Mobile terminal and method for determining scrolling speed

• US 10,331,231 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2017
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Pan, Shuangquan, Zhong, Guilin, Li, Guosheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Ibrahim A
• Application Number:
  US15/649,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20180032152A1
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method for determining a scrolling speed are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a flexible screen configured to display an application icon on an application icon presentation interface; at least two accelerometers located in different positions on the flexible screen, the at least two accelerometers being configured to detect accelerations on the flexible screen; and a processing module configured to calculate a bending speed of the flexible screen according to the accelerations detected by the at least two accelerometers, and determine a scrolling speed of the application icon on the application icon presentation interface according to the bending speed, wherein the bending speed is a changing speed of a bending angle of the flexible screen.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a flexible screen configured to display an application icon on an application icon presentation interface;

at least two accelerometers located in different positions on the flexible screen, the at least two accelerometers being configured to detect accelerations on the flexible screen; and

a processing module configured to calculate a bending speed of the flexible screen according to the accelerations detected by the at least two accelerometers, and determine a scrolling speed of the application icon on the application icon presentation interface according to the bending speed, wherein the bending speed is a changing speed of a bending angle of the flexible screen;

wherein;

the bending angle of the flexible screen is calculated according to acceleration components detected by the at least two accelerometers, the at least two accelerometers sending, to the processing module, the acceleration components detected in a Z-axis direction, which is perpendicular to the plane of the screen; and

the processing module calculates the bending angle of the flexible screen according to the acceleration component in the Z-axis direction of each accelerometer only.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the bending speed is positively correlated with the scrolling speed.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processing module is further configured to scroll and display a plurality of application icons on the application icon presentation interface on the flexible screen at the scrolling speed.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the flexible screen comprises a first part of the flexible screen and a second part of the flexible screen;

and

wherein in a process of scrolling and displaying the plurality of application icons on the flexible screen, the processing module is further configured to;

highlight, on the first part of the flexible screen, an application icon located in a designated position of the first part of the flexible screen; and

highlight, on the second part of the flexible screen, an application icon located in a designated position of the second part of the flexible screen.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a distance between any two accelerometers of the at least two accelerometers is greater than a preset distance.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least two accelerometers are configured to detect acceleration components of the flexible screen in designated directions respectively;

and

wherein the processing module is configured to;

calculate the bending angle of the flexible screen according to the acceleration components detected by the at least two accelerometers, the bending angle being used to represent a bending degree of the flexible screen; and

calculate the bending speed according to change in the bending angle.

7. A method for determining a scrolling speed, applied to a mobile terminal which comprises a flexible screen for displaying an application icon on an application icon presentation interface, at least two accelerometers located in different positions on the flexible screen, and a processing module, the method comprising:

detecting, by the at least two accelerometers, accelerations on the flexible screen;

calculating, by the processing module, a bending speed of the flexible screen according to the accelerations detected by the at least two accelerometers, wherein the bending speed is a changing speed of a bending angle of the flexible screen; and

determining, by the processing module, a scrolling speed of the application icon on the application icon presentation interface according to the bending speed;

wherein;

the bending angle of the flexible screen is calculated according to acceleration components detected by the at least two accelerometers;

detecting, by the at least two accelerometers, accelerations on the flexible screen comprises;

detecting acceleration component in a Z-axis direction, which is perpendicular to the plane of the screen, and wherein the bending angle of the flexible screen is calculated according to the acceleration component in the Z-axis direction of each accelerometer only.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the bending speed is positively correlated with the scrolling speed.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

scrolling and displaying a plurality of application icons on the application icon presentation interface on the flexible screen at the scrolling speed.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the flexible screen comprises a first part of the flexible screen and a second part of the flexible screen;

and wherein in a process of scrolling and displaying the plurality of application icons on the flexible screen, the method further comprises;

highlighting, on the first part of the flexible screen, an application icon located in a designated position of the first part of the flexible screen; and

highlighting, on the second part of the flexible screen, an application icon located in a designated position of the second part of the flexible screen.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein a distance between any two accelerometers of the at least two accelerometers is greater than a preset distance.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

detecting, by the at least two accelerators, acceleration components of the flexible screen in designated directions;

calculating the bending angle of the flexible screen according to the acceleration components detected by the at least two accelerometers, wherein the bending angle is used to represent a bending degree of the flexible screen; and

calculating the bending speed according to change in the bending angle.

13. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to;

detect accelerations on a flexible screen by using at least two accelerometers located in different positions on the flexible screen; and

calculate a bending speed of the flexible screen according to the accelerations detected by the at least two accelerometers; and

determine a scrolling speed of an application icon on an application icon presentation interface according to the bending speed, wherein the bending speed is a changing speed of a bending angle of the flexible screen;

wherein;

the bending angle of the flexible screen is calculated according to acceleration components detected by the at least two accelerometers;

the processor is further configured to;

detect acceleration component in a Z-axis direction, which is perpendicular to the plane of the screen, and wherein the bending angle of the flexible screen is calculated according to the acceleration component in the Z-axis direction of each accelerometer only.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the bending speed is positively correlated with the scrolling speed.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to:

scroll and display a plurality of application icons on the application icon presentation interface on the flexible screen at the scrolling speed.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the flexible screen comprises a first part of the flexible screen and a second part of the flexible screen;

and wherein in a process of scrolling and displaying the plurality of application icons on the flexible screen, the processor is further configured to;

highlight, on the first part of the flexible screen, an application icon located in a designated position of the first part of the flexible screen; and

highlight, on the second part of the flexible screen, an application icon located in a designated position of the second part of the flexible screen.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein a distance between any two accelerometers of the at least two accelerometers is greater than a preset distance.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect, by the at least two accelerators, acceleration components of the flexible screen in designated directions;

calculate the bending angle of the flexible screen according to the acceleration components detected by the at least two accelerometers, wherein the bending angle is used to represent a bending degree of the flexible screen; and

calculate the bending speed according to change in the bending angle.