Apparatus and method for providing an electronic device having adaptively responsive displaying of information

• US 8,068,886 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2011
• Issued: 11/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: HJ Laboratories, LLC
• Inventors: Vartanian, Harry
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Minh D
• Application Number:
  US13/083,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20110183722A1
• Time in Patent Office: 232 Days
• Field of Search: 455/575.1, 455/566, 455/90.3, 455/128, 455/145, 455/575.8, 455/158.4, 379/330, 379/428.01, 379/142.17, 345/173, 345/87, 345/156, 345/93.23
• US Class Current: 455/575.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• 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 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03 Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
• 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 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/02 Networking aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/005 Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/373 for modifying the size of the graphic pattern
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0268 including a flexible display panel
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 : Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 : Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing an electronic device having adaptively responsive displaying of information is disclosed. The electronic device is adaptively responsive to display information based on in part to bending, motion, rotation, and/or any sensor based feedback.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a flexible display device configured to display an image that is resized responsive to at least two sensors configured to detect bending of the flexible display device; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a request for segmented information having text associated with the image from a server over a wireless communication network, wherein the transmitter configured to transmit the request is responsive to the at least two sensors configured to detect another bending and motion of the flexible display device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive information for placement or positioning of the segmented information having text in relation to the image; and

a rigid display device coupled to the flexible display device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising:

a processor configured to trigger a request for information from the server in response to a fold or change in shape of the flexible display device;

a receiver configured to receive the requested information;

the processor configured to resize the requested information to fit the fold or change in shape of the flexible display device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the flexible display device is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) flexible display device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising the flexible display device configured to display other images responsive to one or more sensors configured to detect rotation of the electronic device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the flexible display device is responsive to multitouch or touch inputs.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising the flexible display device configured to display other images responsive to the at least two sensors configured to detect bending of the flexible display device and to position detected by a GPS device in the electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising the flexible display device configured to display other images responsive to one or more sensors configured to detect an adaptive viewing of the other images.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a receiver configured to receive information pushed from the server to the electronic device based on the at least two sensors configured to detect bending and motion of the flexible display device.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the image and the segmented information having text are provided in multimedia message service (MMS) messages in relation to a segmented document.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a second display device coupled to the flexible display device and a back of the electronic device.

12. A mobile electronic device comprising:

a display device responsive to multi-touch inputs coupled to a housing, wherein the display device is configured to display an image responsive to at least two sensors configured to detect bending or flexing and motion caused by the display device; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a request for segmented information having text associated with the image from a server over a wireless communication network, wherein the transmitter configured to transmit the request is responsive to the at least two sensors configured to detect bending or flexing and motion caused by the display device coupled to the housing.

13. The mobile electronic device of claim 12 further comprising a receiver configured to receive information for placement or positioning of the segmented information having text in relation to the image.

14. The mobile electronic device of claim 12 wherein the display device coupled to the housing is a flexible display device.

15. The mobile electronic device of claim 12 wherein the image and the segmented information having text are provided in multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages related to a segmented document.

16. A mobile electronic device comprising:

a plurality of sensors;

a display device responsive to multi-touch inputs configured to display an image, wherein the display device having the image is responsive to at least one of the plurality of sensors configured to detect rotation of the mobile electronic device;

at least one of the plurality of sensors configured to detect motion of the mobile electronic device, wherein the display device comprises the image that is placed on the display device based on a first viewing angle of a user that is responsive to the detected motion of the mobile electronic device;

a transmitter configured to transmit a request for segmented information having text associated with the image from a server over a wireless communication network, wherein the segmented information having text is part of hypertext markup language (HTML) content; and

a receiver configured to receive the segmented information having text associated with the image, wherein the segmented information having text is subsequently positioned or placed on the display device based on at least one of the plurality of sensors configured to detect a physical position and a second viewing angle of the user in relation to the mobile electronic device.

17. The mobile electronic device of claim 16 further comprising:

the image, the segmented information having text associated with the image, and information for placement or positioning are provided in multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages in relation to the part of HTML content; and

wherein the part of HTML content is segmented.

18. The mobile electronic device of claim 16 wherein the first viewing angle of the user or the second viewing angle of the user comprises a certain view of the image or the segmented information having text associated with the image.

19. The mobile electronic device of claim 16 wherein the mobile electronic device is a mobile phone.

20. The mobile electronic device of claim 16 further comprising the receiver configured to receive an image element from segmented HTML content related to the image.

21. The mobile electronic device of claim 16 further comprising a second display device coupled to the display device and a back of the mobile electronic device.

