Electronic device and method for controlling the same

• US 9,851,811 B2
• Filed: 02/18/2013
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ke, Haibin
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAH, PRIYANK J
• Application Number:
  US13/769,624
• Publication Number:
  US 20130215011A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,772 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• 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 3/03 Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The electronic device has a flexible display screen, and the flexible display screen has a first display region. The method for controlling the electronic device includes: detecting whether the flexible display screen is bent to generate detection information; and dividing a first display region into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region in the case that the detection information indicates that the flexible display screen is bent, where the first display sub-region is independent of the second display sub-region.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an electronic device, the electronic device having a flexible display screen with a first display region, and the method comprising:

obtaining a second bending operation on the flexible display screen;

obtaining second bending information generated by the second bending operation, wherein the second bending information comprises bending positions of the flexible display screen and an order of generating the bending positions; and

processing the second bending information to obtain a password,

wherein the flexible display screen has an unfolded state and a folded state;

in the case of the unfolded state, the flexible display screen has the first display region;

in the case of the folded state, the first display region is divided into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region based on at least one folding line; and

the method further comprises;

detecting whether the flexible display screen is bent to generate detection information; and

dividing the first display region into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region, in the case that the detection information indicates that the flexible display screen is bent, wherein the first display sub-region is independent of the second display sub-region,

detecting a first special character input into the first display sub-region; and

configuring the electronic device to synchronously display a first display content in the second display sub-region and in the first display sub-region, in response to detecting the first specific character, wherein the first display content is input into the first display sub-region after the first special character is detected;

synchronously displaying the first display content in the second display sub-region and in the first display sub-region.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the dividing the first display region into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region, the method further comprises:

determining whether a bending angle of the flexible display screen meets a predetermined condition, wherein the predetermined condition is a bending angle of the flexible display screen in the case that a first part of the flexible display screen is sheltered by a second part of the flexible display screen.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the dividing the first display region into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region comprises:

determining a position of the bending in the first display region, and using the position of the bending as a folding line; and

dividing the first display region into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region based on the folding line.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein one display object is displayed in the first display region;

and in the case that the first display region is divided into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region, the display object is displayed in the first display sub-region in a size that is suitable for the first display sub-region.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein at least two display objects are displayed in the first display region;

and in the case that the first display region is divided into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region, the display object of the at least two display objects which has a size matching with the size of the first display sub-region is displayed in the first display sub-region.

6. The method according to claim 3, further comprising, in the case that the first display region is divided into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region based on the folding line:

detecting a size of the first display sub-region, in the case that the detection information indicates that the flexible display screen is bent; and

setting a screen resolution of the first display sub-region according to the size of the first display sub-region.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the detecting the size of the first display sub-region comprises:

detecting a folding line of the at least one folding lines that is located in the first display sub-region; and

detecting the size of the first display sub-region based on the folding line in the first display sub-region.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the flexible display screen is bent for N times, wherein N is an integer equal to or greater than 1;

in the case that the flexible display screen is bent for the N+1 th time, it is detected whether a new folding line is generated in each of the display sub-regions formed after N times of bending;

if a new folding line is generated, the display sub-region containing the new folding line is divided according to the new folding line.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the flexible display screen varies with variation in the flexibility of the electronic device.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a second special character input into the first display sub-region; and

configuring the electronic device to not synchronously display a second display content in the second display sub-region and in the first display sub-region, in response to detecting the second specific character, wherein the second display content is input into the first display sub-region after the second special character is detected.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device has a plurality of operation modes, and the method further comprises:

obtaining first bending information generated by a bending operation in the case that the detection information indicates that the flexible display screen is bent;

determining a first operation mode from a plurality of operation modes according to the first bending information; and

controlling the electronic device to operate in the first operation mode, different bending operations corresponding to different bending information, and different bending information corresponding to different operation modes.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the first bending information comprises a bending position, a bending manner or a bending order of the flexible display screen.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein before the determining a first operation mode from a plurality of operation modes according to the first bending information, the method further comprises:

