. This enables multiple display areas to be arranged in different spatial configurations (side-by-side, stacked, etc.) based on bending state
2Ease of operation
If the display is divided into multiple display areas by hinges, then the ease of operation and user interaction is improved, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into multiple independent display areas that can be selectively unfolded or folded along specific folding lines. Each display area can be independently configured, allowing users to access different functions or applications in different spatial arrangements without requiring a completely different device structure
Solution Approach 2:
The hinge mechanism enables dynamic reconfiguration of the display structure, allowing transition between compact folded state and expanded unfolded state. This dynamic capability provides multiple interaction modes using the same physical components
3Productivity
If multiple application modes and user interfaces are displayed across various display areas, then the productivity and information display capability is improved, but the loss of information increases due to the complexity of managing multiple display configurations
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects the bending state of the display and configures the user interface and application modes accordingly without requiring manual user configuration. The controller monitors hinge position and autonomously adjusts the display configuration, reducing the cognitive load on users and eliminating configuration management complexity
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AI summary
A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to be divided into a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area along a first folding line corresponding to the first hinge and a second folding line corresponding to the second hinge and a controller configured to, in response to the first bending interaction of unfolding the display with reference to the first folding line being detected, control the display to display an execution screen of the application including a first function and a second function, related to the first function, in the first display area and the second display area, and in response to a second bending interaction of unfolding the display with reference to the second folding line being detected, control the display to display an execution screen of the application including the first function, the second function, and a third function, related to the second function, in the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area.