Information processing method and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10379577-B2
Application number	US-201514976835-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2015
Priority date	Sep 16, 2015
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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, wherein:
the electronic device is divided, by a deformable portion, into a first body and a second body which are asymmetrical, wherein a volume of the second body is less than a volume of the first body,
a flexible display screen is located on a first surface of the electronic device, and comprises a first portion and a second portion,
a controllable component is located on a second surface of the second body of the electronic device, wherein the first surface faces away from the second surface and wherein the controllable component is an input component,
the first surface comprises at least a first surface of the first body and a first surface of the second body, wherein the first surface of the first body corresponds to the first portion of the flexible display screen, and the first surface of the second body corresponds to the second portion of the flexible display screen, and
the second surface comprises at least a second surface of the first body and the second surface of the second body;

processing the sensing parameter and obtaining a processing result, wherein the processing result indicates a deformation state of the deformable portion of the electronic device during the deformation of the electronic device; and
activating the controllable component, and controlling to display a display content related to the controllable component on a rest of the first portion of the flexible display screen which is not occluded by the second portion in a case where the processing result indicates that the deformation state of the deformable portion is that the second body is stacked with the first body to form a folded attitude of the electronic device, wherein 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 the folded attitude of the electronic device and wherein the controllable component is in an inactive state in a case where the processing result does not indicate that the deformation state of the deformable portion is that the second body is stacked with the first body to form the folded attitude of the electronic device,
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
wherein 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.

2. 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;
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.

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, 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.

4. 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;
wherein 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
wherein 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 d

Assignees

• Lenovo Beijing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yeom Jihun

Classifications

• G09G3/20

  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} · CPC title

• G06F3/147

  using display panels · CPC title

• G06F1/1686

  the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera · CPC title

• G06F1/1681

  Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683) · CPC title

• G06F1/1662

  Details related to the integrated keyboard · CPC title