Electronic Device, Display Processing Method and Non-Transitory Computer Readable Storage Medium

• US 20190324639A1
• Filed: 07/01/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: GAO, Ge, GAO, Yan, XIA, Jie
• Granted Patent: US 10,782,878 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1615 with several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function constructional details of portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts H04M1/0206
• 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 1/1681 Details related solely to hinges hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An electronic device and a display processing method where the device includes a first body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a connecting body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a second body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, which is connected to the first body through the connecting body. The electronic device has a first outer surface and a second outer surface; a first display arranged on at least a part of region on the first outer surface of the display having at least two modes of a second mode and a third mode; and a processor operative to control a third interface having at least a first sub interface and a second sub interface to be displayed on the third region in the third mode.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. An electronic device, comprising:

a first body having a first front surface and a first back surface opposite to the first front surface;

a connecting body having a connecting front surface and a connecting back surface opposite to the connecting front surface;

a second body having a second front surface and a second back surface opposite to the second front surface, wherein;

the second body is connected to the first body through the connecting body, the first front surface and the second front surface are connected by the connecting front surface to form a front-side surface of the electronic device;

a first sensor sensing a configuration parameter indicating a configuration mode of the electronic device, wherein the configuration mode corresponds to a plurality of different configurations of the first body, the second body, and the connecting body with different portions of the first front surface, the second front surface, the second back surface, and the connecting front surface being display screens; and

a processor configured to;

in response to detecting that the electronic device is in a first folded mode, control a front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a first interface in a first display area, the first display area corresponding to a first upper portion of the first body;

in response to detecting that the electronic device is in a second folded mode, control the front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a second interface in a second display area, the second display area corresponding to a second upper portion of the first body and being larger than the first display area; and

in response to detecting that the electronic device is in an unfolded mode, control the front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a third interface on the complete font-side display screen.

22. The electronic device of claim 21, the plurality of configuration modes including:

the first folded mode, wherein the connecting body is bent toward the front-side surface in a first folded position to cause a projection of the second body to overlap with a lower portion of the first front surface and leave a first upper portion of the first front surface to be uncovered;

the second folded mode, wherein the connecting body is bent toward the front-side surface in a second folded position to cause the projection of the second body to cover a portion of the connecting surface and leave a second upper portion of the first front surface to be uncovered, the second upper portion being larger the first upper portion; and

the unfolded mode, wherein the first front surface, the connecting surface, and the second front surface are all uncovered.

23. The electronic device of claim 22, the plurality of configuration modes further including a backward-folded mode, wherein the connecting body is bent toward the back-side surface in a backward folded-position;

wherein;

in response to detecting that the electronic device is in the backward-folded mode, the processor is configured to control the front-side display screen to display a fourth interface on a fourth display area corresponding to the first front surface and the connecting front surface; and

the fourth interface includes an input sub-interface displayed on the connecting front surface.

24. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the third interface includes a first sub-interface and a second sub-interface.

25. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein the second interface is a first invoked interface of an application, the third interface is a second invoked interface of the application, and the second interface corresponds to the first sub-interface in the third interface.

26. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein the second interface is an invoked interface of a first application, and the third interface is an invoked interface of a second application different from the first application.

27. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein the second interface is an invoked interface of a first application, the third interface is an invoked interface of a second application corresponding to the first sub-interface and a third application corresponding to the second sub-interface.

28. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein:

when the electronic device is in the unfolded mode, the first sub-interface is displayed in the second display area of the front-side display screen, and the second sub-interface is displayed in an area of the front-side display screen other than the second display area.

29. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the first sensor comprises a light detecting array disposed on the front-side display screen, and is operative to detect an area of the front-side display screen that satisfies a predetermined luminance threshold.

30. The electronic device as claimed in claim 21, wherein the first sensor comprises a bending detector disposed in the connecting body that is operative to detect a bending state of the connecting body.

31. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein:

the electronic device further comprises a second sensor operative to sense a movement parameter indicating an orientation the electronic device; and

the processor is further configured to;

in response to the electronic device being in the unfolded mode and detecting a change in the orientation of the electronic device, change a display orientation of the third interface; and

in response to the electronic device being in the second folded mode and detecting a change in the orientation of the electronic device, keep a display orientation of the second interface.

