Electronic device, storage medium, program, and displaying method

• US 10,467,797 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2017
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hosoya, Kunio
• Primary Examiner(s): Amin, Jwalant
• Application Number:
  US15/713,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20180012393A1
• Time in Patent Office: 771 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• 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 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/20 3D [Three Dimensional] animation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/005 General purpose rendering architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0268 including a flexible display panel

Abstract

An electronic device is provided which displays an object (body) on a flexible display screen in accordance with a three-dimensional shape of the display screen by utilizing the flexibility of the display screen. An electronic device including a display portion which includes a flexible display device displaying an object on a display screen; a detection portion detecting positional data of a given part of the display screen; and an arithmetic portion calculating a three-dimensional shape of the display screen on the basis of the positional data and computing motion of the object to make the object move according to a given law in accordance with the calculated three-dimensional shape of the display screen.

Claims

1. A displaying method of an electronic device comprising the steps of:

displaying an object on a display screen of the electronic device, the display screen having flexibility;

obtaining positional data of the object on the display screen and a field on which the object is configured to move;

calculating a three-dimensional shape of the display screen based on the positional data;

detecting touch input on the object; and

performing an object moving mode including steps of;

determining first move of the object on the field based on the touch input and the calculation result;

displaying the first move of the object on the field in a first period;

recalculating the three-dimensional shape of the display screen and determining second move of the object on the field based on the recalculation result in the first period; and

displaying the second move of the object on the field in a second period.

2. The displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of comparing the calculated three-dimensional shape with an initial state.

3. The displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the display screen is curved to have a steep step and the object is displayed to fall down and roll due to the steep step.

4. The displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of simulating the first move of the object.

5. The displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor.

6. The displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of generating sound to alert when a degree of curve of the display screen exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

7. The displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of analyzing voice with a microphone such that the first move or the second move of the object is controlled in response to the voice.

8. The displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a portable electronic device selected from a mobile phone, a personal computer, a personal digital assistant, an electronic paper, or a portable game machine.

9. A displaying method of an electronic device comprising the steps of:

displaying an object on a display screen of the electronic device, the display screen having flexibility;

obtaining positional data of the object on the display screen and a field on which the object is configured to move;

calculating a first three-dimensional shape of the display screen based on the positional data;

performing first comparison of the first three-dimensional shape with an initial state;

detecting touch input on the object; and

performing an object moving mode including steps of;

determining first move of the object on the field based on the touch input and deformation of the display screen detected by the first comparison;

displaying the first move of the object on the field in a first period;

in the first period, calculating a second three-dimensional shape of the display screen, performing second comparison of the second three-dimensional shape with the first three-dimensional shape, and determining second move of the object on the field based on the deformation of the display screen detected by the second comparison; and

displaying the second move of the object on the field in a second period.

10. The displaying method according to claim 9, wherein the display screen is curved to have a steep step and the object is displayed to fall down and roll due to the steep step.

11. The displaying method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of simulating the first move of the object.

12. The displaying method according to claim 9, wherein the electronic device comprises a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor.

13. The displaying method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of generating sound to alert when a degree of curve of the display screen exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

14. The displaying method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of analyzing voice with a microphone such that the first move or the second move of the object is controlled in response to the voice.

15. The displaying method according to claim 9, wherein the electronic device is a portable electronic device selected from a mobile phone, a personal computer, a personal digital assistant, an electronic paper, or a portable game machine.

16. A displaying method of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a display portion, a detection portion, and an arithmetic portion,

the displaying method comprising the steps of:

displaying an object on a display screen in the display portion, the display screen having flexibility;

obtaining positional data of the object on the display screen and a field on which the object is configured to move using a plurality of sensors in the detection portion;

calculating a three-dimensional shape of the display screen based on the positional data using the arithmetic portion;

detecting touch input on the object; and

performing an object moving mode including steps of;

determining first move of the object on the field based on the touch input and the calculation result;

displaying the first move of the object on the field in a first period;

recalculating the three-dimensional shape of the display screen and determining second move of the object on the field based on the recalculation result in the first period; and

displaying the second move of the object on the field in a second period.

17. The displaying method according to claim 16, further comprising a step of comparing the calculated three-dimensional shape with an initial state.

18. The displaying method according to claim 16, wherein the display screen is curved to have a steep step and the object is displayed to fall down and roll due to the steep step.

19. The displaying method according to claim 16, further comprising a step of simulating the first move of the object.

20. The displaying method according to claim 16, wherein the electronic device comprises a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor.

21. The displaying method according to claim 16, further comprising a step of generating sound to alert when a degree of curve of the display screen exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

22. The displaying method according to claim 16, further comprising a step of analyzing voice with a microphone such that the first move or the second move of the object is controlled in response to the voice.

23. The displaying method according to claim 16, wherein the electronic device is a portable electronic device selected from a mobile phone, a personal computer, a personal digital assistant, an electronic paper, or a portable game machine.