Information Processing Method and Electronic Device

• US 20170075389A1
• Filed: 12/21/2015
• Published: 03/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: YEOM, Jihun
• Granted Patent: US 10,379,577 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• 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 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• 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 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/035 for flexible display surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters

Abstract

An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. With the method and the electronic device, a sensing parameter generated in response to a deformation of the electronic device is acquired with a sensing component, the sensing parameter is processed, and it is acquired a processing result indicating a deformation state of a deformable portion of the electronic device during a deformation of the electronic device, the controllable component located on the second surface of the electronic device is activated and an operating mode corresponding to the controllable component is started up in a case where the processing result indicates that the deformation state of the deformable portion is the predetermined state. The deformable portion includes a deformation supporting component and a supporting portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to the deformation supporting component, the flexible display screen is located on the first surface of the electronic device.

Claims

1. An information processing method, comprising:

acquiring a sensing parameter with a sensing assembly of an electronic device, wherein the sensing parameter is generated in response to a deformation of the electronic device;

processing the sensing parameter and obtaining a processing result, wherein the processing result indicates a deformation state of a deformable portion of the electronic device during a deformation of the electronic device, and a flexible display screen is located on a first surface of the electronic device; and

activating a controllable component located on a second surface of the electronic device and starting up a function mode corresponding to the controllable component, in a case where the processing result indicates that the deformation state of the deformable portion is a predetermined state.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is divided, by the deformable portion, into a first body and a second body which are asymmetrical, with a volume of the second body being less than a volume of the first body;

and

the second body is stacked with the first body to form a folded attitude of the electronic device in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the predetermined state.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first surface faces away from the second surface, the first surface comprises at least a first surface of the first body and a first surface of the second body, the second surface comprises at least a second surface of the first body and a second surface of the second body, the controllable component is located on the second surface of the second body, the first surface of the first body corresponds to a first portion of the flexible display screen, and the first surface of the second body corresponds to a second portion of the flexible display screen;

and

the first surface of the first body faces toward the first surface of the second body and the second surface of the first body faces away from the second surface of the second body, in a case where the second body is stacked with the first body.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the controllable component is an input component, and the starting up the function mode corresponding to the controllable component comprises:

controlling to display a display content related to the input component on a rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the input component is a physical keyboard, and the controlling to display the display content related to the input component on the rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion comprises:

controlling to display a character input box on the rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion;

or

the input component is a camera, and the controlling to display the display content related to the input component on the rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion comprises;

calling a photographic application; and

controlling to display an interface corresponding to the photographic application on the rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion, and to display an image acquired by the camera in a real time manner in the interface;

or

the input component is a touch input panel, and the controlling to display the display content related to the input component on the rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion comprises;

switching the electronic device from a first operating state to a second operating state, wherein a system power consumption of the electronic device in the second operating state is less than a system power consumption of the electronic device in the first operating state; and

displaying M pieces of information received by the electronic device in the second operating state on the rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion, with M being an integer greater than or equal to 1.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the deformable portion comprises a first deformable sub-portion and a second deformable sub-portion, and the electronic device is divided, by the first deformable sub-portion and the second deformable sub-portion, into a first body, a second body and a third body which are asymmetrical;

the predetermined state comprises a predetermined state of the first deformable sub-portion and a predetermined state of the second deformable sub-portion;

wherein

in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the predetermined state of the first deformable sub-portion, the second body is stacked with an entity formed by the first body and the third body to form a first folded attitude of the electronic device; and

in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the predetermined state of the second deformable sub-portion, the third body is stacked with an entity formed by the first body and the second body to form a second folded attitude of the electronic device.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first surface faces away from the second surface, the first surface comprises at least a first surface of the first body, a first surface of the second body and a first surface of the third body, the second surface comprises at least a second surface of the first body, a second surface of the second body and a second surface of the third body, the controllable component comprises at least a first controllable component and a second controllable component, the first controllable component is located on the second surface of the second body, the second controllable component is located on the second surface of the third body, the first surface of the first body corresponds to a first portion of the flexible display screen, the first surface of the second body corresponds to a second portion of the flexible display screen, and the first surface of the third body corresponds to a third portion of the flexible display screen;

