Foldable Device Gesture Recognition via Status Context
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Solution Overview
Problem
Foldable electronic devices often fail to accurately understand user intentions when folded or unfolded, leading to incorrect operations and user inconvenience due to the same input being interpreted differently.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a foldable housing and flexible display, equipped with a processor that detects folding gestures, identifies status information, and determines user intentions to perform specific operations, such as connecting to external devices or executing applications, based on both the gesture and device status.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the electronic device uses folding gesture as the sole input method, then the ease of operation is improved, but the accuracy of understanding user intention deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the intention recognition process into multiple independent detection components: folding gesture detection, status information detection (application type, connection state, audio output state), and context analysis. Each component independently detects specific aspects, and their results are combined to achieve accurate intention recognition, resolving the contradiction between simple gesture input and accurate intention understanding.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring device status information (currently executed application, connection state with external devices, audio output state) and using this feedback to disambiguate folding gestures. The status information provides contextual feedback that helps the system correctly interpret user intentions based on the current device state, preventing misinterpretation of the same folding gesture in different contexts.
2Productivity
If the electronic device performs automatic operations based on folding gesture, then the productivity is improved, but the reliability of operation deteriorates due to incorrect operation execution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by detecting and analyzing device status information (application type, connection state, audio output state) before executing operations based on folding gestures. The system prepares multiple possible operations in advance and selects the correct one based on pre-detected status information, ensuring reliable operation execution while maintaining high productivity through automatic intent-based operation selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters dynamically based on detected status information. Different folding gestures trigger different operations depending on parameters such as the currently executed application (video player, music player, etc.), connection state with external devices, and audio output state. This parameter-based operation selection ensures high reliability by adapting the executed operation to the current device state while maintaining efficient automatic operation execution.
3Measurement precision
If the electronic device monitors multiple status information parameters, then the accuracy of intention determination is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by using a single processor to perform multiple functions: detecting folding gestures, monitoring various status information parameters (application type, connection state, audio output state), analyzing context, and determining user intentions. This multi-functional approach improves intention determination accuracy through comprehensive status monitoring while avoiding the need for separate dedicated hardware components for each function, thus managing device complexity efficiently.
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AI summary
According to one or more embodiments, an electronic device may include a foldable housing including a first housing structure and a second housing structure foldably connected to the first housing structure, a flexible display disposed in the foldable housing, a display disposed on a first surface of the first housing structure or the second housing structure, the first surface being opposite to a second surface of the foldable housing on which the flexible display structure is disposed, and a processor. The processor may be configured to detect a folding of the foldable housing caused by a user gesture, identify status information of the electronic device in response to detecting the folding of the foldable housing, determine a user's intention for the user gesture, based on both the user gesture and the status information, and perform a particular operation corresponding to the user's intention. Other embodiments are also disclosed.