32. The electronic device of claim 21, further comprising:

a back-side input unit arranged at least on the second back surface; and

a back-side display screen arranged at least on the second back surface in conjunction with the back-side input unit;

wherein when the electronic device is in the second folded mode, the processor is further configured to;

control the back-side display screen to display a user input interface, and determine a user input from the back-side input unit and display the user input in the second interface.

33. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein:

the connecting body further comprises two or more rotary members arranged in parallel positions; and

each rotary member has a self-rotary shaft.

34. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein:

the connecting body further comprises two rotary member groups and a non-rotary member between the two rotary member groups;

each rotary member group includes one or more rotary members arranged in parallel to each other; and

each rotary member has a self-rotary shaft.

35. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein:

the first body has a first top end and a first bottom end;

the second body has a second top end and a second bottom end;

the connecting body has a connecting top end connected to the first bottom end and a connecting bottom end connecting to the second top end; and

a switch between the first folded mode and the second folded mode may be achieved while keeping a distance between the second bottom end and the first surface smaller than a preconfigured distance threshold.

36. A display processing method, comprising:

sensing a parameter indicating a configuration mode of an electronic device, wherein the electronic device includes;

a first body having a first front surface and a first back surface opposite to the first front surface;

a connecting body having a connecting front surface and a connecting back surface opposite to the connecting front surface;

a second body having a second front surface and a second back surface opposite to the second front surface, wherein;

the second body is connected to the first body through the connecting body, the first front surface and the second front surface are connected by the connecting front surface to form a front-side surface of the electronic device; and

wherein the configuration mode corresponds to a plurality of different configurations of the first body, the second body, and the connecting body with different portions of the first front surface, the second front surface, the connecting front surface, and the connecting back surface being display screens;

in response to sensing that the electronic device is in a first folded mode, controlling a front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a first interface in a first display area, the first display area corresponding to a first upper portion of the first body;

in response to sensing that the electronic device is in a second folded mode, controlling the front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a second interface in a second display area, the second display area corresponding to a second upper portion of the first body and being larger than the first display area; and

in response to sensing that the electronic device is in an unfolded mode, controlling the front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a third interface on the complete font-side display screen.

37. The display processing method of claim 36, the plurality of configuration modes including:

the first folded mode, wherein the connecting body is bent toward the front-side surface in a first folded position to cause a projection of the second body to overlap with a lower portion of the first front surface and leave a first upper portion of the first front surface to be uncovered;

the second folded mode, wherein the connecting body is bent toward the front-side surface in a second folded position to cause the projection of the second body to cover a portion of the connecting surface and leave a second upper portion of the first front surface to be uncovered, the second upper portion being larger the first upper portion; and

the unfolded mode, wherein the first front surface, the connecting surface, and the second front surface are all uncovered.

38. The display processing method of claim 36, wherein the plurality of modes further include a backward-folded mode;

and

the method further comprises;

in response to sensing that the electronic device is switched to the backward-folded mode, controlling the front-side display screen to display a fourth interface on a fourth display area corresponding to the first front surface and the connecting front surface, the fourth interface including an input sub-interface displayed on a position corresponding to the connecting front surface.

39. The display processing method of claim 36, wherein the third interface includes a first sub-interface and a second sub-interface.

40. An electronic device, comprising:

a first body having a first front surface and a first back surface opposite to the first front surface;

a connecting body having a connecting front surface and a connecting back surface opposite to the connecting front surface;

a second body having a second front surface and a second back surface opposite to the second front surface, wherein;

the second body is connected to the first body through the connecting body, the first front surface and the second front surface are connected by the connecting front surface to form a front-side surface of the electronic device;

a first sensor sensing a configuration parameter indicating a configuration mode of the electronic device, wherein the configuration mode corresponds to a plurality of different configurations of the first body, the second body, and the connecting body with different portions of the first front surface, the second front surface, the connecting front surface being display screens; and

a processor configured to;

in response to detecting that the electronic device is in a first folded mode, control a front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a first interface in a first display, the first display area corresponding to a first upper portion of the first body;

in response to detecting that the electronic device is in a second folded mode, control the front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a second interface in a second display area, the second display area corresponding to a second upper portion of the first body and being larger than the first display area;

in response to detecting that the electronic device is in an unfolded mode, control the front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a third interface on the complete font-side display screen; and

in response to detecting that the electronic device is in a backward-folded mode, control the front-side display screen to display a fourth interface on a fourth display area corresponding to the first front surface and the connecting front surface, the fourth interface including an input sub-interface displayed on the connecting front surface.