Mobile Terminal Cover Opening Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile terminals do not allow for seamless continuity of functions when the cover is closed, limiting the user's ability to use various functions and maintaining functional continuity during cover opening and closing operations.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal with a sensing unit to detect the cover's open or closed state and a controller that adjusts the display state of executing applications to match the cover's position and size of the opening part, enabling multitasking, camera, memo, and message modes, and ensuring functional continuity during cover transitions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the cover is closed to protect the display, then the display is protected, but the user cannot access various functions through the opening part
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the display content adaptive to the cover state. The controller dynamically adjusts what is displayed in the opening part based on whether the cover is open or closed, and which application is currently executing. This allows the limited visible area to serve multiple functional purposes depending on the context, resolving the contradiction between protection and accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the display parameters (content, position, size) based on the cover state and application context. When the cover is closed, the display shows application-specific content in the opening part rather than a static limited view, effectively changing the functional parameter of the display area to maintain versatility while protected.
2Ease of operation
If the cover is opened and closed frequently, then the user can access the full display, but functional continuity is interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent ensures continuity of useful action by maintaining the execution of the current application across cover transitions. When the cover is closed during application execution, the application continues to run and its interface is adapted to the opening part. Upon opening the cover, the application resumes seamlessly, eliminating interruptions and maintaining functional continuity regardless of cover state changes.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the display state is adjusted to match the opening part when cover is closed, then various functions are accessible, but the display configuration becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses feedback from the cover sensor to automatically adjust the display state. The sensor provides information about the cover position, and the controller uses this feedback to determine the appropriate display configuration for the current application. This automated feedback mechanism reduces the perceived complexity by eliminating manual configuration while maintaining adaptability across different functions.
Data Source
AI summary
A mobile terminal and a method of controlling therefore are disclosed. The mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a housing, a display, a sensing unit configured to sense whether a cover is opened on the display in a state that the cover where an opening part is formed to make at least a part of the display to be exposed is installed in the housing, and a controller. If closing of the cover is detected in the middle of executing the first application, the controller controls the display to change a display state of an execution screen of the first application to make the display state of the execution screen of the first application correspond to a position and a size of the opening part of the cover.