detecting new bending information generated by the first bending operation during a predetermined time; and

determining a second operation mode from the plurality of operation modes according to the new bending information, wherein the second operation mode is different from the first operation mode.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

a flexible display screen with a first display region;

a processor, and a memory having processor-executable instructions stored therein, and the instructions when executed by the processor configure the electronic device to;

obtain a second bending operation on the flexible display screen;

obtain second bending information generated by the second bending operation, wherein the second bending information comprises bending positions of the flexible display screen and an order of generating the bending positions; and

process the second bending information to obtain a password;

wherein the electronic device is further configured to;

detect whether the flexible display screen is bent to generate detection information; and

divide the first display region into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region in the case that the detection information indicates that the flexible display screen is bent, wherein the first display sub-region is independent of the second display sub-region;

wherein the electronic device is further configured to detect a first special character input into the first display sub-region;

wherein in response to detecting the first specific character, the electronic device is further configured to;

synchronously display a first display content in the second display sub-region and in the first display sub-region, wherein the first display content is input into the first display sub-region after the first special character is detected.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the electronic device is further configured to:

determine whether a bending angle of the flexible display screen meets a predetermined condition in the case that the detection information indicates that the flexible display screen is bent, wherein the predetermined condition is a bending angle of the flexible display screen in the case that a first part of the flexible display screen is sheltered by a second part of the flexible display screen.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the electronic device is further configured to:

determine a position of the bending in the first display region, and use the position of the bending as a folding line; and

divide the first display region into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region based on the folding line.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein one display object is displayed in the first display region;

and in the case that the first display region is divided into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region, the display object is displayed in the first display sub-region in a size that is suitable for the first display sub-region.

18. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein at least two display objects are displayed in the first display region;

and in the case that the first display region is divided into a first display sub-region and a second display sub-region, the display object of the at least two display objects which has a size matching with the size of the first display sub-region is displayed in the first display sub-region.

19. The electronic device according to claim 15, the electronic device is further configured to:

detect a size of the first display sub-region, in the case that the detection information indicates that the flexible display screen is bent; and

set a screen resolution of the first display sub-region according to the size of the first display sub-region.

20. The electronic device according to claim 19, wherein the electronic device is further configured to:

detect a size of the second display sub-region, in the case that the detection information indicates that the flexible display screen is bent; and

set a screen resolution of the second display sub-region according to the size of the second display sub-region.

21. The electronic device according to claim 19, wherein the electronic device is further configured to store previously a corresponding relation table between a screen size and the screen resolution;

and set a screen resolution of the first display sub-region according to a size of the first display sub-region based on the corresponding relation table between the screen size and the screen resolution.

22. The electronic device according to claim 19, wherein the electronic device is further configured to set a customer-defined screen resolution for the first display sub-region according to the size of the first display sub-region.

23. The electronic device according to claim 14,

wherein in response to detecting a second special character input into the first display sub-region, the electronic device is further configured to:

not synchronously display a second display content in the second display sub-region and in the first display sub-region, wherein the second display content is input into the first display sub-region after the second special character is detected.

24. The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the electronic device is further configured to

obtain first bending information generated by a first bending operation, in the case that the detection information indicates that the flexible display screen is bent and determine a first operation mode from a plurality of operation modes according to the first bending information;

and

to control the electronic device to operation in the first operation mode.

25. The electronic device according to claim 24, wherein the electronic device is further configured to, before the determining a first operation mode from a plurality of operation modes according to the first bending information, detect new bending information generated by the first bending operation during a predetermined time and determine a second operation mode from the plurality of operation modes according to the new bending information, wherein the second operation mode is different from the first operation mode.

26. The electronic device according to claim 24, wherein different operation modes correspond to different configurations of the electronic device, and are associated with different user accounts of the electronic device.