TEARABLE DISPLAYS

• US 20160117288A1
• Filed: 10/23/2014
• Published: 04/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Sills, Max Andrew, Gordon, Robert Samuel
• Granted Patent: US 9,542,364 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/3023 Segmented electronic displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/026 Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0473 Use of light emitting or modulating elements having two or more stable states when no power is applied
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/04 Electronic labels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/373 for modifying the size of the graphic pattern

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for presenting content on tearable displays. One of the methods includes presenting, by a device having a tearable display, first content on the tearable display; receiving, at the device, an indication of a tear in the tearable display, the tear in the tearable display defining a first portion and a second portion of the tearable display; in response to receiving the indication, determining, by the device, a size of the second portion of the tearable display; and presenting, by the device, second content within the second portion of the tearable display including sizing the second content according to the size of the second portion of the tearable display.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

presenting, by a device having a tearable display, first content on the tearable display;

receiving, at the device, an indication of a tear in the tearable display, the tear in the tearable display defining a first portion and a second portion of the tearable display;

in response to receiving the indication, determining, by the device, a size of the second portion of the tearable display; and

presenting, by the device, second content within the second portion of the tearable display including sizing the second content according to the size of the second portion of the tearable display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tear is a partial tear and further comprising:

repeatedly determining a degree of the partial tear in the tearable display, and wherein presenting the second content within the second portion of the tearable display comprises presenting the second content when the degree of the partial tear satisfies a threshold.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the tear is a partial tear in the tearable display, and wherein determining the size of the second portion of the tearable display comprises determining an extrapolated path between an end of the tear and an edge of the tearable display.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

presenting, on the tearable display, third content along the extrapolated path between the end of the tear and an edge of the tearable display.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the tear is a full tear in the tearable display that separates the second portion from the first portion, and wherein determining the size of the second portion of the tearable display comprises determining a size of the separated second portion.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication of the tear in the tearable display comprises receiving an indication of a broken circuit along a corrugated line in a substrate of the tearable display.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication of the tear in the tearable display comprises receiving an indication of a broken circuit along one or more magnetic fasteners in a substrate of the device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication of the tear in the tearable display comprises receiving an indication of separation of one or more strain sensors in a substrate of the device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a second size of the first portion of the tearable display; and

presenting, by the device, third content within the first portion of the tearable display including sizing the third content according to the second size of the first portion of the tearable display.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein presenting the third content within the first portion of the tearable display comprises presenting a resized version of the first content.

11. A device comprising;

a tearable display; and

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

presenting, by the device, first content on the tearable display of the device;

receiving, at the device, an indication of a tear in the tearable display, the tear in the tearable display defining a first portion and a second portion of the tearable display;

in response to receiving the indication, determining, by the device, a size of the second portion of the tearable display; and

presenting, by the device, second content within the second portion of the tearable display including sizing the second content according to the size of the second portion of the tearable display.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the tear is a partial tear and the operations further comprise:

repeatedly determining a degree of the partial tear in the tearable display, and wherein presenting the second content within the second portion of the tearable display comprises presenting the second content when the degree of the partial tear satisfies a threshold.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the tear is a partial tear in the tearable display, and wherein determining the size of the second portion of the tearable display comprises determining an extrapolated path between an end of the tear and an edge of the tearable display.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

presenting, on the tearable display, third content along the extrapolated path between the end of the tear and an edge of the tearable display.

15. The device of claim 11, wherein the tear is a full tear in the tearable display that separates the second portion from the first portion, and wherein determining the size of the second portion of the tearable display comprises determining a size of the separated second portion.

16. The device of claim 11, wherein receiving the indication of the tear in the tearable display comprises receiving an indication of a broken circuit along a corrugated line in a substrate of the tearable display.

17. The device of claim 11, wherein receiving the indication of the tear in the tearable display comprises receiving an indication of a broken circuit along one or more magnetic fasteners in a substrate of the device.

18. The device of claim 11, wherein receiving the indication of the tear in the tearable display comprises receiving an indication of separation of one or more strain sensors in a substrate of the device.

19. The device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining a second size of the first portion of the tearable display; and

presenting, by the device, third content within the first portion of the tearable display including sizing the third content according to the second size of the first portion of the tearable display.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein presenting the third content within the first portion of the tearable display comprises presenting a resized version of the first content.