FACILITATING DYNAMIC DETECTION AND INTELLIGENT USE OF SEGMENTATION ON FLEXIBLE DISPLAY SCREENS

• US 20160283014A1
• Filed: 03/25/2015
• Published: 09/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Dor Levy, Shahar Taite, Tomer Rider
• Inventors: OLMO, RAMON C., LEVY, DOR, TAITE, SHAHAR, RIDER, TOMER
• Granted Patent: US 9,727,087 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• 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 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas

Abstract

A mechanism is described for facilitating dynamic detection and intelligent use of segmentation on flexible display screens according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting, via one or more touch sensors, alterations in current in and around one or more areas of a flexible display screen, where the alterations represent pressure being applied to cause at least one of bending, rolling, and curving of the flexible display screen at the one or more areas. The method may further include dividing the flexible display screen into a plurality of zones corresponding to the one or more areas, where the marking/dividing logic is further to mark a plurality of portions of the plurality of zones to serve as a plurality of segments. The method may further include facilitating displaying of contents via the plurality of segments of the flexible display screen.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a flexible display screen;

touch segment detection logic to detect, via one or more touch sensors, alterations in current in and around one or more areas of the flexible display screen, wherein the alterations represent pressure being applied to cause at least one of bending, rolling, and curving of the flexible display screen at the one or more areas;

marking/dividing logic to divide the flexible display screen into a plurality of zones corresponding to the one or more areas, wherein the marking/dividing logic is further to mark a plurality of portions of the plurality of zones to serve as a plurality of segments; and

content/use logic to facilitate displaying of contents via the plurality of segments of the flexible display screen.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising non-touch segment detection logic to detect, via one or more non-touch sensors, current charges, over a period of time, in and around the one or more areas of the flexible display screen, wherein the non-touch segment detection logic is further to measure gradual changes in the current charges over the period of time by detecting and comparing one or more present current charges with one or more previous current charges, wherein the gradual changes represent the applied pressure.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising application/user interface logic to associate a plurality of user interface to the plurality of segments, wherein a user interface is associated with each of the plurality of segments, wherein the application/user interface logic is further to facilitate interactivity amongst the plurality of segments.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments serves as a segment display screen on the flexible display screen, wherein the segment display screen is distinct from other segments of the plurality of segments serving as segment display screens on the flexible display screen.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the contents comprise a plurality of content portions, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments to display one or more content portions of the plurality of content portions, wherein the one or more content portions are different from other content portions of the plurality of content portions displayed via other segments of the plurality of segments.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising preferences logic to facilitate maintenance of user preferences provided by a user associated with the flexible display screen.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the contents are displayed via the plurality of segments based on the user preferences, wherein the user preferences include personal settings relating to one or more of display adjustments, content selections, and interactivity settings.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flexible display screen comprises at least one of a standalone flexible display screen and a device-based flexible display screen mounted on a computing device including at least one of a wearable device, smart window, smart mobile device, laptop computer, desktop computer, and server computer, wherein the device-based flexible display screen includes an extension screen of a main display screen of the computing device.

9. A method comprising:

detecting, via one or more touch sensors, alterations in current in and around one or more areas of a flexible display screen, wherein the alterations represent pressure being applied to cause at least one of bending, rolling, and curving of the flexible display screen at the one or more areas;

dividing the flexible display screen into a plurality of zones corresponding to the one or more areas, wherein dividing further includes marking a plurality of portions of the plurality of zones to serve as a plurality of segments; and

facilitating displaying of contents via the plurality of segments of the flexible display screen.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

detecting, via one or more non-touch sensors, current charges, over a period of time, in and around the one or more areas of the flexible display screen; and

measuring gradual changes in the current charges over the period of time by detecting and comparing one or more present current charges with one or more previous current charges, wherein the gradual changes represent the applied pressure.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

associating a plurality of user interface to the plurality of segments, wherein a user interface is associated with each of the plurality of segments; and

facilitating interactivity amongst the plurality of segments.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments serves as a segment display screen on the flexible display screen, wherein the segment display screen is distinct from other segments of the plurality of segments serving as segment display screens on the flexible display screen.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the contents comprise a plurality of content portions, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments to display one or more content portions of the plurality of content portions, wherein the one or more content portions are different from other content portions of the plurality of content portions displayed via other segments of the plurality of segments.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising facilitating maintenance of user preferences provided by a user associated with the flexible display screen.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the contents are displayed via the plurality of segments based on the user preferences, wherein the user preferences include personal settings relating to one or more of display adjustments, content selections, and interactivity settings.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the flexible display screen comprises at least one of a standalone flexible display screen and a device-based flexible display screen mounted on a computing device including at least one of a wearable device, smart window, smart mobile device, laptop computer, desktop computer, and server computer, wherein the device-based flexible display screen includes an extension screen of a main display screen of the computing device.

17. At least one machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions, executed on a computing device, to facilitate the computing device to perform one or more operations comprising:

detecting, via one or more touch sensors, alterations in current in and around one or more areas of a flexible display screen, wherein the alterations represent pressure being applied to cause at least one of bending, rolling, and curving of the flexible display screen at the one or more areas;

dividing the flexible display screen into a plurality of zones corresponding to the one or more areas, wherein dividing further includes marking a plurality of portions of the plurality of zones to serve as a plurality of segments; and

facilitating displaying of contents via the plurality of segments of the flexible display screen.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

detecting, via one or more non-touch sensors, current charges, over a period of time, in and around the one or more areas of the flexible display screen; and

measuring gradual changes in the current charges over the period of time by detecting and comparing one or more present current charges with one or more previous current charges, wherein the gradual changes represent the applied pressure.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

associating a plurality of user interface to the plurality of segments, wherein a user interface is associated with each of the plurality of segments; and

facilitating interactivity amongst the plurality of segments.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments serves as a segment display screen on the flexible display screen, wherein the segment display screen is distinct from other segments of the plurality of segments serving as segment display screens on the flexible display screen.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the contents comprise a plurality of content portions, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments to display one or more content portions of the plurality of content portions, wherein the one or more content portions are different from other content portions of the plurality of content portions displayed via other segments of the plurality of segments.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising facilitating maintenance of user preferences provided by a user associated with the flexible display screen.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the contents are displayed via the plurality of segments based on the user preferences, wherein the user preferences include personal settings relating to one or more of display adjustments, content selections, and interactivity settings.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the flexible display screen comprises at least one of a standalone flexible display screen and a device-based flexible display screen mounted on a computing device including at least one of a wearable device, smart window, smart mobile device, laptop computer, desktop computer, and server computer, wherein the device-based flexible display screen includes an extension screen of a main display screen of the computing device.