Transformable Display Adaptation via Sensor-Based Context Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices with transformable displays do not adapt their functionality to the context or intent of use based on the transformation type, leading to a lack of intuitive and familiar user experience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with sensors to detect bends and mounts, and a processor that determines the transformation type, allocates display areas accordingly, and controls the display of objects related to specific functions, ensuring appropriate functionality based on the device's transformation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the display is made transformable to provide easy-to-use angles or positions, then ease of operation is improved, but the device cannot automatically adapt functions to the transformation context
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts application functions and display areas based on real-time detection of display transformation states. Sensors continuously monitor the display's bent shape and mount form, and the processor automatically reconfigures the user interface to match the current transformation type, making the device adaptive rather than static
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback loop where sensors detect the physical transformation state of the display and mount, transmit this information to the processor, which then determines the transformation type and adjusts the running application's function and display area accordingly. This closed-loop feedback enables automatic adaptation to usage context
2Adaptability or versatility
If the display transforms to different shapes, then adaptability is improved, but determining the correct transformation type and corresponding function becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the transformation detection task into distinct components: sensors detect specific physical parameters (bent shape, mount form), the processor identifies transformation types based on sensor data patterns, and different application functions are assigned to different transformation types. This segmentation simplifies the overall complexity by breaking down the adaptive process into manageable stages
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor system acts as an intermediary between the physical transformation state and the software response. Rather than the processor directly analyzing complex physical states, sensors convert these states into measurable signals that the processor can interpret to determine transformation types, simplifying the decision-making process
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display positioned on at least a surface of a housing of the electronic device, at least one sensor configured to sense a bend of the display and a mount of the electronic device, and a processor configured to control a running of an application, obtain information relating to a shape of the bend of the display and a form of the mount of the electronic device based on information sensed by the at least one sensor, determine a transformation type of the display based on the information relating to the shape of the bend and the form of the mount, when the electronic device is mounted in the determined transformation type, determine at least one display area in the display according to a first function of the application corresponding to the transformation type, and perform control to display an object relating to the first function on the determined display area.