Notch Display Image Adjustment via Edge Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Recent electronic devices with notch portions on their displays face the challenge of not being able to fully display images due to the notch region, causing inconvenience as some parts of the image are obscured, especially when the notch portion is positioned on one edge of the display.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device that can adjust its display settings based on the image characteristics, such as edge detection values, detected objects, or color values, to determine whether the notch region is meaningful, allowing it to either reduce the display area or use the entire display depending on the image content, thereby ensuring that the image is properly displayed without obstruction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a notch portion is formed on the display to accommodate additional devices, then the display area is maximized and device functionality is enhanced, but image display completeness deteriorates as some regions of the image cannot be displayed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the display region adjustable based on image characteristics. The processor dynamically determines whether to reduce the display region based on edge detection values, detected objects, or color values in the image. This allows the display to adapt between using the entire display area and reducing the area to avoid the notch portion, resolving the contradiction between maximizing display area and maintaining image display completeness
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of display region size based on image characteristics. By analyzing edge detection values, detected objects, or color values, the system adjusts the display region parameter to either include the entire display or reduce it to avoid the notch portion. This parameter change allows the system to optimize between display area and image completeness for different image content
2Loss of information
If the display region is reduced to avoid the notch portion, then image display completeness is improved, but the effective display area decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the display region based on real-time analysis of image characteristics. When the processor detects that reducing the display region will preserve important image content (based on edge detection, object detection, or color analysis), it reduces the display area accordingly. This dynamic adjustment ensures image completeness is maintained only when necessary, maximizing effective display area otherwise
Solution Approach 2:
The display region parameter is changed based on image content analysis. The processor evaluates edge detection values, detected objects, or color values to determine the appropriate display region size. This parameter change allows the system to optimize the balance between image display completeness and effective display area based on the specific characteristics of each image
3Loss of information
If image characteristics are analyzed to determine display region, then image display quality is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by analyzing specific characteristics of the image (edge detection values, detected objects, or color values in the region corresponding to the notch portion) rather than processing the entire image. This localized analysis reduces processing complexity while still improving image display quality by making informed decisions about the display region based on relevant local image features
Solution Approach 2:
The processor performs self-service by automatically analyzing image characteristics and determining the appropriate display region without user intervention. The system uses built-in image processing capabilities to evaluate edge detection values, detected objects, or color values and autonomously adjusts the display region, improving image display quality while keeping the user interface simple
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AI summary
An electronic device includes: a display having a notch portion formed on at least one edge thereof; a processor; and a memory configured to store at least one of a position, a size, or a color of a region corresponding to the notch portion, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions that cause the processor to identify an image characteristic of a non-display region of an image that is not displayed by the region corresponding to the notch portion when receiving a user command requesting displaying of the image, and to control the display according to the image characteristic to adjust a region displaying the image and to display the image. Other embodiments are possible.