Facilitating dynamic detection and intelligent use of segmentation on flexible display screens

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10545536-B2
Application number	US-201615561453-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2016
Priority date	Mar 25, 2015
Publication date	Jan 28, 2020
Grant date	Jan 28, 2020

Abstract

A mechanism is described for facilitating dynamic detection and intelligent use of segmentation on flexible display screens according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting, via one or more touch sensors, alterations in current in and around one or more areas of a flexible display screen, where the alterations represent pressure being applied to cause at least one of bending, rolling, and curving of the flexible display screen at the one or more areas. The method may further include dividing the flexible display screen into a plurality of zones corresponding to the one or more areas, where the marking/dividing logic is further to mark a plurality of portions of the plurality of zones to serve as a plurality of segments. The method may further include facilitating displaying of contents via the plurality of segments of the flexible display screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile communication device comprising:
an antenna;
a flexible touchscreen having a first state and a second state, the flexible touchscreen bendable to be wearable on a wrist when in the second state;
communication circuitry to wirelessly communicate with another device via the antenna;
a sensor to:
provide a first signal corresponding to a bend in the flexible touchscreen; and
provide a second signal indicative of a transition from the first state to the second state;

a storage device including instructions;
processor circuitry to execute the instructions to:
cause display of a first user interface of a first application in a first segment of the flexible touchscreen in response to the transition from the first state to the second state, the first segment on a first side of the bend; and
cause display of a second user interface of a second application in a second segment of the flexible touchscreen on a second side of the bend, the first application being different from the second application, the first segment and the second segment separated along the bend in the flexible touchscreen.

2. A mobile communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first segment and the second segment are separated along an axis of the bend.

3. A mobile communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the flexible touchscreen includes the sensor.

4. A mobile communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the flexible touchscreen includes a plurality of sensors.

5. A mobile communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the mobile communication device operates as a phone in a flat state.

6. A mobile communication device as defined in claim 5 , wherein the first state is a flat state.

7. A mobile communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the second state includes a plurality of neighboring bends and the bend is located at an apex of the plurality of neighboring bends.

8. A mobile communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the second state includes a curve.

9. A mobile communication device as defined in claim 8 , wherein the bend is located at the apex of the curve.

10. A mobile communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry is to execute the instructions to: cause display of a third user interface of a third application in a third segment of the flexible touchscreen in, the first segment on a first side of a second bend and the third segment on a second side of the second bend.

11. A mobile communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first signal and the second signal are the same.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
cause display of a first user interface of a first application in a first segment of a flexible touchscreen in response to a transition of the flexible touchscreen from a first state to a second state, the first segment on a first side of an axis of a bend detected in the flexible touchscreen, the flexible touchscreen having the first state and the second state, the flexible touchscreen bendable to be wearable on a wrist when in the second state; and
cause display of a second user interface of a second application in a second segment of the flexible touchscreen on a second side of the axis of the bend, the first application being different from the second application, the first segment and the second segment separated along the axis of the bend in the flexible touchscreen, the machine including communication circuitry to wirelessly communicate with another device via an antenna of the machine.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 12 , wherein instructions, when executed, cause the machine to detect a location of the axis of the bend based on a signal from a sensor.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 13 , wherein the flexible touchscreen includes the sensor to provide the signal corresponding to the bend in the flexible touchscreen.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 12 , wherein the flexible touchscreen includes a plurality of sensors.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 12 , wherein the machine operates as a phone in a flat state.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 12 , wherein the first state is a flat state.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 12 , wherein instructions, when executed, cause the machine to detect a plurality of neighboring bends.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 12 , wherein instructions, when executed, cause the machine to detect a plurality of neighboring bends and to detect the axis of the bend at an apex of the plurality of neighboring bends.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 12 , wherein instructions, when executed, cause the machine to detect a curve, wherein the bend is located at an apex of the curve.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Rider Tomer
• Olmo Ramon C
• Levy Dor
• Taite Shahar

Classifications

• G06F1/163

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• G06F1/1652 Primary

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

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title