in a case where the second body is stacked with the entity formed by the first body and the third body, the first surface of the second body faces toward the first surface of the first body and the second surface of the second body faces away from the second surface of the first body; and

in a case where the third body is stacked with the entity formed by the first body and the second body, the first surface of the third body faces toward the first surface of the first body and the second surface of the third body faces away from the second surface of the first body.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is divided, by the deformable portion, into a first body and a second body which are asymmetrical, with a volume of the second body being less than a volume of the first body, the first surface faces away from the second surface, the first surface comprises at least a first surface of the first body and a first surface of the second body, the second surface comprises at least a second surface of the first body and a second surface of the second body, the controllable component is located on the second surface of the second body, the first surface of the first body corresponds to a first portion of the flexible display screen, and the first surface of the second body corresponds to a second portion of the flexible display screen;

the predetermined state comprises a first predetermined state and a second predetermined state;

wherein

in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the first predetermined state, the second body is stacked with the first body to form a first folded attitude of the electronic device;

or

in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the second predetermined state, the second body is stacked with the first body to form a second folded attitude of the electronic device;

wherein

in a case where the second body is stacked with the first body, the first surface of the first body faces toward the first surface of the second body, and the second surface of the first body faces away from the second surface of the second body; and

an area of a rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion in a case where the electronic device is in the first folded attitude is less than an area of a rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion in a case where the electronic device is in the second folded attitude.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the controllable component is a touch input panel operable in a trajectory input mode and a character input mode;

and

the activating the controllable component located on the second surface of the electronic device comprises;

activating the touch input panel and setting the touch input panel to be in the trajectory input mode, in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the first predetermined state;

or

activating the touch input panel and setting the touch input panel to be in the character input mode, in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the second predetermined state.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

controlling to switch the touch input panel from the trajectory input mode to the character input mode in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is changed from meeting a first predetermined state deformation to meeting a second predetermined state deformation; and

/or

controlling to switch the touch input panel from the character input mode to the trajectory input mode in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is changed from meeting a second predetermined state deformation to meeting a first predetermined state deformation.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the deformable portion comprises a deformation supporting component and a supporting portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to the deformation supporting component.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the deformation supporting component of the deformable portion comprises a plurality of rotating shafts, and the plurality of rotating shafts provide frictional forces for simultaneous rotations or frictional forces for successive rotations.

13. An electronic device, comprising a flexible display screen, a sensing assembly, a deformation supporting component, a controllable component and a processor, wherein the flexible display screen is located on a first surface of the electronic device and the controllable component is located on a second surface of the electronic device;

the processor is configured to acquire a sensing parameter with the sensing assembly, and process the sensing parameter and obtain a processing result, wherein the processing result indicates a deformation state of a deformable portion of the electronic device during a deformation of the electronic device; and

the processor is configured to activate the controllable component and start up a function mode corresponding to the controllable component, in a case where the processing result indicates that the deformation state of the deformable portion is a predetermined state.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the electronic device is divided, by the deformable portion, into a first body and a second body which are asymmetrical, with a volume of the second body being less than a volume of the first body;

and

the second body is stacked with the first body to form a folded attitude of the electronic device in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the predetermined state.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the first surface faces away from the second surface, the first surface comprises at least a first surface of the first body and a first surface of the second body, the second surface comprises at least a second surface of the first body and a second surface of the second body, the controllable component is located on the second surface of the second body, the first surface of the first body corresponds to a first portion of the flexible display screen, and the first surface of the second body corresponds to a second portion of the flexible display screen;

and

the first surface of the first body faces toward the first surface of the second body and the second surface of the first body faces away from the second surface of the second body, in a case where the second body is stacked with the first body.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the controllable component is an input component, and the processor configured to start up the function mode corresponding to the controllable component is configured to control to display a display content related to the input component on a rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein the input component is a physical keyboard, and the processor configured to display the display content related to the input component on the rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion is configured to:

control to display a character input box on the rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion;

or

the input component is a camera, and the processor configured to display the display content related to the input component on the rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion is configured to;

call a photographic application, and control to display an interface corresponding to the photographic application on the rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion, and to display an image acquired by the camera in a real time manner in the interface;

or

the input component is a touch input panel, and the processor configured to display the display content related to the input component on the rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion is configured to;

switch the electronic device from a first operating state to a second operating state, wherein a system power consumption of the electronic device in the second operating state is less than a system power consumption of the electronic device in the first operating state; and

display M pieces of information received by the electronic device in the second operating state on the rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion, with M being an integer greater than or equal to 1.

18. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the deformable portion comprises a first deformable sub-portion and a second deformable sub-portion, and the electronic device is divided, by the first deformable sub-portion and the second deformable sub-portion, into a first body, a second body and a third body which are asymmetrical;

the predetermined state comprises a predetermined state of the first deformable sub-portion and a predetermined state of the second deformable sub-portion;

wherein

in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the predetermined state of the first deformable sub-portion, the second body is stacked with an entity formed by the first body and the third body to form a first folded attitude of the electronic device;

or

in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the predetermined state of the second deformable sub-portion, the third body is stacked with an entity formed by the first body and the second body to form a second folded attitude of the electronic device.

19. The electronic device according to claim 18, wherein the first surface faces away from the second surface, the first surface comprises at least a first surface of the first body, a first surface of the second body and a first surface of the third body, the second surface comprises at least a second surface of the first body, a second surface of the second body and a second surface of the third body, the controllable component comprises at least a first controllable component and a second controllable component, the first controllable component is located on the second surface of the second body, the second controllable component is located on the second surface of the third body, the first surface of the first body corresponds to a first portion of the flexible display screen, the first surface of the second body corresponds to a second portion of the flexible display screen, and the first surface of the third body corresponds to a third portion of the flexible display screen;

in a case where the second body is stacked with the entity formed by the first body and the third body, the first surface of the second body faces toward the first surface of the first body and the second surface of the second body faces away from the second surface of the first body; and

in a case where the third body is stacked with the entity formed by the first body and the second body, the first surface of the third body faces toward the first surface of the first body and the second surface of the third body faces away from the second surface of the first body.

20. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the electronic device is divided, by the deformable portion, into a first body and a second body which are asymmetrical, with a volume of the second body being less than a volume of the first body, the first surface faces away from the second surface, the first surface comprises at least a first surface of the first body and a first surface of the second body, the second surface comprises at least a second surface of the first body and a second surface of the second body, the controllable component is located on the second surface of the second body, the first surface of the first body corresponds to a first portion of the flexible display screen, and the first surface of the second body corresponds to a second portion of the flexible display screen;

the predetermined state comprises a first predetermined state and a second predetermined state;

wherein

in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the first predetermined state, the second body is stacked with the first body to form a first folded attitude of the electronic device;

or

in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the second predetermined state, the second body is stacked with the first body to form a second folded attitude of the electronic device;

wherein

in a case where the second body is stacked with the first body, the first surface of the first body faces toward the first surface of the second body and the second surface of the first body faces away from the second surface of the second body; and

an area of a rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion in a case where the electronic device is in the first folded attitude is less than an area of a rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion in a case where the electronic device is in the second folded attitude.

21. The electronic device according to claim 20, wherein the controllable component is a touch input panel operable in a trajectory input mode and a character input mode;

and

the processor configured to the activate the controllable component is configured to activate the touch input panel and set the touch input panel to be in the trajectory input mode in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the first predetermined state, or to activate the touch input panel and set the touch input panel to be in the character input mode in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is the second predetermined state.

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

control to switch the touch input panel from the trajectory input mode to the character input mode in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is changed from meeting a first predetermined state deformation to meeting a second predetermined state deformation; and

/or

control to switch the touch input panel from the character input mode to the trajectory input mode in a case where the deformation state of the deformable portion is changed from meeting the second predetermined state deformation to meeting the first predetermined state deformation.

23. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the deformable portion comprises a deformation supporting component and a supporting portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to the deformation supporting component.

24. The electronic device according to claim 23, wherein the deformation supporting component of the deformable portion comprises a plurality of rotating shafts, and the plurality of rotating shafts provide frictional forces for simultaneous rotations or frictional forces for successive rotations.