Foldable Device External Display Post-Call Image Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Foldable electronic devices, such as smartphones, lack a convenient method for users to share images with others immediately after a communication session ends, requiring users to reopen the device and navigate through menus to send images.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method where the device detects the closure of a communication session and displays multiple images on a secondary display for user selection, allowing users to transmit chosen images to another party without reopening the device, using context-aware image queries to suggest relevant images based on user and device context.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users close the foldable smartphone to terminate a phone call, then the communication session ends, but users cannot share images without reopening the device and navigating through menus
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares and displays multiple images for selection on the external display before the user needs to share them. Image queries are executed and results are ready in advance, so when the user wants to share an image after closing the device, the images are already available for immediate selection and transmission, eliminating the need to reopen the device and navigate menus.
Solution Approach 2:
The external display acts as an intermediary interface between the closed foldable smartphone and the image sharing function. It provides a visible interface for image selection and control without requiring the main device to be opened, serving as a mediator that enables image sharing operations while the device remains closed.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users reopen the device to share images, then image sharing is possible, but user convenience is reduced and the process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The image sharing function is segmented from the main device operation. The external display handles image selection and control independently, while the folded smartphone remains closed. This segmentation allows image sharing to occur without involving the main device interface, simplifying the operation for the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides self-service by automatically executing image queries, displaying results on the external display, and enabling selection without requiring the user to open the device or navigate through complex menus. The device serves itself by providing all necessary functionality through the external display interface.
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AI summary
A method includes detecting a closure of an electronic device that ends a communication session involving a user of the electronic device. The method also includes displaying, on an external display of the electronic device viewable when the electronic device is closed and based on a context associated with at least one of the electronic device or the user, multiple images for selection by the user. In addition, the method includes receiving a selection by the user of at least one of the displayed images and initiating transmission of the at least one selected image to another electronic device associated with another party involved with the communication session.