22. The mobile electronic device of claim 16 further comprising the mobile electronic device being configured to turn off a function in response to being rotated to show a back of the mobile electronic device, wherein the rotation is detected by at least one of the plurality of sensors that is configured to detect motion.

23. The mobile electronic device of claim 22 wherein the back of the mobile electronic device comprises a flexible display device and the function is the display device being turned off.

24. The mobile electronic device of claim 16 wherein the display device responsive to multi-touch inputs is a flexible display device.

25. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying by a flexible display device an image;

resizing the image responsive to at least two sensors detecting bending of the flexible display device; and

transmitting by a transmitter a request for segmented information having text associated with the image from a server over a wireless communication network, wherein the transmitting the request is responsive to the at least two sensors detecting another bending and motion of the flexible display device.

26. The method of claim 25 further comprising:

receiving information for placement or positioning of the segmented information having text in relation to the image; and

providing a rigid display device coupled to the flexible display device.

27. The method of claim 25 further comprising:

triggering by a processor a request for information from the server in response to a fold or change in shape of the flexible display device;

receiving the requested information; and

resizing by the processor the requested information to fit the fold or change in shape of the flexible display device.

28. The method of claim 25 wherein the flexible display device is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) flexible display device.

29. The method of claim 25 further comprising displaying by the flexible display device other images responsive to one or more sensors detecting rotation of the electronic device.

30. The method of claim 25 wherein the flexible display device is responsive to multitouch or touch inputs.

31. The method of claim 25 further comprising displaying by the flexible display device other images responsive to the at least two sensors detecting bending of the flexible display device and to positioning detected by a GPS device in the electronic device.

32. The method of claim 25 further comprising displaying by the flexible display device other images responsive to one or more sensors detecting an adaptive viewing of the other images.

33. The method of claim 25 further comprising receiving information pushed from the server to the electronic device based on the at least two sensors detecting bending and motion of the flexible display device.

34. The method of claim 25 wherein the image and the segmented information having text are provided in multimedia message service (MMS) messages in relation to a segmented document.

35. The method of claim 25 further comprising providing a second display device coupled to the flexible display device and a back of the electronic device.

36. A method performed by a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying an image by a display device responsive to multi-touch inputs coupled to a housing, wherein the image is responsive to at least two sensors detecting bending or flexing and motion caused by the display device; and

transmitting by a transmitter a request for segmented information having text associated with the image from a server over a wireless communication network, wherein the transmitting the request is responsive to the at least two sensors detecting bending or flexing and motion caused by the display device coupled to the housing.

37. The method of claim 36 wherein the display device coupled to the housing is a flexible display device.

38. The method of claim 36 wherein the image and the segmented information having text are provided in multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages related to a segmented document.

39. A method performed by a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying an image by a display device responsive to multi-touch inputs, wherein the displaying is responsive to at least one of a plurality of sensors detecting rotation of the mobile electronic device;

detecting motion of the mobile electronic device by at least one of the plurality of sensors;

placing the image on the display device based on a first viewing angle of a user that is responsive to the detecting motion of the mobile electronic device;

transmitting by a transmitter a request for segmented information having text associated with the image from a server over a wireless communication network, wherein the segmented information having text is part of hypertext markup language (HTML) content;

receiving by a receiver the segmented information having text associated with the image; and

wherein the segmented information having text is subsequently positioned or placed on the display device based on at least one of the plurality of sensors detecting a physical position and a second viewing angle of the user in relation to the mobile electronic device.

40. The method of claim 39 further comprising:

the image, the segmented information having text associated with the image, and information for placement or positioning are provided in multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages in relation to the part of HTML content; and

wherein the part of HTML content is segmented.

41. The method of claim 39 wherein the first viewing angle of the user or the second viewing angle of the user comprises a certain view of the image or the segmented information having text associated with the image.

42. The method of claim 39 wherein the mobile electronic device is a mobile phone.

43. The method of claim 39 further comprising receiving an image element from segmented HTML content related to the image.

44. The method of claim 39 further comprising providing a second display device coupled to the display device and a back of the mobile electronic device.

45. The method of claim 39 further comprising:

turning off a function on the mobile electronic device in response rotating to show a back of the mobile electronic device; and

detecting the rotation by at least one of the plurality of sensors that is configured to detect motion.

46. The method of claim 45 wherein the back of the mobile electronic device comprises a flexible display device and the function is the display device being turned off.

47. The method of claim 39 wherein the display device responsive to multi-touch inputs is a flexible display device.