Information processing method and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10423249-B2
Application number	US-201514711187-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2015
Priority date	Dec 29, 2014
Publication date	Sep 24, 2019
Grant date	Sep 24, 2019

Abstract

An information processing method and an electronic device are provided according to the disclosure. The method includes: determining first deformation information corresponding to a first deformation; generating a first instruction corresponding to the first deformation information; and executing the first instruction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing method for an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a predetermined image on a display unit, wherein the display unit comprises a single flexible screen;
detecting a part of the display unit which is bent relative to a reference plane, wherein the reference plane is a plane parallel with the display unit before the display unit is bent;
determining a first display region in a bent part of the display unit and a second display region in a non-bent part of the display unit;
acquiring an application program currently running in the electronic device;
displaying an identifier of the application program on the first display region and displaying the predetermined image on the second display region simultaneously, wherein the identifier of the application program identifies the application program, wherein each application program of the electronic device has a respective identifier; and
after the displaying of the identifier of the application program on the first display region, controlling the currently running application program to stop running in response to a detection that the bent part of the display unit is bent twice by switching from a bent state to a parallel state and then switching from the parallel state to the bent state again.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first display region corresponding to the bent part of the display unit is determined in response to a determination that the bent part of the display unit meets a first predetermined condition comprising at least one of (i) whether a bending direction of the bent part of the display unit is a predetermined direction, or (ii) whether the bent part of the display unit is in a predetermined region of the display unit.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identifier of the application program identifies only the application program.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identifier of the application program is an only displayed and selectable identifier of the application program.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising triggering content of the application program to output the content on the display unit, wherein the content is indexed by the identifier of the application program.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the controlling of the currently running application program to stop running is performed in response to the bent part of the display unit being bent twice to prevent mistakenly stopping the running of the application program by bending the bent part of the display unit only once.

7. An electronic device capable of being deformed under stress, wherein the electronic device comprises a sensor, a processor and a memory, wherein the memory has processor-executable instructions stored therein, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, configure the electronic device to:
display a predetermined image on a display unit, wherein the display unit comprises a single flexible screen;
determine first deformation information corresponding to a first deformation including
detecting, via the sensor, a part of the display unit which is bent relative to a reference plane, wherein the reference plane is a plane parallel with the display unit before the display unit is bent, and
determining a first display region in a bent part of the display unit and a second display region in a non-bent part of the display unit;
obtain a first instruction corresponding to the first deformation information;
execute the first instruction,
wherein the obtaining of the first instruction corresponding to the first deformation information and executing the first instruction comprise
acquiring an application program currently running in the electronic device, and
displaying an identifier of the application program on the first display region and displaying the predetermined image in the second display region simultaneously, wherein the identifier of the application program identifies the application program, and wherein each application program of the electronic device has a respective identifier; and
control the currently running application program to stop running in response to a detection that the bent part of the display unit is bent twice by switching from a bent state to a parallel state and then switching from the parallel state to the bent state again.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein:
the sensor is configured to detect a parameter;
the instructions configure the electronic device to determine that the first deformation occurs in the electronic device based on the parameter; and
the instructions configure the electronic device to determine the first instruction corresponding to the first deformation information from a plurality of predetermined instructions based on correspondences between a plurality of deformation information and the plurality of predetermined instructions.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the first deformation information comprises one or more of a location of the first deformation, a direction of the first deformation and an amount of the first deformation.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein:
the sensor is configured to detect a first operation for changing a shape of the electronic device, wherein the first operation is an operation operated on the electronic device via an external force; and
the instructions configure the electronic device to determine that the first deformation corresponding to the first operation occurs in the electronic device in response to the detection of the first operation.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the first deformation information is the location of the first deformation, the determining of the first deformation information corresponding to the first deformation comprises at least one of (i) determining that the location of the first deformation is in at least one corner of the electronic device, or (ii) determining that the location of the first deformation is on at least one edge of the electronic device.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein:
the first deformation information is the direction of the first deformation, the determining of the first deformation information corresponding to the first deformation comprises determining the direction of the first deformation as a first direction;
the first direction is a direction from a back side of the electronic device to a front side of the electronic device; and
the front side is a surface of the electronic device where the display unit of the electronic device is located.

13. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the first display region corresponding to the bent part of the display unit is determined in response to a determination that the bent part of the display unit meets a first predetermined condition comprising at least on of (i) whether a bending direction of the bent part of the display unit is a predetermined direction, or (ii) whether the bent part of the display unit is in a predetermined region of the display unit.

14. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further configure the electronic device to:
determine an environmental brightness value of an environment where the electronic device is located based on an output of a light sensor of the electronic device; and
execute the first instruction in response to a determination that the environmental brightness value is greater than a predetermined brightne

Assignees

• Lenovo Beijing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Ben

Classifications

• G06F1/1652

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• G06F2203/04105

  Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position · CPC title

• G06F3/0487

  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 · CPC title

• G06F2203/04102

  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 title

• G06F3/041 Primary

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title