Foldable Touchscreen Notification Display by Screen Angle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of foldable mobile devices face inconvenience in viewing new messages promptly due to the need to unfold the device fully and frequent folding affects the device's service life.
Innovation Solution
A touchscreen display method that adjusts the display location of notifications based on the included angle between screens, allowing messages to be displayed on different edges of the screen depending on the device's configuration, facilitating timely viewing without excessive folding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the user unfolds the foldable mobile phone to view new messages, then the user can view messages, but the folding frequency increases and service life is affected
Solution Approach 1:
The notification bar displays message notifications in advance on the outer screen before the user unfolds the device. This preliminary display of information allows users to see new messages without needing to fully unfold the device, reducing the number of folding cycles and thereby extending device service life while maintaining message accessibility
2Ease of operation
If the notification is displayed on a fixed location, then the display is simple, but the user cannot view messages conveniently in folded states
Solution Approach 1:
The notification bar's display location is made dynamic rather than fixed. The system automatically adjusts the notification position based on the real-time folding angle of the device, using angle thresholds to determine optimal display locations on different screen portions. This dynamic adaptation enables convenient message viewing in various folded states while the underlying control mechanism remains manageable through angle-based logic
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AI summary
Embodiments of this application provide a touchscreen display method and an electronic device. The method is applied to an electronic device having a foldable touchscreen, and the electronic device includes a first screen, a bendable area, and a second screen. The first screen is folded with the second screen by using the bendable area. The method is used to provide a method for helping a user quickly view an unread message. The method includes: The electronic device receives a first operation of the user, where the first operation is a folding operation or an unfolding operation performed by the user on the foldable touchscreen. Then, the electronic device obtains status data collected by a sensor, where the status data includes an included angle between the first screen and the second screen at each moment. Finally, the electronic device controls, based on the included angle between the first screen and the second screen, a display location, on the foldable touchscreen, of a message in a notification bar.