Foldable Phone Display Areas for Shortcut Access While Folded
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Solution Overview
Problem
Foldable mobile phones with inward folding screens require users to unfold the device to view shortcut information, leading to inconvenience and reduced service life due to excessive folding.
Innovation Solution
A foldable electronic device with additional display areas, including a third and fourth display area that remain exposed when folded, allowing shortcut information to be displayed without unfolding, and a fixed arrangement of display areas to reduce folding frequency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the foldable mobile phone uses an inward folding screen design, then the device achieves a compact folded form factor, but the user must unfold the device to view shortcut information which reduces convenience and increases folding frequency
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into multiple independent display areas (first display area, second display area, third display area, fourth display area) that can function independently. The third and fourth display areas are specifically designed to remain exposed in the folded state, allowing information viewing without unfolding the entire device, thus resolving the contradiction between compact form factor and viewing convenience.
2Loss of information
If the user frequently unfolds the foldable mobile phone to view shortcut information, then the user can access information, but the service life of the device is reduced due to excessive folding cycles
Solution Approach 1:
The third and fourth display areas are preliminarily positioned to remain exposed in the folded state, allowing shortcut information to be viewed without the action of unfolding. This preliminary arrangement of display elements eliminates the need for repeated folding and unfolding actions, thereby preserving the device's service life while maintaining information accessibility.
3Ease of operation
If additional display areas are added to allow viewing in folded state, then viewing convenience is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The multiple display areas (first, second, third, and fourth display areas) are merged into a single foldable display screen structure that integrates various functions. The third and fourth display areas are combined with camera components and sensors in the first area, creating a multifunctional integrated design that improves viewing convenience without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
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AI summary
Embodiments of this application provide a foldable electronic device. When the foldable electronic device is bent inwards to be in a folded state, shortcut information can be displayed and interaction can be performed by using the fourth display area and the third display area, so that a user does not need to view information and perform the interaction after unfolding the foldable electronic device. This can reduce a quantity of folding times of the foldable device, and resolves a problem that shortcut information cannot be conveniently viewed in a current foldable mobile phone in a folded state and a service life of the foldable mobile phone is affected due to excessive folding times for viewing the shortcut information.